The MK Dons have confirmed Mick Harford’s appointment as assistant manager to Karl Robinson, as reported by TWTD last Wednesday. At the end of April, Blues boss Paul Jewell said he was hoping to add Harford to his scouting staff full-time, the 53-year-old having worked part-time for Town during the latter part of the season.

Harford says he is delighted to be taking on the role which became vacant after former Town assistant boss and coach John Gorman retired: "I am absolutely thrilled Karl has given me the opportunity to work with him and assist him in managing MK Dons.

"It is an honour to follow in John Gorman's footsteps and I am excited at the prospect of joining Karl and the team. Karl has the same football ethos as me and having seen the team on Tuesday night I feel very positive about the squad."

The MK Dons, who lost to Huddersfield in this year's League One play-off semi-final, have also added ex-Arsenal and England man Ian Wright to their staff as part-time first-team coach.

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itfc1981 added 17:33 - May 17 Thank god
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blueoff added 18:18 - May 17 What does that say about ipswich town, when the club cant even tempt old mick harford
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s6blue added 18:33 - May 17 well i d sooner work with karl than fatty
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Langdon_Blue added 18:42 - May 17 Talking of new management positions, I'm glad to see Liverpool are talking to Martinez about their managers job....anything to keep their focus off of our Paul Jewell :-)
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RegencyBlue added 19:30 - May 17 To be fair an assistant manager position is a better career move than being a scout!
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walberswick added 19:41 - May 17 Let's appointment Steve Clarke and PJ can buy the chips on the coach for away games.
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PauloJulio added 21:00 - May 17 Phew we escaped that!
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dazz added 21:00 - May 17 connor wickham is back in ipswich this week.... talking to clegg maybe?
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jas0999 added 21:53 - May 17 No big loss IMO. Good luck to him though.
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ericgates added 05:54 - May 18 sounds like it will be a good laugh at mk dons next season with characters like harford and wrighty taking charge of training! old school!
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h32 added 20:27 - May 20 ........ worries me that we were even interested - let lone offered him a job !! Thank goodness someone else wanted him.
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h32 added 20:28 - May 20 ..... anyway, wish you well in your new role Mick.
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