Ipswich Town F.C.

Association football club in England

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Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional affiliation football clubhouse based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. They play in League One, the third base tier of the English football league organization.

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The club was founded in 1878 but did not turn professional until 1936 ; it was subsequently elected to join the Football League in 1938. Ipswich won their entirely English league title in 1961–62, their first season in the circus tent flight, and finished runner-up in 1980–81 and 1981–82. They won the FA Cup in 1977–78 and the UEFA Cup in 1980–81. The club has competed in all three major european club competitions and has never lost at base in european competition, having defeated teams such as real Madrid, A.C. Milan, Inter Milan, Lazio and Barcelona. [ 2 ] Ipswich play their family games at Portman Road in Ipswich. They are the only amply professional football club in Suffolk and have a long-standing and boisterous competition with Norwich City from Norfolk, against whom they have contested the East Anglian derby 148 times since 1902. [ 3 ] The club ‘s traditional base colours are blue shirts with white shorts and blue sky socks .

history [edit ]

The cabaret was founded as an amateur english in 1878 and were known as Ipswich A.F.C. until 1888 when they merged with Ipswich Rugby Club to form Ipswich Town Football Club. [ 4 ] The team won a number of local cup competitions, including the Suffolk Challenge Cup and the Suffolk Senior Cup. [ 5 ] After playing in the Norfolk & Suffolk League from 1899 and the South East Anglian League between 1903 and 1906, they joined the Southern Amateur League in 1907 and, with results improving steadily, became champions in the 1921–22 season. [ 6 ] The club won the league a further three times, in 1929–30, 1932–33 and 1933–34, before becoming founder members of the Eastern Counties Football League at the end of the 1934–35 season. A year later, the club turned professional and joined the Southern League, which they won in its beginning season and finished third in the next. [ 7 ] Ipswich were elected to The Football League on 30 May 1938, and played in Division Three ( South ) until the end of the 1953–54 season, when they won the style and promotion to Division Two .

forwarding and First Division success ( 1954–1963 ) [edit ]

The club were immediately relegated back to Division Three ( South ) the be year at the conclusion of a hapless temper, but made better advancement after Scott Duncan was replaced as team coach by Alf Ramsey in August 1955. The club won the Division Three ( South ) deed again in 1956–57, and returned to the higher division. This time, Ipswich established themselves in Division Two, and as the division champions, won promotion to the top level of English football, Division One, in 1960–61. [ 7 ]
In the clear flight for the first prison term, Ipswich became Champions of the Football League at the first gear attempt in 1961–62. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] As English league champions, they qualified for the 1962–63 european Cup, defeating maltese side Floriana 14–1 on aggregate before losing to A.C. Milan. [ 7 ] Ramsey left the club in April 1963 to take charge of the England national team. Under his leadership the England team won the 1966 World Cup. He received a knighthood for “ services to football ” in 1967. [ 10 ]

refuse and revival after Ramsey ( 1963–1969 ) [edit ]

Ramsey was replaced by Jackie Milburn, [ 7 ] under whose leadership fortunes on the cant plummeted. Two years after winning the league title, Ipswich slipped toss off to the Second Division in 1964, conceding 121 league goals in 42 games – one of the worst-ever defensive records in English senior football. [ 11 ] Milburn foreswear after good one entire season and was replaced by Bill McGarry in 1964. [ 7 ] The cabaret remained in the Second Division for four years until McGarry guided Ipswich to promotion along with his assistant Sammy Chung in the 1967–68 season, winning the division by a single point ahead of Queens Park Rangers. [ 12 ] McGarry left to manage Wolves and was replaced by Bobby Robson in January 1969. [ 7 ]

The Bobby Robson era ( 1969–1982 ) [edit ]

Robson led Ipswich to two major trophies and several seasons in top flight European football. The successful menstruation began in 1973 when the club won the Texaco Cup and finished fourth in the league, qualifying for the UEFA Cup for the first clock time. In the 1974–75 season they reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup for the beginning time, losing to West Ham United after a play back, and finished one-third in the league. By the belated 1970s, Robson had built a impregnable side with talent in every department, introducing the Dutch pair Arnold Mühren and Frans Thijssen to add flair to a team that featured british internationals including John Wark, Terry Butcher and Paul Mariner, although the Ipswich squad possibly lacked the depth of established big clubs like Liverpool and Manchester United. Ipswich regularly featured in the top five of the league and in the UEFA Cup. [ 13 ] At their peak in the 1979–80 season, they beat Manchester United 6–0 in a league plot at Portman Road, a game where United goalkeeper Gary Bailey besides saved three penalties. The kill price United two points – the margin which finally separated them and champions Liverpool. [ 14 ] Major achiever came in 1978 when Ipswich beat Arsenal at Wembley Stadium to win their alone FA Cup trophy. [ 15 ] The triumph was followed by a UEFA Cup victory in 1981 with a 5–4 victory over AZ Alkmaar in the two-legged final. The discharge to the final included a 4–1 win at St Etienne, captained by Michel Platini. [ 16 ] The club besides finished as league runner-up in 1981 and 1982. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] [ 19 ]
Robson ‘s achiever with Ipswich attracted the attention of many bigger clubs, and he was linked with the Manchester United job when Dave Sexton was sacked in May 1981, but the job went to Ron Atkinson rather. The Football Association lured Robson away from Portman Road a class belated, when he accepted their offer to manage the England national team in July 1982 .

relegation after Robson and promotion under Lyall ( 1982–1994 ) [edit ]

Robson ‘s successor at Ipswich was his adjunct director Bobby Ferguson. [ 7 ] Under Ferguson, Town finished mid-table doubly, [ 20 ] [ 21 ] but worsening performances meant that they began to struggle in the top division. The late construction of an expensive newfangled stand at Portman Road limited the club ‘s budget, despite the money gaining from sales of key players including Thijssen and Wark. Ipswich were last relegated to the moment Division at the end of the 1985–86 season. Butcher, the last stay key actor from the successful 1981 team, was sold to Rangers that summer. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] Ferguson, who had remained in charge despite the relegation, resigned in May 1987 after reaching the promotion play-offs but failing to return the club to the First Division. [ 7 ] Ipswich Town were then managed by John Duncan for three years until he was replaced by early West Ham United emboss John Lyall in May 1990, with Ipswich still in the Second Division. [ 24 ] Lyall guided Ipswich to the Second Division title and promotion to the new FA Premier League, quick for the 1992–93 season. [ 25 ] Suffering merely two league defeats before the New Year, [ 26 ] Ipswich started the season well and were fourth in the Premier League in January 1993, but a drop in shape during the final examination weeks of the season saw them finish 16th. [ 27 ] Poor form continued into the stick to season and Ipswich entirely avoided relegation that year when Sheffield United suffered a 3–2 get the better of at Chelsea on the final day of the season. [ 25 ] Six months former, fortunes on the sales talk had not improved, and Lyall was sacked in December 1994 with the baseball club bottom of the Premiership .

relegation and revival under George Burley ( 1994–2002 ) [edit ]

Lyall ‘s successor, George Burley, was unable to turn team performances around, and Ipswich suffered a premiership record kill, 9–0, at Manchester United, on their way to delegating. [ 28 ] [ 29 ] Back in the irregular tier of the league, Burley led the clubhouse to three back-to-back promotion playoffs, but they were to endure defeats in all three semi-finals. Ipswich last returned to the Premiership in 2000 after coming from behind to beat Barnsley 4–2 in the stopping point Division One playoff final at Wembley Stadium. [ 7 ] Ipswich performed well in the Premiership in their first season with Burley ‘s slope coating in an impressive fifth place—being pipped by Liverpool on the last sidereal day of the season for a station in the Champions League. Consolation was a UEFA Cup place and FA Premier League Manager of the Year Award for Burley. [ 30 ] however, the team took only one gain in their open seventeen league games the following season leaving them bottom in December. Despite a good run of kind in January and February, Burley could not save the club from relegation back to the championship at the end of the temper. The loss of income due to relegation besides led to the cabaret going into fiscal administration. [ 31 ] There was the minor consolation of again qualifying for the UEFA Cup, this time via the UEFA Fair Play rank, and Ipswich survived two ties before losing in the second round proper to Czech side Slovan Liberec. [ 32 ] A behind startle to the season, culminating in a 0–3 defeat at struggling Grimsby Town, meant that Burley was sacked in October 2002 after closely eight years as coach. [ 33 ]

Years in the Championship ( 2002–2019 ) [edit ]

First team bus Tony Mowbray was given four matches as caretaker director, winning once, but he was ultimately replaced as director by the former Oldham Athletic, Everton and Manchester City director Joe Royle, who had played for local anesthetic rival Norwich City. [ 34 ] Royle inherited a side struggling near the Division One relegation partition, but revived fortunes such that the team narrowly failed to reach the playoffs. [ 35 ] The 2003–04 temper saw the clubhouse come out of government and continue to challenge for forwarding back to the Premier League. [ 36 ] They finished that season in fifth, but were defeated in the playoff semi-finals by West Ham United. [ 37 ] narrowly missing automatic promotion in 2004–05, Royle again took Ipswich to the play-offs, but once more they lost to West Ham United in the semi-finals. [ 38 ] 2005–06 interpret Ipswich finish in 15th place—the golf club ‘s lowest complete since 1966. [ 39 ] Joe Royle resigned by common accept on 11 May 2006, [ 40 ] and a calendar month subsequently, Jim Magilton was officially announced as the newly director. [ 41 ] In November 2007, the club were involved in takeover discussions with both businessman Marcus Evans and early Birmingham City film director David Sullivan. [ 42 ] [ 43 ] In December 2007, Evans completed his coup d’etat of the clubhouse, purchasing an 87.5 % stake in the baseball club, investing around £44 million, which included the purchase of the clubhouse ‘s existing £32 million debt. [ 44 ] The club agreed a sponsorship deal with the Marcus Evans Group on 20 May 2008, lasting until 2018, the longest in the cabaret ‘s history. [ 45 ] After failing to reach the playoffs despite significant investment, Magilton was sacked in April 2009, and fresh Chief Executive Simon Clegg replaced him with former Manchester United player, Roy Keane. [ 46 ] Keane ‘s spell as coach came to an end after an unsuccessful 18 months, when he was sacked in January 2011, to be replaced concisely by Ian McParland in a caretaker character before Paul Jewell took the reins on a permanent wave footing. [ 47 ] A poor start to the 2012/13 season with Ipswich bottom of the Championship after winning only one of their beginning twelve games, led to Jewell leaving his position on 24 October 2012 by common accept. [ 48 ] He was replaced temporarily by Chris Hutchings for a individual equal in a caretaker character, before former Wolves boss Mick McCarthy was appointed full-time on 1 November 2012. [ 49 ] McCarthy led Ipswich to avoid relegation, taking them from bottom of the league in November to finish in 14th put. [ 50 ] The follow season produced a 9th-place eat up [ 51 ] and in the 2014–15 season a sixth place and play-off coating – though the clubhouse lost in the semi-finals to local rivals Norwich City 4–2 on aggregate. [ 52 ] Ipswich ended the 2016–17 season in 16th place, their lowest complete since the 1958–59 season. [ 53 ] McCarthy announced that he would be leaving the club on the termination of his abridge at the end of the 2017–18 season on 23 March 2018. however, following a 1–0 victory over Barnsley on 10 April 2018, McCarthy left early and announced his resignation. [ 54 ] He was replaced until the end of the season by Bryan Klug as a caretaker coach. [ 55 ] Ipswich would ultimately finish 12th at the end of the season. On 30 May 2018, Paul Hurst was announced as the new coach of the club on a three-year contract. [ 56 ] however, after a inadequate start to the season and with the team buttocks of the board, Hurst was sacked in October 2018 after less than five months in charge – making him the shortest serve coach in the club ‘s history. [ 57 ] He was replaced by former Norwich City coach Paul Lambert on 27 October, but he was ultimately unable to prevent relegation to League One at the end of the season, ending Ipswich ‘s 63-year last out in clear two tiers of English football. [ 58 ]

League One and coup d’etat ( 2019–present ) [edit ]

Lambert remained as coach following relegation to take commission of Ipswich ‘s first season in the third tier since 1957. The Blues ‘ finished the season in 11th-place, the club ‘s lowest finish up since 1953. The standings were decided by points-per-game due to the season ‘s suspension as a leave of the COVID-19 pandemic. [ 59 ] After failing to mount a promotion challenge during the come temper, Lambert left the cabaret by reciprocal consent on 28 February 2021. [ 60 ] Former Wigan party boss Paul Cook was appointed as his substitute three days later. [ 61 ] On 7 April 2021, the baseball club announced that US investment group Gamechanger 20 Limited had purchased a majority stake in the clubhouse. The consortium was made up of Ohio-based investment group ORG, the “ Three Lions Fund ” ( made up of three Phoenix Rising FC board members ) and erstwhile owner Marcus Evans, who remained as a minority stockholder. [ 62 ] Ipswich finished the 2020–21 season in one-ninth plaza, three positions outside the play-offs. [ 63 ]

Crest and colours [edit ]

Crest used from 1972 to 1995

crest [edit ]

The shirts worn by players of Ipswich Town did not sport a cap until the mid-1960s, when they adopted a design based on the Ipswich coating of arms, featuring a aureate leo rampant guardant on a red background on the leave half and three gold ramparts on a blue background on the right half. [ 64 ] In 1972, the peak was redesigned as the result of a competition, won by the Treasurer of the Supporters Club, John Gammage. Each component of the newly design was intended to represent the region. [ 65 ]

“ I regarded the Suffolk Punch as a lord animal, well suited to dominate our design and represent the golf club. And to complete the badge I thought of the township of Ipswich which contains many diachronic buildings, including the Wolsey Gate, and is finale to the sea with a large dock area. ”

This crest was re-used on the base and goalkeeper kit out during the 2020/21 season, in commemoration of the fortieth anniversary of Ipswich ‘s UEFA Cup gloat. [ 66 ] The cap was modified in 1995 after reference with a Supporters Forum, with the turrets of the Wolsey Gate moved to the top of the crest, the scandalmongering background changed to red, the Suffolk Punch given a more dominant physique and the F.C. expanded to Football Club. Three stars were added to the sleeve of the team ‘s away shirt for the 2004–05 season, [ 67 ] and besides to the home kit for the 2005–06 season. [ 68 ] These stars were added to represent the three major trophies which Ipswich Town have won ; the FA Cup, the UEFA Cup and the previous Division One. The stars were relocated directly above the crest when the shirt was redesigned anterior to the 2007–08 season. [ 69 ]

Ipswich ‘s orange aside kit used during the 1999–2000 season

Colours [edit ]

Ipswich Town ‘s traditional home colours are bluing shirts with white shorts and blue socks. One of Ipswich Town ‘s nicknames is The Blues, stemming from their traditional kit out. The club ‘s first registered colours were blue and ashen striped shirts with total darkness shorts. All-blue shirts and white shorts were beginning worn in the 1936–37 temper, following the cabaret entrance into the Southern Football League after turning professional. These have stand as the primary colors of the club ‘s home kits ever since. [ 70 ] Since turning professional, Ipswich have used a number of aside colours, including white, orange, red and bootleg erect stripes, claret and greens, cream and black upright stripes and dark blue sky and claret. [ 64 ] In 2006, the baseball club donated 500 orange and blue-and-white shirts to children in Iraq. [ 71 ]
In 1981, Ipswich Town announced a sponsorship deal with Japanese-based electronics company Pioneer Corporation, who became the first official sponsors of the club. Pioneer Corporation besides sponsored the west base of the golf club ‘s Portman Road stadium up until 1999, once known as the West Stand. Pioneer would continue to sponsor the club ‘s kits until 1985, when a newfangled sponsorship cope was agreed with local anesthetic Suffolk radio station Radio Orwell. The radio receiver station would only sponsor the baseball club ‘s kits for a single season before being replaced with pharmaceutical and horticultural chemical manufacturers Fisons. Fisons were the main sponsors of the baseball club from the 1986–87 season through to the 1994–95 temper, including the 1991–92 season when the cabaret won the Second Division championship and gained forwarding to the inaugural season of the newly founded Premier League. Since then Ipswich have had multiple kit sponsors, including Suffolk-based brew ship’s company Greene King from 1995 to 2001, and the energy companies TXU Energi ( 2001–2003 ), Powergen ( 2003–2006 ) and E.ON ( 2006–2008 ). After the clubhouse ‘s takeover by Marcus Evans in 2007, Marcus Evans Group became the club ‘s new primary patron and would go on to be the football golf club ‘s main presenter from 2008 until 2018. In January 2018, the cabaret agreed a modern three year sponsorship deal worth about £2 million with british on-line casino company Magical Vegas. [ 72 ] In May 2020, Magical Vegas revealed that they had donated the final year of their shirt presenter rights to The Carers Trust jacob’s ladder for the 2020–21 season. [ 73 ] On 6 May 2021, the clubhouse announced that democratic artist and longtime Ipswich fan Ed Sheeran would be the club ‘s fresh shirt patron for the 2021–22 season. [ 74 ] Sources : [ 70 ] [ 75 ]

stadium [edit ]

between 1878 and 1884, Ipswich Town played at two grounds in the township, Broomhill and Brook ‘s Hall, [ 76 ] but in 1884, the club moved to Portman Road and have played there always since. [ 1 ] At their newly home, Ipswich became one of the first clubs to implement the use of finish nets, in 1890, [ 1 ] but the more substantial elements of establish development did not begin until, in 1901, a tobacco processing plant was built along the south edge of the land. The first resist, a wooden structure, was built on the Portman Road side of the pitch in 1905. In 1911 the roof was blown off, [ 1 ] and the background was former commandeered by the british Army for the duration of World War I. The golf club turned professional in 1936, and work began on the first bank of terracing at the north end of the pitch. The adopt year, on the back of winning the Southern League, a like terrace was built at the southerly ’ Churchmans ’ end. [ I ] All sides were terraced by 1954, and floodlights were erected in 1959 for consumption in lower inner light conditions. [ 1 ] The two-tier Portman Stand was built along the east side of the grind in plaza of the existing terraces in 1971, and the West Stand was extended in 1982 by the addition of a third tier. The rebuild West Stand was renamed as the ’ Pioneer Stand ’ as a result of the baseball club ‘s sponsorship by the electronics ship’s company Pioneer Corporation and was converted to all-seating in 1990. [ 1 ] In 1992, following the recommendations of the Taylor Report in the wake up of the Hillsborough calamity the former year, the terraces in both the north and south stands were besides converted to all-seating, creating the first complete all-seater stadium in the top flight of English football with a spectator capacity of 22,600. [ 1 ] achiever on the lurch led to further investment in the infrastructure, with the club outgo over £22 million on redeveloping both North and South stands, resulting in a current capacitance of 30,311, making it the largest-capacity football stadium in East Anglia. In the past ten years, statues of both Sir Alf Ramsey and Sir Bobby Robson have been uncover outside the stadium. [ 77 ] [ 78 ] The North Stand was renamed in award of early coach Sir Bobby Robson in September 2009. On 31 March 2012, in conjunction with celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of Ipswich Town winning the 1st division on their 1st attempt, the South Stand was renamed in honor of Ipswich and England ‘s erstwhile coach Sir Alf Ramsey. Portman Road now features two stands named after their two most successful managers in the baseball club ‘s history, vitamin a well as being England ‘s two most successful managers. On 10 July 2012, the West Stand, once known as the Pioneer Stand and the Britannia Stand, was renamed the East of England Co-operative Stand following a sponsorship deal with the East of England Co-operative Society. [ 79 ] The Co-op ‘s sponsorship lasted until 2021, when it was not renewed and returned to be simply the West Stand. [ 80 ] The East Stand of Portman Road, once known as the Portman Stand, is called the Cobbold Stand, named after the erstwhile owners of the club. [ 81 ] The toy surface at Portman Road is highly regard and has been voted best sales talk in the league on a phone number of occasions. [ 82 ] The former groundsman, Alan Ferguson, received a number of accolades, including both Premiership and Championship Groundsman of the Year. [ 83 ] [ 84 ] The stadium has besides hosted many England youth international matches, and one senior England friendly international match, against Croatia in 2003. [ 85 ]

Supporters [edit ]

average and top out attendances from 1936 During the 2008–09 season, Ipswich Town recorded an average attendance of 18,873, approximately 63 % of available capacity, the seventh-highest attendance in The Championship. [ 86 ] The highest attendance of the season was 28,274 in the local bowler hat against Norwich City. [ 87 ] A late nickname for Town is “ The Tractor Boys ”, which was coined during the club ‘s brief period in the Premier League from 2000–01 to 2001–02, when the team regularly competed against more stylish clubs. The nickname is an example of self-deprecating humor referring to Ipswich ‘s agricultural heritage. [ 88 ] The origins of the nickname are not certain, but the foremost by and large accepted practice of the nickname was created whilst act at Leeds United in 2000–2001 : Ipswich were winning the game 2–1 and the Leeds fans started chanting, ‘We ‘re being beaten by a bunch of tractor drivers. ‘ Barracking by supporters of more established Premiership clubs during Town ‘s spell in the Premiership lent the dry tone ‘1–0 to the Tractor Boys ‘ increase potency and promotion, and the dub is normally used by the media. [ 89 ] [ 90 ] Former Town coach Jim Magilton commented, in the local wardrobe, that he disliked the dub and said that it conjured up, ‘images of carrot-crunching yokels ‘, [ 88 ] while players such as Matt Holland accepted the tone with estimable humor. [ 91 ] Ipswich have a global fan establish, with the official Ipswich Town Supporters Club having supporters branches across the world. [ 92 ] The club has a particularly potent affiliation with german baseball club Fortuna Düsseldorf, with Fortuna fans making an annual visit to Portman Road since 2006. Ipswich fans besides organise visits to the Merkur Spiel-Arena in Düsseldorf to support Fortuna at their home matches. [ 93 ] The two clubs have previously organised a pre-season friendly match in Düsseldorf in 2015, which was the first match to be played between the two teams. [ 94 ]

Rivalries [edit ]

The golf club ‘s main rivals are Norwich City. When the two teams meet it is known as the ‘ East Anglian bowler hat ‘, or, colloquially, as the ‘Old Farm bowler hat ‘, a comic reference to the ‘ Old Firm Derby ‘ play between scottish teams Celtic and Rangers and the prominence of department of agriculture in East Anglia. The series began in the early twentieth century, when both clubs were amateur organisations. The beginning bowler hat was held between the two clubs on 15 November 1902, with the first bowler hat between the two professional clubs taking place in 1939. locally, much is made of the informal title “ Pride of Anglia “. Fans claim the title for either winning the East Anglian Derby, finishing highest in the league, having the better stream league position and having the more successful club history. [ 95 ]

Records and statistics [edit ]

League positions since 1938–39 season Mick Mills holds the read for Ipswich league appearances, having played 741 first-team matches between 1966 and 1982. The club ‘s top league goalscorer is Ray Crawford, who scored 203 goals between 1958 and 1969, while Ted Phillips holds the record for the most league goals scored in a season, 41 in the 1956–57 season in Division Three ( South ). Allan Hunter won the most international caps whilst a musician at the club, making 47 appearances for Northern Ireland during his time at Ipswich. [ 96 ] The club ‘s widest victory margins in the league have been their 7–0 wins against Portsmouth in the Second Division in 1964, against Southampton in the First Division in 1974 and against West Bromwich Albion in the First Division in 1976. Their heaviest defeats in the league were 10–1 against Fulham in 1963 and 9–0 against Manchester United in 1995. [ 96 ] Ipswich ‘s record home plate attendance is 38,010 for a sixth round FA Cup equal against Leeds United on 8 March 1975. With the introduction of regulations enforcing all-seater stadiums, it is improbable that this record will be beaten in the foreseeable future. [ 96 ] The highest transfer fee received for an Ipswich musician is £8.1 million as function of a deal worth in excess of £12 million from Sunderland for Connor Wickham in June 2011, [ 97 ] while the most spend by the club on a player was £4.75 million for Matteo Sereni from Sampdoria in July 2001, following the club ‘s qualification for the UEFA Cup. [ 96 ] Bobby Robson is the baseball club ‘s longest serve coach in terms of games managed, managing Ipswich for 709 matches between 1969 and 1982. While Scott Duncan is the club ‘s longest serve coach in terms of time spent as coach at the club, managing the baseball club for 6,487 days between 1937 and 1955. [ 98 ] Ipswich still maintain an undefeated home plate record in european contest. This criminal record being maintained since 1962, when the cabaret first qualified for the european Cup. For 45 years, Ipswich held the record for the longest unbeaten run of games at family in european competition, with a run of 31 base matches undefeated. due to the team ‘s absence from such tournaments in late years this commemorate has since been broken by Dutch club AZ Alkmaar. [ 99 ]

Players [edit ]

current team [edit ]

As of 3 November 2021[100]

note : Flags indicate home team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

Out on lend [edit ]

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

Under-23s and Academy [edit ]

Ipswich presently runs a category Two Academy, with a five-year plan to improve to Category One. The academy is run by Lee O’Neill and Bryan Klug. [ 101 ] The academy was peculiarly successful in the 1990s, producing a issue of first-team players including Kieron Dyer, Richard Wright and Titus Bramble. [ 102 ] More recently, Andre Dozzell, son of Jason Dozzell, has graduated from the academy, going on to score in his debut for the club in 2016. [ 103 ] [ 104 ]

musician of the year [edit ]

Towards the end of each season, a player is voted as the ’ Player of the Year ’ by the club ‘s fans .

hall of fame [edit ]

In 2007, the club created a hall of fame into which a number of personnel associated with the baseball club are inducted every year. The inaugural members, Ray Crawford, Mick Mills, Ted Phillips and John Wark, were selected in 2007 by a ballot of early Ipswich players .

club officials [edit ]

Board of Directors [edit ]

Position

Name

Chairman

Co-Owner

Director

bodied hierarchy [edit ]

Position

Name

Chief Executive Officer

Chief Operating Officer

Director of Football Operations

General Manager of Football Operations

Financial Controller

Club Secretary

First-team coach staff [edit ]

Academy coaching staff [edit ]

Information correct as of 15 October 2021 [ 105 ]

Managers [edit ]

As of 4 December 2021. Only permanent managers are shown.

Name

Nationality

From

Win %

Ireland
29 May 1936
11 August 1937
39
25
9
5
0 64.1

Scotland
12 November 1937
7 August 1955
505
205
113
187
0 40.6

England
8 August 1955
30 April 1963
369
176
75
118
0 47.7

England
1 May 1963
8 September 1964
56
11
12
33
0 19.6

England
5 October 1964
23 November 1968
196
80
62
54
0 40.8

England
13 January 1969
18 August 1982
709
316
173
220
0 44.6

England
19 August 1982
17 May 1987
258
97
61
100
0 37.6

Honours [edit ]

informant : [ 13 ]

domestic [edit ]

league [edit ]

Cups [edit ]

european [edit ]

Ipswich Town in popular culture [edit ]

A total of Ipswich players appeared aboard Sylvester Stallone and Pelé in the 1981 prisoner of war movie Escape to Victory, including John Wark, Russell Osman, Robin Turner, Laurie Sivell, and Kevin O’Callaghan. other Ipswich Town players stood in for actors in the football scenes— Kevin Beattie for Michael Caine, and Paul Cooper for Sylvester Stallone. [ 107 ]
A ladies team affiliated with the golf club, Ipswich Town FC Women, presently compete in the FA Women ‘s Premier League Southern class, the third tier of women ‘s football in the country. recently given professional contracts to 5 players, with a very successful academy play in U-21 Premier league with England recognition. They play their dwelling games at the Goldstar Ground, home of Felixstowe & Walton United. [ 108 ]

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