| title = Manchester United v Ipswich Town

| image =

| event = [[FA Premier League 1994–95]]

| team1 = [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]

| team1score = 9

| team2 = [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]]

| team2score = 0

| details =

| date = 4 March 1995

| stadium = [[Old Trafford]]

| city = [[Manchester]]

| man_of_the_match1a =

| referee = [[Graham Poll]] ([[Berkshire and Buckinghamshire Football Association|Berkshire]])

| attendance = 43,804

| weather =

The [[FA Premier League 1994–95|1994–95 season]] match between [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] and [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]] at [[Old Trafford]] took place on 4 March 1995. The two teams went into the match at opposite ends of the table, and few would have expected anything but a Manchester United win. What no one would have expected, however, was the magnitude of the win; Manchester United won the match 9–0 – setting a [[Premier League]] scoring [[Football records in England|record]] – with [[Andrew Cole|Andy Cole]] scoring five goals, in itself another Premier League record.

==Background==

Manchester United went into the match three points behind league leaders [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]], and therefore needed a win to maintain the pressure on the [[Lancashire]] club going into the last two months of the season. Meanwhile, Ipswich Town were in 21st place in the league, three points ahead of bottom club [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]], but eight points away from escaping the relegation zone.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/premier-league/1994-1995/table/1995-02-28 |title=English Premier League 1994-1995 : Table |work=statto.com |publisher=Statto Organisation |accessdate=27 October 2009 }}</ref>

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|time=15:00

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|team2=[[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]]

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|goals2=

|stadium=[[Old Trafford]], [[Manchester]]

|attendance=43,804

|referee=[[Graham Poll]] ([[Berkshire and Buckinghamshire Football Association|Berkshire]]) }}

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|colspan="4"|'''MANCHESTER UNITED:'''

!width="25"| !!width="25"|

|GK ||'''1''' ||{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Peter Schmeichel]]

|RB ||'''16'''||{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Roy Keane]] || || {{suboff|46}}

|CB ||'''4''' ||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Steve Bruce]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]]) || || {{suboff|79}}

|CB ||'''6''' ||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gary Pallister]]

|LB ||'''3''' ||{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Denis Irwin]]

|RM ||'''14'''||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Andrei Kanchelskis]]

|CM ||'''9''' ||{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Brian McClair]]

|CM ||'''8''' ||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Paul Ince]]

|LM ||'''11'''||{{flagicon|WAL}} [[Ryan Giggs]]

|CF ||'''17'''||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Andrew Cole|Andy Cole]]

|CF ||'''10'''||{{flagicon|WAL}} [[Mark Hughes]]

|colspan=4|'''Substitutes:'''

|GK ||'''13'''||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gary Walsh (footballer)|Gary Walsh]]

|MF ||'''5''' ||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lee Sharpe]] || || {{subon|46}}

|MF ||'''19'''||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nicky Butt]] || || {{subon|79}}

|colspan=4|'''Manager:'''

|-

|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Alex Ferguson]]

|valign="top"|

|colspan="4"|'''IPSWICH TOWN:'''

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|GK ||'''1''' ||{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Craig Forrest]] || {{yel|71}}

|RB ||'''19'''||{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Frank Yallop]]

|CB ||'''5''' ||{{flagicon|SCO}} [[John Wark]]

|CB ||'''6''' ||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[David Linighan]] || {{yel|52}}

|LB ||'''3''' ||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Neil Thompson]]

|RM ||'''18'''||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Steve Palmer]]

|CM ||'''7''' ||{{flagicon|WAL}} [[Geraint Williams]]

|CM ||'''14'''||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Steve Sedgley]]

|LM ||'''21'''||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Stuart Slater]]

|CF ||'''11'''||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lee Chapman]] || || {{suboff|63}}

|CF ||'''33'''||{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Alex Mathie]]

|colspan=4|'''Substitutes:'''

|GK ||'''23'''||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Phil Morgan]]

|MF ||'''4''' ||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Paul Mason (footballer)|Paul Mason]]

|FW ||'''10'''||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ian Marshall]] || || {{subon|63}}

|-

|colspan=4|'''Manager:'''

|-

|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[George Burley]]

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'''MATCH OFFICIALS'''

*Assistant referees:

**''Unknown''

**''Unknown''

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'''MATCH RULES'''

*90 minutes.

*No extra-time or penalties.

*Three named substitutes.

*Maximum of two substitutions.

|}

==References==

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*{{cite video |people=[[Rob McCaffrey]], [[Tony Gubba]] |date=1995 |title=Record Breakers: Manchester United 9-0 Ipswich Town |medium=[[VHS]] |publisher=Granada Sports Television |id={{ASIN|B000057K06|country=uk}} }}

{{refend}}

[[:Category:Manchester United F.C. matches|Ipswich 1995]]

[[:Category:Ipswich Town F.C. matches|Manchester United 1995]]

[[:Category:1995 in football (soccer)]]