The Tractor Boys |
Ipswich Town FC
Founded 1878 as Ipswich AFC
Turned professional 1936
Name Changed September 1888 after merging with Ipswich Rugby Club
Players provided 12
Different scorers 5 (21 goals) Total appearances 156
1961-2000 |
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Portman
Road |
Domestic Honours |
Southern League winners
1936-37; Football League Division Three (South) winners
1953-54, 1956-57; Division Two winners 1960-61,
1967-78, 1991-92; Champions
1961-62, runners-up 1980-81, 1981-82;
FA Charity Shield runners-up 1962, 1978; Texaco Cup
winners 1972-73; FA
Cup winners 1977-78; Football
League Cup best: semi-finals 1981-82, 1984-85, 2000-01,
2010-11; After League restructure: Football League Division
One/Championship fourth place-play-off semi-finalists
1996-97, fifth place-play-off semi-finalists 1997-98 &
2003-04,
third place-play-off semi-finalists 1998-99 & 2004-05, third
place-play-off winners 1999-2000, sixth place-play-off
semi-finalists 2014-15, runners-up 2023-24; Division Two/League One
runners-up 2022-23; |
European Honours |
European Cup best: first round, 1962-63
(beaten by Milan, agg 2-4); European Cup Winners Cup best:
Quarter-finals, 1978-79 (beaten by Barcelona, agg 2-2) UEFA
Cup winners 1980-81;
Anglo-Italian Cup best: Anglo-semi-finals 1995-96 (beaten by
Port Vale 2-4); |
Home
venue |
Portman Road since 1884; Previously
occupied Broom Hill and Brook's Hall
between 1878 and 1884. |
Home strip |
Blue shirts,
white shorts, white
socks |
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