Kenny Shiels to League One side Swindon Town In mid-November, Shiels unsuccessfully interviewed for the manager's job at Inverness Caledonian Thistle, after which he complained that Scottish clubs preferred appointing people who had played for either half of the Old Firm. He was appointed manager of Scottish Championship club Greenock Morton in December 2013. Upon his return to Scottish Football, Shiels served a ten-match ban by the SFA. However, unlike his time at Kilmarnock, Shiels says he would instead keep himself distant from giving match-day interviews on advice from his doctor and leave this to his assistant manager David Hopkin. Despite making
Kenny Shiels the club, having a rejected a move from an English club in the past week. A week later, on 22 May 2012, Shiels signed a two-year contract extension. At the start of the 2012–13 season, Shiels was given two-match touchline ban by the SFA in June, having served one suspension on the last game of the season and miss one match at the opening game of the season. His touchline ban was given over commenting made about a referee's decisions made in a match between Celtic and St Johnstone. Following a controversial penalty in a 2-0 defeat against Hibernian on