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.

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