Statues of Sir Alf Ramsey and Sir Bobby Robson, who both became Ipswich Town manager aged 35, guard the entrances to Portman Road like sentries.
Although Kieran McKenna, also 35, has made a flying start on the managerial bouncy castle with the Tractor Boys, all sculptors' leave in Suffolk has not been cancelled – yet.
But after too many false dawns at the club which prepared Ramsey and Robson for greatness with England, former Manchester United coach McKenna has taken to the hot-seat like a plough to a harrow.
