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Less than five months later, on 25 October 2018, Paul Hurst was sacked, with Ipswich having won one match from fourteen league games. [13] Former Norwich City manager Paul Lambert was appointed two days later. [14] Ipswich's relegation to the third tier of English football was confirmed on 13 April 2019, the first time since 1957. [15]
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 ]
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]
Born in Otley, Suffolk in 1950 [citation needed], Osborne was signed by Ipswich Town from Suffolk & Ipswich League club Westerfield United in October 1970. [1] He made his league debut on 27 October 1973 against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Portman Road, Ipswich Town winning 2–0.
Playford Road was officially opened in 2001. In addition to multiple pitches, the initial development of the training ground also included a dome housing an indoor pitch, with new buildings also being constructed including a canteen, players' lounge, parents' lounge, recreation room, classroom, changing rooms and office accommodation.
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]
Paul David Cooper (born 21 December 1953) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.He made more than 500 appearances in the Football League, most of them for Ipswich Town, where he won the 1978 FA Cup and the 1981 UEFA Cup and also gained a reputation for saving penalties.