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  1. 1. Who will win the Gold Cup?

    • Northern Treasure Islands
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    • Southern Treasure Islands
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    • U.S.A.
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Originally posted by GazTheDoood:

Not as much action as last time for the Captain.

Ahhh well, still excellent updates.

KIU. icon14.gif

Gingerbread seems to be playing mainly as a sub and he's grabbed a few goals icon14.gif. Not as much international action as last time though icon13.gif And he's out injured at the moment (broken toe - allegations of a NTI registered car running over his foot under investigation icon_biggrin.gif).

He's just signed new deal too and has been classed as an 'explosive striker'.

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Winter Break Round-Up

In the First Division, both of our sides have picked up their form a bit and are forcing their way into contention for the play-offs.

League Table

Hopefully, both sides can keep themselves in contention.

The following players deserve a mention:

Roberto dos Santos (Merchants) has amassed the most appearances so far with 21 starts and one game as a sub.

Bobinho (Cove Bay) is the top scorer amongst our players with 12 goals. He also shares the most MoM awards with David Sunderland (Cove Bay).

Pablo Gonzaléz (Merchants) has the highest average rating (7.75) although that's come off just 4 games (scored 3 and got 2 MoMs in those matches).

Of the first team regulars Spud(Merchants) has the highest rating (7.21 from 14 matches).

Ryca Roseau (Merchants) has laid on the most goals with 9 assists.

Bob McBob (Merchants) is the highest valued player at 775k.

Maccaniniho (Cove Bay) has the dubious record of worst discipline so far with two re cards to his name.

Interesting that most of the best stats come from the City Merchants/ NTI but they are still losing out in head-to-head games.

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2007 International Round-Up

STI came out on top in the two international clashes (see above).

Each team had one more friendly during the year. STI lost 2-0 at home to New Zealand and NTI lost 4-0 away to Kuwait.

STI's friendly wins have enabled the side to move up the rankings to 174th. NTI remain without a win though and are ranked 205th...

Southern treasure Islands Results 2007

Southern Treasure Islands Info Screen

Northern Treasure Islands Results 2007

Northern Treasure Islands Information Screen

The draw for the first two rounds of North American World Cup qualifying have taken place. Both countires have potential banana skin games in the first round and both countries will face continental heavyweights in the second round if they win through:

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World Cup Qualifying First Round

Southern Treasure Islands v. El Salvador (winner to play Costa Rica in the next round)

Northern Treasure Islands v. St Kitts & Nevis (winner to play Mexico in the next round).

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January Transfer Window Rumours

Parker Reynolds (Merchants) is attracting a lot of interest. PSV and Sunderland are believed to have made bids and Utrecht, Kaiserslauten and Bochum are interested also.

Dirtihno could possibly be loaned out to MVV.

Joe Richardson has been watched by scouts from PSV.

Could Diego Polo and Jackie Chan also be going out on loan (to German and Belgian clubs respectively)?

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Good to see Cove Bay/STI dominating the derbies once again but Brendanio has only really played off the bench. One assist from one pass to set up Jason de Mire was good but nothing outstanding from me as of yet.

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Originally posted by route1:

This game sucks..

Nice to see some positive feedback icon_rolleyes.gif

As logos were mentioned, I was playing around with something and I've got a decent one for Cove Bay. What do you think?

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I haven't put it in the game yet though as I haven't found anything suitable for City Merchants yet...

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Originally posted by DodgeeD:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by route1:

This game sucks..

Nice to see some positive feedback icon_rolleyes.gif

As logos were mentioned, I was playing around with something and I've got a decent one for Cove Bay. What do you think?

CoveBayB.png

I haven't put it in the game yet though as I haven't found anything suitable for City Merchants yet... </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Was just joking. It was just my luck I finally got a decent player in a signup for it to bugger up.

KUTGW and good to see you had the determination to do it again icon14.gif

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Originally posted by route1:

It was just my luck I finally got a decent player in a signup for it to bugger up.

KUTGW and good to see you had the determination to do it again icon14.gif

Generally, after a few seasons everybody moves on and reaches their potential at a bigger club. Soon enough, they'll all be wolrd-beaters icon_wink.gificon14.gif

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Capital City Merchants v. Cove Bay Pirates (Dutch 1st Division)

Date: 28.01.08

Venue: Capital City Stadium

Both teams returned from the winter break ready to pick up the rivalry where it left off. Accoridng to the media, the Merchants home advantage made them favourites. Roseau was identified as the key man and would surely be keen to put the last match between the two teams behind him. Cove Bay's one to watch was Bobihno, now being touted by the press as an 'explosive striker'.

Starting Line-Ups

1st Half: With 56,000+ expectant fans in attendance, the match kicked off in an amazing atmosphere. The Merchants had all the early play, making several delightful moves and good chances.

Cove Bay's first chance came on the break as Bobihno chested down a shot and forced Jack Harrow into a diving save. The ball bounced back to Juan Carlos, who duly applied the finish for his first ever professional goal.

City Merchants continued to dominate however, and applied a lot of pressure. Their best chance came on the stroke of half time as General Specific played in Roseau. Unfortunately, the attacking midfielder poked the ball agonisingly wide.

2nd half: The Merchants emerged determined to pick up where they left off and they did. Roseau made amends for his miss before half-time by rising to nod home a Ben Cee corner. The stadium erupted as the scores were levelled at 1-1.

For the next 30 minutes, it was all about the Merchants as they poured forward. Roseau was on hand again with the best chance but he was called offside just before he could score. Cove Bay mustered just one chance as Bobihno hit the ball over the bar.

The match was to have a dramatic conclusion and it was a Northern Treasure Islander who won the match. Unfortunately for the Merchants, that man was turncoat Adam Flash, who collected the ball on the break, advanced towards the box and rounded the advancing keeper to net the winner in the dying seconds. 2-1 to Cove Bay!

Final score: City Merchants 1 Cove bay 2

Merchants Stats

Cove Bay Stats

Another win for Cove Bay but they were very lucky as they only had two shots on target throughout the game. Surely, it's only a matter of time until the Merchants get their win.

Transfer Window Round-Up

It was the City Merchants who were active during the transfer window. First, Parker Reynolds left for Bochum for a free transfer (icon_confused.gif). Joe Richardson also departed going to PSV, again for free (just lack last time, there's a distinct lack of business sense from the Merchants management). Two players also left on loan with Dirtihno heading to first division strugglers MVV and Pablo Gonzaléz making a temporary switch to VVV of the Premier Division.

World Cup Qualifiers coming up in February and March so I'll give updates later on.

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Originally posted by crhealy:

Great updates and good to see the Southerners beating the Northerners icon_wink.gif

How is Healy doing for the season? He seems to be quite solid in the STI V NTI rivalry.

KUTGW icon14.gif

Healy is playing on a regular basis for club and country. He seems to be playing the midfield battler role and he's picked up a few yellows and had high passing and tackling rates.

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Originally posted by DodgeeD:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by crhealy:

Great updates and good to see the Southerners beating the Northerners icon_wink.gif

How is Healy doing for the season? He seems to be quite solid in the STI V NTI rivalry.

KUTGW icon14.gif

Healy is playing on a regular basis for club and country. He seems to be playing the midfield battler role and he's picked up a few yellows and had high passing and tackling rates. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Ok cheers thanks icon14.gif

Good bit of tackling never hurt anyone- except those dirty Northerners! icon_wink.gif

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North American World Cup 2010 Qualifying First Round, First Phase

The road to the World Cup starts here: Can either (or both icon_wink.gif) of our nations upset the balance in North America and make it to the final?

1st Round, 1st Phase, Leg 1

STI's first game was away to El Salvador. An assured performance saw the boys from the South get the win by two goals. icon14.gif

El Salvador 0 Southern Treasure Islands 2

STI Ratings

Northern Treasure Islands were away to St. Kitts & Nevis. Despite a slightly nervy performance, the Northerners came through for a 2-1 win. icon14.gif

St Kitts & Nevis 1 Northern Treasure Islands 2

NTI Ratings

1st Round, 1st Phase, Leg 2

Both teams were looking to capitalise on their first leg success and they didn't disappoint.

STI had a scare as they had to come back from 1-0 and 2-1 down against a resilient El Salvador team. Their quality showed in the last 30 mins thoug as they won 4-2 to go through 6-2 on aggregate icon14.gif

Southern Treasure Islands 4 El Salvador 2

STI Ratings

NTI, bouyed by their first international win, gave a sterling performance to beat St Kitts 2-0 for a 4-1 aggregate victory. icon14.gif

Northern Treasure Islands 2 St Kitts & Nevis 0

NTI Ratings - plenty of 7s and 8s there icon_smile.gif

And here's the confirmed draw for the 2nd phase:

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World Cup 2010 North American Qualifying

Costa Rica v. Southern Treasure Islands

Mexico v. Northern Treasure Islands </pre> icon_eek.gif

Getting into the first group phase is going to be tough icon_frown.gif

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Dutch First Division Update, March 2008

Just thought I'd give a domestic update of how things stand at the time of the World Cup games.

League Standings

As you can see, both sides are firmly in the hunt for promotion. Cove Bay Pirates have confirmed their play-off spot as they won the 5th period of the league with a great run of 5 wins and 1 draw in 6 games icon14.gif Only 4 games of the regular season to go but it looks like Merchants should qualify for the play-offs too through their league position. Could this rivalry take another step up with the Merchants and Pirates going head-to-head for promotion? icon_biggrin.gif

Player Update - Cove Bay

Here a few players in the news:

Dave Sunderland is out for the rest of the season with a torn calf muscle. icon_frown.gif

Bobihno will miss the rest of the regualr season with a groin starin but is expected to be back for the play-offs. icon14.gif

Captain Gingerbread has returned for ijury with a bang, scoring 3 in 4 games.

Nathaniel Ball is wanted by Toulouse.

PSV are chasing Juan Carlos.

Player Update - City Merchants FC

Robert Boyle has returned from injury and had a run in the side with ratings of 7 or 8 in his last 5 games and another goal. icon14.gif

Roberto dos Santos is out for the rest of the regular season with a twisted knee as is Haowan (sprained ankle) but they will be back if Merchants make the play-offs.

Roseau is another Islander to have attracted PSV's attention.

Bob McBob is wanted by Sunderland and Getafe.

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Cove Bay Pirates v. Capital City Merchants FC (Dutch First Division)

At last, the long awaited league match-up is here icon_smile.gif

Starting Line-Ups

1st Half: This time, the boys from the North came flying out of the traps, determined to make up for the international defeats. And it was the Merchants who took an early lead. Roseau collected the ball centrally and played a perfect through ball for Dirtihno to slot home. 0-1 after 4 mins.

Roseau turned from hero to villan though as he failed to deal with a simple clearance from a corner playing the ball straight to Elliot Druce, who played the pass to Bobihno. The striker duly knocked th ball past the keeper for the equaliser.

More drama in the 27th minute as Esjas (some Dutch bloke the AI signed for Cove Bay on a free icon_mad.gif) scored, only for the goal to be ruled out for offside. Then, disaster struck for City Merchants. A simple backpass came to Harrow but the goalie had a heavy first touch and the ball ran straight to Bobinho. He hit it first time into the empty net.

Just before half time, the temperature went right up as Haowan clattered into Healy and got his marching orders as he picked up his second yellow.

2nd Half: City Merchants came out needing to score but having to play 45 minutes with only 10 men. Cove Bay set about killing the game, trying to hold possession and not take risks. As a result despite being a man down, the Merchants had the better chances and positions. But they couldn't get back into it. Gonzaléz went closest as he broke through the defence to shoot into the side netting. He also forced the Cove Bay into a couple of decent saves. Ultimately, the sending off prevented City Merchants getting back into the game. And after it started so brightly too...

Final score: Cove Bay 2 City Merchants 1

Cove Bay Stats

Merchants Stats

As you can see, Capital City Merchants made a good game of it and were unlucky to lose really with a red card and two errors leading to goals. Manager Ruud Krol had special praise for Bobinho after the game though.

SO another Cove Bay victory but it was definitely the closest match yet. I will do an update with league positions and player stats when the winter break comes around. Next rivals' clash will be the first game back at the end of January icon14.gif Can the Merchants finally get the win they've been looking for on their own turf?

Too bad,so close...

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Originally posted by DodgeeD:

Capital City Merchants v. Cove Bay Pirates (Dutch 1st Division)

Date: 28.01.08

Venue: Capital City Stadium

Both teams returned from the winter break ready to pick up the rivalry where it left off. Accoridng to the media, the Merchants home advantage made them favourites. Roseau was identified as the key man and would surely be keen to put the last match between the two teams behind him. Cove Bay's one to watch was Bobihno, now being touted by the press as an 'explosive striker'.

Starting Line-Ups

1st Half: With 56,000+ expectant fans in attendance, the match kicked off in an amazing atmosphere. The Merchants had all the early play, making several delightful moves and good chances.

Cove Bay's first chance came on the break as Bobihno chested down a shot and forced Jack Harrow into a diving save. The ball bounced back to Juan Carlos, who duly applied the finish for his first ever professional goal.

City Merchants continued to dominate however, and applied a lot of pressure. Their best chance came on the stroke of half time as General Specific played in Roseau. Unfortunately, the attacking midfielder poked the ball agonisingly wide.

2nd half: The Merchants emerged determined to pick up where they left off and they did. Roseau made amends for his miss before half-time by rising to nod home a Ben Cee corner. The stadium erupted as the scores were levelled at 1-1.

For the next 30 minutes, it was all about the Merchants as they poured forward. Roseau was on hand again with the best chance but he was called offside just before he could score. Cove Bay mustered just one chance as Bobihno hit the ball over the bar.

The match was to have a dramatic conclusion and it was a Northern Treasure Islander who won the match. Unfortunately for the Merchants, that man was turncoat Adam Flash, who collected the ball on the break, advanced towards the box and rounded the advancing keeper to net the winner in the dying seconds. 2-1 to Cove Bay!

Final score: City Merchants 1 Cove bay 2

Merchants Stats

Cove Bay Stats

Another win for Cove Bay but they were very lucky as they only had two shots on target throughout the game. Surely, it's only a matter of time until the Merchants get their win.

Transfer Window Round-Up

It was the City Merchants who were active during the transfer window. First, Parker Reynolds left for Bochum for a free transfer (icon_confused.gif). Joe Richardson also departed going to PSV, again for free (just lack last time, there's a distinct lack of business sense from the Merchants management). Two players also left on loan with Dirtihno heading to first division strugglers MVV and Pablo Gonzaléz making a temporary switch to VVV of the Premier Division.

World Cup Qualifiers coming up in February and March so I'll give updates later on.

Too bad =(

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North American World Cup 2010 Qualifying First Round, First Phase

The road to the World Cup starts here: Can either (or both icon_wink.gif) of our nations upset the balance in North America and make it to the final?

1st Round, 1st Phase, Leg 1

STI's first game was away to El Salvador. An assured performance saw the boys from the South get the win by two goals. icon14.gif

El Salvador 0 Southern Treasure Islands 2

STI Ratings

Northern Treasure Islands were away to St. Kitts & Nevis. Despite a slightly nervy performance, the Northerners came through for a 2-1 win. icon14.gif

St Kitts & Nevis 1 Northern Treasure Islands 2

NTI Ratings

1st Round, 1st Phase, Leg 2

Both teams were looking to capitalise on their first leg success and they didn't disappoint.

STI had a scare as they had to come back from 1-0 and 2-1 down against a resilient El Salvador team. Their quality showed in the last 30 mins thoug as they won 4-2 to go through 6-2 on aggregate icon14.gif

Southern Treasure Islands 4 El Salvador 2

STI Ratings

NTI, bouyed by their first international win, gave a sterling performance to beat St Kitts 2-0 for a 4-1 aggregate victory. icon14.gif

Northern Treasure Islands 2 St Kitts & Nevis 0

NTI Ratings - plenty of 7s and 8s there icon_smile.gif

And here's the confirmed draw for the 2nd phase:

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World Cup 2010 North American Qualifying

Costa Rica v. Southern Treasure Islands

Mexico v. Northern Treasure Islands </pre> icon_eek.gif

Getting into the first group phase is going to be tough icon_frown.gif

Leaked only one!!!

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Originally posted by DodgeeD:

Alas, attempts to bring these two clubs together only served to create a huge rivalry. Over the course of a few games, the Cove Bay Pirates consistently came out on top and this led to all sorts of accusations. The Northern merchants complained that the bookies from the South had offered bribes to the officials and the FA to ensure complete dominance and maximum gambling profits. The league fixtures they played were duly scrapped causing the Southern Islanders to accuse the North of having key FA members and officials in their pockets in an attempt to gain the upper hand. (Thanks for the idea Valencia icon_wink.gif)

icon_biggrin.gif cheers mate

great work by the way! good to see this back up and running!

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great updates and cove bay / STI are STILL undefeated vs the northerners in what, say 10 meetings now??? (counting the first attempt so scandalously declared null and void by the bigwigs in capital city!)

my boy is doing ok for the pirates (a nice few yellows i see - get stuck in lad) but hasnt featured for the national team yet from what i can see icon_frown.gif

still, KUTGW mate. loving this sign-up! icon14.gif

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nice !

the northerners people cant get a win for love or money against the southerners ! icon_biggrin.gif

and kroeger seems to be holding down the country goalkeeper spot well.. ! too bad he s ignored for the club though !

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ahhh, it's a mixed bag for me this time

yay, international captain

boo, reduced to sub appearances

yay, scored the opener against the bitter rivals

boo, we lost

yay, loan move to first division

boo, loan move away

oh and dodgeeD, are you from lincoln or indeed the shire? cos i am.

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Originally posted by dirty1982dec:

oh and dodgeeD, are you from lincoln or indeed the shire? cos i am.

No but fairly close. I'm originally from Staffordshire (uttoxeter to be precise). I just chose Lincoln at random icon_razz.gif

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