Climbing The Ladder - Game Thread

[jimbowmanuk]

Climbing The Ladder

20 of the World's most gifted young strikers, have been found in the 20 worst ranked nations in the World.

The 20 worst ranked FIFA nations have all unearthed great prospects in one of their clubs, will these players inspire their respective National Team to International excellence and inspire a generation of fellow countrymen to improve as footballers.

Posted below are the 20 nations and their ranks, what I need from you is a name, your nation of choice(1 player per nation) and your favourite club(must be one of Europes top teams). Date of birth will be the same for all players and each will have 125 CA and 200 PA.

Points will be awarded for the following
- Qualify for World Cup - 50pts
- World Player of the Year - 50pts
- International Goal - 1 point per goal
- Ranking Movement - movement up the table 1 Point per place, movement down the table -1 point per place(this will be done 6 monthly)
- Signing for favoured club - 25pts(all points except ranking placements will be doubled while with your favoured club)

Nation			Rank at start	Continent	Player			Favoured Club		Starting Club
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Eritrea			(189)		Africa		Thomas Weir		Rangers			Red Sea
Mauritania		(190)		Africa		James Sawyer		Arsenal			Mauritel
Samoa			(191)		Oceania		Brendon Hedger		Man Utd			Kiwi
Macau (China PR)	(192)		Asia		Ed Lawrence		Man Utd			Ka I
Somalia			(193)		Africa		Blackthorn Price	Aston Villa		Elman
Tonga			(194)		Oceania		Amanaki Vaikona		PSG			Lotoha'apai
Djibouti		(195)		Africa		Abdillahi Ahmed		Benfica			Gendarmerie
Turks and Caicos Is.	(196)		North America	Brock Rockhard		Inter			KPMG Utd
Cook Islands		(197)		Oceania		Rocky Brittus Jr.	Roma			Nikao
Guam			(198)		Asia		Long Tym Toon		At Madrid		Quality Distributor
Brunei Darussalam	(199)		Asia		Jim Bowman		Man City		DPMM
Anguilla		(200)		North America	Bjorgvin Radebe		Bayern			Spartan International
Bhutan			(201)		Asia		Ben Goldsmith		Borussia Dortmund	Druk Star
East Timor		(202)		Asia		Emilio do Carmo		Fiorentina		Dili Oeste
American Samoa		(203)		Oceania		Milton Macho		Rangers			Utulei Youth
Andorra			(204)		Europe		David Ginsburg		Ajax			Santa Coloma
Montserrat		(205)		North America	Des Tiny		Porto			Ideal (MSR)
Papua New Guinea	(206)		Oceania		Paolo Bambino		Spurs			Hekari United
San Marino		(207)		Europe		Josh McLachlan		Juventus		Tre Fiori
Sao Tome and Principe	(208)		Africa		Matius Watkai		Spurs			Bairros Unidos FC

Here are the contenders

[jimbowmanuk]

Table as of 1st January 2026 Update

Position	Player			Nation	Int. Goals	Signed	Goals(Fav)	Qual WC	WPOTY	Ranking +/-	Total
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1st		Blackthorn Price	SOM	71		0	0		0	0	67		197
2nd		James Sawyer		MTN	47		0	0		0	0	79		158
3rd		Ed Lawrence		MAC	126		0	0		0	0	179		139
4th		Brock Rockhard		TCA	92		0	0		0	0	153		135
5th		Des Tiny		MSR	81		0	0		0	0	180		106
6th		Josh McLachlan		SMR	41		0	0		0	0	146		102
7th		Thomas Weir		ERI	44		0	0		0	0	132		101
8th		Jim Bowman		BRU	80		0	0		0	0	188		91
9th		Brendon Hedger		SAM	73		0	0		0	0	178		86
10th		Paolo Bambino 		PNG	80		0	0		0	0	202		84
11th		David Ginsburg		AND	42		0	0		0	0	176		70
12th		Long Tym Toon		GUM	73		0	0		0	0	204		67
13th		Abdillahi Ahmed		DJI	52		0	0		0	0	185		62
14th		Matius Watkai		STP	34		0	0		0	0	184		58
15th		Björgvin Radebe		AIA	52		0	0		0	0	201		51
16th		Ben Goldsmith		BHU	41		0	0		0	0	195		47
17th		Rocky Brittus Jr.	COK	38		0	0		0	0	197		38
18th		Milton Macho		ASA	32		0	0		0	0	205		30
19th		Emilio do Carmo		TLS	34		0	0		0	0	208		28
20th		Amanaki Vaikona		TGA	28		0	0		0	0	203		19

[jimbowmanuk]

World Ranking Movements

Nation			6/11	12/11	5/12	12/12	7/13	1/14	7/14	1/15
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Eritrea			189	197(-8)	192(+5)	183(+9)	194(-11)188(+6)	202(-14)198(+4)
Mauritania		190	189(+1)	155(+34)110(+45)109(+1)	108(+1)	119(-11)151(-32)
Samoa			191	194(-3)	198(-4)	180(+18)172(+8)	193(-19)189(+4)	199(-10)
Macau			192	187(+5)	193(-6)	195(-2)	195(0)	200(-5)	188(+12)174(+14)
Somalia			193	186(+7)	151(+35)160(-9)	159(+1)	138(+21)138(0)	148(-10)
Tonga			194	188(+6)	189(-1)	193(-4)	187(+6)	195(-8)	195(0)	201(-6)
Djibouti		195	204(-9)	197(+7)	200(-3)	203(-3)	199(+4)	199(0)	109(+90)
Turks and Caicos	196	199(-3)	201(-2)	198(+3)	196(+2)	187(+9)	187(0)	189(-2)
Cook Islands		197	200(-3)	199(+1)	196(+3)	200(-4)	190(+10)198(-8)	200(-2)
Guam			198	203(-5)	206(-3)	203(+3)	202(+1)	198(+4)	192(+6)	195(-3)
Brunei			199	205(-6)	191(+14)186(+5)	180(+6)	194(-14)173(+21)172(+1)
Anguilla		200	198(+2)	200(-2)	201(-1)	199(+2)	203(-4)	203(0)	200(+3)
Bhutan			201	207(-6)	208(-1)	207(+1)	204(+3)	204(0)	206(-2)	206(0)
East Timor		202	202(0)	202(0)	206(-4)	205(+1)	207(-2)	207(0)	205(+2)
American Samoa		203	201(+2)	204(-3)	205(-1)	207(-2)	206(+1)	205(+1)	208(-3)
Andorra			204	193(+11)194(-1)	202(-8)	201(+1)	202(-1)	202(0)	204(-2)
Montserrat		205	196(+9)	196(0)	194(+2)	193(+1)	191(+2)	190(+1)	183(+7)
Papua New Guinea	206	206(0)	205(+1)	199(+6)	198(+1)	204(-6)	197(+7)	203(-6)
San Marino		207	208(-1)	207(+1)	208(-1)	208(0)	208(0)	208(0)	197(+11)
Sao Tome		208	191(+17)190(+1)	192(-2)	179(+13)191(-12)191(0)	180(+11)

[jimbowmanuk]

Thomas Weir

James Sawyer

Brendon Hedger

Ed Lawrence

Blackthorn Price

Amanaki Vaikona

Abdillahi Ahmed

Brock Rockhard

Rocky Brittus Jr.

Long Tym Toon

Jim Bowman

Bjorgvin Radebe

Ben Goldsmith

Emilio do Carmo

Milton Macho

David Ginsburg

Des Tiny

Paolo Bambino

Josh McLachlan

Matius Watkai

[18Rabbit]

Woo! Brock Rockhard is ready for action!

[jimbowmanuk]

I was going gradually through the game, but by the time I'd reached september there wasn't anything worth note, apart from a few youth caps and some pre contracts players signed with the clubs they are already at. I've decided just to holiday to the 1st update so hopefully I should be able to have an update during the city pool game tonight. Just to note I loaded all leagues in the game but a majority are on view only but if anyone wants to know how some teams are doing then feel free to ask.

[toonbalmy87]

Woo! Brock Rockhard is ready for action!

hope his names not got anything to do with brock lesnar

[jimbowmanuk]

Update 31st December 2011


Thomas Weir
Has scored 16 goals in 25 appearances for Red Sea, has yet to be capped for Eritrea at any level, has major interest from HSV, AC Milan, Rosenburg, Racing and Valencia including minor interest from Toulouse, Bayern, Sociedad, Villareal and Catania. Eritrea ended the year ranked 197th

James Sawyer
Has scored 13 goals in 23 appearances for Mauritel, has yet to be capped for Mauritania at any level, has major interest from Inter and Juventus in Italy, and Palmeiras, Coritiba and Figueirense in Brazil. Mauritania finished the year ranked 189th

Brendon Hedger
Scored 9 goals in 13 games for his club Kiwi, and also scored 4 goals in 4 games for the Samoa youth side. This has attracted some european teams and Hadger will join Toulouse in June 2013. Samao finished 2011 ranked 194th

Ed Lawrence
Lawrence Ed as he is known in Macau, scored 11 goals in 17 games, and has 6 youth caps and 5 goals, which is fuelling a lot of interest from Europe with no less than 12 clubs looking at the youngster, including Sparta Prague, Racing and PSV. Macau ended 2011 ranked 187th

Blackthorn Price
Price has scored 14 goals in 24 appearances for Elman, but has yet to recieve the call-up to Somalia at any level. 15 clubs showing interst including AC Milan, Bayern and Werder Bremen to name 3. Somalia Ranked 186th at the end of the year.

Amanaki Vaikona
Vaikona has scored 13 times in his 22 games for his club, but has failed to find the net in 6 appearances for the Tonga youth. 17 clubs are all keeping tabs on the youngster including Bayern, PSV and Anji in Russia, who knows maybe he'll partner Eto'o upfront. Tonga ended 2011 188th

Abdillahi Ahmed
Djibouti youngster Ahmed scored 17 times in 25 matches for his club prompting, Le Mans of France to sign him, but he wont move til June 2013, Has yet to recieve any kind of call-up for his nation yet. Djibouti ended the year ranked 204th.

Brock Rockhard
27 games and 17 goals for Brock has proved to be enough for Mexican side Tigres to sign him. The move wont be til June 2013, failed to win any caps for Turks and Caicos who ended the year 199th in the Rankings

Rocky Brittus Jr.
Rocky has been sidelined twice for injuries in training totalling 6 weeks, but that didn't stop him averaging a goal every other game with 5 in 10 matches, has been called up to the Cook Islands youth 4 times and scored once. No clubs showing any interest at the moment, and his nation finished the year in 200th place.

Long Tym Toon
Toon has featured for his club, Quality Distributor, 13 times scoring 9 and has 2 goals in 6 matches for Guams youth side. Which appears to have been enough for French side Ajaccio to sign him, the transfer will go through in June 2013. Guam ended 2011 in 203rd place.

Jim Bowman
Bowman has scored 9 times in 11 appearances and has played 6 games for Brunei's youth scoring twice, Toulouse and Valencia are showing major interest in the player. Brunei finished in 205th place.

Bjorgvin Radebe
Has scored 12 goals in 20 games for his club, but has not recieved a call-up to the national side in any form. Will be leavung in June 2013 to join Cannes in France. Anguilla ended the year ranked 198th

Ben Goldsmith
Ben has been one of the most prolific strikers scoring 23 times in 26 matches for Druk Stars and has recieved 2 youth caps for Bhutan but is yet to score, he will be joining Tours FC in France in June 2013. Bhutan finished 207th in 2011.

Emilio do Carmo
Emilio is considered indespensible to his club, and the 15 goals in 26 starts proves why, East Timor have given him 1 youth cap but he is yet to find the score sheet. German and French Clubs seemed to be keeping tabs on him, with Bayern and HSV being the bigger names among them. East Timor managed a rank of 202nd

Milton Macho
Milton appears to be one of the more consistant scorers with 21 goals in 28 games for his club, and 5 goals oin 6 matches for his national youth team. Will be joining Toulouse in June of 2013. American Samoa finished the year 201st.

David Ginsburg
David has scored 5 times in 15 games for Santa Coloma, and has also scored 3 goals in 7 caps for Andorra's youth side. Interest in Ginsburg is High with European giants Real Madrid and Liverpool vying for his signature. Andorra finished the year ranked 193rd.

Des Tiny
Des has netted 13 times in 27 matches, to prompt RC Lens to sign him, the transfer going through in June 2013, no caps at any level for the Montserrat youngster, whose nation finised 196th.

Paolo Bambino
Paolo got himself on the scoresheet 16 times in 27 matches for his club, and 4 times in 6 games for the national youth side, yet another player being tracked by Bayern and HSV. Papua New Guinea ended the year 206th.

Josh McLachlan
Josh has made a good start to his career with 9 goals in 16 games, and in the 6 youth caps he also found the net twice. Turkish Giants Fenerbahce and Galatasaray are leading the way for his signature but he may opt to stay closer to home with Napoli also showing interest, San Marino finished bottom of the pile in 2011 ranked 208th.

Matius Watkai
Sao Tome striker Watkai has scored 20 times in 25 matches for Bairros but has yet to recieve a call-up to the national setup at any level. Brazilian clubs are showing a lot of interest with Corinthians and Flamengo leading the race. Sao Tome and Principe finished the season 191st.

[jimbowmanuk]

Points table is now up, the only scoring so far has been through rank changes, but I think that could all change come the next update

[The Welsh Lad]

Well I'm happy, I'm earning more in FM than when I was 16

[tommy1872]

doing great for my club would love to sign for hsv or ac milan

[matty_8]

Nice move to Toulouse and a good scoring rate for Milton. Nice start

[Lower Leagues Rule]

I will take a move to Lens and an early 2nd place as well

[jimbowmanuk]

Update 31st May 2012


Thomas Weir
Thomas made his international debut on 29th February against Djibouti, where he also scored his 1st goal, has 3 goals in 2 matches for his country. Gaininag Major interest from Brazil and his nation is ranked 192nd.

James Sawyer
James made his international debut on 29th February against Lesotho, no goals in his only cap. Looks like he may be going to Brazil with 7 clubs a showing interest. Mauritania are now ranked 155th

Brendon Hedger
Made his International Debut against Fiji on the 25th of May and scored his 1st goal 2 days later against American Samoa. 1 in 2 so far for his nation who are 198th.

Ed Lawrence
International Debut and 1st goal in the match against Laos on 4th April, has 3 in 3 for Macau who are now193rd, interest reamins extremely high for his signature.

Blackthorn Price
Price made his debut against Ethiopia on the 29th of February where he also scored his 1st goal has 3 in 2 for Somalia who are the highest ranked at 151st. German and Brazilian Clubs want the player.

Amanaki Vaikona
Vaikona made his debut against Vanuatu on 27th May, no goals in his only cap to date, will be joining Bayern Munich in the summer of 2013. Nation ranked 189th

Abdillahi Ahmed
Made his debut in the same match as Weir on 29th February scoring his 1st goal also. has 2 in 2 for Djibouti who are ranked 197th

Brock Rockhard
One of a few players who have yet to recieve the national call up. Turks and Caicos are ranked 201st.

Rocky Brittus Jr.
Won his 1st and only cap to date against Papua New Guinea on 28th May, no goals yet. Al-Gherrafa of Qatar are the only club showing interest in the Cook Islander, who ranked 199th

Long Tym Toon
No Call ups yet for the Guam striker, his nation ranked 206th

Jim Bowman
Made his debut and scored his 1st goal versus the Philippines on April 4th, has 2 in 3. Will be joining Inter Milan in the summer of 2013. Brunei ranked 191st

Bjorgvin Radebe
Not recieved a call up yet, nation ranked 200th

Ben Goldsmith
Scored on his debut against Afghanistan on April 4th, has 2 in 3 for Bhutan who are bottom of the pile in 208th

Emilio do Carmo
No caps yet, but will be joining Juventus in 2013. East Timor ranked 202nd.

Milton Macho
Has only played 1 game for American Samoa on the 27th of May but scored on that debut. ranking of 204th

David Ginsburg
The Andorran has yet to be called up to the senior team, but he has already transferred to Real Madrid, currently at their B side Castilla. Andorra are 194th

Des Tiny
No caps for the Montserrat striker whose nation are196th

Paolo Bambino
Made his debut against New Caledonia on 25th May, but has yet to find the net in 2 caps, will Join Standard of Belgium on 2013. Papua New Guinea ranked 205th.

Josh McLachlan
Has yet to be called up for the San Marino Seniors, Joined Man Utd on a free transfer and is currently in their youth team. 207th ranked nation.

Matius Watkai
made his debut against Guines-Bissau on the 29th of February, no goals in 2 caps. Will Join Galatasaray in the summer of 2013. Sao Tome ranked 190th.

[jimbowmanuk]

Table has been updated, will add 1st caps info into milestones later.

[Charlesbeams]

Joining Juventus not too bad, rather it was Fiorentina though

[jimbowmanuk]

Joining Juventus not too bad, rather it was Fiorentina though

I think they could've done with you, they got relegated to Serie B

[ejldude]

forza viola. =(

if i could have picked 2 fave teams, they would have been my 2nd

[bjoggi33]

Shame about my stamina and natural fitness Thinks Cannes is a good move for my career.

[The Welsh Lad]

Top of the table, long may it continue

[bergtaur]

Well, going to Germany. Looking forward to the move really to see how it works out.

[toonbalmy87]

no call ups for guam well thats a little bit concerning

[jimbowmanuk]

I've put up the ranking movements as they happen each update, while doing it i noticed I had got a couple of movement points wrong. Most notible was Andorra who moved 11 places up the ranking after the 1st update, all points have been amended accordingly and are now in the points table.

[The Welsh Lad]

Bloody hell Jim why didn't I come across this site (posted in another thread) before I signed up.


http://www.minimalsworld.net/BrazilName/brazilian.shtml

Blackthito Da Costa awesome name.

[jimbowmanuk]

I've holidayed to the next update, and got all the info I need, but I need to be up early tomorrow so I'll type the update and post sometime tomorrow.

[jimbowmanuk]

Update 31st December 2012

Thomas Weir
Will Join Ukrainian side Karpaty in June 2013, scored 5 goals in 5 caps for Eritrea in 2012. Nation ranked 183rd

James Sawyer
Will join Brazilian side Santos in June 2013, scored his 1st, and only goal to date, against Zimbabwe on 12th September. 5 caps for Mauritania who finished 2012 in a very impressive 110th place.

Brendon Hedger
A total of 6 goals in 7 caps for Samoa who are ranked 180th

Ed Lawrence
Will Join Dutch side Utrecht in June, finished the year with 3 in 3 for Macua, now ranked 195th

Blackthorn Price
Will join CFR Cluj of Romania iin June, averaging a goal every other cap with 4 in 8. Somalia are 160th

Amanaki Vaikona
Scored his 1st goal against American Samoa on 2nd June, has 3 in 3 for Tonga. Ranked 193rd

Abdillahi Ahmed
5 goals in 6 games for Djibouti, who are now ranked 200th

Brock Rockhard
Brock is one of four players still waiting for a full cap, Turks and Caicos are ranked 198th

Rocky Brittus Jr.
Scored his 1st goal for Cook Islands on 2nd June, has 1 goal from 2 caps. Ranked 196th

Long Tym Toon
Earned his 1st cap for Guam and scored on his debut in a match versus Hong Kong on 2nd August, 1 in 3 for the nation ranked 203rd

Jim Bowman
3 goals in 9 games for the Brunei striker, ranked 186th

Bjorgvin Radebe
Still no caps for the Anguillan front man, 201st the ranking

Ben Goldsmith
2 goals in 3 caps for the 207th ranked Bhutan

Emilio do Carmo
East Timor have yet to call up the youngster and find themselves in 206th place

Milton Macho
Has scored 2 in 2 for American Samoa, ranked 205th

David Ginsburg
Real Madrid front man yet to recieve his call-up, Andorra ranked 202nd

Des Tiny
Montserrat front man made his debut producing a goal in the match against St Vincent on 24th October, now has 2 in 4 for the 194th ranked nation.

Paolo Bambino
Papua New Guinea striker finally scored his 1st goal in a match against Solomon Islands on 6th June, had 1 in 5 PNG ranked 199th

Josh McLachlan
Finally recieved his 1st cap against Slovenia on 17th November, no goals yet, Currently on loan at Malaga. San Marino have strong shoulders holding up the rest of the table in 208th

Matius Watkai
Has yet to score for his country, 0 in 3 for Sao Tome who are ranked 192nd

From now on updates from the 1st July will be Nation Rankings, and maybe another snippet or two of stats and info, but players goals, caps, clubs and transfers will be posted at the end of the year. This mainly due to everyone having clubs to join now, and this is only about the international scene so club matches don't need to be detailed.

[Biscotti]

Scoring goals is great and all, but the rankings slipping away is cancelling them out pretty securely

[jimbowmanuk]

Current World Rankings 1st July 2013

Mauritania					109
Somalia						159
Samoa						172
Sao Tome					179
Brunei						180
Tonga						187
Montserrat					193
Eritrea						194
Macau						195
Turks and Caicos				196
Papua New Guinea				198
Anguilla					199
Cook Islands					200
Andorra						201
Guam						202
Djibouti					203
Bhutan						204
East Timor					205
American Samoa					207
San Marino					208

[Biscotti]

Still sliding the wrong way. Booo

[jimbowmanuk]

Updated the points table, James Sawyer is running away with it at the moment as his team has climbed 81 places from the starting rankings, but don't worry what goes up must come down.

[jimbowmanuk]

Here's one for you all to try and work out. Brock Rockhard has yet to be capped for his country, Turks and Caicos, but he was made Vice-captain before the captain stepped down and now he is the Captain. I can't work out the managers thinking in not playing him.

[Lower Leagues Rule]

Happy with top 6th overall so far, now to just build on that.

[jimbowmanuk]

Update 1st January 2014

Thomas Weir
Only 1 cap for the year but no goals, playig regularly for Karputy, Eritrea are ranked 188th.

James Sawyer
Has scored 5 goals in 5 games for Mauritania, yet to play for Santos 1st team. Nation ranked 108th

Brendon Hedger
3 more caps but no more goals, Toulouse contract expires in 6 months and AC Milan and Bayern showing interest. Samoa ranked 193rd

Ed Lawrence
Having a steady season at his club and has 2 goals in 2 games for Macau, who are now ranked 200th

Blackthorn Price
Another 2 goals in the 5 matches for Somalia, Getting plenty of game time at Cluj, Ranking of 138th for Nation.

Amanaki Vaikona
1 goal in 2 games for Tonga, has had a handful of games for Bayern. Tonga are now 195th

Abdillahi Ahmed
No caps this year which means no goals, contract expires in 6 months with AC Milan and Bayern showing interest

Brock Rockhard
Brock has been made the Captain of Turks and Caicos, but in a bizarre way has yet to be capped, is playing great in Mexico. Nation ranked 187th

Rocky Brittus Jr.
The last of our players to move clubs, has now found himself playing in Saudi Arabia for Al-Hilal, but AC Milan and Bayern Munich are showing interest, 1 cap for Cook Islands but no goals, now ranked 190th

Long Tym Toon
Has scored 5 goals in 11 matches for Guam this year, his contract expires in 6 months with several clubs showing interest including his Favoured club Athletico Madrid. Guam are 198th

Jim Bowman
6 goals in 10 games for Brunei, for the Inter front man who has only played once for his club 1st team. Brunei are 194th

Bjorgvin Radebe
No Caps still for the Anguilla man, and his contract expires in 6 months with no clubs showing interest at present. The nation are ranked 203rd

Ben Goldsmith
only 1 game for Ben this year but a game to remember as he bagged a hattrick, AC Milan and Bayern both showing interest. Bhutan are ranked 204th

Emilio do Carmo
Still no caps for East Timor, and only 1 game for the Juventus 1st team. His nation have dropped to 207th

Milton Macho
1 Cap this year but no goals, his contract is up in 6 months with Milan and Bayern showing interest. American Samoa ranked 206th.

David Ginsburg
Finally made his debut for Andorra against Singapore on the 16th November 2013, also scored his 1st international goal in that match, 2 in 2 now for the nation ranked 202nd.

Des Tiny
An handful of games for Lens, from the Montserrat front man but no caps this year. 191st the position of his nation

Paolo Bambino
scored 1 goal in his only cap of the year, getting his chance in the Standard 1st team. Papua New Guinea ranked 201st.

Josh McLachlan
Another Cap for San Marino but is still looking for that 1st goal. Has been getting some games for Man Utd, after rejecting several loan offers at the start of the season. San Marino continue to hold the table up in 208th

Matius Watkai
6 caps this year for Sao Tome where he managed to score his 1st , and only to date, internatonal goal in a match against Liberia on 11th September 2013

[Goldyrulz]

Nice, a hattrick in the only game played. AC and Bayern with interest is promising, might stall my development though.

[jimbowmanuk]

Nice, a hattrick in the only game played. AC and Bayern with interest is promising, might stall my development though.

State of the art trainig facilities would help with your developement, which I think your current club is waybehind in having

[WhiteRiot]

Top of the league, and that's a fact.

[Goldyrulz]

State of the art trainig facilities would help with your developement, which I think your current club is waybehind in having

It certainly would have that benefit, but I doubt that I would get too much playing time, if at all so it would have that downside to it.

[jimbowmanuk]

I have updated the points table, and the world rankings table

[toonbalmy87]

so still no move in the ranking but Long tym playing well and Ath Madrid want me wahoo

[Charlesbeams]

Bottom of the table. For now.

[The Welsh Lad]

quite happy with 2nd place

[jimbowmanuk]

World Rankings 1st July 2014

Mauritania					119
Somalia						138
Brunei						173
Turks and Caicos				187
Macau						188
Samoa						189
Montserrat					190
Sao Tome					191
Guam						192
Tonga						195
Papua New Guinea				197
Cook Islands					198
Djibouti					199
Andorra						200
Eritrea						202
Anguilla					203
American Samoa					205
Bhutan						206
East Timor					207
San Marino					208

Transfer and Contract Round-up 1st July 2014


Thomas Weir
Transferred to Croatian Side GNK Dinamo for £1.9million

James Sawyer
Santos contract runs out in 6 months, Juventus and Roma showing interest

Brendon Hedger
Toulouse contract expired and opted to sign for Inter Milan

Ed Lawrence
1 year left on contract, Standard of Belgium and Spanish side Villareal showing interest

Blackthorn Price
1 year left on contract, German sides Schalke and Wolfsburg showing interest

Amanaki Vaikona
1 year left on contract, no clubs showing interest at present

Abdillahi Ahmed
Extended his contract at LEMANS FC

Brock Rockhard
1 year left on contract, Volga NN of Russia and Dutch side Vitesse showing interest

Rocky Brittus Jr.
1 and a half years left on contract, German sides Leverkusen and Werder Bremen showing interset

Long Tym Toon
Opted to extend his contract at Ajaccio, but a deal with Man City has been agreed, currently awaiting a decision on the Work Permit

Jim Bowman
1 year left on contract, no clubs showing interest at present

Bjorgvin Radebe
Extended contract at Cannes, but has French teams Dijon and Guincamp showing interest

Ben Goldsmith
Has joined French club Caen for £1.6million

Emilio do Carmo
1 year left on contract, no clubs showing interest at present

Milton Macho
Contract expired and opted to join AC Milan

David Ginsburg
Extended his contract at Real Madrid

Des Tiny
Extended his contract at RC Lens

Paolo Bambino
1 year left on contract, no clubs showing interest at present

Josh McLachlan
1 year left on contract, no clubs showing interest at present

Matius Watkai
Extended his contract at Galatasaray

[jimbowmanuk]

Update 1st January 2015


Thomas Weir
Enjoying a good start to life in Croatia, scored 2 gaols in 7 matches for Eritrea over the course of the year. Ranking 198th

James Sawyer
3 goals in 5 games for Mauritania, who are starting to slip down the table. Ranked 151st

Brendon Hedger
only 1 cap this year but it came with a goal. Samoa are now 199th

Ed Lawrence
5 goals scored in the 9 caps earned for Macau, who are now 174th

Blackthorn Price
Arsenal are interested in the Somalia striker who scored 2 goals in his 7 caps this year. Ranking 148th

Amanaki Vaikona
No games this year means no goals, Tonga are 201st

Abdillahi Ahmed
A great return of 7 goals in 6 games for Djibouti, which has surely helped them reach 109th in the rankings

Brock Rockhard
Finally recieved his 1st cap against Montserrat on 5th March, scored his 1st goal against US Virgin Islands on 24th October. 2 gaols in 14 games for the 189th ranked nation

Rocky Brittus Jr.
Has joined Bordeaux for £2.6 million. No new caps this year. Cook Islands ranked 200th

Long Tym Toon
Made his £2.6 million transfer to Man City after a work permit was granted, scored 6 goals in 9 games for Guam, now ranked 195th

Jim Bowman
good return of 8 goals in 9 games for Brunei. Ranked 172nd

Bjorgvin Radebe
Made his debut against Bermuda on 5th March scoring in that match, now has 6 gaols in 8 games. Anguilla ranked 202nd

Ben Goldsmith
Played 6 games for Bhutan scoring once, ranked 206th

Emilio do Carmo
Now the only player waiting for his full debut. East Timor ranked 205th

Milton Macho
1 game played for American Samoa, which produced no goals, his nation is propping up the table in 208th

David Ginsburg
Another 4 caps for Andorra and 1 more goal. Now ranked 204th

Des Tiny
Has not scored for his club this season, but has 6 goals in 10 games for Montserrat, who have climed to 183rd

Paolo Bambino
1 more cap for Papua New Guinea but with no goals 203rd the ranking now.

Josh McLachlan
Playing regularly for Man Utd but no more caps for San Marino, who are off bottom and sit 197th

Matius Watkai
Another 6 caps producing 3 more goals, helping Sao Tome to 180th

[jimbowmanuk]

Points table has now been updated, James Sawyer has finally been knocked off top spot, but for how long?

[Biscotti]

109th! That's one hell of a climb. Very happy with that

[jimbowmanuk]

109th! That's one hell of a climb. Very happy with that

the 2nd last ranking of the year had the 95th, so it was a bit of a drop in December

[toonbalmy87]

Nooo!!! Not man city time to rot in the reserves and my ratings will go down

[Britrock]

Nice, Bordeaux is a good move. Good team and facilities but I should play quite a bit.

[WhiteRiot]

Come on Mauritiana, let's get back up the table.

[jimbowmanuk]

World Ranking 1st July 2015

Djibouti			113
Somalia				138
Mauritania			140
Sao Tome			168
Montserrat			170
Macau				183
Turks and Caicos		185
Brunei				186
Cook Islands			194
San Marino			196
Samoa				197
Tonga				198
Anguilla			200
Papua New Guinea		201
Guam				202
Andorra				203
Eritrea				204
East Timor			205
American Samoa			206
Bhutan				208

Club Career history round-up

Thomas Weir
Thomas started his career at Eritrean side Red Sea where he played 72 games and scored 50 goals before moving to Karputy, during his year there he managed 24 goals in 29 games. Dinamo of Croatia came calling and Thomas scored 20 goals in 30 matches which has earned him a move to Stoke City for £3.7million.
Games 126 : Goals 109 : Goals to Games 0.86

James Sawyer
James started his career at Mauritel of Mauritania where he amassed 43 goals in 75 games before moving to his current club, Santos in Brazil. There he played 72 times scoring 38 goals.
Games 147 : Goals 81 : Goals to Games 0.55

Brendon Hedger
Brendon started life at Samoan side Kiwi, playing 72 games and scoring 44 goals, before moving to French side Toulouse where he scored 8 goals in 28 games, but that low return was enough to encourage hie current club, Italian giants Inter, to sign him where he has scored 4 goals in 17 matches.
Games 117 : Goals 56 : Goals to Games 0.47

Ed Lawrence
Ed started life at Macau side Ka I, where he played 42 games and scored 32 goals, giving current club, Utrecht of the Netherlands, enough to want to sign him. He has played 64 games for them and scored 24 goals
Games 106 : Goals 56 : Goals to Games 0.52

Blackthorn Price
Blackthorn started his career at Elman of Somalia playing 78 times and scoring 49 goals, Romanian side Cluj came calling and Price scored 17 times in the 43 games for them before a transfer to Arsenal for £4.3million
Games 121 : Goals 66 : Goals to Games 0.54

Amanaki Vaikona
Amanaki started his career at Lotoha’apai of Tonga. Playing 76 games and scoring 47 goals. This proved to be all the information Bayern Munich needed to sign the player. He has played 20 games scoring 3 goals for the German side.
Games 96 : Goals 50 : Goals to Games 0.52

Abdillahi Ahmed
Abdillahi started life at Djiboutan club Gendarmerie, playing 70 games and scoring 50 goals before joining current team, LEMANS FC of France, where he has scored 26 times in 66 matches.
Games 136 : Goals 76 : Goals to Games 0.55

Brock Rockhard
KPMG Utd of Turks & Caicos was Brock’s 1st club where he played 68 matches with a return of 41 goals, this was enough to convince Tigres of Mexico to sign the player where he has now scored 47 goals in 60 matches
Games 128 : Goals 88 : Goals to Games 0.68

Rocky Brittus Jr.
Rocky’s career began at Cook Islands side Nikao, where he scored 26 goals in 42 matches, before moving to Saudi Arabia to join Al-Hilal where 22 games produced 17 goals. Current club Bordeaux of France signed the player and he has returned the faith with 5 goals in 35 matches.
Games 99 : Goals 48 : Goals to Games 0.48

Long Tym Toon
Quality Distributor of Guam was the 1st port of call for Long, where his 33 matches produced 21 goals, French side Ajaccio secured the forward where he scored 13 times in 36 matches, which convinced Man City to sign the player and he has scored 2 goals in the 8 matches for her current club
Games 77 : Goals 36 : Goals to Games 0.46

Jim Bowman
Jim began his career at DPMM in Brunei scoring 36 goals in 43 matches, Italian giants Inter were impressed with this record and signed the player where he has played 26 matches scoring 10 goals
Games 69 : Goals 46 : Goals to Games 0.66

Bjorgvin Radebe
Bjorgvin played 68 matches and scored 45 goals for his 1st club, Anguillan side Spartan International before moving to France to join Cannes. 11 goals in 26 games has earned him a move to Lyon for £1.1million
Games 94 : Goals 56 : Goals to Games 0.59

Ben Goldsmith
Druk Star of Bhutan was Ben’s 1st club, where he played 82 matches and scored 51 goals, before getting a move to Tours of France, he scored 11 goals in 35 games during his spell and moved to Caen for £1.6 million where he has scored 6 goals in 28 appearances for them so far.
Games 145 : Goals 68 : Goals to Games 0.46

Emilio do Carmo
Emilio started life at Dili Oeste of East Timor, playing 86 games and scoring 60 goals, this caught the eye of Italian giants Juventus where so far he has played 14 games and scored 2 goals.
Games 100 : Goals 62 : Goals to Games 0.62

Milton Macho
Milton played 88 games and scored 56 goals for Utelei Youth in American Samoa, before French side Toulouse signed him, where he scored 10 goals in 30 games. An offer from AC Milan was too good to turn down and so far he has scored 2 goals in 16 games for them.
Games 134 : Goals 68 : Goals to Games 0.51

David Ginsburg
David had a short time at Santa Coloma in Andorra scoring 5 goals in 17 matches for them, before Spanish Giants Real Madrid came knocking, put out on loan to Castilla he scored 8 goals in 21 games, before Madrid decided to use him, 19 matches for them producing 3 goals.
Games 57 : Goals 16 : Goals to Games 0.28

Des Tiny
Des scored 44 goals in 68 games for his 1st club Ideal(MSR) of Montserrat before joining French team RC Lens. So far he has played 37 matches, scoring 5 goals.
Games 105 : Goals 49 : Goals to Games 0.46

Paolo Bambino
Paolo started his career at Hekari United in Papua New Guinea playing 96 times and scoring 62 goals, this caught the eye of Belgium side Standard, where so far he has scored 27 goals in the 53 appearances for them.
Games 149 : Goals 89 : Goals to Games 0.59

Josh McLachlan
San Marino club Tre Fiori was the 1st port of call for Josh’s career where he scored 9 times in 18 matches, English Giants Man Utd spotted the early potential and promptly signed him. Malaga loaned him for a season where he scored 6 goals in 35 games, before his current club started giving him opportunities, a return of 14 goals in 58 matches so far for them.
Games 111 : Goals 29 : Goals to Games 0.26

Matius Watkai
Matius started his career at Sao Tome club Bairros Unidos FC, playing in 65 games and scoring 50 goals, before Turkish powerhouse Galatasary opted to sign the forward. Still with the club he has scored 9 goals in 15 matches.
Games 80 : Goals 59 : Goals to Games 0.73

[jimbowmanuk]

1st January 2016 update


Thomas Weir
3 goals in 5 games this year. Eritrea are 201st

James Sawyer
3 goals in 4 games this year. Mauritania are 99th

Brendon Hedger
12 goals in 9 games this year. Samoa are 181st

Ed Lawrence
10 goals in 12 games this year. Macau are 196th

Blackthorn Price
6 goals in 8 games this year. Somalia are 119th

Amanaki Vaikona
0 goals in 0 games this year. Tonga are 203rd

Abdillahi Ahmed
5 goals in 11 games this year. Djibouti are 148th

Brock Rockhard
8 goals in 12 games this year. Turks and Caicos are 167th

Rocky Brittus Jr.
3 goals in 4 games this year. Cook Islands are 198th

Long Tym Toon
9 goals in 10 games this year. Guam are 197th

Jim Bowman
1 goal in 4 games this year. Brunei are 195th

Bjorgvin Radebe
8 goals in 12 games this year. Anguilla are 176th

Ben Goldsmith
4 goals in 9 games this year. Bhutan are 205th

Emilio do Carmo
Made his debut and scored his 1st goal against Thailand on 11th February
3 goals in 3 games this year. East Timor are 207th

Milton Macho
0 goals in 1 game this year. American Samoa are 208th

David Ginsburg
5 goals in 10 games this year. Andorra are 193rd

Des Tiny
9 goals in 11 games this year. Montserrat are 182nd

Paolo Bambino
9 goals in 10 games this year. Papua New Guniea are 179th

Josh McLachlan
0 goals in 0 games this year. San Marino are 206th

Matius Watkai
2 goals in 6 games this year. Sao Tome are 172nd

[jimbowmanuk]

Points table updated

[Lower Leagues Rule]

Hmm up to 4th, but really need to lift my nations ranking to get better from here.

[WhiteRiot]

99th :O get in there Mauritiana!

[Charlesbeams]

Finally first caps and goals for East Timor and a move to Atletico it seems

[Biscotti]

Djibouti slowly sliding back down to a more expected ranking, but glad to see I'm still scoring fantastically.

[jimbowmanuk]

January 1st 2017 update

All the players are now 21 years old, so how have the 1st 5 years of their international careers been?

Thomas Weir
Thomas has scored 13 goals in 24 appearances for Eritrea (200th) He was also voted the African Young player of the Year

James Sawyer
James has scored 13 goals in 24 appearances for Mauritania (131st)

Brendon Hedger
Brendon has scored 25 goals in 24 appearances for Samoa (195th)

Ed Lawrence
Ed has scored 32 goals in 38 appearances for Macau (144th)

Blackthorn Price
Blackthorn has scored 17 goals in 34 appearances for Somalia (163rd)

Amanaki Vaikona
Amanaki has scored 4 goals in 5 appearances for Tonga (197th)

Abdillahi Ahmed
Abdillahi has scored 21 goals in 31 appearances for Djibouti (184th)

Brock Rockhard
Brock has scored 14 goals in 36 appearances for Turks and Caicos (180th)

Rocky Brittus Jr.
Rocky has scored 12 goals in 14 appearances for Cook Islands (193rd)

Long Tym Toon
Long Tym has scored 26 goals in 44 appearances for Guam (204th)

Jim Bowman
Jim has scored 26 goals in 42 appearances for Brunei (165th)

Bjorgvin Radebe
Bjorgvin has scored 19 goals in 29 appearances for Anguilla (186th)

Ben Goldsmith
Ben has scored 16 goals in 27 appearances for Bhutan (203rd)

Emilio do Carmo
Emilio has scored 10 goals in 9 appearances for East Timor (182nd)

Milton Macho
Milton has scored 2 goals in 5 appearances for American Samoa (208th)

David Ginsburg
David has scored 11 goals in 23 appearances for Andorra (202nd)

Des Tiny
Des has scored 23 goals in 35 appearances for Montserrat (194th)

Paolo Bambino
Paolo has scored 17 goals in 28 appearances for Papua New Guinea (158th) He was also named Oceania player of the year

Josh McLachlan
Josh finally scored his 1st goal for his country, the player to do so, in a match against Canada on 4th June. Josh has scored 1 goal in 4 appearances for San Marino (207th)

Matius Watkai
Matius has scored 8 goals in 26 appearances for Sao Tome (178th)

[jimbowmanuk]

Points table has been updated

[Charlesbeams]

How strange, since i started playing for East Timor, they've moved up a lot of places

[MattSpurs94]

I actually forgot I was signed up for this

Looks like Matius is developing nicely, and a brilliant move to a big European club, and starting to break the first team. And Sao Tome have moved up.

All is good

[jimbowmanuk]

Sorry for lack of update, there was a bereavement in the family, should have the next post up tomorrow or wednesday at the latest

[ejldude]

sorry to here that dude. no worries about the delay, take as long as you need. =)

[jimbowmanuk]

Update January 1st 2018


Thomas Weir
4 goals in 6 games this year for Eritrea(188th) Named Young African player of the year for the 2nd time
League History

James Sawyer
10 goals in 7 games this year for Mauritania(82nd) Really climbing the rankings ladder now
League History

Brendon Hedger
6 goals in 5 games this year for Samoa(190th)
League History

Ed Lawrence
12 goals in 12 games this year for Macau(129th) Ajax and Celtic are interested
League History

Blackthorn Price
4 goals in 5 games this year for Somalia(141st) Juventus are interested
League History

Amanaki Vaikona
2 goals in 5 games this year for Tonga(199th)
League History

Abdillahi Ahmed
5 goals in 8 games this year for Djibouti(182nd)
League History

Brock Rockhard
5 goals in 10 games this year for Turks & Caicos(172nd)
League History

Rocky Brittus Jr.
1 goal in 2 games this year for Cook Islands(201st)
League History

Long Tym Toon
7 goals in 12 games this year for Guam(207th)
League History

Jim Bowman
9 goals in 7 games this year for Brunei(179th)
League History

Bjorgvin Radebe
2 goals in 7 games this year for Anguilla(194th)
League History

Ben Goldsmith
2 goals in 6 games this year for Bhutan(202nd)
League History

Emilio do Carmo
1 goal in 2 games this year for East Timor(196th)
League History

Milton Macho
3 goals in 8 games for American Samoa(208th) Now co-owned by Juventus and AC Milan
League History

David Ginsburg
4 goals in 9 games this year for Andorra(197th)
League History

Des Tiny
5 goals in 10 games this year for Montserrat(183rd)
League History

Paolo Bambino
4 goals in 5 games this year for Papua New Guinea(127th) Named Oceania player of the year again
League History

Josh McLachlan
7 goals in 11 games this year for San Marino(206th)
League History

Matius Watkai
2 goals in 4 games this year for Sao Tome(154th)
League History

[jimbowmanuk]

Points table updated

[toonbalmy87]

Guam doing well ha!

[jimbowmanuk]

Update January 1st 2019


Thomas Weir
5 goals in 6 games this year for Eritrea(197th)

James Sawyer
7 goals in 6 games this year for Mauritania(74th)

Brendon Hedger
0 goals in 0 games this year for Samoa(199th)

Ed Lawrence
8 goals in 9 games this year for Macau(140th) Joined Chelsea in the summer for £9.75million

Blackthorn Price
10 goals in 6 games this year for Somalia(83rd) Climbing the rankings to join Mauritania inside the top 100

Amanaki Vaikona
0 goals in 0 games this year for Tonga(204th)

Abdillahi Ahmed
2 goals in 4 games this year for Djibouti(201st)

Brock Rockhard
6 goals in 11 games this year for Turks & Caicos(151st)

Rocky Brittus Jr.
0 goal in 0 games this year for Cook Islands(205th)

Long Tym Toon
4 goals in 11 games this year for Guam(185th)

Jim Bowman
5 goals in 7 games this year for Brunei(182nd)

Bjorgvin Radebe
1 goal in 7 games this year for Anguilla(200th) Currently on loan at Ukranian side Dnipro

Ben Goldsmith
2 goals in 5 games this year for Bhutan(207th)

Emilio do Carmo
2 goals in 4 games this year for East Timor(195th) Joined Sampdoria for £1.6million

Milton Macho
2 goals in 2 games for American Samoa(208th)

David Ginsburg
2 goals in 9 games this year for Andorra(183rd)

Des Tiny
10 goals in 16 games this year for Montserrat(166th)

Paolo Bambino
0 goals in 1 game this year for Papua New Guinea(169th) Named Oceania player of the year for the third year running

Josh McLachlan
7 goals in 8 games this year for San Marino(187th)

Matius Watkai
1 goal in 5 games this year for Sao Tome(167th)

[jimbowmanuk]

points table updated

[toonbalmy87]

wehey finally moving up in the tanking hopefully Guam will have a few good players coming through

[jimbowmanuk]

Update January 1st 2020



Thomas Weir
30 goals scored in 44 caps for Eritrea(158th)

James Sawyer
33 goals scored in 40 caps for Mauritania(112th)

Brendon Hedger
47 goals scored in 43 games for Samoa(194th) Named Oceania player of the year

Ed Lawrence
71 goals scored in 76 games for Macau(151st) Asian player of the year runner-up

Blackthorn Price
36 goals scored in 51 games for Somalia(95th)

Amanaki Vaikona
10 goals scored in 21 games for Tonga(193rd) Currently on loan at Monaco in France

Abdillahi Ahmed
32 goals scored in 51 games for Djibouti(202nd) Joined French Giants Marseille for £11.25million

Brock Rockhard
36 goals scored in 68 games for Turks and Caicos(150th)

Rocky Brittus Jr.
21 goals scored in 26 games for Cook Islands(201st)

Long Tym Toon
44 goals scored in 80 games for Guam(195th)

Jim Bowman
42 goals scored in 63 games for Brunei(200th)

Bjorgvin Radebe
25 goals scored in 52 games for Anguilla(208th) Signed for Italian Serie A side Novaro for £1.9million

Ben Goldsmith
23 goals scored in 43 games for Bhutan(191st)

Emilio do Carmo
15 goals scored in 17 games for East Timor(207th) Bayern Munich, Fiorentina and Valencia all showing interest

Milton Macho
18 goals scored in 44 games for American Samoa(204th) Finally off the Bottom

David Ginsburg
20 goals scored in 48 games for Andorra(196th)

Des Tiny
44 goals scored in 70 games for Montserrat(145th)

Paolo Bambino
35 goals scored in 42 games for Papua New Guinea(181st)

Josh McLachlan
21 goals scored in 33 games for San Marino(179th)

Matius Watkai
16 goals scored in 44 games for Sao Tome(153rd) Joined Aston Villa for £5.75million

[Charlesbeams]

Fiorentina interested, please sign me 15 in 17 for my country too which is pretty good.

[jimbowmanuk]

points table updated

[jimbowmanuk]

Fiorentina interested, please sign me 15 in 17 for my country too which is pretty good.

Its a good return in goals to games but you seem to be lacking on the cap front compared to everyone else

[toonbalmy87]

80 caps fookn hell I likey I mus Neva be injured and Guam must have alot of matches

[jimbowmanuk]

I've holidayed to the next update, and some of the players have been in great form on the international scene. One nation has climbed to 46th in the World, and none of our players countries are sitting in the bottom spot of the rankings. But you'll have to wait to find out.

[The Welsh Lad]

Wayhey top of the league

[jimbowmanuk]

Update January 1st 2021


This update also includes the biography page of each player so far.
All goals and caps are for 2020 only


Thomas Weir
5 goals scored in 6 games for Eritrea(134th) Named African footballer of the year runner-up
Biography

James Sawyer
4 goals scored in 6 games for Mauritania(46th) Yes you read that correctly in the top 50, spent the 1st half of the year on loan at Besiktas, currently on loan at Fiorentina
Biography

Brendon Hedger
5 goals scored in 6 games for Samoa(194th)
Biography

Ed Lawrence
11 goals scored in 12 games for Macau(128th)Named Asian player of the year
Biography

Blackthorn Price
3 goals scored in 6 games for Somalia(117th)
Biography

Amanaki Vaikona
3 goals scored in 3 games for Tonga(198th)
Biography

Abdillahi Ahmed
3 goals scored in 6 games for Djibouti(207th)
Biography

Brock Rockhard
16 goals scored in 15 games for Turks and Caicos(144th)
Biography

Rocky Brittus Jr.
5 goals scored in 5 games for Cook Islands(187th) Currently on loan at Rennes in France
Biography

Long Tym Toon
3 goals scored in 8 games for Guam(204th) Currently on loan at Spanish side Valencia
Biography

Jim Bowman
7 goals scored in 9 games for Brunei(200th)
Biography

Bjorgvin Radebe
3 goals scored in 5 games for Anguilla(206th)
Biography

Ben Goldsmith
5 goals scored in 6 games for Bhutan(173rd)
Biography

Emilio do Carmo
11 goals scored in 10 games for East Timor(171st)
Biography

Milton Macho
3 goals scored in 4 games for American Samoa(197th) Transfer listed by request
Biography

David Ginsburg
5 goals scored in 7 games for Andorra(138th) A big climb up for Andorra there
Biography

Des Tiny
6 goals scored in 14 games for Montserrat(168th)
Biography

Paolo Bambino
8 goals scored in 5 games for Papua New Guinea(181st) Named Oceania Player of the year
Biography

Josh McLachlan
5 goals scored in 7 games for San Marino(118th) A big leap for San Marino in the rankings
Biography

Matius Watkai
2 goals scored in 5 games for Sao Tome(186th)
Biography

[jimbowmanuk]

points table updated

[jimbowmanuk]

Update January 1st 2022



Thomas Weir
36 goals scored in 54 caps for Eritrea(174th)

James Sawyer
43 goals scored in 54 caps for Mauritania(85th)

Brendon Hedger
57 goals scored in 54 games for Samoa(189th) Joined French Giants Lyon for £8million

Ed Lawrence
92 goals scored in 101 games for Macau(149th) Named Asian Player of the Year

Blackthorn Price
46 goals scored in 65 games for Somalia(106th)

Amanaki Vaikona
17 goals scored in 31 games for Tonga(204th) Joined Saudi Arabian side Al-Hilal on a free transfer

Abdillahi Ahmed
42 goals scored in 67 games for Djibouti(165th) Joined French side Montpellier for £5.25million

Brock Rockhard
61 goals scored in 93 games for Turks and Caicos(163rd) Joined European Giants Man Utd for £5.25million

Rocky Brittus Jr.
27 goals scored in 33 games for Cook Islands(172nd) Joined Dutch Powerhouse PSV for £1.3million

Long Tym Toon
56 goals scored in 101 games for Guam(201st) Made his loan move to Valencia permanent for £4.2million

Jim Bowman
53 goals scored in 87 games for Brunei(197th)

Bjorgvin Radebe
34 goals scored in 67 games for Anguilla(184th)

Ben Goldsmith
31 goals scored in 53 games for Bhutan(185th)

Emilio do Carmo
27 goals scored in 28 games for East Timor(198th)

Milton Macho
22 goals scored in 35 games for American Samoa(208th) Back to the bottom of the pile

David Ginsburg
30 goals scored in 62 games for Andorra(133rd)

Des Tiny
52 goals scored in 92 games for Montserrat(169th)

Paolo Bambino
49 goals scored in 54 games for Papua New Guinea(157th) Named Oceania Player of the Year, Moving to Lyon for £11.5million

Josh McLachlan
31 goals scored in 49 games for San Marino(122nd)

Matius Watkai
25 goals scored in 58 games for Sao Tome(167th)

This may be the last update I post for this as there seems to be a distinct lack of interest in it. Over 48 hours ago I posted an update that has been viewed by nearly 100 people but none chose to post, so I looked back over the thread and out of 19 people, only 8 posted more than once and of the remaining 11, 3 never posted at all. Now for 10 seasons worth of updates it averages just under 4 posts per update, and just over 1 post per day since the thread started(these figures do not include my posts). So the winner may be declared from the standings from this update.

[Charlesbeams]

Shame, but i understand and i think quite a few other people would feel the same way.

[toonbalmy87]

Sad to here Jim but its probably because the people who signed up probably forgot they were actually in the game in my Singapore Challenge i think i have about 3-6 regular people who post comments and thats out of 12 it is frustrating i know that

[David Corperial]

Sorry about not posting, just haven't seen a need to do so, but I will state that I have been reading fully and following it closely.

[The Welsh Lad]

Hi Jim. your doing a fantastic job with this. I've been busy trying to find somewhere else to live, got to move out of where I am by the 24th. I looking in when I get chance and post if time allows it.

[ejldude]

sorry. i check this a lot, but my career seems so uneventful that i haven't seen the need to comment. Been enjoying this though.

[Biscotti]

You notice how mentioning the lack of interest brings all the lurkers out of the woodwork

Not that I'm any less guilty - I've definitely not been as active as I could have been considering how often I'm hanging around CSE.

[MattSpurs94]

I do apologise for the lack of activity. I've had a lot going on in real life, and when I do get spare time, It is normally used for attempting (and failing) some of the challenges.

[jimbowmanuk]

You notice how mentioning the lack of interest brings all the lurkers out of the woodwork

Your not wrong there Biscotti

I would've thought the drastic increase in the rankings of some nations might have given people a reason to post, or even that they were stuck at clubs that were not playing them to their full potential or even playing them at all. One player is even sitting on 199 CA and I would be expecting them to be in the running for WPOTY.

I want to complete this cause far too many of these threads don't make it past 5 seasons, so I might just continue holidaying to see how the next couple years pan out.

[bambi holt]

I realise that this is my first comment in this game, but have been following the career of Paolo Bambino with interest and his efforts with PNG. Very pleased with his career, good if not spectacular, to be named Oceania player of year 5 times is great achievement, and now hopefully can extend that with moving to Lyon.
Again sorry for lack of involvement, but please KUTGW

[MattSpurs94]

Back to the signup, I'm still stuck with Villa

Need to start banging in the goals and get some interest

[jimbowmanuk]

This is a 2 year update

Update January 1st 2024


Thomas Weir
41 goals scored in 65 games for Eritrea(118th)

James Sawyer
46 goals scored in 60 games for Mauritania(116th) Joined RC Lens on a free transfer in the summer of 2022

Brendon Hedger
62 goals scored in 62 games for Samoa(204th) Joined Man City in the summer of 2022, before joining Spurs in the summer of 2023 both transfers cost £15.25million

Ed Lawrence
111 goals scored in 127 games for Macau(178th) Named Asian Player of the year for 2022

Blackthorn Price
70 goals scored in 79 games for Somalia(78th)

Amanaki Vaikona
24 goals scored in 42 games for Tonga(207th)

Abdillahi Ahmed
47 goals scored in 83 games for Djibouti(155th) Fulham and Sunderland both showing interest

Brock Rockhard
79 goals scored in 113 games for Turks & Caicos(153rd)

Rocky Brittus Jr.
33 goals scored in 42 games for Cook Islands(196th) Currently transfer listed

Long Tym Toon
65 goals scored in 118 games for Guam(203rd) Currently on loan at Monaco

Jim Bowman
64 goals scored in 96 games for Brunei(193rd)

Bjorgvin Radebe
43 goals scored in 87 games for Anguilla(195th) Currently transfer listed

Ben Goldsmith
36 goals scored in 63 games for Bhutan(158th) Transfer listed by request

Emilio do Carmo
31 goals scored in 39 games for East Timor(208th) Bottom of the rankings pile

Milton Macho
30 goals scored in 47 games for American Samoa(206th) Joined St Pauli of Germany on a free transfer

David Ginsburg
41 goals scored in 74 games for Andorra(129th)

Des Tiny
62 goals scored in 113 games for Montserrat(173rd)

Paolo Bambino
70 goals scored in 68 games for Papua New Guinea(169th) Named Oceania Player of the Year for 2022

Josh McLachlan
35 goals scored in 64 games for San Marino(140th)

Matius Watkai
34 goals scored in 71 games for Sao Tome(170th)

[jimbowmanuk]

Points table updated

[Charlesbeams]

31 in 39 is pretty good i guess, but still near the bottom, but i guess someone has to be there.

[Goldyrulz]

Scored a decent amount of goals, good to see Bhutan doing better though.

[Biscotti]

An improvement for Djibouti, and some interest from some interesting clubs.

[ejldude]

Finally some trophies. =D

[The Welsh Lad]

I'm loving this, just a shame I'm playing for Arsenal. Come on Blackthorn sign for Villa.

[MattSpurs94]

Still playing for Villa

Still going well internationally, STP FTW!

[jimbowmanuk]

Update January 1st 2026

Some players are starting to retire from International football, but they still get points for rankings until every player stops playing



Thomas Weir
44 goals scored in 68 matches for Eritrea(132nd)

James Sawyer
47 goals scored in 62 matches for Mauritania(79th)

Brendon Hedger
73 goals scored in 71 matches for Samoa(178th)

Ed Lawrence
126 goals scored in 146 matches for Macau(179th) Joined Valencia in the Summer of 2024 for £3.9million

Blackthorn Price
71 goals scored in 85 matches for Somalia(67th)

Amanaki Vaikona
28 goals scored in 53 matches for Tonga(203rd) Named 2025 Oceania Player of the Year

Abdillahi Ahmed
52 goals scored in 89 matches for Djibouti(185th)

Brock Rockhard
92 goals scored in 131 matches for Turks & Caicos(153rd)

Rocky Brittus Jr.
38 goals scored in 50 matches for Cook Islands(197th) Transfer listed by request

Long Tym Toon
73 goals scored in 137 matches for Guam(204th) Joined Sunderland for £3.2million in 2024 before Joining Stuttgart a year later for £1.2million

Jim Bowman
80 goals scored in 114 matches for Brunei(188th) On loan at Chievo

Bjorgvin Radebe
52 goals scored in 105 matches for Anguilla(201st) Joined U.A.E. side Al-Ain in 2024

Ben Goldsmith
41 gaosl scored in 72 matches for Bhutan(195th) Joined Nimes of France for Free

Emilio do Carmo
34 goals scored in 47 matches for East Timor(208th)

Milton Macho
32 goals scored in 54 matches for American Samoa(205th)

David Ginsburg
42 goals scored in 91 matches for Andorra(176th)

Des Tiny
81 goals scored in 139 matches for Montserrat(180th)

Paolo Bambino
80 goals scored in 73 matches for Papua New Guinea(202nd) Named 2024 Oceania Player of the Year

Josh McLachlan
41 goals scored in 81 matches for San Marino(146th)

Matius Watkai
34 goals scored in 74 matches for Sao Tome(184th) On loan at Chievo

[jimbowmanuk]

Points table updated

[Charlesbeams]

Not doing too well still, but at least i'm not at the bottom of the table.

[toonbalmy87]

Jim you nearly made me cry then pfff joining Sunderland with the name toon in god he would of been hung and quarterd at the Stadium of Shyte