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Revision as of 18:17, 12 February 2008
- For a statistical breakdown by season, see Ipswich Town F.C. seasons.
The history of Ipswich Town F.C. covers the years from the club's formation to the present day. Ipswich Town F.C. is an English association football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk and was formed in 1878. The side played amateur football until 1936 when the club turned professional and were elected into the Southern League. Ipswich Town was elected into Division Three of the Football League in place of Gillingham F.C. on 30 May, 1938.
The club experienced league success during the early 1960s, winning the Football League Championship in 1961–62, one season after winning promotion from the Second Division. A decade later, under the guidance of Bobby Robson, the club achieved success both in the FA Cup and in European competition, winning the UEFA Cup in 1981.
The club has made a contribution to the history of the England national football team; both Robson and Sir Alf Ramsey moved on from Ipswich to manage England. Robson and Ramsey presided over England's best results in the World Cup: fourth place in 1990 and world champions in 1966.
Foundation to professionalism: 1878–1936
The club was founded in 1878 as an amateur side known as Ipswich A.F.C., under the presidency of local MP Thomas Cobbold. Ipswich A.F.C.'s first match was a 6–1 home victory over Stoke Wanderers at the Broom Hill ground on 2 November, 1878. This was followed by a 2–0 victory over Harwich in the club's first away match. Losing only one game in 17 in its second season, the club was able to build enough interest to enrol players for a 2nd team.[1] Ipswich recorded its biggest ever victory during the 1880–81 season, a 15–0 defeat of East Stamford with one player, John Knights, registering a treble hat-trick; both achievements remain club records.[2] The team moved to Portman Road, the current ground, in 1884, initially sharing the facilities with the East Suffolk Cricket Club who had played there since 1855.[3]
The club won its first trophy in the 1886–87 season, triumphing 2–1 against a team representing Ipswich School in the final of the Suffolk Challenge Cup.[4] In 1888 the club merged with Ipswich Rugby Club to form Ipswich Town F.C..[2] In 1890, the club entered the qualifying rounds of the FA Cup for the first time and was knocked out in the final qualifying round by the 93rd Highlanders.[5] The club experienced scant success in the Cup during the 1890s but won a number of local cup competitions, including the Suffolk Senior Cup and the Ipswich Charity Cup.[4] Having received invitations to join from both the Southern League and the Norfolk and Suffolk League, Ipswich joined the latter in the 1899–1900 season, finishing fourth in their first league season.[5]
In 1907, Ipswich became founder members of the Southern Amateur League.[6] The club narrowly avoided relegation in many of the following seasons, and suffered a club record 15–1 defeat at the hands of Corinthians F.C. at Portman Road on New Year's Day, 1910. The outbreak of the First World War and the commandeering of Portman Road by the Army curtailed the 1914–15 season and organised football did not return until the 1920–21 season.[7] Just one year later, Ipswich Town became champions of the Southern Amateur League, clinching the title on the last day of the season.[8][9] 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.[10]
Early Football League: 1936–1955
In 1936, local businessman Leonard P. Thompson threatened to lead a breakaway from the amateur club to create an entirely separate professional club, Ipswich United. John Murray Cobbold, the club President, called together rival factions for a meeting at the Town Hall on 1 May, 1936, at which it was agreed that Ipswich Town should turn professional. The club was unanimously elected to the Southern League for the 1936–37 season and former Irish international footballer Mick O'Brien was appointed as the club's first professional manager.[11]
The club's first professional game at Portman Road resulted in a 4–1 win against Tunbidge Wells Rangers and the club went on to win the Southern League at the first time of asking. O'Brien left after just one season following the death of his wife.[12] Ipswich Town were managerless until November 10, 1936 when the club appointed Scott Duncan, who had left recently relegated Manchester United, as manager;[13] he led Ipswich to third place in the 1937–38 season.
Ipswich Town F.C. were elected to The Football League on 30 May, 1938, at the expense of Gillingham F.C., initially playing in Division Three (South).[11] The club's last competitive match before the league was suspended due to the Second World War was a 1–1 draw with local rivals, Norwich City.[11] Despite the interruption due to the war, Duncan managed the club for over 500 games between 1937 and 1955. Following three successive top-eight finishes, the 1949–50 season ended with Ipswich in 17th position in Division Three (South), the club's lowest ever league finish.[14]
During the early 1950s striker Tom Garneys finished as club top-scorer for four seasons in a row, and became the first professional Ipswich player to score four times in a game.[15] During this period, Ipswich won the title and promotion to the Second Division in the 1953–54 season, during which eight consecutive wins were recorded.[16] The club was relegated back to Division Three (South) the following year at the end of a poor season, the highlight of which was progress to the fifth round of the FA Cup, a run ended by First Division Preston North End.[16] Duncan resigned but stayed on at the club in a secretarial role for a further three years.[13] His replacement was a managerial novice, former England international and double Championship winner at Tottenham Hotspur, Alf Ramsey.[17][18]
Ramsey and champions of England: 1955–69
In Alf Ramsey's first season at the club, Ipswich scored 106 goals in 46 games and finished third in Division Three (South).[19] The following season, 1956–57, the club won the Division Three (South) title for the second time and saw the emergence of local striker Ted Phillips who scored 46 times during the season; this remains the highest number of goals scored by an Ipswich player in a season.[20] During the same season, Ipswich played under floodlights for the first time, at Coventry City in September 1956.[21] Three seasons of mid-table finishes followed as Ipswich established themselves in Division Two, along with moderate success in the FA Cup, most notably reaching the fifth round in the 1958–59 season.[22]
Ipswich had their most successful season to that point in 1960–61, winning the Second Division and promotion to the top level of English football,[10] ahead of Sheffield United and Liverpool.[23] In the top flight for the first time, Ipswich became champions of the Football League at the first attempt in 1961–62,[10] with Ray Crawford joint English and European top scorer with Derek Kevan of West Bromwich Albion.[24] As English league champions, Ipswich qualified for European football for the first time. They met Maltese side Floriana in the European Cup, defeating them 14–1 on aggregate in the first round before losing to AC Milan in the second round;[22] it would be another 11 years before the club's would qualify for Europe again.[10] Ramsey quit the club in April 1963 to take charge of the England national football team,[25] and Ipswich finished only four places above relegation in the 1962–63 season. To commemorate Ramsey's success at the club, a statue of him was unveiled outside Portman Road in 2000 by Ray Crawford.[26]
Ramsey was replaced by Jackie Milburn,[10] under whose leadership fortunes on the pitch declined. Two years after winning the league title, Ipswich dropped into the Second Division in 1963–64, conceding 121 league goals in 42 games, still the highest number of goals conceded by Ipswich in a season.[22][27] Milburn quit after just one full season and was replaced by Bill McGarry early in the 1964–65 season.[10] The club remained in the Second Division for four years until McGarry guided Ipswich to promotion in the 1967–68 season, winning the division by a single point ahead of Queens Park Rangers.[28] McGarry left to manage Wolves and was replaced by Bobby Robson in January 1969.[10]
Robson and Europe: 1969–82
Bobby Robson's appointment followed a chance encounter with Ipswich director Murray Sangster while scouting at Portman Road for Chelsea manager Dave Sexton.[29] Robson had some experience of management from his time at Fulham, although he had been sacked after failing to avoid relegation from Division Two.[30] Robson's sides finished 18th and 19th in his first two seasons at Ipswich, but he kept the team in the top division, before finding greater success. Robson led the club to fourth place in the First Division and success in the Texaco Cup, beating local rivals Norwich City 4–2, in the 1972–73 season.[31]
The fourth place finish meant Ipswich qualified for the 1973–74 UEFA Cup.[22] In the first round, they were drawn against experienced European opposition in Real Madrid. Following a 1–0 victory at Portman Road, Ipswich needed to defend their slim lead. Ipswich captain Mick Mills was reported in the Spanish press suggesting that "El Real no es invincible" ("Real are not invincible") and a 0–0 draw at the Bernabéu secured Ipswich's shock passage into the second round.[32][33] The club fell at the quarter final stage but returned to the tournament in the following two seasons.[34]
In the 1974–75 season, Ipswich finished third in the First Division and were losing semi-finalists in the FA Cup. In the following two seasons Ipswich finished in the top six of the league and in 1977, they signed Paul Mariner from Plymouth for a club record £220,000.[35] Mariner's efforts (including seven goals in the tournament) helped the club to the second major honour in its history;[36] Roger Osborne scored the winning goal in a 1–0 victory over Arsenal in the FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium.[37] The club's league fortunes dipped dramatically during the season finishing 18th, just three points above the relegation places,[38] but the Cup success secured qualification for the following season's European Cup Winners' Cup. Over the next two seasons Robson brought Dutchmen Arnold Mühren and Frans Thijssen to the club while the team achieved two further top six finishes in the First Division. However, it was the 1980–81 season which, in Robson's words, "...helped put Ipswich on the map...".[39]
The club finished second in the league once more and were losing semi-finalists in the FA Cup, but the real success of the season was victory in the UEFA Cup. Beating Michel Platini's AS Saint-Étienne 4–1 at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in the quarter-finals and a 2–0 aggregate victory over 1. FC Koln in the semi-final led Ipswich to the club's first European final, played over two legs against AZ 67 Alkmaar. A 3–0 victory at Portman Road was followed by a 4–2 defeat at Alkmaar's Alkmaarderhout stadium, resulting in a 5–4 aggregate victory over the Dutch side.[40]
Ipswich therefore began the 1981–82 UEFA Cup campaign as holders, but lost in the first round to Scottish opponents Aberdeen. Domestically, the club had continued success, finishing second in the First Division yet again, this time four points behind Liverpool.[41][42]
Robson's achievements with Ipswich earned him an offer from the Football Association to become the England national coach; he declined an offer of a ten-year contract extension from Ipswich director Patrick Cobbold.[43] On 7 July, 1982, two days after England were knocked out of the 1982 World Cup, Bobby Robson left Ipswich to succeed Ron Greenwood as coach of England.[44] During his 13 year tenure at Ipswich, Robson brought in only 14 players from other clubs, relying instead on players developed through the club's youth programmes.[45] In 2002, in recognition of Robson's achievements with the club, a life-size statue of him was unveiled opposite the Cobbold Stand at Portman Road.[46] On 7 July 2006, Robson was named as honorary president of Ipswich Town Football Club, the first since Lady Blanche Cobbold who had died in 1987.[47]
After Robson: 1982–1995
Bobby Robson was replaced at Ipswich by his chief coach, Bobby Ferguson.[10] Ferguson made the transition from coach to manager in July 1982 and a turbulent period for the club began. The three seasons from 1982–83 to 1984–85 ended in mediocrity for Ipswich, the highlight being an FA Cup quarter-final and League Cup semi-final in 1985.[22] The following season's indifferent league form resulted in a 20th place finish and relegation to the Second Division.[48] Ipswich finished fifth in the Second Division in the 1986–87 season to qualify for the play-offs,[49] but Ferguson resigned after losing to 2–1 on aggregate to Charlton Athletic.[50]
From 1987 to 1990, Ipswich Town were managed by John Duncan, but achieved only mid-table finishes each season with the club gaining a reputation as a "competent Second Division side".[51] Duncan was sacked in June 1990 and was replaced by John Lyall, whose 14-year reign as West Ham United manager had ended the previous summer. During that time the Hammers had won the FA Cup twice and finished third in the league.[52] Lyall guided Ipswich to a mid-table finish in the 1990–91 season but the following season saw them crowned champions of the Second Division and gain promotion, becoming founder members of the FA Premier League.[53]
After a good start to the inaugural Premier League season, Ipswich were in fourth place in the league in January 1993, but a dip in form during the final weeks of the season saw Ipswich finish 16th.[54] Ipswich made a good start to the 1993–94 campaign, before experiecing a slump in form over the final weeks of the season and the club only avoided relegation when Sheffield United suffered a last-gasp 3–2 defeat at Chelsea on the final day of the season.[55] Lyall was sacked as Ipswich manager in December 1994 with the club at the bottom of the Premiership.[51] His successor George Burley was unable to turn things around and Ipswich suffered a "humiliating" 9–0 defeat at Manchester United in early March,[56][57] the biggest margin in a Premiership match.[58] Relegation was confirmed soon afterwards and Ipswich ended the season having conceded 93 goals in 42 league games.[59]
Europe and adminstration: 1995–present
The next four seasons brought near-misses as the club flirted with promotion; in 1995–96, Ipswich fell one place short of the First Division play-off zone, and the ensuing three seasons brought successive semi-final play-off defeats.[60] In 2000, Ipswich qualified for the Division One play-off final, the last such match at Wembley Stadium before the stadium was to be redeveloped.[61] They beat Barnsley 4–2 securing their return to the Premiership after an absence of five years.[62] Most observers expected Ipswich to suffer relegation from the Premiership in their first season back at this level; The Times reported "Miracle Sought in Deepest East Anglia" suggesting a bottom place finish,[63] while television pundits Rodney Marsh and Mark Lawrenson both agreed relegation was the only obvious outcome.[64] Ipswich made only one only major signing during the off-season, buying Hermann Hreiðarsson from Wimbledon F.C. for a club record £4m two days before the season commenced.[65] Despite the doubters, Ipswich ended 2000 in third place in the Premier League,[66] and it was only because of a failure to win on the last day of the season against Derby County that Ipswich missed out on qualification for the UEFA Champions League. A fifth place finish gained the club a UEFA Cup place and earned George Burley the FA Premier League Manager of the Year, the only recipient of the award not to have won the Premier League.[57]
Matteo Sereni and Finidi George arrived before the 2001–02 season saw to boost the squad for its foray into Europe.[57] The club's league form was poor, 18 games into the campaign, Ipswich were bottom of the table with just one league victory. However, there was some relief in the UEFA Cup with a victory over Inter Milan 1–0 at home in the third round despite which the tie was lost over two legs after a 4–1 defeat at the San Siro.[67] Bottom at Christmas,[68] Burley's side climbed to 12th place with seven wins from eight fixtures which appeared to have saved them from relegation.[69] But another decline set in and this time Ipswich were unable to halt it and their fate was confirmed on the final day of the season with a 5–0 defeat by Liverpool at Anfield.[70] The loss of income due to relegation to the Championship led to the club going into financial administration resulting in the sale of a number of players including Jamie Clapham,[71], Darren Ambrose,[72] and ultimately club captain Matt Holland.[73] They had the minor consolation of again qualifying for the UEFA Cup, this time via the UEFA Fair Play ranking, losing in the second round to Czech side Slovan Liberec.[74] A poor start to the domestic season leaving the club 19th in the table by mid-October resulted in George Burley being sacked after nearly eight years as manager of Ipswich Town.[75] First team coach Tony Mowbray was given four games as caretaker mananger, winning once,[76] but he was replaced as manager by the former Oldham Athletic, Everton and Manchester City manager Joe Royle, whose managerial career had so far yielded four promotions and one FA Cup victory.[77]
When Royle became Ipswich manager, the club was struggling near the Division One relegation zone and following a revival after a change in management just missed the 2002–03 play-offs.[78] The club came out of administration during the 2003–04 season,[79] and continued to challenge for promotion back to the Premier League. They finished that season in fifth, but were knocked out of the play-off semi finals by West Ham United 2–1 on aggregate.[80] Ipswich missed automatic promotion in 2004–05 season, finishing third, only two points behind second-placed Wigan Athletic.[81] Royle tried to achieve his fifth promotion success as a manager through the play offs—he won promotion to the Second Division in 1983 and First Division in 1991 with Oldham Athletic, as well as getting Manchester City to the Premiership in 2000 after two straight promotions. However, Ipswich lost to West Ham United again in the play off semi-finals. Despite coming back from 2–0 down in the first leg to draw 2–2 at Upton Park, they lost 2–0 in the return leg at Portman Road.[82] The team was plague by injuries during the 2005–06 season and pre-season promotion favourites Ipswich finished a disappointing 15th, the club's lowest finish since 1966.[83] Joe Royle resigned by mutual consent on 11 May, 2006.[84] On 5 June, 2006 at a press conference, Jim Magilton was officially named as the new manager and former Academy Director Bryan Klug was appointed to assist as first team coach.[85] In Magilton's first season, the club finished the season in 14th place in the table.[86] It was also during the Jim Magilton era when Sir Bobby Robson agreed to become the club's president.[87] In October 2007, Ipswich agreed to sell a £44m stake in the club to British businessman Marcus Evans who became the majority owner and shareholder.[88]
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External links
- Club History at itfc.co.uk