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This is my Ipswich Town Story

“Every aspect of my time as Ipswich manager is covered here in this brilliant new book.”

George Burley

Collector’s Edition

Only 913 copies available

Only 50 COPIES REMAINING

Each copy represents one of the matches from George’s Ipswich career, which spanned exactly 500 matches as a player and 413 as manager.

Individually numbered, your collector’s edition copy comes with a high-quality clothbound sleeve, a certificate hand signed by George, and a bookmark, making it a truly exclusive piece of ITFC memorabilia.

£50 including postage & packaging (to the UK)

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Please note: We aim to dispatch all pre-orders before the end of November 2024, guaranteeing delivery in time for Christmas.

Standard Edition

George Burley’s managerial reign at Ipswich Town was a moment in time when everything came together.

‘All To Play For’ provides the definitive account of the entire journey. It’s the full story, directly from the people who were there.

And it is all brought to life in this high-quality, hardback book consisting of 240 full colour pages packed with evocative images and behind the scenes insight.

£35 including postage & packaging (to the UK)

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George discusses the book with his
former captain, Matt Holland

THE MANAGER

With a combined total of 913 matches as player and manager – George Burley has been involved in more matches than any other personality in Ipswich Town’s proud history.

Here, in ‘All To Play For’ the Town legend provides comprehensive insight on his time at the club he loves so much. 

George discusses how it felt to be a player under the legendary Sir Bobby Robson and provides fresh analysis on his eventful eight-year reign as manager, including his thoughts on all the main players and memorable matches from his time in charge at Portman Road.

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“Our club remains a family like no other and I can promise you that representing Ipswich Town gets a real hold on you. It would be true to say – it’s in my blood.”

George Burley

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“When you’re in it and you’re doing it, things are frantic, so it wasn’t until I saw it all laid out in a book like this that I was able to fully realise just how eventful my time at Ipswich had been.”

George Burley

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“I had to go for it. The opportunity might never have come again. To me, the Ipswich manager’s job was the ultimate. They were my club.”

George Burley

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One of ITFC’s 1978 FA Cup Final heroes – George represented the club throughout the glorious Bobby Robson era.

He was voted the 2000-01 Premier League Manager of the Year – becoming one of only 12 people to have won the award.

The team’s fifth place finish that season remains the highest that any promoted team has finished in the Premier League since 1995.

As a result, George became only the third Ipswich manager to lead the club into European competition.

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THE PLAYERS

Exclusive in-depth interviews with 20 star players from throughout George’s time in charge:

Matt Holland
Kieron Dyer
Mauricio Taricco
Richard Wright
Marcus Stewart
David Johnson
Tony Mowbray
Simon Milton
Mark Venus
Ian Marshall

Alex Mathie
Martijn Reuser
Fabian Wilnis
John McGreal
James Scowcroft
Jim Magilton
Hermann Hreidarsson
Jamie Clapham
Mick Stockwell
Jason Cundy

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“I owe my footballing career to George because it takes a manager to give you your chance and he wasn’t afraid to do that; he had the faith.”

Kieron Dyer

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“I know season-ticket holders who go home and away but I’ve never met anybody else to whom that club meant more than George.”

James Scowcroft

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“Every training session I was basically going to war, wanting to prove myself. It must have been challenging to try and contain me. I was determined to succeed at Ipswich.”

Mauricio Taricco

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The Chairman

David Sheepshanks who worked so closely with George to bring success back to Portman Road, also provides an honest and revealing account of their time together.

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“We went through so much together. We went through an incredibly tough, but exciting, five years to achieve what we did. We had a year and a half of heaven and then a bit of hell.”

David Sheepshanks

Remembering all
the big matches

From Merseyside to Milan. Re-live nine of the biggest matches from this momentous time in Ipswich Town history.

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& Everything Else

All other aspects of ITFC life are covered including:

  • Jill Burley provides her take on her husband’s time with Town
  • Media Centre
  • Commercial & Retail
  • All the stats – a season-by-season breakdown
  • European Tour
  • IT’s Football Magazine
  • Plus, George selects his ITFC Dream Team from the 101 players who represented the club while he was manager

Proud to support

A donation from every book sold will be made to Marcus Stewart’s nominated MND charity and Cancer Suffolk.

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