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Ipswich Town
1961–62 season
ChairmanJohn Cobbold
ManagerAlf Ramsey
StadiumPortman Road
Football League First Division1st
FA CupFourth round
League CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Ray Crawford (33)
All: Ray Crawford (37)
Highest home attendance30,649 vs Arsenal (Division One, 20 April 1962)
Lowest home attendance11,010 v Swansea Town (League Cup second round replay, 24 October 1961)
Average home league attendance22,835

The 1961–62 season was the 73rd season of competitive football played by Ipswich Town. Although the club exited both the FA Cup and the Football League Cup in the fourth round, they ended the campaign as Football League champions, becoming the third club to win back-to-back Second and First Division titles. Matt Busby described the title-winners as "...one of the First Division's most attractive sides...".[1] As league champions, Ipswich qualified for European football for the first time in the club's history.

Seventeen players represented the club during the season, with six different goalscorers, including Ray Crawford who was joint English and European top scorer with Derek Kevan of West Bromwich Albion[2] and became the first Ipswich player to win a full England cap. Crawford and Ted Phillips scored 73 goals between them during the season.

Background

Ipswich went into the 1961–62 Football League having been promoted from the Football League Second Division as champions, one point ahead of Sheffield United. Ray Crawford was the league's top scorer with 39 goals as Ipswich ended the season with 100 goals scored.[3]

Summary

This was Ipswich's first ever season in the top flight of English football and initially they found the transition from Division Two difficult. A goalless draw at Bolton was creditable enough but was followed by two defeats. At Burnley, Ipswich lost to the odd goal in seven after equalising three times, and two late goals by Peter Dobing clinched a 4–2 victory for Manchester City in the opening fixture at Portman Road.

Ipswich resoundingly won the return match against Burnley (the 6–2 win would be the only points dropped by the Clarets in a run of 10 matches) and followed this up with a further three wins before being brought back down to earth by a 5–2 thumping at Everton. Defeat by Fulham two games later would be the last in the League at home, and although Ipswich suffered five further defeats on their travels before the end of January, such was the strength of their home form that they never lost touch with the leading pack. By the beginning of March, they had forced their way up to second place, albeit four points behind leaders Burnley having played one game more, and they ended the month as leaders after beating Wolves 3–2 with Doug Moran scoring a late winner. Burnley lay two points behind but now had four games in hand on Ipswich, with reigning champions Tottenham a further six points adrift in third place.

April began with a demoralising 5–0 defeat at Manchester United, and consecutive draws against Arsenal and Chelsea over the Easter weekend also looked costly, although it was to their credit that Ipswich recovered from two goals down in both matches. Ahead of their penultimate match – a trip to Highbury on Easter Monday – Ipswich led the table with 52 points, with Burnley a point behind and with one game still in hand. Two goals by Ray Crawford helped Ipswich to a vital 3–0 win which extended their advantage to two points as Burnley could only manage a draw at Blackpool on the same day. However, Burnley's superior goal average meant that they would be guaranteed the title by winning their remaining two games.

Ipswich ended their season by beating Aston Villa at Portman Road thanks to another two Crawford goals, and shortly after the final whistle news filtered through that Burnley had been held at home by Chelsea. Alf Ramsey's side had thus created footballing history by becoming the first ever club (notwithstanding Preston's 'invincibles') to win Division One at the very first attempt.[4]

Players

Pos. Nat. Name League FA Cup League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK  ENG Roy Bailey 37 0 4 0 3 0 44 0
GK  ENG Wilf Hall 5 0 1 0 2 0 8 0
DF  SCO Billy Baxter 40 0 5 0 5 0 50 0
DF  ENG Larry Carberry 42 0 5 0 4 0 51 0
DF  ENG John Compton 39 0 5 0 5 0 49 0
DF  SCO Ken Malcolm 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
DF  ENG Andy Nelson 42 0 5 0 5 0 52 0
MF  WAL John Elsworthy 41 2 5 1 5 0 51 3
MF  SCO Jimmy Leadbetter 41 8 3 1 5 1 49 10
MF  WAL Aled Owen 1 0 2 0 1 0 4 0
MF  ENG Reg Pickett 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
MF  ENG Roy Stephenson 41 7 5 2 5 2 51 11
FW  ENG Ray Crawford 41 33 5 1 4 3 50 37
FW  IRE Dermot Curtis 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
FW  ENG Doug Millward 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
FW  SCO Doug Moran 42 14 5 1 4 3 51 18
FW  ENG Ted Phillips 40 28 5 3 5 5 50 36

Matches

League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ipswich Town (C) 42 24 8 10 93 67 1.388 56 Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round
2 Burnley 42 21 11 10 101 67 1.507 53
3 Tottenham Hotspur 42 21 10 11 88 69 1.275 52 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 Everton 42 20 11 11 88 54 1.630 51 Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
5 Sheffield United 42 19 9 14 61 69 0.884 47
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions

Results summary

League position during the season
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
42 24 8 10 93 67  +26 80 17 2 2 58 28  +30 7 6 8 35 39  −4

August

19 August 1961 1 Bolton Wanderers 0–0 Ipswich Town Bolton
15:00 BST [5] Stadium: Burnden Park
Attendance: 16,708
Referee: F. Allott (Sheffield)
22 August 1961 2 Burnley 4–3 Ipswich Town Burnley
19:30 BST Pointer 23'
Harris 42'
Miller 64'
McIlroy 77'
[6] Phillips 38' 73'
Crawford 52'
Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 24,577
Referee: R. T. E. Langdale (Darlington)
26 August 1961 3 Ipswich Town 2–4 Manchester City Ipswich
15:00 BST Betts 34' (o.g.)
Leadbetter 43'
[7] Barlow 13'
Hayes 35'
Dobing 85' 86'
Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 21,473
Referee: M. A. Fussey (Retford)
29 August 1961 4 Ipswich Town 6–2 Burnley Ipswich
19:30 BST Crawford 3' 65'
Stephenson 12'
Moran 21'
Phillips 49'
Leadbetter 73'
[8] McIlroy 11'
Elsworthy 86' (o.g.)
Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 23,835
Referee: K. Stokes (Newark)

September

2 September 1961 5 West Bromwich Albion 1–3 Ipswich Town West Bromwich
15:00 BST Jackson 62' [9] Moran 21' 88'
Crawford 42'
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 19,016
Referee: G. McCabe (Sheffield)
5 September 1961 6 Ipswich Town 2–1 Blackburn Rovers Ipswich
19:30 BST Stephenson 13'
Phillips 22'
[10] Douglas 41' (pen) Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 24,928
Referee: K. G. Aston (Ilford)
9 September 1961 7 Ipswich Town 4–1 Birmingham City Ipswich
15:00 BST Crawford 2'
Phillips 19' 54'
Moran 84'
[11] Singer 12' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 20,017
Referee: M. A. L. Mason (Maidstone)
16 September 1961 8 Everton 5–2 Ipswich Town Liverpool
15:00 BST Temple 19' 31' 84'
Young 48'
Bingham 69'
[12] Phillips 72'
Moran 77'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 25,359
Referee: P. G. Brandwood (Barnsley)
18 September 1961 9 Blackburn Rovers 2–2 Ipswich Town Blackburn
19:30 BST Lawther 40'
McEvoy 73'
[13] Phillips 13' (pen) 79' Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 19,904
Referee: R. H. Windle (Chesterfield)
23 September 1961 10 Ipswich Town 2–4 Fulham Ipswich
15:00 BST Crawford 22' 70' [14] Cook 34'
Cohen 52'
Haynes 55'
O'Connell 72'
Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 23,050
Referee: J. E. Cooke (Waterbeach)
30 September 1961 11 Sheffield Wednesday 1–4 Ipswich Town Sheffield
15:00 BST Fantham 25' [15] Phillips 4' 63'
Crawford 15'
Leadbetter 35'
Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 26,565
Referee: E. Norman (Blackpool)

October

7 October 1961 12 Ipswich Town 4–2 West Ham United Ipswich
15:00 BST Crawford 57' 67'
Phillips 65' 73'
[16] Sealey 70'
Musgrove 87'
Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 28,059
Referee: P. G. Brandwood (Wolverhampton)
14 October 1961 13 Sheffield United 2–1 Ipswich Town Sheffield
15:00 BST Russell 12'
Pace 42'
[17] Leadbetter 32' Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 22,194
Referee: L. J. Hamer (Bolton)
21 October 1961 14 Ipswich Town 3–2 Tottenham Hotspur Ipswich
15:00 BST Phillips 37'
Crawford 54' 56'
[18] Cliff Jones 21' 41' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 28,778
Referee: R. Tinkler (Boston)
28 October 1961 15 Blackpool 1–1 Ipswich Town Blackpool
15:00 BST Parry 82' [19] Phillips 32' Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 19,773
Referee: A. W. Luty (Leeds)

November

4 November 1961 16 Ipswich Town 1–0 Nottingham Forest Ipswich
15:00 BST Phillips 32' [20] Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 19,068
Referee: G. W. Pullin (Bristol)
11 November 1961 17 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 Ipswich Town Wolverhampton
15:00 BST Wharton 69'
Hinton 83'
[21] Stadium: Molineux Stadium
Attendance: 21,711
Referee: P. Bye (Bedford)
18 November 1961 18 Ipswich Town 4–1 Manchester United Ipswich
15:00 BST Phillips 25' 67'
Crawford 73'
Elsworthy 87'
[22] McMillan 90' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 25,755
Referee: K. G. Aston (Ilford)
25 November 1961 19 Cardiff City 0–3 Ipswich Town Cardiff
15:00 BST [23] Phillips 8' 86'
Moran 42'
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 22,823
Referee: J. Kelly (Chorley)

December

2 December 1961 20 Ipswich Town 5–2 Chelsea Ipswich
15:00 BST Crawford 4' 52' 74'
Moran 15'
Stephenson 77'
[24] Tambling 5'
Murray 66'
Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 22,726
Referee: P. Bye (Bedford)
9 December 1961 21 Aston Villa 3–0 Ipswich Town Birmingham
15:00 BST McParland 24' 67'
Thomson 82'
[25] Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 31,924
Referee: F. Cowan (Manchester)
16 December 1961 22 Ipswich Town 2–1 Bolton Wanderers Ipswich
15:00 BST Crawford 83' 88' [26] Holden 37' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 16,587
Referee: W. Clements (West Bromwich)
23 December 1961 23 Manchester City 3–0 Ipswich Town Manchester
15:00 BST Hayes 9'
Dobing 13'
Young 46'
[27] Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 18,376
Referee: R. Langdale (Darlington)
26 December 1961 24 Ipswich Town 1–0 Leicester City Ipswich
15:00 BST Crawford 67' [28] Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 18,146
Referee: A. Holland (Barnsley)

January

13 January 1962 25 Ipswich Town 3–0 West Bromwich Albion Ipswich
15:00 BST Stephenson 16'
Moran 50'
Leadbetter 89'
[29] Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 18,378
Referee: M. A. Fussey (Retford)
20 January 1962 26 Birmingham City 3–1 Ipswich Town Birmingham
15:00 BST Leek 10' 26'
Baxter 50' (o.g.)
[30] Crawford 56' Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 26,968
Referee: S. Pickles (Stockport)

February

3 February 1962 27 Ipswich Town 4–2 Everton Ipswich
15:00 BST Phillips 6'
Moran 37'
Elsworthy 42'
Crawford 58'
[31] Bingham 24'
Harris 89'
Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 22,572
Referee: H. Horner (Coventry)
10 February 1962 28 Fulham 1–2 Ipswich Town London
15:00 BST Mullery 13' [32] Stephenson 26'
Crawford 78'
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 25,209
Referee: R. J. Leafe (Nottingham)
24 February 1962 29 West Ham United 2–2 Ipswich Town London
15:00 BST Dick 7'
Kirkup 47'
[33] Leadbetter 20'
Phillips 78' (pen)
Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 27,763
Referee: P. G. Brandwood (Wolverhampton)

March

3 March 1962 30 Ipswich Town 4–0 Sheffield United Ipswich
15:00 BST Moran 14'
Leadbetter 25'
Crawford 58' 75'
[34] Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 20,158
Referee: E. T. Jennings (Stourbridge)
9 March 1962 31 Ipswich Town 2–1 Sheffield Wednesday Ipswich
19:30 BST Crawford 29'
Stephenson 86'
[35] Dobson 6' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 23,713
Referee: C. A. R. Roan (Reading)
14 March 1962 32 Tottenham Hotspur 1–3 Ipswich Town London
19:30 BST Greaves 9' [36] Crawford 8'
Phillips 41' 71'
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 51,098
Referee: W. E. Haynes (Leicester)
17 March 1962 33 Ipswich Town 1–1 Blackpool Ipswich
15:00 BST Moran 14' [37] Charnley 89' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 22,450
Referee: G. McCabe (Sheffield)
24 March 1962 34 Nottingham Forest 1–1 Ipswich Town Nottingham
15:00 BST Julians 44' [38] Moran 18' Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 26,053
Referee: R. E. Smith (Newport)
28 March 1962 35 Leicester City 0–2 Ipswich Town Leicester
19:30 BST [39] Crawford 8'
Stephenson 47'
Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 19,068
Referee: K. A. Collinge (Altrincham)
31 March 1962 36 Ipswich Town 3–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Ipswich
15:00 BST Phillips 20' (pen)
Crawford 32'
Moran 88'
[40] Flowers 24'
McParland 59'
Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 22,153
Referee: S. Yates (Bristol)

April

7 April 1962 37 Manchester United 5–0 Ipswich Town Manchester
15:00 BST Quixall 14' 19' 50'
Stiles 84'
Setters 85'
[41] Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 24,976
Referee: R. J. Simons (Carlisle)
14 April 1962 38 Ipswich Town 1–0 Cardiff City Ipswich
15:00 BST Moran 24' [42] Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 17,693
Referee: J. R. Loynton (Solihull)
20 April 1962 39 Ipswich Town 2–2 Arsenal Ipswich
15:00 BST Phillips 64' (pen)
Leadbetter 85'
[43] MacLeod 55'
Eastham 59'
Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 30,649
Referee: G. W. Grundy (Grimsby)
21 April 1962 40 Chelsea 2–2 Ipswich Town London
15:00 BST Brabrook 26'
Bridges 37'
[44] Crawford 63'
Phillips 77' (pen)
Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 28,462
Referee: L. Hamer (Bolton)
23 April 1962 41 Arsenal 0–3 Ipswich Town London
15:00 BST [45] Phillips 14'
Crawford 17' 80'
Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 44,964
Referee: M. A. Holland (Barnsley)
28 April 1962 42 Ipswich Town 2–0 Aston Villa Ipswich
15:00 BST Crawford 72' 76' [46] Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 28,932
Referee: E. Crawford (Doncaster)

League Cup

11 September 1961 1 Ipswich Town 4–2 Manchester City Ipswich
19:30 BST Moran 29' 35'
Crawford 42' 64'
[47] Betts 48' (pen)
Compton 56' (o.g.)
Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 14,919
Referee: P. Bye (Bedford)
3 October 1961 2 Swansea Town 3–3 Ipswich Town Swansea
19:15 BST Compton 2' (o.g.)
Nelson 10' (o.g.)
R. Davies 24'
[48] Phillips 53'
Stephenson 65'
Crawford 87'
Stadium: Vetch Field
Attendance: 13,541
Referee: R. J. Leafe (Nottingham)
24 October 1961 2R Ipswich Town 3–2 Swansea Town Ipswich
19:30 BST Phillips 38' (pen)
Moran 44'
Stephenson 80'
[49] Hughes 14'
Reynolds 26'
Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 11,010
Referee: R. J. Leafe (Nottingham)
21 November 1961 3 Aston Villa 2–3 Ipswich Town Birmingham
19:15 BST Burrows 47' 75' (pen) [50] Leadbetter 15'
Phillips 35' 77' (pen)
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: R. Tinkler (Boston)
11 December 1961 4 Blackburn Rovers 4–1 Ipswich Town Blackburn
19:30 BST Lawther 23'
Byrom 68'
Pickering 73' (pen) 81'
[51] Phillips 40' (pen) Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 11,071
Referee: V. James (York)

FA Cup

6 January 1962 3 Ipswich Town 1–1 Luton Town Ipswich
15:00 BST Phillips 1' [52] Chandler 57' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 18,450
Referee: D. K. Dagnall (Bolton)
10 January 1962 3R Luton Town 1–1 (aet) Ipswich Town Luton
19:15 BST Pacey 76' [53] Elsworthy 16' Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 23,818
Referee: D. K. Dagnall (Bolton)
15 January 1962 3R2 Ipswich Town 5–1 Luton Town London
19:30 BST Moran 2'
Phillips 6' 16' (pen)
Stephenson 78' 88'
[54] Ashworth 56' Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 29,438
Referee: R. H. Mann (Worcester)
27 January 1962 4 Norwich City 1–1 Ipswich Town Norwich
15:00 BST Allcock 48' [55] Leadbetter 53' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 39,890
Referee: K. G. Aston (Ilford)
30 January 1962 4R Ipswich Town 1–2 Norwich City Ipswich
19:30 BST Crawford 49' [56] Allcock 40' 88' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 29,796
Referee: K. G. Aston (Ilford)

Post-season

Ipswich's title-winning season qualified them for the 1962–63 European Cup, the club's first foray into European football. The club defeated Maltese champions Floriana 14–1 in the preliminary round, with Ray Crawford scoring seven across the two ties.[57] The Suffolk club 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.[58] On 25 October 1962, Ramsey agreed to take charge of the England national team, commencing 1 May 1963.[59] Domestically, Ipswich struggled to repeat their form the following season, finishing 17th and four points above the relegation zone.

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