Seventy-two years ago on May 1st, 1936 perhaps the most significant meeting in the Club's history convened at the Town Hall during which it was agreed that Ipswich Town Football Club would turn professional thereby bringing to a close the clubs strongly defended links to the amateur game that stretched back to 1878. This followed a turbulent few months during which a group of local business men, led by 21-year old Leonard P. Thompson, threatened to form a new pro-club 'Ipswich United' that would compete in the Southern League, play their games at the old Suffolk Greyhound Stadium on London Road, and hence threatening the seniority, and perhaps the very survival, of Ipswich Town FC. Pride of Anglia is proud to be able to show you some great documents from that era, including meeting agenda, share prospectii and newspaper cuttings that help tell the story of how the Club were effectively forced into professionalism by supporters who demanded League Football at Portman Road. More

Saturday, November 8

Blackpool 0 Ipswich Town 1