OVERALL RECORD 

The breakdown of McKenna’s first 50 games in charge is as follows... 

Overall: W27 D14 L9 F83 A36 GD +47. 

League: W23 D14 L6 F68 A32 GD +36. 

Cup: W4 D0 L3 F15 A4. 

Extrapolate the 80 points claimed from 43 league games over a 46-game season and the Blues would have 86 points. 

That would have been enough to finish fourth in League One last season. 

 

HISTORICAL COMPARISON 

McKenna becomes just the 16th manager in Ipswich Town history to reach the half century milestone. 

As the following research from the excellent  ‘Renegade Statman’ shows, his record so far stacks up very favourably against some illustrious names from the club’s past. 

 

RARELY BEHIND 

Not accounting for varying amounts of stoppage-time, Ipswich Town have played 4,500 minutes of football under Kieran McKenna (50 x 90). 

The Blues have led for roughly 1,812 of those minutes (40%), been drawing for 2,268 of them (51%) and been losing for just 420 (9%). 

When it comes to league action only, Town have been behind in games for just 298 minutes (8% of total game time). 

 

CLEAN SHEETS 

Remarkably, Ipswich have kept a clean sheet in half of McKenna’s 50 games in charge. 

For context, it took Town 79 matches to register their previous 25 shut-outs. 

 

POINTS GAINED/DROPPED 

Town have claimed nine points from losing positions under McKenna. Not bad considering they’ve rarely been behind. 

However, a lead has been squandered in 12 of the last 35 games accounting for 21 dropped points.  

Those 12 matches are: Oxford (1-0 up away, drew), Shrewsbury (1-0 up away, drew), Wigan (2-1 up at home, drew), Crewe (1-0 up away, drew), Barnsley (1-0 and 2-1 up at home, drew), Sheffield Wednesday (2-0 up away, drew), Plymouth (1-0 up away, lost), Portsmouth (1-0 and 2-1 up at home, won), Port Vale (2-0 up away, won), Charlton (2-0 and 4-2 up away, drew), Cheltenham (1-0 up at home, drew), Fleetwood (1-0 up at home, drew). 

 

PLAYERS USED 

Seven players have started more than half of McKenna’s 50 games in charge: Walton, Donacien, Woolfenden, Edmundson, Morsy, Burns and Chaplin. 

Altogether, 37 different players have started matches (see below) with a further five having only featured as a sub (Armin, Alexander, Siziba, Ward and Buabo). 

The most used subs have been: Jackson (16), Vincent-Young (14), Chaplin (13), Bonne (12), Aluko, Edwards and John-Jules (all 11). 

Most starts during McKenna’s first 50: 

44: Donacien 

43: Walton 

41: Woolfenden 

40: Morsy 

39: Burns 

33: Chaplin 

31: Edmundson 

21: Evans, Davis 

19: Jackson 

17: Burgess, Harness 

15: Thompson, Ladapo 

14: Celina, Bakinson 

13: Aluko 

11: Vincent-Young, Humphreys 

10: John-Jules 

9: Bonne, Edwards 

7: Hladky, Keogh 

6: Penney, Norwood, Carroll, Ball 

5: Piggott 

4: Leigh 

2: Baggott 

1: El Mizouni, Agbaje, Ahadme, Camara, Chirewa, Harper 

 

TOPSCORERS 

There have been 21 different goalscorers during McKenna’s first 50 games. 

The top 10 are: Chaplin (13), Burns (12), Ladapo (9), Harness, Morsy (both 7), Jackson (6), Norwood (4), Edmundson, Evans, John-Jules (all 3).