John Lyall
FA Cup Status – Winner (West Ham) 1975, 1980
In his debut season managing West ham he took them to FA Cup victory and was already an immediate hero at Upton Park. Demotion to the second division in 1978 did not prevent him from being successful as in 1980, despite playing in the second division, The Hammers won the FA Cup and gained promotion back to the top flight the following season. In total Lyall spent fourteen years in charge at West Ham, meaning he is one of the longest serving managers ever to be in charge at the highest level. He was installed as the new manager at Ipswich Town in the year 1990

Bobby Robson
Robson was installed as the manager of Ipswich Town in the year 1968 and spent a total of 14 years in charge at the club, helping them win the FA cup in 1978 and the UEFA Cup in 1981.
Robson was installed as the new manager of England in 1982 and guided the nation to the 1986 world cup finals. England suffered defeat in their opening match to Portugal and a draw to a very ordinary Morocco side, at that point many wanted Robson out and the second phase of the world cup seemed a million miles away. Robson instantly redeemed himself as England demolished Poland 3-0, thanks to a Gary Lineker hat- trick. England qualified for the 1988 European Championships in great fashion; however they were simply terrible during the finals. They lost all three of their games, most notably a 1-0 defeat against the Republic of Ireland; many were calling for Robson to resign as manager. Robson stayed in charge of England during qualification for Italia 90. Robson took England to the semi- finals, where they lost on penalties to West Germany. The 1990 world cup finals was considered as Bobby Robson’s finest period in his management career. He later on went on to manage PSV Eindhoven and Barcelona before being installed as the new manager at Newcastle United.

Sir Alf Ramsey
Ramsey was manager of Ipswich Town between 1955 and 1963 and guided the club to winning the league championship in the year 1962.
England’s finest era in international football was without doubt the time of winning the 1966 world cup, managed by Sir Alf Ramsey. As England were the hosts they did not have the difficult challenge of qualifying. The 1966 world cup, saw a disappointing start by England, drawing with Uruguay 0-0, however they picked them selves up, with wins over Mexico, France and Portugal en route to the final. Sir Alf Ramsey’s team defeated West Germany 4-2 in extra time to win the world cup on home soil. England were searching for repeat success in the 1968 European Championships, however they crashed on the way losing 3-2 Scotland, however Sir Alf Ramsey’s team made it, however were eliminated narrowly when suffering a 1-0 defeat to Yugoslavia in the semi- finals. He guided England to reach the quarter last eight of the 1970 world cup, before losing to the West German’s. Sir Alf Ramsey’s men did not qualify for the 1974 world cup, after failing to defeat Poland in a world cup qualifying match. Sir Alf Ramsey left the position in 1974 and is now considered by many as England’s finest ever manager.

George Burley
Managerial period 2005 – present
Burley is without one of the finest managers in football at this current period. He started his managerial career off at Colchester United in 1994 before being installed as the manager of Ipswich Town at the beginning of the 1994 – 1995 campaign. He helped Ipswich gain promotion in to the premier league in 1999 and took them in to them in to Europe as they finished off their premiership campaign of the 2000 – 2001 season in fifth place. He was named as the new manager of Derby in 2003 prior taking charge at Scottish club, Hearts in June 2005. In winter 2005, he was appointed as the new man in charge at Southampton and has already done a fine job at the club since arriving.