Ipswich Town

Every Ipswich Town match this season, home and away — each one links to hotels near the ground it’s played at, so away weekends are as easy to book as home ones.

Home ground: Portman Road, Ipswich

Good to know: Premier League kick-off dates and times move for TV broadcast picks all season — often on a few weeks’ notice. If your stay is built around the match, choose a free-cancellation rate so your booking can move with it.

History

Ipswich Town started out in 1878 as an amateur side, becoming Ipswich Town Football Club after merging with the town's rugby club a decade later. The Tractor Boys nickname is self-deprecating, coined during a brief Premier League spell in the early 2000s that nodded to Suffolk's farming heritage, and it stuck through the twenty-two years Ipswich then spent away from the top flight before an unlikely promotion returned them for 2024-25. Relegated after that single season back, Kieran McKenna's side bounced straight up again, finishing second in the 2025-26 Championship with a 3-0 win over QPR on the final day. Portman Road, a five-minute walk from Ipswich station, remains one of the most convenient grounds in the country to reach.

Records & quirks

Ipswich won their only European trophy in 1981, beating AZ Alkmaar 5-4 on aggregate in the UEFA Cup final.
John Wark scored 14 goals in 12 games during that 1980-81 UEFA Cup run.
Bobby Robson managed Ipswich for 709 games between 1969 and 1982, the longest tenure in the club's history.
Ipswich's heaviest-ever defeat is a 10-1 loss to Fulham on Boxing Day 1963.

Fixtures

Matches with a hotel page are linked. Dates can move — see above.