2013–14 Ipswich Town F.C. season

Ipswich Town

2013–14 season
Chairman	Marcus Evans
Manager	Mick McCarthy
Stadium	Portman Road
The Championship	9th
FA Cup	3rd round (lost to Preston North End)
League Cup	1st round (lost to Stevenage)
Top goalscorer	League: David McGoldrick (14) All: David McGoldrick (16)
Highest home attendance	20,862 (vs. Sheffield Wednesday)
Lowest home attendance	14,953 (vs. Blackburn Rovers)
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The 2013–14 season was Ipswich Town's twelfth consecutive season in The Football League Championship, the second-highest division in the English football league system. In addition to competing in The Championship, Ipswich Town also competed in the League Cup and the FA Cup.

Ipswich finished the season in 9th position in the league.

Pre-season friendlies

Shelbourne v Ipswich Town

6 July 2013	Shelbourne	0–2	Ipswich Town	Tolka Park
15:00		Report	Murphy  46', 52'

Crawley Town v Ipswich Town

10 July 2013	Crawley Town	1–2	Ipswich Town	Broadfield Stadium
19:45	Adams  63'	Report	Murphy  9' McGoldrick  51' (pen.)	Attendance: 1,029

Chippenham Town v Ipswich Town

13 July 2013	Chippenham Town	0–1	Ipswich Town	Hardenhuish Park
13:00		Report	Ward  89'

Gilingham v Ipswich Town

16 July 2013	Gilingham	1–2	Ipswich Town	Priestfield Stadium
19:30	McDonald  46'		McGoldrick  22' October  90'

Barnet v Ipswich Town

20 July 2013	Barnet	0–1	Ipswich Town	The Hive
15:15		Report	McGoldrick  41'

Colchester United v Ipswich Town

23 July 2013	Colchester United	0–3	Ipswich Town	Weston Homes Community Stadium
19:45		Report	Chambers  27' McGoldrick  32' Murphy  75' (pen.)	Attendance: 4,585

Notts County v Ipswich Town

27 July 2013	Notts County	3–3	Ipswich Town	Meadow Lane
15:00	Haynes  35' Smith  60' Arquin  77'		Hyam  15' Murphy  23' Taylor  57'	Attendance: 1,532

Football League Championship

Main article: 2013–14 Football League Championship

League table

2013–14 Football League Championship table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Reading	46	19	14	13	70	56	+14	71
8	Blackburn Rovers	46	18	16	12	70	62	+8	70
9	Ipswich Town	46	18	14	14	60	54	+6	68
10	AFC Bournemouth	46	18	12	16	67	66	+1	66
11	Nottingham Forest	46	16	17	13	67	64	+3	65

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	18	14	14	60	54	+6	68	12	6	5	35	24	+11	6	8	9	25	30	−5

Last updated: 3 May 2014.
Source: Table

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	D	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	D	L	L	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	D	L	W
Position	19	9	15	17	16	15	11	14	9	10	11	11	13	10	11	12	11	8	9	10	9	5	6	6	9	10	7	7	7	7	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	7	8	8	10	9

Last updated: 3 May 2014.
Source: Fixtures Table
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Match details

August

Reading v Ipswich Town

3 August 2013	Reading	2–1	Ipswich Town	Madejski Stadium
15:00	le Fondre  45' Guthrie  75'	Report	Tabb  16'

Ipswich Town v Millwall

10 August 2013	Ipswich Town	3–0	Millwall	Portman Road
15:00	Lowry  63' (o.g.) Smith  70' Anderson  83' Hewitt  87'	Report	Derry  40' Morison  45'	Attendance: 17,183 Referee: Salisbury

Queens Park Rangers v Ipswich Town

17 August 2013	Queens Park Rangers	1–0	Ipswich Town	Loftus Road
15:00	Hitchcock  90'	Report	Tabb  61'	Attendance: 17,075 Referee: Taylor

Ipswich Town v Leeds United

24 August 2013	Ipswich Town	1–2	Leeds United	Portman Road
15:00	McGoldrick  12'	Report	Varney  28' McCormack  49' Austin  56'	Attendance: 18,322 Referee: Dean

Birmingham City v Ipswich Town

31 August 2013	Birmingham City	1–1	Ipswich Town	St Andrew's
15:00	Robinson  16' Burke  76'	Report	Berra  30' Hyam  86'	Attendance: 14,328 Referee: Drysdale

September

Ipswich Town v Middlesbrough

14 September 2013	Ipswich Town	3–1	Middlesbrough	Portman Road
15:00	McGoldrick  34', 90+2' Chambers  57'  64' Hyam  87'	Report	Adomah  12' Whitehead  24'	Attendance: 15,276 Referee: Linington

Ipswich Town v Yeovil Town

17 September 2013	Ipswich Town	2–1	Yeovil Town	Portman Road
19:45	Murphy  53' Cresswell  60'	Report	Joel Grant  43'	Attendance: 15,340 Referee: Deadman

Wigan Athletic v Ipswich Town

22 September 2013	Wigan Athletic	2–0	Ipswich Town	DW Stadium
15:00	Shotton  12' Powell  90'	Report	Berra  42' Smith  56'	Attendance: 13,747 Referee: Adcock

Ipswich Town v Brighton & Hove Albion

28 September 2013	Ipswich Town	2–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Portman Road
15:00	McGoldrick  20', 24'	Report	Barnes  77'	Attendance: 16,474 Referee: Martin

October

Derby County v Ipswich Town

1 October 2013	Derby County	4–4	Ipswich Town	Pride Park Stadium
19:45	Whitbread  12' Bryson  47', 87' Ward  61' Eustace  66'	Report	Berra  7' Murphy  9' Cresswell  14'  85' Tunnicliffe  34'  68' McGoldrick  74' Skuse  80' Nouble  93+3'	Attendance: 21,307 Referee: Kettle

Sheffield Wednesday v Ipswich Town

5 October 2013	Sheffield Wednesday	1–1	Ipswich Town	Hillsborough Stadium
15:00	Antonio  14' Johnson  90'	Report	Anderson  12' Smith  78'	Attendance: 19,599 Referee: Haines

Ipswich Town v Burnley

19 October 2013	Ipswich Town	0–1	Burnley	Portman Road
15:00		Report	Arfield  80'	Attendance: 16,062 Referee: Scott

Bolton Wanderers v Ipswich Town

26 October 2013	Bolton Wanderers	1–1	Ipswich Town	Reebok Stadium
15:00	Kamara  65' Baptiste  87'	Report	Berra  64' McGoldrick  73'	Attendance: 15,222 Referee: Webb

November

Ipswich Town v Barnsley

1 November 2013	Ipswich Town	1–1	Barnsley	Portman Road
19:45	Murphy  41' Creswell  90'	Report	O'Brien  70'	Attendance: 18,361 Referee: D'Urso

Blackpool v Ipswich Town

9 November 2013	Blackpool	2–3	Ipswich Town	Bloomfield Road
15:00	Dobbie  23' Davies  90+2'	Report	Nouble  65' Taylor  84' Hunt  87' Murphy  90+3'	Attendance: 13,525 Referee: Williamson

Ipswich Town v Leicester City

16 November 2013	Ipswich Town	1–2	Leicester City	Portman Road
15:00	McGoldrick  2' Chambers  50'	Report	Nugent  51', 57'	Attendance: 18,227 Referee: Langford

Charlton Athletic v Ipswich Town

30 November 2013	Charlton Athletic	0–1	Ipswich Town	The Valley
15:00	Morrison  90+4'	Report	Smith  5' Tabb  71' Nouble  90+4'	Attendance: 16,645 Referee: Duncan

December

Ipswich Town v Blackburn Rovers

3 December 2013	Ipswich Town	3–1	Blackburn Rovers	Portman Road
19:45	Hyam  4' Edwards  48' Berra  66' Nouble  86'  89'	Report	Campbell  25' Rhodes  30' Marshall  89'	Attendance: 14,953 Referee: Graham

Ipswich Town v Huddersfield Town

7 December 2013	Ipswich Town	2–1	Huddersfield Town	Portman Road
15:00	McGoldrick  50' Murphy  89'	Report	Ward  35'	Attendance: 15,386 Referee: Sutton

Nottingham Forest v Ipswich Town

14 December 2013	Nottingham Forest	0–0	Ipswich Town	City Ground
15:00	Cox  15' Lansbury  60'	Report	Cresswell  60'	Attendance: 20,966 Referee: Mathieson

Ipswich Town v Watford

21 December 2013	Ipswich Town	1–1	Watford	Portman Road
15:00	Smith  12' McGoldrick  73' (pen)	Report	Pudil  60' Ekstrand  72' Thorne  77' Deeney  81'	Attendance: 16,385 Referee: Scott

Doncaster Rovers v Ipswich Town

26 December 2013	Doncaster Rovers	0–3	Ipswich Town	Keepmoat Stadium
15:00	Quinn  80'	Report	McGoldrick  24', 51' Chambers  30'	Attendance: 7,753 Referee: Harrington

Bournemouth v Ipswich Town

29 December 2013	Bournemouth	1–1	Ipswich Town	Bournemouth
15:00	Pitman  74'	Report	Murphy  59' Hyam  79'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,096 Referee: Phil Gibbs

January

Ipswich Town v Charlton Athletic

1 January 2014	Ipswich Town	1–1	Charlton Athletic	Portman Road
15:00	Wood  24' (o.g.) Berra  40' Smith  45+4' Nouble  90+6'	Report	Stewart  40' Cook  69' Kermorgant  78' Jackson  90+1'	Attendance: 18,731 Referee: Attwell

Ipswich Town v Queens Park Rangers

11 January 2014	Ipswich Town	1–3	Queens Park Rangers	Portman Road
15:00	Hyam  23' Smith  90+1'	Report	Kranjcar  52' Hill  58' O'Neil  66' Traore  74'	Attendance: 18,369 Referee: Dowd

Millwall v Ipswich Town

18 January 2014	Millwall	1–0	Ipswich Town	The Den
15:00	Fredericks  40' Malone  45+7'	Report	Edwards  45+8' Taylor  89'	Attendance: 12,125 Referee: Ilderton

Ipswich Town v Reading

25 January 2014	Ipswich Town	2–0	Reading	Portman Road
15:00	Hunt  54' Murphy  62' Anderson  90+1'  90+4'	Report	Pearce  50'	Attendance: 15,323 Referee: Madley

Leeds United v Ipswich Town

28 January 2014	Leeds United	1–1	Ipswich Town	Elland Road
19:45	McGoldrick  57' Skuse  79'	Report	McCormack  62'	Attendance: 20,461 Referee: D. Webb

February

Ipswich Town v Bolton Wanderers

1 February 2014	Ipswich Town	1–0	Bolton Wanderers	Portman Road
15:00	Berra  42' McGoldrick  55' (pen)	Report		Attendance: 15,429 Referee: Breakspear

Barnsley v Ipswich Town

8 February 2014	Barnsley	2–2	Ipswich Town	Oakwell
15:00	O'Grady  12' Cywka  74'	Report	Berra  81' McGoldrick  84'	Attendance: 9,929 Referee: Bond

Ipswich Town v Blackpool

15 February 2014	Ipswich Town	0–0	Blackpool	Portman Road
15:00		Report	Haroun  33' MacKenzie  50' Perkins  67'	Attendance: 16,010 Referee: Haywood

Leicester City v Ipswich Town

22 February 2014	Leicester City	3–0	Ipswich Town	King Power Stadium
15:00	Wasilewski  16' Vardy  19' Nugent  31' Wood  88'	Report	Tabb  17'	Attendance: 28,078 Referee: Linington

March

Ipswich Town v Birmingham City

1 March 2014	Ipswich Town	1–0	Birmingham City	Portman Road
15:00	Murphy  38' Skuse  89'	Report	Zigic  39' Spector  60'	Attendance: 15,598 Referee: Stroud

Middlesbrough v Ipswich Town

8 March 2014	Middlesbrough	2–0	Ipswich Town	Riverside Stadium
15:00	Graham  29', 45+2' Ledesma  70'	Report	Hyam  52' Chambers  71'	Attendance: 13,965 Referee: Williamson

Yeovil Town v Ipswich Town

11 March 2014	Yeovil Town	0–1	Ipswich Town	Huish Park
19:45	Edwards  68'	Report	Hyam  34' Berra  40' Hunt  61'	Attendance: 5,920 Referee: Simon Hooper

Ipswich Town v Wigan Athletic

15 March 2014	Ipswich Town	1–3	Wigan Athletic	Portman Road
15:00	Smith  19' Hunt  56' Green  67'	Report	McClean  22', 77'  38' Barnett  42' Ramis  57'	Attendance: 16,047 Referee: Coote

Brighton & Hove Albion v Ipswich Town

22 March 2014	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–2	Ipswich Town	Falmer Stadium
15:00	Bruno  33'	Report	Smith  60'  79' Murphy  80'	Attendance: 29,093 Referee: Drysdale

Ipswich Town v Derby County

25 March 2014	Ipswich Town	2–1	Derby County	Portman Road
19:45	Williams  66'  68' Nouble  78' Berra  90+1'	Report	Bamford  1' Martin  15' Bryson  45+3' Thorne  51' Forsyth  84'	Attendance: 17,399 Referee: Graham

Ipswich Town v Nottingham Forest

29 March 2014	Ipswich Town	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Portman Road
15:00	Williams  79' Murphy  78'	Report	Collins  4' Halford  27' Jara  47' Fox  73' Darlow  90+2'	Attendance: 17,955 Referee: Madley

April

Blackburn Rovers v Ipswich Town

5 April 2014	Blackburn Rovers	2–0	Ipswich Town	Ewood Park
15:00	Kilgallon  56' Williamson  63' Rhodes  64' Gestede  80'	Report	Wordsworth  37' Chambers  51'	Attendance: 13,281 Referee: Stroud

Huddersfield Town v Ipswich Town

8 April 2014	Huddersfield Town	0–2	Ipswich Town	John Smith's Stadium
19.45	Gobern  86'	Report	Anderson  6' Murphy  33' Hunt  68'	Attendance: 11,857 Referee: Brown

Ipswich Town v Doncaster Rovers

12 April 2014	Ipswich Town	2–1	Doncaster Rovers	Portman Road
15.00	Berra  40' Murphy  47' Chambers  86'	Scott	Brown  16'  83' Sharp  17' Méïté  44'	Attendance: Report Referee: 19,496

Watford v Ipswich Town

19 April 2014	Watford	3–1	Ipswich Town	Vicarage Road
15.00	Riera  21' Angella  60'  63' McGugan  65'  70' Tőzsér  83'	Report	Wordsworth  50'	Attendance: 16,615 Referee: Sutton

Ipswich Town v Bournemouth

21 April 2014	Ipswich Town	2–2	Bournemouth	Portman Road
15.00	Anderson  36' Green  56'	Report	Cook  44' Ritchie  80'	Attendance: 20,356 Referee: D'Urso

Burnley v Ipswich Town

26 April 2014	Burnley	1–0	Ipswich Town	Turf Moor
15.00	Kightly  54'	Report	Smith  25' Williams  82'	Attendance: 14,574 Referee: Linington

May

Ipswich Town v Sheffield Wednesday

3 May 2014	Ipswich Town	2–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Portman Road
12.15	Smith  37'  60' Green  67'	Report	Onyewu  36' Lee  55'	Attendance: 20,862 Referee: Boyeson

Football League Cup

Stevenage v Ipswich Town

6 August 2013 1	Stevenage	2–0	Ipswich Town	Broadhall Way
19:45	Morais  51' (pen) Burrow  76'	Report	Anderson  61'

FA Cup

Ipswich Town v Preston North End

4 January 2014 3	Ipswich Town	1–1	Preston North End	Portman Road
15:00	McGoldrick  38'	Report	Davies  42' Wright  69'	Attendance: 13,534 Referee: Naylor

Preston North End v Ipswich Town

14 January 2014 3 (replay)	Preston North End	3–2	Ipswich Town	Deepdale
19:45	Hayhurst  50' Garner  68', 68', 88'	Report	Nouble  58' Berra  72' McGoldrick  76' Hyam  84' McGoldrick  90+4' Mings  90+6'	Attendance: 6,088 Referee: Stroud

Statistics

Appearances

As of 3 May 2014

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Scott Loach	8	0	5+1	0	2	0	0	0
3	DF		Aaron Cresswell	45	2	42+2	2	1	0	0	0
4	DF		Luke Chambers	48	3	46	3	1	0	1	0
5	DF		Tommy Smith	47	5	45	5	1	0	1	0
6	DF		Christophe Berra	45	5	41+1	5	2	0	1	0
7	DF		Carlos Edwards	18	1	9+6	1	2	0	0+1	0
8	MF		Cole Skuse	44	0	43	0	0	0	1	0
9	FW		Daryl Murphy	46	13	42+3	13	0	0	0+1	0
10	FW		David McGoldrick	34	16	30+1	14	0+2	2	0+1	0
11	MF		Paul Anderson	33	4	22+9	4	1	0	1	0
12	MF		Stephen Hunt	24	0	15+8	0	1	0	0	0
14	FW		Anthony Wordsworth	11	0	6+4	0	1	0	0	0
15	DF		Tyrone Mings	18	0	4+12	0	2	0	0	0
16	MF		Paul Green (on loan from Leeds United)	14	0	6+8	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Jay Tabb	30	1	14+13	1	2	0	1	0
19	MF		Luke Hyam	38	1	33+2	1	2	0	1	0
20	DF		Freddie Veseli	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	GK		Dean Gerken	42	0	41	0	0	0	1	0
24	DF		Frazer Richardson	7	0	3+4	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF		Jonathan Williams (on loan from Crystal Palace)	13	1	11+2	1	0	0	0	0
26	FW		Paul Taylor	21	1	4+14	1	0+2	0	1	0
27	FW		Sylvan Ebanks-Blake	10	0	1+8	0	1	0	0	0
29	FW		Alan Lee	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
34	FW		Jack Marriott	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF		Frank Nouble	41	3	16+22	2	2	1	1	0
Players featured for club but left before the season ended:
2	DF		Elliott Hewitt (on loan to Gillingham)	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
16	MF		Ryan Tunnicliffe (on loan from Manchester United)	29	0	23+4	0	1+1	0	0	0
17	MF		Jordan Graham (on loan from Aston Villa)	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0