Match day 30 served up a tremendous dose of narrative ,some of which may prove to be season – defining for clubs involved. Let’s dive straight into this mid week’s action with winners and losers. Winners Administration Police It hasn’t been a simple start to the season for the law enforcers but the Yatta-based club maintained their recent impressive form with a third consecutive win over fellow relegation strugglers Liberty Sports AcademyBenedict Wanjala’s men looked class above Liberty and were encouraged by goals from Abdallah Swaleh, Evans Mwirigi and Brian Madegwa that moved them closer to safety .AP have now taken points from league leaders Young Bulls, Dandora Youth, Nairobi United and with a favorable run of fixtures a head ,they look primed for league survival. Young BullsDespite going four games without a win, Bulls fans had everything to smile as close rivals in promotion race dropped points .Young Bulls have found themselves fighting for promotion after several years of attempts and fails though they rode on luck at times against Administration Police, Ruiru Hot Stars and Olympic Pirates.With Nairobi United and Rainbow Fc slips, Bulls draw against Zetech Titans moves them four points clear at the top of division one Zone A Standings.Balaji EpzAfter seven successive division one defeats saw Kanuli’s men drop into relegation zone, they finally got a first win under Andrew Kanuli against Malindi Progressive FA.Panic Over? Not quite but Balaji fans can at least draw some confidence that they are turning a corner and could avoid the dreaded drop.Zoo FCThree defeats in a row at the start of the second leg, had Zoo FC fans scratching heads on their potential NSL promotion. But what a response from the Herman Isekhwa charges? Division One: Unstoppable 3K FC ends Nairobi United unbeaten runZoo have had back to back victories since then and an emphatic 4-2 win over Vegpro on Wednesday had the fans carried away as Kericho based club moved second joint on the log with Luanda Villa though have inferior goal difference.Nyota FCMohammed Ali men bounced back from recent Green Commandos set back with back to back wins capping it with a 4-1 humbling of Kamungei United to move 4th on standings and eight points behind league’s led group. Dangerous trio – Victor Haki, Derrick Anami and Erastus MwanikiVictor Haki formed part of a thrilling attacking trio alongside Meshack Karani and Ibrahim Nyongesa at Nyota FC and now finds himself show casing his skills just like the aforementioned duo.Haki scored in a fifth consecutive match to take his Season tally to 10 goals and inspired Nyota to an emphatic victory over Kamungei United.Derrick Anami scored a brace and was on the score sheet in three consecutive matches to make a difference as Zoo proved too strong for Vegpro at Kericho Green Stadium .St. Joseph’s Youth had scored once in three league games but Wednesday game against Bondo United offered the opportunity to arrest the slide and Youth grasped the chance.Ex – Sofapaka man Erastus Mwaniki scored a first half hat trick to end his four goal drought and get his side to winning ways after a recent poor run of formLosersNairobi UnitedA trip to Embu is one all Naiboi’s faithfuls will want to forget that ended up in defeat that will temper season’s expectations a bit. In fairness to Nairobi United,they did well to bring the game to 3K FC.However good work of replacement by Coach Moses Mwai ended United’s thirteen game unbeaten run and show them fail to bridge the gap between them and Young Bulls to one point. Kamungei UnitedCoach-less Kamungei United succumbed to eighth successive defeat in the league and sixth lose to one opponent in Nyota FC left them 15th with seven points ,and one lose away from relegation.The Bomet-based club travel to Bungoma on Saturday in match that will determine embattled side survival in division one next season.Rainbow FCNg’enda grounds is regarded a tough place to go and Rainbow faced the music as they got a disappointing defeat to end their six game winning struck and miss a chance of leap frogging Nairobi United on second spot.Kibra United were also losers as they started mid week fixture out of relegation zone but 3-2 humbling by Olympic Pirates saw them drop into relegation equation. Division One continues over the weekend with promotion race expected to produce fireworks in both zones.
