1961–62 Ipswich Town F.C. season

Ipswich Town
1961–62 season
Chairman John Cobbold
Manager Alf Ramsey
Stadium Portman Road
Football League First Division 1st
FA Cup Fourth round
League Cup Fourth round
Top goalscorer League: Ray Crawford (33)
All: Ray Crawford (37)
Highest home attendance 30,649 (vs Arsenal)
Lowest home attendance 16,587 (vs Bolton Wanderers)
Average home league attendance 22,835
← 1960–61 1962–63 →

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.

Sixteen 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] 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]

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 Ken Malcolm 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
DF  ENG John Compton 39 0 5 0 5 0 49 0
DF  ENG Larry Carberry 42 0 5 0 4 0 51 0
DF  SCO Bill Baxter 40 0 5 0 5 0 50 0
MF  ENG Reg Pickett 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
MF  ENG Andy Nelson 42 0 5 0 5 0 52 0
MF  WAL John Elsworthy 41 2 5 1 5 0 51 3
MF  ENG Roy Stephenson 41 7 5 2 5 2 51 11
FW  IRE Dermot Curtis 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
FW  SCO Doug Moran 42 14 5 1 4 3 51 18
FW  ENG Ray Crawford 41 33 5 1 4 3 50 37
FW  ENG Ted Phillips 40 28 5 3 5 5 50 36
FW  ENG Jimmy Leadbetter 41 8 3 1 5 1 49 10
FW  WAL Aled Owen 1 0 2 0 1 0 4 0

Matches

League

League table

Pos Team Pld Home Away Overall
W D L F A W D L F A F A GA GD Pts
1 Ipswich Town 4217225828768353993671.388+2656
2 Burnley 42144357267774441101671.507+3453
3 Tottenham Hotspur 4214435934768293588691.275+1952
4 Everton 4217226421399243388541.630+3451
5 Sheffield United 42135337236411244661690.884–847
6 Sheffield Wednesday 42144347236213253572581.241+1446

Results summary

League position during the season
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
42 24 8 10 93 67 +26 80 17 2 2 58 28 +30 7 6 8 35 39 −4

August

September

October

November

December

January

February

March

April

FA Cup

League Cup

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 Ted Phillips scoring seven across the two ties.[56] The Suffolk club then faced Italians and eventual champions A.C. Milan. Ipswich were unable to overturn a 3–0 first league defeat in the San Siro, despite winning 2–1 at Portman Road.[57] On 25 October 1962, Ramsey agreed to take charge of the England national team, commencing 1 May 1963.[58] Domestically, Ipswich struggled to repeat their form the following season, finishing 17th and four points above the relegation zone.

References

  1. ↑ "Cobbolds and Ipswich Town Football Club". The Cobbold Family History Trust. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  2. ↑ "European Topscorers before 1967/68". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. rsssf.com. Retrieved 5 February 2008.
  3. ↑ Ross, James M. (25 June 2015). "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  4. ↑ Brooks, pp. 33–35
  5. ↑ Brooks, pp. 35–37
  6. ↑ Brooks, pp. 37–39
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  18. ↑ Brooks, pp. 64–65
  19. ↑ Brooks, pp. 68–69
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  32. ↑ Brooks, pp. 102–103
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  34. ↑ Brooks, pp. 107–108
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  40. ↑ Brooks, pp. 120–121
  41. ↑ Brooks, pp. 122–124
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  44. ↑ Brooks, pp. 128–129
  45. ↑ Brooks, pp. 133–134
  46. ↑ Brooks, pp. 89–90
  47. ↑ Brooks, p. 90
  48. ↑ Brooks, pp. 92–93
  49. ↑ Brooks, p. 95
  50. ↑ Brooks, p. 96
  51. ↑ Brooks, pp. 47–48
  52. ↑ Brooks, p. 57
  53. ↑ Brooks, p. 64
  54. ↑ Brooks, p. 73
  55. ↑ Brooks, p. 82
  56. ↑ Baldacchino, Carmel (26 March 2015). "Ipswich goal avalanche swamps the Greens". Times of Malta. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  57. ↑ "UEFA Champions League – 1962/63 – Matches – Qualifying – First Round". UEFA. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  58. ↑ Bowler 1999, p. 154.

Bibliography

  • Bowler, Dave (2013) [1999]. Winning Isn't Everything: A Biography of Sir Alf Ramsey. London: Hachette UK. ISBN 978-1-4091-4676-6. 
  • Brooks, Martin (2011). Ipswich Town – Champions 1961/62 (1 ed.). The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7524-5890-8. 
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