Town boss Joe Royle and assistant Willie Donachie have signed the two-year extensions to their contracts announced at last month's AGM. The duo are now committed to remaining at Portman Road until 2007.

Royle says the pair were never in any doubt about remaining with the Blues: "We were always going to sign, but the chairman has been away a lot recently and we just had to sort out the formalities."

The management team of Royle and Donachie previously worked together at Oldham, Everton and Manchester City, before taking over at Town in October 2002.

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