Ian Cranson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ian Cranson | ||
| Date of birth | 2 July 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Easington, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Ipswich Town | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1982–1988 | Ipswich Town | 131 | (5) |
| 1988–1989 | Sheffield Wednesday | 30 | (0) |
| 1989–1996 | Stoke City | 223 | (9) |
| Total | 384 | (14) | |
| National team | |||
| 1984–1986 | England U21 | 5 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Ian Cranson (born 2 July 1964) is an English former professional footballer for played for Ipswich Town, Sheffield Wednesday and Stoke City.
Born in Easington, County Durham Cranson began his career with Ipswich Town and made his professional debut away at Aston Villa in 1983–84. He soon began a regular at Portman Road under the management of Bobby Ferguson and was ever present in 1985–86 as Ipswich suffered relegation from the First Division. He played 39 games in 1986–87 and 35 in 1987–88 before he joined Sheffield Wednesday in March 1988. Cranson as a regular in Wednesday's side until manager Howard Wilkinson was replaced by Ron Atkinson and he lost his place in the side. In the summer of 1989 he joined former Ipswich Town team-mate Mick Mills at Stoke City for a club record fee of £480,000. He was a number of expensive signings that summer as Stoke looked to mount a push for promotion. However the new signings never gelled and Stoke ended up being relegated and Mills being replaced by Alan Ball. Cranson made 19 appearances in 1989–90 missing most of the campaign due to a knee injury. He had surgery to rebuild his knee in the summer of 1990 only for the problem to flare up again in 1990–91 and he managed only 13 appearances.
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