Ipswich Town FC

Ipswich Town is an English club founded in 1878, English champion in 1962, FA Cup winner in 1978 and UEFA Cup winner in 1981. It produced two managers who later managed the England national team: Alf Ramsey and Bobby Robson.

History

The Ipswich Town Football Club was founded in 1878 in the city of Ipswich, in the county of Suffolk, and has played its home matches at Portman Road since 1884. Despite representing a small city, it wrote remarkable chapters in the history of English football. Under the leadership of Alf Ramsey, the club staged one of the greatest surprises in English football: freshly promoted, it won the First Division title in the 1961-62 season. Ramsey left the club to take charge of the England national team, which would lead to the 1966 World Cup victory. The second golden era came with Bobby Robson, manager between 1969 and 1982. With him, Ipswich won the 1978 FA Cup, defeating Arsenal 1-0 in the Wembley final, with a goal from Roger Osborne. In 1981, the club reached its greatest international glory by winning the UEFA Cup, overcoming AZ Alkmaar in the final, in a campaign in which Scottish midfielder John Wark scored 14 goals in the competition. Like Ramsey, Robson left Portman Road to manage the England national team. After decades alternating between lower divisions, Ipswich experienced recent ascent with two consecutive promotions, returning to the Premier League in the 2024-25 season.