THE FIFA ethics committee has been put on high alert after the Kenna chairman took a one point lead in the table and his cousin booked a place in a second consecutive cup final.
The Clotted Cream First manager is also godfather to the chairman’s son – the de facto ‘future chairman’ – sparking much intrigue in the corridors of Kenna HQ about his potential in the ‘Cardinal Richelieu role’.
The chairman scoffed at the rumours: ‘The cunning and intelligence of Cardinal Richelieu? On that side of the family?’
The vice chairman, as usual, was outraged: ‘There’s only one manager who’ll be grooming Young Boys in this league.’
Clotted Cream First beat Dynamo Charlton by a whopping 105 points to 48 in their semi final fixture this week, ending Dynamo’s tilt at a league and cup double.
Dynamo are still just one point behind the Chairman’s XI in the league, but will rue a week in which their star player Kevin De Bruyne was involved in just one of his side’s last 10 goals.
In third place, Test Team (please ignore) – who led the league for most of 2020 – are 12 points off Dynamo to form the first ever three horse race for a Kenna title.
Should the chairman prevail, he will become the first manager in Kenna history to win the league three times.
At the other end of table, defending champions Walthamstow Reds slipped one place nearer to the relegation zone.
Usually 36 points from the bottom four with two weeks to go would be a good cushion, but with so many matches before the end of the season, and Joelinton and Moise Kean up front, Reds could become the first defending champions to be relegated.
In the Coronavirus Cup final next weekend (not this), Clotted Cream First will face the league treasurer’s team Bala Rinas.
Even with an empty trophy cabinet, the treasurer is keeping a low profile at the prospect of silverware this season in case anyone looks too closely at why all the league finances are in his wife’s name.
Kenna League table – three weeks to go
Full scores available from The Rub.
Coronavirus Cup – semi final results
Bala Rinas 69 – 37 Lowry Travel Tavern
Dynamo Charlton 48 – 105 Clotted Cream First
Final – 28 July 2020
Bala Rinas v Clotted Cream First
