Terk Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Don't worry, TPF, you'll be **** again before too much longer Jordan, cup runs were my saviour in the lower leagues. We had about 3 fans and so despite the low wage bill we were losing money hand over fist, but I poured every effort I could into getting into the 3rd round of the FA Cup and hoping to face a bit team. We got anything from £300K to £600K from those one-off games and it kept me afloat until we hit the Championship. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terk Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 I am touching every wooden surface possible, so forum curse touch me not, but after spanking Notts Forest 5-0 (in which Pokorny made his début as a sub in the 35th minute, and let me tell you, that boy's work rate is unbelievable), the table is looking........ promising. Man City are on a shocking run of 4 draws and 1 defeat in their last five games (seriously, that counts as truly ****ing terrible when you've won six titles on the bounce) and the field has really bunched up, allowing us, for however brief a time, to sit proud. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almondo Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Wow Terk. That's a good looking table Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordanswinburn Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 To be honest Terk, I'm doing really well financially without them. Just been trounced 3-0 by Cheltenham though. Really, seriously badly, need Greenhalgh back. 3 weeks away though He really is our version of Ronaldo, or Man City's Tevez. Without him, we're not the same =/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terk Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 FCUM get pretty good attendances even in the lower leagues, don't they? If I'm remembering correctly we didn't get an average crowd of over 1,000 until we reached League 2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Perfect-Fm'er! Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 My God Terk! Go you! Oh and stop touching everyone's wood you ghey! Get this, made me laugh at how things quickly can change: First 6 home games: won 4, drew 2, scored 6, conceded 1. next 5 home games: won 4, drew 1, scored 22, conceded 9. just tonked top of league Accrington 7-1 and currently lie in 3rd place. Lost 3 games out of 23 so far. Just need to stop drawing games away from home! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almondo Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 This is the League Table with 4 games to go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terk Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Oh and stop touching everyone's wood you ghey! You're just jealous That's some pretty good home form you've got there. You starting to hope for promotion? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terk Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 This is the League Table with 4 games to go. Good luck At least there aren't too many team bunched up just outside the play-offs waiting to pounce on any mistakes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordanswinburn Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 FCUM get pretty good attendances even in the lower leagues, don't they? If I'm remembering correctly we didn't get an average crowd of over 1,000 until we reached League 2. My average attendance is 5156, so not too bad. I'm not sure about Gate Receipt percentages for away teams in the league? But we get somewhere between 40k and 65k per game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almondo Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Just bashed Doncaster 3-0, feel slightly bad about it as the result means they're relegated Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Perfect-Fm'er! Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Almondo, cheeky push for automatic with your game in hand! Terk - Secretly yeah. I'm 9 unbeaten and after just 8 goals between Offiong, Knight and I.Mcleod in the first 15 games, they've started scoring for fun and Knight and McLeod rotating or Knight playing off McLeod have got 17 goals between them in the last 8 games. Signing another striker from Blackpool in January for £1k, only young and looks classy, sell Offiong who's been woeful! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Perfect-Fm'er! Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 New Signing Young, good player for the standard, only £1k! Can play AM or ST which is good for me as I play a 4-2-3-1 system so can fit in nicely!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almondo Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 I'm just hoping I'm going to keep my job as we've just been taken over by a consortium. Edit: He looks pretty decent P Fm'er Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordanswinburn Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 FFS. That Chelsea game has screwed us. 3-0 loss to Cheltenham, 3-2 loss to Bournemouth, 2-1 loss to Luton. Not on, not on at all! Now seems like a good time to call it a day. Long day and to be honest, shoulda went two hours ago lol. Tomorrow should see the end of season report! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terk Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 He looks pretty good for your level, TPF Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almondo Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Final day of the season and I had to match or beat coventry's result to guarantee a playoff spot. Playing Ipswich who were 3rd. Beat them 2-0 which means Boston go to the playoffs but you've gotta feel for Ipswich as the teams 6th, 7th and 8th all won meaning Ipswich miss out on a playoff spot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Perfect-Fm'er! Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Thanks....i'm just great at assigning scouts I know what you mean Jordan, I was knackered at 11, considering going to bed, then started winning and suprising how much you wake up when things are going well! Congrats Almondo! Good luck! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordanswinburn Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 I have no idea why, but I am unable to sleep (again). I get the feeling I my mind/body won't allow me to leave my game. Only 2 days ago I was up till 7 in the morning to finish a season. Should I seek serious psychological help? lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almondo Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Boston united season 17 2026/27 League Table , Position Graph final position - 5th A better season than last year which saw us although biefly top the leage before settlin gfor 5th in the league. The playoff semi final was a disappointment losing heavily to Southampton 5-0 on aggregate. Cups The League cup was disappointing but the FA Cup more than made up for it with a Quarter Final apperance FA Cup Went out in the Quarter Finals to Liverpool. League Cup Disappointing going out in the 2nd round to Birimingham Transfers The biggest transfer news of the year was the fact that I sold our record signing Juan Jesus Sanchez to Leicester City for £3 million making a nice profit of £1.7 Million on him. I also sold Left Back Daniele Maresca for £1.3 Million to Derby. A healthy profit there on a player brought in on a free. That said though the board didn't give me all the cash due to building me a new stadium. Star Player The star player this season has been Charlie Harber Harber was brought in primarily as back up to the first team. However he took his chance and was a central part of my push to the playoffs. not bad for a defender who was touted as only good enough for a League 1 side. Key Players Gavin Kirk Solid once again. Rafal Socha A good solid Left back. He also gets a few international games for Poland Alvaro A great left midfielder who ran right backs ragged Milen Vladimirov Top scorer this season. Getting a bit long in the tooth though. Aiden Campbell Came in just behind Vladimirov in goals scored. A solid season once again from this Irish wizard. Two for the future Christer Nilsson A good looking right back who could take over from Socha eventually Rasmus Colding A decent looking young striker who could be fairly decent. Finances Season League Final Position Achievments ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010/11 Blue Square North 7th none 2011/12 Blue Square North 2nd Promoted Via Playoffs 2012/13 Blue Square Premier 15th none 2013/14 Blue Square Premier 20th none 2014/15 Blue Square Premier 12th none 2015/16 Blue Square Premier 3rd Lost in Playoff Final 2016/17 Blue Square Premier 1st Automatic Promotion, FA Trophy 2017/18 Coca Cola League 2 2nd Automatic Promtion 2018/19 Coca Cola League 1 21st Relegated to League 2 2019/20 Coca Cola League 2 4th Lost in Playoff Final 2020/21 Coca Cola League 2 4th Promoted via Playoffs 2021/22 Coca Cola League 1 9th none 2022/23 Coca Cola League 1 11th none 2023/24 Coca Cola League 1 1st League 1 Champions 2024/25 Coca Cola Championship 11th none 2025/26 Coca Cola Championship 14th none 2026/27 Coca Cola Championship 5th Lost in Playoff Semi Finals Other Winners Premier League - Man City FA Cup - Liverpool Carling Cup - Leeds Champions League - A.C. Milan. A Milan Derby here. UEFA Cup - Sevilla. Aims for next season There's only one thing I can aim for here and that's promotion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordanswinburn Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 So into the playoffs we go We got Crewe up first. And as that comes, so does the job offer from Oldham, instantly rejected! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almondo Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Good luck there Jordan. Also if Oldham are anything as bad as they are under the Muppet Penney IRL it's a good job you can't switch jobs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almondo Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Just got revenge on Birmingham for putting us out of the Carling Cup last season by putting them out this year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terk Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Unlucky to see you fall in the play-offs, Almondo Hopefully you can get yourself to the promised land next season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordanswinburn Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 After drawing 1-1 in the first leg of the Playoff Semi Finals against Crewe very early this morning, I decided to call it a morning, and get some sleep. Just fired the game up, played the 2nd leg. Won 5-4 on pens! Into the final we go, against Oxford United. I'm quite annoyed, this would have been so much easier if I didn't lose all my loanees just before the playoffs started! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordanswinburn Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 End of season report will be up soon. Will it be heartbreak or elation?...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terk Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Excellent cliff hanging, Jordan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityAndColour Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Finally got the patch downloaded (slow connection atm) and was scared to play as usually my tactics are made redundant by patches, especially so given Terk's 4-3-3 was. First game, away to 20th placed Stevenage, 0-0 draw but they battered us. Decided to stick with it as the next two games are at home, stuff Brentford 2-0 and draw 0-0 at home to Wrexham despite absolutely battering them. Fourth game is away to Cambridge where they are heavy favourites, and we have absolutely played them off the park, leading 2-0 at half time and scared to start the second half. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
foost Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Like OMG... My rock in defence Brau has a rough start. Don't know what is happening in his personal life atm but jeez... His 3rd red card in the three matches he played... I gave him a 2 weeks wage warning. And now he thinks he has been treated unfair. Like WTF! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordanswinburn Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 FC United of Manchester - League Two 2013/14 Season 4 with FC United, and our first season as a Football League club. Once again the board expected me to attempt to avoid relegation, but as I always do, I expect to avoid it. The media, once again, predicted 24th. I think that's 4 consecutive seasons now, maybe 3. Transfers - Quite a reshuffle this season. It was necessary for survival. Managed to keep my extremely tight wage structure though, which is good. Instead of going into the full story of our season, I am going to let the screens do the talking. Burton v FC United (Our Biggest Win) Job Links/Offers Hartlepool Oldham Crystal Palace Stoke Position Chart Table Crewe v FC United Oxford v FC United FA Cup 1st Round - Wigan v FC United 1st Round Replay - FC United v Wigan 2nd Round - FC United v Newport County 3rd Round - FC United v Preston 4th Round - Sheff Wed v FC United 4th Round Replay - FC United v Sheff Wed 5th Round - FC United v Chelsea 5th Round - Chelsea v FC United No point in posting a Squad screenshot, as it changed about 4 times this season. The Millward Player Choice Award (Manager's Player of the Year) Daniel - Daniel only came in on the 30th January, but he made a lasting impact. He jumped straight into our first team in defence, going on to play all 20 games remaining in the season. Pulling out ratings of over 9.2 on a regular basis. He became the rock in our defence. On top of this, he scored 8 league goals, and got 7 Man of the Match awards, as well as Young Player of the Month for April. (Ben Greenhalgh would have been in line for this, but the Millward Player Choice Award rules state a player cannot win it if they won it the season before) The Jordan Swinburn Award (The Surprise of the Season award) The award has to go to our cup run. Toppling the big teams, and even taking Chelsea to a replay. Other candidates included our huge finances, and the 6-1 win against Burton Albion. Fan's Player of the Year Ben Greenhalgh Confidence Finances - Once again, another fantastic season financially, this time skyrocketing. Our cup run played a huge part in this, as did my tight wage structure. Manager Profile So into League One we go, and once again, my plan is just to survive, and hopefully achieve a cup run similar to the one I just had. A good League Cup run would be nice, and I might even go for a JPT win. Career Overview Season League League Finish Achievements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2010/11 Blue Square North 5th Promoted - Playoffs 2011/12 Blue Square Premier 15th 2012/13 Blue Square Premier 1st Promoted - Champions 2013/14 League Two 6th Promoted - Playoffs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordanswinburn Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Excellent cliff hanging, Jordan *Insert Eastenders duff duff* It's up now, enjoy Edit - Lovely, just passed the 25th June, the new table has come out. I'm in the same league as 3 of my FA Cup victims Preston, Sheff Wed and Wigan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terk Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 *Insert Eastenders duff duff*It's up now, enjoy FCUM winning another promotion >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Eastenders Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordanswinburn Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Wait, it's Manchester. Coronation Street style cliffhanger needed This season should be fun. Got some big names in this league now. Charlton, Preston, Reading, Sheff Wed, Southend, Watford, Wigan. It's not going to be easy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terk Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Finally got the patch downloaded (slow connection atm) and was scared to play as usually my tactics are made redundant by patches, especially so given Terk's 4-3-3 was.First game, away to 20th placed Stevenage, 0-0 draw but they battered us. Decided to stick with it as the next two games are at home, stuff Brentford 2-0 and draw 0-0 at home to Wrexham despite absolutely battering them. Fourth game is away to Cambridge where they are heavy favourites, and we have absolutely played them off the park, leading 2-0 at half time and scared to start the second half. It didn't take too many tweaks to get my 4-3-3 working again, I've had to use my full backs a bit more defensively given the improvement in wingers and my passing is shorter now because I've found it more difficult to play balls into space behind their defensive line but I'm back on track. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordanswinburn Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 I love my board. Due to my financial control, they've given me a 1.2m transfer budget, and a 15k wage budget.... it's safe to say that has been reversed. 60k wages and 300k transfer budget now Midgets really gonna hate me lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnakeXe Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Right, 10.3 is here and I'm ready to go with this challenge now. Here is my manager profile: Chip Butty, the new manager of Canvey Island - I seem to have plenty to live up to with Terk! Good luck, sir Still in pre-season with Tiverton - must have trialled over 100 players already! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordanswinburn Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Unforunately I have to say Goodbye to Man Utd Loanee Martin Smith, one of my best goal-scorers of last season. After being ruled out in the final stages of my season with a broken leg, he is now out for a further six months with a serious viral infection. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityAndColour Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 It didn't take too many tweaks to get my 4-3-3 working again, I've had to use my full backs a bit more defensively given the improvement in wingers and my passing is shorter now because I've found it more difficult to play balls into space behind their defensive line but I'm back on track. Yeah the one thing I have noticed is my target man hasn't scored a goal since patching, and he used to be my top scorer on 10.2 because of how many balls came through the middle. Now he's doing what he's meant to which is drop deep and play the wide guys in. Am loving the revised player ratings too. One of my strikers ran at the opposition defence tirelessly all game, got an assist but no goal, but still a 9.0 rating. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityAndColour Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 About to play Chester and their front two haven't scored for a combined 2700 minutes. Any guesses on how much time one (or both) will take to score? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordanswinburn Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 About to play Chester and their front two haven't scored for a combined 2700 minutes.Any guesses on how much time one (or both) will take to score? Both of them by 55 lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordanswinburn Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 24 signings so far. With 12 outgoings. It's also worth noting 7 players were loanees which I didn't add on. So really 19 have left. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
foost Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Just got sacked as manager of Brazil.. Ahwell, after I won the Copa America, I now just drawed 3 times in the WCSA QS (vs Argentina, Uruguay and Colombia) and the sack me... Fine by me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnakeXe Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Just got sacked as manager of Brazil.. Ahwell, after I won the Copa America, I now just drawed 3 times in the WCSA QS (vs Argentina, Uruguay and Colombia) and the sack me... Fine by me. Ungrateful scum I expect I'll be sacked by Italy before too long, depends whether my experiment of promoting almost the entire U21 team to the first team squad works out or not Edit: Oh yeah I'm at Tiverton now... feel slightly schizophrenic! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
foost Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 As in you left your old team? Way to go! Gonna do the same at the end of my season (december now atm) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnakeXe Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 As in you left your old team? Way to go! Gonna do the same at the end of my season (december now atm) Nah I started again on the 10.3 database, leaving the Merthyr save for hangover FM-ing as it's easy! I do plan to get further with that save, just fancying something a bit more challenging. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nunnother Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Right, Just finished my first season with Wealdstone, ended up holidaying most of the last games, as it was a nothing season that depressed me:( Am now going to attempt my first ever season review, am excited:D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Well I've had a terrible start to our seventh season in League 2. We sit around the relegation area after previously establishing ourselves as a team challenging for the playoffs. Still need to write last season's report :o Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordanswinburn Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 How do I choose two strikers each game between Lateef Elford-Alliyu, Steven MacLean, Shola Ameobi, Billy Paynter and Phillip Prosenik?! Yet according to my assistant manager, all these quality signings from my 20/20 scout, aren't good enough. I think I'm gonna go with my scout on this one.... Another big problem is my keeper. Who do I use? Wojciech Szczesny Jakub Jesionkowksi David James Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terk Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Always go with Calamity James Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terk Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 I'm sick and bloody tired of reading news items entitled 'Mimms wants Canvey Island post'. **** off, Bobby, you're a **** coach, you've been pimping yourself at me for two seasons now and I'M STILL NOT GOING TO ****ING HIRE YOU! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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