Ipswich Town Women are heading into the last seven games with the table far too tight for comfort.
It’s been one of those seasons where nothing ever really settles, and suddenly every point feels heavier than it should.
They’re still in it, though. Hanging on, but in it.
Town sit 11th on 11 points, one ahead of Portsmouth, and that pretty much sums up the mood. A few games slipped away, a few moments went missing, and before anyone realised it, they were staring at the bottom two.
It hasn’t been a disaster, just messy.
The kind of season where you look back and think, “How did we end up here?”
But the last few weeks have had a different feel. They’ve dug out draws against Bristol City, Newcastle and Charlton, not glamorous results, but exactly the sort of points you cling to when you’re down there.
Games where they might’ve folded earlier in the season, but didn’t. That alone tells you something’s shifted.
A lot of that comes from the change in the dugout. David Wright stepped in on 6 January 2026 after Joe Sheehan moved on, and things have felt calmer since.
Wright hasn’t tried to reinvent anything. No big tactical overhaul. Just a bit of shape, some common sense, and players doing jobs they actually understand.
It hasn’t turned Ipswich into a side that dominates games. Far from it. But the heavy defeats have stopped. They’re hanging in matches, scrapping for everything, and those recent draws show they’re not rolling over anymore.
Now they need to turn that into something more useful, a scruffy goal, a set‑piece nicked at the right time, anything that turns one point into three.
If you look at the bottom three, Ipswich probably have the best shot of dragging themselves out of it. Portsmouth can’t string anything together, and Sheffield United drift in and out of form like a dodgy radio signal.
Town isn’t flying, but they’re trending the right way, and Wright’s steadiness gives them a bit more backbone.
It won’t be comfortable. It won’t be early. It’ll be one of those finishes where everyone’s refreshing the table after full‑time. But the prediction is survival 10th, by a whisker.
Seven games left. That’s a lot when every point feels like it weighs a ton. Ipswich don’t need to be brilliant.
They just need to avoid the daft stuff, take the chances when they come, and keep the shape Wright’s given them.
If they can nick a couple of ugly wins, they’ll stay up. It won’t be pretty, but survival rarely is.
