IT’S been a week to file under ‘a bit of a mare’ for the Thieving Magpies manager.
Flying high on top of the league since 6 December, at times it’s felt like it would be 12th time lucky for one of only three managers to enter every season of the competition.
Pantomime villains lurk around every corner. In the notorious ‘Tactical Brambler‘ the Kenna has a villain made to order and he’s been delivered to knock the ‘Pies from the top of the Kenna League.
The skullduggery does not stop there for Thieving Magpies. The Pirate has knocked them out of the Narcozep Cup.
“It’s a blow, there’s no doubt about that,” said the man who after the cup draw joked on social networking site Twitter he may rest key players for the tie.
@abdinw1 @jeffkennaleague Might rest some players in the cup. Concentrate on the league…
— Phil Davis (@PhillyD55) March 31, 2017
The Pirate goes on to face Cowley Casuals in the quarter final first leg this weekend.
The Tactical Brambler kept his hopes of an unprecedented third league and cup double alive by sweeping aside Lokomotiv Leeds.
In what was being touted ‘the Boardroom Derby’, League champions Young Boys, whose manager is vice chairman, were knocked out by the chairman’s XI Adam Johnson Fan Club.
The chairman goes on to face the club of another committee member the Walthamstow Reds manager.
Should AJFC win, the chairman could face yet another executive peer in the semi finals in the form of the Burqini Pool Party manager.
Kenna table week 31
Narcozep Cup – last 16 second leg results
Islington Sports Islam & Leisure 58 (77) – Thieving Magpies 53 (74)
Bala Rinas 63 (89) – Cowley Casuals 74 (102)
Lokomotiv Leeds 39 (55) – 83 (110) FC Testiculadew
Sporting Lesbian 40 (57) – Team Panda 43 (66)
Judean Peoples’ Front 31 (58) – Walthamstow Reds 71 (96)
Adam Johnson Fan Club 52 (89) – Young Boys 35 (52)
Dynamo Charlton 36 (56) – Burqini Pool Party 68 (88)
Two Goals One Cup 50 (73) – So Good They Named Him Twice 59 (98)
Quarter final first leg fixtures – this weekend
ISIL v Cowley
FC Testiculadew v Team Panda
Walthamstow Reds v AJFC
Burqini v So Good x2
