List of Ipswich Town F.C. records and statistics

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Mick Mills, holder of the record number of appearances for Ipswich Town Mick Mills.jpg
Mick Mills, holder of the record number of appearances for Ipswich Town

Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk. The club was founded in 1878 and turned professional in 1936. Ipswich have played at all professional levels of English football and have participated in European football since the 1960s. The team currently plays in the top tier of English football.

Contents

This list encompasses the major honours won by Ipswich Town, records set by the club, their managers and their players, and details the club's European performances. The player records section includes details of the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions. It also records notable achievements by Ipswich players on the international stage, and the highest transfer fees paid and received by the club. Attendance records at Portman Road, the club's home ground since 1884, are also included in the list.

Honours

Ipswich Town have won honours both domestically and in European Cup competitions. The club has won the English League Championship (1961–62) and the FA Cup (1978) and, in European competition, won the UEFA Cup in 1980–81. Their last senior league honour was the Football League Second Division title in 1992. [1]

Player records

Appearances

Most appearances

Competitive, professional matches only, appearances as substitutes in brackets. [13]
#NameYearsLeague FA Cup League Cup Other [14] Total
1 Flag of England.svg Mick Mills 1966–82588 (3)57 (5)43 (1)49 (0)737 (9)
2 Flag of Scotland.svg John Wark 1975–84
1988–90
1991–96		533 (6)55 (1)42 (1)40 (0)670 (8)
3 Flag of England.svg Mick Stockwell 1982–2000464 (42)28 (3)42 (5)21 (3)555 (53)
4 Flag of England.svg Paul Cooper 1973–86447 (0)45 (0)43 (0)40 (0)575 (0)
5 Flag of Scotland.svg George Burley 1973–85394 (0)43 (0)35 (0)28 (0)500 (0)
6 Flag of England.svg Tommy Parker 1946–56428 (0)37 (0)0 (0)10 (0)475 (0)
7 Flag of Scotland.svg Billy Baxter 1960–70409 (0)23 (1)22 (0)5 (0)459 (0)
8 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg John Elsworthy 1949–64398 (0)27 (0)6 (0)4 (0)435 (0)
9 Flag of England.svg Luke Chambers 2012–21377 (0)6 (0)10 (1)3 (0)396 (1)
10 Flag of England.svg Jason Dozzell 1984–93
1997		320 (20)22 (0)29 (1)22 (0)393 (21)

Goalscorers

Top goalscorers

Ray Crawford is the all-time top goalscorer for Ipswich Town. In the 1970–71 season, he became the first footballer to score hat-tricks in the Football League, League Cup, FA Cup and European Cup. [17]

Competitive, professional matches only, appearances including substitutes appear in brackets. [13]
#NameYearsLeague FA Cup League Cup Other [14] Total
1 Flag of England.svg Ray Crawford 1958–63
1965–68		204 (320)5 (18)0 (10)9 (6)218(354)
2 Flag of Scotland.svg John Wark 1974–83
1987–89
1991–96		135 (539)12 (56)25 (43)18 (40)190(678)
3 Flag of England.svg Ted Phillips 1953–63161 (269)9 (12)7 (5)6 (7)181(295)
4 Flag of England.svg Tom Garneys 1951–58123 (248)20 (25)0 (0)0 (0)143(273)
5 Flag of England.svg Paul Mariner 1976–8396 (260)19 (31)8 (28)12 (28)135(339)
6 Flag of England.svg Trevor Whymark 1969–7875 (261)2 (21)9 (20)18 (33)104(335)
7 Flag of England.svg Eric Gates 1973–8473 (296)8 (26)8 (29)7 (27)96(378)
8 Flag of England.svg Tommy Parker 1946–5686 (428)7 (37)0 (0)2 (10)95(475)
9 Flag of Scotland.svg Alan Brazil 1977–8270 (154)6 (20)3 (17)1 (21)80(210)
10 Flag of England.svg Jason Dozzell 1983–92
1997		52 (340)12 (22)3 (30)4 (22)72(414)

International caps

John Wark, the first Ipswich player to score in the World Cup finals John Wark at Portman Road.jpg
John Wark, the first Ipswich player to score in the World Cup finals

Ipswich Town turned professional in 1936, and the first player to be capped by a national side received his call-up as recently as 1952. Many of the records in this section were established during the late 1970s and early 1980s, when Ipswich achieved success unparalleled in the club's history. [1] This section refers only to caps won while an Ipswich Town player.

Transfers

Firsts

    Record transfer fees paid

    No.NameFeePaid toDateNotes
    1 Flag of England.svg Omari Hutchinson £20m Flag of England.svg Chelsea 30 June 2024 [28]
    =2 Flag of England.svg Jacob Greaves £15m Flag of England.svg Hull City 12 July 2024 [29]
    =2 Flag of England.svg Liam Delap £15m Flag of England.svg Manchester City 13 July 2024 [30]
    =2 Flag of England.svg Jack Clarke £15m Flag of England.svg Sunderland 24 August 2024 [31]
    5 Flag of Ireland.svg Dara O'Shea £12m Flag of England.svg Burnley 25 August 2024 [32]

    Record transfer fees received

    No.NameFeeReceived fromDateNotes
    1 Flag of England.svg Connor Wickham £12m Flag of England.svg Sunderland 11 June 2011 [33]
    2 Flag of England.svg Tyrone Mings £9.2m Flag of England.svg AFC Bournemouth 25 June 2015 [34] [35]
    3= Flag of England.svg Kieron Dyer £6m Flag of England.svg Newcastle United 15 July 1999 [36]
    3= Flag of England.svg Richard Wright £6m Flag of England.svg Arsenal 5 July 2001 [37]
    5= Flag of England.svg Titus Bramble £5m Flag of England.svg Newcastle United 14 July 2002 [38]
    5= Flag of England.svg Martyn Waghorn £5m Flag of England.svg Derby County 8 August 2018 [39]

    Managerial records

    Bobby Robson, longest serving manager Bobby Robson Cropped.jpg
    Bobby Robson, longest serving manager

    Club records

    Goals

    Points

    Matches

    Firsts

    • First match: Ipswich Town 6–1 Stoke Wanderers, a friendly at Broom Hill, 2 November 1878. [43]
    • 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]
    • First League Cup match: Ipswich 0–2 Barnsley, first round, 11 October 1960. [47]

    Record wins

    Record defeats

    Record consecutive results

    Attendances

    European statistics

    Record by competition

    CompetitionPlayedWonDrawnLostGoals
    for    		Goals
    against
    European Cup 4301165
    European Cup Winners' Cup 632163
    UEFA Cup 523010129853
    Total6236121412061

    Record by location

    Ipswich's record at Portman Road is peerless in European football. For 45 years, Ipswich held the record for the longest unbeaten run of games at home in European competition. [62] The team's absence from such tournaments in recent years had seen the record overtaken by AZ Alkmaar, [63] whose home undefeated run was finally broken by Everton in 2007. [64]

    LocationPlayedWonDrawnLostGoals
    for    		Goals
    against
    Portman Road 3125608412
    Away venues31116143649
    Total6236121412061

    European attendance records

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