Ipswich Town F.C. Under-23s and Academy

Ipswich Town Football Club currently runs a Category Two Academy, with a five-year plan to improve to Category One, which is run by Bryan Klug. The youth teams play their home games at the Ipswich Town Training Centre at Playford Road in Ipswich, Suffolk, while some home games are played at Portman Road.

Ipswich Town Academy
Full nameIpswich Town Football Club Under-21s and Academy
Nickname(s)The Tractor Boys
GroundIpswich Town Football Club Training Centre, Playford Road, Ipswich
Portman Road
Capacity1,000 (Playford Road)
29,673 (Portman Road)
OwnerGamechanger 20 Ltd.
ChairmanMike O'Leary
ManagerJohn McGreal (U21s)
Olly Lee (U18s)
LeagueProfessional Development League 2 (South Division)
Third colours

Some of Ipswich's greatest ever players have come through the club's youth system since the 1960s, including Roger Osborne, Mick Mills, Kevin Beattie, Russell Osman, George Burley, John Wark, Terry Butcher and Jason Dozzell. The academy was also very successful during the 1990s, producing a number of first-team players including Richard Wright, Titus Bramble, James Scowcroft and Kieron Dyer. In more recent years, the academy has produced more young players going onto the main team including Connor Wickham, Jordan Rhodes, Luke Woolfenden, Flynn Downes and Andre Dozzell, who like his father Jason Dozzell, scored on his debut at the age of 16.

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