newcastle united vs ipswich town timeline a complete match history and record

Man, I gotta tell you, putting together this full history of Newcastle against Ipswich was way gnarlier than I thought. Started simple – just wanted a quick list of who won what. Figured it’d be easy, you know?

First thing I did was grab a big old notebook – figured analog might actually work better than flipping tabs like a crazy person. Went digging through the official Newcastle United site archives, real slow, season by season. Man, my eyes started going crossed after scrolling through the 90s alone. Felt like I was digging fossils with a spoon.

The Muddy Middle Bits

Then I hit the real headache. Old third division games from like, donkey’s years ago? Total nightmare. One random football history forum said Ipswich won a 1975 League Cup match 3-1. Cool. But wait – this dusty-looking stats site has it as 1-1 with Newcastle winning on penalties? What? Got super messy, real fast.

So I shifted gears. Printed out two separate lists: one for league clashes, one for the cups. Made me pull data from everywhere:

• League tables going way back to the 60s
• Old newspaper match reports from digital archives (talk about a snooze fest)
• Random fan sites dedicated to both clubs – bless those nerds keeping records
• Even found a moldy old book in the local library basement about Northeast football history

When It All Finally Clicked

Took me practically three whole afternoons sitting at the kitchen table, coffee gone cold, papers everywhere. Cross-checked every single date, every scoreline. Found some wild stuff! Like how back in ’96, they played each other FOUR times in one season across different competitions? Madness. Finished the main timeline part around midnight last night, just slapping those final dates into my spreadsheet.

Got curious though – who dominated overall? Had to crunch those numbers next. Added a little section at the end showing total wins, draws, losses. Almost threw my pen when I realized I counted a draw twice. Rookie mistake. Fixed it. Finally got it all sorted, from the very first meet-up in 1900-something right up to that messy Championship brawl last season.

Is it perfect? Eh, probably missed a tin-pot trophy nobody cares about. But it’s done. Feels solid. Now my kitchen’s a war zone of notes and half-empty coffee cups. Might need a shovel. Anyway, there’s your proper timeline. Bloody earned it.