Relax, it’s only June. Nothing to see here folks. Enjoy your summer.
Wouldn’t it be nice to imagine a world in which that was true? Just a few weeks ago we walked away from the last campaign feeling on the whole pretty good about the direction the club was heading, and maybe even daring to think that a nice quiet close season of planning and strengthening could be in store. Ah when will we ever learn? This is Kettering Town. We don’t do quiet close seasons.
Instead we lose our collective shit almost from the day the last season ends. Who’s being retained? Why has player X moved to Y? Why no new signings yet – come on, it’s the 3rd of May! Then for extra spice add in a juicy leak about takeover talks that quickly goes public in a very orchestrated way, setting off what has felt like an election campaign - that like all good election campaigns quickly resulted in rival camps trading accusations, threats and even hints of dirty tricks.
Meanwhile we have the little matter of our manager seemingly facing a lengthy FA ban yet serenely fronting up for a club interview full of very aspirational talk of the season ahead, one which he may well be viewing from a distance. Unlike most of his predecessors in living memory, no one but no one wants to see Liam go – but it’s rather hard to see how he escapes a heavy sanction for betting on his own team to lose, no matter how long ago. Either he can disprove it, or he’s toast.
So it you were a player contemplating your next move, where would you go? Kettering? Great club at this level, passionate fans but so and so says he’s owed wages, the manager might be off, the chairman seems to have a lot of people on his back and anyway here’s Peterborough Sports offering me an extra £200 a week to ignore their mickey mouse set up.
Oh and I’ve just seen on X that the club seems to be posting some barmy shit then claiming they’ve been hacked and don’t know how to reset a password.
It’s only June, sure, but can we take much more of this?
In an ideal world everyone would take a step back, chill a bit, remember that we ultimately all want the same thing which is a successful KTFC and take it from there. Maybe Brad and George meet halfway and there’s an amicable transition with George still involved. Liam somehow beats the rap and takes us to the next level. Fake Bedford’s crypto billions crash and whoever is sponsoring Peterborough Sports realises there are better ways to torch money. And maybe throw in world peace while we're at it.
Meanwhile enjoy your summer. It’s a World Cup year, so what can go wrong.
