19 Facts About Ipswich Town FC

1. Ipswich Town FC will be without defender Jonas Knudsen who was sent off in the draw at Wigan, while Lambert serves the second of a two-game touchline ban so will be sat in the stands.

2. Ipswich Town FC boss Paul Lambert was making his first return to Villa Park since being sacked as Villa boss in February 2015.

3. Ipswich Town FC negotiated through Sovintersport, the Soviet sport agency, and Duncan soon jetted off to Moscow with former club chairman David Sheepshanks to clinch the deal.

4. Ipswich Town FC were in the second-tier and managed by John Duncan, who was contacted by an agent about signing two players from the Soviet Union.

5. Ipswich Town FC actually lost eight of their ten most used stars of last season during the summer.

6. Ipswich Town FC passing it around nicely and look a very comfortable, assured outfit.

7. Ipswich Town FC have played at all professional levels of English football and have participated in European football since the 1960s.

8. Ipswich Town FC made only one major signing during the off-season, buying Hermann Hreiðarsson from Wimbledon FC.

9. Ipswich Town FC parted company with Jim Magilton in April 2009 after almost three years in charge and surprised the football world by appointing former Manchester United skipper Roy Keane as his replacement.

10. At the start of the season most Ipswich Town FC fans would have been happy had the Club just avoided relegation.

11. Ipswich Town FC decided to keep it in the family and Robson's job went to Bobby Ferguson, his chief coach during the glory years.

12. Ipswich Town FC would reside in amateur leagues 50 years until membership in Football League occurred in 1938.

13. Ipswich Town FC had their chances but their inability to make them count proved costly as the hosts gratefully took two of theirs.

14. Ipswich Town FC were the more threatening team for most of the first half, with Luke Chambers looping a header onto the top of the crossbar midway through the opening period as he met Jon Nolan's free-kick.

15. Ipswich Town FC must do what Sunderland didn't and take full advantage of every ray of light if they are to have any chance of beating the drop.

16. Ipswich Town FC would ultimately finish 12th at the end of the season.

17. Ipswich Town FC was replaced until the end of the season by Bryan Klug as a caretaker manager.

18. Ipswich Town FC was replaced temporarily by Chris Hutchings for a single match in a caretaker role, before former Wolves boss Mick McCarthy was appointed full-time on 1 November 2012.

19. Ipswich Town FC performed well in the Premiership in their first season with Burley's side finishing in an impressive fifth place—being pipped by Liverpool on the last day of the season for a place in the Champions League.