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
Main article: 1963–64 Football League First Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR 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 1Ipswich Town3-1BurnleyIpswich
Crawford  26'  34'
Moran  79'		 Miller  68' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 23,000
28 August 1963 2Manchester United2–0Ipswich TownManchester
Law  55'  83' Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 39,921
30 August 1963 3West Ham United2-2Ipswich TownLondon
Byrne  38'
Boyce  64'		 Baxter  57'
Phillips  77'		 Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 27,599
3 September 1963 4Ipswich Town2–7Manchester UnitedIpswich
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 5Sheffield Wednesday3-1Ipswich TownSheffield
Layne  1'
Fantham  40'
McAnearney  80' (pen)		 Phillips  73' Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 18,198
14 September 1963 6Ipswich Town0-0EvertonIpswich
Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 20,099
18 September 1963 7Bolton Wanderers6-0Ipswich TownBolton
Lennard  6'  88'
Davies  16'  79'
Pilkington  31'
Taylor  65'		 Stadium: Burnden Park
Attendance: 12,917
21 September 1963 8Birmingham City1-0Ipswich TownBirmingham
Beard  43' Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 19,095
28 September 1963 9Ipswich Town1-2West Bromwich AlbionIpswich
Moran  18' Brown  49'
Clark  72'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 13,859
1 October 1963 10Ipswich Town1-3Bolton WanderersIpswich
Colrain  80' Butler  58'
Taylor  70'  86'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 11,363
5 October 1963 11Arsenal6-0Ipswich TownLondon
MacLeod  13'
Baker  53'  73'
Strong  57'  58'  63'		 Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 31,803
9 October 1963 12Sheffield United 3-1Ipswich TownSheffield
Docherty  8'  59'
Simpson  44'		 Moran  4' Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 18,946
12 October 1963 13Ipswich Town1-3ChelseaIpswich
Moran  12' Tambling  5'  43'
Venables  30' (pen)		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 15,703
19 October 1963 14Blackpool2-2Ipswich TownBlackpool
Parry  18'
Charnley  43'		 Baxter  46'
Hegan  63'		 Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 14,666
26 October 1963 15Ipswich Town1-2LiverpoolIpswich
Hegan  9' Melia  7'
Hunt  43'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 16,322
2 November 1963 16Nottingham Forest3-1Ipswich TownNottingham
Quigley  33'
Bevis  47' (og)
Vowden  83'		 Hegan  43' Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 21,109
9 November 1963 17Ipswich Town0-2Stoke CityIpswich
Ritchie  38'
Dobing  57'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 15,013
16 November 1963 18Wolverhampton Wanderers2-1Ipswich TownWolverhampton
Crawford  60'
Knowles  84'		 Phillips  70' Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 17,891
23 November 1963 19Ipswich Town2-3Tottenham HotspurIpswich
Phillips  10'
Elsworthy  78'		 Marchi  27'
Dyson  36'  61'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 25,014
30 November 1963 20Aston Villa0-0Ipswich TownBirmingham
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 16,353
7 December 1963 21Ipswich Town0-0Blackburn RoversIpswich
Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 15,500
14 December 1963 22Burnley3-1Ipswich TownBurnley
Morgan  4'
Miller  20'  82'		 Baker  44' Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 10,558
20 December 1963 23Ipswich Town3-2West Ham UnitedIpswich
Blackwood  62'
Moran  67'
Baker  76'		 Byrne  37' (pen)
Brabrook  57'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 11,730
26 December 1963 24Fulham10-1Ipswich TownLondon
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 25Ipswich Town4-2FulhamIpswich
Baxter  11'
Hegan  44'
Broadfoot  80'
Baker  84'		 Leggat  40'
Key  62'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 15,808
11 January 1964 26Ipswich Town1-4Sheffield WednesdayIpswich
Baker  7' Layne  19'  23'  86'
Dobson  75'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 15,199
18 January 1964 27Everton1-1Ipswich TownLiverpool
Scott  78' (pen) Blackwood  43' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 38,242
1 February 1964 28Ipswich Town3-2Birmingham CityIpswich
Hegan  7'
Blackwood  65'  68'		 Regan  11'
Farmer  66'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 13,349
8 February 1964 29West Bromwich Albion2-1Ipswich TownWest Bromwich
Kaye  34'
Fenton  66'		 Blackwood  5' Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 13,746
18 February 1964 30Ipswich Town1-2ArsenalIpswich
Baker  16' Eastham  45'
Baxter  79' (og)		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 17,486
22 February 1964 31Chelsea4-0Ipswich TownLondon
Murray  3'
Bridges  16'  84'
Tambling  79'		 Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 20,703
29 February 1964 32Ipswich Town1-0Sheffield UnitedIpswich
Baxter  44' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 11,465
7 March 1964 33Liverpool6-0Ipswich TownLiverpool
St John  41'
Hunt  49'  72'
Arrowsmith  55'  83'
Thompson  70'		 Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 35,575
21 March 1964 34Stoke City9-1Ipswich TownStoke-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 35Ipswich Town4-3Nottingham ForestIpswich
Leadbetter  13'
Blackwood  40'  68'
Colrain  58'		 Wignall  28'
Storey-Moore  38'  57'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 12,017
30 March 1964 36Ipswich Town1-1Leicester CityIpswich
Colrain  88' Goodfellow  30' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 16,265
31 March 1964 37Leicester City2-1Ipswich TownLeicester
Stringfellow  31'
Keyworth  44'		 Baker  28' Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 15,925
4 April 1964 38Tottenham Hotspur6-3Ipswich TownLondon
White  13'  23'
Jones  22'  54'  77'
Robertson 		Baker  20'  55'  61' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 25,115
11 April 1964 39Ipswich Town4-3Aston VillaIpswich
Broadfoot  23'  76'
Baker  69'
Baxter  89'		 Pountney  32'  79'
Wylie  61'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 11,658
14 April 1964 40Ipswich Town1-0Wolverhampton WanderersIpswich
Baker  57' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 15,928
18 April 1964 41Blackburn Rovers3-1Ipswich TownBlackburn
England  27'
Harrison  39'
Jones  40'		 Moran  3' Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 10,341
25 April 1964 42Ipswich Town4-3BlackpoolIpswich
Baker  11'  43'  57'
Gratrix  80' (og)		 Ball  63'  86'
Lea  90'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 11,187

League Cup
25 September 1963 R2Ipswich Town0–0WalsallIpswich
Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 8568
3 October 1963 R2 ReplayWalsall1–0Ipswich TownWalsall
Newton  26' Stadium: Fellows Park
Attendance: 6632

FA Cup
4 January 1964 R3Ipswich Town6-3Oldham AthleticIpswich
Broadfoot  3'
Hegan  22'  68'
Baker  24'  35'  43'		 Lister  34'  44'
Bowie  84'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 15,304
25 January 1964 R4Ipswich Town1–1Stoke CityIpswich
Baxter  68' McIlroy  37' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 21,949
29 January 1964 R4 ReplayStoke City1-0Ipswich TownStoke-on-Trent
McIlroy  65' Stadium: Victoria Ground
Attendance: 26,803

References
  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


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