The 2013-14 season was Town's twelfth consecutive season in the second tier of English football. Town finished a respectable ninth in the league in Mick McCarthy's first full season in charge, their highest position for five seasons. They briefly flirted with the play-offs but eventually finished in ninth place; three places and four points outside.
In the domestic cups Town did not fare so well, being knocked out at the first hurdle by lower league opposition in both the League and FA Cup, by Stevenage and Preston North End respectively.
League[]
League results[]
August | Pos | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
03 | Reading | 2 - 1 | Ipswich Town | 19 |
10 | Ipswich Town | 3 - 0 | Millwall | 9 |
17 | Queens Park Rangers | 1 - 0 | Ipswich Town | 15 |
24 | Ipswich Town | 1 - 2 | Leeds United | 17 |
31 | Birmingham City | 1 - 1 | Ipswich Town | 16 |
September | Pos | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
14 | Ipswich Town | 3 - 1 | Middlesbrough | 15 |
17 | Ipswich Town | 2 - 1 | Yeovil Town | 11 |
22 | Wigan Athletic | 2 - 0 | Ipswich Town | 14 |
28 | Ipswich Town | 2 - 0 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 9 |
October | Pos | |||
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01 | Derby County | 4 - 4 | Ipswich Town | 10 |
05 | Sheffield Wednesday | 1 - 1 | Ipswich Town | 11 |
19 | Ipswich Town | 0 - 1 | Burnley | 11 |
26 | Bolton Wanderers | 1 - 1 | Ipswich Town | 13 |
November | Pos | |||
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01 | Ipswich Town | 1 - 1 | Barnsley | 10 |
09 | Blackpool | 2 - 3 | Ipswich Town | 11 |
16 | Ipswich Town | 1 - 2 | Leicester City | 12 |
26 | Charlton Athletic | 0 - 1 | Ipswich Town | 11 |
December | Pos | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Ipswich Town | 3 - 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 8 |
07 | Ipswich Town | 2 - 1 | Huddersfield Town | 9 |
14 | Nottingham Forest | 0 - 0 | Ipswich Town | 10 |
21 | Ipswich Town | 1 - 1 | Watford | 9 |
26 | Doncaster Rovers | 0 - 3 | Ipswich Town | 5 |
29 | Bournemouth | 1 - 1 | Ipswich Town | 6 |
January | Pos | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Ipswich Town | 1 - 1 | Charlton Athletic | 6 |
11 | Ipswich Town | 1 - 3 | Queens Park Rangers | 9 |
18 | Millwall | 1 - 0 | Ipswich Town | 10 |
25 | Ipswich Town | 2 - 0 | Reading | 7 |
28 | Leeds United | 1 - 1 | Ipswich Town | 7 |
February | Pos | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Ipswich Town | 1 - 0 | Bolton Wanderers | 7 |
08 | Barnsley | 2 - 2 | Ipswich Town | 7 |
15 | Ipswich Town | 0 - 0 | Blackpool | 8 |
22 | Leicester City | 3 - 0 | Ipswich Town | 10 |
March | Pos | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Ipswich Town | 1 - 0 | Birmingham City | 9 |
08 | Middlesbrough | 2 - 0 | Ipswich Town | 9 |
11 | Yeovil Town | 0 - 1 | Ipswich Town | 9 |
15 | Ipswich Town | 1 - 3 | Wigan Athletic | 9 |
22 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 - 2 | Ipswich Town | 9 |
25 | Ipswich Town | 2 - 1 | Derby County | 8 |
29 | Ipswich Town | 1 - 1 | Nottingham Forest | 8 |
April | Pos | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
05 | Blackburn Rovers | 2 - 0 | Ipswich Town | 9 |
08 | Huddersfield Town | 0 - 2 | Ipswich Town | 8 |
12 | Ipswich Town | 2 - 1 | Doncaster Rovers | 7 |
19 | Watford | 3 - 1 | Ipswich Town | 8 |
21 | Ipswich Town | 2 - 2 | Bournemouth | 8 |
26 | Burnley | 1 - 0 | Ipswich Town | 10 |
May | Pos | |||
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05 | Ipswich Town | 2 - 1 | Sheffield Wednesday | 9 |
League table[]
Leicester City were run-away champions, automatically promoted with Burnley, many pundits favourites for relegation pre-season. Queens Park Rangers were also promoted via the play-offs.
At the other end of the table, Yeovil Town were relegated in their first season in tier two. They were joined by Barnsley and Doncaster Rovers; a last-minute equaliser keeping Birmingham City up.
2013-14 league table | |||||||||
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P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
1 | Leicester City | 46 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 83 | 43 | 40 | 102 |
2 | Burnley | 46 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 72 | 37 | 35 | 93 |
3 | Derby County | 46 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 84 | 52 | 32 | 85 |
4 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 60 | 44 | 16 | 80 |
5 | Wigan Athletic | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 61 | 48 | 13 | 73 |
6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 55 | 40 | 15 | 72 |
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 | Bournemouth | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 67 | 66 | 1 | 66 |
11 | Nottingham Forest | 46 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 67 | 64 | 3 | 65 |
12 | Middlesbrough | 46 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 62 | 50 | 12 | 64 |
13 | Watford | 46 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 74 | 64 | 10 | 60 |
14 | Bolton Wanderers | 46 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 59 | 60 | -1 | 59 |
15 | Leeds United | 46 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 59 | 67 | -8 | 57 |
16 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 63 | 65 | -2 | 53 |
17 | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 58 | 65 | -7 | 53 |
18 | Charlton Athletic | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 41 | 61 | -20 | 51 |
19 | Millwall | 46 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 46 | 74 | -28 | 48 |
20 | Blackpool | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 38 | 66 | -28 | 46 |
21 | Birmingham City | 46 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 58 | 74 | -16 | 44 |
22 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 39 | 70 | -31 | 44 |
23 | Barnsley | 46 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 44 | 77 | -33 | 39 |
24 | Yeovil Town | 46 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 44 | 75 | -31 | 37 |
Cups[]
FA Cup[]
January | Round | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
04 | Ipswich Town | 1 - 1 | Preston North End | 3 |
14 | Preston North End | 3 - 2 | Ipswich Town |
League Cup[]
August | Round | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
06 | Stevenage | 2 - 0 | Ipswich Town | 1 |
Players[]
The following are a list of players who made at least one appearance in league or cup[1]; loanee players are highlighted in green. Town used a total of 28 players, five of whom were loanees.
Pos | Player | Starts | |||||
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01 | GK | Scott Loach | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
02 | DF | Elliott Hewitt | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
03 | DF | Aaron Cresswell | 43 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
04 | DF | Luke Chambers | 48 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
05 | DF | Tommy Smith | 47 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
06 | DF | Christophe Berra | 44 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
07 | DF | Carlos Edwards | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
08 | MF | Cole Skuse | 44 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
09 | FW | Daryl Murphy | 42 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
10 | FW | David McGoldrick | 30 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 0 |
11 | MF | Paul Anderson | 24 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
12 | MF | Stephen Hunt | 16 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
14 | MF | Anthony Wordsworth | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
15 | DF | Tyrone Mings | 6 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
16 | MF | Ryan Tunnicliffe | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
16 | MF | Paul Green | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
17 | MF | Jordan Graham | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | MF | Jay Tabb | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
19 | MF | Luke Hyam | 36 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
20 | DF | Freddie Veseli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | GK | Dean Gerken | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
24 | DF | Frazer Richardson | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
25 | MF | Jonny Williams | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
26 | FW | Paul Taylor | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
27 | FW | Sylvan Ebanks-Blake | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
29 | FW | Alan Lee | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
34 | FW | Jack Marriott | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
35 | FW | Frank Nouble | 19 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 0 |