2016–17 Ipswich Town F.C. season

Ipswich Town

2016–17 season
Owner	Marcus Evans
Manager	Mick McCarthy
Stadium	Portman Road
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The 2016–17 season is Ipswich Town's 15th consecutive season in the second tier of English football and 139th year in existence.^[1] Along with competing in the Championship, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and League Cup.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	DM		Paul Digby	Barnsley	Free transfer	[2]
1 July 2016	LB		Patrick Webber	Worthing	Free transfer	[3]
1 July 2016	CB		Adam Webster	Portsmouth	£750,000+swap	[4]
1 August 2016	RM		Grant Ward	Tottenham Hotspur	£600,000	[5][6]
30 August 2016	CF		Leon Best	Rotherham United	Free transfer	[7]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	CB		Matthew Clarke	Portsmouth	Swap	[4]
1 July 2016	RB		Kyle Hammond	Free agent	Released	[8]
1 July 2016	GK		Jonathan Henly	Hemel Hempstead Town	Free transfer	[9]
1 July 2016	CF		Cemal Ramadan	Royston Town	Free transfer	[10]
1 July 2016	LM		Jay Tabb	Free agent	Released	[11]
1 July 2016	RW		Larsen Touré	Free agent	Released	[12]
1 July 2016	CB		Josh Yorwerth	Crawley Town	Free transfer	[13]
5 August 2016	RB		Kevin Foley	Charlton Athletic	Free transfer	[14]
11 August 2016	CM		Victor Guldbrandsen	HB Køge	Free transfer	[15]
28 August 2016	CF		Daryl Murphy	Newcastle United	£3,000,000	[16][17]
31 August 2016	CB		Piotr Malarczyk	Cracovia	Free transfer	[18]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
4 August 2016	CM		Conor Grant	Everton	18 November 2016[lower-alpha 1]	[20]
30 August 2016	SS		Tom Lawrence	Leicester City	End of Season	[21]
31 August 2016	AM		Jonny Williams	Crystal Palace	End of Season	[22]

1. Conor Grant returned to Everton on 18 November 2016, cutting his loan deal short.^[19]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
25 August 2016	CB		Joe Robinson	Boston United	22 September 2016	[23]
26 October 2016	SS		Monty Patterson	Braintree Town	23 November 2016	[24]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

Shelbourne v Ipswich Town

9 July 2015 Friendly	Shelbourne	1–2	Ipswich Town	Dublin, Ireland
15:00 IST	Grimes  77'	Report	Pitman  28' Sears  63'	Stadium: Tolka Park

Barnet v Ipswich Town

13 July 2016 Friendly	Barnet	1–0	Ipswich Town	Edgware, London
15:00 IST	Akinde  69'	Report		Stadium: The Hive Stadium

Colchester United v Ipswich Town

20 July 2016 Friendly	Colchester United	0–1	Ipswich Town	Colchester, Essex
15:00 IST		Report	Pitman  39'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium

Cambridge United v Ipswich Town

23 July 2016 Friendly	Cambridge United	1–1	Ipswich Town	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
15:00 IST	Pigott  89'	Report	Dozzell  83'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium

Charlton Athletic v Ipswich Town

26 July 2016 Friendly	Charlton Athletic	0–0	Ipswich Town	Charlton, London, Greater London
15:00 IST		Report		Stadium: The Valley

Ipswich Town v Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

30 July 2016 Friendly	Ipswich Town	1–2	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	Portman Road
15:00 IST	Murphy  61'	Report	Fixelles  72' Rajsel  76'

Championship

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
14	Preston North End	19	7	4	8	24	23	+1	25
15	Aston Villa	19	5	10	4	21	20	+1	25
16	Ipswich Town	19	6	6	7	17	19	−2	24
17	Queens Park Rangers	19	6	5	8	20	28	−8	23
18	Brentford	19	6	4	9	24	26	−2	22

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2016. Source: English Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Matches

Ipswich Town v Barnsley

6 August 2016 1	Ipswich Town	4–2	Barnsley	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Bishop  20' Bru  37' Ward  46', 61', 84' McGoldrick  63' (pen.)	Report	Watkins  27'  74' Kent  42' Hourihane  49'  58'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 17,370

Brentford v Ipswich Town

13 August 2016 2	Brentford	2–0	Ipswich Town	Brentford
15:00 BST	Egan  48', 56'	Report	Webster  38'	Stadium: Griffin Road

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Ipswich Town

16 August 2016 3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–0	Ipswich Town	Wolverhampton
19:45 BST	Hause  20' Saville  75'	Report	Bishop  54' Knudsen  72' Chambers  82' Bru  90+1' Berra  90+4'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 19,991

Ipswich Town v Norwich City

21 August 2016 4	Ipswich Town	1–1	Norwich City	Ipswich
12:00 BST	Knudsen  45+1'	Report	Jerome  26' Tettey  64'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 23,350

Ipswich Town v Preston North End

27 August 2016 5	Ipswich Town	1–0	Preston North End	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Ward  15' Skuse  45'	Report	Spurr  38'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 15,296

Reading v Ipswich Town

9 September 2016 6	Reading	2–1	Ipswich Town	Reading
20:00 BST	Moore  29' Gunter  38' Evans  41' McCleary  45+2' (pen.) Blackett  49' van den Berg  90+4' Williams  90+5' (pen.)		Pitman  50' (pen.) Chambers  52' Berra  90+4'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium

Derby County v Ipswich Town

13 September 2016 7	Derby County	0–1	Ipswich Town	Derby
19:45 BST		Report	Skuse  36' Berra  40' Varney  48'  53' Pitman  90'	Stadium: iPro Stadium Attendance: 26,425

Ipswich Town v Aston Villa

17 September 2016 8	Ipswich Town	0–0	Aston Villa	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Lawrence  52'	Report	Kodjia  74'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 19,249

Leeds United v Ipswich Town

24 September 2016 9	Leeds United	1–0	Ipswich Town	Leeds
15:00 BST	Wood  35'	Report	Bru  76' Berra  81'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 22,554

Ipswich Town v Brighton & Hove Albion

27 September 2016 10	Ipswich Town	0–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Ipswich
19:45 BST	Lawrence  24' Chambers  59' Douglas  61' Emmanuel  84'	Report	Norwood  37' Stephens  42', 82' Murray  90+4'	Stadium: Portman Road Stadium Attendance: 15,228 Referee: Andrew Davies

Ipswich Town v Huddersfield Town

1 October 2016 11	Ipswich Town	0–1	Huddersfield Town	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Douglas  52'	Report	Hogg  50' Schindler  58'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 16,146 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Blackburn Rovers v Ipswich Town

15 October 2016 12	Blackburn Rovers	0–0	Ipswich Town	Blackburn
15:00 BST	Gallagher  87'	Report		Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 10,820 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Ipswich Town v Burton Albion

18 October 2016 13	Ipswich Town	2–0	Burton Albion	Ipswich
19:45 BST	Chambers  15' Skuse  35' Sears  88'	Report	Irvine  21' Mousinho  80'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 15,816 Referee: Oliver Langford

Newcastle United v Ipswich Town

22 October 2016 14	Newcastle United	3–0	Ipswich Town	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 BST	Ayoze Pérez  1', 73' Colback  27' Ritchie  78' Dummett  86'	Report	Knudsen  41'	Stadium: St. James' Park Attendance: 51,963 Referee: James Adcock

Ipswich Town v Rotherham United

29 October 2016 15	Ipswich Town	2–2	Rotherham United	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Sears  3' McGoldrick  90+5'	Report	Ward  7', 48'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 15,247 Referee: Darren Bond

Sheffield Wednesday v Ipswich Town

5 November 2016 16	Sheffield Wednesday	1–2	Ipswich Town	Sheffield
15:00 GMT	Hooper  36' Fletcher  59'	Report	Lawrence  32' Chambers  56'  87' Ward  88'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 25,851 Referee: Andrew Madley

Ipswich Town v Nottingham Forest

19 November 2016 17	Ipswich Town	0–2	Nottingham Forest	Ipswich
17:30 GMT	McGoldrick  44'	Report	Assombalonga  1', 45+1' Vellios  57' Lansbury  69'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 15,417 Referee: Peter Bankes

Ipswich Town v Queens Park Rangers

26 November 2016 18	Ipswich Town	3–0	Queens Park Rangers	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Ward  13' Varney  54' Lawrence  61'  71'	Report	Perch  25' Chery  71'	Stadium: Portman Road Stadium Attendance: 16,510 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Bristol City v Ipswich Town

3 December 2016 19	Bristol City	2–0	Ipswich Town	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Wilbraham  7' Tomlin  31' (pen.)  38' Freeman  72'	Report		Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 18,309 Referee: Stuart Attwell

EFL Cup

Ipswich Town v Stevenage

9 August 2016 First round	Ipswich Town	0–1	Stevenage	Ipswich
19:45 BST	Smith  51'	Report	Kennedy  53' Lee  77' Henry  81'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 6,858

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