POWERLEAGUE boss Denny McManus has threatened to pull the plug on one of the most successful dynasties in youth football.

Despite watching his side win every game this season on their way to a third straight Division One title just a fortnight after lifting the League Cup, McManus is poised to end the era after becoming disillusioned with the way the Peterborough Youth League is run.

The city side have been forced to play a gruelling schedule of nine games in less than a month which has placed an incredible physical strain on McManus' young players.

And yet having battled their way through their fixture fiasco to yet another title, the Powerleague boss was furious that there was no-one to present the winners' trophy after their game against Deeping at Outgang Road on Sunday.

Powerleague won the game 2-0 with Simon Isaac hitting his 40th goal of the season while Craig Pickstone grabbed the other but celebrations fell flat once the players realised there was to be no trophy.

McManus said: "I was really annoyed that there was no-one who could have come down to Deeping with the trophy as they were runners-up and we won it so it would have made a lot of sense.

"Instead we had a massive anti-climax. The boys won the title but had nothing to show for it. What makes it worse is that they were asked to play this silly number of games in such a short time which is just not on - it's too much.

"It is just bad organisation. It has all made me think about next season and what we want to be doing as a team.

"If we do bow out at least it will be on a high note after a magnificent double."

The Youth League were unavailable for comment.




IN Division Two March proved to be the best of the rest by nicking runners-up spot with a 4-3 win against Sawtry. Two for Matthew Wallis plus goals for Oliver Barnes and Luke Talmage saw the Hares clinch second behind runaway leaders Yaxley.

But rather like his Powerleague counterpart McManus, March boss Mark Hilyard is considering the future of his team despite winning promotion.

He said: "We are pleased to have ended up second to Yaxley but I am not sure what we will be doing next season. We may join one of the midweek floodlit leagues instead."