Go and never return!! Gamechanger terminates “Kieran McKenna” 5-year contract worth $5 million in Ipswich town due to..
So sad: go and never return!! Bright Path terminates “Kieran McKenna” 5-year contract worth $5 million in Ipswich due to…
Sir Bobby Robson spoke with Jose Mourinho while they were together at Barcelona, then 21 years later, Mourinho coached with Kieran McKenna at Manchester United.
Robson, who died in 2009, is commemorated everywhere at Portman Road, with a statue, a stand, and a bridge leading to Ipswich Town’s stadium dedicated after him, as is only fitting for a manager who commanded their team from 1969 to 1982, winning one UEFA Cup (today’s Europa League) and one FA Cup.
That the thread is there from one legendary Ipswich manager to another, now surely among the greats to have occupied the home dugout, makes this all the sweeter.
As fans stormed the pitch at full time on Saturday, lifting players onto their shoulders, McKenna clutched other members of the playing and coaching staff in a series of emotional embraces.
After 22 years away, Ipswich are a Premier League club once more.
When Gamechanger 20 bought Ipswich in April 2021, the ambition was always for their progress to be quick. The American consortium had big ambitions. New owners usually do.
A club boasting a history as former champions of England and European trophy winners, with a 29,000-capacity stadium and founded in 1878 will never feel at home in the third tier. But getting out of League One and then breezing straight through the Championship a year later, while making it look this easy, is something that even the most optimistic Ipswich supporters would have laughed off.
