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Alf Ramsey led Ipswich in their first season in Europe.. Ipswich's first appearance in European football came in the 1962–63 season.Under the management of Alf Ramsey, Ipswich had won back-to-back league titles and as such qualified for the 1962–63 European Cup in which they were drawn against Maltese club Floriana F.C. in the preliminary round.
Ipswich (/ ˈ ɪ p s w ɪ tʃ / ⓘ) is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England.It is the county town, and largest in Suffolk, followed by Lowestoft and Bury St Edmunds, and the third-largest population centre in East Anglia, after Peterborough and Norwich.
The club was founded as an amateur side 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 ]
Ipswich Town had made their first appearance in European football in the 1962–63 European Cup and, before the 1980–81 season, their most successful tournament was the 1973–74 UEFA Cup, where they were knocked out in the quarter-finals by Lokomotive Leipzig. [4] [5] This was Ipswich's eighth European campaign. [6]
Ipswich is the largest settlement and the county town. The county has an area of 3,798 km 2 (1,466 sq mi) and a population of 758,556. After Ipswich (144,957) in the south, the largest towns are Lowestoft (73,800) in the northeast and Bury St Edmunds (40,664) in the west.
First league match: Ipswich Town 4–1 Tunbridge Wells Rangers, Southern League at Portman Road, 29 August 1936. [44] First FA Cup match: Ipswich Town 2–0 Reading, first qualifying round, 4 October 1890. [45] First European match: Floriana 1–4 Ipswich Town, European Cup, preliminary round, 18 September 1962. [46]
For every season in which they have played, a set of statistics exist for their results in a number of competitions, including competitions in English and European football. Following the club's foundation, Ipswich Town played amateur football against teams from around Suffolk. During the 1880s, the club played a number of matches in the ...
Ipswich Town were elected to The Football League on 30 May 1938 by a margin of just two votes, [1] at the expense of Gillingham, initially playing in the Third Division South. [13] 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 . [ 13 ]