[FM10] Stopsley Utd - The FM Era!

[Maw74]

Bad luck with the penalty defeat, but still a good season with the league win.

Thanks for the reply, at the moment I guess we would get the chokers tag in the CL.

[Maw74]

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World Cup 2026
Holders = Argentina ----- Hosts = Argentina
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Game 1
Nigeria 0 Croatia 1
Not a great start as Croatia edge close game.

Game 2
Serbia 0 Nigeria 1
Another tight game but we deserved the win.

Game 3
Nigeria 2 Uruguay 1
We looked to be heading out but late strike puts us through.

Group C - Final Table


Through to 2nd Round
Argentina, Russia, France, Austria, Croatia, Nigeria, South Africa, Sweden
Spain, Switzerland, Peru, Trinidad & Tobago, England, Colombia, Italy, USA

Out of World Cup
Mexico, Tunisia, Australia, Cameroon, Uruguay, Serbia, Holland, Chile
Saudi Arabia, Ghana, Bulgaria, Japan, Iran, Germany, Brazil, South Korea

Brazil were favourites to win the World Cup but they suffered 1-0 defeats to Italy and USA
and drew 2-2 with South Korea, needless to say the manager got the chop.

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Second Round
South Africa 0 Nigeria 2
Nwánkwo brace sees us into the last eight.



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Quarter-Final
Austria 1 Nigeria 2
Nwánkwo with another double as we make last four.



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It would have to be England, they still haven't won the World Cup since
1966 but they are ranked 1st in the World rankings, Nigeria are ranked 25th.

So this is gonna be a very hard task if we are to pull off a shock win.
I will be up against some of my Stopsley players, Sean Carter, Graham Lewin,
Trevor Bird, Jason Sercombe and Phil Harris are in the England squad.


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World Cup 2026
Holders = Argentina ----- Hosts = Argentina
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Semi-Final
Nigeria 2 England 3
Player Ratings

We pushed them close and led 2-1 at the break but we couldn't hold out and
it was my Stopsley player Jason Sercombe who broke Nigerian hearts.

Spain beat France 1-0 in the other semi-final so we will face France in the 3rd place play-off .

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3rd Place Play-off
France 0 Nigeria 2
We finish on a high to take 3rd place.

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Final
England 0 Spain 2
Spain are World Champions for a second time, England finish runners-up for a third time.

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Golden Boot - Emmanuel Nwánkwo with 9 of Nigeria 11 goals.

Dream Team - Dominated by England and Spain, Nwánkwo makes into the 11.

World Rankings - England stay in 1st, Spain are up to 2nd and Nigeria up to 8th.

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I have resigned as manager of Nigeria, there are some other tempting international
jobs available right now, Jose Antonio Reyes decided to resign from his position after
guiding Spain to glory, so I did consider applying, Italy, USA and Uruguay are others
that could be interesting, USA and Uruguay interest me the most but my plan was
to resign and give international management a break unless the big job comes up.

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[Maw74]

Season 18 - 2026/2027 --- July, August, September & October

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Manager News
Current Premier League Managers

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We lifted another trophy in pre-season by beating the MLS All-Stars 2-0.
We lost yet again in the Community Shield, Man City won 4-3 on penalties.

The season started well with two wins, we then faced Man City again
and yet again they came out on top with a 3-2 win.

That was to be our only defeat as we then went on an unbeaten
run which is now twelve games and counting at the end of October.

One outstanding game in that run was the 6-4 win against Newcastle.




Transfers
We spent over £90m bringing in nine players.

Critchley (GK)
Thomas (D C)
Timms (M RC)
Joselito (M C)
Schmidt (D/WB/M L)
Harvey (M L)
Willetts (ST)
Buthelezi (ST)
Reimer (ST)

Champions League
Looking very good at the halfway stage of the group again, a 100% record
and victory in our next game should secure a place in the next round.


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[omnivore]

Good to see someone around here with a created team. Seems you all are well on your way to becoming a legendary club too, much to the consternation of your compatriots in the EPL I'm sure.

[Maw74]

Good to see someone around here with a created team. Seems you all are well on your way to becoming a legendary club too, much to the consternation of your compatriots in the EPL I'm sure.

Thanks.

Yeah I like my created club

The other EPL (well probably all the other English clubs) might not, but they will probably be getting some joy at our CL final defeats.

[Maw74]

Season 18 - 2026/2027 --- November, December & January

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We extended our unbeaten run to 14 games, but it was ended
with a 3-2 loss to Man Utd.
We lost heavily in the Champions League, but we had already
qualified so I made several changes to the side.
We then went on a 7 game winning streak before Man City
came to Stopsley Park and they edged a tight game 1-0.

We faced Watford in the League Cup semi-finals and I made changes
to the team for the first leg and we slipped to a surprise defeat.
So with work to do in the second leg I opted to go with a stronger
line-up, however it didn't look stronger as we soon found ourselves
3-0 down, but as it looked like we going out with a crushing defeat
we staged an amazing fightback to lead 4-3, Watford netted just
3 minutes later to secure a place in the final after a 4-4 draw.



Top of the table with a game in hand on second placed Spurs.
We are looking good for 4th title in a row.



Qualified with two games to play so I rested some players
and gave back-up and youth players some CL experience.

We will face AC Milan in the first knockout round.

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Transfers
We spent just over £9m bringing in four more players.

Blakeley (AM C)
Stojanovic (AM L)
Cooper (GK)
Roberts (AM/FC)

Four players were sold.

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[Maw74]

Season 18 - 2026/2027 --- February, March, April & May

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We secured two 1-0 wins over Tottenham in January, the wins saw
us open up a bigger lead and also saw Tottenham's title challenge
fade badly as they slipped down the table.

In February we beat Liverpool in a five goal thriller, with them
Man City and Man Utd being the main challengers for the title.

In March we suffered a 1-0 loss to lowly Chelsea who were in
another relegation battle, but we bounced back with big wins
over Everton and title challengers Man Utd.

In April we suffered a big home defeat to Aston Villa but our lead
was now quite comfortable that it wasn't a massive blow to our hopes.
Earlier in the month I celebrated my 1000th game in FM management
with a 3-0 win against Burnley.

The title was wrapped up with a 4-0 win against Notts County.
We took just a point from our last two games as I decided to
rest players for the Champions League Final.



We made it to the Champions league final for a fourth season on the trot.
beating AC Milan 3-1, Ajax 9-2 and Inter Milan 8-4 on the way to face Hamburg.
The 2nd leg against Inter got scary early on.

So the Stopsley fans and management were hoping it would be fourth time lucky ...

35 minutes in and Hamburg took the lead and we were fearing the worst.
We were level on the stroke of half-time and our hopes of finally winning
were high again, but neither team could find a winner in the second half
so the final went to extra-time and we lost yet again, totally gutted.

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Cup Winners & Awards



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Stopsley Utd

Best Eleven (Season) - Best Eleven (Overall)

Fans' Player of the Season - Ryan Sobers

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[Maw74]

Thanks for the reply, at the moment I guess we would get the chokers tag in the CL.

Yep that tag is ours after a 4th straight defeat in the final.

[Maw74]

Ok, delighted but far from happy LOL.

[Maw74]

Season 19 - 2026/2027

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Community Shield - Stopsley 0 Arsenal 2
Yet again we find ourselves defeated in the Shield.

We have just one win from six attempts.

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Champions League - Group Draw
We are drawn in Group C and will face Genoa again.
We also have Standard Liege and PSV Eindhoven.



Well let's see.

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[Maw74]

Season 19 - 2027/2028 --- July, August & September

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So we started by losing the Community shield yet again, nevermind because
we have made a fine start in the PL and cups, the only game
that I would class as a poor performance was against Huddersfield,
but they have proved over previous season that they are tricky opponents.

Made a great start in the Champions League against Standard.
We were then held at home by Genoa but I was happy with the point,
Genoa played well and a draw was a fair reflection of the game.

I made several changes for the cup game against Bournemouth.
The lads did well and we progressed with a comfortable win.



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Transfers
Rojas (DM, M C)
Ortiz (AM RL, ST)


Just two players signed, I had adjusted the wage budget to raise
our transfer funds up to £124m, but the club have entered takeover talks,
so a transfer embargo was imposed and couldn't make anymore signings.

The takeover talks are dragging on, one minute in danger of callapse
then the next minute back on, also in a press release it was said
that if takeover goes through I will be replaced as Manager by my
Assistant Manager Javier Hernandez, that looks unlikely now, but I
will reveal why in another update later.

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[Maw74]

Season 19 - 2027/2028 --- Staff News

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I could have offered him a higher wage to try and get him to stay with us,
I decided I wouldn't stand in his way of taking up a manager position.

I promoted from within the club, Oscar De Marcos is my new Assistant Manager.


Personal Info 1 --- Personal Info 2

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[Maw74]

Season 19 - 2027/2028 --- October, November & December

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We were knocked out of the League Cup by QPR, I made several changes
to the side and we went out in a 3-1 defeat after extra-time.

We soon got over the cup upset and went on a ten game winning
streak in the Premier League and Champions League.

The winning streak came to an end in a game against our nearest
Premier League rivals Arsenal, after going behind early, we hit back to
lead 2-1 and it looked like the winning run would continue.
Arsenal netted in the 87th minute and the game finished 2-2.

Going into the new year we have a two point lead with a game
in hand on second placed Arsenal and remain unbeaten.

Might be too early to think about going the distance unbeaten
but well, it's only natural to think about it, can we do it though?



Champions League - Group C
We had qualified for next round after 4 games, so I was able
to rest players for the 5th game, but I decided to go with a strong
line-up in the last game against Genoa because they were level on
points with PSV and I saw it as a chance to knock a tricky team
out of the competition. we did just that in a surprisingly easy game.

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Stopsley Utd's New Board Members

New Chairman wants me to stay.

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[Maw74]

Season 19 - 2027/2028 --- January, February & March

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Late late goals give us win over Man Utd.

Hopes of going unbeaten are ended by Aston Villa.

Tough tie with Atletico Madrid as we lose 1st leg 1-0.
We win 2nd leg 1-0 and take victory 4-1 on penalties.

Champions League quarter-final against Man City ends in 2-2 draw.




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Transfers
Our spending goes up to just under £100m with Dutch defender Ivo Van Der Putten
joining in a £20m deal from Fiorentina and highly recommended goalkeeper Patryk Zalewski
joining from Hertha Berlin for £8m, Brazilian centre back Mario also joined us from Man City.


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[Maw74]

STOPSLEY UTD
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Season 19 - 2027/2028 --- April & May



We finally managed to win the Champions League, after losing four
finals in a row we put in a superb first half display, Inter couldn't
get back in the game and we secured a great 4-1 win.

Champions League Dream Team

We also lifted the FA Cup with a 4-0 win over Fulham.





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Cup Winners & Awards



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Stopsley Utd

Best Eleven (Season) - Best Eleven (Overall)

Fans' Player of the Season - Graham Lewin

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[Maw74]

Holders - Spain ---Hosts - Portugal
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Groups A & B
Q - Germany, Portugal, England & Croatia
Out - Ukraine, Serbia, Denmark & Norway

Groups C & D
Q - France, Spain, Holland & Italy
Out - Belgium, Greece, Scotland & Russia

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England gain emphatic win over defending champions Spain.

Spain v England - Line-Ups & Ratings

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[omnivore]

Still dominating, I see.

[Maw74]

Yep, and finally shook off the chokers tag in the CL.

I will conitinue as normal for now, but I intend to set myself some challenges later down the line.

[Maw74]

Just a snippet from our current season.

We have had quite a few bad defeats in this campaign but that is one of our worst ever, probably is our worst ever.

Did we do enough in the 1st leg to get through?

It's gonna be a tight finish in the Premier League...

[Maw74]

Season 20 - 2028/2029
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Transfers - We spent a whopping £138m on new players.

Premier League - We suffered 10 defeats, losing to Man City in our final
game saw Arsenal end our run of titles.

FA Cup - Lost to Arsenal in 3rd round.

League Cup - Lost to Plymouth in 3rd round.

Champions League - Lost to Man City in Q-F.

European Super Cup - Beat Everton on penalties.

Club World Championship - Lost to América (Mex) in Final.

Community Shield - Lost to Arsenal.

Gunnarsson Cup - Beat América (Mex) in Final. Full Results

Best Eleven - Season & Overall

Fans' Player of the Season - Jason Sercombe

Results - Full list of our results & scorers.

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Gunnarsson Cup is a Pre-Season cup named after current chairman
and it will be staged every pre-season while he is our chairman.

Man City beat Real Madrid to win the Champions League.

1 Trophy for us this season the European Super Cup, not our biggest target but it did mean
we qualified for the World Club Championship, but that proved to be another final we lost.

Our wins/losses in cup finals is in the negative, not quite sure how bad our
record is but the challenge is on to improve the record.

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Club Overview


Club Facilities

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Club History

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Club History

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Club History

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Club History



Current squad

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Pre-Season 2029


Gunnarsson Cup

August 2029


September 2029

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October 2029


November 2029


December 2029

[Maw74]

We will play Barcelona in first knockout round, a repeat of last season
when we won through with a 3-2 aggregate win.

[Maw74]

Season 21 - 2029/2030
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January 2030


A good month on the whole but we suffered yet another defeat to Arsenal.
We are having a much better cup run than last season and despite a
dodgy second leg against Huddersfield we will face Aston Villa in the final.

League Cup Semi-Final - 1st Leg & 2nd Leg

Complete Transfer Round-Up - Click Here



It's gonna be a good fight for the title, I would say that anyone out of the
top 4 or even maybe the top 6 could still win the Premier League.

Team & Player Stats

[Blinkenlights Faxlore]

Maw74, you asked if I could make you a logo. I've been taking a stab at it, and so far I've got this (inspired by the former badge of a certain Nottinghamshire club):

(EDIT: REMOVED IMAGES - as they were horrible, new version posted below )

By the way, are you planning to do a Stopsley game on FM2012? The game is great, lots better than '10.

[Maw74]

Thanks, looking good so far.

Yeah I have been thinking about doing a Stopsley game on FM12, maybe with Kenco's World League Database, but at the moment I have a Spurs game and a career game (Auckland City) going on with FM12.

[Blinkenlights Faxlore]

Improved version (I've sent you this one by email):

[Maw74]

Season 21 - 2029/2030 - Summary
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FA Cup
SEMI-FINAL
Lost 4-1 to Man City

League Cup
RUNNERS-UP
Lost 3-2 to Aston Villa
(Screenshot)

Community Shield
WINNERS
Beat Arsenal 2-1

Champions League
WINNERS
Beat Arsenal 3-2
(Screenshot)

European Super Cup
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Club World Championship
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Best Eleven
(Screenshot)

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Season 22 - 2030/2031 - Summary
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FA Cup
SEMI-FINAL
Lost 2-1 to Everton after extra-time

League Cup
4TH ROUND
Lost 3-2 to Leicester after extra-time

Community Shield
RUNNERS-UP
Lost 2-0 to Arsenal

Champions League
WINNERS
Beat Arsenal 3-1 after extra-time
(Screenshot)

European Super Cup
WINNERS
Beat AC Milan 5-3 on Pens after 0-0 draw
(Screenshot)

Club World Championship
WINNERS
Beat Fluminense 2-0
(Screenshot)


Best Eleven
(Screenshot)

[Maw74]

Season 23 - 2031/2032 - Summary
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FA Cup
WINNERS
Beat Newcastle Utd 3-2

League Cup
WINNERS
Beat Tottenham 2-1

Community Shield
WINNERS
Beat Arsenal 3-1

Champions League
WINNERS
Beat Inter Milan 4-0

European Super Cup
WINNERS
Beat Marseille 3-1 after extra-time

Club World Championship
WINNERS
Beat Internacional 9-0


League Cup Final - Stopsley Utd v Tottenham
It's our first win in this cup.

FA Cup Final - Newcastle Utd v Stopsley Utd
We lift the trophy for a third time.

Champions League Final - Inter Milan v Stopsley Utd
Our fourth Champions League triumph.


Cups & Awards


Player Stats


Best 11 - 2031/2032 & Overall

Fans Player of the Season - Jason Sercombe

[Maw74]

Season 24 - 2032/2033 - Summary
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FA Cup
WINNERS
Beat Man City 6-2 in Final

League Cup
3RD ROUND
Lost 3-1 to Arsenal

Community Shield
RUNNERS-UP
Lost 2-1 to Arsenal

Champions League
SEMI-FINAL
Lost 5-4 on Aggregate to Arsenal

European Super Cup
WINNERS
Beat Barcelona 3-1

Club World Championship
WINNERS
Beat River Plate 3-1

Click Here for Full Results


Best Eleven

[Maw74]

Season 25 - 2033/2034 - Summary
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FA Cup
5TH ROUND
Lost 2-1 to Everton

League Cup
RUNNERS-UP
Lost 5-2 (AET) to Liverpool

Community Shield
RUNNERS-UP
Drew 2-2 with Arsenal
(Lost 5-4 on penalties)

Champions League
1ST KNOCKOUT ROUND
Drew 4-4 on aggregate with PSV Eindhoven
(Lost on away goals)

European Super Cup
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Club World Championship
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Click Here for Full Results


Best Eleven

[Maw74]

Season 26 - 2034/2035 - Summary
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FA Cup
RUNNERS-UP
Lost 3-2 to Tottenham

League Cup
WINNERS
Beat Newcastle Utd 4-1

Community Shield
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Champions League
WINNERS
Beat Fulham 5-0

European Super Cup
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Club World Championship
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Full Results Round-Up
Cup Results & League Results
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Best Eleven

[Maw74]

Season 27 - 2035/2036 - Summary
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FA Cup
3RD ROUND
Lost 1-0 to Coventry City

League Cup
3RD ROUND
Lost 6-1 to Queens Park Rangers

Community Shield
WINNERS
Beat Tottenham 4-1 on Penalties after 1-1 draw

Champions League
WINNERS
Beat Bayern Munich 2-1

European Super Cup
RUNNERS-UP
Lost 2-1 to Man Utd

Club World Championship
WINNERS
Beat Chivas 4-1

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Full Results Round-Up
Cup Results & League Results
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Best Eleven

[Maw74]

SEASON 28 - 2036/2037

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SEASON 28 - 2036/2037

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SEASON 28 - 2036/2037

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SEASON 28 - 2036/2037

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SEASON 28 - 2036/2037

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SEASON 29 - 2037/2038

1ST TEAM

RESERVES

UNDER 18'S


TRANSFERS

Wilson & Gutiérrez were signed due to scout reports
so hopefully they will progress well, the free players
were just signed to increase numbers in reserve squad.

Major Signing - José Luis Lorenzo
We needed another option for the left midfield.
Lorenzo fits the bill perfectly and will be playing
at left back unless Valadez is injured or rested.

Stopsley Utd Captain - Paulista
I have just made him our permanent Captain for the new season,
he captained the side a lot last season anyway, because Sobers (C)
& Thomas (VC) have been playing less games.

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I forgot to add this before but I have a new assistant.


A full results update coming soon but here is how the CWC went.

[Maw74]

Our other January signing Ben Hawkins is a player for the future he will go into the reserve squad, as will Maldonado
for now because he can't play any first team games.

[Maw74]

We were knocked out of the League Cup early by Tottenham.
This result in the final makes our exit a lot easier to take.

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Lost interest in my FM12 games and waiting for FM13, have been playing this game again.
I've have just started season 32 and hopefully should complete that before FM13 is released.

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