Ipswich Town F.C. seasons

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Statue of Sir Bobby Robson who managed Ipswich Town from the 1969–70 season to the 1981–82 season.

This is a list of seasons played by Ipswich Town Football Club in English and European football, from 1878 (the year of the club's foundation) to the most recent completed season.

Following their foundation in 1878, Ipswich Town played amateur football against teams from around Suffolk. During the 1880s the club played a number of matches in the Suffolk Challenge Cup winning it three times. Throughout the early part of the 20th century Ipswich played in various amateur competitions including the Norfolk and Suffolk League, the South East Anglian League, the Eastern Counties League and the Southern Amateur League. Turning professional in 1936, Ipswich joined the Southern Football League before moving into the Football League by gaining entry to Division Three (South) in the 1937–38 season.

The club has won the League Championship on a single occasion, the FA Cup once, and the UEFA Cup once.^[1] This list details the club's achievements in all major competitions, and the top scorers for each season. Records of competitions such as the Texaco Cup are not included, due to them being considered of lesser importance.

1 Seasons
- 1.1 Amateur era
- 1.2 Professional era
2 Key
3 Footnotes
4 References

[edit] Seasons

[edit] Amateur era

Season	Overall record						FA Cup	Top goalscorer^[2]
Season	P	W	D	L	F	A	FA Cup	Name	Goals
1878–79	10	7	0	3	25	12
1879–80	8	7	0	1	39	5
1880–81	12	9	3	0	48	6
1881–82	9	8	1	0	48	4
1882–83	5	5	0	0	25	3
1883–84	4	2	1	1	17	9
1884–85	10	9	1	0	46	11
1885–86	19	13	3	3	47	20		HB Peacock	4
1886–87	15	11	2	2	44	23		HB Peacock	6
1887–88	14	8	0	6	42	24		S Turner	2
1888–89	16	12	2	2	63	21		GS Sherrington	6
1889–90	18	14	3	1	73	16
1890–91	15	10	1	4	38	20		GA Kent/P Turner	3
1891–92	21	12	2	7	52	31		EA Kent/S Turner	3
1892–93	26	15	2	9	84	48	QR4	AJ Haward	5
1893–94	29	22	0	7	123	31		AC Rock	3
1894–95	30	19	7	4	106	41		EA Kent/ER Oxborrow	9
1895–96	28	16	2	10	84	45		EA Kent	9
1897–98	24	15	3	6	74	37		EA Kent	5
1898–99	27	13	3	11	60	58		HJ Henman	3
1899–1900	29	14	6	9	68	45		HJ Henman/HF Steel	7
1900–01	28	14	2	12	70	58		EA Kent	12
1901–02	30	18	3	29	73	58		Three players^[3]	7
1902–03	28	14	2	12	68	53		CC Woodward	18
1903–04	34	18	4	12	85	68		JW Malden	11
1904–05	38	24	3	11	102	62		HF Steel	28
1905–06	41	18	7	16	84	77		G Lewis	17
1906–07	39	22	5	12	101	61		JW Malden	21
1907–08	38	17	7	14	89	82		JW Malden	6
1908–09	32	13	6	13	71	65		F Turner	14
1909–10	33	15	3	15	73	83		JW Malden	11
1910–11	35	19	3	13	99	77		JW Malden	9
1911–12	37	18	9	10	81	60		E Bugg	17
1911–12	37	23	1	13	105	72		E Bugg	17
1912–13	36	20	4	12	106	78		E Bugg	14
1914–15	3	2	1	0	11	4
Ipswich played no competitive football between 1915 and 1920 due to the First World War
1920–21	44	19	13	12	96	72		L Mizen	15
1921–22	41	27	8	6	122	57		FC Johnson	26
1922–23	44	21	8	15	95	75		RH Haste	19
1923–24	45	16	10	19	84	83		Three players^[4]	5
1924–25	44	22	4	18	98	87		WW Dempsey	22
1925–26	42	18	7	17	90	96		P Bugg	7
1926–27	44	17	9	18	115	118		WV Mathews	15
1927–28	51	27	7	17	142	107		J Green	7
1928–29	43	26	7	10	118	58		L Gibbs	16
1929–30	45	36	1	8	167	74		F Birtchnell	32
1930–31	45	28	3	14	131	97	QR2	AA Green	30
1931–32	47	19	8	20	132	118		AA Green	27
1932–33	42	26	7	9	98	56		A Rodwell	11
1933–34	48	28	3	17	125	71		J Sowerby	28
1934–35	45	20	9	16	85	75	QR2	J Sowerby	13
1935–36	42	20	9	13	114	85	QR1	L Calver	21

[edit] Professional era

Season	League record									FA Cup	League Cup^[5]	Charity Shield	Europe	Top goalscorer^[6]
Season	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	FA Cup	League Cup^[5]	Charity Shield	Europe	Name	Goals
1936–37	SL	30	19	8	3	68	35	46	1st	R2				Jock Carter	26
1937–38	SL	34	19	6	9	89	54	44	3rd	R1				Gilbert Alsop	26
1938–39	Div 3(S)	42	16	12	14	62	52	44	7th	R3				Fred Chadwick	23
1939–40	n/a^[7]
Ipswich played no league football between 1939 and 1946 due to the Second World War
1945–46	n/a^[8]									R2
1946–47	Div 3(S)	42	16	14	12	61	53	46	6th	R2				Albert Day	14
1947–48	Div 3(S)	42	23	3	16	67	61	49	4th	R1				Bill Jennings	14
1948–49	Div 3(S)	42	18	9	15	78	77	45	7th	R1				Bill Jennings	23
1949–50	Div 3(S)	42	12	11	19	57	86	35	17th	R3				Stan Parker	15
1950–51	Div 3(S)	42	23	6	17	69	58	52	8th	R2				Sam McCrory	21
1951–52	Div 3(S)	46	16	9	21	63	74	41	17th	R3				Tom Garneys	20
1952–53	Div 3(S)	46	13	15	18	60	69	41	17th	R3				Tom Garneys	24
1953–54	Div 3(S)	42	27	10	9	82	51	64	1st	R5				Tom Garneys	24
1954–55	Div 2	42	11	6	25	57	92	28	21st	R1				Tom Garneys	21
1955–56	Div 3(S)	46	25	14	7	106	60	64	3rd	R1				Tommy Parker	31
1956–57	Div 3(S)	46	25	9	12	59	101	54	1st	R1				Ted Phillips	46
1957–58	Div 2	42	16	12	14	68	69	44	8th	R4				Tom Garneys	19
1958–59	Div 2	42	17	6	19	62	77	40	16th	R5				Ray Crawford	26
1959–60	Div 2	42	19	6	17	78	68	44	11th	R3				Ted Phillips	25
1960–61	Div 2	42	26	7	9	100	55	59	1st	R3	R1			Ray Crawford	40
1961–62	Div 1	42	24	8	10	93	67	56	1st	R3	R4			Ray Crawford^[9]	37
1962–63	Div 1	42	12	11	19	59	78	35	17th	R4	^[10]	Runners-up	European Cup - R1	Ray Crawford	33
1963–64	Div 1	42	9	7	26	56	121	25	22nd	R4	R2			Gerard Baker	18
1964–65	Div 2	42	15	17	10	74	67	47	5th	R4	R2			Gerard Baker	16
1965–66	Div 2	42	15	9	18	58	66	39	15th	R3	R5			Gerard Baker	15
1966–67	Div 2	42	17	16	9	70	54	50	5th	R5	R3			Ray Crawford	25
1967–68	Div 2	42	22	15	5	79	44	59	1st	R3	R3			Ray Crawford	21
1968–69	Div 1	42	15	11	16	59	60	41	12th	R3	R2			John O'Rourke/ Ray Crawford	17
1969–70	Div 1	42	10	11	21	40	63	31	18th	R3	R3			Colin Viljoen	6
1970–71	Div 1	42	12	10	20	42	48	34	19th	R5	R2			Colin Viljoen	12
1971–72	Div 1	42	11	16	15	39	53	38	13th	R4	R2			Mick Hill	8
1972–73^[11]	Div 1	42	17	14	11	55	45	46	4th	R4	R3			Trevor Whymark	16
1973–74	Div 1	42	18	11	13	67	58	49	4th	R5	R4		UEFA Cup - QF	Bryan Hamilton	19
1974–75	Div 1	42	23	5	14	66	44	51	3rd	SF	R5		UEFA Cup - R1	Bryan Hamilton	17
1975–76	Div 1	42	16	14	12	54	48	46	6th	R4	R2		UEFA Cup - R2	Trevor Whymark	15
1976–77	Div 1	42	22	8	12	66	39	52	3rd	R4	R2			Trevor Whymark	15
1977–78	Div 1	42	11	13	18	47	61	35	18th	Winners	R4		UEFA Cup - R3	Paul Mariner	22
1978–79	Div 1	42	20	9	13	63	49	49	6th	QF	R2	Runners-up	European Cup Winners' Cup - QF	Paul Mariner	17
1979–80	Div 1	42	22	9	11	68	39	53	3rd	QF	R2		UEFA Cup - R2	Paul Mariner	22
1980–81	Div 1	42	23	10	9	77	43	56	2nd	SF	R4		UEFA Cup winners	John Wark	36
1981–82	Div 1	42	26	5	11	75	53	83^[12]	2nd	R5	SF		UEFA Cup - R1	Alan Brazil	28
1982–83	Div 1	42	15	13	14	64	50	58	9th	R5	R2		UEFA Cup - R1	John Wark	23
1983–84	Div 1	42	15	8	19	55	57	53	12th	R4	R4			Eric Gates	16
1984–85	Div 1	42	13	11	18	46	57	50	17th	QF	SF			Eric Gates	16
1985–86	Div 1	42	11	8	23	32	55	41	20th	R4	R4			Kevin Wilson	15
1986–87	Div 2	42	17	13	12	59	43	64	5th^[13]	R3	R3			Kevin Wilson	25
1987–88	Div 2	44	19	9	16	61	52	66	8th	R3	R4			David Lowe	18
1988–89	Div 2	46	22	7	17	71	61	73	8th	R3	R4			Three players^[14]	13
1989–90	Div 2	46	19	12	15	67	66	69	9th	R4	R2			David Lowe	13
1990–91	Div 2	46	13	18	15	60	68	57	14th	R2	R3			Chris Kiwomya	12
1991–92	Div 2	46	24	12	10	70	50	84	1st	R5	R2			Chris Kiwomya	19
1992–93	Prem	42	12	16	14	50	55	52	16th	QF	R5			Chris Kiwomya	17
1993–94	Prem	42	9	16	17	35	58	43	19th	R5	R3			Ian Marshall	15
1994–95	Prem^[15]	42	7	6	29	36	93	27	22nd	R3	R2			Claus Thomsen	5
1995–96	Div 1	46	19	12	15	79	69	69	7th	R5	R2			Alex Mathie Ian Marshall	19
1996–97	Div 1	46	20	14	12	68	50	74	4th^[16]	R3	R5			Paul Mason	14
1997–98	Div 1	46	23	14	9	77	43	83	5th^[17]	R4	R5			David Johnson	22
1998–99	Div 1	46	26	8	12	69	32	86	4th^[18]	R4	R2			David Johnson/ James Scowcroft	14
1999–2000	Div 1	46	25	12	9	71	42	87	3rd^[19]	R3	R2			David Johnson	23
2000–01	Prem	38	20	6	12	57	42	66	5th	R4	SF			Marcus Stewart	21
2001–02	Prem	38	9	9	20	41	64	36	20th	R4	R4		UEFA Cup - R3	Marcus Bent/ Marcus Stewart	10
2002–03^[20]	Div 1	46	19	13	14	80	64	70	7th	R4	R4		UEFA Cup - R2^[21]	Pablo Couñago	20
2003–04	Div 1	46	21	10	15	84	72	73	5th^[22]	R4	R2			Darren Bent	16
2004–05	Chmp^[23]	46	24	13	9	85	56	85	3rd^[24]	R3	R2			Shefki Kuqi	20
2005–06	Chmp	46	14	14	18	53	66	56	15th	R3	R1			Nicky Forster	7
2006–07	Chmp	46	18	8	20	64	59	62	14th	R5	R1			Alan Lee	17
2007–08	Chmp	46	18	15	13	65	56	69	8th	R3	R1			Jonathan Walters	13

[edit] Key

P = Played
W = Games won
D = Games drawn
L = Games lost
F = Goals for
A = Goals against
Pts = Points
Pos = Final position

SL = Southern League
Div 1 = Football League First Division
Div 2 = Football League Second Division
Div 3(S) = Football League Third Division South
Prem = Premier League
Chmp = Championship
n/a = Not applicable

QR1 = Qualifying round 1
QR2 = Qualifying round 2
QR3 = Qualifying round 3
QR4 = Qualifying round 4
R1 = Round 1
R2 = Round 2
R3 = Round 3
R4 = Round 4
R5 = Round 5
QF = Quarter-finals
SF = Semi-finals

Champions	Runners-up	Promoted	Relegated

[edit] Footnotes

^ Club Honours. Ipswich Town F.C. (2007-05-16). Retrieved on 2007-09-14.
^ Goals in all competitions are counted. If empty, top goalscorer is currently unknown.
^ EA Kent, HF Steel and WS Murdoch scored seven goals each.
^ A Fenn, F Tucker and L Turner scored five goals each.
^ The League Cup was founded in 1961.
^ Goals in all competitions (Football League or Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup and European) are counted.
^ The 1939–40 season was abandoned in early September and all results annulled. At the time of the abandonment, Ipswich had played three competitive matches, winning one and drawing two, and were in 10th position in Division Three (South).
^ The FA Cup was contested in 1945–46 but the Football League did not resume until the following season.
^ Ray Crawford was the joint league leading goal scorer with West Bromwich Albion's Derek Kevan for the 1961–62 season
^ There is no record of Ipswich entering the competition in the 1962–63 season. They apparently declined, possibly due to playing in the European Cup. In the early years of the League Cup, such decisions were commonplace.
^ Texaco Cup winners.
^ The 1981–82 season saw the introduction of three points for a win.
^ Lost in play-off semi-finals to Charlton Athletic.
^ Dalian Atkinson, Jason Dozzell and John Wark scored 13 goals each.
^ League record defeat 9–0 by Manchester United F.C.
^ Lost in play-off semi-finals to Sheffield United F.C.
^ Lost in play-off semi-finals to Charlton Athletic F.C.
^ Lost in play-off semi-finals to Bolton Wanderers F.C.
^ Promoted following 4–2 victory over Barnsley F.C. in the play-off final.
^ The Charity Shield is renamed the Community Shield.
^ Ipswich qualified for the UEFA Cup via the UEFA Fair Play rankings.
^ Lost in play-off semi-finals to West Ham United F.C.
^ Division One is renamed The Championship.
^ Lost in the play-off semi-finals to West Ham United F.C. for the second consecutive season.