Kings Langley are potentially one win from crowning a remarkable season by lifting the Southern League Division One Central title after returning to the top of the table with a 2-0 victory over Fleet Town.

Paul Hughes and Ritchie Hanlon’s side may need to win their final two games of the campaign to make sure after goals from Steve Ward and David Hutton moved them two points clear at the summit.

But the trophy could be on its way to Gaywood Park as early as Tuesday night if Kings win at all-but mathematically relegated North Greenford United and second-placed Egham Town and third-placed Royston Town fail to take three points from their home games against AFC Rushden & Diamonds and Ware respectively.

Both Egham and Royston were left to sit frustrated on the sidelines yesterday after their matches were postponed and Royston also have to be play on Thursday when they travel to Aylesbury.

However, if it should come down to the final day of the season on Saturday, Egham have to travel to Royston, while Kings complete their 42-game campaign at mid-table Petesfield Town.

Needing three victories to clinch the title and their third consecutive promotion, Kings showed little sign of nerves, attacking from the off and having an instinctive Mitchell Weiss volley hit the bar in the first minute.

Fleet, who had been in action twice in midweek, understandably struggled to keep up, but were developing some neat moves when a long kick from keeper Xavi Comas gave Weiss an opportunity on the break. When his shot was only parried by Ryan Pryce, Ward was quick to follow up and net from close range for the opener.

Despite both sides always looking for the intelligent ball out of defence and widemen Connor Toomey for Kings and Rob Carr for Fleet both receiving some pin-point long passes, chances remained few until a Toomey cross was only partially cleared and David Hutton fired a low 20-yard shot past the apparently unsighted Pryce.

As the half closed, an intricate passing movement by Town almost breached the defence, but Emmanuel Folarin cleared the lines and Kings went in far from complacent, in the knowledge that their opponents had come back in midweek from two down at title challengers Egham.

Danny Hutchins recommenced proceedings with a thunderbolt that Pryce acrobatically held in mid-air, as a confident Kings, driven by skipper Gary Connolly, weaved patterns of interplay, one of which saw a 20-pass move before Weiss shot narrowly wide.

Fleet are a very good footballing side, with an ethos similar to Kings, but suffered injuries that forced three substitutions and the visiting goalmouth was the busier of the two, with Matt Bateman foiled in the last minute by a saving tackle from fellow substitute Josh Taylor when about to pull the trigger.

There was a show of genuine respect between the players at the end of their second entertaining and sporting encounter within the last 11 days, but at the conclusion Kings knew they were still in the driving seat and seven days away from possibly writing a new page in their 130-year history.