Wikipedia article of the day for August 30, 2026

The Wikipedia article of the day for August 30, 2026 is 1980–81 Ipswich Town F.C. season.
In their 1980–81 season, the English football club Ipswich Town F.C. finished as runners-up in the championship of the Football League First Division, were semi-finalists in the FA Cup, and won the UEFA Cup. Ipswich played 66 competitive games during the season, winning 37, drawing 13 and losing 16. The season began with an unbeaten run in the club's opening 15 league matches. By the middle of March, they were strong title contenders with only two defeats in thirty-two, but a 2–1 defeat at Manchester United triggered a slump which handed the initiative to eventual league champions Aston Villa. This result was the second-best finish Ipswich had achieved in their history, bettered only by their 1961–62 championship-winning season. The club reached the semi-final of the FA Cup, losing in extra time to Manchester City. They won the final of the 1981 UEFA Cup, where a 5–4 aggregate victory over the Dutch team AZ Alkmaar clinched the club's first and only European trophy (celebration pictured).