Donners Posted December 9, 2009 Author Share Posted December 9, 2009 Conclusion As I warned at the start of the season, 41/42 marks the end of this tale. It has been a long journey, starting back in January 2007 and concluding close to three years later. While I would have liked a more spectacular or conclusive end to my time at Rushden, 11 titles in 12 years will have to do. Thank you to those who have posted messages of support or simply read quietly. Without an audience, all this effort would have been pointless. Instead, it feels like I've actually achieved something, which is not a feeling I can often truly get from a game. I wrote my first Rushden story when I was fresh out of secondary school. I conclude this, my fourth and likely final story, four years after completing my law degree, and having well and truly settled into my career. Writing for FMS has been a pretty big part of my life, and I will miss it. I'll post a few stats and tables which will hopefully give a neat summary of the game world and my time at Rushden. If you have any specific questions, feel free to ask – I've still got the save game, and I'm happy to take a look. Nicholas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_shocker7 Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 sad to see the story go!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottleeSV Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Stunning save this. I ploughed through most of it yesterday. I thought you were going to be pants after those first three seasons, but then you just became magnifico. Top top marks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donners Posted December 12, 2009 Author Share Posted December 12, 2009 Wasn't exactly an auspicious start, was it? Didn't think I'd get much further myself. A brief look at the future Top European Clubs #1 – Rushden [EPL 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42; Champ League 37, 40; UEFA Cup 27, 30] #2 – Valencia [La Liga 22, 24, 25, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 40, 41; Champ League 12, 30, 34, 35, 38, 41; UEFA Cup 10, 24] #3 –Atlético [La Liga 37, 39, 42; Champ League 32, 42; UEFA Cup 18] #4 – Real Madrid [La Liga 07, 09, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 30, 38; Champ League 10, 16, 19, 23, 24, 36, 39; UEFA Cup 13, 26, 28] #5 – Manchester United [EPL 08, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27; Champ League 07, 25, 26, 27, 29, 33; UEFA Cup 23, 28] #6 – Juventus [serie A 09, 40; UEFA Cup 09, 17, 36, 39] #7 – Sevilla [La Liga 16, 17, 18, 19, 27; UEFA Cup 14, 37] #8 – Milan [serie A 20, 21, 22, 25, 31, 34, 35, 36, 37; Champ League 17, 18, 22, 31] #9 – Newcastle [EPL 18, 20, UEFA Cup 29, 31, 32, 34, 35, 41] #10 – Lazio [serie A 38] Top Players * Marco Martinetti [28, ITA – 53 caps, 11 goals, AM/F C] – Real Madrid. Original Club: Spezia Club history: Spezia, Atlético (₤5M), Milan (₤6.25M), Barcelona (₤6.5M), Lazio (₤8.5M), Real Madrid (₤44.5M). Awards: Serie A Italian Player of the Year 2040, 2041 * Kenny Stewart [25, SCO – 34 caps, 0 goals, AM RC] – Valencia Original Club: Rangers Club history: Rangers, Barnsley (₤170K), Arsenal (₤13M), Newcastle (₤18.75M), Valencia (₤35.5M) Awards: Euro Championship Dream Team 2040 * Stephen Cupid [26, TTO – 37 caps, 23 goals, ST] – Inter Original Club: San Juan Jabloteh Club history: San Juan Jabloteh, Cruz Atul (free), Lens (₤6.25M), Inter (₤33M) Awards: UEFA Golden Boot runner-up 2039, FIFA World Player third placed 2040 * Carlos Valdez [30, URU – 63 caps, 49 goals, ST] – Valencia Original Club: Rocha Club history: Rocha, Penarol (Free), Valencia (₤4.8M) Awards: FIFA World Footballer 2038, 2039, runner-up 2034, 2035; FIFA World Player 2041, runner-up 2035, third placed 2037 * Jaouad Hadji [23, MOR – 28 caps, 7 goals, AM L] – Newcastle Original Club: Wydad Casablanca Club history: Wydad Casablanca, Fiorentina (₤30K), Roma (₤8M), Newcastle (₤45.5M) Awards: None * Imanol Algorta [27, ESP – 4 caps, 0 goals, ST] – Manchester United Original Club: Lleida Club history: Lleida, Tenerife (₤45K), Murcia (₤3.7M), Palermo (₤5.5M), Barcelona (₤16.75M), Man U (₤32.5M) Awards: Spanish Young Player of the Year 2035, UEFA Golden Boot 2036, Spanish League Player of the Year 2041 * Nikolay Hadzhiev [30, BUL – 50 caps, 30 goals, AM/F C] – Atlético Original Club: Botev Club history: Botev, Bologna (₤4K), Lyon (₤1.8M), Roma (₤10M), Atlético (₤28.5M) Awards: Spanish league Player of the Year runner up 2039, 2040; UEFA Footballer of the Year runner-up 2040; FIFA World Player of the Year third-placed 2039, runner-up 2041; FIFA World Footballer of the Year 2040, runner-up 2039, 2040 Rushden's results | Seas | League | Pos | Carling | FA Cup | Champ Lg | UEFA | | ------------------------------------------------------------| | 41/42 | Premier | 1st | Run Up | WINNER | Semi F | --- | | ------------------------------------------------------------| | 40/41 | Premier | 1st | WINNER | WINNER | Semi F | --- | | ------------------------------------------------------------| | 39/40 | Premier | 1st | Run Up | Semi F | WINNER | --- | | ------------------------------------------------------------| | 38/39 | Premier | 1st | R3 | R3 | 1KR | --- | | ------------------------------------------------------------| | 37/38 | Premier | 1st | Run Up | R3 | Runner U | --- | | ------------------------------------------------------------| | 36/37 | Premier | 1st | R4 | Run Up | WINNER | --- | | ------------------------------------------------------------| | 35/36 | Premier | 1st | Semi F | WINNER | Runner U | --- | | ------------------------------------------------------------| | 34/35 | Premier | 1st | R4 | R6 | QF | --- | | ------------------------------------------------------------| | 33/34 | Premier | 3rd | QF | R6 | QF | --- | | ------------------------------------------------------------| | 32/33 | Premier | 1st | Run Up | R4 | Semi F | --- | | ------------------------------------------------------------| | 31/32 | Premier | 1st | Semi F | R3 | 1KR | --- | | ------------------------------------------------------------| | 30/31 | Premier | 1st | R4 | R5 | 1KR | --- | | ------------------------------------------------------------| | 29/30 | Premier | 4th | QF | R4 | --- | WIN | | ------------------------------------------------------------| | 28/29 | Premier | 7th | R4 | R3 | QF | --- | | ------------------------------------------------------------| | 27/28 | Premier | 2nd | R3 | R4 | --- | 2KR | | ------------------------------------------------------------| | 26/27 | Premier | 5th | Run Up | R6 | --- | --- | | ------------------------------------------------------------| | 25/26 | Premier | 4th | R3 | Run Up | --- | QF | | ------------------------------------------------------------| | 24/25 | Premier | 6th | R3 | R3 | --- | SF | | ------------------------------------------------------------| | 23/24 | Premier | 6th | R4 | R3 | QF | --- | | ------------------------------------------------------------| | 22/23 | Premier | 4th | QF | R5 | --- | QF | | ------------------------------------------------------------| | 21/22 | Premier | 6th | R3 | Semi F | --- | QF | | ------------------------------------------------------------| | 20/21 | Premier | 5th | Run Up | R6 | --- | QF | | ------------------------------------------------------------| | 19/20 | Premier | 8th | R3 | Semi F | --- | --- | | ------------------------------------------------------------| | 18/19 | Champ | 1st | R3 | R4 | --- | --- | | ------------------------------------------------------------| | 17/18 | Premier | 20th | R2 | R4 | --- | --- | | ------------------------------------------------------------| | 16/17 | Champ | 2nd | QF | R5 | --- | --- | | ------------------------------------------------------------| | 15/16 | Lg One | 1st | R4 | R3 | --- | --- | | ------------------------------------------------------------| | 14/15 | Lg One | 8th | Semi F | R5 | --- | --- | | ------------------------------------------------------------| | 13/14 | Lg One | 10th | R2 | R1 | --- | --- | | ------------------------------------------------------------| | 12/13 | Champ | 23rd | R3 | R3 | --- | --- | | ------------------------------------------------------------| | 11/12 | Lg One | 1st | R3 | R2 | --- | --- | | ------------------------------------------------------------| | 10/11 | Lg Two | 2nd | R2 | R6 | --- | --- | | ------------------------------------------------------------| | 09/10 | Blue Sq | 1st | --- | R1 | --- | --- | | ------------------------------------------------------------| | 08/09 | Blue Sq | 10th | --- | R1 | --- | --- | | ------------------------------------------------------------| | 07/08 | Blue Sq | 13th | --- | R1 | --- | --- | | ------------------------------------------------------------| | 06/07 | Blue Sq | 20th | --- | R1 | --- | --- | | ------------------------------------------------------------| Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donners Posted December 14, 2009 Author Share Posted December 14, 2009 The final tables: ================================================================================================ Games: July 2006 - July 2042 ================================================================================================ Pos Player Era Apps Yrs Ave ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Sergey Karpov 01/01/22 - 01/07/35 419 (8) 14 30.5 2nd Juho Heinonen 28/08/14 - 26/12/21* 380 (12) 11 35.6 3rd Glenn Wilson 01/07/06 - 01/07/20 375 (10) 13 29.6 4th Alexis Aros 01/07/28 - 01/07/38 307 (12) 10 31.9 5th Jesus Gonzalez 01/07/33 - 01/07/42 229 (21) 9 27.8 6th James Johnson 22/08/20 - 01/07/28 223 (10) 8 29.1 7th Craig Sinclair 01/07/33 - 30/01/40 224 (3) 6 37.8 8th Abdullah Al-Dossari 16/07/30 - 01/01/38 226 8 28.3 9th Ronald Vargas 01/07/30 - 01/07/38 196 (26) 8 27.7 10th Michael Bostwick 01/07/06 - 28/07/13 200 (15) 7 30.7 * = Also from 1/7/25 to 1/7/28 ================================================================================================ Goals: July 2006 - July 2042 ================================================================================================ Pos Player Era Apps Gls Ave ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Alexis Aros 01/07/28 - 01/07/38 307 (12) 117 0.37 2nd Jose Oliva 29/08/30 - 17/08/39 180 (30) 106 0.50 3rd Laurent Marchal 01/07/22 - 01/07/28 179 (23) 88 0.44 4th Nuno 29/08/30 - 06/08/41 121 (28) 68 0.46 5th Fabian Lesage 01/07/31 - 01/07/37 175 (17) 65 0.34 =6th Lars Roland 20/07/10 - 20/07/19 111 (48) 63 0.40 =6th Dean Stamp 01/07/09 - 28/07/13 92 (14) 63 0.59 8th Gunnar Gylfason 27/08/18 - 01/07/25 129 (17) 60 0.41 9th Sergio Alarcon 01/07/22 - 01/07/29 154 (24) 58 0.33 10th Conall Hawe 22/01/16 - 26/12/21 108 (30) 55 0.40 ================================================================================================ Season Goals: July 2006 - July 2042 ================================================================================================ Pos Player Season Div Apps Gls Ave ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Laurie Dalla Valle 2010/2011 L2 47 40 0.85 2nd Jose Oliva 2034/2035 PL 38 (4) 28 0.67 =3rd Rafael Figueroa 2040/2041 PL 38 (1) 27 0.69 =3rd Jose Oliva 2036/2037 PL 35 (5) 27 0.68 5th Laurent Marchal 2027/2028 PL 32 (4) 24 0.67 =6th Mohammad Al-Mutlaq 2021/2022 PL 34 (1) 23 0.66 =6th Simeon Jackson 2007/2008 CN 36 23 0.64 =8th Dean Stamp 2010/2011 L2 23 (4) 21 0.78 =8th Lars Roland 2015/2016 L1 24 (11) 21 0.60 =8th Dean Stamp 2011/2012 L1 36 (2) 21 0.55 =8th Laurent Marchal 2023/2024 PL 39 (3) 21 0.50 ================================================================================================ Assists: July 2006 - July 2042 ================================================================================================ Pos Player Era Apps Ast Ave ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Alexis Aros 01/07/28 - 01/07/38 307 (12) 88 0.28 2nd Fabian Lesage 01/07/31 - 01/07/37 175 (17) 48 0.25 =3rd Mohamed Ne 01/01/38 - ???????? 128 (23) 47 0.31 =3rd Jose Oliva 29/08/30 - 17/08/39 180 (30) 44 0.21 5th Ronald Vargas 01/07/30 - 01/07/38 196 (26) 43 0.19 6th Dominic Holden 01/01/33 - 01/07/41 171 (13) 41 0.22 7th Ikechi Anya 13/07/07 - 28/07/13 138 (29) 39 0.23 =8th Conall Hawe 22/01/16 - 26/12/21 108 (30) 33 0.24 =8th Gavin McCallum 01/07/07 - 28/07/13 122 (18) 33 0.24 10th Sebastian Morales 30/08/32 - 03/08/36 115 (7) 32 0.26 ================================================================================================ Season Assists: July 2006 - July 2042 ================================================================================================ Pos Player Season Div Apps Ast Ave ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =1st Salvatore Foti 2015/2016 L1 39 (1) 17 0.43 =1st Lewis Dodds 2006/2007 CN 44 (1) 17 0.38 3rd Laurie Dalla Valle 2010/2011 L2 47 15 0.32 4th Andy King 2008/2009 CN 44 13 0.30 =5th Murray Kelly 2007/2008 CN 27 (3) 12 0.40 =5th Conall Hawe 2016/2017 CH 28 (3) 12 0.39 =5th Gavin McCallum 2011/2012 L1 31 (2) 12 0.36 =5th Murray Kelly 2020/2021 PL 36 (3) 12 0.31 =5th Mohammed Syarifudin 2020/2021 PL 38 (4) 12 0.29 =5th Laurent Marchal 2023/2024 PL 39 (3) 12 0.21 ================================================================================================ Man of the Match: July 2006 - July 2042 ================================================================================================ Pos Player Era Apps MoM Ave ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Alexis Aros 01/07/28 - 01/07/38 307 (12) 60 0.19 2nd Sergey Karpov 01/01/22 - 01/07/35 419 (8) 51 0.12 3rd Salvatore Foti 01/07/15 - 01/07/18 99 (3) 31 0.30 4th Craig Sinclair 01/07/33 - 30/01/40 224 (3) 29 0.13 5th Juho Heinonen 28/08/14 - 26/12/21* 380 (12) 29 0.07 6th Fabian Lesage 01/07/31 - 01/07/37 175 (17) 22 0.11 7th Laurent Marchal 01/07/22 - 01/07/28 179 (23) 20 0.10 8th Mohamed Ne 01/01/38 - ???????? 128 (23) 18 0.12 9th Niklas Segerstrom 20/07/24 - 29/01/29 135 (6) 17 0.12 * = Also from 1/7/25 to 1/7/28 ================================================================================================ Season Man of the Match: July 2006 - July 2042 ================================================================================================ Pos Player Season Div Apps MoM Ave ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Salvatore Foti 2015/2016 L1 39 (1) 15 0.38 2nd Laurie Dalla Valle 2010/2011 L2 47 14 0.30 3rd Alexis Aros 2035/2036 PL 33 (1) 11 0.32 =4th Ruben Ramos 2019/2020 PL 29 (1) 9 0.30 =4th Alexis Aros 2029/2030 PL 47 9 0.19 =5th Sergey Karpov 2030/2031 PL 20 (1) 8 0.38 =5th Salvatore Foti 2017/2018 PL 29 (2) 8 0.26 =5th Salvatore Foti 2016/2017 CH 31 (2) 8 0.24 =5th Sergey Karpov 2024/2025 PL 43 8 0.19 =5th Andy King 2008/2009 CN 44 8 0.18 ================================================================================================ Biggest Transfers: July 2006 - July 2042 ================================================================================================ Pos Player Date From Price Games ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Marcos Moreno 30/08/30 Sevilla £7,500,000 29 2nd Sebastian Morales 30/08/32 Recreativo £6,250,000 122 3rd Dan Spellman 28/08/31 Bolton £5,250,000 200 =4th Mario Ramirez 01/07/29 Monaco £4,800,000 97 =4th Ronald 16/01/33 Villareal £4,800,000 56 6th Alban Nushi 01/01/33 Shaktar £4,700,000 116 7th Ollie Burton 26/08/29 Hearts £4,500,000 21 8th David Davidson 07/01/27 Aston Villa £4,300,000 49 9th Alessio Musolino 08/07/30 Udinese £4,200,000 133 10th Marc Grundmann 01/07/27 Bolton £4,100,000 11 11th Craig Sinclair 01/07/33 Aberdeen £3,600,000 227 =12th Diego Redondo 01/07/27 Udinese £3,300,000 19 =12th Juan Pablo Navarro 01/01/25 Parma £3,300,000 94 =12th Mohamed Ne 01/01/38 Recreativo £3,300,000 151* =15th Marco Van Persie 01/01/38 Livorno £3,200,000 57* =15th Lukasz Brzeczek 01/07/28 Chelsea £3,200,000 136 =15th Tom Jennings 01/07/33 Celtic £3,200,000 71 =18th Tony Weaver 01/07/30 Barnsley £3,000,000 0 =18th Christian Veneruso 31/01/40 Reggina £3,000,000 49* 20th Emiliano Vecchio 01/07/17 Deportivo £2,900,000 84 21st Brian Scott 21/07/31 Everton £2,700,000 84 =22nd Frederik Prahl 01/07/35 Rangers £2,600,000 82 =22nd Luc Vergouwen 01/07/41 PSV £2,600,000 21* 24th Jose Grigorio Ramirez 01/01/25 Atletico Mineiro £2,500,000 134 25th Jose Jimenez Jimenez 11/07/39 Sevilla £2,400,000 127* ================================================================================================ Biggest Sales: July 2006 - July 2042 ================================================================================================ Pos Player Date To Price Orig. Cost ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Kristian Strand 04/07/39 Valencia £40,000,000 FREE 2nd Fabien Lesage 01/07/37 Valencia £33,500,000 FREE 3rd Thomas Pedersen 01/07/35 Real Madrid £25,000,000 FREE 4th David Davidson 31/01/28 Juventus £24,000,000 £4,300,000 =5th Anderson 03/07/41 Real Madrid £23,500,000 £ 525,000 =5th Craig Sinclair 30/01/40 Valencia £23,500,000 £3,600,000 =5th Atilla Pal 01/07/39 Real Madrid £23,500,000 FREE =5th Niklas Segerstrom 29/01/29 Newcastle £23,500,000 £ 120,000 9th Kang Chang-Keun 15/07/24 Real Madrid £23,000,000 £ 800,000 10th Anthony Ettori 01/07/31 Arsenal £21,500,000 FREE =11th Ronald 17/01/35 Real Madrid £20,000,000 £4,800,000 =11th Shuei Uruno 01/07/36 Real Madrid £20,000,000 FREE 13th Erik Berg 09/07/35 Atletico £19,500,000 £ 55,000 =14th Colin Holmes 14/01/36 Inter £17,500,000 £1,400,000 =14th Ferreira 01/07/27 Milan £17,500,000 FREE =16th Jose Carlos Ibarra 29/08/24 Barcelona £17,000,000 FREE =16th Tobias Bohman 03/01/27 Valencia £17,000,000 FREE 18th Jose Ortega 28/08/29 Real Madrid £16,750,000 FREE =19th Rene Hofman 01/07/31 Barcelona £16,500,000 £ 85,000 =19th Valentin Ouattara 03/01/42 Valencia £16,500,000 FREE 21st Tom Robson 07/07/41 Juventus £16,000,000 £1,500,000 22nd Kristian Gaup 16/01/33 Udinese £15,750,000 FREE =23rd Sebastian Hontecillas 27/01/27 Chelsea £15,500,000 £2,200,000 =23rd Michiharu Moroe 14/08/31 Roma £15,500,000 FREE =25th Alberto Paschetta 24/01/32 Milan £15,000,000 FREE =25th Francisco Matoso 01/07/30 Barcelona £15,000,000 FREE =25th Eugeny Mikhailov 21/07/38 Deportivo £15,000,000 FREE | Manager Statistics | | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Highest fee spent | £7.5M for Marcos Moreno on 30.8.2030 | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Highest fee received | £40M for Kristian Strand on 4.7.2039 | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Time at Rushden & Diamonds | 13175 days | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Longest time at a club | - | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Shortest time at a club | - | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Number of awards won | 55 | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Number of players bought | 501 | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Number of players sold | 375 | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Number of players released | 316 | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Total value of players bought | £149,000,000 | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Total value of players sold | £1,272,000,000 | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Number of teams managed | 1 | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Number of nations managed | 2 | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Hall of Fame | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Highest nationality ranking | 1 | Highest nation ranking | 1 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Highest continental ranking | 2 | Highest world ranking | 2 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Match Stats | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | League wins | 15 | Games won | 1141 | Goals scored | 3424 ( 1.6 p/m ) | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Cup wins | 19 | Games drawn | 524 | Goals conceded | 1904 ( 0.9 p/m ) | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Games played| 2136 | Games lost | 471 | Goal difference | 1520 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Story: 2,703,002 characters 482,142 words 852 pages Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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