List of Ipswich Town F.C. records and statistics explained
Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk. The club was founded in 1878 and turned professional in 1936. Ipswich have played at all professional levels of English football and have participated in European football since the 1960s. The team currently plays in the top tier of English football.
This list encompasses the major honours won by Ipswich Town, records set by the club, their managers and their players, and details the club's European performances. The player records section includes details of the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions. It also records notable achievements by Ipswich players on the international stage, and the highest transfer fees paid and received by the club. Attendance records at Portman Road, the club's home ground since 1884, are also included in the list.
Honours
Ipswich Town have won honours both domestically and in European Cup competitions. The club has won the English League Championship (1961–62) and the FA Cup (1978) and, in European competition, won the UEFA Cup in 1980–81. Their last senior league honour was the Football League Second Division title in 1992.[1]
Domestic
League titles
Winners: 1961–62
Runners-up: 1980–81, 1981–82
Winners: 1960–61, 1967–68, 1991–92
Runners-up: 2023–24
Play-off winners: 1999–2000
Winners: 1953–54, 1956–57
Runners-up: 2022–23
Winners: 1936–37
Cups
Winners: 1977–78
Winners: 1972–73
European
Winners: 1980–81
Minor titles
Friendly
Winners: 1981
Winners: 2023
Winners: 1896–97, 1897–98, 1898–99, 1899–1900
Winners: 1929, 1930, 1932, 1936, 1959, 1988, 1990
Winners: 1966 (shared)
Winners: 1963
Winners: 1978, 1979
Other
Champions: 1903–04
Runners-up: 1904–05
Champions: 1921–22, 1929–30, 1932–33, 1933–34
Runners-up: 1922–23, 1930–31
Winners: 1886–87, 1888–89, 1889–90
Winners: 1886–87, 1888–89, 1889–90, 1895–96, 1899–1900, 1903–04, 1904–05, 1905–06, 1906–07, 1907–08, 1911–12, 1912–13, 1913–14, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1929–30
Player records
See also: List of Ipswich Town F.C. players.
Appearances
Most appearances
Competitive, professional matches only, appearances as substitutes in brackets.[13]
width=6% | | width=17% | Name | width=12% | Years | width=13% | League | width=13% | FA Cup | width=13% | League Cup | width=13% | Other[14] | width=13% | Total |
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1 | | 1966–82 | | | | 49 (0) | |
2 | | 1975–84 1988–90 1991–96 | | | | 40 (0) | |
3 | | 1982–2000 | | | | | |
4 | | 1973–86 | 447 (0) | 45 (0) | 43 (0) | 40 (0) | 575 (0) |
5 | | 1973–85 | 394 (0) | 43 (0) | 35 (0) | 28 (0) | 500 (0) |
6 | | 1946–56 | 428 (0) | 37 (0) | | 10 (0) | 475 (0) |
7 | | 1960–70 | 409 (0) | | 22 (0) | | 459 (0) |
8 | | 1949–64 | 398 (0) | 27 (0) | | | 435 (0) |
9 | | 2012–21 | 377 (0) | 6 (0) | | | 396 (1) |
10 | | 1984–93 1997 | | 22 (0) | | 22 (0) | |
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Goalscorers
Top goalscorers
Ray Crawford is the all-time top goalscorer for Ipswich Town. In the 1970–71 season, he became the first footballer to score hat-tricks in the Football League, League Cup, FA Cup and European Cup.[17]
Competitive, professional matches only, appearances including substitutes appear in brackets.[13]
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1 | | 1958–63 1965–68 | 204 (320) | | | | 218 (354) |
2 | | 1974–83 1987–89 1991–96 | 135 (539) | 12 (56) | 25 (43) | 18 (40) | 190 (678) |
3 | | 1953–63 | 161 (269) | | | | 181 (295) |
4 | | 1951–58 | 123 (248) | 20 (25) | | | 143 (273) |
5 | | 1976–83 | | 19 (31) | | 12 (28) | 135 (339) |
6 | | 1969–78 | | | | 18 (33) | 104 (335) |
7 | | 1973–84 | | | | | |
8 | | 1946–56 | | | | | |
9 | | 1977–82 | | | | | |
10 | | 1983–92 1997 | | 12 (22) | | | |
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International caps
Ipswich Town turned professional in 1936, and the first player to be capped by a national side received his call-up as recently as 1952. Many of the records in this section were established during the late 1970s and early 1980s, when Ipswich achieved success unparalleled in the club's history.[1] This section refers only to caps won while an Ipswich Town player.
Transfers
Firsts
Record transfer fees paid
Record transfer fees received
Managerial records
See also: List of Ipswich Town F.C. managers.
- First manager in the professional era: Mick O'Brien (managed the club for 39 games from May 1936 to August 1937).[42]
- Longest serving manager: Bobby Robson (managed the club for 709 games from January 1969 to August 1982).[43]
Club records
Goals
Points
- Most points in a season:
- Fewest points in a season:
Matches
Firsts
- First match: Ipswich Town 6–1 Stoke Wanderers, a friendly at Broom Hill, 2 November 1878.[45]
- First league match: Ipswich Town 4–1 Tunbridge Wells Rangers, Southern League at Portman Road, 29 August 1936.[46]
- First FA Cup match: Ipswich Town 2–0 Reading, first qualifying round, 4 October 1890.[47]
- First European match: Floriana 1–4 Ipswich Town, European Cup, preliminary round, 18 September 1962.[48]
- First League Cup match: Ipswich 0–2 Barnsley, first round, 11 October 1960.[49]
Record wins
- Record league win: 7–0, vs.
- Record away league win: 0–6,[52] vs.
- Record FA Cup win:
- 11–0 against Cromer, Division final, 31 October 1936.[47]
- Record European win:
- 10–0 against Floriana, in the European Cup, preliminary round second leg, 25 September 1962.[56]
Record defeats
- Record league defeat:
- Record FA Cup defeat:[47]
- 7–0 against Chelsea in the third round, 9 January 2011.[59]
- Record European defeat:
- 4–0 against F.C. Bruges, in the UEFA Cup, second round second leg, 5 November 1975.[60]
Record consecutive results
- Record consecutive wins: 9 (from 28 November 1981 to 23 January 1982).[61]
- Record consecutive defeats: 10 (from 4 September 1954 to 16 October 1954).[61]
- Record consecutive games without a defeat: 21 (from 11 February 2023 to 19 August 2023).[61]
- Record consecutive games without a win: 23 (from 28 August 1963 to 14 December 1963).[61]
Attendances
European statistics
See main article: Ipswich Town F.C. in European football.
Record by competition
Record by location
Ipswich's record at Portman Road is peerless in European football. For 45 years, Ipswich held the record for the longest unbeaten run of games at home in European competition.[64] The team's absence from such tournaments in recent years had seen the record overtaken by AZ Alkmaar,[65] whose home undefeated run was finally broken by Everton in 2007.[66]
width=30% | Location | width=10% | Played | width=10% | Won | width=10% | Drawn | width=10% | Lost | width=10% | Goals for | width=10% | Goals against |
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Portman Road | 31 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 84 | 12 |
Away venues | 31 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 36 | 49 |
Total | 62 | 36 | 12 | 14 | 120 | 61 | |
European attendance records
- Highest home attendance: 33,663 against Barcelona, 23 October 1977.[67]
- Lowest home attendance: 13,440 against Skeid Oslo, 3 October 1979.[67]
- Highest away attendance: 100,000 against Barcelona, 21 March 1979.[67]
- Lowest away attendance: 2,971 against Avenir Beggen, 15 August 2002.[67]
References
General
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, Dean
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- Web site: Ipswich Town . Football Club History Database . 29 January 2008 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20080516035253/http://www.fchd.info/IPSWICHT.HTM . 16 May 2008 .
Specific
Notes and References
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- Until 1992, the top division of English football was the Football League First Division; since then, it has been the Premier League.
- Now known as the Football League Championship.
- Now known as Football League One.
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- Web site: Paisley Charity Cup . stmirren.info . 12 May 2019 . 5 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210505215724/http://stmirren.info/id32.html . dead .
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- [Jason Dozzell]
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- Book: Hayes
, Dean
. The Who's Who of Ipswich Town. Breedon Books. 2006. 185–191. 1-85983-515-5.
- The "Other" column constitutes goals and appearances (including those as a substitute) in the FA Charity Shield, the European Cup, the European Cup Winners' Cup, the UEFA Cup, the Anglo-Italian Cup, the Texaco Cup and the Full Members Cup.
- Book: Hayes
, Dean
. The Who's Who of Ipswich Town. Breedon Books. 2006. 1-85983-515-5. 181.
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, Dean
. The Who's Who of Ipswich Town. Breedon Books. 2006. 45. 1-85983-515-5.
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- [John Wark]
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- News: 94/95 Transfers In. 21 August 2024 . Wikipedia . 21 August 2024.
- News: 93/94 Transfers Out. 21 August 2024 . Wikipedia . 21 August 2024.
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- News: Omari is Back. 30 June 2024 . Ipswich Town F.C . 30 June 2024.
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- News: Liam Delap joins Town. 13 July 2024 . Ipswich Town F.C . 13 July 2024.
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- News: Town sign keeper Muric. 17 July 2024 . Ipswich Town F.C . 17 July 2024.
- News: Sunderland sign Ipswich striker Connor Wickham . 29 June 2011 . 29 June 2011 . BBC Sport . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20110627120101/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/13873800.stm . 27 June 2011 .
- News: Bournemouth sign defender Tyrone Mings from Ipswich for £8m . . 29 June 2015 . 25 June 2015 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150628233911/http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/33293441 . 28 June 2015 .
- News: Mings Completes Villa Move . TWTD . 19 April 2020 . 8 July 2019.
- News: Kieron Dyer . . 29 January 2008 . 24 February 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120224070240/http://www.skysports.com/football/player/0,,11678_31055,00.html . live .
- News: Arsenal complete Wright signing . . 31 January 2008. 5 July 2001.
- News: Newcastle prise away Bramble . . 27 June 2002 . 29 January 2008 . Charlie Norton . London . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121108191330/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fsport%2F2002%2F06%2F27%2Fsfnnew28.xml . 8 November 2012 .
- News: Derby announce Waghorn signing . 8 August 2018 . East Anglian Daily Times . 8 August 2018 . 11 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180811031303/http://www.eadt.co.uk/sport/martyn-waghorn-signs-for-derby-1-5642598 . live .
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- Web site: Bobby Robson . Pride of Anglia . 10 September 2007 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20081216093746/http://www.tmwmtt.com/sql/managers/profile.phtml?&managerid=9 . 16 December 2008 .
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- Web site: Match Report – FLORIANA (0) 1 – 4 (2) IPSWICH TOWN – European Cup Preliminary Round, 1st Leg, Season 1962–63 . Pride of Anglia . 29 January 2008 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20120213175530/http://www.tmwmtt.com/sql/match_report.phtml?day=18&month=9&year=1962&sequence=0 . 13 February 2012 .
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- Web site: Ipswich Town 7–0 West Bromwich Albion . Pride of Anglia . 16 February 2011 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717064346/http://www.tmwmtt.com/sql/match_report.phtml?level=1&tablename1=extended_results&tablename2=results&levelname=First_Team&day=6&month=11&year=1976&sequence=0 . 17 July 2011 .
- Web site: Championship – Round-up: Ipswich hit six in romp . Eurosport . 16 February 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110220005307/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/15022011/58/championship-round-ipswich-hit-six-romp.html . 20 February 2011 .
- Web site: Notts County 0–6 Ipswich Town . Pride of Anglia . 16 February 2011 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717064404/http://www.tmwmtt.com/sql/match_report.phtml?level=1&tablename1=extended_results&tablename2=results&levelname=First_Team&day=25&month=9&year=1982&sequence=0 . 17 July 2011 .
- Web site: Swindon Town 0–6 Ipswich Town . Pride of Anglia . 16 February 2011 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717064338/http://www.tmwmtt.com/sql/match_report.phtml?level=1&tablename1=extended_results&tablename2=results&levelname=First&day=3&month=4&year=1999&sequence=0 . 17 July 2011 .
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- Web site: Ipswich Town 10 – 0 Floriana . . 9 July 2019 . 31 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190331013148/https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=1962/matches/round=925/match=61884/index.html . live .
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- Web site: English Premier – Manchester United 9 (3) – 0 (0) Ipswich on 04-03-1995 . . 30 January 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050824074848/http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=221507 . 24 August 2005.
- News: Chelsea 7–0 Ipswich. BBC Sport. 9 January 2011. 9 January 2011. 6 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170906093847/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/9341552.stm. live.
- Web site: Club Brugge 4 – 0 Ipswich Town . . 9 July 2019 . 14 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190714055132/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season%3D1975/matches/round%3D1074/match%3D64628/index.html . live .
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