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First league match: Ipswich Town 4–1 Tunbridge Wells Rangers, Southern League at Portman Road, 29 August 1936. [44] First FA Cup match: Ipswich Town 2–0 Reading, first qualifying round, 4 October 1890. [45] First European match: Floriana 1–4 Ipswich Town, European Cup, preliminary round, 18 September 1962. [46]
Ipswich was connected with the legendary Scurlogue Champ which was trained by local handler Ken Peckham. The greyhound alongside Ballyregan Bob was responsible for a 1980s boom for the entire industry and became a national TV star after winning two BBC Television Trophy competitions in 1985 & 1986.
The club was founded as an amateur side in 1878 and were known as Ipswich A.F.C. until 1888 when they merged with Ipswich Rugby Club to form Ipswich Town Football Club. [4] The team won a number of local cup competitions, including the Suffolk Challenge Cup and the Suffolk Senior Cup . [ 5 ]
The club won their first trophy in the 1886–87 season, triumphing 2–1 against a team representing Ipswich School in the final of the Suffolk Challenge Cup. [6] In 1888 the club merged with Ipswich Rugby Club to form Ipswich Town F.C. [ 4 ] In 1890, the club entered the qualifying rounds of the FA Cup for the first time and was knocked out ...
Playford Road was officially opened in 2001. In addition to multiple pitches, the initial development of the training ground also included a dome housing an indoor pitch, with new buildings also being constructed including a canteen, players' lounge, parents' lounge, recreation room, classroom, changing rooms and office accommodation.
Portman Road is a football stadium in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, which has been the home ground of Ipswich Town since 1884. The stadium has also hosted many England youth international matches, and one senior England friendly international match, against Croatia in 2003.