3,000 Up? - Ipswich Town News

Town will pass the 3,000 mark for home goals as a professional club if they net twice against West Brom on Saturday.

The Blues reached the 1,000 milestone in April 1962 when Ray Crawford netted the second goal in a 2-0 victory over Aston Villa. A goal also notable as it clinched Town the League Championship for the first and so far only time.

Paul Mariner notched the 2,000th goal when scoring the third in a 3-2 League Cup win over QPR in November 1983, John Wark having grabbed the previous two.

Town's 2,998 professional home goals up to now are distributed across the various competitions in they have taken part like this:

Premier League	125
Division 1 (Pre-92/93)	749
Division 1 New (post-92/93)	310
Championship	89
Division 2 (pre-92/93)	619
Division 3 South	515
Southern League	97
Play-offs	12
FA Cup	207
League Cup	146
Full Members Cup	27
Texaco Cup	9
Charity Shield	1
Anglo-Italian	6
European Cup	12
ECWC	5
UEFA	67
Southern Section Cup	1
Southern League Cup	1

Thanks to Seán Salter for the excellent stat.

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