 Ipswich started the 2009–10 season winless in the league after 14 games and bottom of the Championship, their worst ever start to a league season.Limited success throughout the year saw the club finish 15th in Keane's first full season at the club.Keane's second season at the club started well but by the start of 2011, the club were 19th in the Championship, and he left the club on 7 January 2011.