They should be rewarded, if anything!
What?
That's right, your friend and mine SnakeXe is back for another lengthy career- and relationship-threatening Football Manager save! With FM12 coming out and a PhD to study for I thought I'd treat to myself to a new computer for both purposes, which means for the first time I can have a proper crack at a journeyman game with a good number of leagues loaded. For those who haven't read my career threads before (although you still can, here and here), I like to play the game in a fairly realistic manner, only signing players my scouts have recommended, no third party tools, etc etc. Now finally I can treat my career development in the same way, instead of being a one-club man.
I've holidayed the first season to give me a choice of the clubs newly promoted to the Blue Square North and South in England. The idea is basically to progress as I would do were this my real-life career, with the set of aims detailed in the following section - hopefully if all goes well I can tick them off like achievements as I go.
Aims"Social" Media
- Win promotion
- Win a cup competition
- Manage my current local side, Bath City
- Win a top-level league
- Win a top-level cup competition
- Manage the side I support, Newcastle United
- Win a trophy with Newcastle United
- Win a European title
- Win top-level league titles in all of the "big five" European leagues - England, Spain, Italy, Germany and France
- Win a top level league title in another continent
- Win a top level cup competition in another continent
- Win a continental competition in another continent
- Win a top level league title in all five continents
- Win a top level cup competition in all five continents
- Win all five continental competitions
- Win an international competition
- Win the World Cup
- Win the World Cup with an Asian or African nation
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/SnakeXe
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/Snakexe
The Technical Rubbish
Leagues Loaded
Medium database with the following leagues:
Code:Country | Lowest League Loaded ------------------------------------------- Argentina | Second Division Australia | A-League Brazil | Second Division China | First Division England | Blue Square North/South France | National Germany | Third Division Holland | Jupiler League India | National Football League Ireland | First Division Italy | Serie C2 Mexico | Promotion League N. Ireland | Second Division Portugal | Second Division Russia | First Division Scotland | Third Division South Africa | National First Division South Korea | N-League Spain | Second Division B USA | MLS Wales | Premier League
A total of 51 leagues across 22 nations and 5 continents - should be a good challenge for my new computer! Speaking of which:
Computer Spec
- Intel i7 Processor
- nVidia GTX 560 Ti 1GB GPU
- 12GB RAM
- 120GB SSD
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21-10-2011 15:04 #1Youth Team
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Now You Do Not Punish Someone, English Or Otherwise, For Being Rubbish At FM...
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21-10-2011 15:19 #2Third Team
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Looks like you could have an excellent adventure.
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21-10-2011 15:24 #3Part-Timer
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Have you just gone for a large database or custom?
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22-10-2011 12:12 #4Youth Team
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Thanks guys, think this is more feedback than I got in the entire first 5 pages of my last career and I haven't even picked a club yet!
Speaking of which, I'm visiting my parents this weekend so only have my laptop with me - I'll at least try and get started with a club but probably won't get to competitive football before I get back.
It's a medium database - I'll edit that in to the OP.
Originally Posted by Blue_magic
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27-10-2011 23:06 #5
Amazing what a pic in the OP can achieve! Originally Posted by SnakeXe
Good luck in your struggles to conquer the world.
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27-10-2011 23:10 #6Youth Team
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Thanks all
Well Weymouth isn't exactly the Costa del Sol either! I'm sure my extra £375 a week will stretch to some long-johns. Originally Posted by Nobby_McDonald
Pack your jumpers, it's colder in Darlington than Messina.
Well I guess if I saw an OP with Gareth Keenan in I would be hooked! Originally Posted by Nordan
Amazing what a pic in the OP can achieve!
Good luck in your struggles to conquer the world.
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21-10-2011 15:23 #7Part-Timer
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Looking forward to this!
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21-10-2011 15:24 #8Part-Timer
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will be following!!
glhf
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21-10-2011 15:24 #9Youth Team
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Good luck
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21-10-2011 15:26 #10Third Team
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Nice, I'll shall be reading.
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21-10-2011 15:38 #11
I will be following. Good luck
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21-10-2011 16:50 #12Amateur
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Good luck i shall be following your progress.
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21-10-2011 17:08 #13Semi Pro
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Good luck
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21-10-2011 17:43 #14First Team Squad Member
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Awesome! Looking forward to your exploits on this year's game, my friend! Good luck!
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21-10-2011 20:45 #15Youth Team
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good luck mate
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21-10-2011 21:53 #16Amateur
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Im Looking forward to this. Good luck!
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22-10-2011 12:37 #17Youth Team
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Good luck SnakeXe
You've certainly got plenty of ambition! Should keep you busy until FM13
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Name: Weymouth F.C.
From Wikipedia:
Nickname: The Terras
Founded: 1890
Stadium: The Bob Lucas Stadium, 6600 (960 seated) capacity
Status: Semi-Professional
I misjudged the league reset date, so had to make a choice between the teams who had already come up. I was half planning to take St. Albans, but as they hadn't come up, I decided to go to the south coast and Weymouth F.C. I have somewhat of a tie to the place, as I've actually been there quite a few times, something the likes of Billericay and Wealdstone could not boast!Weymouth Football Club were founded in 1890 and played their first game on 24 September of that year. Nicknamed 'The Terras' almost immediately, due to their terracotta strip, the team won the Dorset Junior Cup for the first three seasons, becoming a senior club as the team rose in stature.
The squad is relatively complete in terms of numbers, but clearly quality is an issue for a newly-promoted side. Also, there doesn't appear to be a single player capable of playing MC - interesting!
Next update will be on the eve of the season opening, taking a look at the squad and board expectations - as well as what I think is achievable.
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27-10-2011 08:45 #19Youth Team
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Name: Darlington F.C.
From Wikipedia:
Nickname: The Quakers, Darlo
Founded: 1883
Stadium: The Darlington Arena, 25,033 (all-seater) capacity
Status: Professional
Just looking at the bare stats makes me realise how much bigger a club I've moved to - Darlington have a huge, modern stadium (white elephant though it may be) and are fully professional. The club's turnover last season was a whopping £1,859,449 - a figure that dwarfs Weymouth's. However, despite this potential for bringing in money, the club made a £440k loss over the season. Sorting out the financial situation will be a tricky challenge, but one that I'll probably have to make an attempt at sorting out if I'm going to stay here much beyond the end of this season.Darlington Football Club (also known as Darlo or The Quakers) is a professional association football club based in Darlington, County Durham, currently playing in the Conference National. The club was founded in 1883, and originally played its games at Feethams, before moving to the Darlington Arena in 2003. The arena is an all-seater stadium with a capacity of 25,000, although this is restricted to 10,000. The cost of the stadium was a major factor in driving the club into administration. The club originally played in regionally-organised leagues, and were one of the founding members of the Northern League in 1889. They were first admitted to The Football League when the Third Division North was formed in 1921.
They won the Third Division North title in 1925, and their 15th place in the Second Division in 1926 remains their highest ever league finish. Since their admission to the League, they have spent most of their history in the bottom tier. They won the Third Division North Cup in 1934; their first victory in nationally-organised cup competition. They have reached the last 16 of the FA Cup twice, and the quarter-final of the Football League Cup once in 1968. In the early 1990s they won successive titles, with the Conference National in 1990 and the Fourth Division in 1991. In 2011 they won the FA Trophy, defeating Mansfield Town 1–0 at Wembley Stadium.
The club's main rivals are Hartlepool United. The club's traditional colours are a black and white shirts, black shorts and black and white socks. The club's crest depicts Locomotion No. 1, referencing the town's railway history, as well as a stylised Quaker and the club's nickname, The Quakers, referencing the religious movement that had a historic influence on the town.
But now to the positives - the vast majority of the squad that finished 5th last season is still at the club and the previous manager made some very astute signings over the summer. The squad is a little imbalanced in terms of positions, but not terrible. With some encouragement and back-to-basics football, it should just be a case of returning their belief.
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02-11-2011 22:54 #20Youth Team
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Name: Southend United
From Wikipedia:
Nickname: The Shrimpers, The Seasiders, The Blues
Founded: 1906
Stadium: Roots Hall, 12,163 (all-seater) capacity
Status: Professional
Southend should be a good club to take my career up to the next level. They were promoted to League One the season before this, but clearly haven't gotten to grips with the new level and look like they'll probably head straight back down. If I can keep them up, great, if not then I'm not too bothered as I can rebuild and make a good attempt at coming straight back, hopefully!Southend United Football Club is an English football club based at Roots Hall Stadium, Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, who currently play in League Two of the English Football League. Their home ground is Roots Hall, and the club plans to move into a new 22,000-seater stadium located at Fossetts Farm in the future.
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18-11-2011 12:14 #21Youth Team
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From Wikipedia:
Name: Wigan Athletic
Nickname: The Latics
Founded: 1932
Stadium: DW Stadium, 25,133 (all-seater) capacity
Status: Professional
Wigan survived a few more years in the Premier League than expected (by me anyway) as they only finally succumbed to relegation in 2015. Since then they have fallen in the playoffs twice, before narrowly missing out on them last year. Clearly this is a team I can finally gain some top-flight experience with.Wigan Athletic Football Club is an association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester. They have played at the DW Stadium since 1999, sharing the stadium with rugby league club Wigan Warriors. They previously played at Springfield Park for 67 years.
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From Wikipedia:
Name: SV Werder Bremen
Nickname: Die Werderaner (The River Islanders), Die Grün-Weißen (The Green-Whites)
Founded: 1889
Stadium: Weserstadion, 42,354 (30,623 seated) capacity (Due to move into the 54,942 capacity Werder Bremen Stadium on 20.6.2020)
Status: Professional
This is a really cracking move for me. Werder have been in and around the top four in Germany for the large majority of the previous 15 years, and have some globally reknowned players such as Fabio Coentrao and Eren Derdiyok. Whilst I was having fun at Wigan in grinding out results against far superior teams, this is a massive opportunity to further my career. Werder are also still involved in Europe, currently topping their Europa League group with one match remaining. I can't wait!SV Werder Bremen is a German sports club best known for its association football team playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the same name. The club was founded on 4 February 1899 as Fußballverein Werder by a group of sixteen vocational high school students who had won a prize of sports equipment to set them on their way. They took their name from the seldom used regional German word for “river peninsula”, describing the riverside field they first played football on. Werder Bremen has grown to 39,100 members.
Bremen have been a mainstay in the Bundesliga, top flight of German football. Bremen have been crowned champions on four occasions and have won the DFB-Pokal on six occasions. Their most recent achievements in these competitions came in 2004, when they won an historic double. Bremen have also tasted European success, beating AS Monaco in the 1992 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, 2–0. Bremen also reached the final edition of the UEFA Cup in 2009, before it was rebranded as the UEFA Europa League, where they met Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk. Shakhtar won the final 2–1 in extra time.
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22-10-2011 14:54 #23Youth Team
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Group Stage:
2012 UEFA European Championship
Group A:
Code:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Ukraine | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Turkey | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | Croatia | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Denmark | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 0 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group B:
Code:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | England | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Portugal | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 4 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | Poland | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Sweden | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 3 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group C:
Code:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Holland | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Italy | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | France | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Ireland | | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group D:
Code:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Spain | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Germany | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | Montenegro | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 3 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Russia | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 3 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Knockout Stage:
Quarter Final:
Ukraine 0 v 1 Portugal
England 3 v 0 Turkey
Germany 2 v 0 Holland
Spain 2 v 1 Italy
Semi Final:
Portugal 1 v 2 Spain
England 0 v 1 Germany
Final:
Spain 2 v 0 Germany
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30-10-2011 19:11 #24Youth Team
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Group Stage:
2014 FIFA World Cup
Hosts: Brazil
Holders: Spain
Group A
Group BCode:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Brazil | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Canada | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | Morocco | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 3 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Romania | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 0 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group CCode:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Spain | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 9 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Sweden | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | Australia | | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 2 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | U.S.A. | | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 1 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group DCode:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | England | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 9 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Russia | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | South Africa | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 3 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Saudi Arabia | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -8 | 0 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group ECode:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Wales | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 7 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Serbia | | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | Paraguay | | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 2 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Mali | | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 1 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group FCode:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Italy | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Uruguay | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 4 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | Bosnia & Herz. | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 3 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Ghana | | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 1 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Code:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Portugal | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Ivory Coast | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | Holland | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Iran | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 0 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group G
Group HCode:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Mexico | | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Chile | | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 5 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | Slovenia | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Japan | | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Code:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | France | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Argentina | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | South Korea | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 3 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Jamaica | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 3 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Knockout Stage:
Second Round:
Brazil 4 v 2 Sweden
Spain 6 v 0 Canada
England 3 v 1 Serbia
Wales 0 v 1 Russia
Ivory Coast 0 v 2 Italy
Uruguay 2 v 1 Portugal
Mexico 2 v 4 Argentina
France 4 v 3 Chile
Quarter Final:
Brazil 4 v 2 Russia
Spain 0 v 1 England
Italy 1 v 2 France
Uruguay 1 v 3e Argentina
Semi Final:
Brazil 3 v 0 Argentina
England 2 v 0 France
Third Place Playoff:
France 3 v 1 Argentina
Final:
Brazil 1 v 1p England (Okay, officially the least realistic FM ever, I want my money back)
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16-11-2011 18:34 #25Youth Team
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Group Stage:
2018 FIFA World Cup
Hosts: Russia
Holders: England
Group A
Group BCode:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Brazil | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 9 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Croatia | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | Russia | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Zambia | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 0 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group CCode:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Paraguay | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 7 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Italy | | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | United States | | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 2 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Scotland | | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 2 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group DCode:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | France | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 7 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Japan | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | Bosnia & Herzegovina | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 4 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Nigeria | | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 1 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group ECode:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Argentina | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 9 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Canada | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 4 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | South Korea | | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Czech Republic | | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group FCode:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Germany | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Cameroon | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 7 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | Chile | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 3 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | UAE | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -9 | 0 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Code:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Australia | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 7 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Spain | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | Mexico | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Austria | | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 1 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group G
Group HCode:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Netherlands | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Senegal | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | Costa Rica | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 3 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Cyprus | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 3 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Code:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | England | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Ghana | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | Serbia | | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Saudi Arabia | | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Knockout Stage:
Second Round:
Brazil 3 v 2 Italy
Croatia 0 v 0p Paraguay
France 1 v 0 Canada
Japan 0 v 3 Argentina
Germany 1 v 4 Spain
Cameroon 2 v 0 Australia
Ghana 1 v 0 Netherlands
England 2 v 0 Senegal
Quarter Final:
Brazil 0 v 1 Argentina
Paraguay 0 v 2e France
Spain p2 v 2 England
Cameroon 0 v 1 Ghana
Semi Final:
Argentina 0 v 1 Ghana
France 2 v 1 Spain
Third Place Playoff:
Argentina 3 v 1 Spain
Final:
Ghana p1 v 1 France
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06-12-2011 10:46 #26Youth Team
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Group Stage:
2022 FIFA World Cup
Hosts: Qatar
Holders: Ghana
Group A
Group BCode:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Egypt | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Ecuador | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | Switzerland | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 3 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Qatar | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -8 | 0 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group CCode:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Brazil | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Belgium | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | Mexico | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | South Korea | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 0 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group DCode:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Argentina | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Turkey | | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | United States | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Uzbekistan | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 0 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group ECode:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Morocco | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Canada | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | Spain | | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Sweden | | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group FCode:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Italy | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 9 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Croatia | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | Nigeria | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 3 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | China | | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Code:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | France | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Serbia | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | Ghana | | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 2 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Honduras | | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 1 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group G
Group HCode:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | England | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 9 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Colombia | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | Iran | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 3 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Germany | | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Code:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Algeria | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Netherlands | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | Austria | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 4 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Chile | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 3 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Knockout Stage:
Second Round:
Egypt 4 v 0 Belgium
Brazil 4 v 0 Ecuador
Argentina 3 v 3p Canada
Morocco 1 v 3 Turkey
Italy 0 v 2 Serbia
Croatia 0 v 2 France
Netherlands 2 v 2p England
Colombia 1 v 0 Algeria
Quarter Final:
Egypt 1 v 0 Turkey
Brazil 2 v 0 Canada
Serbia 2 v 0 Colombia
France 2 v 1 England
Semi Final:
Egypt 2 v 0 France
Brazil 1 v 0 Serbia
Third Place Playoff:
Serbia 0 v 1 France
Final:
Brazil 2 v 1 Egypt
Heartbreak for Egypt as they fall just short of becoming the second African World Cup winners, after Ghana's achievement in Russia.
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08-02-2012 09:55 #27Youth Team
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Group Stage:
2026 FIFA World Cup
Hosts: Mexico
Holders: Brazil
Group A
Group BCode:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Argentina | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 9 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Mexico | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | Greece | | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 1 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Algeria | | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group CCode:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Netherlands | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Turkey | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | Colombia | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Saudi Arabia | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group DCode:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Serbia | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Japan | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | Tunisia | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 3 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Ukraine | | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group ECode:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | France | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Belgium | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | Morocco | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Honduras | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 0 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group FCode:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | England | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Germany | | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | Egypt | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Uzbekistan | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 0 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Code:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Italy | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 9 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Peru | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | Sweden | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | South Korea | | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group G
Group HCode:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Portugal | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 7 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Nigeria | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | Costa Rica | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 3 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Chile | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -8 | 0 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Code:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Spain | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 9 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Brazil | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | United States | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Bahrain | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 0 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Knockout Stage:
Second Round:
Turkey 0 v 1 Argentina
Mexico 1 v 3 Netherlands
Serbia 1 v 1p Belgium
Japan 2 v 5 France
Peru p2 v 2 England
Italy 3 v 0 Germany
Brazil 1 v 1p Portugal
Spain 1 v 0 Nigeria
Quarter Final:
Argentina 2 v 1 France
Netherlands e3 v 2 Belgium
Peru 1 v 2 Spain
Italy 1 v 4 Portugal
Semi Final:
Argentina 2 v 0 Portugal
Netherlands 3 v 0 Spain
Third Place Playoff:
Portugal 2 v 3 Spain
Final:
Argentina 3 v 2 Netherlands
Back to a more normal result for England - losing on penalties to perceived weaker opponents.
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05-11-2011 12:17 #28Youth Team
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Group Stage:
2016 UEFA European Championship
Hosts: Spain
Holders: France
Group A:
Code:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Denmark | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Germany | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | Q | Russia | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Croatia | | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 1 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group B:
Code:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Ukraine | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 9 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | France | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | Q | Norway | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 4 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Wales | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group C:
Code:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Spain | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 7 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Austria | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | Czech Republic | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 3 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Bosnia & Herz. | | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 2 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group D:
Code:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Italy | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Slovakia | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | Q | Bulgaria | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 4 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Poland | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 0 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group E:
Code:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Switzerland | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Scotland | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | Q | Sweden | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 4 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Serbia | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 0 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group F:
Code:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Turkey | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | England | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | Iceland | | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 2 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Holland | | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 1 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Knockout Stage:
Second Round:
Denmark 0 v 4 France
England 3 v 2 Switzerland
Russia 3 v 1 Ukraine
Norway 1 v 2e Turkey
Germany 1 v 0 Scotland
Spain 4 v 2 Bulgaria
Italy p3 v 3 Sweden
Austria e2 v 1 Slovakia
Quarter Final:
England 1 v 0 France
Turkey 0 v 3 Russia
Spain 2 v 1 Germany
Italy 4 v 1 Austria
Semi Final:
England 2 v 1 Italy
Russia 0 v 1 Spain
Final:
England 1 v 3 Spain
So England couldn't quite follow up their World Cup win with a European Championship under new boss Michael Laudrup. That's reassuring. I don't like the new format though, it's bloated and overly complex.Last edited by SnakeXe; 06-11-2011 at 00:00.
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24-11-2011 22:01 #29Youth Team
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Group Stage:
2020 UEFA European Championship
Hosts: Belgium
Holders: Spain
Group A:
Code:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Italy | | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Germany | | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | Q | Russia | | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Poland | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 0 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group B:
Code:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Czech Republic | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Ukraine | | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | Croatia | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 3 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Bosnia & Herzegovina | | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 1 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group C:
Code:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | England | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Austria | | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 5 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | Scotland | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 3 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Ireland | | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 1 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group D:
Code:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Slovakia | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Portugal | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 4 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | Q | Sweden | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 3 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Belgium | | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 2 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group E:
Code:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Spain | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 9 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Netherlands | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | Q | Serbia | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 3 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Denmark | | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group F:
Code:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | France | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Turkey | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | Q | Israel | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Finland | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 0 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Knockout Stage:
Second Round:
Italy 2 v 1 Ukraine
Turkey 0 v 0p Spain
Czech Republic 3 v 1 Russia
France 3 v 0 Sweden
Netherlands 1 v 2e Germany
Serbia 1 v 2e England
Israel 2 v 1 Slovakia
Austria 0 v 2 Portugal
Quarter Final:
Spain 1 v 0 Italy
France p0 v 0 Czech Republic
England 2 v 1 Germany
Israel 1 v 2 Portugal
Semi Final:
Spain 2 v 0 Portugal
France 0 v 0p England
Final:
Spain 0 v 2 England
So Stuart Pearce's England get revenge for the Euro 2016 final defeat!
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19-12-2011 17:05 #30Youth Team
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Group Stage:
2024 UEFA European Championship
Hosts: Spain
Holders: England
Group A:
Code:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | England | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Netherlands | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | Q | Russia | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 3 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Iceland | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -8 | 0 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group B:
Code:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Italy | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 9 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Serbia | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | Bulgaria | | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 1 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Norway | | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group C:
Code:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Switzerland | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Belgium | | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | Turkey | | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 2 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Scotland | | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 2 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group D:
Code:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Germany | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Sweden | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | Q | Slovenia | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 4 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Albania | | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group E:
Code:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Portugal | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 7 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Spain | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | Q | Czech Republic | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 3 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Croatia | | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group F:
Code:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | France | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Denmark | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | Q | Hungary | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 4 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Poland | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 0 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Knockout Stage:
Second Round:
Serbia p1 v 1 England
Denmark 2 v 1 Portugal
Russia 0 v 2 Italy
Slovenia 0 v 3 France
Spain 0 v 3 Netherlands
Switzerland 0 v 1 Czech Republic
Hungary 1 v 2 Germany
Belgium 1 v 1p Sweden
Quarter Final:
Denmark 0 v 3 Serbia
Italy 3 v 0 France
Czech Republic 0 v 1 Netherlands
Sweden 1 v 2e Germany
Semi Final:
Serbia 0 v 1 Germany
Italy 0 v 1e Netherlands
Final:
Germany 1 v 1p Netherlands
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08-02-2012 10:00 #31Youth Team
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Group Stage:
2028 UEFA European Championship
Hosts: England
Holders: Netherlands
Group A:
Code:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Serbia | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Georgia | | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 5 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | Romania | | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 2 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Switzerland | | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 1 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group B:
Code:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | England | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Turkey | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | Q | Norway | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 3 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Cyprus | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 3 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group C:
Code:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Italy | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Poland | | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 5 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | Q | Belgium | | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 2 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Greece | | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 1 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group D:
Code:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Russia | | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Netherlands | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | Q | Germany | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Bulgaria | | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 2 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group E:
Code:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | France | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 7 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Portugal | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 6 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | Croatia | | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Scotland | | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 1 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Group F:
Code:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | Q | Spain | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 7 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | Q | Sweden | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | Q | Finland | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Ukraine | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 0 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Knockout Stage:
Second Round:
Turkey 1 v 2e Serbia
France 3 v 0 Sweden
England 0 v 2 Norway
Spain 2 v 1 Belgium
Georgia 1 v 3 Portugal
Italy 0 v 2 Germany
Russia e3 v 2 Finland
Poland 0 v 3 Netherlands
Quarter Final:
France e1 v 0 Serbia
Norway 0 v 2 Spain
Portugal 1 v 3 Germany
Netherlands 3 v 0 Russia
Semi Final:
France 2 v 3e Netherlands
Spain 3 v 0 Germany
Final:
Netherlands 1 v 2 Spain
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22-10-2011 15:12 #32Third Team
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Good luck with your preparations.
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22-10-2011 16:40 #33Amateur
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Good luck with Weymouth! Really enjoyed the Messi? Nah... thread so looking forward to seeing what you do with a journeyman career!
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22-10-2011 17:39 #34Amateur
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Good luck, Snake, looking forward to another cracking career.
Seeing everyone with their games makes me want tomorrow to come earlier. It's gonna be my birthday, and I'm (hopefully) getting FM then
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22-10-2011 18:10 #35Youth Team
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Thanks everyone!
Happy birthday for tomorrow, Matt, Spurs should give you a nice present given Blackburn's form!
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22-10-2011 18:44 #36First Team Squad Member
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Weymouth. Very interesting start indeed!
Good luck my friend! Take them back to the Conference!
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22-10-2011 18:47 #37Part-Timer
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Good luck Snake!
Looking forward to seeing where you end up.
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22-10-2011 19:51 #38
Haven't read your threads before, but this looks quite the adventure!
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23-10-2011 14:39 #39Youth Team
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SnakeXe's Career - Season 1 Preview - Weymouth F.C.
Board Expectations:
Blue Square Bet South - Safe Mid-table Position (minimum of Avoid Relegation, Predicted 22nd out of 22)
FA Cup - Third Qualifying Round
FA Trophy - Learn from the experience
My Expectations:
Blue Square Bet South - Top-half finish
FA Cup - Not bothered
FA Trophy - Not bothered
Budgets:
Transfer: £0
Wages: £1,970/week (£2,250/week currently)
Balance: £21,057
Squad:
Incredibly young - both my starting wingers and my starting right back are youth players - but that allowed me more wage budget to spend on the little bits of class that should take us to the next level. Overall I'm happy with the squad, and they've done reasonably well in pre-season, just the one loss to League 2 side AFC Wimbledon blotting the copy book. We should survive, and if we keep key men fit and firing, we should do so comfortably.
Key Men:
Goalkeeper/Defence
Loris Karius - GK - Former Man City trainee turned down a return to Germany to join us - could make a huge contribution.
Matthew Blatchford - DRLC - Lucked into this guy being at the club on non-contract terms when I arrived - signed him up to a full contract straight away.
Midfield
Stefan Oakes - MLC - Some experience to guide the youthful talent in the squad, his competency from corners should also be a big help.
Strikers
Corby Dawes - AMC/ST - The guy I'm looking to to score most of the goals. Quick, and a reasonable finisher for the level.
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26-10-2011 20:32 #40Youth Team
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SnakeXe's Career - Season 2 Preview - Weymouth F.C.
Board Expectations:
Blue Square Bet South - Top-half (minimum of Mid-table, Predicted 16th out of 22)
FA Cup - Third Qualifying Round
FA Trophy - Learn from the experience
My Expectations:
Blue Square Bet South - Playoffs
FA Cup - First Round
FA Trophy - Not bothered
Budgets:
Transfer: £0
Wages: £3,092/week (£3,582/week currently)
Balance: £33,045 (+£11,988 compared to last season)
Squad:
Shipped out most of the guys who disappointed me last season, kept a couple (Karius included) who I thought I could get more from with better coaching (a dedicated goalkeeping coach for one). I have high hopes for a successful campaign, considering the improvement in quality over last season's fare.
Key Men:
Goalkeeper/Defence
Matthew Blatchford - DRLC - Player of the season last time, very good defender for the level.
Midfield
Harry Rubbins - AMC - Came in mid-way through last season and didn't really break into the team, I'm expecting more of him as the most attack-minded of a 3-man midfield.
Ben Davisson - AML - Solid all-rounder of a winger.
Strikers
Darragh Duggan - ST - Hopefully can be the consistent goalscorer we missed last season.Last edited by SnakeXe; 26-10-2011 at 22:58.
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27-10-2011 09:01 #41Youth Team
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SnakeXe's Career - Season 2 New Club Update - Darlington F.C.
Board Expectations:
Blue Square Bet Premier - Challenge for the title (but not judging at the moment, Predicted 3rd out of 22, 15th place on arrival)
FA Cup - First Round
FA Trophy - Semi-final
My Expectations:
Blue Square Bet Premier - Playoffs
FA Cup - First Round
FA Trophy - Try and win it
Budgets:
Transfer: £0
Wages: £12,912/week (£13,849/week currently)
Balance: -£940,580
Squad:
A little midfield-heavy and only one really good striker, but there's plenty of talent and pace in there. A decent goalkeeper is an absolute must, I hope I can either push the budget just a little further or bring someone in on loan. Young striker Brian Gray looks like he'll become a really good player, but 16 is probably a little young to be leading the line.
Key Men:
Goalkeeper/Defence
Steven Swinglehurst - DLC - The on-loan youngster should be a great player for us.
Midfield
Oguzhan Ozyakup - MRC - The former Arsenal trainee adds a touch of class in midfield.
Benvindo - AMRL - Pace, trickery and versatility.
Strikers
Callum Robinson - AML/ST - All the ingredients are there.Last edited by SnakeXe; 27-10-2011 at 09:36.
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02-11-2011 23:17 #42Youth Team
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SnakeXe's Career - Season 4 New Club Update - Southend United
Board Expectations:
League One - Learn from the experience (but not judging at the moment, Predicted 18th out of 24, 24th place on arrival)
FA Cup - Already Out
League Cup - Already Out
Johnstone's Paint Trophy - Already Out
My Expectations:
League One - Show some fight, get at least some points
Budgets:
Transfer: £0
Wages: £29,868/week (£30,975/week currently)
Balance: -£656,320
Squad:
Poor, and in a foul mood. Just what I expected.
Key Men:
Goalkeeper/Defence
Lee Nicholls - GK - Our best player, we need him fit soon.
Matthew Wilkinson - DC - His pace may allow us to play a high defensive line.
Midfield
Luke Rooney - M/AMRLC/ST - Our best outfield player, hopefully I can get more out of him than the previous manager.
Strikers
Tony Garrod - AMR/ST - I hope to hell he can hit the target occasionally.
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30-10-2011 20:27 #43Youth Team
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SnakeXe's Career - Season 3 Preview - Darlington F.C.
Board Expectations:
Blue Square Bet Premier - Promotion (minimum of Top-half, Predicted 6th out of 24)
FA Cup - First Round
FA Trophy - Unimportant
My Expectations:
Blue Square Bet Premier - Promotion
FA Cup - Hope for Third Round
FA Trophy - Hope for Winners
Budgets:
Transfer: £0
Wages: £11,395/week (£10,671/week currently)
Balance: -£612,603 (+£327,977 compared to last season)
Squad:
Wage bill down, quality up, a squad with class and character. If it's not enough then I'm the problem, simple as.
Key Men:
Goalkeeper/Defence
Harry Davis - DC - Captain and leader at the back.
Midfield
Oguzhan Ozyakup - MRC - Poor last season, should do better.
Krisztian Adorjan - AMC/ST - Sheer class.
Strikers
Joel Ambalu - ST - The on-loan youngster should thrive at this level.Last edited by SnakeXe; 31-10-2011 at 11:29.
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31-10-2011 11:25 #44
I think you forgot to change your template,under My exp it says BSB south.
I am very confident you will make top 5,and probably win the title this season!
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01-11-2011 23:21 #45Youth Team
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SnakeXe's Career - Season 4 Preview - Darlington F.C.
Board Expectations:
League Two - Mid-table (minimum of Consolidate, Predicted 19th out of 24)
FA Cup - Second Round
League Cup - Learn from experience
Johnstone's Paint Trophy - Learn from experience
My Expectations:
League Two - Top half
FA Cup - Third Round
League Cup - Not bothered
Johnstone's Paint Trophy - Have a crack at the latter stages
Budgets:
Transfer: £0
Wages: £17,728/week (£20,738/week currently)
Balance: -£348,625 (+£263,978 compared to last season)
Squad:
Pretty confident we'll hold our own, plenty of talent and enough grit to grind out results when talent fails.
Key Men:
Goalkeeper/Defence
Matthew Urwin - GK - He's so much better than his backup that we're in serious trouble without him.
Midfield
Lee Lucas - DM/MC - A solid base to the midfield.
Krisztian Adorjan - AMC/ST - Perhaps a higher level will bring his quality out.
Strikers
Joel Ambalu - ST - Whilst he didn't weigh in with many goals, his link-up play was crucial to our success last season.
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23-10-2011 14:40 #46Youth Team
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Cheers crouchy and Romanista - and good to have you on board, Jay
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23-10-2011 15:52 #47Semi Pro
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I had Stefan Oakes on my Tamworth save, he had a decent first season but his stats deteriorated afterwards... hope he does well for you.
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23-10-2011 16:26 #48Youth Team
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Yeah he's not a long-term solution but looks good for a season or two. Always nice to have one or two older heads around the squad as well.
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24-10-2011 14:04 #49Youth Team
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Season 1: Halfway House Update
My first competitive fixture on FM12 saw us tackle Salisbury away from home. They took the lead early on, but we managed an equaliser through an own goal. We couldn't stem the tide for much longer, though, and two second half goals sent me to a debut defeat.
We immediately hit back with a 2-0 home win over Truro, before losing the next match away at Hayes & Yeading. In fact, the first 5 matches followed the non-League blueprint - win at home, get stuffed away. Luckily we had 3 home matches and 2 away in that time, so we were never too concerned with making a terrible start.
We then turned that form on its head by winning 4-2 away in Dover but only managing a draw against Havant & Waterlooville at home. However, that defeat to Hayes & Yeading was our last for 11 games, so we had a very encouraging start indeed.
That run came to an end with a 1-0 loss away to BSN side Corby in the FA Cup 4th Qualifying Round, a result that clearly knocked our confidence as we were thrashed 3-0 away by Thurrock in the league. A 3-match winning streak put things back on track, but a run of just 2 wins in the next 7 saw us out of the FA Trophy in the first round to league-leaders Woking, and slipping back into mid-table in the BSS, having looked like making an unlikely playoff charge.
All things considered, I'm pretty happy with where we are at the moment, if a little disappointed that our form has tailed off after that excellent 11-game run.
The Good
- The 11-game unbeaten run
- Generally looking a good side
- Creating a good number of chances
- Terrible finishing
- Karius has been awful at times for no good reason
- Poor form recently
Results - League Table - Squad
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24-10-2011 17:35 #50Youth Team
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That should be the Blue Square South's slogan Originally Posted by SnakeXe
Absolutely shocking in real life too!
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29-10-2011 12:01 #51Youth Team
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Season 2: Halfway House Update
My first game in charge of Darlington was very simple - a home match against bottom-of-the-table Hinckley. My players looked a little unfamiliar with the 4-5-1 system I had in mind, but we still came away with a relatively comfortable 1-0 win.
The next game, however, was not good. Away to Eastbourne Boro, who were below us in the table, we shipped 2 goals despite being on top to go 2-0 down. Somehow we wrested the match into our control and brought it back to 2-2 only to throw away all of our hard work in letting in a third cheap goal in injury time. In the following game against Crewe we took the lead twice only to end up losing after an own goal equaliser and yet another injury time winner for the opposition.
I'd like to say things got much better from then, and the squad rallied round, but they didn't. They crumbled. I only won 2 more league games before the halfway point.
Luckily we also got a couple of wins in the FA Cup against regional Conference sides, but then blew our chance of a big pay day in the third round by losing in typically self-destructive fashion against Braintree.
I'm almost tempted to just holiday through to the end of the season, there's no two ways about it - the squad needs massive surgery.
The Good
- Reasonable FA Cup run
- We probably won't go down
- Err...
- Throwing away at least a dozen points in injury time
- Awful defending, laboured attacking
- Everything, to be honest
Results - League Table - Squad
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31-10-2011 14:39 #52Youth Team
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Season 3: Halfway House Update
We started the season very very well, with 4 wins from the first 4 matches. We first dropped points away to Eastbourne, who we battered for 80 minutes but only found one goal, whilst they had one attack and scored.
3 wins, a draw and a loss from the next 6 wasn't great, but 4 wins after that and a 7-0 thrashing of Wakefield in the FA Cup qualifying meant we were feeling really confident.
However, I absent mindedly asked the assistant to take care of the team talk after the 7-0, and he managed to **** off the entire squad. Cue 5 games without a win.
A penalty shootout win over Telford in the FA Cup first round restored confidence, and we beat League Two side Oxford in the next round, and won our next two league games as well. Unfortunately injuries started to mean I couldn't use either of my favoured 4-3-1-2 or 4-4-1-1 systems, so I had to reshuffle. This resulted in 3 straight defeats to end the half-season.
The Good
- Comfortable in a playoff spot
- Playing good football
- Bignall has scored well
- Injuries
- Can't work out Adorjan
- Poor finishing (broken record, huh?)
Results - League Table - Squad
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02-11-2011 18:10 #53Youth Team
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Season 4: Halfway House Update
Another excellent start to the season saw us win 3 of our first 4 matches, the other being a rather unlucky defeat away to Plymouth. After a messy run of fixtures where I basically divebombed out of the JPT and League Cup as fast as possible, we then won 4 from 5 to get within 3 points of top spot.
However, we have not won another game to date.
The defence has fallen apart and my strikers have forgotten what the point of them being on the pitch is. Injuries and suspensions played their part, but even when we've gotten most of our players back we've still failed to win. Couple that with my chairman's absolute refusal to entertain the idea of scouting beyond the UK occasionally, and I'm considering jacking, for the club's sake as well as my own. Something needs to happen to arrest this slide.
The Good
- The start
- We're probably not far off enough points to survive already
- I've signed a rather good right back who spends a lot of time on the treatment table but is awesome when not dead
- The chairman
- Awful defending as a team
- Completely abject efforts to score goals
Results - League Table - Squad
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02-11-2011 18:28 #54
It's job well done at Darlington anyway,I think the timing for leaving is good now.The chairman seems rather reluctant at the prospect of success. Originally Posted by SnakeXe
I say get another job!
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07-11-2011 12:41 #55Youth Team
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Season 5: Halfway House Update
We started fairly slowly - after the 3-0 win over Darlington you'd think the goals were flowing and teams would be blown away, but we actually found it quite difficult to get the balance between offering a goal threat and keeping the defence tight, especially with Drogba spending 3 months on the treatment table. Nevertheless, we kept within a few points of the automatic promotion spots, before finally finding a good balance and really kicking on up the table.
We eventually reached top spot, even opening up a gap over second-place Stockport, but we then suffered a bit of a hangover after going out of the FA Cup and JPT in successive matches (second round against BSP Bury Town and semi-final against L1 Torquay respectively) and lost a couple of games to allow the gap to be closed. A very lucky 4-2 win over Hartlepool closed out the year, meaning we kept top spot on goal difference for the New Year's celebrations.
The Good
- Tight defence
- Top of the league
- JPT semi-final
- Drogba has managed only 8 starts
- Slightly poor recent form
- Everyone wants massive wages to renew their contract past the end of the season
Results - League Table - Squad
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24-10-2011 22:58 #56Youth Team
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Too soon?
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24-10-2011 23:45 #57Semi Pro
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No
Go for it
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25-10-2011 00:20 #58Amateur
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What do you think your chances are of actually getting the job? Since it's one of you aims for your career, I'd be sorely tempted - but I'd also be wary of having no chance of getting hired and annoying my current employers!
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25-10-2011 15:36 #59Youth Team
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I was mentioned amongst the possibilities for the Stockport job which came up earlier in the season, and they were top-half of the BSP, so I assume I would have had a shot had I gone for it. I didn't in the end though, thought it was a bit early to change jobs - especially as Bath have been relegated.
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25-10-2011 17:13 #60Youth Team
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Story of the Season:
SnakeXe's Career - Season 1 - 2012/13
Blue Square South - 2nd, Playoff Semi-finalists
After being in a comfortable mid-table position at the turn of the year, we found some form from somewhere and went on a mighty run of 13 wins from 16 games to propel us to a peak of 3 points clear at the top of the table. Unfortunately our luck ran out at that stage, and we lost 3 on the bounce to basically hand the title to Dartford. A win draw and loss from the last 3 games was enough to secure 2nd place however, and if we could rediscover our earlier form we had a great chance to earn promotion.
We drew Truro in the playoffs, a side we'd lost to away and beaten at home in the league. I tried to keep things tight in the away leg, and they seemed to be working early on as we stifled their attacks, and nicked the opener from a corner. Eventually the fact that we couldn't pass the ball 5 yards caught up with us, and we went 2-1 down. Luckily we grabbed a lucky goal back with 10 minutes to go to take a draw back to The Bob Lucas Stadium.
Another dire game followed, the one shot on target from either side coming from us in the 70th minute. The 0-0 meant extra time, and extra time that mirrored the match meant penalties.
With our 4th penalty, we took a 3-1 lead, meaning if we scored ours or they missed any of their penalties, we'd go through to the final.
We missed, they scored.
We missed the next one, they scored. Game over.
FA Cup - Lost in 4th Qualifying Round (v Corby)
Wins over from-outside-the-playable-leagues sides Frome and Enfield Town were good; a limp 1-0 defeat away to BSN strugglers Corby was not.
FA Trophy - Lost in 1st Round (v Woking)
We beat Bishop's Cleeve more comfortably than the scoreline suggests in the qualifying round, but then lost badly to eventual playoff winners Woking in the first round proper.
Results 1 - Results 2 - Squad
Transfers - Broke even
A whole load of frees. Best signing was probably Nathan White, you can take your pick for the worst. Karius is mine, worst 5* player ever.
Finances
Surprisingly good, for a non-league side.
5 Most Important Players:
5. Ross Simpson - DR - Solid enough.
4. Daniel Ball - AMC/ST - Equal top scorer, despite being a bit rubbish.
3. Stefan Oakes - MLC - Leading assist maker from the centre of the park. Tailed off badly.
2. Nathan White - ST - The other of the equal top scorers, we probably would have won the league if he hadn't been badly injured. That's not to say he's that good, just the rest were abysmal.
1. Matthew Blatchford - DRLC - The leader at the back, also contributed with goals at set-pieces.
History:
Code:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Season | Team | League | Country | Position | Notes | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 2012/13 | Weymouth | Blue Square South | England | 2nd | Playoff Semi-finalists | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Next Season:
Despite nearly winning the league our squad is very poor. If I can find a good striker then the rest probably won't matter, that's how it is at this level. We've got a couple of very promising young wingers, so building the team around them might be sensible. Operation find-a-big-lump-to-aim-at ho!
My feeling at the moment is if we can win promotion, unless it's absolutely spectacular BSP-beware sort of stuff, I'll probably leave at the end of my contract.
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29-10-2011 21:57 #61Youth Team
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Story of the Season:
SnakeXe's Career - Season 2 - 2013/14
Blue Square Premier - 14th
The second half of the season was actually quite a lot better than the first. We found some rhythm and even resembled a football team at times. However, some crucial injuries meant I couldn't use our favoured 4-5-1 system so I flitted between 4-3-1-2 and 4-4-1-1 for the rest of the season, which had some pretty changeable results - including losing our last 3 matches when some wins might have meant a decent league position, if not quite where we wanted to be at the start of the season.
FA Cup - Lost in 2nd Round (v Braintree)
Two wins over regional Conference sides got us to the second round, but unfortunately we missed out on a much-needed payday when we couldn't beat a third.
FA Trophy - Lost in 1st Round (v Burton)
Never got going.
Results 1 - Results 2 - Squad
Transfers - Broke even
Large player turnover, plenty of loans coming in. Best signing will hopefully be Adorjan, worst was Mellor on loan - single-handedly cost us 6 points.
Finances
Getting better, though still badly in the red.
5 Most Important Players:
Rather than 5 most important players this season, this is the 5 players most likely to help next season not be this painful/dull/terrible.
5. Oguzhan Ozyakup - MRC - Should sing in a better team.
4. Brian Gray - AMC/ST - Amazing prospect, will sign professional terms in the summer so should be capable of starting.
3. Harry Davis - DC - Let down by fairly poor fullbacks, tried manfully enough to suggest he'll do better with better company.
2. Matthew Urwin - GK - Kept 4 clean sheets in a row when he first joined, couldn't keep it up though.
1. Krisztian Adorjan - AMC/ST - A wonderful capture for us - the scouts say he's League One standard and I agree. I'll be building the team around him.
History:
Code:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Season | Team | League | Country | Position | Notes | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 2012/13 | Weymouth | Blue Square South | England | 2nd | Playoff Semi-finalists | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 2013/14 | Weymouth | Blue Square South | England | 3rd | Resigned in October | | - | Darlington | Blue Square Premier | England | 14th | 15th on arrival in October | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Next Season:
I'm sure the board and fans won't settle for anything less than a promotion push, and neither will I to be honest. I really want things to work out here, I feel I owe it to the fans and board after suffering through last season without much sign of improvement.Last edited by SnakeXe; 30-10-2011 at 16:45.
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01-11-2011 17:18 #62Youth Team
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Story of the Season:
SnakeXe's Career - Season 3 - 2014/15
Blue Square Premier - 2nd, Promoted via playoffs
In the second half of the season we really kicked into gear, even overhauling a Wrexham side crippled by fixture congestion - they reached the finals of the Welsh Cup and FA Trophy - but eventually poor finishing in two must-win games meant we had to settle for second and the playoffs.
Telford were dispatched easily enough, 2-0 away resplendent in our horrible green kit, and a 1-1 at home which was a lucky result for them, which mean we met the conquerors of Newport County in the final, Macclesfield.
We triumphed 1-0 in a result that should have been secure much earlier in the match, in front of a half-empty Old Trafford. Darlington are heading back to the football league
FA Cup - Lost in 3rd Round (v Man City)
A great and well-deserved win over League Two Oxford in the second round set up a home tie with Man City in the third round. We gave a great account of ourselves, taking the lead and being just seconds from a lucrative replay, but Nasri, the only City player who actually turned up, broke our hearts.
FA Trophy - Lost in 1st Round (v Cambridge)
I've lost every single fixture in this with Darlington.
Results 1 - Results 2 - Squad
Transfers - Broke even
All frees and loans again. Best signing was definitely Bignall on loan, Kewell probably the worst simply because he was largely an irrelevance as an AML in a 4-3-1-2.
Finances
Slightly better again - the tie with Man City helped.
5 Most Important Players:
Rather than 5 most important players this season, this is the 5 players most likely to help next season not be this painful/dull/terrible.
5. Brian Gray - AMC/ST - Really great option to have when plan A wasn't working.
4. Matthew Urwin - GK - Very solid in goal.
3. Krisztian Adorjan - M/AMC/ST - Not the non-league Zidane I was half-expecting but did a great job for us.
2. Harry Davis - DC - The centre-half was imperious.
1. Nicholas Bignall - ST - Infuriating as often as he was a match-winner, but we'd never have done it without him.
History:
Code:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Season | Team | League | Country | Position | Notes | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 2012/13 | Weymouth | Blue Square South | England | 2nd | Playoff Semi-finalists | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 2013/14 | Weymouth | Blue Square South | England | 3rd | Resigned in October | | - | Darlington | Blue Square Premier | England | 14th | 15th on arrival in October | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 2014/15 | Darlington | Blue Square Premier | England | 2nd | Playoff Winners | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Next Season:
Assuming no really special offer comes in over the summer I'll be leading Darlington back into the Football League personally! We should have plenty to stay up given how we performed at times last season, and especially in that cup win over Oxford. The only slight concern is a large quantity of our squad - some key players included - were only at the club on loan. If we're to survive, we'll have to bring them back or replace them with equally good players.
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04-11-2011 11:51 #63Youth Team
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Story of the Season:
SnakeXe's Career - Season 4 - 2015/16
League One - 21st (24th on arrival), Relegated
Well with 2 games left it didn't look good, 2 points off safety with 2 difficult games coming up. The first, against Swindon, was the toughest as it was away from home, and we duly lost 3-1. Luckily everyone around us lost as well, so we still had a shot at survival going into the final day showdown with Tranmere.
We kept up our end of the bargain, battling to an amazing 1-0 win to not only give ourselves a chance of staying up, but also deny the Lilywhites a playoff spot.
Unfortunately, Brentford weren't as reliable, losing 3-1 to Northampton, meaning we were down by a point.
FA Cup - N/A
League Cup - N/A
Johnstone's Paint Trophy - N/A
Results - Squad
Transfers - Broke even
None of them were mine.
Finances
In deeper poo than when I arrived. May have misjudged this "find a financially stable club" deal.
5 Most Important Players:
Rather than 5 most important players this season, this is the 5 players most likely to help us back up next season.
5. Luke Young - M/AMRC - A creative presence in midfield.
4. Louis Rowley - DL - Impressive fullback.
3. Oscar Chadney - D/WBRL - The other half of a great pair of fullbacks - invaluable.
2. Luke Rooney - M/AMRLC/ST - Skillful and quick, should be unstoppable in League Two.
1. Charlie Nunn - AML - His injury in the gutting 3-2 defeat to Doncaster may have been the single moment where survival edged beyond our grasp. He had their fullback on a plate and was getting ready to finish off the last morcel. That would have been 3 points for us, and probably more in the following two that we lost as well. He got 6 assists in the 6 games he played under me this season.
History:
Code:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Season | Team | League | Country | Position | Notes | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 2012/13 | Weymouth | Blue Square South | England | 2nd | Playoff Semi-finalists | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 2013/14 | Weymouth | Blue Square South | England | 3rd | Resigned in October | | - | Darlington | Blue Square Premier | England | 14th | 15th on arrival in October | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 2014/15 | Darlington | Blue Square Premier | England | 2nd | Playoff Winners | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 2015/16 | Darlington | League Two | England | 16th | Resigned in January | | - | Southend United | League One | England | 21st | Relegated, 24th on arrival in March | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Next Season:
So close, yet so far. Honestly, I thought 5 wins from the 10 games I was in charge for would be more than enough to stay up, but the teams around us were just about good enough to stop us overhauling them.
We have to aim for the title next year. I intend to keep my squad in tact where possible, they've shown in the run in that they've got the right sort of attitude and no little skill.Last edited by SnakeXe; 10-11-2011 at 09:34.
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25-10-2011 16:57 #64First Team Squad Member
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Difficult one.
I'd say it's probably too soon. You need to be at Weymouth for a couple of seasons to build up a reputation before you make a move to a new club.
Tough one though as obviously you'd like to manage them.
In this case, the question is, what would you do in real life, and what do you think is a realistic move?
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25-10-2011 17:37 #65Youth Team
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A good solid first season,unlucky with the penalty shootout loss in the playoffs.Hope you achieve promotion in the new season!
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25-10-2011 17:55 #66Amateur
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Gutted about the penalty shootout loss - you were virtually there! Don't let it get you down, loved reading it so far Snake.
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25-10-2011 18:59 #67First Team Squad Member
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Very nice season with Weymouth there SnakeXe.
Any chance of some tactical talk? I'm always interested to hear how people set up their teams!
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25-10-2011 23:42 #68Youth Team
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Cheers guys, glad you're enjoying so far!
Tactics wise it's very simple - a rigid 4-4-2 with the emphasis on getting quick passes to the strikers so they can get within shooting range before being closed down (because even without being closed down... well, let's just say they should put down a tarp if they ever go to the sperm bank).
All default roles except wide midfielders swapped to wingers, with "cross from" set to mixed, as by the time they've beaten the full back sometimes the opposition has 9 other men behind the ball, plus the advanced forward swapped to poacher, although that didn't work particularly well so I think I'll change that for next season.
Team instructions are all standard except a rigid philosophy, less freedom and direct passing.
When it works well it's brilliant direct football. Unfortunately with players of this calibre it's sometimes a lottery.
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26-10-2011 01:18 #69Star Player
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Unlucky in losing the playoffs. Good luck next season.
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26-10-2011 07:30 #70Amateur
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Best of luck with this mate, just spent the last few hours going through your Messina career and you've definitely given me an itch to do something similar. Hopefully you'll find a journeyman career just as enjoyable
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26-10-2011 10:26 #71
Unlucky on the playoff defeat, but an excellent season considering where you were predicted to come. Good luck for next season
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26-10-2011 12:34 #72First Team Squad Member
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Sounds good SnakeXe. Pretty much how I would set up my team at that level.
I noticed you had 4-4-1-1 on one of your screenies. Was that your plan B?
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Thanks guys, and glad you enjoyed the last thread arinceo.
Yeah I used 4-4-1-1 and 4-5-1 as alternatives, might switch to the latter for this coming season. Same sort of philosophy, just a slight repositioning of the players.
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I am having to go more rigid this season as I am now not the best team in the division
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26-10-2011 17:21 #75Youth Team
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Must be a new experience for you, Flamers
What's this? A new contract, for exactly the same length of time, but with a £50/week pay rise? Don't mind if I do!
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26-10-2011 17:23 #76Semi Pro
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It is
I don't like it. And I don't like not having strikers that can run the length of the pitch in about 3 seconds
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26-10-2011 21:57 #77Youth Team
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26-10-2011 22:40 #78Amateur
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Awkward.... Originally Posted by SnakeXe
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26-10-2011 22:56 #79Amateur
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Good read so far and as for the England game just the usual then Originally Posted by SnakeXe
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26-10-2011 22:44 #80Youth Team
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Good luck for the new season
As for the England match.....shocking
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Now this is interesting...
Darlo are currently 15th in the BSP having been predicted 3rd and finished 5th last season. The only black mark as far as I'm concerned is that the finances are listed as "Insecure".
Should I go? I think I'll save and stop for the night and sleep on it, any advice would be welcome!
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you can't get that team relegated snake, and since you'll survive, it'll give you a chance to go for League Two the next season, if I'm not mistaken of course. I say go for it!
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26-10-2011 23:17 #83
I would say go to Darlington. Quite a lot of potential.
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I say stay! You've been given a rise by the board at Weymouth in recognition of your good work. Yes it's only a small gesture but it means they want to keep you. Keep performing well with Weymouth and bigger fish will come calling.
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Losing on penalties is sickening no matter what context it's in, so my sympathy for that alone. Still a pretty good season considering your half-way position.
I'm sure you'll go one further this season.
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So, I decided to do what I would do in real life, which is be respectful to Weymouth by not saying anything in the press, but popping a CV off to Darlington just to see what my options are.
However the media seized upon it:
So I did the honourable thing:
But that seemed to spur my suitors into action:
With a 100% pay increase offered and the budget more than quadrupled, I felt I'd probably made the right decision. The only thing left to do was negotiate another year onto the contract, which Mr. Singh agreed to. County Durham here I come!
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27-10-2011 08:48 #87
Good luck at Darlo
Don't they have a massive stadium for BSP level (or is that Gateshead)?
EDIT: Just saw your update, great potential of a club!
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Good move I say! Nice career so far and still plenty of time to turn the season round at Darlington. Keep it up!
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Looks like a good move, hope you go up before too long.
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Pack your jumpers, it's colder in Darlington than Messina.
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Good luck with the new club.
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You will not be disappointed in darlo! I had an epic 20 season save with them in FM11, good luck!
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Good luck with the new season.
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28-10-2011 16:26 #94Youth Team
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Good decision moving to Darlington. A decent push and you'll make the playoffs
However, I'm a bit surprised that they were happy to employ a manager with only one season's experience in the league below. It's such a big step-up from Weymouth too. Might have something to do with the reputation of the BSP and BSS being so similar I suppose.
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They were in a bigger state than I thought, so they may have been a bit desperate. Plus I almost won the league with the side predicted bottom, that's got to boost my rep a fair bit!
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28-10-2011 20:18 #96
Can be fun sorting out a club,good luck with the new challenge. Originally Posted by SnakeXe
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Still think this was the right move?
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29-10-2011 13:39 #98Youth Team
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Dunno, next season will be the acid test. Sure, it's painful now, but with my own side in place and a full preseason under my guidance we should be far better off. Originally Posted by MattSpurs94
Still think this was the right move?
As an aside, I'm starting to be linked with lower League Two jobs - although it looks like AFC Wimbledon will be joining us in the BSP given their current form.
Either the footballing world realises what a mess I walked into with Darlo, or the rep increase is a bit unbalanced at the moment! Probably a bit of both I'd say.
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I bet you'll make the playoffs next season! Btw, can you take a look at my topic here and give a few tips perhaps? I'm a total noob on lower leagues management :/
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Yeah sure, could you drop a link in here? Not sure I'll be able to help too much - I'm not doing that great myself
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