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	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	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	Home					Away					Overall
			W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ipswich Town	42	17	2	2	58	28	7	6	8	35	39	93	67	1.388	+26	56
2	Burnley	42	14	4	3	57	26	7	7	7	44	41	101	67	1.507	+34	53
3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	14	4	3	59	34	7	6	8	29	35	88	69	1.275	+19	52
4	Everton	42	17	2	2	64	21	3	9	9	24	33	88	54	1.630	+34	51
5	Sheffield United	42	13	5	3	37	23	6	4	11	24	46	61	69	0.884	–8	47
6	Sheffield Wednesday	42	14	4	3	47	23	6	2	13	25	35	72	58	1.241	+14	46

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

Bolton v Ipswich Town

19 August 1961 1	Bolton	0–0	Ipswich Town	Bolton
15:00 BST		[4]		Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 16,708 Referee: F. Allott (Sheffield)

Burnley v Ipswich Town

22 August 1961 2	Burnley	4–3	Ipswich Town	Burnley
15:00 BST	Pointer Harris Miller McIlroy	[5]	Phillips Crawford Elder  (o.g.)	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 24,577 Referee: R. T. E. Langdale (Darlington)

Ipswich Town v Manchester City

26 August 1961 3	Ipswich Town	2–4	Manchester City	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Betts  (o.g.) Ewing  (o.g.)	[6]	Barlow Hayes Dobing	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 21,473 Referee: M. A. Fussey (Retford)

Ipswich Town v Burnley

29 August 1961 4	Ipswich Town	6–2	Burnley	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Crawford Miller  (o.g.) Phillips Leadbetter	[7]	McIlroy Elsworthy  (o.g.)	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 23,835 Referee: K. Stokes (Newark)

September

West Bromwich Albion v Ipswich Town

2 September 1961 5	West Bromwich Albion	1–3	Ipswich Town	West Bromwich
15:00 BST	Jackson	[8]	Moran Crawford	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 19,016 Referee: G. McCabe (Sheffield)

Ipswich Town v Blackburn Rovers

5 September 1961 6	Ipswich Town	2–1	Blackburn Rovers	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Stephenson Phillips	[9]	Douglas  (pen)	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 24,928 Referee: K. G. Aston (Ilford)

Ipswich Town v Birmingham City

9 September 1961 7	Ipswich Town	4–1	Birmingham City	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Crawford Phillips Moran	[10]	Singer	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 20,017 Referee: M. A. L. Mason (Maidstone)

Everton v Ipswich Town

16 September 1961 8	Everton	5–2	Ipswich Town	Liverpool
15:00 BST	Temple Young Bingham	[11]	Phillips Moran	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 25,359 Referee: P. G. Brandwood (Barnsley)

Blackburn Rovers v Ipswich Town

18 September 1961 9	Blackburn Rovers	2–2	Ipswich Town	Blackburn
15:00 BST	Lawther McEvoy	[12]	Phillips  (pen)	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 19,904 Referee: R. H. Windle (Chesterfield)

Ipswich Town v Fulham

23 September 1961 10	Ipswich Town	2–4	Fulham	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Crawford	[13]	Cook Cohen Haynes O'Connell	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 20,017 Referee: J. E. Cooke (Waterbeach)

Sheffield Wednesday v Ipswich Town

30 September 1961 11	Sheffield Wednesday	1–4	Ipswich Town	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Fantham	[14]	Phillips Crawford Leadbetter	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 26,565 Referee: Norman (Blackpool)

October

Ipswich Town v West Ham United

7 October 1961 12	Ipswich Town	4–2	West Ham United	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Crawford Phillips	[15]	Sealey Musgrove	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 28,059 Referee: P. G. Brandwood (Wolverhampton)

Sheffield United v Ipswich Town

14 October 1961 13	Sheffield United	2–1	Ipswich Town	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Russell Pace	[16]	Leadbetter	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 22,194 Referee: L. J. Hamer (Bolton)

Ipswich Town v Tottenham Hotspur

21 October 1961 14	Ipswich Town	3–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Phillips Crawford	[17]	Cliff Jones	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 28,778 Referee: R. Tinkler (Boston)

Blackpool v Ipswich Town

28 October 1961 15	Blackpool	1–1	Ipswich Town	Blackpool
15:00 BST	Parry	[18]	Phillips	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 19,773 Referee: A. W. Luty (Leeds)

November

Ipswich Town v Nottingham Forest

4 November 1961 16	Ipswich Town	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Phillips	[19]		Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 19,068 Referee: G. W. Pullin (Bristol)

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Ipswich Town

11 November 1961 17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0	Ipswich Town	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Wharton Hinton	[20]		Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 21,711 Referee: P. Bye (Bedford)

Ipswich Town v Manchester United

18 November 1961 18	Ipswich Town	4–1	Manchester United	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Phillips Crawford Elsworthy	[21]	McMillan	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 25, 755 Referee: K. G. Aston (Ilford)

Cardiff City v Ipswich Town

25 November 1961 19	Cardiff City	0–3	Ipswich Town	Cardiff
15:00 BST		[22]	Phillips Moran	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 22,823 Referee: J. Kelly (Chorley)

December

Ipswich Town v Chelsea

2 December 1961 20	Ipswich Town	5–2	Chelsea	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Crawford Moran Stephenson	[23]	Tambling Murray	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 22,726 Referee: P. Bye

Aston Villa v Ipswich Town

9 December 1961 21	Aston Villa	3–0	Ipswich Town	Birmingham
15:00 BST	McParland Thomson	[24]		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 31,924 Referee: F. Cowan (Manchester)

Ipswich Town v Bolton Wanderers

16 December 1961 22	Ipswich Town	2–1	Bolton Wanderers	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Crawford	[25]	Holden	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 16,587 Referee: W. Clements (West Bromwich)

Manchester City v Ipswich Town

23 December 1961 23	Manchester City	3–0	Ipswich Town	Manchester
15:00 BST	Hayes Dobing Young	[26]		Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 18,376 Referee: R. Langdale (Darlington)

Ipswich Town v Leicester City

26 December 1961 24	Ipswich Town	1–0	Leicester City	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Crawford	[27]		Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 18,146 Referee: A. Holland (Barnsley)

January

Ipswich Town v West Bromwich Albion

13 January 1962 25	Ipswich Town	3–0	West Bromwich Albion	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Stephenson Moran Leadbetter	[28]		Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 18,378 Referee: Fussey (Retford)

Birmingham City v Ipswich Town

20 January 1962 26	Birmingham City	3–1	Ipswich Town	Birmingham
15:00 BST	Leek Baxter  (o.g.)	[29]	Crawford	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 26,968 Referee: S. Pickles (Stockport)

February

Ipswich Town v Everton

3 February 1962 27	Ipswich Town	4–2	Everton	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Phillips Moran Elsworthy Crawford	[30]	Bingham Harris	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 22,572 Referee: H. Horner (Coventry)

Fulham v Ipswich Town

10 February 1962 28	Fulham	1–2	Ipswich Town	London
15:00 BST	Mullery	[31]	Hewkins  (o.g.) Crawford	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 25,209 Referee: R. J. Leafs (Nottingham)

West Ham United v Ipswich Town

24 February 1962 29	West Ham United	2–2	Ipswich Town	London
15:00 BST	Dick Kirkup	[32]	Leadbetter Phillips	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 27,763 Referee: P. G. Brandwood (Wolverhampton)

March

Ipswich Town v Sheffield United

3 March 1962 30	Ipswich Town	4–0	Sheffield United	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Moran Leadbetter Crawford	[33]		Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 20,158 Referee: E. T. Jennings (Stourbridge)

Ipswich Town v Sheffield Wednesday

9 March 1962 31	Ipswich Town	2–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Crawford Stephenson	[34]	Dobson	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 23,713 Referee: C. A. R. Roan (Reading)

Tottenham Hotspur v Ipswich Town

14 March 1962 32	Tottenham Hotspur	1–3	Ipswich Town	London
15:00 BST	Greaves	[35]	Crawford Phillips	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 51,098 Referee: W. E. Haynes (Leicester)

Ipswich Town v Blackpool

17 March 1962 33	Ipswich Town	1–1	Blackpool	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Moran	[36]	Charnley	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 22,450 Referee: G. McCabe (Sheffield)

Nottingham Forest v Ipswich Town

24 March 1962 34	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Ipswich Town	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Julians	[37]	Moran	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 26,053 Referee: R. E. Smith (Newport)

Leicester City v Ipswich Town

28 March 1962 35	Leicester City	0–2	Ipswich Town	Leicester
15:00 BST		[38]	Crawford Stephenson	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 19,068 Referee: K. A. Collinge (Altrincham)

Ipswich Town v Wolverhampton Wanderers

17 March 1962 36	Ipswich Town	3–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Phillips  (pen) Crawford Moran	[39]	Flowers McParland	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 22,153 Referee: S. Yates (Bristol)

April

Manchester United v Ipswich Town

7 April 1962 37	Manchester United	5–0	Ipswich Town	Manchester
15:00 BST	Quixall Stiles Setters	[40]		Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 24,976 Referee: R. J. Simons (Carlisle)

Ipswich Town v Cardiff City

14 April 1962 38	Ipswich Town	1–0	Cardiff City	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Moran	[41]		Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 17,693 Referee: J. R. Loynton (Solihull)

Ipswich Town v Arsenal

20 April 1962 39	Ipswich Town	2–2	Arsenal	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Phillips Leadbetter	[42]	MacLeod Eastham	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 30,649 Referee: G. W. Grundy (Grimsby)

Chelsea v Ipswich Town

21 April 1962 40	Chelsea	2–2	Ipswich Town	London
15:00 BST	Brabrook Bridges	[43]	Crawford Phillips	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 28,462 Referee: L. Hamer (Bolton)

Arsenal v Ipswich Town

23 April 1962 41	Arsenal	0-3	Ipswich Town	London
15:00 BST		[44]	Phillips Crawford	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 44,964 Referee: M. A. Holland (Barnsley)

Ipswich Town v Aston Villa

28 April 1962 42	Ipswich Town	2–0	Aston Villa	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Crawford	[45]		Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 28,932 Referee: E. Crawford (Doncaster)

FA Cup

Ipswich Town v Luton Town

6 January 1962 3	Ipswich Town	1–1	Luton Town	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Phillips  1'	[46]	Chandler  57'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 18,450 Referee: D. K. Dagnall (Bolton)

Luton Town v Ipswich Town

10 January 1962 3R	Luton Town	1–1 (aet)	Ipswich Town	Luton
19:45 BST	Pacey  76'	[47]	Elsworthy  16'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 23,818 Referee: D. K. Dagnall (Bolton)

Ipswich Town v Luton Town

15 January 1962 3R2	Ipswich Town	5–1	Luton Town	London
19:45 BST	Moran  1' Phillips  6'  16' (pen) Stephenson	[48]	Ashworth  56'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 29,438 Referee: R. H. Mann (Worcester)

Norwich City v Ipswich Town

27 January 1962 4	Norwich City	1–1	Ipswich Town	Norwich
19:45 BST	Alcock  48'	[49]	Leadbetter  53'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 39,890 Referee: K G Aston (Ilford)

Ipswich Town v Norwich City

30 January 1962 4R	Ipswich Town	1–2	Norwich City	Ipswich
19:45 BST	Crawford  49'	[50]	Alcock  40'  88'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 29,796 Referee: K Aston (Ilford)

League Cup

Ipswich Town v Manchester City

11 September 1961 1	Ipswich Town	4–2	Manchester City	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Moran Crawford	[51]	Betts  (pen) Compton  (o.g.)	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 14,919 Referee: P. Bye

Swansea Town v Ipswich Town

3 October 1961 2	Swansea Town	3–3	Ipswich Town	Swansea
19:45 BST	Compton  (o.g.) Nelson  (o.g.) R. Davies	[52]	Phillips Stephenson Crawford	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 13,541 Referee: Leafe (Nottingham)

Ipswich Town v Swansea Town

24 October 1961 2R	Ipswich Town	3–2	Swansea Town	Ipswich
19:45 BST	Phillips Moran Stephenson	[53]	Hughes Reynolds	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 11,010 Referee: Leafe (Nottingham)

Aston Villa v Ipswich Town

21 November 1961 3	Aston Villa	2–3	Ipswich Town	Birmingham
19:45 BST	Burrows	[54]	Leadbetter Phillips	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 22,000 Referee: R. Tinkler (Boston)

Blackburn Rovers v Ipswich Town

11 December 1961 4	Blackburn Rovers	4–1	Ipswich Town	Blackburn
19:45 BST	Lawther  23' Byrom  68' Pickering  75' (pen)  81'	[55]	Phillips  40'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 11,071 Referee: V. James

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.

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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.