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A Potted Club History - The
Eighties
 Results and tables for
the following seasons can be found in our all-time
results section.
The Decades Winners
World Cup Winners: 1982 Italy, 1986 Argentina
European
Championships:
1980 West Germany, 1984 France, 1988 Holland
League Champions: 1989 Arsenal, 1988 Liverpool,
1987 Everton, 1986 Liverpool, 1985 Everton, 1984 Liverpool, 1983 Liverpool,
1982 Liverpool, 1981 Aston Villa, 1980 Liverpool
FA Cup Winners: 1989 Liverpool, 1988
Wimbledon, 1987 Coventry City, 1986 Liverpool, 1985 Manchester United, 1984
Everton, 1983 Manchester United, 1982 Tottenham Hotspurs, 1981 Tottenham
Hotspurs, 1980 Westham United
European Cup Winners: 1989 AC Milan, 1988 PSV
Eindhoven, 1987 FC Porto, 1986 Steaua Bucarest, 1985 Juventus, 1984
Liverpool, 1983 SV Hamburg, 1982 Aston Villa, 1981 Liverpool, 1980 Nottingham
Forest
UEFA Cup Winners: 1989 Napoli, 1988 Bayer
Leverkusen, 1987 IFK Göteborg, 1986 Real Madrid, 1985 Real Madrid, 1984
Tottenham Hotspur, 1983 Anderlecht, 1982 IFK Göteborg, 1981 Ipswich Town,
1980 Eintracht Frankfurt
Cup Winner's Cup: 1989 Barcelona, 1988 Mechelen,
1987 Ajax, 1986 Dynamo Kiev, 1985 Everton, 1984 Juventus, 1983 Aberdeen, 1982
Barcelona, 1981 Dynamo Tbilisi, 1980 Valencia
Pictured above:
John Wark scores in the UEFA Cup against AZ '67 Alkmaar.
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Season
1980-81
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 UEFA Cup Winners, with a
impressive run to final that includes a 4-1 away win at St. Etienne over
Michel Platini, Johnny Rep and Company. Football League Division 1
Runners-Up. FA Cup Semi-Finalists. ITFC 'Player of the Year' Paul Cooper.
John Wark was elected 'Player of the Year' by the PFA, with Frans Thijssen
and Paul Mariner coming second and third respectively. Frans Thijssen was
voted the Football Writers player of the year, with Mills, Wark and Muhren
finishing in 2nd, 3rd and 6th places respectively. Leading scorer John Wark
(pictured) with 36 league and cup goals. His 14 goals in the UEFA cup
equalled the record for most goals in European competition by one player in
one season.
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Season
1981-82
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 Football League Division 1
Runners-Up. League Cup semi-finalists. ITFC 'Player of the Year' Alan
Brazil. Leading scorer Alan Brazil (pictured) with 28 league and cup goals.
League doubles over Manchester United, Leeds United, Aston Villa, Westbrom,
Coventry, Middlesboro and Brighton. Electronic scoreboard installed over
the North Stand. International call-up's for Mills, Mariner, Butcher and
Osman (England), Brazil, Wark and Burley (Scotland), and Muhren and
Thijssen (Holland).
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Season
1982-83
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 Bobby Robson (pictured) leaves
the club (after 13 years) to become England Manager and is replaced by
Bobby Ferguson. Mick Mills plays his final game for Town in the league game
with Liverpool at Portman Road (he made 741 appearances in total). Muhren,
Thijssen and Brazil also depart. ITFC 'Player of the Year' Paul Mariner.
Leading scorer John Wark with 23 league and cup goals. Town lose in opening
round of UEFA Cup to Roma.
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Season
1983-84
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 ITFC 'Player of the Year'
Trevor Putney (pictured). Leading scorer Eric Gates with 16 league and cup
goals. Jason Dozzell becomes the youngest ever player (at 16 years and 57
days) to represent Town in a first team fixture. He scores on his debut
against Coventry and becomes the youngest ever goal scorer in the First
Division. Wark and Mariner depart for Liverpool and Arsenal respectively.
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Season
1984-85
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 League Cup Semi-Finalists.
ITFC 'Player of the Year' Terry Butcher. Leading scorer Eric Gates with 16
league and cup goals. Mick Mills makes his 100th appearance for Southampton
against Town at the Dell (his 900th in first class competition). Burley
scores the fastest goal at Newcastle for over 40 years - an own goal after
20 seconds !. Steve McCall (pictured) sets a club record 175 consecutive appearances.
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Season
1985-86
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 Town lose over half their
league games, and take just 8 points from their last ten, and are relegated
to Division 2. ITFC 'Player of the Year' Terry Butcher (pictured) sold to
Glasgow Rangers. Leading marksman Kevin Wilson with 15 league and cup
goals.
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Season
1986-87
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 Town are defeated in the 1st
Division/2nd Division play-offs by Charlton Athletic, and miss out on a
Wembley appearance in the Full Members Cup losing 3-0 at Blackburn in the
semi-finals. ITFC 'Player of the Year' Romeo Zondervan. Leading marksman
Kevin Wilson with 25 league and cup goals.
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Season
1987-88
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 John Duncan (pictured)
succeeds Bobby Ferguson as manager. ITFC 'Player of the Year' Frank Yallop.
John Wark returns to the club. Match of the Day camera's are at Portman
Road for the first ever 'live' transmission of a home game, and the 2-1
defeat by Manchester United in the FA Cup 3rd Round.
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Season
1988-89
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 Sergei Baltacha (pictured)
joins Town, becoming the first player from the Soviet Union to play in the
Football League, and scores on his debut in the 5-1 home win over Stoke
City. Leading marksmen John Wark, Dalian Atkinson and Jason Dozzell with 13
league and cup goals each. ITFC 'Player of the Year' John Wark.
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Season
1989-90
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A final league position of
9th, humiliation on their away travels at Port Vale (0-5), Bournemouth
(1-3) and Hull City (3-4), and a League Cup exit at the hands of Third
Division Tranmere, sum up a season of inconsistency for Ipswich. John
Duncan is sacked as Manager. ITFC 'Player of the Year' John Wark
(pictured).
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