Ken McKenna (football manager)
- Ken McKenna (football manager)
Kenneth "Ken" McKenna (born July 2 1960 in Birkenhead) was the manager of The New Saints until he left by mutual consent in March 2008 after indicating this would be his final season at the Oswestry based club.
He joined the club (then Total Network Solutions) as a player in 1999 and was appointed manager at the turn of the year in season 2000/1.
A vastly experienced striker, he won an FA Trophy Winner's medal with Telford United and a Welsh Cup Winners medal with Bangor City.
Ken scored goals wherever he went in the game and still holds the club goal scoring record at Conwy United.
He started his senior playing career with Poulton Victoria and then signed for Tranmere Rovers in the Football League. He won a Cheshire Senior Cup winner's medal with Runcorn before a second spell with Tranmere Rovers, then again returned to Telford United.
In his first season with Altrincham F.C. in 1990/1, he scored 33 goals in 56 appearances in all competitions and finished the season with the Robins' Player of the Year award, part of a side that went 28 games without defeat and scored in 10 consecutive games. He also managed hat tricks against Merthyr, Boston and Cheltenham.
He continued to score goals during his second season with the club, despite the Moss Lane outfit barely surviving the drop. He then went to Barrow, Conwy and Bangor before playing a major part as a player in Saints' championship winning season.
McKenna steered TNS to three runners-up spots in the Welsh Premier before finally lifting three successive titles in 2004/5, 2005/6 and 2006/7, as well as adding FAW Premier Cup, Welsh Cup and Loosemores Challenge Cup successes.In May 2008 McKenna returned to his home town of Birkenhead to take on the managerial reins of high flyersCammell Laird F. C. who will be plying their trade in the UniBond sponsored Northern Premier League Premier Division in 2008-09 following their promotion from the UniBond sponsored Northern Premier League Division One South
External links
* [http://www.welsh-premier.com/legends_profile.php?id=2 Ken McKenna profile at welsh-premier.com]
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