1962–63 Ipswich Town F.C. season

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 Town
1962–63 season
ChairmanJohn Cobbold
ManagerAlf Ramsey
Football League First Division17th
FA Charity ShieldRunners-up
League CupDid not participate
European CupFirst round
FA CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Ray Crawford (25)
All: Ray Crawford (33)
Highest home attendance25,468 v Wolverhampton Wanderers (Division One, 22 September 1962)
Lowest home attendance14,063 v Liverpool (Division One, 5 March 1963)
Average home league attendance19,044

Summary

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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] His replacement was Newcastle United legend Jackie Milburn, who oversaw the final four matches of the season.

Squad
Players who made one appearance or more for Ipswich Town F.C. during the 1962-63 season[4]
Pos. Nat. Name League European Cup FA Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK  ENG Roy Bailey 35 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 42 0
GK  ENG Wilf Hall 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
DF  SCO Billy Baxter 42 3 4 0 2 0 1 0 49 3
DF  ENG Larry Carberry 29 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 34 0
DF  ENG John Compton 34 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 40 0
DF  SCO George Dougan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF  ENG John Laurel 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
DF  SCO Ken Malcolm 21 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
DF  ENG Andy Nelson 39 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 45 0
MF  SCO Bobby Blackwood 19 4 4 1 2 1 0 0 25 6
MF  WAL John Elsworthy 33 0 3 1 2 0 1 0 39 1
MF  SCO Jimmy Leadbetter 35 2 1 0 2 3 1 0 39 5
MF  ENG Reg Pickett 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
MF  ENG Roy Stephenson 41 5 4 0 2 0 1 1 48 6
MF  ENG Dennis Thrower 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
FW  ENG Ray Crawford 42 25 4 8 2 0 1 0 49 33
FW  IRL Dermot Curtis 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
FW  ENG Doug Millward 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
FW  SCO Doug Moran 32 9 4 2 0 0 1 0 37 11
FW  ENG Ted Phillips 35 9 3 4 2 0 1 0 41 13

League standings
Main article: 1962–63 Football League First Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification or relegation
15 Aston Villa 42 15 8 19 62 68 0.912 38
16 Fulham 42 14 10 18 50 71 0.704 38
17 Ipswich Town 42 12 11 19 59 78 0.756 35
18 Bolton Wanderers 42 15 5 22 55 75 0.733 35
19 Manchester United 42 12 10 20 67 81 0.827 34 FA Cup winners, qualified for UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1963–64 First round[lower-alpha 1]
Source:
Notes:
  1. Qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as 1963 FA Cup winners.

Results
Home team listed first[5]

Charity Shield
11 August 1962 Ipswich Town1-5Tottenham HotspurIpswich
Stephenson  84' Greaves  37'  58'
Smith  42'
White  81'
Medwin  87'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 20,067

Division One
18 August 1962 1Ipswich Town3-3Blackburn RoversIpswich
Moran  39'
Crawford  81'  86'		 Craig  20'  46'  53' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 19,062
20 August 1962 2Blackpool1-0Ipswich TownBlackpool
Horne  76' Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 23,305
25 August 1962 3Sheffield United2-1Ipswich TownSheffield
Pace  39'
Simpson  83'		 Crawford  70' Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 23,703
28 August 1962 4Ipswich Town5-2BlackpoolIpswich
Phillips 20'
Moran  21'
Crawford  31'  60'
James  (og)		 Durie  71'
Charnley  86' (pen)		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 21,294
1 September 1962 5Ipswich Town1-1Nottingham ForestIpswich
Leadbetter 39' Addison  59' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 19,645
5 September 1962 6Manchester City2-1Ipswich TownManchester
Harley  32'  80' Crawford  75' Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 25,252
8 September 1962 7Bolton Wanderers1-3Ipswich TownBolton
Holden  10' Crawford  59'
Thrower  65'
Moran  75'		 Stadium: Burnden Park
Attendance: 17,790
11 September 1962 8Ipswich Town0-0Manchester CityIpswich
Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 18,849
15 September 1962 9Liverpool1-1Ipswich TownLiverpool
Hunt  19' Crawford  66' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 40,121
22 September 1962 10Ipswich Town2-3Wolverhampton WanderersIpswich
Moran  2'
Crawford  16'		 Hinton  11'
McParland  80'  81'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 25,468
29 September 1962 11Aston Villa4-2Ipswich TownBirmingham
Wylie  2'
Thomson  20'  70'
Dougan  64'		 Crawford  38'  88' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 31,860
6 October 1962 12Ipswich Town0-1Leicester CityIpswich
McLintock  80' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 19,000
13 October 1962 13Fulham1-1Ipswich TownLondon
Brown  65' Baxter  6' Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 22,966
20 October 1962 14Ipswich Town1-1West Bromwich AlbionIpswich
Crawford  62' Kevan  65' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 19,141
27 October 1962 15Everton3-1Ipswich TownLiverpool
Vernon  24' (pen)
Morrissey  74'  75'		 Moran  53' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 39,692
3 November 1962 16Ipswich Town3-5Manchester UnitedIpswich
Crawford  8'
Blackwood  47'  59'		 Law  2'  14'  19'  85'
Herd  33'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 18,475
10 November 1962 17Leyton Orient1-2Ipswich TownLondon
Gregory  15' Blackwood  30'
Baxter  33'		 Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 13,929
17 November 1962 18Ipswich Town1-5Birmingham CityIpswich
Phillips  35' Harris  15'  44'
Auld  16'
Leek  55'  88'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 16,775
24 November 1962 19Arsenal3-1Ipswich TownLondon
Baker  5'
Armstrong  37'
Barnwell  44'		 Blackwood  85' Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 25,038
1 December 1962 20Ipswich Town2-0Sheffield WednesdayIpswich
Crawford  5'  34' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 17,166
8 December 1962 21Burnley3-1Ipswich TownBurnley
Lochhead  4'
Miller  68'  73'		 Phillips  67' Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 19,498
15 December 1962 22Blackburn Rovers0-1Ipswich TownBlackburn
Crawford  57' Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 8564
21 December 1962 23Ipswich Town1-0Sheffield UnitedIpswich
Phillips  88' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 17,055
26 December 1962 24Tottenham Hotspur5-0Ipswich TownLondon
Smith  3'
Jones  37'
Greaves  84'  86'  90'		 Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,297
23 February 1963 25Leicester City3-0Ipswich TownLeicester
Gibson  2'
Stringfellow 12'
Riley 67'		 Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 31,258
2 March 1963 26Ipswich Town0-1FulhamIpswich
Leggat  16' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 18,226
5 March 1963 27Ipswich Town2-2LiverpoolIpswich
Phillips  29'
Stephenson  81'		 Lewis  2'
St John 35'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 14,063
9 March 1963 28West Bromwich Albion6-1Ipswich TownWest Bromwich
Kevan  18'  44'  84'
Jackson 53'
Clark 70'
Smith 79'		 Crawford  35' Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 10,746
16 March 1963 29Ipswich Town2-4Tottenham HotspurIpswich
Baxter  9'
Crawford  32'		 Saul  11'
Greaves  20'  31' (pen)
Jones  83'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 23,679
19 March 1963 30Ipswich Town0-3EvertonIpswich
Young  5'  70'
Elsworthy  65' (og)		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 19,712
23 March 1963 31Manchester United0-1Ipswich TownManchester
Leadbetter  31' Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 32,798
30 March 1963 32Ipswich Town1-1ArsenalIpswich
Phillips  68' Thrower  17' (og) Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 16,686
6 April 1963 33Birmingham City0-1Ipswich TownBirmingham
Stephenson  83' Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 17,013
12 April 1963 34West Ham United1-3Ipswich TownLondon
Scott  8' Moran  44'
Phillips 50'
Crawford  74'		 Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 23,170
13 April 1963 35Ipswich Town1-1Leyton OrientIpswich
Moran  63' Musgrove  42' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 18,677
15 April 1963 36Ipswich Town2-3West Ham UnitedIpswich
Crawford  20'
Stephenson  51'		 Brabrook  42'
Peters  52'
Hurst  73'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 21,988
20 April 1963 37Sheffield Wednesday0-3Ipswich TownSheffield
Crawford  4'  13'  88' Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 17,268
27 April 1963 38Ipswich Town2-1BurnleyIpswich
Crawford  60'
Phillips 69'		 Connelly  68' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 18,645
4 May 1963 39Wolverhampton Wanderers0-0Ipswich TownWolverhampton
Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 15,832
10 May 1963 40Nottingham Forest2-1Ipswich TownNottingham
Julians  29'
Bailey  40' (og)		 Stephenson  10' Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 13,055
17 May 1963 41Ipswich Town4-1Bolton WanderersIpswich
Stephenson  20'
Moran  48'
Crawford  51'
Phillips 56'		 Davies  12' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 19,088
21 May 1963 42Ipswich Town1-1Aston VillaIpswich
Moran  37' Thomson  69' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 17,230

European Cup
18 September 1962 R1, 1st LegFloriana1-4Ipswich TownGżira
Demanuele  86' Crawford  8'  48'
Phillips 36'  84'		 Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 15,784
25 September 1962 R1, 2nd LegIpswich Town10-0FlorianaIpswich
Moran  9'  52'
Phillips 15'  32'
Crawford  28'  39'  44'  62'  80'
Elsworthy  53'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 25,287
14 November 1962 R2, 1st LegA.C. Milan3-0Ipswich TownMilan
Barison 8'  14'
Sani  65'		 Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 7607
28 November 1962 R2, 2nd LegIpswich Town2-1A.C. MilanIpswich
Crawford  79'
Blackwood  84'		 Barison 56' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 25,001

FA Cup
9 January 1963 R3Mansfield Town2-3Ipswich TownMansfield
Hall  38'
Askey  89'		 Leadbetter  17'  62'  82' Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 17,032
30 January 1963 R4Leicester City3-1Ipswich TownLeicester
Cross  29'
Keyworth 40'  77'		 Blackwood  28' Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 26,054

References
  1. Baldacchino, Carmel (26 March 2015). "Ipswich goal avalanche swamps the Greens". Times of Malta. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  2. "UEFA Champions League – 1962/63 – Matches – Qualifying – First Round". UEFA. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  3. Bowler 2013, p. 154.
  4. Pride of Anglia - Ipswich Town Football Club Season 1962-63
  5. Pride of Anglia - Ipswich Town Football Club Season 1962-63
Bibliography
  • Bowler, Dave (2013) [1999]. Winning Isn't Everything: A Biography of Sir Alf Ramsey. London: Hachette UK. ISBN 978-1-4091-4676-6.
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