2008–09 Ipswich Town F.C. season

Ipswich Town

2008–09 season
Chairman	Marcus Evans
Manager	Jim Magilton (until 22 April) Roy Keane (from 22 April)
Stadium	Portman Road
Championship	9th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Jon Stead (12) All: Jon Stead (13)
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

During the 2008–09 English football season, Ipswich Town competed in the Football League Championship.

Season summary

Ipswich Town had an average season in the Championship, finishing in ninth place, eight points away from the playoffs. Manager Jim Magilton was sacked in April after three seasons in charge of Ipswich; he was replaced by former Sunderland boss Roy Keane.

Kit

Ipswich Town retained the previous season's home kit, manufactured by English company Mitre, although Marcus Evans became the new kit sponsor. An all-red strip with black trimmings was Town's away kit.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Richard Wright 2 DF David Wright 4 DF Gareth McAuley 5 DF Alex Bruce 7 MF Owen Garvan 8 MF Tommy Miller 9 FW Pablo Couñago 10 MF David Norris 11 FW Kevin Lisbie 12 DF Jaime Peters 13 MF Luciano Civelli 14 FW Jon Stead 15 DF Pim Balkestein 16 DF Chris Casement 17 FW Dean Bowditch

No. Position Player 18 FW Danny Haynes 19 FW Jonathan Walters 20 FW Giovani dos Santos (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) 21 DF Iván Campo 22 DF Moritz Volz (on loan from Fulham) 25 MF Alan Quinn 26 MF Velice Šumulikoski 27 GK Shane Supple 28 GK Bartosz Białkowski (on loan from Southampton) 30 MF Matt Richards 33 DF Ben Thatcher 35 DF Tommy Smith 36 MF Liam Trotter 38 FW Jordan Rhodes 40 FW Connor Wickham

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 6 DF Richard Naylor (to Leeds United) 14 FW Alan Lee (to Crystal Palace)

No. Position Player 20 MF Darren Ambrose (on loan from Charlton Athletic) 23 DF Dan Harding (on loan to Reading)

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 24 FW Billy Clarke 29 DF Ed Upson

No. Position Player 37 DF Kurt Robinson 39 MF Jai Reason

Statistics

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[1]

No. Pos Nat Name MS Notes 1 GK Richard Wright 50 20 RB David Wright 36 4 CB Gareth McAuley 39 5 CB Alex Bruce 28 33 LB Ben Thatcher 23 10 RM David Norris 30 8 CM Tommy Miller 30 14 CM Owen Garvan 23 Velice Sumulikoski has 23 starts 25 LM Alan Quinn 32 9 CF Pablo Couñago 29 Kevin Lisbie has 26 starts 19 CF Jonathan Walters 35 Jon Stead has 26 starts External links Ipswich Town squad for 2008–09 season Kits for 2008–09 Championship clubs References http://www.11v11.com/teams/ipswich-town/tab/players/season/2009