Cieran Slicker News Today

Ipswich Town were the surprise package of the Championship this season, earning automatic promotion to the Premier League straight after coming up from League One

Town boss Kieran McKenna has tried to treat this week in as normal a manner as possible, despite the noise surround the club with the Blues just a point away from a return to the Premier League and their second promotion in two seasons.

Town duo Wes Burns and George Hirst look set to return to the Blues squad for Saturday’s vital away game at Hull City, but manager Kieran McKenna says there are one or two injury concerns in his squad.

George Edmundson and Cieran Slicker are both ruled out of Saturday’s home game against Middlesbrough with minor ankle injuries, while manager Kieran McKenna says a couple of other players will be assessed on the day of the game.

Town have recalled keeper Henry Gray from his loan spell at Chelmsford City after third-choice Cieran Slicker picked up a knock.

Town’s FA Cup run came to an embarrassing end at the fourth round stage as National League South Maidstone United defeated the Blues 2-1 at Portman Road. The Kent side, 99 places and four divisions below Town, went in front via Lamar Reynolds’s goal two minutes prior to half-time, before the Blues levelled on 56 via Jeremy Sarmiento and from there looked set to go on to win it. But Portman Road was stunned once again by Sam Corne’s second for the Stones and Town huffed and puffed without b...

Lamar Reynolds’s 43rd-minute goal has given National League South Maidstone United a 1-0 half-time lead over the Blues in the fourth round of the FA Cup at Portman Road.

Town’s U21s side came within minutes of defeating league leaders QPR at Bent Lane on Tuesday afternoon but they had to settle for a point after an entertaining 3-3 draw.

Eight Town players could add to their international caps later today, among them Nathan Broadhead, Cameron Burgess, Massimo Luongo and Elkan Baggott.

Blues forward Nathan Broadhead started and won his ninth full cap as Wales drew 1-1 with Türkiye in their final Euro 2024 qualifier at the Cardiff City Stadium.