I can just imagine what Len Shackleton would have made of the Kettering shenanigans at Elland Road.

Park Avenue’s clown prince famously included a chapter in his autobiography entitled “The average director’s knowledge of football.”

Of course, the page was left blank.

Shackleton’s thoughts on the subject sprung to mind when John Deehan was sacked by Kettering straight after the Leeds game.

Instead of basking in the glory of taking their hosts to extra time, player-manager Lee Harper was bemoaning the axing of his number two.

Deehan’s crime? His substitutions in extra-time … You couldn’t make it up.

Chairman Imran Ladak once employed Gazza as boss for a month. You feel he enjoys the celebrity of his post.

Ladak can’t see what all the fuss is about because Deehan had only been at the club for three weeks. So he accuses the fans of being fickle.

Absolutely priceless. And yet more proof of Shackleton’s perceptive powers.