Ipswich Town’s current manager has enjoyed a terrific start to his tenure with the club.
Under Kieran McKenna, Town were promoted back to the Championship and have topped the second tier this season.
However, situations were not always so favorable, and these managers are a reflection of those less fortunate times. One of the managers on this list had a great deal of success with the club. However, while this gang of half a dozen individuals was in command of Ipswich, they were rarely victorious.
The six poorest managers in Town are listed below in order of victory percentage.
Please keep in mind that this list only covers managers who have managed the team for 10 or more games.
Jewell’s previous club was Ipswich, where he was just an assistant manager after being fired in October 2012.
He worked in the dugout at Portman Road for three seasons. That would not generally imply that a manager has one of the club’s worst winning percentage histories, but here we are.
In his first summer transfer window, Jewell brought in numerous well-known stars, some for six-figure prices. The two big-money acquisitions were Micheal Chopra and Jay Emmanual-Thomas, but the team also managed to sign former England international Lee Bowyer.
They went on to finish 15th in the 2011-12 season, but it was the next season that things really fell apart for the boss. They won just one of their first 12 league games and were eliminated in the second round of the League Cup.
Jewell left the club by mutual consent just one day after the club’s 2-1 loss to Derby County.
The former West Ham player earned a league championship with the club. He was the manager of Ipswich Town during their Division Two championship season in 1991-92. It was quite a surprise given that they had finished 14th the previous season.
Lyall took over the club in May 1990 and stayed until December 1994. His win percentages plummeted in the two years following their elevation.
Ipswich lost 31 games during Lyall’s two seasons in the Premier League. Even though he wasn’t there for the entire 94-95 season, the club dropped 29 games that year.
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