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1963–64 Ipswich Town F.C. season

During the 1963–64 English football season, Ipswich Town F.C. competed in the Football League First Division. Just two years after being crowned champions of England, they finished bottom of the table and were relegated to the Second Division, setting several unwelcome club records along the way.

Ipswich Town
1963–64 season
ChairmanJohn Cobbold
ManagerEngland Jackie Milburn
StadiumPortman Road
Football League First Division22nd (relegated)
League CupSecond round
FA CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Gerry Baker (15)
All:
Gerry Baker (18)
Highest home attendance28,113 v Manchester United (Division One, 3 September 1963)
Lowest home attendance8,568 v Walsall (League Cup second round, 25 September 1964)
Average home league attendance16,004

Season summary edit

After beating Burnley on the opening day of the season, Ipswich went 23 league and cup matches before registering their next win, the longest winless sequence in the club's history. A 10–1 drubbing at Fulham on Boxing Day remains Ipswich's heaviest ever defeat, though the nine-goal margin was equalled in 1995 when they lost 9–0 to Manchester United in the Premier League. They ended the campaign having shipped 121 league goals, the highest total ever conceded by Ipswich in a single season. In addition to the Fulham debacle, they lost 9–1 at Stoke City and were hit for six goals or more in a further five matches.

The season saw the departure from Portman Road of the club's regular strike partnership of Ray Crawford and Ted Phillips. Crawford signed for Wolverhampton Wanderers in September 1963 (although he would return to Ipswich for a second spell two years later) and Phillips joined Leyton Orient in March 1964. John Compton (to Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic) and Doug Moran (to Dundee United) would also move on before the start of the following season as manager Jackie Milburn began to break up Alf Ramsey's title-winning team.

One of the season's few bright spots was the goalscoring of American-born Gerry Baker, older brother of Arsenal and England forward Joe Baker. Signed by Milburn for £25,000 from Hibernian in December 1963, Baker netted 18 times in 22 matches (including three hat-tricks) to finish the season as the club's leading scorer.

Kit edit

Ipswich's kit was almost identical to the one worn the previous season. Although there were no changes to the shirt, blue side panels were added to the shorts, and the socks changed from blue and white hoops to plain white with blue turnovers.[1]

Squad edit

Players who made one appearance or more for Ipswich Town F.C. during the 1963-64 season[2]
Pos. Nat. Name League FA Cup League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   ENG Roy Bailey 27 0 3 0 2 0 32 0
GK   ENG Dave Bevis 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
GK   SCO Jim Thorburn 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
DF   SCO Billy Baxter 42 5 3 1 2 0 47 6
DF   SCO Jack Bolton 32 0 3 0 1 0 36 0
DF   ENG Larry Carberry 10 0 0 0 2 0 12 0
DF   ENG John Compton 35 0 3 0 1 0 39 0
DF   SCO Joe Davin 26 0 3 0 0 0 29 0
DF   SCO George Dougan 16 0 1 0 2 0 19 0
DF   ENG Andy Nelson 26 0 2 0 1 0 29 0
MF   SCO Bobby Blackwood 28 7 3 0 1 0 32 7
MF   ENG Joe Broadfoot 29 4 3 1 0 0 32 5
MF   WAL John Elsworthy 23 1 0 0 0 0 23 1
MF   NIR Danny Hegan 21 5 3 2 1 0 25 7
MF   SCO Jimmy Leadbetter 17 1 2 0 1 0 20 1
MF   ENG Roy Stephenson 22 0 0 0 2 0 24 0
MF   ENG Dennis Thrower 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
FW   USA Gerry Baker 20 15 2 3 0 0 22 18
FW   ENG John Colrain 15 3 0 0 2 0 17 3
FW   ENG Ray Crawford 6 2 0 0 0 0 6 2
FW   SCO Doug Moran 30 8 2 0 2 0 34 8
FW   ENG Ted Phillips 20 4 0 0 1 0 21 4
FW   SCO Frank Treacy 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

League standings edit

Main article: 1963–64 Football League First Division

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
18 Blackpool 42 13 9 20 52 73 0.712 35
19 Aston Villa 42 11 12 19 62 71 0.873 34
20 Birmingham City 42 11 7 24 54 92 0.587 29
21 Bolton Wanderers (R) 42 10 8 24 48 80 0.600 28 Relegation to the Second Division
22 Ipswich Town (R) 42 9 7 26 56 121 0.463 25
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated

Results edit

Home team listed first[3][4]

Division One edit

24 August 1963 1 Ipswich Town 3-1 Burnley Ipswich
Crawford   26'   34'
Moran   79'		 Miller   68' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 23,000
28 August 1963 2 Manchester United 2–0 Ipswich Town Manchester
Law   55'   83' Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 39,921
30 August 1963 3 West Ham United 2-2 Ipswich Town London
Byrne   38'
Boyce   64'		 Baxter   57'
Phillips   77'		 Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 27,599
3 September 1963 4 Ipswich Town 2–7 Manchester United Ipswich
Moran   47'   64' Sadler   6'
Law   34'   61' (pen)   85'
Setters   40'
Moir   59'
Chisnall   67'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 28,113
7 September 1963 5 Sheffield Wednesday 3-1 Ipswich Town Sheffield
Layne   1'
Fantham   40'
McAnearney   80' (pen)		 Phillips   73' Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 18,198
14 September 1963 6 Ipswich Town 0-0 Everton Ipswich
Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 20,099
18 September 1963 7 Bolton Wanderers 6-0 Ipswich Town Bolton
Lennard   6'   88'
Davies   16'   79'
Pilkington   31'
Taylor   65'		 Stadium: Burnden Park
Attendance: 12,917
21 September 1963 8 Birmingham City 1-0 Ipswich Town Birmingham
Beard   43' Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 19,095
28 September 1963 9 Ipswich Town 1-2 West Bromwich Albion Ipswich
Moran   18' Brown   49'
Clark   72'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 13,859
1 October 1963 10 Ipswich Town 1-3 Bolton Wanderers Ipswich
Colrain   80' Butler   58'
Taylor   70'   86'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 11,363
5 October 1963 11 Arsenal 6-0 Ipswich Town London
MacLeod   13'
Baker   53'   73'
Strong   57'   58'   63'		 Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 31,803
9 October 1963 12 Sheffield United 3-1 Ipswich Town Sheffield
Docherty   8'   59'
Simpson   44'		 Moran   4' Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 18,946
12 October 1963 13 Ipswich Town 1-3 Chelsea Ipswich
Moran   12' Tambling   5'   43'
Venables   30' (pen)		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 15,703
19 October 1963 14 Blackpool 2-2 Ipswich Town Blackpool
Parry   18'
Charnley   43'		 Baxter   46'
Hegan   63'		 Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 14,666
26 October 1963 15 Ipswich Town 1-2 Liverpool Ipswich
Hegan   9' Melia   7'
Hunt   43'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 16,322
2 November 1963 16 Nottingham Forest 3-1 Ipswich Town Nottingham
Quigley   33'
Bevis   47' (og)
Vowden   83'		 Hegan   43' Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 21,109
9 November 1963 17 Ipswich Town 0-2 Stoke City Ipswich
Ritchie   38'
Dobing   57'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 15,013
16 November 1963 18 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Ipswich Town Wolverhampton
Crawford   60'
Knowles   84'		 Phillips   70' Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 17,891
23 November 1963 19 Ipswich Town 2-3 Tottenham Hotspur Ipswich
Phillips   10'
Elsworthy   78'		 Marchi   27'
Dyson   36'   61'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 25,014
30 November 1963 20 Aston Villa 0-0 Ipswich Town Birmingham
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 16,353
7 December 1963 21 Ipswich Town 0-0 Blackburn Rovers Ipswich
Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 15,500
14 December 1963 22 Burnley 3-1 Ipswich Town Burnley
Morgan   4'
Miller   20'   82'		 Baker   44' Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 10,558
20 December 1963 23 Ipswich Town 3-2 West Ham United Ipswich
Blackwood   62'
Moran   67'
Baker   76'		 Byrne   37' (pen)
Brabrook   57'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 11,730
26 December 1963 24 Fulham 10-1 Ipswich Town London
Cook   15'
Leggat   17'   18'   20'   89'
Howfield   42'   48'   72'
Robson   63'
Mullery   85'		 Baker   44' Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 19,374
28 December 1963 25 Ipswich Town 4-2 Fulham Ipswich
Baxter   11'
Hegan   44'
Broadfoot   80'
Baker   84'		 Leggat   40'
Key   62'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 15,808
11 January 1964 26 Ipswich Town 1-4 Sheffield Wednesday Ipswich
Baker   7' Layne   19'   23'   86'
Dobson   75'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 15,199
18 January 1964 27 Everton 1-1 Ipswich Town Liverpool
Scott   78' (pen) Blackwood   43' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 38,242
1 February 1964 28 Ipswich Town 3-2 Birmingham City Ipswich
Hegan   7'
Blackwood   65'   68'		 Regan   11'
Farmer   66'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 13,349
8 February 1964 29 West Bromwich Albion 2-1 Ipswich Town West Bromwich
Kaye   34'
Fenton   66'		 Blackwood   5' Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 13,746
18 February 1964 30 Ipswich Town 1-2 Arsenal Ipswich
Baker   16' Eastham   45' (pen)
Baxter   79' (og)		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 17,486
22 February 1964 31 Chelsea 4-0 Ipswich Town London
Murray   3'
Bridges   16'   84'
Tambling   79'		 Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 20,703
29 February 1964 32 Ipswich Town 1-0 Sheffield United Ipswich
Baxter   44' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 11,465
7 March 1964 33 Liverpool 6-0 Ipswich Town Liverpool
St John   41'
Hunt   49'   72'
Arrowsmith   55'   83'
Thompson   70'		 Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 35,575
21 March 1964 34 Stoke City 9-1 Ipswich Town Stoke-on-Trent
Viollet   2'   43'   50'
Dobing   4'
McIlroy   20'   79'
Ritchie   51'   67'
Bebbington   90'		 Broadfoot   19' Stadium: Victoria Ground
Attendance: 16,135
28 March 1964 35 Ipswich Town 4-3 Nottingham Forest Ipswich
Leadbetter   13'
Blackwood   40'   68'
Colrain   58'		 Wignall   28'
Storey-Moore   38'   57'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 12,017
30 March 1964 36 Ipswich Town 1-1 Leicester City Ipswich
Colrain   88' Goodfellow   30' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 16,265
31 March 1964 37 Leicester City 2-1 Ipswich Town Leicester
Stringfellow   31'
Keyworth   44'		 Baker   28' Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 15,925
4 April 1964 38 Tottenham Hotspur 6-3 Ipswich Town London
White   13'   23'
Jones   22'   54'   77'
Robertson   41'		 Baker   20'   55'   61' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 25,115
11 April 1964 39 Ipswich Town 4-3 Aston Villa Ipswich
Broadfoot   23'   76'
Baker   69'
Baxter   89'		 Pountney   32'   79'
Wylie   61'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 11,658
14 April 1964 40 Ipswich Town 1-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Ipswich
Baker   57' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 15,928
18 April 1964 41 Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Ipswich Town Blackburn
England   27'
Harrison   39'
Jones   40'		 Moran   3' Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 10,341
25 April 1964 42 Ipswich Town 4-3 Blackpool Ipswich
Baker   11'   43'   57'
Gratrix   80' (og)		 Ball   63'   86'
Lea   90'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 11,187

League Cup edit

25 September 1963 R2 Ipswich Town 0–0 Walsall Ipswich
Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 8568
3 October 1963 R2 Replay Walsall 1–0 Ipswich Town Walsall
Newton   26' Stadium: Fellows Park
Attendance: 6632

FA Cup edit

4 January 1964 R3 Ipswich Town 6-3 Oldham Athletic Ipswich
Broadfoot   3'
Hegan   22'   68'
Baker   24'   35'   43'		 Lister   34'   44'
Bowie   84'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 15,304
25 January 1964 R4 Ipswich Town 1–1 Stoke City Ipswich
Baxter   68' McIlroy   37' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 21,949
29 January 1964 R4 Replay Stoke City 1-0 Ipswich Town Stoke-on-Trent
McIlroy   65' Stadium: Victoria Ground
Attendance: 26,803

References edit

  1. ^ Ipswich Town historical football kits on HFK
  2. ^ Pride of Anglia - Ipswich Town Football Club Season 1963-64
  3. ^ Pride of Anglia - Ipswich Town Football Club Season 1963-64
  4. ^ Historical Lineups: Tables, Facts, Stats - Season 1963-64


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