Football Daily | Ipswich and a managerial punt that has almost got them back in the big time

Football Daily | Ipswich and a managerial punt that has almost got them back in the big time

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The last time Ipswich Town played in the Premier League, they lost 5-0 against Liverpool, with Nicolas Anelka and Michael Owen among the goals. Holly Valance was top of the UK charts with her debut single Kiss Kiss and current Ipswich manager Kieran McKenna was 16 years old, an age when it was not uncommon for teenage boys in his native Fermanagh and beyond to take a furtive but keen interest in the Kylie-lite Bhangra-pop stylings of the artist formerly known as Flick from Neighbours. A lot has happened in the intervening 22 years, not least Holly’s emergence as a card-carrying right winger and Kieran’s decidedly more heartwarming evolution into one of the most talented young managers in the United Kingdom.

Oh joy, oh dizzy rapture. Southampton’s forward line of 2014 gets a mention! As usual, you’re taking the [snip – Bad Word Ed] but what the hell do we care. Surely, this was the only team who had an 8-0 trollocking captured in Lego? Streets won’t forget!” – Joe Lowry.

Did you guys give the letter o’ the day prize for Tuesday’s edition to Pete Welsh because you didn’t really feel like reading the whole thing? Reminds me of my in-law who doesn’t really feel like reading dense literature, therefore referring to all of them as ‘his favourite classic’. Just saying …” – Karen Asad.

Send letters to the.boss@theguardian.com. Today’s winner of our prizeless letter o’ the day is … Joe Lowry.

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