2013–14 Ipswich Town F.C. season
# 2013–14 Ipswich Town F.C. season

The 2013–14 season was Ipswich Town's 12th consecutive season in the Football League Championship, the second-highest division in the English football league system. In addition to competing in The Championship, Ipswich Town also competed in the League Cup and the FA Cup.

Ipswich finished the season in 9th position in the league.

## First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Scott Loach |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Aaron Cresswell |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Luke Chambers (captain) |
| 5 | DF | NZL | Tommy Smith |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Christophe Berra |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Cole Skuse |
| 9 | FW | IRL | Daryl Murphy |
| 10 | FW | ENG | David McGoldrick |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Paul Anderson |
| 12 | MF | IRL | Stephen Hunt |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Anthony Wordsworth |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Tyrone Mings |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | IRL | Paul Green (on loan from Leeds United) |
| 18 | MF | IRL | Jay Tabb |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Luke Hyam |
| 20 | DF | SUI | Frédéric Veseli |
| 22 | GK | ENG | Dean Gerken |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Alex Henshall (on loan from Manchester City) |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Frazer Richardson (on loan from Middlesbrough) |
| 25 | MF | WAL | Jonny Williams (on loan from Crystal Palace) |
| 26 | FW | ENG | Paul Taylor |
| 27 | FW | ENG | Sylvan Ebanks-Blake |
| 29 | FW | IRL | Alan Lee |
| 35 | FW | ENG | Frank Nouble |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2 | DF | WAL | Elliott Hewitt (on loan to Gillingham) |
| 7 | MF | TRI | Carlos Edwards (on loan to Millwall) |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Ryan Tunnicliffe (loan return to Manchester United) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Jordan Graham (loan return to Aston Villa) |
| 34 | FW | ENG | Jack Marriott (on loan to Woking) |

## First-team coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| - | - |
| Manager | Mick McCarthy |
| Assistant Manager | Terry Connor |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Malcolm Webster |
| Fitness Coach | Andy Liddell |
| Head Physiotherapist | Matt Byard |
| Assistant Head Physiotherapist | Alex Chapman |
| Kitman | Paul Beesley |

## Competitions

### Football League Championship

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Reading | 46 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 70 | 56 | +14 | 71 |
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 70 | 62 | +8 | 70 |
| 9 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 60 | 54 | +6 | 68 |
| 10 | Bournemouth | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 67 | 66 | +1 | 66 |
| 11 | Nottingham Forest | 46 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 67 | 64 | +3 | 65 |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 3 May 2014. Source: Table

**Results by round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | D | D | L | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | D | L | L | W | D | W | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | D | L | W |
| Position | 19 | 9 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 |

## Transfers

### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 April 2013 | CF | David McGoldrick | Nottingham Forest | Free transfer |
| 14 May 2013 | DM | Cole Skuse | Bristol City | Free transfer |
| 5 June 2013 | LM | Jay Tabb | Reading | Free transfer |
| 7 June 2013 | CF | Daryl Murphy | Celtic | Free transfer |
| 8 July 2013 | RM | Paul Anderson | Bristol City | Player swap |
| 12 July 2013 | GK | Dean Gerken | Bristol City | Free transfer |
| 17 July 2013 | CF | Alan Lee | Huddersfield Town | Free transfer |
| 19 July 2013 | CB | Frédéric Veseli | Manchester United | Free transfer |
| 20 July 2013 | CB | Christophe Berra | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Free transfer |
| 23 July 2013 | LM | Jack Doherty | Waterford | Undisclosed |
| 8 November 2013 | LM | Stephen Hunt | Free agent | Free transfer |
| 19 December 2013 | CF | Sylvan Ebanks-Blake | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Free transfer |

* ↑ Fee reported as £50,000

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 26 July 2013 | CM | Ryan Tunnicliffe | Manchester united | 29 January 2014 |
| 28 November 2013 | LW | Jordan Graham | Aston Villa | 9 January 2014 |
| 8 February 2014 | CM | Paul Green | Leeds United | 4 May 2014 |
| 25 January 2014 | RB | Frazer Richardson | Middlesbrough | 4 May 2014 |
| 27 February 2014 | AM | Jonny Williams | Crystal Palace | 4 May 2014 |
| 24 March 2014 | LM | Alex Henshall | Manchester City | 4 May 2014 |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 17 June 2013 | LW | Andy Drury | Crawley Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2013 | GK | Jason Brown | Cambridge United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2013 | LB | Joe Whight | Bury Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2013 | RM | Cormac Burke | Free agent | Free transfer |
| 4 July 2019 | AM | Lee Martin | Millwall | Free transfer |
| 8 July 2013 | CF | Jay Emmanuel-Thomas | Bristol City | Player swap |
| 14 July 2013 | RB | Jack Ainsley | Lowestoft Town | Free transfer |
| 25 July 2013 | CF | Michael Chopra | Blackpool | Free transfer |
| 16 August 2013 | GK | Arran Lee-Barrett | Millwall | Free transfer |
| 25 August 2013 | CF | Ronan Murray | Notts County | Free transfer |
| 12 September 2013 | LW | Josh Carson | York City | Free transfer |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 26 September 2013 | CF | Paul Taylor | Peterborough United | 27 October 2013 |
| 8 November 2013 | CF | Jack Marriott | Woking | 1 January 2014 |
| 13 November 2013 | RB | Elliott Hewitt | Gillingham | 1 June 2014 |
| 31 December 2013 | CB | Frédéric Veseli | Bury | 5 April 2014 |
| 3 January 2014 | CF | Jack Marriott | Gillingham | 25 January 2014 |
| 30 January 2014 | CF | Jack Marriott | Woking | 1 June 2014 |
| 20 February 2014 | LM | Jack Doherty | Waterford | 30 June 2014 |
| 27 March 2014 | RB | Carlos Edwards | Millwall | 4 May 2014 |

## Squad statistics

All statistics updated as of end of season

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ENG | Scott Loach | 8 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ENG | Dean Gerken | 42 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ENG | Aaron Cresswell | 45 | 2 | 42+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Luke Chambers | 48 | 3 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NZL | Tommy Smith | 47 | 5 | 45 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Christophe Berra | 45 | 5 | 41+1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Tyrone Mings | 18 | 0 | 4+12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | SUI | Frédéric Veseli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Frazer Richardson | 7 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | ENG | Cole Skuse | 44 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Paul Anderson | 33 | 4 | 22+9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | IRL | Stephen Hunt | 24 | 0 | 15+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Anthony Wordsworth | 11 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | IRL | Paul Green | 14 | 0 | 6+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | IRL | Jay Tabb | 30 | 1 | 14+13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Luke Hyam | 38 | 1 | 33+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | WAL | Jonny Williams | 13 | 1 | 11+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | IRL | Daryl Murphy | 46 | 13 | 42+3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | David McGoldrick | 34 | 16 | 30+1 | 14 | 0+2 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | ENG | Paul Taylor | 21 | 1 | 4+14 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | ENG | Sylvan Ebanks-Blake | 10 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | IRL | Alan Lee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | ENG | Jack Marriott | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | ENG | Frank Nouble | 41 | 3 | 16+22 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Players featured for club but left before the season ended ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | WAL | Elliott Hewitt | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | TRI | Carlos Edwards | 18 | 1 | 9+6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Ryan Tunnicliffe | 29 | 0 | 23+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Jordan Graham | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

Last updated: end of season Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 | FW | | David McGoldrick | 14 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| 9 | FW | | Daryl Murphy | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 5 | DF | | Tommy Smith | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | DF | | Christophe Berra | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | MF | | Paul Anderson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | DF | | Luke Chambers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 35 | FW | | Frank Nouble | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | DF | | Aaron Cresswell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | | Carlos Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | | Jay Tabb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | | Luke Hyam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | | Jonny Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | FW | | Paul Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 55 | 3 | 0 | 58 |

### Assists

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | DF | | Aaron Cresswell | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | FW | | Daryl Murphy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | FW | | David McGoldrick | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 35 | FW | | Frank Nouble | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | | Cole Skuse | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | | Tommy Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | | Carlos Edwards | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | | Stephen Hunt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | DF | | Tyrone Mings | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | MF | | Ryan Tunnicliffe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | | Luke Chambers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | | Christophe Berra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | | Paul Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | | Jonny Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | FW | | Paul Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 1 | 0 | 42 |

### Clean sheets

| No. | Nat | Player | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 22 | | Dean Gerken | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | | Scott Loach | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | DF | | Elliott Hewitt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Aaron Cresswell | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | | Luke Chambers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Tommy Smith | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Christophe Berra | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Carlos Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Cole Skuse | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | David McGoldrick | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Paul Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | | Stephen Hunt | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Anthony Wordsworth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Tyrone Mings | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Paul Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Ryan Tunnicliffe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Jay Tabb | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | | Luke Hyam | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | | Jonny Williams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | | Paul Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | | Frank Nouble | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 54 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 1 |

### Starting 11

    Considering starts in all competitions

| No. | Pos. | Name | MS | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 22 | GK | Dean Gerken | 42 | |
| 4 | RB | Luke Chambers | 48 | |
| 6 | CB | Christophe Berra | 44 | |
| 5 | CB | Tommy Smith | 47 | |
| 3 | LB | Aaron Cresswell | 43 | |
| 11 | RM | Paul Anderson | 24 | |
| 8 | CM | Cole Skuse | 44 | |
| 19 | CM | Luke Hyam | 36 | Ryan Tunnicliffe has 24 starts |
| 18 | LM | Jay Tabb | 17 | Stephen Hunt has 16 starts |
| 10 | CF | David McGoldrick | 30 | |
| 9 | CF | Daryl Murphy | 42 | |

* 4–4–2 Formation
* Gerken
* Chambers(C)
* Berra
* Smith
* Cresswell
* Skuse
* Tabb
* Hyam
* Anderson
* McGoldrick
* Murphy

## Awards

### Player awards

| Award | Player |
| - | - |
| Player of the Year | Christophe Berra |
| Players' Player of the Year | David McGoldrick |
| Young Player of the Year | Kyle Hammond |
| Goal of the Season | Jonny Williams |

### Football League Championship Player of the Month

| Month | Player | Ref |
| - | - | - |
| September | David McGoldrick | |

### PFA Championship Team of the Year

| Player | Ref |
| - | - |
| Aaron Cresswell | |
