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A Potted Club History - The
Forties
 Results and tables for
the following seasons can be found in our all-time
results section.
The Decades Winners
League Champions: 1949 Portsmouth, 1948 Arsenal,
1947 Liverpool
FA Cup Winners: 1949 Wolverhampton Wanderers,
1948 Manchester United, 1947 Charlton Athletic, 1946 Derby County
Pictured above: Tommy
Lawton
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Season
1945-46
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The
season was played in two halves. The first on a league basis with Ipswich
taking part in the Third Division South (Northern Section). Ipswich
finished fifth. The second half of the season Town took part in the Third
Division South Cup (Northern Section). This was played on a league basis
with the top four sides progressing to a knock-out stage. Ipswich finished
sixth.
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Season
1946-47
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 A rather uneventful season
with a final league position of 6th. FA Cup winners Charlton contested the
Ipswich Hospital Cup before a season high crowd of 22,012 (Result 2-2).
Debut season for midfielder Tommy Parker (pictured) who went onto make 475
appearances for the club. Norwich beaten 5-0 at home. Leading scorer for
the season Albert Day with 14 goals.
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Season
1947-48
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Notable
results included home wins over QPR (eventual Champions) and a new record
away win, 5-1 at Norwich. Leading scorer Bill Jennings with 14 league
goals.
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Season
1948-49
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 Tommy Lawton, with 4 goals,
powers Notts County to a 9-2 victory over Town in Nottingham. Eventual
champions Swansea beaten 2-0 at home. Leading scorer Bill Jennings
(pictured) with 23 league goals.
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Season
1949-50
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Lowest finish ever in
the Football League. Threee wins in the last four matches see Town avoid
applying for re-election. Only one team (Newport County) concede more goals
-- 98 to Town's 86. Sam McCrory becomes the first Ipswich player to be sent
off in a Football League game (away to Aldershot). Incredibly, it will be
another 18 years before the next dismissal of a Town player. Leading scorer
Stan Parker with 15 league and cup goals.
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