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EIEIEIO (McKenna Version)
Ipswich's promotion chant, McKenna is our king.
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EIEIEIO (McKenna Version) became the Tractor Boys' anthem for the ages during Kieran McKenna's promotion campaigns. Up the football league, McKenna is our king, Portman Road sang this every step of the run from League One to the Premier League. A proper Ipswich Town song for a proper era. Get the full lyrics.
Lyrics for EIEIEIO (McKenna Version)
E I E I E I O,
Up the football league we go,
When we win promotion,
This is what we'll sing,
We are Ipswich,
We are Ipswich,
McKenna is our king...
Language · English
Team · Ipswich
Behind the chant
What's the story behind EIEIEIO (McKenna Version)?
The 'up the football league we go' line was particularly fitting given Ipswich went from League One to the Premier League across two consecutive seasons under McKenna.
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