Kenny Shiels: Last News

There aren't many outside of Rugby Park and Ayrshire who will give Kilmarnock any chance of beating Celtic in Mount Florida, as Ange Postecoglou looks to move a step closer to retaining the first trophy of his Parkhead reign.

Celtic and Kilmarnock fans will be hoping their team will be the first side to book their place in the final of the Viaplay Cup.

The level of detail that Kenny Shiels can go into tells you he remembers it like yesterday. Sunday 18 March, 2012. League Cup Final, Hampden Park.

Stephen Robinson is a major contender for the vacant Northern Ireland job.

The Apprentice star Karren Brady has spoken out against Northern Ireland women’s football manager Kenny Shiels for claiming that “women are more emotional than men”.The current vice-chairman of West Ham United F.C. went on to accuse Kenny of not delivering “much of an apology” after his words were met with backlash.Karren, 53, called Kenny’s behaviour “annoying on so many levels” and pointed out that, ironically, his comments appeared to be the result of the manager himself becoming “emotional”.Kenny, 65, caused an uproar on Tuesday when he said: “In the women's game...

GB News.Former England goalkeeper Peter Shilton, journalist Ella Whelan and comedian Jim Davidson spoke to Dan Wootton about recent football news.They opened a debate on their thoughts about Northern Ireland women’s manager Kenny Shiels’ recent comment about women, saying that they are "more emotional than men".He said: "In the women’s game, when a team concedes a goal they concede a second within a very short period of time. Right through the women’s game, because girls and women are more emotional than men, they [don’t take a goal going in] very well."He made the statement after the team were beaten 5-0 by England and later apologised after meeting with the Irish Football Association.Jim Davidson tried to make a joke about the situation on GB News and commented on "cancel culture" but was quickly reprimanded by Ella Whelan.He stated: "It’s all about this cancel culture, he said what he thought, his opinion.

Ian Wright has slammed Northern Ireland women's boss Kenny Shiels after he said "girls and women are more emotional than men".Sheils' side were beat 5-0 by England on Tuesday (April 12), a result which scuppered their chances of reaching the World Cup. Speaking in his post-match press conference, the 65-year-old claimed they'd conceded that many goals because females don't handle losing as well as their male counterparts do.He said: "I'm sure you will have noticed if you go through the patterns - when a team concedes a goal, they concede a second one in a very, very short space of time."[It happens] right through the whole spectrum of the women's game, because girls and women are more emotional than men.

Celtic may be plundering the Japanese market to bring first team-ready quality to Parkhead but that doesn’t mean they’ve stopped looking a lot closer to home.

Kilmarnock manager, now in charge of his country's women's side, said nobody "until Kingdom come" can match his team's feat of making next summer's tournament.Shields has led the side ranked 49th in the world to a major tournament for the first time against all the odds.They overcame Ukraine – 25 world ranking places above them – in a play-off tie last night.Shiels famously led Killie to the League Cup in 2012 during his three-year stint at Rugby Park.And now he's become a national hero following the 2-0 second leg win at Seaview in Belfast which was completed with six part-time Irish League players in the starting XI."You have to take it in its context," he told the BBC."We look at Rory McIlroy – what he has done for Northern Ireland, what

Kilmarnock on Saturday with a double to down Hamilton — then admitted he had no idea he’d reached the milestone.The Rugby Park attacker had every right to be surprised after his numerous loan spells and injuries.It’s seven years since he made his debut at 16 under then Killie boss Kenny Shiels.But Kiltie has since served under another eight managers, had loan spells at Dunfermline Athletic, Morton and Queen of the South – and suffered two injuries, losing him the best part of a season on both occasions.No wonder the 23-year-old has lost count of how many games he's played.However, after a man-of-the-match display against Accies, which included a beautifully-taken clincher that took his tally this season to five, Kiltie admitted now is the