The 2011-12 season was Town's tenth consecutive season in the second tier of English football. It was manager Paul Jewell's only full season in charge and an indifferent season saw Town finish 15th in the league. Town did briefly threaten the play-offs towards the start of the season before falling away and looking more towards relegation rather than promotion.
Town fell at the first hurdle in both of the domestic cups - at home to lower league Northampton Town in the League Cup and away to Hull City in the FA Cup.
League[]
League results[]
August | Pos | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
06 | Bristol City | 0 - 3 | Ipswich Town | 1 |
13 | Ipswich Town | 0 - 1 | Hull City | 7 |
16 | Ipswich Town | 2 - 5 | Southampton | 16 |
20 | Peterborough United | 7 - 1 | Ipswich Town | 20 |
16 | Ipswich Town | 2 - 1 | Leeds United | 14 |
September | Pos | |||
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10 | Blackpool | 2 - 0 | Ipswich Town | 17 |
19 | Ipswich Town | 3 - 0 | Coventry City | 13 |
24 | Middlesbrough | 0 - 0 | Ipswich Town | 13 |
27 | West Ham United | 0 - 1 | Ipswich Town | 11 |
October | Pos | |||
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01 | Ipswich Town | 3 - 1 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 9 |
15 | Cardiff City | 2 - 2 | Ipswich Town | 10 |
18 | Ipswich Town | 1 - 0 | Portsmouth | 6 |
22 | Ipswich Town | 0 - 1 | Crystal Palace | 9 |
29 | Millwall | 4 - 1 | Ipswich Town | 11 |
November | Pos | |||
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05 | Ipswich Town | 2 - 3 | Doncaster Rovers | 14 |
19 | Nottingham Forest | 3 - 2 | Ipswich Town | 16 |
26 | Ipswich Town | 2 - 3 | Reading | 18 |
29 | Burnley | 4 - 0 | Ipswich Town | 20 |
December | Pos | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
03 | Ipswich Town | 1 - 2 | Watford | 21 |
10 | Barnsley | 3 - 5 | Ipswich Town | 20 |
17 | Ipswich Town | 1 - 0 | Derby County | 19 |
26 | Leicester City | 1 - 1 | Ipswich Town | 19 |
31 | Reading | 1 - 0 | Ipswich Town | 19 |
January | Pos | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
02 | Ipswich Town | 1 - 3 | Nottingham Forest | 19 |
11 | Birmingham City | 2 - 1 | Ipswich Town | 20 |
14 | Ipswich Town | 2 - 2 | Blackpool | 19 |
21 | Leeds United | 3 - 1 | Ipswich Town | 21 |
31 | Ipswich Town | 5 - 1 | West Ham United | 19 |
February | Pos | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
04 | Coventry City | 2 - 3 | Ipswich Town | 19 |
14 | Portsmouth | 0 - 1 | Ipswich Town | 17 |
18 | Ipswich Town | 3 - 0 | Cardiff City | 16 |
25 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 3 - 0 | Ipswich Town | 16 |
March | Pos | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
03 | Ipswich Town | 3 - 0 | Bristol City | 14 |
06 | Southampton | 1 - 1 | Ipswich Town | 15 |
10 | Hull City | 2 - 2 | Ipswich Town | 16 |
17 | Ipswich Town | 3 - 2 | Peterborough United | 15 |
21 | Ipswich Town | 1 - 0 | Burnley | 14 |
24 | Watford | 2 - 1 | Ipswich Town | 15 |
27 | Ipswich Town | 1 - 1 | Middlesbrough | 15 |
31 | Ipswich Town | 1 - 0 | Barnsley | 14 |
April | Pos | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
07 | Derby County | 0 - 0 | Ipswich Town | 15 |
09 | Ipswich Town | 1 - 2 | Leicester City | 15 |
14 | Crystal Palace | 1 - 1 | Ipswich Town | 15 |
17 | Ipswich Town | 1 - 1 | Birmingham City | 15 |
21 | Ipswich Town | 0 - 3 | Millwall | 15 |
28 | Doncaster Rovers | 2 - 3 | Ipswich Town | 15 |
Cups[]
FA Cup[]
January | Round | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
04 | Hull City | 3 - 1 | Ipswich Town | 3 |
League Cup[]
August | Round | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
04 | Ipswich Town | 1 - 2 | Northampton Town | 1 |
Players[]
The following is a list of Town players who made at least one appearance in league or cup; loanees are highlighted in green. Town used a total of 32 players, six of them loanees.
Pos | Player | Starts | |||||
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01 | GK | Richard Wright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
02 | DF | Jaime Peters | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
03 | DF | Aaron Cresswell | 46 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
04 | DF | Ívar Ingimarsson | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
05 | DF | Damien Delaney | 27 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
06 | MF | Grant Leadbitter | 33 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
07 | MF | Carlos Edwards | 46 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
08 | MF | Lee Bowyer | 24 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
09 | FW | Jay Emmanuel-Thomas | 30 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
10 | FW | Michael Chopra | 39 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 |
11 | MF | Lee Martin | 28 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
12 | GK | Arran Lee-Barrett | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
13 | GK | David Stockdale | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
14 | FW | Jason Scotland | 21 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
15 | MF | Keith Andrews | 19 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
16 | FW | Tamás Priskin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | MF | Ryan Stevenson | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
17 | MF | Andy Drury | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
18 | FW | Nathan Ellington | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19 | MF | Luke Hyam | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
20 | DF | Tommy Smith | 25 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
21 | MF | Jimmy Bullard | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
22 | MF | Josh Carson | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
24 | MF | Colin Healy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
25 | DF | Danny Collins | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
26 | FW | Reece Wabara | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
27 | FW | Daryl Murphy | 32 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
29 | DF | Jack Ainsley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31 | DF | Ibrahima Sonko | 21 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
32 | GK | Alex McCarthy | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
38 | MF | Byron Lawrence | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
39 | DF | Mark Kennedy | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |