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You too can become a tractor boy, like Kieran and Jack.

 

 

These photographs were taken at the 2011/2012 Ipswich Town Players Awards evening, on Saturday 21st April 2012

By Iain Ross, Haverhill Branch committee member, November 2009

Looking through one of my autograph books the other day, I came across a two page spread (left) which I knew were of Ipswich Town FC but that was as far as I knew. I started to look into the names shown and it was not long before I realised that what I had was in fact the first squad at training after the second world war – the signatures must have been collected when I was 11 although I do not remember where. The name a A S Duncan stood out – it was in fact that of the Manager at the time – he had been Manager from 1937 and took Ipswich into the football league gaining successive promotions from 3rd Division South to 2nd Division. He was in the end after a poor season, sacked in 1955 which left the door open for one of the famous names in Ipswich Management to take over – Alf Ramsey. The rest is history.

Player Season From To Appearances Goals
HARRY BAIRD 46/52 HUDDERSFIELD RETIRED 216 6
D BELL 38/50 DERBY RETIRED 171 3
M BURNS 38/52 PRESTON RETIRED 157 0
G CLARKE 46/53 RETIRED 34 1
ALBERT DAY 46/49 BRIGHTON WATFORD 63 25
GEOFF FOX 46/47 BRISTOL C BRISTOL R 11 1
IAN GILLESPIE 46/47 CRYSTAL PALACE COLCHESTER 6 1
DON GREEN 46/52 BRAMFORD STOWMARKET 52 0
T LANG 46/47 QUEEN OF SOUTH TRAINER IPSWICH 5 1
ANGUS MACKAY 46/46 HAMILTON ACC EXETER 5 0
M.O’MAHONEY 46/49 BRISTOL C MAN YARMOUTH 58 4
MARK DOUGLAS 46/50 BURY TOWN 42 2
ALEX MITCHELL NO RECORD FOUND
BERT NUTT NO RECORD FOUND
TOMMY PARER 46/57 ARMED FORCES RETIRED INJURED 428 86
TED POLE 46/51 LEYTON ORIENT 39 13
G RUMBOLD 46/60 LEYTON ORIENT KINGS LYNN 121 11
BOB SMYTH 46/48 H M S GANGES HALIFAX 2 0
OSSIE PARRY 38/49 CRYSTAL PALACE RETIRED 104 0
G PERRETT 38/59 FULHAM RETIRED 131 4
A.S.DUNCAN 37/55 MANAGER SACKED

Faces from the Past

The following picture is of our committee member Iain Ross on stage at the old Odeon Cinema, Ipswich, with Town players from the 1955/56 Season…….Vic Snell, Jimmy Leadbetter, Iain, George McLuckie, Kenny Malcolm, Tommy Parker, George McMillan.

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