Ipswich manager Kieran McKenna said it was a “difficult” game for his team despite their convincing 4-0 victory over Burton.He acknowledged the visitors were “challenging opponents” but his side did well to claim a fourth clean sheet on the trot.Three first-half goals from Conor Chaplin, Nathan Broadhead and Freddie Ladapo in a pulsating 11-minute spell put Ipswich in con...Full Story »

Kieran McKenna says his Ipswich side grinding out an ‘anxious’ 1-0 victory at MK Dons can fuel a promotion-winning mentality.Sam Morsy’s first-half strike fired the Tractor Boys to an important win to keep the heat on Sheffield Wednesday and Plymouth in the automatic promotion places.Ipswich have breezed past Forest Green, Morecambe and Oxford by three goals or more in recent w...Full Story »

Ipswich manager Kieran McKenna said his side were “pretty relentless” during their convincing 4-0 victory over Forest Green and the “good start” to the game was key to them claiming the three points.The goals came via a brace from Conor Chaplin, a volley from Nathan Broadhead and a header from Freddie Ladapo, plunging the visitors deeper into the relegation mire with thei...Full Story »

Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna felt his League One promotion contenders were well off the pace after they could only draw at struggling Cambridge.Cambridge led through an excellent strike from outside the box by Harvey Knibbs, and they were denied a second before the break when Christian Walton kept out Joe Ironside’s penalty.It was a different affair after the interval, with the U’s de...Full Story »

Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna said he was “proud” of his players and “proud” of the club following their 0-0 FA Cup fourth-round draw against Championship leaders Burnley.And Burnley manager Vincent Kompany was glad to have come through the game without being defeated and looked forward to the replay at Turf Moor.Town were on the front foot early on and nearly took the lead...Full Story »

Kieran McKenna felt Ipswich took “a first step towards building some momentum” in their challenge for a top-two place after a dominant display in a 4-0 demolition of Morecambe.Freddie Ladapo and Conor Chaplin both scored twice in the first half as Town eased to a first win in five games.McKenna said: “We would have liked more goals in the second half but a clean sheet was impor...Full Story »

Both managers questioned whether the Oxford’s 2-1 victory over Ipswich should have been played to the finish as fog thickened in the second half to the point where visibility was poor.Cameron Brannagan emerged from the gloom to fire home from 25 yards in the 83rd minute to give the U’s revenge for their 3-0 defeat at Portman Road on Boxing Day.The result was a blow to Ipswich’s...Full Story »

Ian Evatt praised “silent assassin” Kieran Lee after Bolton beat Portsmouth 3-0 to secure their second win over the south coast club in five days.Buoyed by a 1-0 quarter-final victory in the Papa Johns Trophy, Wanderers kept up their play-off in Sky Bet League One push boosted by Lee’s second-half goal and man of the match display.“He is a delight to watch and the players...Full Story »

David Wagner’s Norwich reign exploded into life with an authoritative 4-0 victory over shell-shocked Preston at Deepdale.The former Huddersfield manager was appointed Norwich boss only eight days ago but the German’s fingerprints were unmistakably plastered across an away performance bursting with energy and enterprise.Kieran Dowell, restored to the starting XI for the first time sin...Full Story »

Ipswich manager Kieran McKenna said his team’s 4-1 FA Cup victory over Rotherham was a “good performance” and that his side are a “match for an awful lot of football teams.”Two second-half goals within five minutes of each other from Conor Chaplin and Freddie Ladapo helped secure a third round success for the Suffolk side in a game with three penalties.Cameron Humph...Full Story »

Frustrated Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna accused League One officials of inconsistency after his side rescued a late 1-1 draw at 10-man Lincoln.Adam Jackson was sent off for the hosts on the stroke of the break for felling namesake Kayden in full flight.Jack Diamond opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the second half for a foul deemed as “marking inappropriately”.But Cameron Hu...Full Story »

Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna had mixed emotions after his automatic promotion hopefuls snatched a late 2-2 draw at Portsmouth.Conor Chaplin scored three minutes from time against his old club to salvage the visitors a point in League One.McKenna said: “I have mixed feelings of course. I think there’s lots to be proud of.“The resilience we showed in coming back from being behind ...Full Story »

Ipswich manager Kieran McKenna felt the 3-0 victory over Oxford at Portman Road was the result of “a good performance” from his team.Goals from Freddie Ladapo, Wes Burns and leading scorer Conor Chaplin ensured the three points for Town and maintained second spot in League One.McKenna admitted it was “nice” to send the majority of the 28,072 fans home happy after they tur...Full Story »

Ipswich manager Kieran McKenna felt his side deserved their 2-1 victory over Peterborough, hailing the effort of his side as “fantastic”.Meanwhile, Peterborough boss Grant McCann said his players kept going throughout the game and felt they were the strongest towards the end of the match as they pressed for an equaliser.It was a brace from Conor Chaplin which helped high-flying Ipswi...Full Story »

Kieran McKenna was delighted with Ipswich’s comfortable 4-0 victory over Buxton which put the Sky Bet League One club into the third round of the FA Cup.A brace from Conor Chaplin, Gassan Ahadme’s strike and a goal from Kayden Jackson were enough for dominant Town in their home clash with a Vanarama National League North team.McKenna said: “We knew what the game was and what we...Full Story »

Kieran McKenna praised his side’s defending as Ipswich’s League One promotion charge gathered momentum with a 2-0 win at Exeter.Freddie Ladapo put the Tractor Boys in front in the 11th minute before Marcus Harness ended a seven-game goal drought in the second half to seal a seventh away win of the season.Ipswich are also unbeaten in six games in all competitions but it was a first cl...Full Story »

Ipswich manager Kieran McKenna said the “overriding feeling was disappointment” after his side dropped two points following a 1-1 draw with Cheltenham.The Tractor Boys dominated proceedings and had numerous chances to extend an early lead given to them by Luke Woolfenden, but a combination of defiant defending, luckless finishing and a series of saves by Cheltenham goalkeeper Luke So...Full Story »

KIERAN TRIPPIER revealed he paid his dad's fine after killjoy council chiefs fined him in 2018 for flying a giant England flag in the garden. But the Three Lions star hopes Bury council will leave his proud old man alone when in Qatar. All of Trippier's extended family piled into his dad Chris' back garden when England reached the World Cup semis in Russia four years ago. Asked if it will b...Full Story »

Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna praised battling seventh-tier Bracknell after his side’s 3-0 first-round win in the FA Cup.The hosts defended resolutely but the gulf in class between the teams, with 105 places between them in the pyramid, told in the second half.Bracknell’s resistance was broken by Dan Bayliss’ unfortunate own goal before Freddie Ladapo and Panutche Camara put the ...Full Story »

KIERAN TIERNEY put in an impressive display to seal Arsenal's passage into the Europa League last 16. And it seems it was so impressive that Zurich star Nikola Boranijasevic even wanted the shirt off of Tierney's back - literally. An FC Zurich player literally ripped off the shirt from Kieran Tierney's backCredit: https://twitter.com/_Grimanditweets/status/1588277659380744192 The Scot was lef...Full Story »