Ipswich Town — Overview (around the 2016/17 season)

• Club name: Ipswich Town Football Club
• Country: England
• Home stadium: Portman Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
• Manager (head coach) around 2016/17: Mick McCarthy
• League (2016/17 season): English Football League Championship (the second tier of English football)
• 2016/17 league finish: 16th place in the Championship
• Notable cup runs (2016/17): Eliminated in the early rounds of domestic cups (no deep runs that season)
• Style and notes: Under Mick McCarthy, Ipswich tended to be organized and pragmatic, focusing on solid defensive structure and set-pieces. The season following promotion ambitions saw a mid-table Championship finish.
• Key personnel around that time (examples):
  • Mick McCarthy — Manager
  • Mick McCarthy’s coaching staff included various assistants and coaches appointed after his 2012 return and during his second spell (2012–2018).
  • Players who featured for Ipswich around 2016/17 included (but were not limited to): Daryl Murphy, Jonathan Douglas, Teddy Bishop (young midfielder), Luke Hyam, Christophe Berra (defender), Jonas Knudsen (defender), and goalkeeper Bartosz Białkowski.

Short historical context: Ipswich Town are a club with proud history — founded in 1878 and professional since the early 20th century — with major successes in the 1960s and early 1980s (winning the English league title in 1961–62 under Alf Ramsey and the UEFA Cup in 1981–82 under Bobby Robson). By the 2016/17 season they were an established Championship side aiming to return to higher finishes.