Date of Birth: 06 05 1969
Place of Birth: Belfast
Position: Midfielder
Nationality: Northern Ireland
International Caps 49
International Goals 5
Jim Magilton Rumours and Transfers
09 10 2007
The Football Association has charged Ipswich boss Jim Magilton with using abusive and/or insulting words following Town's 2-2 draw at Burnley earlier this month.
Ipswich had to settle for a point after leading 2-0 at one stage, but Magilton was particularly upset with the decision to disallow Pablo Counago's late effort for offside.
After the Turf Moor clash he had said: "It wasn't even close. Pablo was three or four yards behind the ball. How it was ruled out is beyond me. It was a bad decision and cost us two points."
Magilton has until 23 October to respond to the charge.
03 10 2007
Jim Magilton watched his Ipswich side squander a two-goal lead before drawing 2-2 at Burnley and then admitted he felt "robbed" by the decision to disallow a late Pablo Counago effort.
The Tractor Boys are still searching for a first win on the road in the Coca-Cola Championship this season despite being handed the ideal platform to end their away-day blues at Turf Moor.
Sylvain Legwinski and one-time Claret Alan Lee both scored inside the opening 10 minutes with neat headers before Burnley mounted a tremendous fightback.
Kyle Lafferty pulled one back and Andy Gray netted a fortuitous equaliser to set up a grandstand finish.
And Ipswich looked to have won it late on when Tommy Miller and Counago exchanged passes inside the penalty area before the ball was squared for the latter to slot home from close-range, only for the linesman to eventually rule it out.
The result - and the decision - left Magilton to rue what could have been.
"I think it was a shocking decision," said Magilton, whose side have now shipped 11 goals in their last four away league games.
"It's a really bad decision which has cost us three points. The linesman didn't give it, then he's waited and waited and gave it and I think robbed us of three points. He's (Counago) behind the ball by two or three yards and it's a goal."
Magilton, however, was full of praise for the way his team started after stunning the home crowd with an impressive first-half showing.
He added: "I thought we played very well in the first half against a very good side. Again it was a pattern of our season that we played very well without scoring goals. We scored two good goals and then another pattern of our season we fell asleep and allowed them back in the game. We knew at half-time with Burnley 2-1 down at home they would come back at us. I thought we showed a lot of courage and passed the ball well at times and the very least we deserved is a point."
Burnley's stirring comeback was overshadowed by the news influential defender Michael Duff faces a lengthy spell out with a knee problem.
Duff did not feature against Ipswich but manager Steve Cotterill revealed after the game the severity of the injury sustained in Saturday's 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace.
"It's a big blow for us, a big blow," conceded Cotterill. "Michael has had an operation tonight and his lateral ligament has snapped off the bone. His hamstring tendon has snapped off the bone as well and he's snapped his cruciate ligament. But the worst part is he's going to have to go back in (to hospital) in six to eight weeks because it depends on when it will settle down. That's where we are with that but we'll deal with it."
Cotterill - who has now masterminded a six-game unbeaten streak in the league - also paid tribute to Burnley's "character" but bemoaned their sluggish start.
He added: "It was a very eventful game. All in all I think we could have won it and I think their goalkeeper has pulled off a couple of great saves. But we've got to start better. The annoying thing is we talk about it and we were conscious about it before the game but there's a couple of people in the dressing room who are having steep learning curves."
01 10 2007
Ipswich manager Jim Magilton is preparing to ring the changes after his team's embarrassing 3-1 defeat against Hull at the weekend.
David Wright is likely to be reinstated at right-back after missing Saturday's loss at the KC Stadium with an infected blister and may replace Alex Bruce in the Tractor Boys' defence for the trip to Burnley.
"I wanted to play at Hull but it was painful and the manager had to make a call on it so that's fair enough," Wright told the club's website.
The lively substitute performance of former Fulham midfielder Sylvain Legwinski was one of the few positives to be taken from the weekend and he will start in midfield.
Danny Haynes will be named in Magilton's starting XI, with Alan Lee the man sacrificed.
Long-term absentees Gavin Williams and Richard Naylor remain sidelined although Naylor is hoping to make an appearance for the reserves in a fortnight.
