How Kieran McKenna has led Ipswich Town to the verge of consecutive promotions
Watch Ipswich vs. Blackburn on Good Friday at 5 p.m. on Sky Sports Football and Ipswich vs. Southampton on Monday at 5 p.m. on Sky Sports Football. These are two important games that Ipswich will play over Easter as they attempt to earn Championship automatic promotion. Both games can be seen live on Sky Sports.With Easter approaching, Ipswich Town finds themselves in a situation that few could have predicted at the beginning of the season: they are competing for both a championship shot and promotion to the Championship.
In a far shorter amount of time, the aforementioned statement would have been almost absurd in addition to seeming idealistic.
League One match on Saturday, March 20, 2021: Portsmouth 2-1 Ipswich Town.
In front of locked doors at Fratton Park, where games are being played without spectators due to COVID-19 lockdown regulations, newly appointed Ipswich manager Paul Cook watches his team give up a first-half lead against a former team.Cook’s third loss in his opening five games puts the Tractor Boys two points outside the play-off spots while Pompey, who are now in seventh place after signing Danny Cowley as their manager, advances.
Three years later, the footballing situations of all the aforementioned names are drastically altered.
Due to revolutionary developments both on and off the field, Ipswich as a club find themselves in a very different equation and as a very different potential.
At its core are a team playing thrilling, visually striking football under the direction of a young manager with astute tactical judgment, as well as takeovers, makeovers, investment partnerships, managerial and playing staff changes, and the brand support of a global pop music icon.
