List of Ipswich Town F.C. managers

Ipswich Town's former manager Sir Bobby Robson

From 1878 to 1936, Ipswich Town F.C. was an amateur club and the team was selected by committee. After turning professional in 1936, the club appointed Mick O'Brien as their manager who led them to immediate success in winning the Southern League. His sudden departure left the club managerless for 11 matches until Scott Duncan was placed in charge, remaining with the club for almost 18 years. Duncan retired in 1955 and was replaced by Alf Ramsey who led Ipswich to further success in the league. This included back-to-back league championships, winning the Second Division in the 1960–61 season followed by taking the First Division title in 1961–62 season. Ramsey was appointed England manager in 1963 and went on to win the 1966 World Cup.^[1]

Managerial turnover at Ipswich was low with only six full-time appointments in 46 years, but after Bobby Robson left the club in 1982 to manage England, the club employed six full-time managers in the following 25 years. David Sheepshanks became chairman of the club in 1995 taking over a club recently relegated from the Premier League and in financial difficulty.^[2] Under George Burley, the club failed in three play-offs before finally winning promotion back to the top flight in 2000 after a 4–2 win over Barnsley at Wembley Stadium. Relegation followed two seasons later after a brief spell in Europe and Burley was replaced by Joe Royle. After nearly four seasons, Royle left the club and in June 2006, Sheepshanks appointed former Ipswich player Jim Magilton as the manager of the team.^[3] Magilton was sacked nearly three years later after failing to lead the club to either play-offs or promotion.^[4] He was succeeded by Roy Keane, who had managed Sunderland to the Championship title two years previously, who became only the club's 13th full-time manager during their 74-year professional status.^[5] He was sacked on 7 January 2011 and was replaced by Ian McParland in a caretaker capacity before Paul Jewell took over as manager on 13 January 2011.^[6] Jewell left the club by mutual consent in October 2012, with Ipswich bottom of the Championship, and leaving Chris Hutchings in a caretaker role.^[7] After a single match, Hutchings was replaced by Mick McCarthy on a full-time basis.^[8]

Managers

As of 8 May 2016. Only professional, competitive matches are counted.

Name	Nationality	From	To	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win %	Honours	Notes
O'Brien, MickMick O'Brien	Ireland	29 May 1936	11 August 1937	39	25	9	5	64.1	Southern League champions 1936–37
None	—	12 August 1937	6 November 1937	11	7	1	3	63.6	—
Duncan, ScottScott Duncan	Scotland	12 November 1937	7 August 1955	505	205	113	187	40.6	Division Three (South) champions 1953–54
Ramsey, AlfAlf Ramsey	England	8 August 1955	30 April 1963	369	176	75	118	47.7	Division Three (South) champions 1956–57, Division Two champions 1960–61, Division One champions 1961–62
Milburn, JackieJackie Milburn	England	1 May 1963	8 September 1964	56	11	12	33	19.6	—
Forsyth, JimmyJimmy Forsyth	England	9 September 1964	4 October 1964	7	2	2	3	28.6	—	Caretaker
McGarry, BillBill McGarry	England	5 October 1964	23 November 1968	196	80	62	54	40.8	Division Two champions 1967–68
Lea, CyrilCyril Lea	Wales	24 November 1968	12 January 1969	7	3	0	4	42.9	—	Caretaker
Robson, BobbyBobby Robson	England	13 January 1969	18 August 1982	709	316	173	220	44.6	Texaco Cup champions 1972–73, FA Cup winners 1977–78, UEFA Cup winners 1980–81
Ferguson, BobbyBobby Ferguson	England	19 August 1982	17 May 1987	258	97	61	100	37.6	—
Duncan, JohnJohn Duncan	Scotland	17 June 1987	5 May 1990	161	73	29	59	45.3	—
Lyall, JohnJohn Lyall	England	11 May 1990	5 December 1994	231	77	75	79	33.3	Division Two champions 1991–92
Goddard, PaulPaul Goddard	England	6 December 1994	27 December 1994	3	0	2	1	00.0	—	Caretaker with John Wark
Burley, GeorgeGeorge Burley	Scotland	28 December 1994	11 October 2002	413	188	96	129	45.5	Division One play-off winners 2000–01
Mowbray, TonyTony Mowbray	England	11 October 2002	28 October 2002	4	1	1	2	25.0	—	Caretaker with Bryan Klug[9]
Royle, JoeJoe Royle	England	28 October 2002	11 May 2006	189	81	48	60	42.9	—	[10]
Magilton, JimJim Magilton	Northern Ireland	5 June 2006	22 April 2009	148	56	41	51	37.8	—	[11]
Keane, RoyRoy Keane	Ireland	23 April 2009	7 January 2011	81	28	25	28	34.6	—	[12]
McParland, IanIan McParland	Scotland	7 January 2011	12 January 2011	2	1	0	1	50.0	—	Caretaker[13]
Jewell, PaulPaul Jewell	England	13 January 2011	24 October 2012	85	29	18	38	34.1	—	[14]
Hutchings, ChrisChris Hutchings	England	24 October 2012	1 November 2012	1	0	0	1	00.0	—	Caretaker[7]
McCarthy, MickMick McCarthy	Ireland	1 November 2012	Present	191	77	55	59	40.3	—	[15]

References

General

• "The management". Pride of Anglia. Archived from the original on October 14, 2007. Retrieved 16 April 2009.

Specific

1. McLynn, Frank (2 October 2005). "Heroes and villains: Sir Alf Ramsey". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 10 September 2007.
2. "David Sheepshanks". Gordon Poole. Retrieved 12 September 2007.
3. "Magilton unveiled as Ipswich boss". BBC Sport. 5 June 2006. Retrieved 9 September 2007.
4. Butt, Jason (22 April 2009). "Ipswich sack Jim Magilton". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 22 April 2009.
5. "Keane appointed Ipswich manager". BBC Sport. 23 April 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
6. "Roy Keane leaves role as Ipswich manager". BBC Sport. 7 January 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
7. "Paul Jewell leaves as Ipswich Town manager". BBC Sport. 24 October 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
8. "Mick McCarthy: Ipswich Town appoint ex-Wolves boss". 1 November 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
9. "Tony Mowbray managerial stats". Soccerbase. Retrieved 10 September 2007.
10. "Joe Royle managerial stats". Soccerbase. Retrieved 10 September 2007.
11. "Jim Magilton's managerial stats". Soccerbase. Retrieved 22 April 2009.
12. "Roy Keane's managerial career". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
13. "Ian McParland's managerial career". Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
14. "Paul Jewell's managerial career". Soccerbase. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
15. "Mick McCarthy's managerial career". Soccerbase. Retrieved 8 May 2016.

External links

• Official website