Despite a good run of form in January and February, Burley couldn't save the club from relegation back to the Championship at the end of the season.
As for QPR, they had a terrific season themselves under manager Gerry Francis.
How they line up at Portman Road this afternoon... Live streaming details ahead of Rochdale visit, "The back four have been great...but really it's the whole team that has defended well", “I’m sure the fans will be getting behind us from home and hopefully we can do the business for them on the pitch”.
This newspaper has been a central part of community life for many years. - On this day in Town’s history: Chelsea and Manchester City grace the second tier. Blues led the Championship table by 6 points in March but were pipped to the two automatic promotion places on the final day of the campaign - losing out to Sunderland and Wigan. The Liverpudlian steered Blues away from relegation after taking over in January 2011, before Town finished the following season in 15th place after enduring a real rollercoaster of a campaign. On the 30th of May 2018, Town appointed Paul Hurst as the Club's new manager on a three-year deal. [6] The club won the league a further three times, in 1929–30, 1932–33 and 1933–34, before becoming founder members of the Eastern Counties Football League at the end of the 1934–35 season. The first derby was held between the two clubs on 15 November 1902, with the first derby between the two professional clubs taking place in 1939.
The radio station would only sponsor the club's kits for a single season before being replaced with pharmaceutical and horticultural chemical manufacturers Fisons. [52] Ipswich ended the 2016–17 season in 16th place, their lowest finish since the 1958–59 season. A number of Ipswich players appeared alongside Sylvester Stallone and Pelé in the 1981 prisoner of war film Escape to Victory, including John Wark, Russell Osman, Robin Turner, Laurie Sivell, and Kevin O'Callaghan.
Click the link in the orange box above for details. Ipswich Town's first season back in the top flight coincided with the launch of the FA Premier League. In a thrilling match Town beat Barnsley by four goals to two to gain promotion back into the top flight. Alternatively, please email ifollow@efl.com - note that live chat is recommended for the quickest response on a matchday. Locally, much is made of the informal title "Pride of Anglia". [7], In the top flight for the first time, Ipswich became Champions of the Football League at the first attempt in 1961–62. They won the FA Cup in 1977–78, and the UEFA Cup in 1980–81. The trio of Nottingham Forest, Middlesbrough and Crystal Palace were the first three teams to be relegated from the Premier League. By the late 1970s, Robson had built a strong side with talent in every department, introducing the Dutch pair Arnold Mühren and Frans Thijssen to add flair to a team that featured British internationals including John Wark, Terry Butcher and Paul Mariner, although the Ipswich squad perhaps lacked the depth of established big clubs like Liverpool and Manchester United. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Mick and Terry proved an instant hit at Portman Road, leading the Club away from relegation in his first campaign before taking Town into the Play-Offs in 2015, bowing out to East Anglian rivals Norwich City at the semi-final stage. At the start of the season most Town fans would have been happy had the Club just avoided relegation. [76] The former groundsman, Alan Ferguson, received a number of accolades, including both Premiership and Championship Groundsman of the Year. Town found life in the Second Division tough and a year later they were down again.
Three stars were added to the sleeve of the team's away shirt for the 2004–05 season,[63] and also to the home kit for the 2005–06 season. [90], The highest transfer fee received for an Ipswich player is £8.1 million as part of a deal worth in excess of £12 million from Sunderland for Connor Wickham in June 2011,[91] while the most spent by the club on a player was £4.75 million for Matteo Sereni from Sampdoria in July 2001, following the club's qualification for the UEFA Cup. Manchester United went on to win the first Premier League title, their first top-flight crown in 26 years. [1] At their new home, Ipswich became one of the first clubs to implement the use of goal nets, in 1890,[1] but the more substantial elements of ground development did not begin until, in 1901, a tobacco processing plant was built along the south edge of the ground. It was to no avail and our final league position of 7th meant another season of Division One football was the inevitable outcome.
The nickname is an example of self-deprecating humour referring to Ipswich's agricultural heritage. [46] Keane's spell as manager came to an end after an unsuccessful 18 months, when he was sacked in January 2011, to be replaced briefly by Ian McParland in a caretaker role before Paul Jewell took the reins on a permanent basis. In the New Year cup defeats in the quarter final stages of both the FA Cup and Coca Cola Cup made a dent in Town's confidence. Ipswich have won the English league title once, in their first season in the top flight in 1961–62, and have twice finished runners-up, in 1980–81 and 1981–82.