Even if its not Maplin’s finest funnyman, there needs to be a replacement. It needn’t necessarily be a fictional comedian from a 1950s holiday camp. But are you sure Kinnear is former manager of Wimbledon (who?) and Forest? What if I told you that was part of an Internet prank and Kinnear was actually a character from Only Fools and Horses…and that he appeared as a bit part character in 3 episodes beforee starring in one where he set up a business with Micky Pearce which conned Del Boy out of 500 nicker he had earmarked for a cot for Damien. Of course Del Boy had the last laugh and thanks to Trigger and an unwilling Boycey the Kinnear character ended was last seen leaving Peckham cap in hand.
That was until John Sullivan thought there was more to the Kinnear character than he had got out of the limited appearances on Britain’s favourite sitcom. He set about writing a spin off where Kinnear managed a pub that attracted the ‘wrong sort of client’. However while working at an improv night the actor who plays Kinnear was in character and was inadvertently appointed manager of Wimbledon. No-one takes responsibility for the mistake to this day, though a club historian claims it was part of an ongoing good humoured battle of jokes between Dean Holdsworth and Robbie Earle.
The revelation that Kinnnear is just a bad actor locked in some terminal improv clears up any lingering doubt that he was not capable of managing a top flight side.
*It sounds like Joe Kinnear, see what I did here?
