 At a press conference held on 5 June 2006 , Jim Magilton was officially named as the new manager and former academy director Bryan Klug was appointed as first team coach . In Magilton 's first season , the club reached a final placing of 14th place in the table . That year , Ipswich became the first carbon neutral football club in England following a collaboration between the fans and the club 's main sponsor E.ON. In October 2007 , Ipswich agreed to sell a £ 44m stake in the club to British businessman Marcus Evans who became the majority owner and shareholder . 2007 – 08 brought further progress for Magilton and his side , who finished eighth in the final table . Magilton 's team failed to gain promotion or reach the play @-@ offs in the 2008 – 09 season , and on 22 April 2009 Magilton was sacked . His successor , Roy Keane , was appointed as manager the following day . Sheepshanks stood down as chairman after 14 years on 20 May 2009 . Ipswich started the 2009 – 10 season winless in the league after 14 games and bottom of the Championship , their worst ever start to a league season . Limited success throughout the year saw the club finish 15th in Keane 's first full season at the club . Keane 's second season at the club started well but by the start of 2011 , the club were 19th in the Championship , and he left the club on 7 January 2011 . First team coach Ian McParland stood in as caretaker manager for two matches , including a semi @-@ final first leg win in the League Cup against Arsenal , before Paul Jewell took the role on permanently in mid @-@ January 2011 . Ipswich finished 13th that season , and 15th the following , Jewell 's first full season at the club . The longest @-@ serving members of the Championship , Ipswich were bottom of the league by late October , and Jewell left the club by " mutual consent " , leaving Chris Hutchings in a caretaker role . After a single match , Hutchings was replaced by Mick McCarthy on a full @-@ time basis . McCarthy led Ipswich to finish in 14th position that season , and 9th in the following season . Despite losing their final match of the 2014 – 15 season , Ipswich finished in sixth place and secured a play @-@ off place where they played their local rivals Norwich City , losing 4 – 1 on aggregate . The following season Ipswich finished just outside the playoff places , in seventh place . 
