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
Manager 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

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

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

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

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 42 10 8 24 48 80 0.600 28 Relegated
22 Ipswich Town 42 9 7 26 56 121 0.463 25
Source:

Results

Home team listed first[3]

Division One

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'
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
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
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

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

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


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