Tag: Kieran

Kieran McKenna: Leicester City are still a good team, says Ipswich boss
6 March 2026 Off

Kieran McKenna: Leicester City are still a good team, says Ipswich boss

By Total Football News

Leicester City will be no pushovers when they visit Portman Road in the Championship on Saturday (15:00 GMT), according to Ipswich Town head coach Kieran McKenna.

The Foxes have slipped into the relegation zone after having six points deducted for breaching financial regulations, and on the back of a nine-game winless run, but McKenna says they still have plenty of quality.

“We felt it earlier in the season… you look

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Kieran McKenna: Ipswich Town boss proud of manager of month award
16 January 2026 Off

Kieran McKenna: Ipswich Town boss proud of manager of month award

By Total Football News

Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna has hailed his team’s “quality and resilience” after being named Championship manager of the month for December.

Town won four of their seven games last month, including a 2-0 victory away to leaders Coventry City, and were beaten only once.

“This award is credit to everyone involved with the team and also the supporters, because it was a really challenging December with lots of games and

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Ipswich Town: Kieran McKenna says Championship not easy after relegation
13 December 2025 Off

Ipswich Town: Kieran McKenna says Championship not easy after relegation

By Total Football News

Ipswich Town boss Kieran McKenna says it is hard to acclimatise to the Championship again after relegation from the Premier League.

The Tractor Boys visit Leicester City on Saturday (15:00 GMT) for a meeting between two sides who dropped down from the top flight last season.

Town are fourth – five points off the automatic promotion spots – but the Foxes have endured an inconsistent season so far and sit

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Queens Park Rangers 2-1 Birmingham City: Kieran Morgan hits late winner for R’s
12 December 2025 Off

Queens Park Rangers 2-1 Birmingham City: Kieran Morgan hits late winner for R’s

By Total Football News

Queens Park Rangers climbed into the Championship play-off places after a fourth victory in five matches thanks to a dramatic late winner against Birmingham City.

Centre-back Jimmy Dunne gave QPR a first-half lead but Patrick Roberts seemed to have earned Blues a point with an equaliser in the third minute of stoppage time.

Their celebrations were shortlived, however, as the home side won it in the 96th minute through teenage

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Kieran McKenna: Ipswich Town not yet at level of promotion-winning team
3 December 2025 Off

Kieran McKenna: Ipswich Town not yet at level of promotion-winning team

By Total Football News

Ipswich Town boss Kieran McKenna admits his current team are not yet at the level of his promotion-winning squad from two years ago.

Town won promotion to the Premier League under McKenna in 2024, winning 28 of their 46 games to finish second behind Leicester City with 96 points.

Tuesday’s draw at Blackburn left them seventh in the Championship, just a single point outside the play-off places and McKenna said

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Ipswich Town boss Kieran McKenna: ‘There’s more work to do’
28 November 2025 Off

Ipswich Town boss Kieran McKenna: ‘There’s more work to do’

By Total Football News

Ipswich Town boss Kieran McKenna said that reaching the top six has not played into his thoughts as his side prepare to face Oxford United on Friday night (20:00 GMT).

The Tractor Boys have reached their highest position on the table so far this season following a win over Hull City, extending their undefeated streak to a sixth straight game.

But reaching fifth place is not something the Northern Irishman

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Ipswich Town opinion: Does Kieran McKenna make too many changes?
25 November 2025 Off

Ipswich Town opinion: Does Kieran McKenna make too many changes?

By Total Football News

There has been as much rotation in Kieran McKenna’s starting XI of late as there is from the wind turbines off the breezy Suffolk coast.

A big squad, largely clear of injuries, has allowed the Ipswich manager to frequently rotate his side for a number of games now.

But this embarrassment of riches has raised the question among some fans as to whether there’s too much tinkering.

It could be

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Ipswich Town: Kieran McKenna tells players to keep arguments private
5 November 2025 Off

Ipswich Town: Kieran McKenna tells players to keep arguments private

By Total Football News

Ipswich are 10th in the Championship after Tuesday’s point and are next in action on Saturday when they travel to Swansea City.

The Tractor Boys were without wing-back Leif Davis against Watford because of a hamstring injury and McKenna said it was too soon to say whether he will be able to return in south Wales.

“We’ll have to wait and see, there’s no clarity on it,” he added.

“It’s

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Celtic: No Kieran McKenna talks as Craig Bellamy commits to Wales
31 October 2025 Off

Celtic: No Kieran McKenna talks as Craig Bellamy commits to Wales

By Total Football News

It has been suggested that McKenna would be open to speaking to Celtic given his boyhood allegiances.

“Growing up, we all have our affinities,” he said when asked about those. “I don’t think everyone has to go around and announce what they were, but of course it’s a really big football club.”

McKenna signed a new four-year contract in 2024 and was asked about his reported £5m release clause.

“In

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