Jack Clarke scored Ipswich Town’s 90th-minute winner against Sunderland on 22 August 2026.
Ipswich began their return to Premier League football at Portman Road against Sunderland. The match was level late in the second half after Emersonn had put Ipswich ahead and Nilson Angulo had equalised with a direct free-kick. Clarke, who had previously played for Sunderland, came off the bench and struck in the 90th minute to give Ipswich a 2–1 victory.
The goal had an extra narrative because Clarke was facing his former club. It also delivered Ipswich’s first opening-match top-flight win since the 1993–94 season. Reports sometimes list the goal as arriving in the 89th minute because of differing timekeeping conventions, but official match summaries record it as a 90th-minute goal. Clarke’s decisive finish made him one of the opening weekend’s notable substitutes.