Managers – Page 15 – The Jeff Kenna League

Cowley Casuals 2016/17

Stu manager pic — Buckets of potential: The Cowley Casuals manager

Manager: Stu (Wolverhampton)

Twitter name: @sfinch100

Since: 2012

Home ground: Ground Zero Hours

Training facility: The Agency

Trophy cabinet: Canesten Combi Cup winners 2015

Kenna Index rating: TBC
2012/13 – 17th
2013/14 – did not enter
2014/15 – 2nd
2015/16 – 12th

Sympathies: Wolves

Darts music: Menergy – Patrick Cowley

Remaining budget: £9.5m (did not attend auction, average remaining budget of manager who did)

Staring XI – August auction

Mannone, V (TW1)	SUN	£ 0.50
Mertesacker, P (TW1)	ARS	£ 0.50
Johnson, G	STO	£ 0.50
Fernandez, F	SWA	£ 0.50
Flanagan, J (TW1)	BUR	£ 0.50
de Bruyne, K	MCY	£ 33.00
Townsend, A	CRY	£ 9.00
Firmino, R	LIV	£ 0.50
Fellaini, M	MUN	£ 0.50
Heung-Min, S	TOT	£ 0.50
Remy, L (TW1)	CRY	£ 0.50
		£ 46.50

First transfer window – Friday 7 October 2016 (13th)

In
Jordan Pickford – Sunderland goalkeeper – £0.5m
David Luiz – Chelsea defender – £0.5m
Christian Stuani – Middlesborough midfielder – £14m
Shane Long – Southampton striker – £0.5m (bought from Lokomotiv Leeds)

Out
Vito Mannone – Sunderland goalkeeper – free
Per Mertesacker – Arsenal defender – free
Jon Flanagan – Burnley defender – free
Loic Remy – Crystal Palace striker – free

Formation: 3-4-3
Remaining budget: £4m

Second transfer window – Friday 10 February 2017

No changes.

Remaining budget: £4m

Judean Peoples’ Front 2016/17

Cold-blooded killer: The Judean Peoples’ Front manager

Manager: Sholto (Wales)

Twitter name: @sholtoGH

Since: 2008

Home ground: Wetsuit Way

Training facility: The Island

Trophy cabinet: empty

Kenna Index rating: 0.411 – 6th
2007/08 – 11th
2009/10 – 6th
2011/12 – 9th
2012/13 – 3rd
2013/14 – 4th
2014/15 – 5th
2015/16 – 15th

Sympathies: Manchester United

Darts music: Dr Dre – Bang Bang

Starting XI – August auction

Cech, P	ARS	£ 14.00
Dawson, C	WBA	£ 6.00
Huth, R	LEI	£ 7.00
Otamendi, N (sold TW2)	MCY	£ 8.00
Zouma, K (sold TW2)	CHE	£ 0.50
Tadic, D	SOT	£ 16.00
Dembele,M	TOT	£ 0.50
Ramirez, G	MID	£ 4.00
Sturridge, D (sold TW2)	LIV	£ 21.00
Rooney, W (sold TW2)	MUN	£ 20.00
Diouf, M (sold TW2)	STO	£ 2.00
		£ 99.00

First transfer window – Friday 7 October 2016 (10th)

No changes.

Formation: 4-3-3
Remaining budget: £1m

Second transfer window – Friday 10 February 2017 (21st)

In
Marcus Rojo – Man United defender – £12m
Pablo Zabaleta – Man City defender – £4m (from So Good They Named Him Twice)
Jack Rodwell – Sunderland midfielder – £0.5m (from Adam Johnson Fan Club)
Dieumerci Mbokani – Hull striker – £0.5m
Enner Valencia – Everton striker – £0.5m

Out
Nicolas Otamendi – Man City defender – free
Kurt Zouma – Chelsea defender – free
Daniel Sturridge – Liverpool striker – £8m (sold to Islington Sports Islam & Leisure)
Wayne Rooney – Manchester United striker – £0.5m (sold to Bala Rinas)
Mame Diouf – Stoke striker – free

Formation: 4-4-2
Remaining budget: £2m

Pikey Scum 2016/17

Manager: Jack (Hampshire)

Since: 2005 (co-founder and committee member – charts and graphs)

Home ground: South Hackney Caravan Park

Training facility: Any patch of grass that riles local residents

Trophy cabinet: Canesten Combi Cup winner 2008, Narcozep Cup winner 2016, Claudio Caniggia World Cup 2006 winner (under review)

Kenna Index rating: 0.564 – 12th
2005/06 – 7th
2007/08 – 8th
2008/09 – 8th
2009/10 – 7th
2010/11 – 5th
2011/12 – 7th
2012/13 – 15th
2013/14 – 5th
2014/15 – 13th
2015/16 – 6th

Sympathies: Spurs

Darts music: I’m A Pikey – Enrique Iglesias

Remaining budget: £9.5m (did not attend auction, average remaining budget of manager who did)

Starting XI – August auction

Forster, F	SOT	£ 7.00
Ward, J	CRY	£ 0.50
Ayala, D (TW1)	MID	£ 0.50
Djilobodji, P	SUN	£ 0.50
Depay, M (TW1)	MUN	£ 0.50
Stanislas, J	BOU	£ 0.50
Gundogan, I	MCY	£ 0.50
Feghouli, S (TW1)	WHM	£ 0.50
Chadli, N	WBA	£ 0.50
Origi, D	LIV	£ 0.50
Okazaki, S (TW1)	LEI	£ 0.50
		£ 12.00

First transfer window – Friday 7 October 2016 (17th)

In
Ben Mee – Burnley defender – £4m
Curtis Davies – Hull defender – £5m
Demarai Gray – Leicester City midfielder – £0.5m
Vincent Janssen – Spurs striker – £0.5m (bought from Two Goals One Cup)

Out
Daniel Ayala – Middlesborough defender – free
Memphis Depay – Manchester United midfielder – free
Sofiane Feghouli – West Ham midfielder – free
Shinji Okazaki – Leicester City striker – free

Formation: 4-4-2
Remaining budget: £4.5m

Second transfer window – Friday 10 February 2017

No changes.

Remaining budget: £4.5m

Lokomotiv Leeds 2016/17

All over my face: The Lokomotiv Leeds manager

Manager: Ben S (Leeds)

Twitter name: @BenCSilver

Since: 2011

Home ground: Bellend Road

Training facility: The Train Shed

Trophy cabinet: empty

Kenna Index rating: 0.294 – 3rd
2011/12 – 2nd
2012/13 – 7th
2013/14 – 12th
2014/15 – 4th
2015/16 – 14th

Sympathies: Leeds

Darts music: Bicycle Race – Queen

Starting XI – August auction

Valdes, V	MID	£4.00
Mustafi	DEF	£5.00
Shawcross, R	STO	£0.50
Lovren, D	LIV	£0.50
Willian	CHE	£13.00
Ayew, A	WHM	£12.00
Mkhitaryan, H	MUN	£21.00
Lamela, E	TOT	£10.00
Borini, F (sold TW1)	SUN	£2.00
Long, S (sold TW1)	SOT	£9.00
Wilson, C	BOU	£15.00
		£92.00

First transfer window – Friday 7 October 2016 (18th)

In
Matthew Lowton – Burnley defender – £0.5m
Marc Albrighton – Leicester City midfielder – £4m

Out
Fabio Borini – Sunderland striker – free
Shane Long – Southampton striker – sold for £0.5m to Cowley Casuals

Formation: 4-5-1
Remaining budget: £9m

Second transfer window – Friday 10 February 2017 (17th)

In
Marco Gabbiadini – Southampton striker – £15m

Out
Marc Albrighton – Leicester City striker – free

Formation: 4-5-1
Remaining budget: £4m

Bala Rinas 2016/17

Manager: Lewis (Wales)

Twitter name: @jsl105

Since: 2007 (committee member – league treasurer)

Home ground: Bala Park

Training facility: Tutu Lake

Trophy cabinet: empty

Kenna Index rating: 0.47 – 7th
2007/08 – 12th (relegated)
2011/12 – 8th
2012/13 – 13th
2013/14 – 3rd
2014/15 – 3rd
2015/16 – 3rd

Sympathies: Wrexham

Darts music: C.R.E.A.M. – Wu Tang Clan

Starting XI – August auction

Mignolet, S (sold TW1)	LIV	£0.50
Dann, S	CRY	£4.00
Soares, C	SOT	£5.00
Ogbonna, A (sold TW2)	WHM	£4.00
Evans, J	WBA	£0.50
Bridger, M (sold TW1)	HMP Kenna	£16.50
Fer, L (sold TW2)	SWA	£4.00
Cazorla, S (sold TW2)	ARS	£4.00
Deeney, T	WAT	£16.00
Kane, H	TOT	£32.00
Krkic, B (sold TW1)	STO	£0.50
		£87.00

First transfer window – Friday 7 October 2016 (4th)

In
Claudio Bravo – Manchester City goalkeeper – £0.5m
Leighton Baines – Everton defender – signed for £18m from Young Boys of Vauxhall
Ngolo Kante – Chelsea midfielder – £0.5m

Out
Simon Mignolet – Liverpool goalkeeper – free
Mark Bridger – HMP Kenna midfielder – free
Bojan Krkic – Stoke City striker – free

Formation: 5-3-2
Remaining budget: £4m

Second transfer window – Friday 10 February 2017 (10th)

In
Darren Randolph – West Ham goalkeeper – £0.5m
Luciano Narsingh – Swansea midfielder – £2m
Kamil Grosicki – Hull midfielder – £0.5m
Wayne Rooney – Man United striker – £0.5m (from Judean Peoples’ Front)

Out
Claudio Bravo – Man City goalkeeper – free
Angelo Ogbonna – West Ham defender – free
Santi Cazorla – Arsenal midfielder – free
Leroy Fer – Swansea midfielder – free

Formation: 4-4-2
Remaining budget: £10.5m

Piss Poor 2016/17

Sucking it in: The Piss Poor manager

Manager: John N (Yorkshire)

Since: 2011

Home ground: Guillotine Way

Training facility: The Coop

Trophy cabinet: empty

Kenna Index rating: 0.641 – 20th
2011/12 – 11th
2012/13 – 16th
2013/14 – 9th
2014/15 – 16th
2015/16 – 18th (relegated)

Sympathies: Liverpool

Darts music: Hala Madrid y nada mas

Starting XI – August auction

Stekelenburg, M	EVE	£5.00
Sagna, B	MCY	£5.00
Cresswell, A	WHM	£3.00
Vertonghen, J	TOT	£10.00
Johnson, A (TW2)	HMP Kenna	£21.00
Mane, S	LIV	£22.00
Zaha, W	CRY	£8.00
Ibe, J	BOU	£6.00
Januzaj, A	SUN	£4.00
Berahino, S	WBA	£9.00
Welbeck, D	ARS	£0.50
		£93.50

First transfer window – Friday 7 October 2016 (16th)

No changes.

Formation: 3-5-2
Remaining budget: £6.5m

Second transfer window – Friday 10 February 2017 (20th)

In
Scott Arfield – Burnley midfielder – £0.5m

Out
Adam Johnson – HMP Kenna midfielder – free

Formation: 3-5-2
Remaining budget: £6m

Team Panda 2016/17

Manager: George (Bromley)

Since: 2013

Home ground: Bamboo Avenue

Training facility: Certain Extinction

Trophy cabinet: Empty (highest finish – 6th)

Kenna Index rating: TBC
2013/14 – 6th
2014/15 – 12th
2015/16 – 13th

Sympathies: Millwall

Darts music: True Love Ways – Buddy Holly

Starting XI – August auction

Hennessey, W	CRY	£1.00
Coleman, S	EVE	£11.00
Klavan, R	LIV	£4.00
Kompany, V	MCY	£8.00
Drinkwater, D	LEI	£5.00
Dier, E	TOT	£7.00
Arnautovic, M	STO	£15.00
Fabregas, C	CHE	£20.00
Gomis, B (TW1)	MAR	£0.50
Rashford, M	MUN	£5.00
Giroud, O	ARS	£22.00
		£98.50

First transfer window – Friday 7 October 2016 (20th)

In
Hal Robson-Kanu – West Brom striker – £0.5m

Out
Bafetimbi Gomis – Marseille striker – free

Formation: 3-4-3
Remaining budget: £7m

Second transfer window – Friday 10 February 2017 (19th)

In
Saido Berahino – Stoke striker – £0.5m

Out
Hal Robson-Kanu – West Brom striker – free

Formation: 3-4-3
Remaining budget: £6.5m

Thieving Magpies 2016/17

England till he dies: Piedmonte manager

Manager: Phil (Wolverhampton)

Twitter name: @PhillyD55

Since: 2005 (co founder)

Home ground: Tinfoil Street

Training facility: The Wheelbarrow

Trophy cabinet: empty

Kenna Index rating: 0.519 – 11th
2005/06 – 3rd
2006/07 – 2nd
2007/08 – 11th
2008/09 – 5th
2009/10 – 11th
2010/11 – 7th
2011/12 – 18th (relegated)
2012/13 – 4th
2013/14 – 2nd
2014/15 – 14th
2015/16 – 9th

Sympathies: Notts County

Darts music: The Great Escape – the England Band

Starting XI – August auction

Vorm, M (TW1)	TOT	£0.50
Smalling, C	MUN	£9.00
Jagielka, P	EVE	£7.00
Francis, S	BOU	£5.00
Payet, D	WHM	£28.00
Sanchez, A	ARS	£29.00
Toure, Y	MCY	£5.00
Lallana, A (TW2)	LIV	£2.00
Pedro	CHE	£2.00
Rondon, S	WBA	£8.00
Vokes, S	BUR	£0.50
		£96.00

First transfer window – Friday 7 October 2016 (2nd)

In
Eldin Jakupovic – Burnley goalkeeper – £3m

Out
Michel Vorm – Spurs goalkeeper – free

Formation: 3-5-2
Remaining budget: £6m

Second transfer window – Friday 10 February 2017 (1st)

In
Niang – Watford striker – £2m

Out
Adam Lallana – Liverpool midfielder – free

Formation: 3-4-4
Remaining budget: £14m

Northern Monkeys 2016/17

Manager: Hugo (Tyneside)

Twitter name: @Hugeist

Since: 2012

Home ground: Cobbled Way

Training facility: The Outhouse

Trophy cabinet: Empty

Kenna Index rating: TBC
2012/13 – 12th
2013/14 – 14th
2014/15 – did not enter
2015/16 – 10th

Sympathies: Newcastle

Darts music: Northern Calypso – Hale & Pace

Starting XI – August auction

Myhill, B	WBA	£0.50
Morgan, W	LEI	£9.00
Williams, A	EVE	£8.00
Stones, J	MCY	£11.00
Wilshere, J	BOU	£0.50
Alli, D	TOT	£23.00
Pogba, P	MUN	£23.00
Fischer, V	MID	£0.50
Carroll, A	WHM	£13.00
Ighalo, O	WAT	£9.00
Baston	SWA	£0.50
		£98.00

First transfer window – Friday 7 October 2016 (15th)

No changes.

Formation: 3-4-3
Remaining budget: £2m

Second transfer window – Friday 10 February 2017 (16th)

No changes.

Formation: 3-4-3
Remaining budget: £2m

Just Put Carles 2016/17

Manager: Carles (Catalunya)

Twitter name: @cduzpalau

Since: 2010

Home ground: Camp de la Independencia

Training facility: The Farmhouse

Trophy cabinet: Empty (highest league position – 5th in 2012/13)

Kenna Index rating: 0.604 – 16th
2010/2011 – 9th
2011/12 – 14th
2012/13 – 5th
2012/13 – 15th
2013/14 – 17th
2015/16 – 17th

Sympathies: FC Barcelona

Darts music: Cant del Barca

Remaining budget: £9.5m (did not attend auction, average remaining budget of managers who did)

Starting XI – August auction

Foster, B	WBA	£0.50
Wimmer, K	TOT	£0.50
Tomkins, J	CRY	£0.50
Byram, S	WHM	£0.50
Kone, L	SUN	£0.50
Navas, J	MCY	£0.50
Lingard, J	MUN	£0.50
Ox-Chamberlain, A	ARS	£0.50
Cuadrado, J	JUV	£0.50
Balotelli, M	NIC	£0.50
Ulloa, L	LEI	£0.50
		£5.50

First transfer window – Friday 7 October 2016 (22nd)

No changes.

Formation: 4-4-2
Remaining budget: £9.5m

Second transfer window – Friday 10 February 2017 (22nd)

No changes.

Formation: 4-4-2
Remaining budget: £9.5m