McKenna Nominated For Manager of the Month - Ipswich Town News
Town boss Kieran McKenna has been nominated for the Sky Bet Championship Manager of the Month award for September.
The Blues went through the season’s second month unbeaten, dropping just two points from the 1-1 draw at Huddersfield as they ended the month top of the table before dropping back to second.
Town also progressed to the fourth round of the Carabao Cup by coming from 2-0 down to beat Premier League Wolves 3-2 at Portman Road in round three
Also nominated are former Blues captain and coach Tony Mowbray, now boss at Sunderland, ex-Town loanee Liam Rosenior, currently in charge at Hull City, and Cardiff manager Erol Bulut. No Town player is in the running for Player of the Month.
The winners of the awards will be announced on Friday morning.
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