Kings of Anglia - Ipswich Town podcast from the EADT and Ipswich Star

Ross Halls is joined by Alex Jones to reflect on Ipswich Town’s 2-0 win at Coventry City. The boys look back on the game, where Town toppled the Championship leaders at the CBS Arena thanks to goals from Jack Clarke and Wes Burns. There’s a special mention for Burns, who scored for the first time since returning from his lengthy ACL injury lay-off. We hear from the winger, who spoke at length abou...

Ross Halls caught up with former Ipswich Town forward Daryl Murphy to discuss his time at Portman Road and journey in football in our Kings of Anglia Christmas podcast special. Daryl spoke about a range of memories, including his early life in Ireland, coming over to England, playing in the Premier League with Sunderland and his relationship with Roy Keane. He discusses his multiple loan spells at...

Ross Halls is joined by Stuart Watson to discuss Ipswich Town’s 3-1 win over Sheffield Wednesday at Portman Road to climb to third in the Championship table. The duo hear from Kieran McKenna and reflect on the key talking points from the game from striker talk to nervy moments and praise for Cedric Kipre. They also chat about Azor Matusiwa's quality, not being ruthless enough and the Blues closing...

Mark Heath is joined by Stuart Watson, Alex Jones and - eventually - Ross Halls to bring you our Christmas 2025 special, recorded live with a virtual audience. The boys reflect on the season so far, pick out things they’ve liked and not liked, and take a look ahead at the January window.   We also enjoy plenty of thoughts and questions from the KOA Army, before casting an eye over the Sheffield We...

Mark Heath returns for a rare two man pod with Stuart Watson to discuss Ipswich Town’s 3-1 defeat at Leicester City. The duo hear from Kieran McKenna, reflect on Town’s underwhelming display and ponder the goals conceded. Then it’s onto a bit of group therapy as we look at the bigger picture, share what we think about Town so far this season and debate whether our glasses are half full or half emp...

Ross Halls is joined by Stuart Watson to reflect on Ipswich Town’s 1-0 win against Stoke City. The boys hear from Kieran McKenna after the Blues made it back-to-back home wins, thanks to Jaden Philogene scoring his seventh goal of the season.  They chat about his exquisite curling finish hear from the player on where he would rank this goal, plus talk about his form this season.  There’s a convers...

Ross Halls is joined by Alex Jones to reflect on Ipswich Town’s 3-0 win against Coventry City. The boys look back at the game, where Sindre Walle Egeli, George Hirst and Ivan Azon were all on the scoresheet to secure a convincing victory against the Championship leaders. But should Hirst have been on the pitch? There’s talk about his lucky red card escape, stand out performers from the match, and...

Ross Halls is joined by Stuart Watson and Alex Jones to reflect on Ipswich Town’s 1-1 draw away at Blackburn Rovers. The boys discuss the flat performance at Ewood Park, where Sindre Walle Egeli saved the day with a stoppage-time strike to equalise. There’s chat around what went wrong and why things don’t seem to be working for the Blues, with clips from Kieran McKenna after the frustrating result...

Ross Halls and Alex Jones sit down at their Premier Inn to reflect on Ipswich Town’s 2-1 defeat to Oxford United. The boys discuss the game, where Leif Davis’ fine finish cancelled out Mark Harris’ opener after Azor Matusiwa’s mistake. However, former Norwich City man Przemysław Płacheta had the last laugh, scoring a quick counter to win the match for the U’s. What went wrong for Town, and why do...

Ross Halls is joined by Stuart Watson and Alex Jones on location in Hull to reflect on Ipswich Town’s 2-0 win at the MKM Stadium. Sat in front of the Humber Bridge, the boys reflect on the victory, where Marcelino Nunez and Chuba Akpom struck to secure victory. There’s various talking points, such as the frustrating performance up until the goals, Kasey McAteer’s display and where Akpom fits in un...

Mark Heath is joined by Alex Jones and Ross Halls to reflect on Town’s frustrating 0-0 draw with Wrexham. The boys hear from Kieran McKenna and chat about Town’s problems breaking down sides who play a low block, plus debate how to get the Blues creating more. There’s a conversation around the struggles for Chuba Akpom and Kasey McAteer too, plus a look at whether Town should consider playing Ivan...

Ross Halls and Tom Cann are back with our Ipswich Town Women's podcast to discuss the recent poor run of form. The duo start with the cup defeat to London City Lioness and reflected on the seven game winless run.  They chat about the step up to WSL 2, standout players, ones who need to improve and current position. Plus hear thoughts from manager Joe Sheehan on the season far and overall big pictu...

Stuart Watson, Ross Halls, Alex Jones and Mark Heath are back for a bumper episode of the Kings of Anglia podcast following the latest international break. The boys start by chatting about Tuesday night’s fan forum, the dramatic international action featuring Town stars and whether the Blues should try to re-sign Sam Morsy in January. Then it’s on to a goodly slice of mailbag questions, with topic...

Escape to Victory is a much loved 80s football film - especially among Ipswich Town fans. Stuart Watson spoke to John Smith, the author of new book Escape: A Love Letter to a Cult Football Classic, to find about more how seven Blues heroes ended up starring alongside Hollywood icons. Buy KOA Live 3 tickets: https://dice.fm/event/53x788-kings-of-anglia-20th-dec-the-baths-ipswich-tickets Kings of An...

Mark Heath brings you another KOA special with friend of the show and new number one contender for the undisputed world heavyweight titles, Fabio Wardley. The duo reflect on his sensational win against Joseph Parker, the key points in the fight and how he felt as he fell to the floor after getting another stoppage victory. Then it’s onto the man next in line - brilliant undisputed champion Oleksan...

Ross Halls is joined by Stuart Watson and Alex Jones to reflect on Ipswich Town’s 4-1 win at Swansea City. AJ takes over hosting duties to grill Ross and Stu about the match, where goals from Jack Clarke and Ivan Azon - coupled with a brace from ex-Blue Cameron Burgess - handed Kieran McKenna’s side three points. There’s a chat around the standout performers and what the result means going forward...

Ross Halls is joined by Alex Jones to discuss Ipswich Town’s 1-1 draw against Watford. The boys look back at last night’s game, where the Blues were pegged back after some poor defending. Jaden Philogene’s low strike levelled things up, but there was no way through to find a winner at Portman Road. Then it’s onto a chat about Ivan Azon’s woes in front of goal, stand-out players against the Hornets...

Stuart Watson, Ross Halls and Mark Heath are back to discuss all things Ipswich Town after their 4-1 win at QPR. The boys reflect on the game and hear from Kieran McKenna and two-goal star man George Hirst. There’s also chat about the other brace-bagger Marcelino Nunez, plus Sindre Walle Egeli, Jack Taylor and Cedric Kipre. Then it’s onto tomorrow night’s home clash with Watford, how many changes...

Alex Jones, Ross Halls and Mark Heath are back to discuss all things Ipswich Town ahead of this weekend’s trip to QPR. We start with the elephant in the room - Kieran McKenna’s link with the vacant job at Celtic. We hear what he had to say at yesterday’s presser, plus debate why he might or might not be interested - and finish with our verdict as to whether he’ll go. Then it’s onto injury news, wh...

Ross Halls is joined by Steve Lewis and Jon Watson to discuss all things Ipswich Town. The boys start with their one word review of the West Brom win, the atmosphere at Portman Road and feelings on the season so far. Then it's on to the reports on Kieran McKenna links with Celtic and Sam Szmodics latest injury set-back.  They also look ahead to the trip to QPR and latest edition of The Strike! Kin...

Ross Halls, Alex Jones and Mark Heath are back to discuss all things Ipswich Town after the Blues’ important 1-0 win over West Brom on Saturday. The boys discuss Kieran McKenna’s ‘difficult atmosphere’ comments - and play the audio - plus debate the non-penalty on Philogene and hear from match-winner Jack Clarke. We chat about Marcelino Nunez as the 10 too, argue about who should start next to Dar...

Stuart Watson and Mark Heath convene to pick the bones out of a dreadfully deflating evening at Portman Road last night, which saw Town humbled 3-0 by Charlton. The boys reflect briefly on the game before pondering some wider themes - does McKenna know his best XI, why do they keep conceding poor goals and where are the leaders? There’s also a chat about tactics, Stu’s strong verdict on the game a...

Mark Heath catches up with Suffolk heavyweight star Fabio Wardley ahead of his huge fight with ex-world champ Joseph Parker at the 02 this weekend. The pair reflect on Fab’s Portman Road fight and him becoming a dad just days later, before looking ahead to the Parker test. Fab explains why he took the fight, what he expects from Parker as an opponent and how he wins the clash. There’s also a chat...

Ross Halls is joined by Stuart Watson and Alex Jones to reflect on Ipswich Town’s 2-1 defeat at Middlesbrough. Recording from the lobby of their Premier Inn down the road from the Riverside Stadium, the boys look back on what went wrong for Town up on Teesside. There’s chat about George Hirst’s penalty miss, Cedric Kipré’s own goal and a dramatic second half, where the Blues didn’t have enough to...

Alex Jones, Ross Halls and Mark Heath are back to discuss all things Ipswich Town after the latest pointless international break. The boys try to predict the next six games which lie ahead of the Blues, and then pick out their star students from the season so far. We put some other players in detention too, before focusing on Friday night’s trip to high-flying Middlesbrough. Then we finish with a...