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2023/4 - Sunderland (Championship)

It's a move to the North East...

Board: Win promotion

Media: 2nd

Bookies: 10-1

Season tickets: 27,987 (down 88)

We start well, our first defeat coming at West Ham in the eighth match. We lie 6th.

Halfway and we sit 2nd. 5 points seperate leaders Watford from 7th place West Ham. Injuries hit and we slip back.

Things improve again in January, as this suggests...

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A dozen games to go and West Ham have slipped back. Watford and Huddersfield lead on 67, Leicester and ourselves 66, Stoke 63 and Reading 61.

A penultimate game draw at Cardiff denies us a promotion decider at home to Huddersfield. We then lose to West Ham in the playoff semi finals and the season ends in deflation.

CHAMPIONSHIP

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FA CUP THIRD ROUND REPLAY: Hull City 2 Sunderland 1

LEAGUE CUP FOURTH ROUND: Sunderland 1 Tottenham Hotspur 3

Average rating: Bryan Oliver 7.66 in 44 games

Top scorer: Juan José Palanca 36 in 40 games (31 in 33 league games)

Fans' player of the year

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Young player of the year (as decided by me)

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Roll of Honour

PREMIER LEAGUE

Champions: Manchester City

Champions League qualifiers: Manchester United, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur

Relegated: Bristol City, Sheffield United, Hull City*

CHAMPIONSHIP

Champions: Watford

Promoted: Huddersfield Town, West Ham United

Relegated: Fulham, Sheffield Wednesday, Rushden & Diamonds

LEAGUE ONE

Champions: Notts County

Promoted: Derby County, Bolton Wanderers

Relegated: Lincoln City, Coventry City, Scunthorpe United, Blackpool

LEAGUE TWO

Champions: Stevenage Borough

Promoted: Tranmere Rovers, Milton Keynes Dons, York City

Relegated: Chester City, Torquay United

CONFERENCE PREMIER

Champions: Barnet

Promoted: Salisbury City

Relegated: Eastwood Town, Clevedon Town, Grimsby Town, Hednesford Town

CONFERENCE NORTH

Champions: Kidderminster Harriers

Promoted: North Leigh

Relegated: Vauxhall Motors, Ilkeston Town, Chorley

CONFERENCE SOUTH

Champions: Gloucester City

Promoted: Woking

Relegated: Enfield, Dorchester Town, Bromley

ISTHMIAN PREMIER LEAGUE

Champions: Concord Rangers

Promoted: Cambridge City

Relegated: Worcester City, Romulus, Maidstone United, Waltham Forest

NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION

Champions: Morecambe

Promoted: AFC Fylde

Relegated: Bradford Park Avenue, Leigh Genesis, Kettering Town, Guiseley

SOUTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE

Champions: Tooting & Mitcham United

Promoted: Hillingdon Borough

Relegated: Yate Town, Walton & Hersham, Margate, Frome Town

ISTHMIAN FIRST DIVISION NORTH

Champions: Lowestoft Town

Promoted: Grays Athletic

Relegated: AFC Sudbury, Romford

ISTHMIAN FIRST DIVISION SOUTH

Champions: Hampton & Richmond Borough

Promoted: Croydon Athletic

Relegated: Whyteleafe, Worthing

NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE FIRST DIVISION NORTH

Champions: Frickley Athletic

Promoted: Fleetwood Town

Relegated: Workington, Durham City

NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE FIRST DIVISION SOUTH

Champions: Nantwich Town

Promoted: Cammell Laird

Relegated: Glapwell, Sheffield

SOUTHERN FIRST DIVISION MIDLANDS

Champions: Hemel Hempstead Town

Promoted: Willenhall Town

Relegated: Stourport, Leighton Town

SOUTHERN FIRST DIVISION SOUTH/WEST

Champions: Chippenham Town

Promoted: VT F.C.

Relegated: Bashley, Hungerford Town

* indicates 9/10 points deducted

FA CUP

Everton 0 Arsenal 1

LEAGUE CUP

Blackburn Rovers 0 Liverpool 2

FA TROPHY

Eastbourne Borough 1 Burton Albion 0

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Manchester City 0 AC Milan 3

Estádio José Alvalade Século XXI, Lisbon

EUROPA LEAGUE

Sporting Lisbon 1 Manchester United 0

Schaerbeek-Formation, Brussels

OTHER LEAGUES

Scotland: Celtic

Ireland: Waterford United

Northern Ireland: Linfield

Wales: Llanelli

France: Lyon

Germany: Bayern Munich

Italy: Inter Milan

Spain: Sevilla

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New Club Records

Top goalscorer: 36 - Juan José Palanca

Most assists: 26 - Bryan Oliver

Highest rating: 7.66 - Bryan Oliver

Man of the match: 11 - Bryan Oliver

Worst discipline: 13 yellows, 1 red - Matthew Bray

New League Records

Highest scoring game: Sunderland 6 Fulham 3

Consecutive games lost: 17 - Sheffield Wednesday

Goals conceded: 117 - Rushden & Diamonds

Most assists: 25 - Bryan Oliver (Sunderland)

All Time Best Eleven

New inductees in italics

ST - Juan José Palanca (188 games, 122 goals, 7.17 average)

SB - Andrey Georgiev (236, 21, 6.94)

SB - Daniel Peters (122, 3, 6.97)

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You would think that a club that was taken over a year ago and averages nearly 40,000 fans per match would make some money, especially considering I was below my wage budget of £300,000 per week all season.

Well, apparently not...

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The new season comes round, and the board reduce the wage budget to a measly £56,000 per week.

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2024 European Championship

Hosts: England

Holders: France

GROUP STAGE

Serbia, Croatia, Spain, Scotland, Denmark, Russia, Italy, Ukraine

QUARTER FINALS

England 0 Czech Republic 2

Netherlands 2p Portugal 2

Germany 1 France 0

Turkey 3 Poland 0

SEMI FINALS

Czech Republic 0 Turkey 1

Netherlands 0 Germany 1

FINAL

Turkey 2 Germany 3

Old Trafford, Manchester

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Season Summary

[b]Season[/b]   [b]Team[/b]             [b]Division[/b]                          [b]Pos[/b]   [b]FA Cup[/b]                    [b]Other[/b]
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2011/12  Curzon Ashton    Northern First Division North    11th   Second Qualifying Round   FA Trophy Second Qualifying Round
2012/13  Curzon Ashton    Northern First Division North     6th   First Qualifying Round    FA Trophy Third Qualifying Round
                                                                                           Northern League President's Cup winners
2013/14  Curzon Ashton    Northern First Division North     [b]1st[/b]   First Qualifying Round    FA Trophy Third Qualifying Round
2014/15  Curzon Ashton    Northern Premier Division        21st   First Round               FA Trophy Third Qualifying Round
                                                                                           Resigned after 16 league games
2014/15  Hednesford Town  Conference North                 12th   Knocked out before joining club
2015/16  Hednesford Town  Conference North                  2nd   Fourth Qualifying Round   FA Trophy Second Round
                                                                                           Lost in playoff final
2016/17  Hednesford Town  Conference North                  [b]1st[/b]   First Round               FA Trophy Quarter Final
2017/18  Hednesford Town  Conference Premier               17th   First Round               FA Trophy Quarter Final
                                                                                           40th birthday :cake:
2018/19  Hednesford Town  Conference Premier                9th   Second Round              FA Trophy Third Round
                                                                                           Contract expiry
2019/20  Northampton T.   League One                       18th   First Round               League Cup Second Round
2020/21  Northampton T.   League One                        7th   Fourth Round              League Cup First Round
2021/22  Northampton T.   League One                        [b]2nd[/b]   Third Round               League Cup Second Round
                                                                                           Football League Trophy winners
2022/23  Northampton T.   Championship                     12th   Fourth Round              League Cup Second Round
2023/24  Sunderland       Championship                      3rd   Third Round               League Cup Fourth Round

Note: Bold indicates promotion, italics relegation.

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The lowest teams to make the Football League are...

Eastwood Town, who survived for three seasons before getting successive relegations to Conference North.

Alfreton Town who won the Conference and League Two in consecutive seasons and finished 10th in their debut in League One. They do have a tycoon as chairman though.

Two non league teams have made the Championship, but both are now back in League One. They are Oxford United and Rushden & Diamonds.

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May as well go the whole hog... here are teams who have moved two or more divisions. Apologies if I have missed any small teams as I'm not familiar with everybody's division at level 9.

PREMIER LEAGUE

Huddersfield Town

CHAMPIONSHIP

Bournemouth

Notts County

LEAGUE ONE

Alfreton Town

Fulham

Oxford United

Rushden & Diamonds

Stevenage Borough

Wigan Athletic

LEAGUE TWO

Barnsley

Blackpool

Coventry City

Preston North End

Scunthorpe United

CONFERENCE PREMIER

Bristol Rovers

Gloucester City

Kingstonian

North Leigh

Merthyr Tydfil

Nuneaton Town

Oxford City

CONFERENCE NORTH/SOUTH

AFC Fylde

Bromsgrove Rovers

Cheshunt

Grimsby Town

Market Drayton Town

Morecambe

Sutton Coldfield Town

Trafford

Warrington Town

Witton Albion

AFC Hayes

Concord Rangers

Hillingdon Borough

Paulton Rovers

Yeovil Town

ISTHMIAN/NORTHERN/SOUTHERN PREMIERS

Grays Athletic

Malvern Town

Crawley Town

Dunstable Town

Enfield

Hayes & Yeading United

ISTHMIAN/NORTHERN/SOUTHERN REGIONALS

Harrogate Town

Northwich Victoria

Kettering Town

Redditch United

Worcester City

Basingstoke Town

Havant & Waterlooville

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Thanks Psycho.

Aaron, Soham's last takeover was a consortium in October of the current season. They are only 10th in the league though.

Had a scare. My computer managed to get the Windows XP Security 2010 virus and so had to be reformatted tonight. Fortunately I managed to back up my save before. Should return to playing it tomorrow.

At the end of my last session on Monday, this worrying piece of news came in...

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Windows XP? Come over to 7 - it's far more stable than Vista, although sometimes you get asked to "run as administrator" - especially if you play Star Trek Online - which I don't! Never have! Ever! Ok, maybe a little....

But currently bringing AVRO JFC up the league - will post my endeavours when I've stopped shooting Klingons and the Taleban...

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2024/5 - Sunderland (Championship)

It's ironic...

Board: Win Championship

Media: 1st

Bookies: 12-1

Season tickets: 28,133 (up 146)

Euro ranking: 122 (up 5)

A new kit sponsorship deal is signed for 4 years, for a lower value of £688,000 per season. The board also reduce the wage budget from £244,000 to £56,000 per week. Marvellous...

Early season is a bit of a struggle and we sit mid table. Things only improve slightly and we enter the top half. The dressing room then goes and Palanca requests a transfer.

We struggle for confidence and form, highlighted by a defeat at relegation threatened Doncaster. Even so, we are only just below the playoffs.

Then a twist of fate like a dagger through the heart. We go to Sixfields and lose 3-1 to Northampton and I get sacked.

CHAMPIONSHIP

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FA CUP THIRD ROUND: Sheffield United 1 Sunderland 0

LEAGUE CUP FOURTH ROUND: Peterborough United 1 Sunderland 0

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Roll of Honour

PREMIER LEAGUE

Champions: Arsenal

Champions League qualifiers: Manchester City, Liverpool, Wolverhampton Wanderers

Relegated: Queens Park Rangers, Watford, Huddersfield Town

CHAMPIONSHIP

Champions: Sheffield United

Promoted: Stoke City, Millwall

Relegated: Bournemouth, Doncaster Rovers, Bolton Wanderers

LEAGUE ONE

Champions: Leyton Orient

Promoted: Alfreton Town, Rushden & Diamonds

Relegated: Exeter City, Milton Keynes Dons, Macclesfield Town, Tranmere Rovers

LEAGUE TWO

Champions: Barnsley

Promoted: Rotherham United, Luton Town, Cambridge United

Relegated: Barnet, Salisbury City

CONFERENCE PREMIER

Champions: Chester City

Promoted: Bristol Rovers

Relegated: Torquay United, Merthyr Tydfil, AFC Wimbledon, Hereford United

CONFERENCE NORTH

Champions: Sutton Coldfield Town

Promoted: Morecambe

Relegated: Bromsgrove Rovers, Droyslden, Bedford Town

CONFERENCE SOUTH

Champions: AFC Hayes

Promoted: Tooting & Mitcham United

Relegated: Clevedon Town, Dartford, Tiverton Town

ISTHMIAN PREMIER LEAGUE

Champions: Aveley

Promoted: Lowestoft Town

Relegated: Cammell Laird, Loughborough Dynamo, Grays Athletic, Hinckley United

NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION

Champions: FC United of Manchester

Promoted: Worksop Town

Relegated: Willenhall Town, Nantwich Town, Bamber Bridge, Blyth Spartans

SOUTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE

Champions: Bath City

Promoted: Enfield

Relegated: Bedfont Green, Hayes & Yeading United, Bromley, Staines Town

ISTHMIAN FIRST DIVISION NORTH

Champions: Mildenhall Town

Promoted: Biggleswade Town

Relegated: Tiptree United, Harrow Borough

ISTHMIAN FIRST DIVISION SOUTH

Champions: Walton & Hersham

Promoted: Whitehawk

Relegated: Molesey, Waltham Forest

NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE FIRST DIVISION NORTH

Champions: Atherstone United

Promoted: Garforth Town

Relegated: Mossley, Skelmersdale United

NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE FIRST DIVISION SOUTH

Champions: Belper Town

Promoted: Quorn

Relegated: Woodley Sports, Ashton United

SOUTHERN FIRST DIVISION MIDLANDS

Champions: Slough Town

Promoted: Burnham

Relegated: Kettering Town, Brackley Town

SOUTHERN FIRST DIVISION SOUTH/WEST

Champions: Flackwell Heath

Promoted: Mangotsfield United

Relegated: Andover, Frome Town

* indicates 9/10 points deducted

FA CUP

Blackburn Rovers 3 Manchester United 0

LEAGUE CUP

Newcastle United 0 Liverpool 1

FA TROPHY

Stalybridge Celtic 2 Aveley 0

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Inter Milan 2 Juventus 0

Old Trafford, Manchester

EUROPA LEAGUE

Genoa 2 Galatasaray 0

Le Grand Roy (Saint-Isidore), Nice

OTHER LEAGUES

Scotland: Celtic

Ireland: Bohemians

Northern Ireland: Portadown

Wales: Afan Lido

France: Paris-Saint-Germain

Germany: Werder Bremen

Italy: Juventus

Spain: Real Madrid

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Season Summary

[b]Season[/b]   [b]Team[/b]             [b]Division[/b]                          [b]Pos[/b]   [b]FA Cup[/b]                    [b]Other[/b]
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2011/12  Curzon Ashton    Northern First Division North    11th   Second Qualifying Round   FA Trophy Second Qualifying Round
2012/13  Curzon Ashton    Northern First Division North     6th   First Qualifying Round    FA Trophy Third Qualifying Round
                                                                                           Northern League President's Cup winners
2013/14  Curzon Ashton    Northern First Division North     [b]1st[/b]   First Qualifying Round    FA Trophy Third Qualifying Round
2014/15  Curzon Ashton    Northern Premier Division        21st   First Round               FA Trophy Third Qualifying Round
                                                                                           Resigned after 16 league games
2014/15  Hednesford Town  Conference North                 12th   Knocked out before joining club
2015/16  Hednesford Town  Conference North                  2nd   Fourth Qualifying Round   FA Trophy Second Round
                                                                                           Lost in playoff final
2016/17  Hednesford Town  Conference North                  [b]1st[/b]   First Round               FA Trophy Quarter Final
2017/18  Hednesford Town  Conference Premier               17th   First Round               FA Trophy Quarter Final
                                                                                           40th birthday :cake:
2018/19  Hednesford Town  Conference Premier                9th   Second Round              FA Trophy Third Round
                                                                                           Contract expiry
2019/20  Northampton T.   League One                       18th   First Round               League Cup Second Round
2020/21  Northampton T.   League One                        7th   Fourth Round              League Cup First Round
2021/22  Northampton T.   League One                        [b]2nd[/b]   Third Round               League Cup Second Round
                                                                                           Football League Trophy winners
2022/23  Northampton T.   Championship                     12th   Fourth Round              League Cup Second Round
2023/24  Sunderland       Championship                      3rd   Third Round               League Cup Fourth Round
2024/25  Sunderland       Championship                      7th   Third Round               League Cup Fourth Round
                                                                                           Sacked after 37 games

Note: Bold indicates promotion, italics relegation.

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sorry i thought he was in the prem :(

Still a bit harsh though. Unless he was unable to turn the finances around. Maybe SI need to define more who is responsable as you can't be blamed for debt that was already there

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I do feel very hard done by. The wage budget was cut by nearly £200,000 yet I was expected to win the Championship. I lost two first team players in the Summer - one sold by the board and one out of contract because I was unable to offer him another. I didn't have any money available to replace them, so had to use their understudies. I thought I was doing well all things considered.

Sunderland look completely screwed this coming season though. Players are unhappy and not renewing their contracts. They were left with just 15 senior players, but have mysteriously been able to sign 5 more now I have left. They still have no money. Mind you, at least they aren't Hull, who will start with a ten points deduction.

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Season end/close Season Job Hunt

A number of jobs became available. The two that interested me most were Kilmarnock, relegated to the Second Division and Evian, a Ligue Deux club with a recent tycoon takeover.

Neither wanted me.

Three clubs that did want me were...

Barnet who were relegated to the Conference Premier.

Drogheda United, who were 9th after 11 games in the First Divison.

Lincoln City, who finished mid table in League Two last season. This was the only job that became available at the change of season update.

I was tempted by Drogheda, but ended up choosing Lincoln City. How I now wish I stayed at Northampton Town!

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Just caught up with this. Interesting read so far. Hopefully you'll get your career back on track at Lincoln, after that unjust sacking.

Slow progress... but that is due to a major visit at work tomorrow which has taken up a lot of time this week preparing.

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