[FM11] [Newcastle FC] - We've got something up our Slieve (Donard)

[JonnyCurrie]

Quite a hammering you took against Bordeaux and Madrid in Champions League. Got a nice healthy bank balance to show for it now

Now to get the stadium up to a 4 figure capacity!

Ha! I can tell you it hasn't been much different with the teams I got in this years CL group. Although we did provide probably the biggest upset of the tournament so far in our very first group match.

In terms of the stadium, it's been incredibly frustrating but purely down to lack of crowds. Which is strange considering other teams lower in the league get more supporters showing up. Thankfully over the past year or so we've started filling out the small 600 capacity stadium so it shouldn't be too long before we can expand it.

[Nobby_McDonald]

Fair play for beating Panathinaikos at home though.

[JonnyCurrie]

Fair play for beating Panathinaikos at home though.

Did one better this season Nobby, albeit, a complete fluke as the match stats will show you when I post it up.

[JonnyCurrie]

Shall post up the result in question in a minute (or 10 minutes - given how long it seems to take to upload highlights )...

Just finished the next season also so I'll pop that up straight after.

[JonnyCurrie]

Even though we continued the tradition of getting hammered in the CL for most of the group stages, in our first match, away from home - we made a significant upset:

FC Bayern 1 - 2 Newcastle

[JonnyCurrie]

Newcastle FC - Northern Irish Premiership - 2024/25

Media Prediction: 1st

Season Summary:

After last season's unbeaten run I felt we could take it to the next level. I was a bit too ambitious. I don't know whether the league (due to it constantly getting a higher rating season after season) is staying competitive in spite of our progress or because of something I'm doing wrong. Our league form wasn't bad or anything but just should have been better in my book. Again we very much disappointed in the cup competitions, especially the Irish Cup and the All-Ireland Cup.

Co.Antrim Shield - Quarter-Final

Irish League Cup - Winners!

Irish FA Cup - 5th Round

All-Ireland Cup - Semi-Final

Champions League - Group Stage

League Table/Season Position Graph - Finished 1st

Key Players

Andre Pollock - Our new hero at the back, very young and a class act for our league.

Arnaud Poiret - Been with us for four seasons now and he's become more and more important each season. A great servant and comes up with important goals.

Will Keane - Costing a few bob more than most with wages but he's a good striker and without the 4-5 months he missed with a broken leg, he would have really been great.
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Next season:

Despite constantly being told I wouldn't get an expansion or a new stadium, they have decided to expand it regardless. We will play our matches in Newry's 4000 seater stadium next season and we also will have our training and youth facilities upgraded again for a whopping £8million.

Still no good youngsters coming through.

We are now ranked 72th in Europe on Coefficients and Premiership itself is now classed as 2.5 stars (1 star when I began.)

[JonnyCurrie]

England

Premier League - Man Utd
Relegated: Leicester, Middlesbrough, Preston
Championship - Cardiff (Winners), Norwich (Promoted), Sunderland (Play-off Winners)
Relegated: Burnley, Peterborough, Notts Co.
League One - Crewe (Winners), Millwall (Promoted), Coventry (Play-off Winners)
Relegated: Scunthorpe, Northampton, Bradford, Chesterfield
League Two - Barnet (Winners), Hartlepool (Promoted), Gateshead (Promoted), Kettering (Play-off Winners)
Relegated: Carlisle, Alfreton
Conference National - Welling (Winners), Cambridge (Play-off Winners)
Relegated: Farnborough, Tamworth, Worcester, Altrincham
Conference North - Bradford PA (Winners), Nuneaton (Play-off Winners)
Relegated: Boston Utd, Workington, Eastwood
Conference South - Cheltenham (Winners), Havant & W (Play-off Winners)
Relegated: Hereford, Hastings Utd, St. Albans

FA Cup - Chelsea
League Cup - Southampton
Community Shield - Arsenal
Football League Trophy - Millwall
FA Trophy - Tranmere

Scotland

SPL - Rangers
Relegated: Hamilton
First Division - Falkirk
Relegated: Arbroath
Second Division - East Fife
Relegated: Montrose, East Stirlingshire
Third Division - Forfar (Winners), Elgin (Play-Off Winners)

FA Cup - Rangers
League Cup - Rangers
Challenge Cup - Dumbarton

Ireland

Premier League - Galway Utd
Relegated: Longford, Wexford
First Division - Cork City Foras, Mervue Utd


FA Cup - Shamrock Rovers
League Cup - Galway Utd
Munster Senior Cup - Waterford Utd

Wales

Premier League - Llanelli
Relegated: Port Talbot

FA Cup - Llanelli
League Cup - Llanelli

Northern Ireland

Premier League - Newcastle FC
Relegated: Coleraine, Carrick
Championship One - Dungannon (Winners), Larne (Play-off Winners)
Relegated: Newington, Annagh Utd
Championship Two - Ballyclare (Winners), Lower Maze (Promotion)
Relegated: Lurgan Celtic, Ballymoney Utd

FA Cup - Crusaders
League Cup - Newcastle FC
Co.Antrim Shield - Ballymena Utd
Steel Cup - Ballyclare
Intermediate Cup - Newry
Mid-Ulster Cup - Armagh

All-Ireland Cup* - Galway Utd

Will be less detail for these as they are just read-only so I'll just tell you the winners..

France

Ligue 1 - Lyon
Coupe de France - FC Sete 34
Coupe de la Ligue - Lyon
Trophee de Champions - Lyon

Germany

Bundesliga - FC Bayern
DFB-Pokal - FC Bayern

Netherlands

Eredivisie - Heerenveen
KNVB-Beker - Heerenveen
Johan Cruijff Schaal - Ajax

Italy

Seria A - Genoa
Coppa Italia - Fiorentina
Supercoppa - Genoa

Spain

La Liga - Barcelona
Copa del Ray - Racing
Supercopa - Real Madrid

European Trophies & World Club Cup

World Club - Man Utd
Supercup - Man Utd
Europa League - Inter
Champions League - Lyon

[SnakeXe]

Bet you were feeling pretty bullish after 2 wins from 2 in the first couple of CL group stage games! Shame about the rest, eh

[AK22]

Well done on getting the league rep up. That's a big improvement

[JonnyCurrie]

Bet you were feeling pretty bullish after 2 wins from 2 in the first couple of CL group stage games! Shame about the rest, eh

Ha! Exactly my friend. Kind of thought, "well sod it! we've done better than expected already, just keeping roaming forward." - whoops!

Well done on getting the league rep up. That's a big improvement

Cheers buddy, it's coming along nicely.

[Romanista1994]

You've progressed amazingly since I last posted here.

Beating Bayern is

[JonnyCurrie]

You've progressed amazingly since I last posted here.

Beating Bayern is

Thanks buddy!

[Nobby_McDonald]

You did a Norwich!

It went a bit pear shaped in the second half of the group though.

[JonnyCurrie]

You did a Norwich!

It went a bit pear shaped in the second half of the group though.

Indeed. It's something I wanted to put right this season ..and we did. (to be continued)

[prayer]

Awesome, new stadium and a win against Bayern Enjoying this very much!

[JonnyCurrie]

Awesome, new stadium and a win against Bayern Enjoying this very much!

Unfortunately it's not a new stadium, just shared it. We're now back a Shimna College which is now 1000+. Hopefully we can keep expanding it because this season has taught me that with success comes higher wages etc and now I'm not really making much profit anymore.

[JonnyCurrie]

Newcastle FC - Northern Irish Premiership - 2025/26

Media Prediction: 1st

Season Summary:

Going to change the format of the write-up slightly.

The league was pretty put on the back-burner for the entire season. I pretty much skimmed through every match and the lead we established tended to make that the only sensible thing to do since it appeared nobody could challenge us. Not unbeaten but pretty much unstoppable.

League Table/Season Position Graph - Finished 1st

Co.Antrim Shield - Winners! - An easy tournament this season, although we normally don't even try for this trophy.

Irish League Cup - Runners-up - Disappointing to make the final only to not perform and not even get a goal.

Irish FA Cup - 5th Round - Again, it's beginning to feel like a cursed/boggy cup for us. We never perform it seems.

All-Ireland Cup - Winners! - One of the three trophies I always set out to win and after a great run with a lot of goals to get us to the final, we enjoyed the experience of a 50,000 stadium full to the rafters witnessing us crush the opposition.

Europa League - 1st Knockout Round - After the great achievement of not finishing bottom of the group, we got the hardest draw for this tournament stage and to be fair, I think the players played out of their skins to only go down by one goal to the mighty Madrid.

Champions League - Group Stage - A real fun experience and we went well beyond any expectations.

Key Players

Andre Pollock - Rising in reputation and thankfully I have him under contract until 2030 so shouldn't be forced for a while to sell him.

Craig Janes - One of few buys to be over £100k but he's a good player and strengthened the squad.

Daniele Noviello - Quite of chunky wage for our club but he's a superstar for our level and as you can see, not only a great defender but scored a silly amount of goals from headers. I await the accusation I've found some sort of corner exploit! (Been using the same corner routine for the last three/four seasons so it can only be him that's changed anything.) He also picked up this award.

Leon Birch - Coming to the end of his career but I'm glad he's stopped off at Shimna College to delight our fans before he hangs up his boots.

Marcos Antonio - Bought for peanuts (literally £2k or something) and now won't sign a new contract. Pretty sure I'll have to sell him in the January window next season at the latest to avoid losing him for nothing.

Mathis Miniconi - A free transfer a season or two ago that has really developed nicely. A great future ahead I feel.

Miroslav Hanus - Another player bought for peanuts and has grown immensely for us. He picked this up at the end of the season.

Sergio Pujol - Another midfielder brought in on a free who has proven he should have been given a chance.

Will Keane - Another solid season for the veteran.
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Next season:

I'm happy with the progress of the club at the minute. The problem I'm pretty sure that is around the corner is holding on to the better players. That will be a testing period when I decide to move them on and for what sort of deal.

In terms of the club as a whole, our facilities have had investment over the last few seasons so no complaints there but we do need to keep expanding the stadium.

It would also be nice if we could get the odd youngster coming through who has the potential to make the first team (considering the standard isn't exactly world class or anything) so that I could get to the stage where I could rely on the youngsters forming the back-up of the squad.

[JonnyCurrie]

Champions League match of the season for us personally:

Celtic 2 - 3 Newcastle

Some goal to win it eh?

[JonnyCurrie]

England

Premier League - Man City
Relegated: Cardiff, Norwich, Leeds
Championship - Preston (Winners), Leicester (Promoted), Middlesbrough (Play-off Winners)
Relegated: Hull, Reading, Crewe
League One - Burnley (Winners), Ipswich (Promoted), Peterborough (Play-off Winners)
Relegated: Swindon, Kettering, Gateshead, Hartlepool
League Two - Dag & Red (Winners), Southend (Promoted), Oxford (Promoted), Luton (Play-off Winners)
Relegated: Brentford, Port Vale
Conference National - Oldham (Winners), Fleetwood (Play-off Winners)
Relegated: Hyde, Dorchester, Accrington, Billericay
Conference North - Stockport (Winners), Stalybridge (Play-off Winners)
Relegated: Nantwich, Hednesford, Worksop
Conference South - Braintree (Winners), Woking (Play-off Winners)
Relegated: Chelmsford, Wealdstone, Gloucester.

FA Cup - Liverpool
League Cup - Liverpool
Community Shield - Chelsea
Football League Trophy - Birmingham
FA Trophy - Ebbsfleet

Scotland

SPL - Celtic
Relegated: Ross County
First Division - Hamilton
Relegated: Queen of the South
Second Division - Forfar
Relegated: Alloa, Stenhousemuir
Third Division - Dunfermline (Winners), Livingston (Play-Off Winners)

FA Cup - Celtic
League Cup - Dundee Utd
Challenge Cup - Hamilton Utd

Ireland

Premier League - Galway Utd
Relegated: Cork City Foras
First Division - Wexford
Relegated: Carlow


FA Cup - St.Pats Athletic
League Cup - Derry City
Munster Senior Cup - Waterford Utd

Wales

Premier League - Llanelli
Relegated: TNS

FA Cup - Newtown
League Cup - Haverfordwest

Northern Ireland

Premier League - Newcastle FC
Relegated: Ballymena
Championship One - Coleraine
Relegated: Ballyclare, Loughgall
Championship Two - Armagh (Winners), Newington (Promotion)
Relegated: Knockbreda, Dromara

FA Cup - Balliamallard Utd
League Cup - Crusaders
Co.Antrim Shield - Newcastle FC
Steel Cup - Crusaders Reserves
Intermediate Cup - Newry
Mid-Ulster Cup - Newry

All-Ireland Cup* - Newcastle FC

Will be less detail for these as they are just read-only so I'll just tell you the winners..

France

Ligue 1 - Lyon
Coupe de France - Nevers Football
Coupe de la Ligue - Toulouse
Trophee de Champions - Lyon

Germany

Bundesliga - Schalke
DFB-Pokal - Schalke

Netherlands

Eredivisie - Feyenoord
KNVB-Beker - Heerenveen
Johan Cruijff Schaal - Ajax

Italy

Seria A - Palermo
Coppa Italia - Inter
Supercoppa - Fiorentina

Spain

La Liga - Barcelona
Copa del Ray - Real Madrid
Supercopa - Barcelona

European Trophies & World Club Cup

World Club - Internacional
Supercup - Lyon
Europa League - Aston Villa
Champions League - Barcelona

[JonnyCurrie]

World Cup 2026

Hosts: Mexico

Quarter-Finals:

Poland 0 - 3 Brazil
Germany 3 - 2 Italy
France 0 - 3 Spain (after extra-time)
Ghana 0 - 6 Portugal

Semi-Finals:

Brazil 2 - 1 Portugal
Germany 0 - 2 Spain

3rd/4th:

Portugal 1 - 3 Germany

Final:

Brazil 2 - 1 Spain

[SnakeXe]

Fabulous season Jonny, great performance in the Champions League and briefly the Europa!

[JonnyCurrie]

Fabulous season Jonny, great performance in the Champions League and briefly the Europa!

Appreciate it man! Another update soon to come.

[Nobby_McDonald]

Some great European results.

[JonnyCurrie]

Some great European results.

Indeed. Thanks Nobby!

[JonnyCurrie]

Newcastle FC - Northern Irish Premiership - 2026/27

Media Prediction: 1st

Season Summary:

Again we didn't really pay much attention to the league unless we felt the points difference wasn't as comfortable as we'd like. A lot of rotating, a lot of inconsistency. Wasn't as good as last season in the league but still finished well ahead of the Crues in 2nd place.

The other major thing I had to do this season was sell some of our best players. Some who became too hard to handle regarding a move to a bigger club and some who's contracts ran out in 6 months and wouldn't even consider staying.

League Table/Season Position Graph - Finished 1st

Co.Antrim Shield - Quarter-Final - Extra-time loss to the Crues. No biggie.

Irish League Cup - Winners! - A final to bore you to tears but the opposition never had a chance despite only the one goal advantage.

Irish FA Cup - Winners! - Finally won this after many disappointments in the last few seasons. Final against Queens Uni isn't exactly intimidating stuff but we made it hard enough before claiming the victory.

All-Ireland Cup - Winners! - Our third time winning this trophy and the first time we've retained it. A difficult final but ultimately a joyous occasion after extra-time.

Europa League - 1st Knockout Round - I'm pretty sure we were ravaged by injuries when the first leg (away) came around and without even an away goal to boot, we tried but ultimately fell short.

Champions League - Group Stage - Well we got grouped with Spurs, Monaco and the current holders, Barcelona. Even better than last year without question and if we'd been able to hold on for a draw against Monaco at home (conceded late) we'd have progressed from the group. Still, the away win in Monaco and the double over Spurs is something to be proud of.

Key Players

Andre Pollock - Wants to go. Hopefully I can keep him satisfied and then sell him before his contract runs out.

Adrian McCready - Bought from Grimsby for £250k a couple of seasons ago. Now has Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham snooping around him (although the latter might just fancy him as he scored twice against them.) Doesn't look like much to be fair. Picked up the league young player of the year award.

Daniele Noviello - Bad injury kept him out for a good lot of the season but still a class act in the games he could play.

Leon Birch - A great player to lead the club. Decent amount of goals and assists coming in off the left wing mostly (after Antonio's departure.)

Elliot Beckford - Very physically impressive forward and probably deserves a mention for simply putting two past Tottenham. Picked up the league player of the year award.

Mathis Miniconi - Another great season for the French midfielder. His reputation is rising and due to the amount of solid midfielders I may cash in on him to be honest if I get a tempting offer.

Miroslav Hanus - Never lets the team down whether up front or filling in on the left wing. Plenty of assists.

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Next season:

Pretty much the same as usual. Still haven't had any players come through the youth setup that will be good enough to even play in the league so that's a major disappointment I'd like to put right.

Maybe with a bit of luck we might just sneak through whatever CL group we're in this time after coming so close this year.

I think it's also safe to say that some players will have to move on.

[JonnyCurrie]

Tottenham Hotspur 0 - 2 Newcastle FC

[JonnyCurrie]

England

Premier League - Man City
Relegated: Bristol City, Blackburn, Middlesbrough
Championship - Charlton (Winners), Norwich (Promoted), Cardiff (Play-off Winners)
Relegated: Stoke, Doncaster, Ipswich
League One - Crewe (Winners), Hull (Promoted), Rotherham (Play-off Winners)
Relegated: Derby, Dag & Red, Luton, Oxford
League Two - Grimsby (Winners), York (Promoted), Swindon (Promoted), Northampton (Play-off Winners)
Relegated: Scunthorpe, Cambridge
Conference National - Port Vale (Winners), Alfreton (Play-off Winners)
Relegated: Forest Green, Nuneaton, Carlisle, Braintree
Conference North - Rushden (Winners), Accrington (Play-off Winners)
Relegated: Harrogate, Guiseley, Stafford
Conference South - Salisbury (Winners), Hampton & Richmond (Play-off Winners)
Relegated: Eastbourne Boro, Tooting & Mitcham, Eastleigh

FA Cup - Southampton
League Cup - Bolton
Community Shield - Man City
Football League Trophy - Derby
FA Trophy - Bath

Scotland

SPL - Celtic
Relegated: Aberdeen
First Division - Inverness CT
Relegated: Dundee
Second Division - Airdrie Utd
Relegated: Arbroath, Dunfermline
Third Division - Stenhousemuir (Winners), Berwick (Play-Off Winners)

FA Cup - Hibs
League Cup - Hearts
Challenge Cup - Inverness CT

Ireland

Premier League - Galway Utd
Relegated: Shamrock Rovers
First Division - Bray Wanderers

FA Cup - Galway Utd
League Cup - Galway Utd
Munster Senior Cup - Waterford Utd

Wales

Premier League - Havertfordwest
Relegated: Carmarthen

FA Cup - Newtown
League Cup - Carmarthen

Northern Ireland

Premier League - Newcastle FC
Relegated: Cliftonville, Larne
Championship One - Lower Maze (winners), Glenavon (play-off winner)
Relegated: Coagh Utd, H & W Welders
Championship Two - Warrenpoint (Winners), P.S.N.I. (Promotion)
Relegated: Dergview, Ballyclare

FA Cup - Newcastle FC
League Cup - Newcastle FC
Co.Antrim Shield - Distillery
Steel Cup - Distillery II
Intermediate Cup - Newry
Mid-Ulster Cup - Dungannon

All-Ireland Cup* - Newcastle FC

Will be less detail for these as they are just read-only so I'll just tell you the winners..

France

Ligue 1 - Lyon
Coupe de France - AS Aixoise
Coupe de la Ligue - Monaco FC
Trophee de Champions - Lyon

Germany

Bundesliga - Schalke
DFB-Pokal - Rostock

Netherlands

Eredivisie - Ajax
KNVB-Beker - Heerenveen
Johan Cruijff Schaal - Feyenoord

Italy

Seria A - Roma
Coppa Italia - Roma
Supercoppa - Inter

Spain

La Liga - At.Madrid
Copa del Ray - Barcelona
Supercopa - R.Madrid

European Trophies & World Club Cup

World Club - Barcelona
Supercup - Barcelona
Europa League - R.Madrid
Champions League - Man City

[SnakeXe]

Groundhog day in Europe!

[JonnyCurrie]

Groundhog day in Europe!

Pretty much. Although I was more impressed than last year I have to say.

[SnakeXe]

Pretty much. Although I was more impressed than last year I have to say.

Yeah definitely, not far at all from making the CL knockout rounds! Although I think you should definitely go on a bit of a Europa League run first

[JonnyCurrie]

Yeah definitely, not far at all from making the CL knockout rounds! Although I think you should definitely go on a bit of a Europa League run first

Only logical.

Don't want people to think I'm skipping ahead or something.

[AK22]

Good luck making progress in Europe.

I got completely battered in my season in the Champions League so know how you feel!

[JonnyCurrie]

Newcastle FC - Northern Irish Premiership - 2027/28

Media Prediction: 1st

Season Summary:

The season wasn't that memorable but a league and cup double isn't to be played down at the same time. I had to sell two very good midfielders during the season and overall we lacked a bit of spark that we had in the last couple of seasons. Crusaders are constantly competing with us (through a very wealthy financial backer - who they've had for a while now but they've been slow in recruiting until now), not only with transfers but also now, really putting points on the board that on any other season, in seasons before we began to dominate would have been a record.

Our form towards the end of the season wasn't good though and I think I possibly need to learn not to rotate as much and possibly begin giving players rest days instead.

Overall, borderline satisfactory I would say.


League Table/Season Position Graph - Finished 1st

Co.Antrim Shield - Runners up - Disappointing performance in the final.

Irish League Cup - 2nd Round - Poor effort but usually a lot of rotation going on at this stage.

Irish FA Cup - Winners! - Defended the trophy well.

All-Ireland Cup - Runners-up - Lost in extra-time. Good effort but just not our day.

Champions League - Group Stage - Worst performance in the CL for a while now. Not that we should be too hard on ourselves but we can do better.

Key Players

Andre Pollock - Rock at the back as always.

Adrian McCready - Starting to really bed down as our star striker.

Glenn Taylor - Not a spring chicken but worked fantastically with Pollock at the heart of our defence.

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Next season:

Small bit of progress as now we enter the CL at the group stage next season. Another bit of progress is the new reputation of the league.

The best news heading into the new season is that our youth setup finally spat out a kid that looks like he could potentially be a star in this league (albeit probably not much more than that) - Say hello to my new plaything, 16 year old, Mark McKay.

[JonnyCurrie]

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(Actually screw it! I'm going to stop this part of the updates as it's too tedious typing it out, making it a chore)

[JonnyCurrie]

European Championship 2028

Hosts: Portugal

Quarter-Finals:

England 0 - 1 France
Netherlands 4 - 0 Bulgaria
France 1 - 0 Russia
Ukraine 0 - 1 Germany

Semi-Finals:

Spain 2 - 0 Germany
Netherlands 0 - 0 France (France progress on penalties)

Final:

Spain 1 - 2 France

[Romanista1994]

Getting in the group stages automatically is awesome stuff for you and for the league despite your dominance.

I think you're being to modest about Mark McKay, if it were my save he'd be a starter as supporting striker (he looks that good)!

In fact you should post in this thread about him.

[JonnyCurrie]

Getting in the group stages automatically is awesome stuff for you and for the league despite your dominance.

I think you're being to modest about Mark McKay, if it were my save he'd be a starter as supporting striker (he looks that good)!

In fact you should post in this thread about him.

Cheers buddy!

Yeah I may well do post him up in that thread. Been ages (due to the level I've been playing at) from when I've had a good player come through. Although I have a sneaky suspicion he won't be much better than English Championship standard at best once he's developed, ha.

[Romanista1994]

What does your assistant give him as star ratings?

[JonnyCurrie]

1.5 star currently (described as a good player for our division) and potentially 4.5 stars. (My assistant has the necessary attributes for accuracy by the way.)

[Braundjoh]

Just read through this, really good. I do enjoy reading these but never have the patience myself. Thought I'd give myself an easy one as TNS but got bored of FM in general for a while.
Great progress though, and interesting to see you now qualify automatically for the group stages, relieves a bit of pressure

[Nobby_McDonald]

19th in the competition rankings... that's some progress... have any AI teams been helping out much?

[JonnyCurrie]

Just read through this, really good. I do enjoy reading these but never have the patience myself. Thought I'd give myself an easy one as TNS but got bored of FM in general for a while.
Great progress though, and interesting to see you now qualify automatically for the group stages, relieves a bit of pressure

Appreciate it man!

Didn't really change much, pressure wise, aside from a few less games at the start as it turns out.

Although we're now third seeds for the group draw which is nice to see.

19th in the competition rankings... that's some progress... have any AI teams been helping out much?

I don't really think so.

Crusaders really should be doing better in Europe considering how close they are to me domestically and considering they very well might be the first team to beat us to the title for 9 years this season. (Looking quite likely I'm afraid to say.)

[SnakeXe]

Good job keeping the standards up. Bit of patience required before you can make the next step I'd wager!

[JonnyCurrie]

Good job keeping the standards up. Bit of patience required before you can make the next step I'd wager!

Thinking the same. Part of me is tempted to leave sometime soon but I'd feel rubbish walking away. Might let my contract run down though and see if clubs come calling (as despite being the only 'world class' manager in the game currently, I haven't been approached once!)

[JonnyCurrie]

Newcastle FC - Northern Irish Premiership - 2028/29

Media Prediction: 1st

Season Summary:

Quite a fun season overall to be honest. We really, really came close to surrendering our title to Crusaders but somehow (although we did still have a good points total - in fact, a RECORD points total for the league) managed to pull it off on the last day of the season.

League Table/Season Position Graph - Finished 1st

Co.Antrim Shield - Runners up - Same as last year, met Crusaders in the final and lost it.

Irish League Cup - Winners! - A nice easy run and another trophy in the cabinet.

Irish FA Cup - Winners! - Third time in a row and we had to work hard to put out Crusaders after a replay.

All-Ireland Cup - Winners! - No idea where the Crusaders side went that had pushed me so hard in the league, we battered them in the final.

Champions League - Group Stage - Two draws and one win allowed us to avoid finishing bottom but again a bit tough to see how we're getting any further.

Europa League - 1st Round Knockout - Got drawn with Milan, who have some very good players. We did our best and avoided a big defeat at home but couldn't stop the onslaught at the San Siro. (the days of beating Inter in the San Siro are long gone! )

Key Players

Andre Pollock - Mr.Dependable.

Adrian McCready - Not much more I can ask from him when he's in this form. Bagged the league top goalscorer gong, the player of the year award and even remarkably (although perhaps it was a low scoring year elsewhere) the European Golden Boot.

Glenn Taylor - Age definitely not on his side but still putting in key performances.

Martin Webb - Really put in the effort this season and deserves a mention.

Peter Noon - Wanted to sign him but couldn't justify the fee so a loan it was. A great season and firmly in the hearts of the fans no matter if he ever does return.
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Next season:

Ranking for the league now sitting at 14th. Hopefully Crusaders can maybe start making the group stage of the CL now and again. Although this wasn't good news apparently. Still another team has turned professional so that's now five or six in the league.

Hopefully we can do better in the CL and also retain the big three domestically.

[Nobby_McDonald]

Crusaders get 96 points and don't win the league.

Others turning pro is a result of your success bringing more money into the league.

[SnakeXe]

Have you noticed any increase in your TV revenue from the league over the seasons? Just wondering whether that moves dynamically with the league rep as well.

[AK22]

Good to see the league rankings improvement.

That title race was close! But its good to have a bit of competition to stop any complacency creeping in.

[Romanista1994]

The league has really turned into a duopoly now but you're still a powerhouse.

Also good to see more clubs taking the step to professional football, can only make the league more competitive and hopefully help in Europe.

[JonnyCurrie]

Have you noticed any increase in your TV revenue from the league over the seasons? Just wondering whether that moves dynamically with the league rep as well.

Definitely. Still nothing to write home about but it's nearly a total of £1million in prize money for winning the league now compared to £100,000+ when I first got up to this division.

Good to see the league rankings improvement.

That title race was close! But its good to have a bit of competition to stop any complacency creeping in.

Definitely, it will push us on to put even more points on the board which can only be a good thing.

The league has really turned into a duopoly now but you're still a powerhouse.

Also good to see more clubs taking the step to professional football, can only make the league more competitive and hopefully help in Europe.

Ha, thanks bud. Yeah hopefully the others teams will start to challenge, not only Crusaders (who again haven't made the group stage for either CL or EL )

[JonnyCurrie]

Champions League group stage match at home provided four goals for ourselves and a pretty special first time volley for number four...

[Romanista1994]

That goal is . I presume you won then?

[JonnyCurrie]

That goal is . I presume you won then?

Aye, 4-1.

[JonnyCurrie]

Newcastle FC - Northern Irish Premiership - 2029/30

Media Prediction: 1st

Season Summary:

No-where near the level of competitiveness in the league as last season. Finished well ahead of Crusaders (who in fairness, did sell their best striker during the winter transfer window - after losing another of their better strikers to Celtic on a free, pre-season.)

I was disappointed that our chairman went over my head and sold my no.1 goalkeeper for a fee (which despite not being a bad one in context) that really should still be within my territory to decide if it's good enough.

League Table/Season Position Graph - Finished 1st

Co.Antrim Shield - Winners! - Won this mini-tournament for a change after successive final defeats.

Irish League Cup - Winners! - A solid retention of this trophy. I think this is actually ranked higher than the All-Ireland Cup ironically enough.

Irish FA Cup - Winners! - Fourth year on the bounce.

All-Ireland Cup - Quarter-Final - Disappointing.

Champions League - Group Stage - Not alot of joy in the CL despite never really being battered by anyone.

Europa League - 1st Round Knockout - Porto are a side I felt we could have possibly pulled of a shock. After the games themselves, I'm convinced we could well have but a few key performances just weren't up to scratch.

Key Players

Andre Pollock - As always.

Adrian McCready - Got injured for a decent amount of time which spoiled his season but still our main man up front.

Glenn Taylor - Experience at the back really shows alongside the more youthful Pollock.

Nathan Wells - Probably our best attacking player overall. I've made him captain following this season. Picked the player of the year award and top goalscorer gong.

Elliot Beckford - Always a physical threat up front and had a good season for us.
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Next season:

Our league's ranking has slipped unfortunately but not by much.

Dungannon have turned professional now for next season also.

Can't complain anymore about the board not at least, trying to get us moving in the right direction, stadium wise. Hopefully this is a regular thing every season, with the expansions increasing. Although ultimately I imagine, a new stadium will be on the cards sooner rather than later.

In terms of trophies, once again, the league and main cup is all I'm particularly worried about. The CL progression I'm convinced will come in time. I've no issue being patient whilst the club is still being built up.

[JonnyCurrie]

World Cup 2030

Hosts: Germany

Quarter-Finals:

Germany 1 - 1 England (England through on penalties) WOOOOT?!
Brazil 1 - 2 Argentina (AET)
Denmark 0 - 1 France
Spain 3 - 0 Portugal

Semi-Finals:

England 1 - 0 Spain (AET)
Argentina 2 - 2 France (Argentina through on penalties)

3rd/4th:

France 0 - 1 Spain (AET)

Final:

England 2 - 1 Argentina

[Romanista1994]

Back to a dominant position in the league, which is good. Winning cup treble alongside it isn't bad either.

[Nobby_McDonald]

Too many cups in Ireland.

[JonnyCurrie]

Too many cups in Ireland.

Haha, I know brah. Come at me. [/trollface.jpg]

[AK22]

Galway made it to the group stages too? A great year for the 'Emerald Isle'!

Bad luck against Porto too.

[SnakeXe]

Looks like you're getting closer to a breakthrough in Europe. My prediction is Quarter Finals of Europa League next season

[JonnyCurrie]

Pretty much neglected this game for a while but I do have two (very short & sweet I must admit) season updates to do..

[JonnyCurrie]

Isn't nice to admit but I've lost interest in continuing this career. I feel like I'm stalling majorly in terms of progress in Europe. Probably my lack of ability to get the better players but regardless, the experience is something to take with me.