Northern Monkeys 2016/17

Hugo
The Northern Monkeys manager

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

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Just Put Carles 2016/17

Carles
Showman: The Just Put Carles manager

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

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Sporting Lesbian 2016/17

Ben M profile
Sloth: The Sporting Lesbian manager

Manager: Ben M (Cumbria)

Twitter name@BenMarcangelo

Since: 2012

Home ground: Todger Dodger Street

Training facility: The Dyke

Last season: 8th

Trophy cabinet: Champions 2012/13 and 2014/15

Kenna Index rating TBC
2012/13 – 1st
2013/14 – 8th
2014/15 – 1st
2015/16 – missed auction due to washing machine delivery

Sympathies: Liverpool

Darts musicLesbian Seagull – David van Driessen

Starting XI – August auction

Robles, J EVE £0.50
van Dijk, V SOT £7.00
Rose, D TOT £9.00
Reid, W WHM £5.00
Cahill, G CHE £10.00
Ramsey, A ARS £10.00
Sane, L MCY £12.00
Herrera, A MUN £0.50
Benteke, C CRY £12.00
Musa, A LEI £13.00
Afobe, B BOU £4.00
£83.00

First transfer window – Friday 7 October 2016 (21st)

No changes.

Formation: 4-3-3
Remaining budget: £17m

Second transfer window – Friday 10 February 2017 (6th)

No changes.

Formation: 4-4-3
Remaining budget: £17m

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Burkinis v budgie smugglers

Small-town officials from the French Riviera are protesting outside Kenna HQ in a bid to get title hopefuls Burkini Pool Party removed from the competition.

More than 20 French mayors in Speedos have created a fake beach outside Jeff House and are playing petanque and the pointless bat and ball game until the Kenna League team is disqualified or has their name changed to Budgie Smuggler Pool Party.

“Every contour of the testicles or camel toe should be observed at all times either at the beach or by the pool. These Burkinis are unhygienic and morally inappropriate,” raged the mayor of Cannes David Lisnard as parents passing by shielded their children’s eyes from the sight of his skimpy swimwear.

The debate was sparked when a Burkini Pool Party pre-season friendly against Nice earlier this month was interrupted by armed French police.

Surrounded, the BPP first eleven were forced to strip to their underwear at gunpoint.

Back in England for the start of the football season the issue was thought to be forgotten, until an angry mob of 300 French people marched on the side’s Deep End training facility.

Chants of ‘Vive le budgie!’ and ‘Hell, no, we want toe!’ were only silenced when the police deployed tear gas.

This week’s protest looks set to continue for the foreseeable future. Police threats to send in water canon only heightened fears more French people in tiny trunks would join the demonstration.

Interviewed outside the club’s Koran Koran stadium today, the Burqini Pool Party manager was puzzling over pedantry.

“Personally, I don’t see why the Kenna is spelling Burqini Pool Party with a ‘q’ rather than a ‘k’ like everyone else.”

The manager, who was relegated at the helm of Hairy Fadjeetas last season, is hoping to improve on his string of mid-to-lower-table finishes.

The side are in 12th position going into the international break.

Kenna table – week 3

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Kenna table - 30 August 2016 - week 3
Kenna table – 30 August 2016 – week 3

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Burqini Pool Party 2016/17

Aiden
Wheeler dealer: The Hairy Fadjeetas manager

Manager: Aiden (Yorkshire)

Twitter name: @Br15land

Since: 2011

Home ground: Koran Koran

Training facility: Deep End

Trophy cabinet: Empty

Kenna Index rating: 0.576 – 15th
2011/12 – 15th
2012/13 – 9th
2013/14 – 13th
2014/15 – 10th
2015/16 – 17th (relegated)

Sympathies: Sheffield Wednesday

Darts music: Inner Circle – Sweat

Starting XI – August auction

Mandanda, S (TW1) CRY £ 2.00
Clyne, N LIV £ 11.00
Darmian, M (TW1) MUN £ 0.50
Clichy, G MCY £ 6.00
Pied, J (TW1) SOT £ 0.50
Antonio, M WHM £ 3.00
Sigurdsson, G SWA £ 10.00
Eriksen, C TOT £ 19.00
Mirallas, K EVE £ 8.00
Cook, L (TW1) BOU £ 0.50
Vardy, J LEI £ 23.00
£ 83.50

First transfer window – Friday 7 October 2016 (11th)

In
Bill Cosby – HMP Kenna goalkeeper – ?
Martin Kelly – Crystal Palace defender – £0.5m
Harry Arter – Bournemouth midfielder – £0.5m
Lucas Perez – Arsenal striker – £6m

Out
Steve Mandanda – Crystal Palace goalkeeper – Bramble
Matteo Darmian – Manchester United defender – free
Jeremy Pied – Southampton defender – free
Lewis Cook – Bournemouth midfielder – free

Formation: 3-5-2
Remaining budget: £19.5m

Second transfer window – Friday 10 February 2017 (7th)

In
Lee Grant – Stoke goalkeeper – £0.5m
Sebastian Prodl – Watford defender – £2m
Jay Rodriguez – Southampton striker – £17m

Out
Bill Cosby – HMP Kenna goalkeeper – free
Martin Kelly – Crystal Palace defender – free
Lucas Perez – Arsenal striker – free

Formation: 3-5-2
Remaining budget: £10m

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Dynamo Charlton 2016/17

Alex
Smug: The Dynamo Charlton manager

Manager: Alex (Surrey)

Twitter name@alexbass75

Since: 2011

Home ground: The Dynamic Valley

Training facility: Stone Lake

Trophy cabinet: Olisadebe Euro 2012 winner

Kenna Index rating: 0.627 – 19th
2011/12 – 6th
2012/13 – 6th
2013/14 – 12th
2014/15 – 15th
2015/16 – 4th

Sympathies: Charlton Athletic

Darts musicThe Gladiators TV theme

Starting XI – August auction

Butland, J (TW2) STO  £                  9.00
Masauku, A (TW1) WHM  £                   0.50
Naughton, K SWA  £                  2.00
Yoshida, M (TW1) SOT  £                   0.50
Snodgrass, R HUL  £                   7.00
Deulofeu, G (TW1) EVE  £                  8.00
Walcott, T ARS  £                  6.00
Gudmundsson, JB BUR  £                   0.50
Negredo, A MID  £                16.00
Batshuayi, M CHE  £                21.00
Nolito (TW2) MCY  £                21.00
     £                91.50

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

In
Tyrone Mings – Bournemouth defender – £0.5m
Mason Holgate – Everton defender – £0.5m
Nordin Amrabat – Watford midfielder – £0.5m

Out
Arthur Masauku – West Ham defender – free
Maya Yoshida – Southampton defender – free
Gerard Deulofeu – Everton midfielder – free

Formation: 3-4-3
Remaining budget: £17m

Second transfer window – Friday 10 February 2017 (13th)

In
Simon Mignolet – Liverpool goalkeeper – £0.5m
Gabriel Jesus – Man City striker – £23m

Out
Jack Butland – Stoke goalkeeper – free
Nolito – Man City striker – free

Formation: 3-4-3
Remaining budget: £3.5m

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Pirate in unchartered waters

ISLINGTON Sports Islam & Leisure are riding the crest of a wave having gone top of the Kenna League in the second week of the season.

Goals from Diego Costa and Gareth McAuley, and clean sheets from four of the side’s back five see ISIL two points above the nearest challengers.

Should the Pirates carry their form into this weekend the boss could collect the campaign’s first manager of the month award, but there are fears this is virgin territory for a team more used to the relegation zone.

“Yarrrrr! This be where I be at my finest,” reassured the Somali during this afternoon’s press conference at the club’s Spyglass Hill training facility.

“The hands of Neptune stroking my hull, my vessel getting battered all over, a sea monster with the fire of hell in its eyes: I survived Tinder dates worse then ye could ever countenance. The Kenna be a duck pond compared.

“I be going by the seat of me pants and riding out the storm as I do usual,” he said, drawing concerned looks from the club’s executive hierarchy.

Two-times league winners FC Testiculadew are close in second despite having Titus Bramble forfeit player – and convicted paedophile – Stuart Hall in midfield.

Asked how his side remained so competitive with 10 men, the manager’s response was absolute.

“We have Zlatan.”

Kenna table – week 2

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Kenna table week 2 - 23Aug16
Kenna table week 2 – 23Aug16
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FC Testiculadew 2016/17

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‘Tache: The FC Testiculadew manager

Manager: James N (Yorkshire)

Since: 2011

Home ground: Scrotrot Street

Training facility: The Death Star

Trophy cabinet: 2013/14 and 2011/12 league and cup double, 2014 Emerson World Cup winner

Kenna Index rating: 0.137 – 1st
2011/12 – 1st
2012/13 – 2nd
2013/14 – 1st
2014/15 – 7th
2015/16 – 8th

Sympathies: Everton

Darts music: Space March – John Barry

Starting XI – August auction

Heaton, T BUR  £                   0.50
Cathcart, C (TW1) WAT  £                   5.00
Walker, K TOT  £                10.00
Fuchs, C LEI  £                  6.00
Silva, D MCY  £                14.00
Stuart Hall (TW1) HMP Kenna  £                12.50
Iwobi, A ARS  £                  2.00
Hojbjerg, P (TW1) SOT  £                   0.50
Hazard, E CHE  £                  2.00
Hernandez, A HUL  £                   3.00
Ibrahimovic, Z MUN  £                31.00
     £                86.50

First transfer window – Friday 7 October 2016 (3rd)

In
Adam Smith – Bournemouth defender – £5m
Sofiane Boufal – Southampton defender – £0.5m
Etienne Capoue – Watford midfielder – £9m

Out
Craig Cathcart – Watford defender – free
Stuart Hall – HMP Kenna midfielder – free
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg – Southampton midfielder – free

Formation: 4-4-2
Remaining budget: £9m

Second transfer window – Friday 10 February 2017 (2nd)

In
Calum Chambers – Boro defender – £2m
Gini Wijnaldum – Liverpool midfielder – £16m (the ISIL manager had lost him under the Titus Bramble ruling)

Out
Sofiane Boufal – Southampton defender – free
Abel Hernandez – Hull striker – free

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

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Islington Sports Islam & Leisure 2016/17

Abdi
Scourge of the high seas: The ISIL manager

Manager: Abdi (Somalia)

Twitter name: @abdinw1

Since: 2010

Home ground: Mogadishu Arena

Training facility: Spyglass Hill

Trophy cabinet: Canesten Combi Cup winner 2012/13

Kenna Index rating: 0.68 – 22nd
2010/11 – 14th
2011/12 – 5th
2012/13 – 8th
2013/14 – 21st (relegated)
2014/15 – 20th (relegated)
2015/16 – 16th

Sympathies: Arsenal

Darts music: The Trumpet Hornpipe

Starting XI – August auction

Adrian WHM  £                   3.00
Koscielny, L ARS  £                16.00
McAuley, G WBA  £                   3.00
Keane, M BUR  £                  2.00
Bailly, E MUN  £                   7.00
Cabaye, Y CRY  £                   7.00
Wijnaldum, G (TW2) LIV  £                14.00
Redmond, N SOT  £                13.00
Iheanacho, K (TW2) MCY  £                   7.00
Costa, D CHE  £                27.00
King, J (TW2) BOU  £                   0.50
     £                99.50

First transfer window – Friday 7 October 2016 (1st)

No changes.

Formation: 4-3-3
Remaining budget: £10.5m

Second transfer window – Friday 10 February 2017 (4th)

In
Barry Bennell – HMP Kenna midfielder – £7m
Adlene Guedioura – Middlesborough midfielder – £2m
Daniel Sturridge – Liverpool striker – £8m

Out
Gigi Wijnaldum – Liverpool midfielder – lost on a Bramble
Kelechi Iheanacho – Man City striker – free
Joshua King – Bournemouth striker – £13m to Walthamstow Reds

Formation: 4-4-2
Remaining budget: £16.5m

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Chairman drinks best pint of pilsner ever

THE Kenna chairman’s unrelenting commitment to running the world’s best London-pub based fantasy football league has been proved once again this week.

Just three days after putting on the league’s 12th annual auction, the chairman was in Prague testing out auction venues. It was here he made a remarkable discovery.

“I visited a bar on the old town, which boasts the best kept Pilsner Urquell in the city,” said the chairman. “And let me tell you, what a pint! As smooth and fresh as Ryan Giggs in the closing stages of a family get together.”

Brewed at nearby Plzen, Pilsner Urquell became the world’s first pilsner when Bavarian pioneers of lager worked with Czech brewers.

“Like cheddar cheese, pilsner is the most common variety of its type in the world,” opined the chairman after a couple.

“But like cheddar cheese, pilsner’s quality varies wildly and sadly most of it bland as hell. This pilsner is the original and the best.”

Kenna HQ wonks are claiming the discovery has more than vindicated the chairman’s decision to reduce prize money this year.

“The chairman is as pioneering as those early brewers,” said a source at Kenna HQ. “An auction in Prague would take the league to the next level.”

But critics of the chairman are unhappy just three days after the auction he appears to be using the league coffers to fund jaunts to the Continent by private plane.

Kenna table – week 1

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