NICKNAME: Blues

FOUNDED: 1878

MANAGER: George Burley

GROUND: Portman Road (capacity: 22,600)

ADDRESS: Portman Road, Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 2DA

PHONE: 01473-400500

TICKETS: 01473-4005555

PRICES: Matchday £19-£42 (£5.50-£21 Concessions) Season £329-£725 (£95-£385 Concessions)

STRIP: Home Blue shirts, white shorts, blue stockings Away White shirts with black trim, black shorts with white trim, white stockings with black trim

LAST SEASON: League Fifth FA Cup Fourth Round Worthington Cup Semi Finals

HONOURS:

Division One Champions (1) 1961-62

Division Two Champions (3) 1960-61, 1967-68, 1991-92

Division Three South Champions (2) 1953-54, 1956-57

FA Cup Winners (1) 1978

UEFA Cup Winners (1) 1980-81

RECORD VICTORY: League 7-0 v Portsmouth, Division Two, 07-11-1964 and 7-0 v Southampton, Division One, 02-02-1974 and 7-0 v WBA, Division One, 06-11-1976 Cup 10-0 v Floriana, European Cup Preliminary Round, 25-09-1962

RECORD DEFEAT: 1-10 v Fulham, Division One, 26-12-1963

RECORD ATTENDANCE: 38,010 v Leeds, FA Cup Sixth Round, 08-03-1975

RECORD TRANSFER PAID: £4m, Hermann Hreidarsson from IBV Vestmann, August 2000

RECORD TRANSFER RECEIVED: £6m, Keiron Dyer to Newcastle United, July 1999 and Richard Wright to Arsenal, June 2001

TOP LEAGUE GOALSCORER: Season Ted Phillips, 41, 1956-57 All-time Ray Crawford, 203, 1958-63 and 1966-69

MOST LEAGUE APPEARANCES: Mick Mills, 591, 1966-82