1962–63 Ipswich Town F.C. season

February 2015 November 2015 Ipswich Town 1962–63 John Cobbold Alf Ramsey Football League First Division 17th FA Charity Shield Runners-up League Cup Did not participate European Cup First round FA Cup Fourth round Ray Crawford (25) Ray Crawford (33) 25,468 v Wolverhampton Wanderers (Division One, 22 September 1962) 14,063 v Liverpool (Division One, 5 March 1963) 19,044 _blueborder _whitecollar _blueborder _hoops_blue FFFFFF 0000FF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 1961–62 1963–64 During the 1962–63 English football season, Ipswich Town F.C. competed in the Football League First Division. As defending league champions, they also participated in the European Cup, the club's first foray into European competition. Ipswich struggled badly to repeat the form of their title-winning campaign. A 5–1 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur at Portman Road in the Charity Shield set the pattern as Ipswich spent most of the season fighting against relegation. They took just one point from their opening three league matches, just as they had done a year previously, but this time there was no upturn in form until a late rally (six wins and four draws from the final 12 matches) enabled them to finish in 17th place, four points clear of the drop zone. Ipswich's European Cup campaign began in the preliminary round with a 14–1 aggregate win over Maltese champions Floriana, with Ray Crawford scoring seven goals across the two ties. http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20150326/football/ipswich-goal-avalanche-swamps-the-greens.561448 Times of Malta Ipswich goal avalanche swamps the Greens Carmel Baldacchino 26 March 2015 26 December 2015 In the first round, Ipswich faced Italian giants A.C. Milan and were unable to overturn a 3–0 defeat in the San Siro, despite winning the second leg 2–1 at Portman Road. https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=1962/matches/round=926/index UEFA UEFA Champions League – 1962/63 – Matches – Qualifying – First Round 26 December 2015 Milan went on to win the trophy, beating Benfica in the final at Wembley. On 25 October 1962, Ipswich manager Alf Ramsey agreed to take charge of the England national team, commencing 1 May 1963.Bowler 2013 154 His replacement was Newcastle United legend Jackie Milburn, who oversaw the final four matches of the season. The Big Freeze of 1962–1963, was one of the coldest winters on recordhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2008/09/04/bigfreeze63_feature.shtml BBC London summary Football matches in the English leagues suffered because of the severe effects of the winter weather. Some matches in the FA Cup were rescheduled ten or more times.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52002473 War, weather and working weeks: the previous times football has been halted in England BBC Sport 29 March 2020 Matches in the fifth and sixth rounds, scheduled for 16 February and 9 March respectively, were played on 16 and 30 March. A board known as the Pools Panel was set up to adjudicate postponed matches to provide the football pool results. From 26 December to 23 February, Ipswich completed no league matches. The delays occurred before under-soil heating became widespread at major venues. When the thaw arrived, a backlog of fixtures had to be hastily determined. The Football League season was extended by four weeks from its original finishing date of 27 April. The final league fixtures took place one day before the rescheduled FA Cup final. Squad Players who made one appearance or more for Ipswich Town F.C. during the 1962–63 seasonPride of Anglia – Ipswich Town Football Club Season 1962–63 Pos.Nat.NameLeagueEuropean CupFA CupOtherTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGKENGRoy Bailey350402010420GKENGWilf Hall7000000070DFSCOBilly Baxter423402010493DFENGLarry Carberry290202010340DFENGJohn Compton340302010400DFSCOGeorge Dougan1000000010DFENGJohn Laurel1000100020DFSCOKen Malcolm210300000240DFENGAndy Nelson390302010450MFSCOBobby Blackwood194412100256MFWALJohn Elsworthy330312010391MFSCOJimmy Leadbetter352102310395MFENGReg Pickett3010000040MFENGRoy Stephenson415402011486MFENGDennis Thrower7100000071FWENGRay Crawford42254820104933FWIRLDermot Curtis6000000060FWENGDoug Millward3000000030FWSCODoug Moran3294200103711FWENGTed Phillips3593420104113 League standings 1962–63 Football League First Division First Division y IPS Results Home team listed firstPride of Anglia – Ipswich Town Football Club Season 1962–63 Charity Shield 11 August 1962 Ipswich Town 1–5 L Tottenham Hotspur Stephenson 84 Greaves 37 58Smith 42White 81Medwin 87 Portman Road Ipswich 20,067 Division One 1 18 August 1962 Ipswich Town 3–3 D Blackburn Rovers Moran 39Crawford 81 86 Craig 20 46 53 Portman Road Ipswich 19,062 2 20 August 1962 Blackpool 1–0 L Ipswich Town Horne 76 Bloomfield Road Blackpool 23,305 3 25 August 1962 Sheffield United 2–1 L Ipswich Town Pace 39Simpson 83 Crawford 70 Bramall Lane Sheffield 23,703 4 28 August 1962 Ipswich Town 5–2 W Blackpool Phillips20Moran 21Crawford 31 60James og Durie 71Charnley 86 pen Portman Road Ipswich 21,294 5 1 September 1962 Ipswich Town 1–1 D Nottingham Forest Leadbetter39 Addison 59 Portman Road Ipswich 19,645 6 5 September 1962 Manchester City 2–1 L Ipswich Town Harley 32 80 Crawford 75 Maine Road Manchester 25,252 7 8 September 1962 Bolton Wanderers 1–3 W Ipswich Town Holden 10 Crawford 59Thrower 65Moran 75 Burnden Park Bolton 17,790 8 11 September 1962 Ipswich Town 0–0 D Manchester City Portman Road Ipswich 18,849 9 15 September 1962 Liverpool 1–1 D Ipswich Town Hunt 19 Crawford 66 Anfield Liverpool 40,121 10 22 September 1962 Ipswich Town 2–3 L Wolverhampton Wanderers Moran 2Crawford 16 Hinton 11McParland 80 81 Portman Road Ipswich 25,468 11 29 September 1962 Aston Villa 4–2 L Ipswich Town Wylie 2Thomson 20 70Dougan 64 Crawford 38 88 Villa Park Birmingham 31,860 12 6 October 1962 Ipswich Town 0–1 L Leicester City McLintock 80 Portman Road Ipswich 19,000 13 13 October 1962 Fulham 1–1 D Ipswich Town Brown 65 Baxter 6 Craven Cottage London 22,966 14 20 October 1962 Ipswich Town 1–1 D West Bromwich Albion Crawford 62 Kevan 65 Portman Road Ipswich 19,141 15 27 October 1962 Everton 3–1 L Ipswich Town Vernon 24 penMorrissey 74 75 Moran 53 Goodison Park Liverpool 39,692 16 3 November 1962 Ipswich Town 3–5 L Manchester United Crawford 8Blackwood 47 59 Law 2 14 19 85Herd 33 Portman Road Ipswich 18,475 17 10 November 1962 Leyton Orient 1–2 W Ipswich Town Gregory 15 Blackwood 30Baxter 33 Brisbane Road London 13,929 18 17 November 1962 Ipswich Town 1–5 L Birmingham City Phillips 35 Harris 15 44Auld 16Leek 55 88 Portman Road Ipswich 16,775 19 24 November 1962 Arsenal 3–1 L Ipswich Town Baker 5Armstrong 37Barnwell 44 Blackwood 85 Highbury London 25,038 20 1 December 1962 Ipswich Town 2–0 W Sheffield Wednesday Crawford 5 34 Portman Road Ipswich 17,166 21 8 December 1962 Burnley 3–1 L Ipswich Town Lochhead 4Miller 68 73 Phillips 67 Turf Moor Burnley 19,498 22 15 December 1962 Blackburn Rovers 0–1 W Ipswich Town Crawford 57 Ewood Park Blackburn 8564 23 21 December 1962 Ipswich Town 1–0 W Sheffield United Phillips 88 Portman Road Ipswich 17,055 24 26 December 1962 Tottenham Hotspur 5–0 L Ipswich Town Smith 3Jones 37Greaves 84 86 90 White Hart Lane London 36,297 25 23 February 1963 Leicester City 3–0 L Ipswich Town Gibson 2Stringfellow12Riley67 Filbert Street Leicester 31,258 26 2 March 1963 Ipswich Town 0–1 L Fulham Leggat 16 Portman Road Ipswich 18,226 27 5 March 1963 Ipswich Town 2–2 D Liverpool Phillips 29Stephenson 81 Lewis 2St John35 Portman Road Ipswich 14,063 28 9 March 1963 West Bromwich Albion 6–1 L Ipswich Town Kevan 18 44 84Jackson53Clark70Smith79 Crawford 35 The Hawthorns West Bromwich 10,746 29 16 March 1963 Ipswich Town 2–4 L Tottenham Hotspur Baxter 9Crawford 32 Saul 11Greaves 20 31 penJones 83 Portman Road Ipswich 23,679 30 19 March 1963 Ipswich Town 0–3 L Everton Young 5 70Elsworthy 65 og Portman Road Ipswich 19,712 31 23 March 1963 Manchester United 0–1 W Ipswich Town Leadbetter 31 Old Trafford Manchester 32,798 32 30 March 1963 Ipswich Town 1–1 D Arsenal Phillips 68 Thrower 17 og Portman Road Ipswich 16,686 33 6 April 1963 Birmingham City 0–1 W Ipswich Town Stephenson 83 St Andrew's Birmingham 17,013 34 12 April 1963 West Ham United 1–3 W Ipswich Town Scott 8 Moran 44Phillips50Crawford 74 Upton Park London 23,170 35 13 April 1963 Ipswich Town 1–1 D Leyton Orient Moran 63 Musgrove 42 Portman Road Ipswich 18,677 36 15 April 1963 Ipswich Town 2–3 L West Ham United Crawford 20Stephenson 51 Brabrook 42Peters 52Hurst 73 Portman Road Ipswich 21,988 37 20 April 1963 Sheffield Wednesday 0–3 W Ipswich Town Crawford 4 13 88 Hillsborough Sheffield 17,268 38 27 April 1963 Ipswich Town 2–1 W Burnley Crawford 60Phillips69 Connelly 68 Portman Road Ipswich 18,645 39 4 May 1963 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–0 D Ipswich Town Molineux Wolverhampton 15,832 40 10 May 1963 Nottingham Forest 2–1 L Ipswich Town Julians 29Bailey 40 og Stephenson 10 City Ground Nottingham 13,055 41 17 May 1963 Ipswich Town 4–1 W Bolton Wanderers Stephenson 20Moran 48Crawford 51Phillips56 Davies 12 Portman Road Ipswich 19,088 42 21 May 1963 Ipswich Town 1–1 D Aston Villa Moran 37 Thomson 69 Portman Road Ipswich 17,230 European Cup R1, 1st Leg 18 September 1962 Floriana 1–4 W Ipswich Town Demanuele 86 Crawford 8 48Phillips36 84 Empire Stadium Gżira 15,784 R1, 2nd Leg 25 September 1962 Ipswich Town 10–0 W Floriana Moran 9 52Phillips15 32 penCrawford 28 39 44 62 80Elsworthy 53 Portman Road Ipswich 25,287 R2, 1st Leg 14 November 1962 A.C. Milan 3–0 L Ipswich Town Barison8 14Sani 65 San Siro Milan 7607 R2, 2nd Leg 28 November 1962 Ipswich Town 2–1 W A.C. Milan Crawford 79Blackwood 84 Barison56 Portman Road Ipswich 25,001 FA Cup R3 9 January 1963 Mansfield Town 2–3 W Ipswich Town Hall 38Askey 89 Leadbetter 17 62 82 Field Mill Mansfield 17,032 R4 30 January 1963 Leicester City 3–1 L Ipswich Town Cross 29Keyworth40 77 Blackwood 28 Filbert Street Leicester 26,054 References Bibliography Bowler Dave Winning Isn't Everything: A Biography of Sir Alf Ramsey 2013 1999 London Hachette UK 978-1-4091-4676-6 Category:Ipswich Town F.C. seasons Ipswich Town F.C.