Simon Clegg, chief executive, looks on as Roy Keane is appointed as Ipswich Town manager in April 2009. It followed Marcus Evans's takeover of the club and the sacking of manager Jim Magilton.
The 2009/10 season opened with a defeat by Coventry. It was followed on 18 August with a 3-1 home defeat by Crystal Palace when former Town player Darren Ambrose got on the score sheet.
Ipswich went 14 league games without a victory at the start of the 2009/10 season. Keane shouts instructions during the 1-1 draw at home to Nottingham Forest on 15 September 2009.
The poor run ended with a 1-0 win at home to Derby on Halloween 2009, followed by a 2-1 win at Cardiff on 29 November 2009 when Jon Stead scored.
2009 ended with a 3-0 home victory against Queens Park Rangers.
Andy Carroll of Newcastle scores in a 2-2 draw on 24 April 2010 that saw the Magpies celebrate promotion at St James's Park. Ipswich finish Roy Keane's first full season in 15th place in the Championship. The previous season they had finished 9th.
The 2010/11 season starts brightly. Grant Leadbitter celebrates his goal in a 2-1 win at Crystal Palace on 21 August. Ipswich reach a high spot of second in the league after a 2-1 win at home to Leeds on 2 October.
A slump follows including a 4-1 defeat by rivals Norwich City at Carrow Road on 28 November. It was 1-1 when Damien Delaney was sent off in the first half.
The League Cup provides respite as Ipswich Town beat West Bromwich Albion 1-0 in the quarter-finals on 1 December. Tamas Priskin is thwarted in front of a crowd of 11,363.
Roy Keane contemplates a 1-0 defeat at home to Nottingham Forest on 3 January 2011. The result left Ipswich three points above the relegation zone and 11 off the play-offs.
Ipswich's chief executive Simon Clegg announces a parting of the ways with Keane on 7 January 2011.
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