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The book explain how Crawford was known to all as 'Jungle Boy' because of his army service in Malaya. He had his own Jungle Boy chant used a lot by the fans. Crawford now works as a summariser on Express FM commentaries on Portsmouth matches and occasionally on Radio Suffolk on Ipswich Town games. He is known for his loud cheers and shouts and ...
The 1960–61 season was the 72nd season of competitive football played by Ipswich Town.They finished the season as champions of the Second Division, one point ahead of second-placed Sheffield United, winning promotion to the top flight of English football for the first time in their history.
They defeated Maltese champions Floriana 14–1 in the preliminary round, with Ray Crawford scoring seven across the two ties. [110] Ipswich then faced Italians and eventual champions A.C. Milan. Ipswich were unable to overturn a 3–0 first leg defeat in the San Siro, despite winning 2–1 at Portman Road. [111]
Ipswich's European Cup campaign began in the preliminary round with a 14–1 aggregate win over Maltese champions Floriana, with Ray Crawford scoring seven goals across the two ties. [1] In the first round, Ipswich faced Italian giants A.C. Milan and were unable to overturn a 3–0 defeat in the San Siro , despite winning the second leg 2–1 ...
Ray Crawford is the club's all-time top scorer, with 203 goals in 354 matches, while Ted Phillips scored the most goals in a single season—41 in the 1956–57 season. The most capped player in the club's history is Northern Ireland 's Allan Hunter , who represented his country on 47 occasions.
The inaugural members, Ray Crawford, Mick Mills, Ted Phillips and John Wark, were selected in 2007 by a ballot of former Ipswich players. [2] There were no inductees for the 2020 or 2021 seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As of 2024, five of the Hall of Fame's inductees are club record holders. England international Crawford remains Ipswich ...
Ipswich Town won the League Championship under manager Alf Ramsey, who had led the club from the old Third Division South to the First Division.Ipswich were dismissed by most of the media at the time as relegation candidates, [citation needed] but Ramsey's tactics baffled the big clubs in the division such as favourites Tottenham Hotspur and Burnley, and other big names such as Manchester ...
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 .