 Alf Ramsey 's appointment led Billy Wright to comment , " In appointing Alf to become their manager Ipswich Town paid a tremendous tribute to intelligent football – and footballers who think ! " In Ramsey 's first season at the club , Ipswich scored 106 goals in 46 games and finished third in Division Three ( South ) . The following season , 1956 – 57 , the club won the Division Three ( South ) title for the second time and saw the emergence of local striker Ted Phillips who scored 46 times during the season ; this remains the highest number of goals scored by an Ipswich player in a season . During the same season , Ipswich played under floodlights for the first time , at Coventry City in September 1956 . At the end of that season that John Cavendish Cobbold was appointed as the club 's Chairman . Three seasons of mid @-@ table finishes followed as Ipswich established themselves in Division Two , along with moderate success in the FA Cup , most notably reaching the fifth round in the 1958 – 59 season . 
