1960–61 Ipswich Town F.C. season

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Ipswich Town
1960–61 season
ChairmanJohn Cobbold
ManagerAlf Ramsey
StadiumPortman Road
Football League Second Division1st
FA CupThird round
League CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague: Ray Crawford (40)
All: Ray Crawford (40)
Highest home attendance23,321 vs Norwich City (Division Two, 27 December 1960)
Lowest home attendance9,803 v Leyton Orient (Division Two, 17 December 1960)
Average home league attendance15,095

The 1960–61 season was the 72nd season of competitive football played by Ipswich Town. They finished the season as champions of the Second Division, one point ahead of second-placed Sheffield United, winning promotion to the top flight of English football for the first time in their history. Ray Crawford was the league's top scorer with 40 goals and his strike partner Ted Phillips netted 30 times as Ipswich scored exactly 100 league goals.[1]

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK England ENG Roy Bailey
— GK England ENG Wilf Hall
— DF Scotland SCO Billy Baxter
— DF England ENG Larry Carberry
— DF England ENG John Compton
— DF England ENG John Laurel
— DF Scotland SCO Ken Malcolm
— DF England ENG Andy Nelson
— MF Wales WAL John Elsworthy
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Scotland SCO Jimmy Leadbetter
— MF Wales WAL Aled Owen
— MF England ENG Reg Pickett
— MF England ENG Roy Stephenson
— FW England ENG Ray Crawford
— FW Republic of Ireland IRL Dermot Curtis
— FW England ENG Doug Millward
— FW England ENG Ted Phillips
— FW Wales WAL Derek Rees
— FW England ENG Brian Siddall

League standings

Main article: 1960–61 Football League

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ipswich Town (C, P) 42 26 7 9 100 55 1.818 59 Promotion to the First Division
2 Sheffield United (P) 42 26 6 10 81 51 1.588 58
3 Liverpool 42 21 10 11 87 58 1.500 52
4 Norwich City 42 20 9 13 70 53 1.321 49
5 Middlesbrough 42 18 12 12 83 74 1.122 48
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

Home team listed first[2]

Division Two

20 August 1960 1 Leyton Orient 1–3 Ipswich Town London
Johnston File:Soccerball shade.svg 52' Rees File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' File:Soccerball shade.svg 37'
Crawford File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'		 Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 14,798
25 August 1960 2 Scunthorpe United 4–0 Ipswich Town Scunthorpe
Marriott File:Soccerball shade.svg 17'
Godfrey File:Soccerball shade.svg
Neale File:Soccerball shade.svg
Thomas File:Soccerball shade.svg		 Stadium: Old Showground
Attendance: 11,130
27 August 1960 3 Ipswich Town 4–1 Derby County Ipswich
Owen File:Soccerball shade.svg 31'
Crawford File:Soccerball shade.svg 63'
Rees File:Soccerball shade.svg 71'
Elsworthy File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'		 Parry File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 12,309
30 August 1960 4 Ipswich Town 2–0 Scunthorpe United Ipswich
Crawford File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' File:Soccerball shade.svg 79' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 12,426
3 September 1960 5 Bristol Rovers 1–1 Ipswich Town Bristol
Biggs File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' Phillips (pen) File:Soccerball shade.svg 8' Stadium: Eastville
Attendance: 15,467
7 September 1960 6 Brighton & Hove Albion 2–4 Ipswich Town Hove
Laverick File:Soccerball shade.svg 4'
Tiddy (pen) File:Soccerball shade.svg 30'		 Crawford File:Soccerball shade.svg 3' File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'
Phillips File:Soccerball shade.svg 11'		 Stadium: Goldstone Ground
Attendance: 12,595
10 September 1960 7 Ipswich Town 1–0 Liverpool Ipswich
Phillips File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 13,521
13 September 1960 8 Ipswich Town 4–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Ipswich
Crawford File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg
Phillips File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' File:Soccerball shade.svg 36'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 14,672
17 September 1960 9 Rotherham United 1–1 Ipswich Town Rotherham
O'Hara File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' Phillips File:Soccerball shade.svg 79' Stadium: Millmoor
Attendance: 8873
24 September 1960 10 Ipswich Town 3–3 Southampton Ipswich
Stephenson File:Soccerball shade.svg 12'
Phillips File:Soccerball shade.svg 57' File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'		 Paine File:Soccerball shade.svg 52' File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'
Mulgrew File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 15,318
1 October 1960 11 Leeds United 2–5 Ipswich Town Leeds
McCole File:Soccerball shade.svg 7' File:Soccerball shade.svg 40' Crawford File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' File:Soccerball shade.svg 52' File:Soccerball shade.svg 65'
Stephenson File:Soccerball shade.svg 48'
Phillips File:Soccerball shade.svg 72'		 Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 13,582
8 October 1960 12 Charlton Athletic 0–2 Ipswich Town London
Phillips File:Soccerball shade.svg 1'
Millward File:Soccerball shade.svg 27'		 Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 12,671
15 October 1960 13 Ipswich Town 0–1 Sheffield United Ipswich
Russell File:Soccerball shade.svg 4' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 19,529
22 October 1960 14 Stoke City 2–4 Ipswich Town Stoke-on-Trent
Bentley File:Soccerball shade.svg 6'
D. Ward File:Soccerball shade.svg 22'		 Crawford File:Soccerball shade.svg 39' File:Soccerball shade.svg 52'
Phillips File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'
Millward File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'		 Stadium: Victoria Ground
Attendance: 8052
29 October 1960 15 Ipswich Town 0–3 Swansea Town Ipswich
Carberry File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' (o.g.)
H. Williams File:Soccerball shade.svg 34'
G. Williams File:Soccerball shade.svg 58'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 11,178
5 November 1960 16 Luton Town 3–2 Ipswich Town Luton
Turner File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'
Ashworth File:Soccerball shade.svg 46'		 Crawford File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' File:Soccerball shade.svg 87' Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 11,221
12 November 1960 17 Ipswich Town 3–1 Lincoln City Ipswich
Phillips File:Soccerball shade.svg 53'
Millward File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'
Crawford File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'		 Graver File:Soccerball shade.svg 89' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 10,197
19 November 1960 18 Portsmouth 1–0 Ipswich Town Portsmouth
Chapman File:Soccerball shade.svg 70' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 11,482
26 November 1960 19 Ipswich Town 4–2 Huddersfield Town Ipswich
Phillips (pen) File:Soccerball shade.svg 21'
Millward File:Soccerball shade.svg 41'
Crawford File:Soccerball shade.svg 72'
Stephenson File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'		 Stokes File:Soccerball shade.svg 10'
Low File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 11,056
3 December 1960 20 Sunderland 2–0 Ipswich Town Sunderland
McPheat File:Soccerball shade.svg 54' File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' Stadium: Roker Park
Attendance: 21,251
10 December 1960 21 Ipswich Town 3–1 Plymouth Argyle Ipswich
Crawford File:Soccerball shade.svg 54' File:Soccerball shade.svg 71'
Phillips File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'		 Kirby File:Soccerball shade.svg 36' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 11,798
17 December 1960 22 Ipswich Town 6–2 Leyton Orient Ipswich
Crawford File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' File:Soccerball shade.svg 62' File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'
Owen File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' (o.g.)
Leadbetter File:Soccerball shade.svg 71'
Phillips File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'		 Johnston File:Soccerball shade.svg 53'
McDonald File:Soccerball shade.svg 68'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 9803
26 December 1960 23 Norwich City 0–3 Ipswich Town Norwich
Crawford File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'
Phillips File:Soccerball shade.svg 37'		 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 30,884
27 December 1960 24 Ipswich Town 4–1 Norwich City Ipswich
Phillips (pen) File:Soccerball shade.svg 27'
Crawford File:Soccerball shade.svg 39' File:Soccerball shade.svg 72'
Millward File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'		 Hill File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 23,321
14 January 1961 25 Ipswich Town 3–2 Bristol Rovers Ipswich
Millward File:Soccerball shade.svg 11'
Stephenson File:Soccerball shade.svg 32' File:Soccerball shade.svg 53'		 Biggs File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' File:Soccerball shade.svg 49' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 11,946
21 January 1961 26 Liverpool 1–1 Ipswich Town Liverpool
Lewis File:Soccerball shade.svg 73' Phillips File:Soccerball shade.svg 42' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 33,401
4 February 1961 27 Ipswich Town 1–1 Rotherham United Ipswich
Crawford File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' Sawyer File:Soccerball shade.svg 9' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 12,225
11 February 1961 28 Southampton 1–1 Ipswich Town Southampton
O'Brien (pen) File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' Stephenson File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 19,946
18 February 1961 29 Ipswich Town 4–0 Leeds United Ipswich
Crawford File:Soccerball shade.svg 16'
Phillips File:Soccerball shade.svg 36' File:Soccerball shade.svg 43'
Rees File:Soccerball shade.svg 54'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 13,125
25 February 1961 30 Ipswich Town 2–1 Charlton Athletic Ipswich
Crawford File:Soccerball shade.svg 23' File:Soccerball shade.svg 63' Summers File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 14,365
7 March 1961 31 Sheffield United 1–3 Ipswich Town Sheffield
Simpson File:Soccerball shade.svg 56' Phillips File:Soccerball shade.svg 32'
Crawford File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'		 Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 35,057
11 March 1961 32 Ipswich Town 2–1 Stoke City Ipswich
Phillips File:Soccerball shade.svg 12'
Elsworthy File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'		 King File:Soccerball shade.svg 66' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 16,578
18 March 1961 33 Plymouth Argyle 1–2 Ipswich Town Torquay
Carter File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' Phillips File:Soccerball shade.svg 20'
Crawford File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'		 Stadium: Plainmoor
Attendance: 9879
25 March 1961 34 Ipswich Town 0–1 Luton Town Ipswich
McGuffie File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 21,744
31 March 1961 35 Ipswich Town 3–1 Middlesbrough Ipswich
Leadbetter File:Soccerball shade.svg 4'
Crawford File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'		 Peacock File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 22,239
1 April 1961 36 Huddersfield Town 1–3 Ipswich Town Huddersfield
McHale File:Soccerball shade.svg 88' Phillips File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'
Crawford File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'		 Stadium: Leeds Road
Attendance: 16,459
3 April 1961 37 Middlesbrough 3–1 Ipswich Town Middlesbrough
Yeoman File:Soccerball shade.svg 24'
Harris (pen) File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'
Clough File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'		 Phillips File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 12,996
8 April 1961 38 Ipswich Town 2–2 Portsmouth Ipswich
Phillips (pen) File:Soccerball shade.svg 2'
Curtis File:Soccerball shade.svg 25'		 Cutler File:Soccerball shade.svg 1'
Howells File:Soccerball shade.svg 27'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 18,538
15 April 1961 39 Lincoln City 1–4 Ipswich Town Lincoln
Nelson File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' (o.g.) Crawford File:Soccerball shade.svg 50'
Leadbetter File:Soccerball shade.svg 52'
Phillips File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'
Stephenson File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'		 Stadium: Sincil Bank
Attendance: 7820
22 April 1961 40 Ipswich Town 4–0 Sunderland Ipswich
Elsworthy File:Soccerball shade.svg 4'
Crawford File:Soccerball shade.svg 38'
Curtis File:Soccerball shade.svg 48'
Phillips (pen) File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 21,115
24 April 1961 41 Derby County 1–4 Ipswich Town Derby
Hutchinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' Stephenson File:Soccerball shade.svg 69' File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'
Crawford File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'
Curtis File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'		 Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 13,121
29 April 1961 42 Swansea Town 2–1 Ipswich Town Swansea
Nurse File:Soccerball shade.svg 7'
Reynolds File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'		 Phillips File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' Stadium: Vetch Field
Attendance: 18,239

League Cup

11 October 1960 1 Ipswich Town 0–2 Barnsley Ipswich
Beaumont File:Soccerball shade.svg
Bartlett File:Soccerball shade.svg		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 11,189

FA Cup

7 January 1961 3 Southampton 7–1 Ipswich Town Southampton
O'Brien File:Soccerball shade.svg 7' File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' (pen) File:Soccerball shade.svg 29'
Mulgrew File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'
Penk File:Soccerball shade.svg 30'
Paine File:Soccerball shade.svg 39'		 Page File:Soccerball shade.svg 47' (o.g.) Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 20,422

Statistics

Squad Statistics

Players who made one appearance or more for Ipswich Town F.C. during the 1960–61 season
No. Pos Nat Player Total Football League
Division Two		 Football League
Cup		 FA
Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England ENG Roy Bailey 40 0 38 0 1 0 1 0
DF England ENG Larry Carberry 44 0 42 0 1 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Ken Malcolm 43 0 41 0 1 0 1 0
DF England ENG Andy Nelson 40 0 39 0 0 0 1 0
MF Wales WAL John Elsworthy 41 3 39 3 1 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Jimmy Leadbetter 44 3 42 3 1 0 1 0
MF England ENG Reg Pickett 26 0 24 0 1 0 1 0
MF England ENG Roy Stephenson 34 9 33 9 0 0 1 0
FW England ENG Ray Crawford 44 40 42 40 1 0 1 0
FW England ENG Ted Phillips 44 30 42 30 1 0 1 0
FW England ENG Doug Millward 21 6 19 6 1 0 1 0
GK England ENG Wilf Hall 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Billy Baxter 19 0 19 0 0 0 0 0
FW Wales WAL Derek Rees 16 4 16 4 0 0 0 0
MF Wales WAL Aled Owen 8 1 8 1 0 0 0 0
FW Republic of Ireland IRL Dermot Curtis 5 3 5 3 0 0 0 0
DF England ENG John Compton 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
DF England ENG John Laurel 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
FW England ENG Brian Siddall 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0

References

  1. ↑ Ross, James M. (25 June 2015). "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  2. ↑ Pride of Anglia – Ipswich Town Football Club Season 1960–61
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