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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 ]
A turnaround then followed and seven wins from eight games pulled Ipswich up to 12th and appeared to have secured their survival. But another slump set in and this time they were unable to halt it. Any lingering hopes of survival were ended on the final day by a 5–0 defeat against Liverpool .
Ipswich Binners, Tractor Boys, Carrot Crunchers Ilchester Sickies Irthlingborough Irthlings Isle of Wight Caulkheads (named after the caulking of boats), Boat People (pejorative, refers to those commuting to the mainland for work) Jedburgh Jetharts, Jobbies [51] Keele Christines (after Christine Keeler) Keighley Keiths Kenilworth Everetts ...
Conor Chaplin's rocket header ensures Ipswich return to second in the Championship with victory over play-off chasing Sunderland. Ipswich Town 2-1 Sunderland: Tractor Boys win to regain second ...
Ipswich Town keep up the pace in the chase for automatic promotion with a hard-fought 2-1 victory at Swansea City. Swansea City 1-2 Ipswich Town: Broadhead and Chaplin strike in Tractor Boys win ...
This was Ipswich's fourth consecutive appearance in the play-offs, and fifth in total. It was the first time they had progressed to the final, having lost in the play-off semifinals for the past three years, to Sheffield United in the 1997 play-offs, Charlton Athletic in the 1998 play-offs, and Bolton Wanderers in the 1999 play-offs. [10]
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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. [17] 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. [18]