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Ipswich Town Football Club (Ipswich Town) is an English association football club. It is based in Ipswich in the county of Suffolk. The club was founded in 1878. The home stadium of the club is Portman Road.

Ipswich Town have played in the EFL League One since 2019. The club has won the top division once, in 1962 and the FA Cup in 1978. They have also been successful in European football, winning the UEFA Cup in 1981. Their current manager is Paul Cook. Two of the club's previous managers have gone on to manage the England national football team.

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Amresh Chandra Satapathy is an Indian -American scientist cum Author working for World science. He is also the first IAS physics author in India from the field of science.