Ted Phillips. This was to be the prototype for Ramsey's Wingless Wonders, with which he won the 1966 World Cup. Ramsey later admitted "Yes, he was Scottish, but I owed him so much." Ipswich won Division Two in 1960–61, earning promotion to the First Division for the first time in the club's history. The following season saw the club win the First Division at the first attempt. Many of the goals scored by Crawford (33) and Phillips (28) in Ipswich's championship-winning season were attributed to Leadbetter. However, in October 1962 Alf Ramsey was appointed manager of the England national team, with Jackie Milburn replacing him as Ipswich manager. Milburn was unable to maintain Ipswich's form, and in 1963–64 Ipswich were relegated back to the Second Division. Leadbetter made 19 league appearances in 1964–65, with his final Ipswich appearance being an FA Cup game away at Tottenham Hotspur on 30 January 1965, which the club lost 5–0. After leaving Ipswich, he managed non-league Suffolk club Sudbury Town from 1965 until 1970. Playing style Leadbetter was described as "a most unlikely-looking professional footballer". He was frail, had thinning hair, wrinkles around his eyes and "spindly" legs, and lacked pace. However, he was a skilful controller of the ball, good at spotting openings, and was renowned as a fearless penalty taker, Due to his thin legs, he gained the nickname "Sticks". In 2004, he was included in the book McFootball: Great Scottish Heroes in the English Game. Later life After managing Sudbury, Leadbetter returned to Edinburgh to work for his father's garage business and as an Edinburgh Evening News delivery van driver for 19 years. He later lived in the Corstorphine suburb of the city. He died at home on 18 July 2006, three days after his 78th birthday. He was survived by his wife and daughter. Honours Ipswich Town Football League First Division: 1961–62 Football League Second Division: 1960–61 Football League Third Division South: 1956–57 Individual Ipswich Town Hall of Fame: Inducted 2008 References External links 1928 births Footballers from Edinburgh Scottish footballers Armadale Thistle F.C. players Chelsea F.C. players Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players Ipswich Town F.C. players Sudbury Town F.C. players English Football League players Association football wingers Scottish football managers 2006 deaths 20th-century British Army personnel Royal Artillery personnel Military personnel from Edinburgh