Pride of Anglia - Ipswich Town Football Club

Introduction

Five Score: The SIL Football Book of the Century

The following is a potted history of Town’s association with the Ipswich & District League (now the Suffolk & Ipswich League), from the league’s formation in 1896 through to the last time a Town side competed in the IDL way back in 1936, taken mainly from the book “Five Score: The SIL Football Book of the Century”.

John Eastwood’s “The Men Who Made the Town”, published in 1986, and considered by many Town fans to be the definitive club history, makes just a few passing references to Town’s involvement with the IDL, but, from the history of the league penned by KP Wood in 1996, it appears that between those years Town entered not only a reserve side and an ‘A’ side, but the first team also competed.

In the early 1900’s the seniors competed in two league’s simultaneously: From 1903 to 1906, the South East Anglia League and the Norfolk & Suffolk League, and from 1907 to 1910, while continuing to play in the Norfolk & Suffolk League, they also took part in the East Anglian League. So, moving forward to the 1920’s and 1930’s it is not that odd to see them competing in the Southern Amateur League whilst also entering a senior side in the IDL, which they did from 1925 to 1935.

Sadly, just a smattering of Town results are available in the SIL history, all of which are included below. Ideally we need to get our “grubby” hands on a complete set of IDL handbooks for the complete story …

1896-97

Although founder members of the IDL, Town do not take part in its inaugural season having already arranged a full set of, mainly, friendly fixtures.

1897-98

Town enter a RESERVE side who finish bottom of a seven team Division One.

1898-99

Town withdraw their reserve side. Three players, who with in a short time will join Town, were selected to play for a representative XI against champions Woodbridge Old St Mary’s: T Sharp, E Betts and P Green. Another six players, who will likewise join Town later in their careers, are selected to play for the Division Town representative XI against Division Tow champions Brantham Athletic: L Swann, H Steel, F Freston, E Renaut, F Potter and C Finch.

1901-02

After an absence of three years the RESERVES are back, finishing fourth in Division One with just 8 points from a possible 24.

1902-03

The RESERVES reach the final of the Suffolk Junior Cup losing 3-0 (their opponents are not mentioned in the text).

Championship medal from the IDLs inaugural season

1903-04

The RESERVES have a more than useful season, and although they lose heavily at Leiston (4-1), they seldom slip up against lower placed sides with their wins include a 4-2 victory away to Felixstowe Town.

1904-05

The RESERVES finish runners-up, a single point behind Division One Champions Orwell Works. A few results:

Reserves 1 HMS Fisgard 1 (start of season) (the Navy side withdrew from the league later in the season)

Reserves 2 Orwell Works 0 (late October)

Framlingham Town 1 Reserves 1 (week after home win over Orwell Works)

RGA Languard 1 Reserves 3 (at Kings Field)

Reserves 3 Bury Alexandra 0

Felixstowe Town 2 Reserves 2

Woodbridge Town 1 Reserves 2 (November 26th) (referee Mr J Meadows booed off the field by home supporters)

HMS Fisgard v Reserves (drawn game)

“Five Score” also mentions that the Reserves recorded a win against Royal Horse Artillery (3-1) and a suffered a defeat against the same side (1-2 at Portman Road), but according to the final league tables RHA played in Division Two!

In the Suffolk Junior Cup:

Reserves 6 Combs Rangers 0 (venue unknown)

Reserves 1 Royal Horse Artillery 2 (at Portman Road)

1905-06

A third place finish for the RESERVES in Division One. A satisfactory campaign, says the text, but side inclined to drop points unexpectedly. Some results:

Reserves 1 Royal Horse Artillery 2 (venue unknown) (RHA later withdrew from league)

Westbourne Athletic 3 Reserves 1

Reserves 4 Westbourne Athletic 3 (at Portman Road, April 7th) (described as a splendid game and one of the best witnessed by spectators for many seasons)

Reserves v Westgate Ward Liberals (drawn game)

Woodbridge Town 2 Reserves 1

Town pictured in the Early 1900s

1906-07

The RESERVES finish as runners-up in Division One, four points behind Orwell Works, but with one game (against Bury Alexandra) left un-played. At the end of the season only Town’s RESERVES were left challenging Orwell Works. The two sides met on April 27th with Orwell Works winning by a goal to nil. Town were considered to have been the better side over the course of the season but suffered from inconsistency, with calls from the senior side no doubt having an effect too. Some results:

Reserves 7 Brantham Athletic 0 (January 5th)

Felixstowe Town 0 Reserves 3

Stowmarket 1 Reserves 2 Town

RESERVES beat Stowmarket 4-0 in the Suffolk Junior Cup Final.

1907-08

The RESERVES finish two points behind Champions Stowmarket after the two sides had led the division for most of the season. The crunch match took place at Sidegate Lane, Ipswich on Saturday December 14th, with the visitors winning 2-1. This effectively ended Town’s title ambitions and they had to settle for runners-up spot for the second successive season. There were rumours during the course of the season that the Reserves might join a new Woodbridge & District League. A few results:

Reserves 5 Royal Horse Artillery 1 (venue unknown, October 1907)

Reserves 3 RGA Languard 2 (at Portman Road)

Reserves 3 Felixstowe Town 4 (home)

In a pre-Christmas representative game IPSWICH TOWN (Fenn & Phillips) beat the IDL (Barnard) 2-1.

1908-09

Town’s RESERVES finish a lowly sixth. A specially arranged match at Portman Road sees Champions Westbourne Mills beat a Rest of the League side 3-2. Some other results:

Reserves 3 Stowmarket 0 (at Portman Road)

Brantham Athletic 0 Reserves 2

St Clements United 7 Reserves 1 (at Whitton Maypole, March 13th)

The Reserves also competed in the new Woodbridge & District League, and the FA Amateur Cup Final was held at Portman Road on Saturday April 3rd, 1909. A gate of £110 was taken as Casuals took on New Crusaders.

1909-10

The RESERVES miss out on the Championship by a single point. A few results:

Woodbridge Town 1 Reserves 3 (venue unknown)

Reserves 4 Woodbridge Town 0 (venue unknown)

Westbourne Mills 3 Reserves 5 (venue unknown)

Town’s senior side lost 4-1 to Westbourne Mills in the Suffolk Senior Cup Final, which was played at Mills’ Castle Hill Ground in February (attendance 500).

IDL Handbook 1933-34

1910-11

Felixstowe Town were worthy Champions, according to the text, while the RESERVES declined to 5th. Only two Reserve results are listed:

Antiquarians 0 Reserves 3 (at Lattice Barn)

Stowmarket 3 Reserves 2 (venue unknown)

Back in those days, says the text, Stowmarket and Town seldom saw eye to eye and the games between the two sides were fractious at times and it was no secret, that Stowmarket were very much FA supporters, whilst Ipswich Town covered their ears at the mere sound of the words ‘Football Association’. Town entered an ‘A’ SIDE in Division Two for the first time who finished a creditable second, one point behind Champions Stowmarket Reserves. Both sides were running neck and neck for the title up until February 11th when a very young Ipswich Town ‘A’ lost 4-1 to St. Bartholemews. Town then dropped a point against YMCA in a 2-2 draw. Two other ‘A’ results are recorded:

St. Bartholemews 0 ‘A’ Side 1 (venue unknown)

Hadleigh 0 ‘A’ Side 1 (venue unknown, March 11th)

Various references to ‘young’ in the text suggest that the ‘A’ side were a forerunner of the youth team.

1911-12

Divisions ran deep between those supporting the AFA (like Ipswich Town) and the FA, and so in the season before the IDL officially divided, Division One contained just five clubs (including the RESERVES), and Division Two just six (including the ‘A’ SIDE). May clubs were competing in other league’s as they were obviously not content with the IDL programme of just eight and ten games respectively.

The Reserves finished 4th in Division One while the ‘A’ Side picked up the wooden spoon in Division Two. The Reserves denied Stowmarket a possible title win with a 3-0 win at Portman Road in the final game of the season. A 0-3 reverse against Woodbridge Town just prior to Christmas is the only other result noted in the text. Orwell Works, who won the title, played a benefit match against the Town senior side at Portman Road, in April, for the relatives of those lost in the Titanic disaster.

The ‘A’ Side suffered a 9-0 hammering at the hands of Stowmarket Reserves, a 2-0 loss to Champions All Saints United, and managed to score just four times in their ten games.

1912-13

Two versions of the IDL were competed this season, and next, as local sides split between those who favoured the AFA and those who supported the FA. The RESERVES and the ‘A’ SIDE competed in Division’s One and Two of the AFA Version, finishing next to bottom and bottom respectively, with the ‘A’ Side failing to win a single game.

No mention is made of scorelines from either sides games, although the text does make reference to the AFA version of the Suffolk Senior Cup Final which the first team won 2-1 against All Saints United.

1913-14

In what would prove to be the final season of the IDL before the Great War, the Reserves were withdrawn (no reason for this is given in the text) and their place in Division One (of the AFA version) was taken by the ‘A’ SIDE who finished second – albeit out of four sides. Only one result is mentioned, a ‘dull’ 1-1 draw against the Army side RGA Landguard at Walton Recreation Ground.

Town left-back and flying ace Flt Lieut SN Webster

1914-15

The season that would never be saw a record number of sides register for three divisions as the AFA/FA dispute was settled in July. The Reserves would have participated in an eleven team Division One but no mention is made of the ‘A’ Side’s whereabouts.

1919-20

The IDL resumes, but with no side from Portman Road participating.

1920-21

The ‘A’ SIDE make a return to the league in a twelve-strong Division One, and finish ninth. This is the last recorded entry of the ‘A’ Side in the IDL.

1921-22

The IDL now boast 59 teams across five divisions but there is no representation from Portman Road.

1922-23

No entry.

1923-24

No entry.

1924-25

No entry from Portman Road, however in a representative match the seniors lose 2-0 to the IDL in the Tubby Shield. Portman Road is also made available for a benefit game for Aircraftsman Case, a serviceman who lost a leg in an accident at RAF Martlesham: Civilians 1 United Services 3.

1925-26

Ipswich Town SENIORS enter the IDL for the very first time, while the RESERVES compete in Division Two Section B. The former end the season in a three-way tie for first place with RAF Martlesham and Walton United. Town were then drawn to play RAF Martlesham, with the winners taking on Walton United, in a play-off for the title. After a 2-2 draw in the first game, Town won the replay 7-2 (both games played at Sidegate Lane), and the right to face Walton at Woodbridge Town’s ground. Walton ran out deserved winners in that game, according to the text, by two goals to one. The Reserves finish seventh in their division.

1926-27

After the excitement of the previous season the SENIORS finish a disappointing eight in Division One while the RESERVES show some improvement with a third place finish in Division Two Section A.

1927-28

The SENIORS finish second bottom in Division One while the RESERVES finish mid-table in Division Two Section A.

The triumphant 1928-29 Town Reserves

1928-29

A highly competitive Division One sees the SENIORS finish eight, just nine points behind Champions Lowestoft. The gap could have been less but Town failed to complete one fixture.

The RESERVES and Old Nactonians dominated Section A of Division Two with Town’s second string dropping just three points during the season to finish as Champions. The RESERVES also enjoyed a good cup run but lost the Suffolk Junior Cup Final to United Services (Lowestoft) 3-1 after two 1-1 draws.

N Groom and B Chamberlain of Town represented the IDL in a 3-2 victory over an Essex & Suffolk Border League XI.

1929-30

The SENIORS finished third in Division One while the RESERVES finished in the same position in Division Two Section A.

1930-31

The SENIORS drop to sixth in Division One but the RESERVES clinch their second Division Two Section A title in three years by a clear seven points.

An IDL XI beat an Ipswich Town XI 6-1 in a representative match.

1931-32

The SENIORS, finishing second bottom in Division One, are out shone by the RESERVES who win yet another Division Two title – this time Section B. The text says the Reserves were a very powerful outfit. Indeed they lost just one game while finding the back of the net on 107 occasions. They also won the divisional final with a 7-2 win against Barham House from Section A.

An IDL XI drew 2-2 with an Ipswich Town XI in a representative match.

1932-33

The SENIORS show a huge improvement in form to finish third in Division One, while the RESERVES hit 122 goals to clinch their third straight first place finish, and round off the season with a 5-1 win over Needham Market in the Division Two play-off. The 122 goals ‘for’ sets a new league record. An IDL XI beat an Ipswich Town XI 4-1 in the now regular representative match.

1933-34

The SENIORS finish sixth in Division One while the RESERVES clinch another title, finishing three points clear in Division Two Section B and defeating Hadleigh United 4-0 in the Divisional Final.

1935-36 ITFC Handbook showing forthcoming I&DL fixtures

1934-35

Town SENIORS very last season in the IDL - they would be competing in the all new and powerful Eastern Counties League in the 1935-36 season - sees a fifth place finish in Division One. The RESERVES, considering their exploits over the previous six years, finish a very disappointing ninth in Section A of Division Two.

1935-36

Town RESERVES bow out of the IDL with a fifth place finish in Section A of Division Two.

Sources

“Five Score: The SIL Football Book of the Century” by KP Wood 1996

Timeline

Season	1st Team	1st Team	Reserves	'A' Team
1878-1879	Friendlies only
1879-1880	|
1880-1881	|
1881-1882	|
1882-1883	|
1883-1884	|
1884-1885	|
1885-1886	|
1886-1887	|
1887-1888	|
1888-1889	|
1889-1890	|
1890-1891	|
1891-1892	|
1892-1893	|
1893-1894	|
1894-1895	|
1895-1896	|
1896-1897	|
1897-1898	|		Ipswich & District League
1898-1899	|
1899-1900	Norfolk & Suffolk League
1900-1901	|
1901-1902	|		Ipswich & District League
1902-1903	|		|
1903-1904	|	South East Anglia League	|
1904-1905	|	|	|
1905-1906	|	|	|
1906-1907	|		|
1907-1908	Southern Amateur League	East Anglian League	|
1908-1909	|	|	|
1909-1910	|	|	|
1910-1911	|		|	Ipswich & District League
1911-1912	|		|	|
1912-1913	|		|	|
1913-1914	|			|
1920-1921	Southern Amateur League			Ipswich & District League
1921-1922	|
1922-1923	|
1923-1924	|
1924-1925	|
1925-1926	|	Ipswich & District League	Ipswich & District League
1926-1927	|	|	|
1927-1928	|	|	|
1928-1929	|	|	|
1929-1930	|	|	|
1930-1931	|	|	|
1931-1932	|	|	|
1932-1933	|	|	|
1933-1934	|	|	|
1934-1935	|	|	|
1935-1936	Eastern Counties League		|
1936-1937	Southern League
1937-1938	|

Tables

	1897-98
	Division One	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	Stowmarket	12	9	2	1	35	12	20
2	St Matthews	12	8	1	3	31	12	17
3	Woodbridge Old St Marys	12	7	2	3	32	25	16
4	Royal Engineers	12	5	3	4	24	27	13
5	Orwell Works	12	3	3	6	14	18	9
6	Felixstowe Town	12	2	1	9	10	39	5
7	Ipswich Town Reserves	12	1	2	9	14	27	4
	1901-02
	Division One	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	Leiston	12	10	2	0	42	11	22
2	St Clements Rangers	12	7	3	2	25	14	17
3	Ipswich Crown	12	7	3	2	25	17	17
4	Ipswich Town Reserves	12	3	2	7	11	17	8
5	Stowmarket	12	2	3	7	5	21	7
6	Bury Alexandra	12	3	1	8	14	33	7
7	Ipswich Artillery Garrison	12	1	4	7	12	21	6
*	RGA Landguard withdrew
	1902-03
	Division One	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	Leiston	12	10	1	1	43	8	21
2	Trinity Old Boys	14	8	2	4	31	22	18
3	St Clements Rangers	12	6	4	2	23	13	16
4	RFA Landguard	13	6	3	4	30	25	15
5	Bury Alexandra	14	5	3	6	36	35	13
6	Ipswich Town Reserves	13	5	2	6	18	19	12
7	Stowmarket	14	2	2	10	14	45	6
8	Felixstowe Town	14	2	1	11	12	40	5
	1903-04
	Division One	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	28th RGA Landguard	12	10	1	1	30	13	21
2	Leiston	11	9	0	2	28	10	18
3	Ipswich Town Reserves	10	5	2	3	17	18	12
4	Trinity Old Boys	12	4	2	6	24	18	10
5	Bury Alexandra	11	4	1	6	22	23	9
6	Felixstowe Town	12	3	2	7	15	26	8
7	Stowmarket	12	0	2	10	8	36	2
	1904-05
	Division One	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	Orwell Works	12	7	2	3	25	17	16
2	Ipswich Town Reserves	12	6	3	3	24	22	15
3	RGA Landguard	12	6	1	5	25	22	13
4	Felixstowe Town	12	5	2	5	27	22	12
5	Bury Alexandra	12	5	2	5	24	24	12
6	Woodbridge Town	12	5	1	6	20	23	11
7	Framlingham Town	12	1	3	8	11	26	5
*	HMS Fisgard withdrew
	1905-06
	Division One	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	Orwell Works	14	12	1	1	65	9	25
2	Westbourne Athletic	14	8	2	4	35	21	18
3	Ipswich Town Reserves	14	6	3	5	20	20	15
4	Brantham Crown	14	6	2	6	19	26	14
5	Felixstowe Town	14	5	2	7	19	31	12
6	Westgate Ward Lib	14	4	2	8	21	35	10
7	Bury Alexandra	14	5	0	9	14	34	10
8	Woodbridge Town	14	4	0	10	22	39	8
*	RGA Landguard and Royal Horse Artillery withdrew
	1906-07
	Division One	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	Orwell Works	16	12	3	1	36	11	27
2	Ipswich Town Reserves	15	11	1	3	54	13	23
3	Westbourne Mills	16	8	2	6	26	25	18
4	Royal Horse Artillery	16	7	3	6	32	31	17
5	Felixstowe Town	16	7	1	8	21	36	15
6	Brantham Athletic	16	6	1	9	26	35	13
7	Stowmarket	16	5	1	10	28	32	11
8	Bury Alexandra	15	5	1	9	19	28	11
9	Westbourne Athletic	16	3	1	12	21	52	7
	1907-08
	Division One	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	Stowmarket	14	10	3	1	45	15	23
2	Ipswich Town Reserves	14	10	1	3	44	18	21
3	Westbourne Mills	14	8	0	6	33	29	16
4	Royal Horse Artillery	14	7	2	5	29	27	16
5	Felixstowe Town	14	7	1	6	40	35	15
6	Bury Alexandra	14	4	1	9	14	27	9
7	East Bergholt	14	4	0	10	19	35	8
8	RGA Landguard	14	2	0	12	11	49	4
	1908-09
	Division One	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	Westbourne Mills	14	10	2	2	60	24	22
2	Stowmarket	14	10	1	3	41	14	21
3	Felixstowe Town	14	7	4	3	33	21	18
4	36th Battery RA	14	5	3	6	17	21	13
5	Brantham Athletic	14	4	4	6	27	29	12
6	Ipswich Town Reserves	14	5	1	8	26	36	11
7	St Clements United	14	4	1	9	23	28	9
8	East Bergholt	14	2	2	10	14	68	6
	1909-10
	Division One	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	Stowmarket	12	8	1	3	32	13	17
2	Ipswich Town Reserves	12	8	0	4	35	31	16
3	Brantham Athletic	12	7	1	4	17	13	15
4	Westbourne Mills	12	6	0	6	39	23	12
5	Felixstowe Town	12	5	0	7	26	29	10
6	Royal Horse Artillery	12	3	2	7	22	25	8
7	Woodbridge Town	12	3	0	9	17	54	6
	1910-11
	Division One	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	Felixstowe Town	12	11	0	1	49	12	22
2	Stowmarket	12	10	0	2	37	17	18	*
3	Westbourne Mills	12	6	2	4	44	23	14
4	Royal Horse Artillery	12	5	1	6	28	30	11
5	Ipswich Town Reserves	12	4	1	7	24	32	9
6	Woodbridge Town	12	2	1	9	12	33	5
7	Antiquarians	12	1	1	10	10	57	3
*	Two points deducted for breach of rules
	Division Two	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	Stowmarket Reserves	16	12	2	2	42	19	26
2	Ipswich Town 'A'	16	11	3	2	27	13	25
3	YMCA	16	9	3	4	23	21	21
4	All Saints United	16	8	2	6	14	16	18
5	St Bartholomews	16	8	1	7	30	28	17
6	Royal Horse Artillery Reserves	16	7	1	8	30	12	15
7	Hadleigh	16	4	2	10	12	27	10
8	Westbourne Mills Reserves	16	3	2	11	18	46	8
9	Felixstowe Town Reserves	16	2	0	14	8	22	4
	1911-12
	Division One	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	Orwell Works	8	5	1	2	20	6	11
2	Felixstowe Town	8	5	1	2	18	7	11
3	Stowmarket	8	4	1	3	13	13	9
4	Ipswich Town Reserves	8	2	1	5	8	19	5
5	Woodbridge Town	8	1	2	5	9	23	4
	Division Two	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	All Saints United	10	10	0	0	26	4	20
2	Stowmarket Reserves	10	4	3	3	29	15	11
3	St Bartholomews	10	3	3	4	17	16	9
4	Orwell Works Reserves	10	3	3	4	18	23	9
5	Hadleigh	10	4	0	6	14	29	8
6	Ipswich Town 'A'	10	1	1	8	4	21	3
*	Ranelagh Works withdrew
	1912-13 (AFA)
	Division One	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	Woodbridge Town	10	6	3	1	10	5	15
2	All Saints	10	6	2	2	16	6	14
3	Walton United	10	6	1	3	14	6	13
4	RGA Landguard	10	3	2	5	13	13	8
5	Ipswich Town Reserves	10	1	4	5	7	15	6
6	Felixstowe St Johns	10	1	2	7	8	23	4
	Division Two	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	Hadleigh	6	3	3	0	8	5	9
2	YMCA	6	3	2	1	9	3	8
3	Ranelagh Works	6	2	1	3	7	6	5
4	Ipswich Town 'A'	6	0	2	4	5	15	2
	1913-14 (AFA)
	Division One	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	Walton United	6	6	0	0	12	4	12
2	Ipswich Town 'A'	6	2	1	3	8	10	5
3	RGA Landguard	6	1	2	3	4	10	4
4	All Saints	6	1	1	4	9	9	3
	1925-26
	Division One	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	Walton United	18	13	2	3	76	31	28	*
2	Ipswich Town	18	14	0	4	71	43	28	*
3	RAF Martlesham	18	14	0	4	89	37	28	*
4	RAF Felixstowe	18	10	1	7	54	51	21
5	Orwell Works	18	9	3	6	59	56	21
6	5th Med Battery RA	18	8	4	6	51	35	20
7	Ipswich Works	18	4	5	9	44	57	13
8	HMS Ganges	18	4	2	12	41	68	10
9	Leiston St Marg	18	2	3	13	43	89	7
10	Felixstowe Town	18	2	0	16	38	99	4
*	Being equal on point the top three sides competed in a play-off to decide the title.
	Ipswich Town drew 2-2 with RAF Martlesham in game one, winning the replay 7-2.
	In the final game Walton United beat Ipswich Town 2-1 to finish as Champions.
	Division Two Section B	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	Woodbridge Town	20	17	3	0	99	16	37	*
2	LNER	20	15	4	1	77	36	34
3	Old Nactonians	20	13	3	4	89	43	29
4	RAF Martlesham Reserves	20	12	2	6	76	33	26
5	RAF Felixstowe Reserves	20	10	3	7	69	53	23
6	YMCA	20	8	2	10	79	66	18
7	Ipswich Town Reserves	20	7	2	11	62	71	16
8	West End Athletic	20	7	1	12	46	66	15
9	Leiston Works Reserves	20	5	1	14	48	75	11
10	5th Med Battery RA Reserves	20	3	1	16	48	135	7
11	Secondary School Old Boys	20	2	0	18	29	128	4
*	In the Divisional Final Woodbridge Town beat Manningtree (winners of Section A) 2-0
	1926-27
	Division One	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	HMS Ganges	18	11	5	2	58	27	27
2	RAF Martlesham	18	11	2	5	65	45	24
3	Walton United	18	11	2	5	80	59	24
4	RAF Felixstowe	18	10	3	5	61	44	23
5	Woodbridge Town	18	7	4	7	39	44	18
6	Ipswich Works	18	6	4	8	55	63	16
7	Felixstowe Town	18	5	5	8	53	62	15
8	Ipswich Town	18	7	1	10	54	66	15
9	Orwell Works	18	5	2	11	46	65	12
10	Leiston Works Athletic	18	2	2	14	35	71	6
	Division Two Section A	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	St Johns	12	11	1	0	42	16	23
2	Manningtree	11	6	3	2	31	20	15
3	Ipswich Town Reserves	12	7	0	5	33	24	14
4	Shotley Swifts	12	5	2	5	38	37	12
5	Brantham Athletic Reserves	12	4	3	5	31	31	11
6	Stowmarket Silk Works	12	3	0	9	31	46	6
7	East Bergholt	11	0	1	10	16	48	1
*	One game not played
**	Harris United & Stowmarket Reserves withdrew
	1927-28
	Division One	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	HMS Ganges	22	19	2	1	121	24	40
2	Woodbridge Town	22	15	1	6	74	48	31
3	Walton United	21	10	3	8	59	52	23
4	Felixstowe Town	22	10	3	9	69	69	23
5	Clacton Town	22	9	4	9	58	63	22
6	Leiston Works Athletic	22	7	5	10	71	68	19
7	Orwell Works	22	9	1	12	57	61	19
8	RAF Felixstowe	22	8	3	11	57	74	19
9	RAF Martlesham	22	8	3	11	57	90	19
10	Ipswich Works	20	6	6	8	58	62	18
11	Ipswich Town	21	6	3	12	39	62	15
12	St Johns	22	5	2	15	44	91	12
*	Two games not played
	Division Two Section A	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	Shotley Swifts	20	17	0	3	92	27	34
2	Parkeston Railway Reserves	20	13	4	3	65	37	30
3	HMS Ganges 'A'	20	13	3	4	79	48	29
4	Orwell Works Reserves	20	10	1	9	51	40	21
5	Stowmarket Reserves	20	8	3	9	58	57	19
6	Wolsey Sports	20	8	3	9	58	72	19
7	Ipswich Town Reserves	20	8	1	11	49	52	17
8	Brantham Athletic Reserves	20	6	4	10	58	55	16
9	Wm Brown	20	4	4	12	36	76	12
10	East Bergholt	20	5	1	14	29	80	11
11	Manningtree	20	5	2	13	41	72	8	*
*	Four points deducted for breach of rules
	1928-29
	Division One	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	Lowestoft Waveney Athletic	19	14	1	4	69	27	29
2	Orwell Works	20	8	8	4	41	36	24
3	Leiston Works Athletic	20	10	2	8	55	44	22
4	Walton United	20	8	6	6	45	54	22
5	Felixstowe Town	20	9	3	8	47	41	21
6	Woodbridge Town	20	9	3	8	55	49	21
7	HMS Ganges	20	8	5	7	48	54	21
8	Ipswich Town	19	8	4	7	40	48	20
9	RAF Felixstowe	20	7	1	12	35	47	15
10	Newmarket Town	20	5	4	11	41	47	14
11	RAF Martlesham	20	4	1	15	45	74	9
*	One game not played
	Division Two Section A	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	Ipswich Town Reserves	20	18	1	1	88	23	37
2	Old Nactonians	20	17	2	1	106	29	36
3	RAF Martlesham Reserves	20	11	2	7	79	42	24
4	Shotley Swifts	19	11	1	7	84	49	23
5	ER & F Turner	18	11	0	7	61	39	22
6	Parkeston Railway Reserves	18	8	3	7	73	54	19
7	Whitton	20	6	0	14	46	72	12
8	Orwell Works Reserves	18	5	2	11	39	81	12
9	East Bergholt	19	5	0	14	41	90	10
10	Stowmarket Reserves	17	3	1	13	40	84	7
11	Brantham Athletic	19	2	2	15	24	118	6
*	Six games not played
	Division Two Section B	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	Aldeburgh Town	20	16	2	2	102	19	34
2	Life Brigade OB	20	14	4	2	90	20	32
3	Walton Athletic	20	12	4	4	50	29	28
4	Saxmundham St Johns	20	10	5	5	63	49	25
5	RAF Felixstowe Reserves	20	11	1	8	48	47	23
6	Wolsey Sports	20	10	0	10	54	67	20
7	Leiston St Marg	20	8	1	11	42	59	15	*
8	Leiston Works Athletic Reserves	20	6	2	12	30	62	14
9	Hollesley United	20	6	0	14	34	63	12
10	Hollesley Collegians	20	3	2	15	24	67	8
11	Wm Brown	20	2	3	15	37	92	5	*
*	Both clubs had two points deducted for breach of rules
**	In the Divisional Final Ipswich Town Reserves beat Aldeburgh Town 2-1 (aet)
	1929-30
	Division One	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	Newmarket Town	18	14	2	2	65	25	30	*
2	Leiston Works Athletic	18	13	4	1	70	28	30	*
3	Ipswich Town	18	11	2	5	64	40	24
4	RAF Martlesham	18	9	1	8	51	43	19
5	Walton United	18	8	2	8	48	42	18
6	HMS Ganges	18	7	3	8	40	45	17
7	Felixstowe Town	18	6	4	8	53	48	16
8	Orwell Works	18	6	2	10	34	58	14
9	RAF Felixstowe	18	3	2	13	40	55	8
10	Woodbridge Town	18	1	2	15	24	105	4
*	Newmarket Town defeated Leiston Works Athletic 2-1 in the title decider
	Division Two Section A	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	Parkeston Railway Reserves	20	14	3	3	93	24	31
2	Old Nactonians	20	14	2	4	102	34	30
3	Ipswich Town Reserves	20	13	2	5	71	32	28
4	Orwell Works Reserves	20	8	7	5	58	51	23
5	Manningtree Rov	20	10	2	8	52	62	22
6	Shotley Swifts	20	10	1	9	60	47	21
7	St Clements Athletic	20	8	3	9	40	55	19
8	East Bergholt	20	6	3	11	40	62	15
9	RAF Martlesham Reserves	20	6	2	12	42	58	14
10	Brantham Athletic Reserves	20	5	1	14	42	92	11
11	Stowmarket Silk Works	20	2	2	16	22	105	6
*	Wolsey Sports withdrew
	1930-31
	Division One	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	Stoke Institute	22	16	1	5	94	45	33
2	Orwell Works	22	14	3	5	77	39	31
3	Newmarket Town	22	12	7	3	62	33	31
4	Leiston Works Athletic	22	14	2	6	88	38	30
5	Walton United	22	11	3	8	60	66	25
6	Ipswich Town	22	9	3	10	61	67	21
7	RAF Martlesham	22	9	1	12	62	63	19
8	Old Nactonians	22	8	3	11	47	63	19
9	Felixstowe Town	22	7	3	12	62	70	17
10	RAF Felixstowe	22	7	2	13	47	61	16
11	Woodbridge Town	22	7	3	12	59	101	15	*
12	HMS Ganges	22	2	1	19	34	107	5
*	Two points deducted for breach of rules
	Division Two Section A	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	Ipswich Town Reserves	18	14	1	3	89	32	29
2	Old Nactonian Reserves	18	10	2	6	52	46	22
3	East Bergholt	18	9	3	6	45	34	21
4	St Mary Elms Old Boys	18	10	1	7	56	52	21
5	Shotley Swifts	18	9	1	8	67	70	19
6	Parkeston Railway Reserves	18	7	4	7	41	45	18
7	Manningtree Reserves	18	6	3	9	44	45	15
8	Brantham Athletic Reserves	18	5	5	8	45	68	15
9	Hadleigh United	18	4	3	11	37	63	11
10	RAF Martlesham Reserves	18	2	5	11	40	61	9
*	St Clements Athletic withdrew
	Division Two Section B	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	Orwell Works Reserves	20	17	1	2	102	28	35
2	Life Brigade Old Boys	20	14	3	3	115	31	31
3	Leiston Works Athletic Reserves	20	14	1	5	84	38	29
4	Alderton United	20	13	2	5	67	52	28
5	Yoxford United	20	11	2	7	68	46	24
6	RAF Felixstowe Reserves	20	6	3	11	49	65	15
7	Walton United Reserves	20	7	1	12	36	65	15
8	Aldeburgh Town	20	6	2	12	49	82	14
9	Felixstowe Town Reserves	20	4	4	12	42	94	12
10	Hollesley College	20	6	0	14	27	72	12
11	Woodbridge Town Reserves	20	2	1	17	27	93	5
*	In the Divisional Final Ipswich Town Reserves beat Orwell Works Reserves 1-0
	1931-32
	Division One	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	RAF Martlesham	24	18	2	4	84	38	38
2	Felixstowe Town	24	16	3	5	90	44	35
3	Orwell Works	24	15	5	4	71	37	35
4	Sudbury Town	24	15	2	7	93	54	32
5	HMS Ganges	24	13	5	6	70	54	31
6	Newmarket Town	24	12	6	6	53	33	30
7	Leiston Works Athletic	24	14	2	8	68	56	30
8	Stoke	24	8	5	11	44	65	21
9	RAF Felixstowe	24	7	1	16	51	75	15
10	Walton United	24	5	2	17	47	68	12
11	Old Nactonians	24	5	2	17	48	98	12
12	Ipswich Town	24	5	1	18	49	89	11
13	Woodbridge Town	24	4	2	18	38	95	10
	Division Two Section A	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	Barham House	20	17	0	3	82	22	34
2	Orwell Works Reserves	20	14	2	4	78	40	30
3	Manningtree Reserves	20	12	1	7	66	45	25
4	Parkeston Railway Reserves	20	10	4	6	56	50	24
5	Life Brigade Old Boys	20	10	3	7	70	38	23
6	Shotley Swifts	20	10	3	7	67	59	23
7	Old Nactonians	20	7	5	8	49	57	19
8	East Bergholt	20	8	0	12	53	54	16
9	Brantham Athletic Reserves	20	4	2	14	40	97	10
10	Ipswich Loco Mens Club	20	3	2	15	31	87	8
11	Hadleigh United	20	3	2	15	47	90	6	*
*	Two points deducted for breach of rules
	Division Two Section B	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	Ipswich Town Reserves	17	16	0	1	107	26	32
2	Child & Pullins	18	13	1	4	82	42	27
3	Leiston Works Athletic Reserves	18	11	2	5	69	30	24
4	RAF Martlesham Reserves	18	11	1	6	45	37	23
5	Yoxford United	18	10	1	7	51	49	21
6	RAF Felixstowe Reserves	18	6	3	9	39	56	15
7	Saxmundham St Johns	17	5	1	11	41	62	9	*
8	Felixstowe Town Reserves	18	4	1	13	37	73	9
9	Hollesley College	18	3	2	13	16	59	8
10	Woodbridge Town Reserves	18	3	2	13	32	85	6	*
*	Two points deducted for beach of rules
**	Walton United Reserves withdrew
***	In the Divisional Final Ipswich Town Reserves beat Barham House 7-2
	1932-33
	Division One	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	Orwell Works	26	18	15	3	91	30	41
2	Sudbury Town	26	16	5	5	97	59	37
3	Ipswich Town	26	16	3	7	70	40	35
4	Newmarket Town	26	15	2	9	67	46	32
5	Felixstowe Town	26	10	9	7	67	56	29
6	Walton United	26	11	4	11	58	66	26
7	RAF Martlesham	26	11	3	12	62	68	25
8	Woodbridge Town	26	8	8	10	70	75	24
9	RAF Felixstowe	26	10	3	13	57	65	23
10	HMS Ganges	26	9	5	12	41	51	23
11	Old Nactonians	26	9	5	12	46	63	23
12	Leiston Works Athletic	26	7	3	16	54	85	17
13	Brantham Athletic	25	6	2	17	56	81	14
14	Stoke	25	5	3	17	40	91	13
*	One game not played
	Division Two Section A	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	Needham Market	26	17	3	6	105	51	37
2	Parkeston Railway Reserves	26	16	6	4	99	39	36	*
3	Life Brigade Old Boys	26	16	3	7	87	54	35
4	Manningtree Rvs	26	14	4	8	81	65	32
5	Hadleigh United	25	13	2	10	70	56	28
6	Orwell Works Reserves	25	9	7	9	65	50	25
7	East Bergholt	26	8	8	10	49	57	24
8	Shotley Swifts	26	10	2	14	65	88	22
9	St Johns	26	9	3	14	57	65	21
10	California	25	9	3	13	62	85	21
11	St Augustine	25	9	1	15	58	68	19
12	Brantham Athletic Reserves	24	8	3	13	58	92	19
13	Ipswich Loco Mens Club	26	8	3	15	45	94	19
14	Stowupland Athletic	24	6	4	14	52	89	16
*	Two points deducted for breach of rules
**	Four games not played
	Division Two Section B	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	Ipswich Town Reserves	24	19	2	3	122	26	40
2	Saxmundham St Johns	24	16	4	4	82	29	36
3	Melton St Andrews	24	15	2	7	78	49	32
4	Walton United Reserves	24	13	3	8	68	67	29
5	Electric Supply	24	10	3	11	65	80	23
6	Leiston Works Athletic Reserves	24	8	6	10	73	70	22
7	Alderton United	24	10	2	12	54	78	22
8	Grunisburgh	24	10	1	13	68	66	21
9	Wm Brown	24	9	3	12	44	71	21
10	Felixstowe Town Reserves	24	8	4	12	64	88	20
11	RAF Felixstowe Reserves	24	7	4	13	57	76	18
12	Yoxford United	24	6	5	13	55	81	17
13	Woodbridge Town Reserves	24	3	5	16	32	81	5	*
*	Six points deducted for breach of rules
**	St Marys Elms Old Boys withdrew
***	In the Divisional Final Ipswich Town Reserves beat Needham Market 5-1
	1933-34
	Division One	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	Newmarket Town	26	19	2	5	95	42	40
2	Sudbury Town	25	17	3	5	100	38	37
3	Orwell Works	26	16	4	6	78	47	36
4	HMS Ganges	26	13	4	9	57	52	30
5	RAF Martlesham	26	13	3	10	64	55	29
6	Ipswich Town	26	12	5	9	59	51	29
7	Old Nactonians	26	10	7	9	50	59	27
8	Brantham Athletic	26	12	2	12	76	69	26
9	RAF Felixstowe	26	10	6	10	64	66	26
10	Walton United	26	7	5	14	59	79	19
11	Felixstowe Town	25	7	3	15	62	80	17
12	Leiston Works Athletic	26	7	3	16	60	78	17
13	Stoke	24	6	3	15	41	91	15
14	Woodbridge Town	26	5	2	19	37	95	8	*
*	Four points deducted for breach of rules
**	Two games not played
	Division Two Section A	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	Hadleigh United	26	24	1	1	128	31	49
2	Needham Market	26	20	2	4	97	34	42
3	Manningtree Rvs	26	17	2	7	84	50	36
4	Parkeston Railway	26	15	4	7	82	42	34
5	East Bergholt	26	11	6	9	75	52	28
6	Trinity	25	10	3	12	85	68	23
7	Atlas	26	10	2	14	57	76	22
8	Brantham Athletic Reserves	26	11	0	15	51	83	22
9	Life Brigade Old Boys	22	9	3	10	54	49	21
10	St Johns	25	9	2	14	58	65	20
11	RAF Martlesham Reserves	24	7	5	12	51	77	19
12	California	25	8	3	14	50	85	19
13	Orwell Works Reserves	24	7	2	15	49	78	16
14	Shotley Swifts	25	0	1	24	24	155	1
*	Six games not played
	Division Two Section B	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	Ipswich Town Reserves	20	16	1	3	98	20	33
2	Wm Brown	20	13	4	3	65	37	30
3	Electric Supply	20	11	4	5	84	45	26
4	Melton St Andrews	20	12	2	6	68	47	26
5	Walton United Reserves	20	10	3	7	58	47	23
6	Saxmundham St Johns	20	9	5	6	70	67	23
7	RAF Felixstowe Reserves	20	8	2	10	56	61	18
8	Felixstowe Town Reserves	20	7	1	12	49	64	15
9	Hollesley United	20	4	6	10	36	65	14
10	Woodbridge Town Reserves	20	4	1	15	32	85	9
11	Yoxford United	20	1	1	18	-	-	3
*	Alderton United withdrew
**	In the Divisional Final Ipswich Town Reserves beat Hadleigh United 4-0
	1934-35
	Division One	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	Sudbury Town	26	20	3	3	111	51	43
2	Orwell Works	26	20	2	4	104	34	42
3	Clacton Town	26	19	3	4	94	42	41
4	Felixstowe Town	26	19	1	6	90	47	39
5	Ipswich Town	26	13	2	11	82	54	28
6	HMS Ganges	26	11	4	11	57	59	26
7	RAF Felixstowe	26	11	2	13	54	64	24
8	Brantham Athletic	26	9	4	13	70	89	22
9	Walton United	25	8	4	13	63	80	20
10	RAF Martlesham	26	8	2	16	67	76	18
11	Old Nactonians	25	7	3	15	52	87	17
12	Long Melford	26	7	2	17	66	112	16
13	Stoke	26	6	4	16	56	104	16
14	Leiston Works Athletic	24	3	2	19	42	109	6	*
*	Two points deducted for breach of rules
**	Two games not played
	Division Two Section A	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	Parkeston Railway	22	19	2	1	104	19	40
2	Hadleigh United	22	18	3	1	96	28	39
3	Needham Market	22	15	3	4	104	39	33
4	Manningtree Rvs	21	13	2	6	70	47	28
5	Trinity	21	12	0	9	88	78	24
6	Wm Brown	22	10	3	9	67	43	23
7	East Bergholt	22	8	3	11	53	59	19
8	Kings Head Sproughton	22	7	2	13	40	92	16
9	Ipswich Town Reserves	22	4	5	13	38	63	13
10	Brantham Athletic Reserves	22	3	4	15	48	98	10
11	Orwell Works Reserves	22	3	3	16	32	101	9
12	Ipswich Lads Club	22	3	2	17	29	102	8
*	One game not played
	1935-36
	Division Two Section A	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1	Parkeston Railway	18	16	2	0	84	25	34
2	Hadleigh United	18	14	0	4	62	28	28
3	Needham Market	17	13	1	3	58	32	27
4	East Bergholt	17	9	1	7	48	40	19
5	Ipswich Town Reserves	18	7	2	9	36	47	16
6	Cranes	18	6	2	10	51	56	14
7	Manningtree Rvrs	16	5	2	9	47	50	12
8	Stowmarket Reserves	18	4	1	13	49	80	9
9	Bramford	18	4	1	13	31	72	9
10	Brantham Athletic Reserves	18	3	2	13	43	79	8
*	Two games not played
**	Life Brigade Old Boys and Trinity withdrew

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