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and i'm not certain if alf got the job straight after or if he had a chance to manage them for another season as he became manager in 63... either way ipswich drew ac milan in the champions cup who losin 4-2 on aggregate and ac went on to win eventually in the final....

now lets look at the career of the 2nd most successful england manager...

sir bobby robson...

Robson made his debut as a manager in the dug-out of his old club Fulham in January 1968, but did not last long there, leaving the London club in November. He moved on to Ipswich Town F.C. in 1969, and it was here that he first established his reputation as a successful manager. His reign at Ipswich lasted 13 years and during this time he re-shaped a side whose results had consistently placed them in the lower half of the First Divsion table. The team would go on to finish as league vice-champions twice, and began to make regular appearances in European competition, capturing both the FA Cup and UEFA Cup. During his tenure he only brought in 14 players from other clubs, relying instead on players developed through Ipswich's youth programs. Robson's achievements with the previously unheralded side merited him the call of his country, and in 1982 he succeeded the late Ron Greenwood as coach of the English national football team after the World Cup in Spain.