<P> Ipswich Town Football Club (/ ˈɪpswɪtʃ ˈtaʊn /; also known as Ipswich, The Blues, Town, or The Tractor Boys) is a professional association football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England . They play in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system, having last appeared in the Premier League in the 2001--02 season . </P> <P> The club was founded in 1878 but did not turn professional until 1936, and was subsequently elected to join the Football League in 1938 . They play their home games at Portman Road in Ipswich . The only fully professional football club in Suffolk, they have a long - standing and fierce rivalry with Norwich City in Norfolk, with whom they have contested the East Anglian derby 139 times since 1902 . The club's traditional home colours are blue shirts and white shorts . </P> <P> Ipswich have won the English league title once, in their first season in the top flight in 1961--62, and have twice finished runners - up, in 1980--81 and 1981--82 . They won the FA Cup in 1977--78, and the UEFA Cup in 1980--81 . They have competed in the top two tiers of English football uninterrupted since 1957--58 . They have competed in all three European club competitions, and have never lost at home in European competition, defeating Real Madrid, A.C. Milan, Inter Milan, Lazio and Barcelona, among others . </P> <P> The club was founded as an amateur side in 1878 and were known as Ipswich A.F.C. until 1888 when they merged with Ipswich Rugby Club to form Ipswich Town Football Club . The team won a number of local cup competitions, including the Suffolk Challenge Cup and the Suffolk Senior Cup . After playing in the Norfolk & Suffolk League from 1899 and the South East Anglian League between 1903 and 1906, they joined the Southern Amateur League in 1907 and, with results improving steadily, became champions in the 1921--22 season . The club won the league a further three times, in 1929--30, 1932--33 and 1933--34, before becoming founder members of the Eastern Counties Football League at the end of the 1934--35 season . A year later, the club turned professional and joined the Southern League, which they won in its first season and finished third in the next . </P>

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