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The official Town Supporters Club have welcomed the appointments of new manager Roy Keane and new chief executive Simon Clegg, moves which they say are the most significant since the club became a professional outfit in 1936.

Town have confirmed that Roy Keane is the new Blues boss. The former Manchester United man has signed a two-year deal with the club.

New Town manager Roy Keane targeted a quick return to the Premier League at his first Portman Road media briefing this afternoon. The former Sunderland boss says his task for next season is simple – to win promotion.

Town manager Paul Jewell says that ideally he’d love to have all his summer signings at the club when pre-season training starts on June 29th but admits that that’s not a realistic prospect. The Blues boss says he has his summer plans in place and has held long meetings with owner and chairman Marcus Evans as he looks towards his first full season in charge at Portman Road.

Town have announced that chief executive Derek Bowden is to leave the club at the end of the season. Bowden has been with the Blues since the summer of 2002 and helped take the club through the period of administration and the Marcus Evans takeover.

Town made a loss of £15.96 million in the year to June 2012, the club’s annual report and accounts have revealed, with the Blues’ overall debt rising to £79.62 million.

Blues manager Paul Jewell says midfielder Grant Leadbitter has told him he wants to stay with Town beyond the end of his contract which is up this summer. Last night,

Young Irish midfielder Adam McDonnell has been nominated for the U17 International Player of the Year gong at the Three FAI International Football Awards which take place in Dublin on Sunday 22nd March.

Ipswich Town Ist, the Supporters Trust, handed their 5,000-signature petition calling on the club to opt for Category One Academy status to chief executive Simon Clegg prior to Saturday’s 3-0 home victory over Cardiff City.

Readers question why government has not moved on negative gearing to ease the housing shortage.