Ipswich Town vs Arsenal Tickets

Portman Road has been the home of Ipswich Town FC since 1884, and it remains one of the oldest active stadiums in English football.

Ipswich's home match with Arsenal will be one of the most in-demand home games of the season as fans of the Tractor Boys look to secure tickets to see the Gunners, one of the biggest teams in England.

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Ipswich Town vs Arsenal History

Despite Arsenal being the more successful of these teams, Ipswich Town are in fact the older of the two clubs. ITFC was founded in 1878, eight years before the formation of Arsenal (originally known as Woolwich Arsenal).

Arsenal enjoyed much success in the 1930s, with five First Division titles and two FA Cup triumphs in the decade preceding the outbreak of World War II. Following the War, the Gunners won a further FA Cup and a league championship, though the trophy cabinet would then accumulate dust and remain barren for much of the 1950s & 60s.

It was around this time Ipswich Town rose up the ranks of the English football pyramid. Under the tutelage of manager Alf Ramsey, Ipswich earned promotion from the Second Division and subsequently won the First Division title in 1961/62, in what was the club’s very first campaign in the English top flight.

ITFC lifted the FA Cup in 1978, beating none other than Arsenal in the final at Wembley Stadium. Three years later Ipswich celebrated European honours for the first time, defeating AZ Alkmaar to capture the UEFA Cup (precursor to the Europa League).

In modern times it has of course been Arsenal competing towards the very top of the English football pyramid, while Ipswich have languished in the Football League for much of the 21st century. The Blues ended a 22-year wait for Premier League football, earning back-to-back promotions to the EFL Championship in 2023 and then to the top flight the following year.

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Ipswich Town vs Arsenal Head-to-Head

The first matchup involving these clubs came during the 1961/62 season of the First Division. Ipswich were newcomers to the top flight, yet that made no difference to Alf Ramsey and his players. The two sides played out a 2-2 draw at Portman Road before Ipswich recorded a stunning 3-0 victory at Highbury in the penultimate game of the season. The Blues went on to win the First Division title by 3 points.

The first time Ipswich and Arsenal clashed in the FA Cup was in 1978, when the teams contested the FA Cup final in front of 100,000 people at Wembley. Roger Osborne scored the only goal of the game as Ipswich celebrated FA Cup glory for the first time.

Ipswich and Arsenal were both founding members of the Premier League in 1992, and this fixture ended 2-1 in favour of the Gunners in the inaugural campaign of the competition. Alan Smith and Paul Person netted either side of John Wark’s first-half penalty for Ipswich.

Meetings between the teams have been few and far between in the 21st century, with Ipswich playing outside of the Premier League from 2002 until the end of the 2023/24 campaign.

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Ipswich Town vs Arsenal Stats & Mutual Connections

No player has found the back of the net in this fixture more than Arsenal great Ian Wright. The former England striker scored nine goals in six appearances versus Ipswich, including a hat-trick at Portman Road in 1994 and another at Highbury the following year.

Chris Kiwomya & Richard Wright are two ex-players who represented both ITFC and Arsenal. The former began his senior career at Ipswich and went on to rack up more than 250 appearances before signing for Arsenal in 1995, though he would play only 17 times for the Gunners.

Similarly, Wright also started out at Ipswich prior to joining Arsenal in 2001. He lasted just a single season at Highbury, making 22 outings before switching to Everton. The two-cap England goalkeeper later rejoined Ipswich Town and he ran out almost 300 times for the Blues.

In more recent times Arsenal youngster Ainsley Maitland-Niles spent the 2015/16 season on loan at Ipswich in the Championship.

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