The club was founded as an amateur side in 1878, but did not turn professional until 1936 and it was subsequently elected to join the Football League in 1938.
Sir Alf Ramsey was appointed as boss in August 1955, and guided the side to the Third Division South title for a second time in 1956–57.
Town would go on to win the Second Division title in 1960/61 to win promotion to the top flight for the first time, before incredibly becoming champions of England at the first attempt in 1961/62.
Two years after winning the league title, Town slipped down to the second tier, before Bill McGarry was appointed and led the Blues to the Second Division title in 1967/68.
Ray Crawford is the Blues’ all-time record goalscorer, with a impressive 227 goals in 353 games for the club during his two separate spells at Portman Road.
Crawford was the first Ipswich Town player to be capped for England and formed a lethal strike partnership with Ted Phillips as the club climbed up the Football League.
Sir Bobby Robson was appointed manager in 1969 and his reign at Ipswich lasted 13 years, guiding the club to two major trophies and several seasons in top flight European football.
The successful period began in 1973 when the club won the Texaco Cup after Town beat Norwich City 2-1 at Carrow Road, clinching a 4-2 victory on aggregate
In the 1974–75 season, the Blues reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup for the first time, before reaching the final in 1978 and lifting the famous trophy.
Local lad Roger Osborne scored the winning goal as Ipswich beat Arsenal 1-0 at Wembley.
Ipswich went on to win the UEFA Cup in 1981,with a 5–4 victory over AZ Alkmaar in the two-legged final, while John Wark ended the 1980/81 season with 36 goals
The club also finished as league runners-up in 1981 and 1982.
The club’s all-time record appearance maker is iconic skipper Mick Mills, who made almost 750 appearances after joining the club in 1965.
He captained England at the 1982 World Cup and is without doubt the greatest skipper in Town history, as well as one of the best players to ever pull on the famous blue shirt.
Ipswich were relegated to the Second Division in the 1985–86 season, before John Lyall guided the club to the Second Division title and promotion to the newly formed Premiership in 1992.
Two seasons later, the Blues were relegated back to the first division, and Lyall was replaced by former Town defender George Burley.
Ipswich narrowly missed out in promotion through the play-offs for three years in a row, including narrow defeats on the away goals rule against Sheffield United and Bolton Wanderers.
However, it was a case of fourth time lucky for Town in 1999/2000 when Ipswich finally reached Wembley and beat Barnsley 4-2 to gain promotion back into the top flight.
On their return to the top flight Ipswich finished fifth to qualify for the UEFA Cup and secure their highest placing in the league pyramid since the 1981-82 season.
Marcus Stewart scored a impressive 19 goals that season, the Premier League’s second top goalscorer and the division’s highest English goalscorer.
The Blues are still undefeated at home in European football matches, having played 31 times, winning 25 and drawing 6.
There has been some impressive victories at Portman Road, which include ones over AC Milan, Real Madrid, Barcelona (twice), and Inter Milan.
The 2001/02 season saw Town relegated from the top flight and return to First Division Football, with Burley later replaced by Joe Royle.
The Blues would go on to finish in the play-offs in back-to-back seasons under Royle, but were beaten twice by West Ham in the play-off semi-finals.
It wasn’t until 2014/15 season that Town got back to the play-offs, but that was followed by years of decline before the Blues suffered relegation to the third tier for the first since 1957 in 2019.
The club would go on to appoint three different Paul’s in Hurst, Lambert and Cook. None had any success.
On 7 April 2021, a new chapter at Town began. Marcus Evans Group completed the sale of the Football Club, with Gamechanger 20 Ltd becoming the new owners.
Kieran McKenna was appointed manager in December 2021 and guided the club back to the Championship after finishing second in 2022/23, having picked up 98 points and scored 101 league goals.