PaulHartman71 Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 [video=youtube;ZOXG8wtxx_w] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOXG8wtxx_w Hoping you guys enjoy the Jackson 5's song that's both very catchy and very relevant to this thread, obviously MJ had a few haters because of some nasty rumours about being a paedophile, but that's not really relevant to this thread (although I do at some point manage a Portuguese side named after a children's charity that's most famous for a massive child sex abuse scandal) - it was quite awkward to find that out when I was doing some research on the club! But aside from that and a few rather 'unpleasant' experiences in Northern Ireland, it's been an interesting save game so far. I'm writing this whilst on 'E' (East Fife, not Ecstasy) so I am not yet sure what will happen in the other letters, hopefully it's more to write home about and update this post with at some point! - I'm looking to complete the alphabet challenge during this save game, something nobody in the history of the forums has done before. The basic aim is to manage clubs based on the alphabet going from A-Z, this also includes international teams. The aim is to start with Sunday League reputation at an 'A' club then after spending at least 365 days at the club, then move onto 'B' and so on. I usually like to stick around at one club and get quite attached but in this career I am hoping to travel around Europe managing numerous clubs as well as an international team at some point. North America USA - MLS Europe England - down to Blue Square South/North France - down to National Germany - down to Third Division Holland - Jupiler League Italy - down to Serie C Northern Ireland - down to Second Division Norway - Second Division Portugal - down to Third Division Russia - down to First Division Scotland - down to Third Division Spain - down to LIGA adelante Turkey - down to Second Division Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted February 12, 2012 Author Share Posted February 12, 2012 I am beginning my journey in the lowly North Irish Second Division with the only 'A' team in the division - Annagh United. I have a two year contract worth £170 per week. I'm aiming to see out this contract and hope to have at least challenged for promotion in one of the two seasons, in order to increase my reputation in order to get a job at my next club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Good luck in N.Ireland mate . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.W.G Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Interesting rules,can't say I would ever have thought of going from A-Z.Good luck in Northern Ireland Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 So this save will last at least 26 season then. Can't be many choices for X. Xanthi is the only one that springs to mind but you haven't picked Greece. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShyBaldBuddhist Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 There's Xerez in Spain too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted February 13, 2012 Author Share Posted February 13, 2012 with X it is basically a case of Xerez being the only option unless the Dutch side Xerxes DZB get promoted to the Jupiler League at some point, but I'm not sure if they're in the right division for this to ever be possible. I have just finished my first season so an update will be out later. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sniell Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Thats gunna be a touch challenge with some of the letters! Gotta just hope the right jobs are available at the right times...Best of luck mate! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 Season 1 - A is for Annagh United I had a terrible start to the season and for a few months it looked like relegation was a real possibility, which would have been pretty embarrassing in my first season. The club seemed very tight on how much I could go over wages, I remember at one point I was about £80 over and tried getting in a Goalkeeper, something the club desperately desperately needed as the one we had was terrible, the new signing would've been on about £40 a week but the board blocked in based on it breaking the wage budget, something I've never seen in the game before. Eventually I decided to release a few players including our only Goalkeeper in order to get a new Goalkeeper in which I eventually did, and since we signed the new Goalkeeper we started winning on a regular basis and at one point was just two points of 4th place. We finished the season in 9th, which although is Annagh United's worst ever finish, was still better than the media prediction of 11th. The squad wasn't great, I took my scouts word for it on most of the signings I made, as you can see from the transfers I had to release a lot of players for there to be a decent wage budget to bring new players in. The finances are not great at all and I can't see how the club is going to randomly start making a profit, could get very messy in a few seasons, hopefully I wont be around for that. This was the Best XI at the end of the season. Despite being linked with a couple of Scottish Third Division and Blue Square South/North jobs, no 'B' sides have become available as of yet so I'm looking to see out my contract and stay at Annagh another year unless a 'B' club that wants me become available. History --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season Club League Position Achievements --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2008/09 Annagh United N.Irish 2nd Div 9th None Trophy Cabinet Empty Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 World Cup 2010 Round Up Group A 1. Paraguay 2. Serbia 3. Italy 4. Tunisia Pretty surprising stuff as outside favourites Paraguay win the group after winning all 3 of their 3 games. Tunisia were whipping boys losing every single game, but it was Serbia who went through at the expense of one of the tournament favourites after beating Italy on the final day. Group B 1. Portugal 2. Holland 3. South Korea 4. Algeria Despite some tipping them to upset the two European favourites, South Korea failed to qualify to the knockout stages picking up only 2 points, one more than African whipping boys Algeria. Group C 1. Saudi Arabia 2. England 3. Switzerland 4. Gabon Switzerland had been tipped to qualify with heavy favourites England, with African side Gabon being tipped to have a chance of qualification, but nobody saw Saudi Arabia qualifying, especially by winning all 3 of their games. England only qualified at Switzerland's expense by 1 point, finishing with 4. Group D 1. U.S.A 2. Germany 3. Ghana 4. Slovakia This was a relatively open group, Germany obviously are always going to be favourites to qualify, but U.S.A, Ghana and to an extent even Slovakia had a realistic chance of joining them in the next round. U.S.A topped the group unbeaten winning against Ghana and Slovakia and drawing the Germans. Germany qualified also unbeaten, winning against Slovakia and drawing with the two other sides. Ghana were pretty unlucky not to qualify, missing out by just one point. Group E 1. Argentina 2. France 3. Honduras 4. North Korea Messi and co steam-roller'd their way through the group winning every game. North Korea were expected whipping boys losing every game. Despite occasionally choking at big tournaments, France secured their place in the next round by beating Honduras in the last game day. Group F 1. Chile 2. Mexico 3. Croatia 4. South Africa In a group with no clear favourites to qualify, the hosts became whipping boys losing every single game. The European side Croatia would have hoped to qualify but after only managing a draw with Chile on the last day and having already lost to Mexico, they finished third with Chile and Mexico progressing. Group G 1. Greece 2. Ivory Coast 3. Spain 4. Japan Spain managed to choke on the big stage, failing to win a single game after drawing with Japan and Greece, and were sensationally dumped out when Ivory Coast beat them on the last day. Japan also failed to win a game, with that draw with Spain being their only point. This lead to Ivory Coast and dark horses Greece qualifying. Group H 1. Russia 2. Australia 3. Brazil 4. Costa Rica A dark day in the Brazilian history books, as they shockingly failed to even make the knock-out stages. Costa Rica lost every game, with Russia finishing unbeaten after drawing with Australia and beating Brazil and Costa Rica. Australia needed just a point against Brazil on the final day to qualify having already drawn with Russia and beaten Costa Rica, and in sensational style they drew 1-1 after a late Tim Cahill penalty. Second Knockout Round Paraguay 1-0 Holland Serbia (p) 0-0 Portugal Germany 0-1 Saudi Arabia U.S.A 1-1 (p) England Mexico 2-2 (p) Argentina Chile 1-4 France Australia 1-0 Greece Russia 2-1 Ivory Coast Paraguay upset Holland and the bookies by winning 1-0 in a tight game. Serbia surprised Portugal as they progressed via the penalty shootout after a very dull game. There was revenge from 2002 for Saudi Arabia as they beat the side who embarrassed them by slotting 8 against them in Japan/South Korea, a dark day for Germany. England surprised all by winning a penalty shoot-out, in a hotly contested match against the Americans. Argentina needed penalties to get past Mexico after a relatively open 2-2 draw. France comfortably disposed of Chile by winning 4-1. Australia managed to get past Greece by wining 1-0, a great day for the Australian's. Russia knocked the only remaining African side, Ivory Coast, out after winning 2-1. Quarter Final Paraguay 2-2 (p) England Serbia 1-2 Saudi Arabia Argentina (e) 3-2 Russia France 0-0 (p) Australia In a shocking display, England won yet another penalty shoot-out after drawing 2-2 with Paraguay in normal time. Saudi Arabia made history as they beat Serbia to qualify for the semi finals, the only game of the round that didn't go to extra time. Argentina managed to get past Russia after a late goal from Messi in the additional 30 minutes. Australia proved to be ultimate under-dogs yet again, knocking the French out on penalties. Semi Final England 4-0 Australia Saudi Arabia 1-3 Argentina The under-dogs of Australia and Saudi Arabia were finally knocked out in the semi's, with both sides taking relatively heavy beatings from the two favourites England and Argentina, setting up the ultimate grudge match final. 3rd Place Australia (p) 1-1 Saudi Arabia After a close game in normal time between the tournament under-dogs, Australia won their second penalty shoot-out of the competition to finish with a bronze medal, which I'm sure the Australians back home were extremely proud of. Final England 0-1 (e) Argentina In one of the biggest grudge match finals in World Cup history, it took a 119th minute winner from who else but Lionel Messi to ultimately break English hearts. Sergio Aguero ended up winning the player of the tournament, as well as the top scorer, scoring an impressive 8 goals in 6 games. The dream team was made up of all Argentinian and French players aside from Frank Lampard. Malik Mouath of Saudi Arabia deserves a mention as well, the German based striker scored 6 goals in 7 games to give his country a fantastic tournament display. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dejay Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Good luck with this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 Just as I am past my 365 days in charge of Annagh United, a job offer comes through... One letter away ffs! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted February 15, 2012 Author Share Posted February 15, 2012 Season 2 - A is for Annagh United What can I say about these bastards? My target was to finish in pretty much the same position as I did last year, and with very limited funding (about 100p/w less wage budget than last season, and when your total is about 600p/w that's not much) - I was set to do so. I was sacked when 11th, but I had a game in hand which I probably would've won because we were in decent form and we were at home against already relegated Chimney Corner. Now, I had rejected a contract renewal at the start of the season, and I was tempted to resign several times during the season just because I was finding it very hard to bring in new players which were desperately needed for the team to stay at the level it was at last year. However I thought I might as well stick it out till the end of the season as I would have felt bad resigning in the middle of the season. Then, in a shocking move, they sacked me with 4 games to go. I have no idea why they would do this. But it was a conspiracy as the guy who they hired after sacking me, Johnny Law, had been constantly making statements in the media that he wanted my job, and the chairman had been saying how he had to admit it would be hard to overlook a man of his calibre or something. Whilst this was very disrespectful to me, I assumed they'd have the decency to at least wait until my contract run out in June. There was never any media stuff saying I was under any pressure to lose my job at all. At first I thought that I'd already played the Chimney and had been slaughtered or something, but I looked and it wasn't until the next day. Surely if they were that desperate to get Law in then they should have offered me the chance to resign instead of sacking me. But nope. They sacked me. Jeremy Hart? More like Bret Hart tbh. History ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season Club League Position Achievements ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2008/09 Annagh United N.Irish 2nd Div 9th None 2009/10 Annagh United N.Irish 2nd Div 11th Screwed over by the board and sacked in April Trophy Cabinet Empty Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Yeesh. Harsh, man! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Getting screwed by the board only ever ends one way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 Boom. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Good luck in the B's . Love the challenge you have set yourself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Nice work on getting Bradford PA. Let's hope you can make it up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Plenty of letters to go if you can't. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Bloody hell, you're even going in order. You might be staying at the W club for a while if you're waiting for one club to become vacant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 yeah Xerex are still in the Liga Adelante, I'm hoping they'll become a yo-yo club getting promoted and relegated from La Liga a lot which should lead to them sacking the manager every few years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 not bitter at all Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 Season 3 - B is for Bradford Park Avenue In my first season in English football, I took over at newly promoted Bradford Park Avenue. It truly was a case of starting with nothing, as we started the season with virtually no players of any decent quality and no staff aside from the chairman. Scoring goals wasn't really something that came naturally to the team and without the goals from P.A. Bruce and Darren Gribben we would have stood no chance of survival. After a long struggle, we survived by 2 points on the final day of the season finishing 19th. It has to be said that without Workington going into administration a few weeks before the end of the season, we probably wouldn't have stayed up, so we got pretty lucky there, but I'll take my first relegation battle victory. The final squad looked like this. Transfers part 1 and part 2. A lot of players joined and left throughout the season, they'd come in with 5 star CA/PA and within a few months would be 1 and a half star CA/PA, I managed to replace my assistant for a better one around half-way in the season which lead to this being somewhat better, but it was still an annoying problem. The finances are not looking pretty at all. Since my contract runs out next season and there's been no 'C' jobs available as of yet, I will stay with the club until my contract runs out, taking a 'C' job if one becomes available throughout the season. Let's hope I'm not screwed over by the board and unfairly dismissed again before my contract runs out this time. History ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season Club League Position Achievements ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2009/10 Annagh United N.Irish 2nd Div 9th None 2010/11 Annagh United N.Irish 2nd Div 11th Screwed over by the board and sacked in April 2011/12 Bradford Park Avenue Blue Square North 19th None Trophy Cabinet Empty Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Solid efforts still with Bradford. Hopefully you can bring in a few players of quality at least. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 Euro 2012 Round Up Group A 1. Denmark 2. Italy 3. Sweden 4. Poland Italy were always going to be favourites and the average fan would have expected at least one of the Scandinavian sides to join them in the next round. Denmark did so, going through with 6 points as opposed to Italy's 5. Italy remained unbeaten. Sweden narrowly missed out with just 4 points. A poor show from the hosts Poland. Group B 1. Ukraine 2. Russia 3. Holland 4. Croatia It was the two Eastern sides that qualified from the group, despite it being a difficult group, one of the pre-tournament favourites Holland will be very disappointed to go out this early on. Croatia were the whipping boys picking up just one point out of their 3 games. A great showing from the host side Ukraine though. Group C 1. Germany 2. France 3. Belgium 4. England In a very tough group, Europe's best side at the World Cup, England, struggled only managing to draw against Belgium. Germany and France are both strong teams though to be fair. Belgium managed a win and a draw which was pretty impressive for a side tipped to lose every game when the group was drawn. Group D 1. Ireland 2. Spain 3. Greece 4. Portugal A tough group on paper for the Irish, yet they managed to top the group finishing unbeaten in the process, beating Greece and drawing Spain and Portugal. Spain beat Portugal and them managed to draw against Greece and Ireland ensuring qualification. Greece and unlikely bottom side Portugal, both ended up with just 2 points. Quarter Finals Russia 2-2 (p) Denmark Ukraine 3-1 Italy Germany 2-3 Spain France 2-0 Ireland A penalty shoot-out victory for Denmark in a tight game with slight favourites Russia, Arshavin scored both of Russia's goals. The host side Ukraine were in impressive form, smashing Italy 3-1 which the Italians certainly didn't see coming. There was slight controversy as two of Ukraine and Artem Milevskyi's 3 goals were penalties. Germany were 2-0 up at half-time and few could have expected the triumphant Spanish fight back with saw a Chelsea/Barcelona-esque late winner from Andres Iniesta. France bettered Ireland who had performed so well in the group stages, there was no handballs in this game as Benzema scored two fine goals in an impressive French victory. Semi Finals Denmark 0-2 France Ukraine (p) 2-2 Spain France knocked out another side that had done better than expected in the plucky Danish side, another brace from Benzema saw the French through, although it has to be said Denmark had 10 men for 40 minutes of the game after a controversial Poulsen red card. In an exciting game, the hosts Ukraine shocked all as they knocked the favourites Spain out on penalties. In a game that finished 1-1 in normal time, Ukraine thought they'd won it after Yarmolenko's goal in the second minute of the 30 additional minutes. But in late fashion yet again, David Villa popped up in the 122nd minute to equalise for Spain and send it to penalties. Ukraine kept calm under pressure and slotted home all 5 of their penalties, Iniesta missed for Spain which meant the Spanish went out. Final France (p) 2-2 Ukraine In the end it was the French who won the tournament. They were 2-0 up in the first half but after a second half comeback from the hosts, it was all to play for. It ended up going to penalties which saw France score all 5, Ukraine missed one, it was captain Thierry Henry who slotted home the wining penalty. [b]World Cup European Champs Copa America Cup of Nations -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[/b] 2010 Argentina Cameroon 2011 Brazil 2012 France Nigeria CL Winners CL Runner Up EL Winners EL Runner Up [b] ------------------------------------------------------------------------[/b] 2009/10 Barcelona Real Madrid Liverpool At.Madrid 2010/11 Real Madrid Barcelona Inter Valencia 2011/12 Juventus Real Madrid FC Bayern Fenerbache [b]England Spain Italy Germany France Holland Russia Turkey Portugal Scotland Norway N.Ireland [/b] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2009/10 Man City Barcelona Juventus Bayern Monaco Ajax Amkar Fenerbache Benfica Celtic Brann Linfield 2010/11 Chelsea Barcelona Juventus Werder Lyon Ajax Zenit Besiktas Benfica Rangers Sogndal Portadown 2011/12 Liverpool Barcelona Juventus Wolfsburg PSG Ajax Sp.Moscow Fenerbache Sporting Hearts Odd Ballymena Utd [b]World Player Europe Player Europe GK Europe DF Europe MF Europe ST Europe Golden Boot[/b] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2009/10 Lionel Messi Lionel Messi Iker Casillas Dmytro Chygrynskyi Lionel Messi Sergio Aguero Carlos Tevez 2010/11 Lionel Messi Zlatan Ibrahimovic Pepe Reina Gerard Pique Frank Lampard Zlatan Ibrahimovic Gabby Agbonlahor 2011/12 Lionel Messi Lionel Messi Iker Casillas Giorgio Chiellini Lionel Messi Sergio Aguero Roberto Soldado credit to City2000 for the fantastic code set-up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 Season 4 - B is for Bradford Park Avenue A much better second season in Bradford for me this time. We finished in 9th place the seasons 7 points adrift of the play-offs, at one point it looked like we were going to qualify for them but injuries to the squad, especially one to main man Jason Walker lead to a poor run of form near the end of the season. I was fairly busy in the transfer market but not as busy as I was last season. The finances have decreased again, but the loss we made of 70K is a significant improvement to the 250K last season. It was still a strong improvement compared to our relegation battle last season though. As I said earlier, key man was without doubt, Jason Walker - scoring 21 goals in 28 league games. I got offered the chance to renew my contract in May, I decided that I will spend one more season at the club in the hope of getting promoted next season as I could do with the reputation increase I'd gain from doing so. Overall best XI. History ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season Club League Position Achievements ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2009/10 Annagh United N.Irish 2nd Div 9th None 2010/11 Annagh United N.Irish 2nd Div 11th Screwed over by the board and sacked in April 2011/12 Bradford Park Avenue Blue Square North 19th None 2012/13 Bradford Park Avenue Blue Square North 9th None Trophy Cabinet Empty Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 CL Winners CL Runner Up EL Winners EL Runner Up [b] ------------------------------------------------------------------------[/b] 2009/10 Barcelona Real Madrid Liverpool At.Madrid 2010/11 Real Madrid Barcelona Inter Valencia 2011/12 Juventus Real Madrid Bayern Fenerbache 2012/13 Inter Milan Bayern Schalke Dortmund [b]England Spain Italy Germany France Holland Russia Turkey Portugal Scotland Norway N.Ireland [/b] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2009/10 Man City Barcelona Juventus Bayern Monaco Ajax Amkar Fenerbache Benfica Celtic Brann Linfield 2010/11 Chelsea Barcelona Juventus Werder Lyon Ajax Zenit Besiktas Benfica Rangers Sogndal Portadown 2011/12 Liverpool Barcelona Juventus Wolfsburg PSG Ajax Sp.Moscow Fenerbache Sporting Hearts Odd Ballymena Utd 2012/13 Liverpool R.Madrid Lazio Bayern Lyon PSV Sp.Moscow Besiktas Benfica Celtic Odd Linfield [b]World Player Europe Player Europe GK Europe DF Europe MF Europe ST Europe Golden Boot[/b] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2009/10 Lionel Messi Lionel Messi Iker Casillas Dmytro Chygrynskyi Lionel Messi Sergio Aguero Carlos Tevez 2010/11 Lionel Messi Zlatan Ibrahimovic Pepe Reina Gerard Pique Frank Lampard Zlatan Ibrahimovic Gabby Agbonlahor 2011/12 Lionel Messi Lionel Messi Iker Casillas Giorgio Chiellini Lionel Messi Sergio Aguero Roberto Soldado 2012/13 Lionel Messi Lionel Messi Iker Casillas Yury Zhirkov Lionel Messi Carloz Tevez David Villa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Much better season. Hopefully you can push on up the table. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Taking strong steps up. Maybe you can have a playoff push next time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Nice improvement. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted February 25, 2012 Author Share Posted February 25, 2012 Season 5 - B is for Bradford Park Avenue In my third and potentially final season at Bradford Park Avenue the race for promotion was on, however before we get into that let's take a look at the first cup run we've had in my three seasons here. After beating Durham 1-0 in the 2nd Qualifying Round, we upset Darlington 2-1 to progress to the 4th Qualifying round. After a 2-2 draw at home with Accrington, we won the away replay on penalties to get into the first round proper. We drew non-league Aveley and subsequently defeated them 2-0 to get into the 2nd Round with Newport County. It was quite disappointing to go out to Newport, after two 0-0 games we lost on penalties which was quite depressing, although we only drew a league 2 team in the third round so it wasn't like we missed out on an away trip to Old Trafford or something. As you can see here this did wonders for the finances of the club. Due to the horrendous finances before this season our wage budget was heavily knocked down from the previous year, meaning we spent basically the whole season £500p/w over our budget which wasn't great. This meant I couldn't bring anyone in at all, with takeovers constantly happening or not happening we were also transfer embargoed numerous times which lead to me not being able to get loan signings either. This is a look at the squad we had for most of the season. It's the same squad as last season and is still a competitive squad at this level and was good enough to achieve the 5th place that it did if you hadn't already noticed from the previous screen-shots. The stand out players were central midfielder Emmet Templeton, and the two strikers - Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro, who bagged 24 goals and 17 assists in 52 games, and Jason Walker, who scored 30 goals and 12 assists in 49 games. It was only a 2-0 win against other promotion candidates Tamworth on the last day of the season that got us into the play-offs, that was arguably the biggest game of the season and thus a great win for the team. We met Darlington in the semi final of the play-offs, we'd already knocked them out of the FA Cup so I was relatively confident we could beat them over the two legs. Ultimately we won 3-2 on aggregate to progress to the final. For the second time in two weeks our biggest game of the season would come against Tamworth, we kept a clean sheet for the second time and did one better than we did in the league and trumped them 3-0 in an impressive display to win promotion. This is the league table and the play-off tree. As you can see we were pretty lucky to go up really considering the likes of Darlington finished with 20 points more than us. Ultimately it has been a fantastic season capped off with a great display in the play-offs. At the start of the season I aimed to gain promotion with the possible intention of leaving Bradford Park Avenue in hope of finding a 'C' club, but I've come to the conclusion that I might as well at least spend one season managing in the Blue Square Premier as I think that will boost my reputation a bit and help me when it comes to looking for a job in the future. I'm also getting a bit attached to the side and the players which isn't a good sign, I think next season will definitely be my last at the club though. Overall Best XI. History ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season Club League Position Achievements ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2009/10 Annagh United N.Irish 2nd Div 9th None 2010/11 Annagh United N.Irish 2nd Div 11th Screwed over by the board and sacked in April 2011/12 Bradford Park Avenue Blue Square North 19th None 2012/13 Bradford Park Avenue Blue Square North 9th None 2013/14 Bradford Park Avenue Blue Square North 5th Promoted via play-offs Trophy Cabinet Empty Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taunton Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Really like your challenge. Will follow this thread closely. Good luck managing your way through the alphabet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Should have lots of options for a while. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted February 25, 2012 Author Share Posted February 25, 2012 2014 World Cup Round up Group A 1. Argentina 2. Poland 3. South Korea 4. New Zealand The favorites to win the group were always going to be Argentina, they didn't disappoint as they won all 3 of their games. Poland were the best of the rest, despite finishing on level points with South Korea they went through on superior goal difference. New Zealand were whipping boys, losing every one of their games. Group B 1. USA 2. Russia 3. Chile 4. Nigeria The two super-powers of America and Russia run away with the group, both winning two games to qualify with 6 points each. Nigeria would have hoped to have done a little better being one of the strongest African sides, whereas Chile did quite decently to finish with 3 points in a tough group. Group C 1. Croatia 2. England 3. Japan 4. Algeria There were remnants of the past when England lost their opening game to Croatia, with Japan being decent themselves it looked like England could face going out at the group stage. However England came back and beat both Japan and Algeria to qualify. Croatia ended up unbeaten winning two and drawing with Japan. Algeria finished with nothing. Group D 1. Turkey 2. Ecuador 3. Switzerland 4. Iran In one of, if not the weakest of all the groups, pretty much anyone had a chance - even rank outsiders Iran, at least on paper anyway. Iran failed to win a game, only managing a draw with eventual group winners Turkey. Turkey finished unbeaten, winning against the Swiss and Ecuador after their slip up to Iran. Switzerland were slight favourites over Ecuador to qualify, but Ecuador defeated both the Swiss and Iran to qualify with 6 points. The Swiss ended up with just 3 points after a win over Iran. Group E 1. Mexico 2. Brazil 3. Holland 4. Cameroon In what was easily the group of death, it was Brazil and Mexico who made it out. Mexico finished unbeaten winning twice and drawing once, Brazil also finished unbeaten drawing twice and winning once. Cameroon were unlucky to draw such a difficult group and lost every game. Holland were unlucky not to qualify after beating Cameroon and managing a draw with Brazil, they lost the all important last game against Mexico to go out in third place. Group F 1. Portugal 2. Uruguay 3. Slovakia 4. Tunisia Portugal were pre-tournament favourites to win their group and they did so without a struggle, winning all 3 of their games without even conceding a goal. Uruguay joined them after beating Slovakia and drawing with Tunisia. Slovakia were unlucky not to qualify and their game with Uruguay pretty much decided who would finish second. Tunisia only managed one point in total. Group G 1. Germany 2. Spain 3. Saudi Arabia 4. Paraguay Saudi Arabia, last year's surprise semi-finalists had another decent showing despite not making it out of a tough group. They only conceding twice and the only loss they did have was a close 1-0 against Spain. A draw with the Saudi's was Germany's only slip up as they won the other 2 games with relative ease. Spain won against Saudi Arabia and Paraguay to ensure qualification, with Paraguay finishing with 0 points. Group H 1. France 2. Ivory Coast 3. Ukraine 4. Canada France and Ivory Coast were favourites to qualify from the group and did so in decent fashion. France won twice and drew once to finish the group unbeaten. Ukraine also finished unbeaten but all of their games resulted in draws which meant they only ended up with 3 points. If they could have beaten Canada in their last game they would have qualified at the expense of Ivory Coast, Canada though hung on to earn their only point. Second Round Argentina 3-0 Russia Poland 2-2 (p) USA Ecuador 1-2 Croatia England 0-0 (p) Turkey Mexico 0-0 (p) Uruguay Portugal 2-1 Brazil Germany 1-2 Ivory Coast Spain 0-4 France The holders Argentina didn't disappoint fans as they smashed Russia 3-0 to progress. Poland and the USA was a tight game with the Americans only progressing through penalties. Croatia knocked out Ecuador 2-1, coming from behind to win. England, despite doing so well in the last World Cup went back to their old ways as they went out via penalties to Turkey after a 0-0 draw. Uruguay only managed to get through a difficult tie against Mexico with penalties. In arguably the most anticipated tie of the round, Portugal knocked out Brazil on home soil which would have caused heart-break throughout the country. Ivory Coast trumped the German's 2-1 to qualify, being the only African side to do so. France destroyed Spain 4-0 which would've come to a surprise to most. Quarter Final Argentina 2-0 Turkey USA 0-1 Croatia Uruguay 1-0 France Portugal 0-1 Ivory Coast Argentina continued their impressive showing of winning every game, still only having conceded once, by knocking the Turkish out 2-0. Croatia knocked out the USA 1-0 after a late Modric goal. Uruguay, who of course won the last World Cup that was hosted by Brazil, proved Europe weren't the only super-power in international football as they beat hotly tipped France, to join Argentina in the semi final. Another upset for Europe as the only African side left in the competition won 1-0 to knock out Portugal. This meant that only Croatia would represent Europe in the semi final. Semi Final Argentina 0-1 Ivory Coast Croatia 2-0 Uruguay With two teams in the semi final, South Americans would have been forgiven for thinking there would at least be one side in the Brazilian hosted tournament. However, the Ivory Coast upset holders and favourites Argentina to make it to the final, being the first African side to ever do so. Uruguay were taken down 2-0 by Croatia, a first final appearance for them, meaning there would be a first ever winner this year. 3rd Place Argentina 3-0 Uruguay In an all South American affair, Argentina showed that they are the dominant side in South America by winning 3-0 to claim third place. Sergio Aguero ended up top scorer for the second time in two tournaments, scoring 8 goals like he did in the last one. Final Ivory Coast 4-1 Croatia In a first ever final for Africa, the Ivory Coast did not disappoint their continent and the whole of Africa, especially the Ivory Coast were celebrating as they impressively won 4-1 against Croatia to win the tournament. [b]World Cup European Champs Copa America African Nations Asian Cup Gold Cup -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[/b] 2010 Argentina Cameroon 2011 Brazil Japan Jamaica 2012 France Nigeria 2013 Canada 2014 Ivory Coast Togo CL Winners CL Runner Up EL Winners EL Runner Up [b] ------------------------------------------------------------------------[/b] 2009/10 Barcelona Real Madrid Liverpool At.Madrid 2010/11 Real Madrid Barcelona Inter Valencia 2011/12 Juventus Real Madrid Bayern Fenerbache 2012/13 Inter Milan Bayern Schalke Dortmund 2013/14 Bayern Barcelona Porto Valencia [b]England Spain Italy Germany France Holland Russia Turkey Portugal Scotland Norway N.Ireland [/b] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2009/10 Man City Barcelona Juventus Bayern Monaco Ajax Amkar Fenerbache Benfica Celtic Brann Linfield 2010/11 Chelsea Barcelona Juventus Werder Lyon Ajax Zenit Besiktas Benfica Rangers Sogndal Portadown 2011/12 Liverpool Barcelona Juventus Wolfsburg PSG Ajax Sp.Moscow Fenerbache Sporting Hearts Odd Ballymena Utd 2012/13 Liverpool R.Madrid Lazio Bayern Lyon PSV Sp.Moscow Besiktas Benfica Celtic Odd Linfield 2013/14 Liverpool Barcelona Genoa Koln Lyon PSV CSKA Mos. Galatasaray Benfica Celtic Odd Portadown [b]World Player Europe Player Europe GK Europe DF Europe MF Europe ST Europe Golden Boot[/b] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2009/10 Lionel Messi Lionel Messi Iker Casillas Dmytro Chygrynskyi Lionel Messi Sergio Aguero Carlos Tevez 2010/11 Lionel Messi Zlatan Ibrahimovic Pepe Reina Gerard Pique Frank Lampard Zlatan Ibrahimovic Gabby Agbonlahor 2011/12 Lionel Messi Lionel Messi Iker Casillas Giorgio Chiellini Lionel Messi Sergio Aguero Roberto Soldado 2012/13 Lionel Messi Lionel Messi Iker Casillas Yury Zhirkov Lionel Messi Carloz Tevez David Villa 2013/14 Lionel Messi Lionel Messi Iker Casillas Cristian Ansaldi Lionel Messi David Villa David Villa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Well done on winning promotion. Might a move to C be on the cards after that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted February 25, 2012 Author Share Posted February 25, 2012 I've been given a pretty tasty wage budget for a BSP campaign and after first month things are going quite well, so I am looking to see out the season and my contract and then probably look into resigning and getting a C side. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted February 27, 2012 Author Share Posted February 27, 2012 Season 6 - B is for Bradford Park Avenue (Mid-Season Update) Yeah so have decided to do more than just one update per season as it is quite hard to cram it all into just the one update. Due to our cup run last year and the promotion our finances increased significantly giving me a good amount of wage budget free. I brought in a lot of players on free transfers to boost the squad. Tam Gemmill has since been released. Adam Griffin is a backup utility man that can play on the left of defence and midfield. Bryn Hindley is our #1 Goalkeeper. Nathan Smith is our first choice left back. Chris Williams, a loan signing from Wigan, is one of our first choice strikers. Lewis Montrose is rotational midfielder, he was injured for a large part of the season so far so hasn't got as many games as you would expect. Stephen Dawson is one of our first choice central midfielders. Lawrie Wilson is our first choice right back. Joe Webb is a fringe/backup player for the two sides of defence. Steven Wilkinson is one of our first choice central defenders. Gary Wood is another of our first choice strikers, who is currently top scorer. Richard Dean is a utility man that's been playing all around midfield. Mitchell Hanson is a recently recruited central defender who is looking he will become first choice. A lot of naff players or players on ridiculously high wages have been released. The entire squad can be found here. A quick round up of the players who were already here from last season: Michael Lee has been playing primarily in the middle of defence, as has Luke Prosser. Kai Edwards is back up for that position. Adem Atay has been a useful utility man filling in around midfield and defence as well as being a good impact substitute. Kris Gate has been a rotated central midfielder, he's another guy who doesn't usually disappoint if I bring him on from the bench. Emmet Templeton is another central midfielder who's rotated, he's seen more game time as Gate and is another reliable player most of the time. My two first choice strikers from last season, Jean-Lous Akpa-Akpro and Jason Walker, have now become back up and rotation respectively. Both are quite reliable and I have often brought Akpa-Akpro on to play on the left side of midfield where he's done a decent job. We reached the second round of the FA Cup for the second time in a row, this time we saw a more glamorous away tie at Selhurst Park, against League 1's Crystal Palace. In a decent display we lost 3-0 which was a bit disappointing, but understandable really considering their squad compared to ours. It didn't do as much for the finances as I'd hoped though. Elsewhere in the FA Trophy we have qualified for the 2nd round where we will face Accrington Stanley. So far so good, thanks to the players I was able to bring in with the wages that were freed up, and with the additional back up of decent players from last season, we have been able to push for promotion so far. I am hoping that we can continue our good run of form and push to stay in the play-off's as I know now that the ability is there. I would have been very happy with mid-table at the start of the season but as this is potentially my last season at the club it would be nice to go out with a bang. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Going very well in the league so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK22 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 A really interesting concept KUTGW with BPA! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Hope you can go up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 Season 6 - B is for Bradford Park Avenue And so, my final season at Bradford Park Avenue has come to an end. Did it end with a bang or did it all end in tears? It was an emotional roller coaster of a season which I actually really really enjoyed, I really liked most of the players in the squad and felt like it was only fitting that in my final season at the club, to battle for promotion to the football league for the club that gave me a big chance to establish myself in management. It was a hard fight, but ultimately it ended like this. I think the fans were pretty happy with my efforts as were the board. The final league table shows that we won the league with a few games in hand. As you can see from the past positions, once we got on top we weren't knocked off. The FA Trophy had looked like a promising way of winning a trophy at one point, we had a decent run which lead us to the two legged semi final against Histon. Histon defeated us 2-1 at our home, which didn't give us a lot of hope going into the second leg and this was proved by a 2-0 loss in Histon. A decent run that ultimately ended in disappointment, but the league was always my main concern and I rested key players up until the semi final anyway. The transfers don't look too different to the one I linked earlier in the season aside from a couple more releases, but here is a screenie of the transfer page anyway. It wasn't a great season financially for the club, but I am hoping that promotion to League 2 will significantly sort out the clubs finances next season. I picked up the manager of the year award which was a pretty nice way to leave. I did resign on the 1st of June, my assistant manager and coaches left with me so brownie points for them. I'll now talk about the players - Goalkeeper - Bryn Hindley was our #1 and did a relatively decent job in goal for the club throughout the season. Defence - Nathan Smith was first choice left back and played pretty well there. Steven Wilkinson was moved around from right back to centre back a few times but was mainly a played in the middle, he was probably our best defender. Michael Lee was mainly used on the right side of defence and wasn't too bad there. Mitchell Hanson was rotated around defence and midfield after he was signed and was pretty reliable. Luke Prosser was another player that played in the middle of defence, he was a bit error prone but better than a few other choices we had. Kai Edwards was another who was rotated around the middle of defence, he wasn't great for this level but has the ability to improve and I'm sure this season helped his improvement as a footballer. Midfield - Lawrie Wilson ultimately became first choice on the right side of midfield and did quite a good job there. Adem Atay was back up for the right and middle and he did well when called upon, a reliable back up option which is important to have in a title winning team. Adam Griffin was rotated on the left side of midfield and wasn't particularly impressive. Lewis Montrose was rotation for the middle of midfield, he is probably better than a few players who got more game time but I found he wasn't as good in terms of putting the work in etc. Kris Gate was another rotated player in the middle of midfield, I found he was a good player to bring on as a sub and generally preferred him to Montrose. Richard Dean was rotated around midfield and did pretty well, one of the better performers in the squad. Stephen Dawson was a first choice option in the middle of midfield and he did well, although his poor fitness meant he very rarely finished games and was more often than not subbed off before the end of the 90 minutes. Emmet Templeton was another option in the middle of midfield and although stats wise doesn't look great, I generally also preferred him to Montrose. Attack - Chris Williams, on loan from Wigan, ended up top scorer with a total of 20 goals, 14 coming in the league. Garry Wood, despite finishing 2 goals off of Chris Williams was the better all round player, he got 10 assists which was significantly more than Williams and generally won more games with important goals. Jason Walker, last seasons top scorer, did pretty well to score 15 goals being the third choice striker, he scored 15 and got 9 assists, a lot of these coming as an impact substitute - he was a very under-rated part of the team, scoring goals when Wood and Williams were having bad games. Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro was 4th choice and offered more than the 4 goals he ended up with suggested, a decent part of the squad and a good player to bring on in games. So that's the end of my Bradford Park Avenue career. Here's hoping I get a 'C' job pretty soon! History -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Season Club League Position Achievements-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2009/10 Annagh United N.Irish 2nd Div 9th None 2010/11 Annagh United N.Irish 2nd Div 11th Screwed over by the board and sacked in April2011/12 Bradford Park Avenue Blue Square North 19th None 2012/13 Bradford Park Avenue Blue Square North 9th None2013/14 Bradford Park Avenue Blue Square North 5th Promoted via play-offs2014/15 Bradford Park Avenue Blue Square Premier 1st Promoted as Champions, resigned in June Trophy Cabinet Bradford Park Avenue - Blue Square Premier x1 - 2014/15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Excellent work getting promoted . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taunton Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Great achivement with Bradford PA. So you are not tempted to stay there for a longer time? As I said before, really like this challenge, and if you want a bonus challenge when you have reached Z,you can jump to the letters Ø and Å in the norwegian alphabet. There should be a couple of clubs to manage starting with these letters as well. KUTGW Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 Great achivement with Bradford PA. So you are not tempted to stay there for a longer time?As I said before, really like this challenge, and if you want a bonus challenge when you have reached Z,you can jump to the letters Ø and Å in the norwegian alphabet. There should be a couple of clubs to manage starting with these letters as well. KUTGW Thanks Taunton. It was tempting to stay and see what I could do with them in League 2, but ultimately the challenge is to go from A-Z - after 4 years at the club, winning the league/promotion seemed like a fitting moment to leave Bradford Park Avenue on a high. I'm not sure about jumping onto letters in other languages, I think 26 in the English one is quite enough for one career Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 [b]World Cup European Champs Copa America African Nations Asian Cup Gold Cup ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[/b] 2010 Argentina Cameroon 2011 Brazil Japan Jamaica 2012 France Nigeria 2013 Canada 2014 Ivory Coast Togo 2015 Argentina South Korea Mexico CL Winners CL Runner Up EL Winners EL Runner Up [b] ------------------------------------------------------------------------[/b] 2009/10 Barcelona Real Madrid Liverpool At.Madrid 2010/11 Real Madrid Barcelona Inter Valencia 2011/12 Juventus Real Madrid Bayern Fenerbache 2012/13 Inter Milan Bayern Schalke Dortmund 2013/14 Bayern Barcelona Porto Valencia 2014/15 Liverpool Real Madrid Man Utd West Ham [b]England Spain Italy Germany France Holland Russia Turkey Portugal Scotland Norway N.Ireland [/b] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2009/10 Man City Barcelona Juventus Bayern Monaco Ajax Amkar Fenerbache Benfica Celtic Brann Linfield 2010/11 Chelsea Barcelona Juventus Werder Lyon Ajax Zenit Besiktas Benfica Rangers Sogndal Portadown 2011/12 Liverpool Barcelona Juventus Wolfsburg PSG Ajax Sp.Moscow Fenerbache Sporting Hearts Odd Ballymena Utd 2012/13 Liverpool R.Madrid Lazio Bayern Lyon PSV Sp.Moscow Besiktas Benfica Celtic Odd Linfield 2013/14 Liverpool Barcelona Genoa Koln Lyon PSV CSKA Mos. Galatasaray Benfica Celtic Odd Portadown 2014/15 Man City Barcelona Inter Bayern Lyon Ajax Sp.Moscow Fenerbache Sporting Celtic Valerenga Linfield [b]World Player Europe Player Europe GK Europe DF Europe MF Europe ST Europe Golden Boot[/b] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2009/10 Lionel Messi Lionel Messi Iker Casillas Dmytro Chygrynskyi Lionel Messi Sergio Aguero Carlos Tevez 2010/11 Lionel Messi Zlatan Ibrahimovic Pepe Reina Gerard Pique Frank Lampard Zlatan Ibrahimovic Gabby Agbonlahor 2011/12 Lionel Messi Lionel Messi Iker Casillas Giorgio Chiellini Lionel Messi Sergio Aguero Roberto Soldado 2012/13 Lionel Messi Lionel Messi Iker Casillas Yury Zhirkov Lionel Messi Carloz Tevez David Villa 2013/14 Lionel Messi Lionel Messi Iker Casillas Cristian Ansaldi Lionel Messi David Villa David Villa 2014/15 Kaka Kaka Marco Amelia Giorgio Chiellini Kaka David Villa David Villa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taunton Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Thanks Taunton. It was tempting to stay and see what I could do with them in League 2, but ultimately the challenge is to go from A-Z - after 4 years at the club, winning the league/promotion seemed like a fitting moment to leave Bradford Park Avenue on a high. I'm not sure about jumping onto letters in other languages, I think 26 in the English one is quite enough for one career He he. I see. Let's hope you get to manage some really great teams along the way. I would like to see the faces of the Arsenal, Barcelona or Bayern Munich boards when they approach you with their multi-million dollar contracts, just to see you turn them down and trying to explain for them: - Well, sorry guys, but I am not managing clubs in that part of the alphabet at the moment. Looking forward to see what your next club will be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 He he. I see. Let's hope you get to manage some really great teams along the way. I would like to see the faces of the Arsenal, Barcelona or Bayern Munich boards when they approach you with their multi-million dollar contracts, just to see you turn them down and trying to explain for them: - Well, sorry guys, but I am not managing clubs in that part of the alphabet at the moment. Looking forward to see what your next club will be. I'm in the process of looking for a new club at the moment, currently in late August, Macclesfield and Tranmere have already suffered that fate of rejection! I got turned down by Scottish 2nd Division side Cowdenbeath which was pretty depressing, two Serie C Italian sides have also rejected me, however Chimney Corner, Crawley, Cheltenham and Chester are currently insecure and when I suggested interested in them, the chairman all said they'd be foolish not to consider hiring me if they did sack their manager. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Probably getting a solid english job then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 It's late Novemeber, and I have finally been offered a job at a 'C' club, it's a pretty surprising one and not one I was expecting at all. Casa Pia, who currently sit 13th in the Portuguese Second Division South. I was more than happy to drop back down to the BSS or the BSN and continue to manage in my native England, however the chance to manage abroad was far too tempting to turn down (that and the fact it's the first 'C' offer I have had since resigning at Bradford Park Avenue). The squad is terrible to be fair but with a 180K transfer budget, which is around 180K more than any transfer budget I have had before, it should be be an interesting task to turn the fortunes of the clubs season around. There's only 30 games though so it's important I turn their fortunes around sooner rather than later. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Thankfully they're not too deep in trouble. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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