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Ipswich Town Carabao Cup fixtures and results 2026/27

Tamas Priskin's winner against Arsenal is a memorable point in Ipswich's League Cup history. Follow Town's current matches above, then trace the away wins and home ties behind that 2010/11 run.

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Ipswich Town: cup campaign

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Ipswich Town 2–4 Arsenal. Full time. Arsenal go through. Ipswich Town are out of this season’s Carabao Cup.

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Priskin gives Portman Road a semi-final win

Ipswich beat Arsenal 1–0 at Portman Road on 12 January 2011 in the first leg of their League Cup semi-final. Tamas Priskin finished from Colin Healy's forward pass with 12 minutes remaining. The goal gave the Championship side an advantage to take into the return match against their Premier League opponents.

The evening came during a change of manager. Paul Jewell was introduced to the supporters and watched from the stands, while caretaker Ian McParland took charge of the team. That detail matters when identifying who managed the victory: Jewell's presence at the ground did not mean he was directing Town from the dugout that night.

Town's route began with three away victories

Ipswich had already won at Exeter City, Crewe Alexandra and Millwall before the competition brought them back to Portman Road. Those victories finished 3–2, 1–0 and 2–0 respectively. Town then beat Northampton Town 3–1 and West Bromwich Albion 1–0 at home to reach the semi-finals.

The Arsenal victory was another step in that run, but it was not the final result of the tie. Arsenal won the return 3–0, taking the semi-final 3–1 on aggregate. Town's home success remains a notable individual result within a campaign that ended in the last four. Reading the whole sequence explains both the excitement of the first leg and why Ipswich did not reach the final.

Keeping Town's two January cup stories separate

The contemporary report places the Arsenal win shortly after a heavy FA Cup defeat at Chelsea. The competitions and outcomes were different: a disappointing FA Cup trip did not prevent Town from producing a winning League Cup performance days later. For a supporter searching old January 2011 reports, the opponent and competition are essential clues.

This page's fixture list covers the Carabao Cup campaign shown in the heading. Use its next-match and completed-match views for current Town games; the historical discussion below is not a substitute for a new fixture announcement. In particular, an old semi-final time or television listing should not be treated as confirmation for another Arsenal–Ipswich meeting.

Ipswich League Cup questions

Who was in charge when Ipswich beat Arsenal in January 2011?

Caretaker Ian McParland managed the team. Newly appointed Paul Jewell attended and was introduced to supporters but watched from the stands.

Which teams did Town beat before the 2011 semi-final?

Exeter, Crewe, Millwall, Northampton and West Bromwich Albion. The first three ties were away; the next two were at Portman Road.

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