New kids on the Rock: Gibraltar

[brettney1980]

New Kids on the Rock!

Rock on! Gibraltar become Uefa member - but will be kept apart from Spain during

qualification for Euro 2016!

Gibraltar and Spain will be kept apart when the qualifying draw is made for Euro 2016

after Uefa added the fixture to a shortlist of matches that Europe’s governing body

seeks to avoid at all costs.

Gibraltar, a British Overseas Territory with a population of 29,000 – half the size of

Torquay – yesterday became a full member of Uefa and will play their first competitive

fixture next year when qualifying begins for Euro 2016, which takes place in France.

Spain, which still claims sovereignty over Gibraltar, has long opposed the territory’s bid

for membership but could do nothing to bar their acceptance into the Uefa fold

yesterday. After being refused membership six years ago Gibraltar took their case to

the Court of Arbitration for Sport, who judged that they were entitled to full membership,

meaning yesterday’s congress of the 53 national associations had little choice but to

add one to their number.

Spain and Gibraltar, which has 650 registered players, join Azerbaijan and Armenia and

Russia and Georgia on Uefa’s list of opponents that have to be kept apart for

non-footballing reasons.

Association football is one of the most popular sports in the British overseas territory

of Gibraltar. It has a strong tradition on The Rock, having first been introduced by British

military personnel in the 19th century. In 1895 the Gibraltar Football Association was

founded, making it one of the ten oldest active football associations in the world.

The history of the Gibraltarian national football side can be traced back to April 1923,

when it travelled to Spain to play club side Sevilla in a friendly; two games were played

and Gibraltar lost both. The side also managed a draw with Real Madrid in 1949.

Entering the Island Games

The first competition the team entered was the 1993 Island Games, despite Gibraltar

not being an island. Gibraltar lost all of its matches, scoring only one goal and finishing

in last place.

They had much more success in the 1995 Island Games, which they hosted. Despite

losing their opening game against Greenland, Gibraltar bounced back to record their first

competitive win, against the Isle of Man. Another victory over Anglesey saw Gibraltar

finish second in the group, ahead of Anglesey only on goal difference, and qualify for the

semi finals. There, they beat Jersey 1–0, before losing the final to the Isle of Wight by

the same scoreline.

In the 1997 Island Games, two wins and two losses in the group stage, followed by a

defeat to Shetland in a playoff, saw Gibraltar finish 6th out of 9 teams. Another poor

performance in 1999 saw them finish 11th.

Island Games results improved slightly in 2001, as they came 5th, and in 2003 Gibraltar

recorded their biggest win ever, defeating Sark 19–0. Other good results against

Greenland and Orkney saw them finish 6th out of 12. Despite these minor successes,

Gibraltar did not enter the 2005 tournament.

2006 FIFI Wild Cup

In early summer 2006 Gibraltar participated in the 2006 FIFI Wild Cup where it was ranked

3rd. The tournament was an alternative World Cup for non FIFA members, which was only

held once. In Gibraltar's opening match, they drew 1–1 with the hosts, the 'Republic of

St. Pauli', before beating Tibet 5–0 in their second group game to qualify for the semi-finals.

There they lost 2–0 to eventual champions Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. In the third

place playoff, Gibraltar had a rematch against St. Pauli. This time Gibraltar were able to

defeat the hosts, to finish in third place out of the six teams.

First Island Games victory, 2008 Four Nations

In 2007, Gibraltar won the Island Games for the 1st time, beating Rhodes by 4–0.

In 2008 Gibraltar accepted an invitation to participate in The Four Nations Tournament, the

most prominent senior football tournament that Gibraltar has ever participated in. The 2008

Four Nations Tournament, won by England C, was played in North Wales, and was contested

between Wales Semi-Pro, England C, Scotland B and guest nation Gibraltar after Northern

Ireland decided not to take part. Though Gibraltar eventually finished bottom of the group,

they pushed tournament winners England C close.

Stadium;

The team currently plays at Victoria Stadium, the 5,000-seat national stadium of Gibraltar.

However, there are plans to replace the stadium with the proposed 10,000-seat Europa

Point Stadium which is expected to be completed for UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying.

The Kit;

The Gibraltarian national team kits is currently produced by Admiral Sportswear of England.

Admiral has been the company's kit provider since May of 2013, several weeks before the

GFA was accepted by UEFA. The home kit is red, the away strip is white and the neutral

kit is blue.

FC Britannia

FC Britannia is one of the oldest brand names in the GFA (Gibraltar Football Association).

They won their first league title back in 1907-1908 season, and went on to win 14

league titles, including 5 in a row in the mid 50's.

Britannia went into administration and now for the 2009-2010 season, FC Britannia has

been re-established and a new generation has taken the name and made it their own.

After several players opting to start their own team instead of entering the reserves

league under another name, pre-season started back in July 2009, and the teams

competency and depth has grown since day one. Fc Britannia XI has a great mixture

of experience in Gibraltar 5 and 11 aside, as well as the input from several players who

have recently learnt their trade in UK, rather at university or in sunday league.

This adds to the teams culture and positive approach to the new season.

It is early days and pre season matches are still to come, but with the sponsorship of

Rock Motors and Kings Bastion Bowling backing FC Britannia this season, it looks like

a promising year ahead!!

FC Britannia wish to re-establish the name, putting in back on the GFA map.

Britannia - League / Cup Winners

LEAGUE

**1907/08 Britannia FC

**1911/12 Britannia FC

**1912/13 Britannia FC

**1917/18 Britannia FC

**1919/20 Britannia FC

**1940/41 Britannia FC

**1954/55 Britannia FC

**1955/56 Britannia FC

**1956/57 Britannia FC

**1957/58 Britannia FC

**1958/59 Britannia FC

**1960/61 Britannia FC

**1962/63 Britannia FC

CUP

**1937 Britannia

**1940 Britannia

**1948 Britannia

[brettney1980]

Football Manager 2013;

I will be playing as Allen Bula (current Gibraltar National boss) and

taking over control of the National side as well as the FC Britannia

club side (who start in Division 2, the second tier).

Unfortunately i couldn't find a way to stop Gibraltar from entering

Qualifying for the 2014 World Cup, so we have stole Montenegro's

spot in Group 8 (alongside San Marino, England, Ukraine, Moldova

and Poland).

I have added players to all playable teams, giving all Gibraltan club

sides 12-14 players (all of very poor quality).

I added the English, Welsh and Scottish leagues to the game (the

3 FA's who had voted for Gibraltar from the beginning) as well as

Portugal and Spain (neighbours).

How did i chose my starting club side: I would love to say it was

from their cool backstory of being a reformed former top side ..

But i randomly clicked 'pick side for me' button until a 2nd tier

Gibraltan side was selected. (top tier sides St Josephs and

Glacis Utd also popped up so i would like to manage those sides

perhaps at some point).

All Gibraltan club sides are amateur so i expect alot of players to be

jumping from team to team, which should add a little extra difficulty

to prceedings.

Finally i will play this how i always play FM, i can only sign players

who are offered to me from Agents, scouted by my scouts, i have

seen them when played against them ... So no scouring Free Agents

lists or random national sides (unless i play against their national side).

Any questions i haven't covered please feel free to ask. Let me end

with a couple of Gibraltar facts for you;

[brettney1980]

FC Britannia;

Status: Amateur

Youth Facilities: Minimal

Youth Recruitment: Limited

Training Facilities: Basic

Junior Coaching: Minimal

World Scouting Knowledge: Minimal

Scouting: Within Gibraltar

Media Prediction: 6th

The Squad.

Best Player: Max Watson

First Press Conference

Aims;

Looking over the squad the aims have to be, hang on to our better players (especially Watson) as well as bring in at least another 5/6 (plus replace whomever decides to leave). As long as we finish above the media prediction of 6th i will be happy with our first season. Roll on the first Youth Intake.

We have almost 4 months to go before the League starts so it is just prepare ourselves for the League ... And get ready for some International Football.

[Dan BHTFC]

Looking forward to this!

[SRL88]

Good luck fella .

[london boy]

New Kids on the Rock! Brilliant!

Good luck

[brettney1980]

Looking forward to this!

Thankyou, hope you enjoy seeing someone thrashed heavily ...

Good luck fella .

Thanks, i will most certainly need some ..

New Kids on the Rock! Brilliant!

Good luck

Thankyou, rejected thread titles were Gibraltar: Annoying Spain since 1704 and Gibraltar: Welcome the 54th.

[brettney1980]

Gibraltar National Newcomers: August - November 2012;

First National Press conference.

Gibraltars very first game as an official UEFA Nation was to be an Home Friendly versus

another fairly new UEFA nation (formerly in the Asian conference) in Kazakhstan.

This would be a real test for us to show were our lot in the footballing world would be,

are we a European minnow ala; San Marino, Faroe Islands et al, or are we one of the

developing Nations like Kazakhstan, Albania or Cyprus. This match will decide our the

public views Gibraltar ... No pressure!

Home vs Kazakhstan - 15th August 2012

Att, 3,492.

0-6 Loss. We were hit with a barrage of shots, 23 with 6 on target i was left wondering

at times whether we actually had anyone in goal since our man between the sticks

never made a single save ...

The only bright spark of an otherwise painful first game was Anthony Hernandez who

played his socks off. Hopefully he gets himself a club and soon.

Away vs San Marino - 7th September 2012

Att, 5,500.

1-2 loss. Gutted! We were leading from the 5th minute after (who else) Anthony

Hernandez had chipped in from just inside the 18 yard box after a great Engin Petric

pass. With 11 minutes to go San Marino mounted a comeback scoring from a corner

after a scramble in the box and then we have two chances to clear with Kieran Rowe

really messing up his clearance they score with 4 minutes to go and we are left to

ponder over what could of been.

Home vs England - 11th September 2012

Att, 2,500.

0-9 Loss. This was always going to be a thrashing and that it was, we were already

4-0 down by the 11th minute and we were never going to be able to come back from

that. They had 17 shots on target so at least our Keeper proved a little more useful

this time out. 1 shot on target is a real poor stat ... We really need to find a way to

get Liam Walker in the game more.

Home vs Ukraine - 12th October 2012

Att, 5,000.

0-4 Loss. Sooo close, to going in 0-0 at half time, Joe Bangura stuck his leg out and

put the ball past our own keeper into injury time. The second half how you'd expect

and we didn't even manage a shot on target this time out.

Home vs Poland - 16th October 2012

Att, 5,000.

0-9 Loss. Well you know you are going to get goals when you come to watch Gibraltar

and some real corkers were scored in this game .. It's just a shame we couldn't chip in

with some. We managed 3 shots on target and i'd say on any other night, 1 of them

could of resulted in a goal, unlucky Anthony Hernandez.

World Cup Qualifying Group.

Belarus offered us a Friendly and a trip to their place in November, although they are a

tougher class of opposition that i would of chosen for a Friendly match just before our

Club season starts i thought it would be a nice little trip.

Away vs Belarus - 14th November 2012

Att, 8,316.

0-7 Loss. I am actually a little upset over the result for the first time, we could of

possibly kept it to 4/5 but i decided to push a few more men forwards at times in the

game to see if we could get a goal rather than play how the other Euro minnows play

and put 10 men behind the ball ... It clearly didn't work out for us and we were

hammered and the traveling fans left upset.

*Coming Soon in December: The League Campaign begins for FC Britannia*

[endtime]

That's a hideous kit, like something straight out of the 80s Good luck!

[deltablue]

You'll get somewhere eventually

[Animosama]

good luck

[MightyMike]

Good luck man

[Samoth21]

This will be one interesting save, best of luck man!

[brettney1980]

That's a hideous kit, like something straight out of the 80s Good luck!

I was thinking the old early 90's Arsenal kit...

You'll get somewhere eventually

It's the where i'm worried about... And how far away is the eventually!? And when will Walker, Joseph and Hernandez have decent enough teammates to pick up an international win!? Answers on a postcard.

good luck

Thankyou, i believe i'm going to need an whole dose of the stuff.

Good luck man

Thanks muchley, any chance you have any spare just lying around!?

This will be one interesting save, best of luck man!

Interesting it should be, all i was hoping for ... Always followed the Gibraltar story with interest .. Been thinking how to do a save with them ever since they were announced as UEFA team 54! Thanks i'll take that luck.

[brettney1980]

December 2012 - And so it begins ...

With my scout working overtime, me phoning the job center constantly to see if

we have had any other staff apply for our jobs and the players training hard

and getting in some friendlies as ran by my Assman FC Britannia was a very busy

club.

So busy we barely even noticed that as other clubs were strengthening their

sides we were ... Erm .. Failing to strengthen ours. Everyone that we went in for

turned us down, our scout really does need to find us more guys we could go in

for.

The Transfer - Not great news.

So i signed up a bunch of available squad hanging on greys.

No not those guys.

The Squad - I think i'll have to sign up those 3 other greys also.

Away vs Cannons FC - 23rd December 2012;

2-5 loss. With only 2 fit defenders it was always going to be difficult ... Attack,

attack and attack was the plan, didn't work too well.

Away vs Boca Juniors - 26th December 2012;

6-4 Win. A boxing day miracle, the attack, attack and attack some more tactic

pays off and International CF Petric scores an hattrick to help us to a huge victory.

December's Gibraltarian of the Month goes to: Engin Petric.

The League so far.

Thoughts: We have a long way to go and i am happy with the start, we already

have a player coming in in January that should help fill up the squad a little. I

tried numerous times to bring in players from National sides we had played, but

the 1 Kazakh who was unemployed turned us down flat, the San Marino boys all

did the same ...

*Coming Soon - Can we bring anyone in!? Or will we just try and survive with who we've got!?*

[brettney1980]

January - March 2013: A new Hope.

Two signings come in to bolster our squad in January, 1

already a 2 cap Gibraltar International Iain Bentley (and

what a great start to his FC Britannia career he has).

Transfers.

At the top of the table College Cosmos FC look unbeatable

but a slipup 4-2 loss to Cannons FC see's us in with a

chance especially as we continue to pick up wins after the

opening 2013 2-2 draw with College Cosmos went right out of

our minds. Coming up at the end of March is a huge top of

the table clash our 2nd with College Cosmos ...

The End of Feb Table and the other info.

First came The Rock Cup and 1st round we drew Leo Parilla FC

we recently beat them 3-1 in the League so we were confident

going in, and it was another 3-1 victory, Petric even

re-found his scoring boots just in time i'd say, going into

the big game at the top.

Another one of those crazy back and forth game we get in Gib

when both teams decide to attack, attack and attack some more

and we lose 5-3 which all but mathematicly haneds College

Cosmos FC the Title and the promotion to the top tier that

goes with it, the most dissapointing and painful thing to take

is that both their first 2 goals were O.G's from our GK and we

missed a Pen = Gutted!

Jay McNulty had a good few months. Back to scoring: Engin Petric.

Fixtures.

The National Side;

Vs Andorra

First up we played fellow minnows Andorra in a early February

Friendly we didn't play as well as i'd hoped and lost 3-2 it

all started well with Pele Brown scoring his first and our

second ever International goal but they soon went 3-1 up with

Roger Kendall manging to score a consolation, we only had half

as many chances as they did, we really struggle to create chances.

vs Moldova

Next up at the end of May came a World Cup Qualifier against Moldova.

For 70 minutes this was our best Defensive display as a team, we held

them out and even managed to boss the midfield at times, our front line

was poor as always but i started to hope a little for a 0-0 draw, but

alas it wasn't to be and they grabbed a bit of a lucky long ranger

after 74' minutes and finished us off after i told the lads to attack

for a goal. 0-2 Loss.

*Coming Soon: New Youth, Can we catch the Cosmos!?*

[Dan BHTFC]

Where can I download this database and logos?

[brettney1980]

Where can I download this database and logos?

Have a look in here.

[Dan BHTFC]

Have a look in here.

Thanks for that, must've missed that thread!

[brettney1980]

April - June 2013;

Coming into the final leg of the season the big question was,

Could we catch College Cosmos FC!?

If they continue to drop points like this .. Then i'd say we

have a chance.

Well our run of good form continued well with us picking up

2 great 4-1 victories in a row at the start of April. We

slipped up only managing a 3-3 draw against Pegasus FC...

The rest of the season went without an hitch, except the final

game where we could only manage a draw.

In bad news our assistant manager left to take the reigns of

Premier League table toppers Lions FC. Good luck Steve Marc Semren,

cant wait to get up to the top tier and compete with him.

The Youth prospects that came through showed great potential and

most of them got at least 1 game, some slotted straight into the

first team.

Youth Prospects;

Christian Hay YP1a

Ante Vasilj YP1b

Derek Byron YP1c

Martyn Iriotis YP1d

Mick McGregor YP1e

Ray Radcliffe YP1f

Danny Sherwood YP1g

Andy Wilson YP1h

Isaac Dobson YP1i

Brodie Webster YP1j

Niell Robertson YP1k

Alec Street YP1l

Fixtures

Final Table - Player Stats.

FC Britannia Squad.

The Rock Cup continued and we beat Lynx FC Reserves 4-3 in

the 2nd rd. Then in May we beat Top tier side Lincoln FC

2-1 in the Quarter final. We aided our own Reserve side

sending them alot of our players to use for their cup games

it worked and the Reserves made it into the Semi finals

after beating Man Utd FC (another top tier side) in the

Quarters, and of course the Semis would be FC Britannia

versus FC Britannia Reserves. We obviously had first pick

for our Cup lineup and let the Reserves have pick of the rest

... We won 5-0.

The Final - Got to feel a little gutted, since we beat them twice

in the League.

How good is our league compared to the rest of Europe!?

Internationals;

Versus San Marino.

Hattrick alert!

Versus Montenegro - Friendly.

First goal for Joseph.

[brettney1980]

July - October 2013;

A couple of Club notices before we get into the big International matches.

Gibraltar Clubs Rankings - We go up a place or 2, great stuff.

The Chairman actually let me put the Junior Coaching Budget up ... After only a little begging.

FC Britannia's Best IX

Transfers - Yes you saw right, we had a couple of our YP's stolen, damn Amateur contracts.

I have been phoning the Job center every day and look who replied to our ad for a Director of Football: Morten Olsen, there was no way i was leaving him as Director of Football i offered him the job as my Ass Man instead and he took it. Look at this experience i have now got to assist me for the upcoming season.

The Squad according to Morten.

International News;

First things first, our huge 3-2 win over San Marino has shot us up the FIFA Rankings ...

August.

vs Andorra - Friendly.

We put up a good fight but just fell short in a 4-3 loss.

September.

vs England

We did a little better at Wembley than we did at our place, keeping the score at 7-0 this time (was 9-0 at Victoria Stadium).

vs Moldova

A poor performance, we were torn apart losing 5-1, Liam Walker scored for us.

October.

vs Ukraine.

Oh dear ..... That is all.

vs Poland.

A much better performance than the Ukraine game and that is the end of the World Cup qualifying.

Final Group Table.

*Coming Soon - Rule Britannia the Season starts again!*

[endtime]

Ouch, that Ukraine game... I wonder if you can get sacked.

[brettney1980]

Ouch, that Ukraine game... I wonder if you can get sacked.

Funny thing is the FA and fans didn't seem to mind too much about the Ukraine score, but were fuming about the Moldova game. I guess they know the bigger Nations are going to thrash us .. It was gutting though to lose by that many, just when i thought we were getting better.

[brettney1980]

November - January 2013/14;

Two more Internationals this year first up was an Home Friendly against the

Faroe Islands. 4-4 Draw, crazy game that saw us come from 4-1 down to

snatch a draw, would of liked a win here but i can't argue with that

commitment.

vs San Marino.

Next up was an Away match in Malta, never going to be an easy match,

but we battled and scrapped and managed to keep the score down to

a very respectable 1-0 loss.

vs Malta.

Since endtime wondered how happy the FA are with me, here is their confidence

Look at how happy they are with our rise up to 103rd in the FIFA Rankings.

FC Britannia;

I am finding the Amateur status of the League really difficult, i tend to

get really attached to the players i have been using and have come through

my Academy and the fact that clubs are constantly coming in for our better

players is getting frustrating, it doesn't help that i'm not as aggressive in signing

players at all ... Guess i really need to start to be, because we are now quite

short in defence again after the January transfer window.

Transfers - The Squad

League Table - Player Stats.

The League campaign as started well, i think the Table is going to be alot closer

this season now that everyone has pulled in players they want. I hope for us

to still be up at the top and the Media believe we will be predicting us to finish

2nd this season.

Fixtures so far

*Coming Soon - Euro 2016 Qualifying draw, New Youth and can we match the Media's prediction!?*

[deltablue]

You beat someone!!!!!

[Dan BHTFC]

National team is slowly getting there, still some way off the top sides though!

[brettney1980]

You beat someone!!!!!

Yeah, whooo!! We have a shout against the minnows of the world they are still tough battles though.

National team is slowly getting there, still some way off the top sides though!

Yes, way way off. I think i'm getting the tactics right though (bar the odd slip up, i'm looking at you Ukraine). It's tough though.

[brettney1980]

February - May 2014;

International news;

We had one International game, Away vs Luxembourg. They are a little above

our class and the 3-0 loss we suffered didn't really flatter them too much.

2016 Euro's Qualifying draw: Group A.

FC Britannia

In news away from the Club our former Ass Man Semren has been on the

managerial merry-go-round, leaving Lions FC (who were top of the Premier

League) to join Glacis United (who were battling for top spot in the 2nd

Division) .. Strange choice.

We kept up our good form and although we were a couple of points behind

Hound Dogs and Glacis we knew they would slip up at some time and we just

had to make sure we capitalized when they did. They both dropped points in

April and capitalize we did ... Then with one game to go we get the good

news ... And then the bad news.

Oh and the Youth Candidates came in in April (it's the guys who haven't played any games

(for some reason we don't get to view the Youth Candidates separate)).

Pat Rice YP2a

Can Hakan Ivanovic YP2b

Aiden Rushberry YP2c

Lee Speight YP2d

Nick Fisher YP2e

Dave Ford YP2f

Stefan Hopkins YP2g

The Squad - The Table - Player Stats.

Fixtures.

We are into the Final of The Rock Cup for the second season in a row, can we win it this time?

*Coming Soon - Chelsea FC in the Cup, Sudan come to Victoria Stadium and can we keep the YP's!?*

[brettney1980]

So it turns out the database has a problem. The Euro competitions have stopped working. I tested everything going on holiday for a little over 2 years at a time and they worked fine, i think it's to do with the Andorra clubs they had 0 for the Euro Co-efficients but they played in the first season as they are already registered, i think they end up picking co-efficient points up there and thats where the problem lies. I'm running a couple more tests now and hopefully i'll be back to play this again ... Really gutted right now, when i thought it was just the Euro Cup i was going top just carry on and ignore it but i cant do without the Champions League as well.

[LUFCspeni]

I'm a bit confused as to what you mean? I'm in Gibraltar too and have just finished my first season, so I hope nothing is going wrong?

[brettney1980]

I'm a bit confused as to what you mean? I'm in Gibraltar too and have just finished my first season, so I hope nothing is going wrong?

Check that the Euro cup is still working, if you are past 23rd of June (the date the cup starts setting fixtures) you'll be able to tell if it is or not.

[LUFCspeni]

Check that the Euro cup is still working, if you are past 23rd of June (the date the cup starts setting fixtures) you'll be able to tell if it is or not.

Ah yeah, the Euro Cup isnt, but the Champions League is?

[brettney1980]

Ah yeah, the Euro Cup isnt, but the Champions League is?

After the first season ( i didn't notice at first) the Euro League stopped working and the Champions League stopped after the second. I think i have fixed it by taking the Andorran clubs out of European competitions and swapping them with Gibraltarian Clubs.

[LUFCspeni]

After the first season ( i didn't notice at first) the Euro League stopped working and the Champions League stopped after the second. I think i have fixed it by taking the Andorran clubs out of European competitions and swapping them with Gibraltarian Clubs.

Any way you could send me a link of yours? Or tell me how to do it on the editor?

[brettney1980]

Any way you could send me a link of yours? Or tell me how to do it on the editor?

I have sent up a PM, i'm terrible at explaining things. Go into the Euro comps in the editor and swap the Andorran teams for Gibraltarian teams (in the Registered teams tabs), Andorra clubs: U.E Santa Coloma and Futbol Club Santa Coloma - Euro Cup. Thinks it's Lusitans Champions League. I'm holidaying again now to test for another couple of seasons.

[LUFCspeni]

I have sent up a PM, i'm terrible at explaining things. Go into the Euro comps in the editor and swap the Andorran teams for Gibraltarian teams (in the Registered teams tabs), Andorra clubs: U.E Santa Coloma and Futbol Club Santa Coloma - Euro Cup. Thinks it's Lusitans Champions League. I'm holidaying again now to test for another couple of seasons.

Thanks a lot

[brettney1980]

Thanks a lot

No problem at all, i just wish i'd tested the data a little better after i downloaded it and before i started a long term game with it. Should of done a few holidays i think.

[brettney1980]

So it begins again;

New Squad

New Best Player

All other Club Info. is the same as in the 3rd post.

[brettney1980]

Gibraltar National Newcomers Take 2.

So i'm rushing through things a little for the first season or so, i was gutted after the problems of the first attempt at this and want to get as far into it as i did last time out.

Our August Friendly was at Home vs Qatar.

After going 4 goals down in the first half i decided to play a little more open the second half and we actually managed to 'win' that half 3-1, so a 5-3 Loss overall.

Next up came the World Cup Quals;

Home vs Ukraine - Hammered.

Away vs Poland - See above (same score).

Home vs San Marino - We were the better side, somehow. They had a poor game to be fair and we out possessed them and got a huge win.

Home vs England - Absolutely destroyed!!!

Another Friendly in November just before the Gib season starts versus Wales in Llanelli.

Away vs Wales

We were beat pretty well, the 4-0 loss could of easily been much more but for their forwards missing the target more often than not. 22 shots only 6 on target.

Gibraltar shoot up the FIFA Rankings!

Into 2013 and first up was Andorra in a February friendly.

Home vs Andorra - We performed very well limiting their chances but we just couldn't hold on to a draw and lost 2-1.

Back to qualifying and a 5-0 loss Away vs Moldova.

FC Britannia news;

We are currently battling along with 3 other clubs for the title, Leo Parilla FC are in the driving seat a point clear of the rest of us, we have been on a poor run the last couple of games (a draw and a loss) but i am hoping the new Yough Academy graduates will give us a boost.

Youth Candidates;

Stamatis Uluc YP1a

Charlie Barton YP1b

Jimmy Thompson YP1c

Matthew Casey YP1d

Reece Atkins YP1e

Paul Greenhalgh YP1f

Mehmet Dobson YP1g

*Coming Soon - The end of Season 1 (Take 2.0)*

[DazRTaylor]

I lived in Gibraltar for three years and played football there. I remember scoring a screamer (it gets longer every time I tell it!) against Sheffield and another against Lincoln.

All the best with this.

[brettney1980]

I lived in Gibraltar for three years and played football there. I remember scoring a screamer (it gets longer every time I tell it!) against Sheffield and another against Lincoln.

All the best with this.

Great to have your interest. Who did you play for? Any of the clubs that are still around?

[brettney1980]

End of Season 1: June 2013;

Chairmen stepping down ... Board Takeover - New Chairman Message.

The Squad - Best IX - The squad now that we have some good youngsters through is looking good, i

think with a few extra signings we can push on for the title next season.

Player of the Season: Renato Genc

League Table - Form Graph - Players Stats.

The Rock Cup.

We had a tough year drawing too many games compared to the rest of the top teams,

i can see us challenging again for the Title and hopefully this time we can hang on in

there. As for the Rock Cup, hammered by Lincoln, gutted!

Transfers - Finances

The Boards confidence.

Fixtures.

Compare us to other Leagues.

Gibraltarian Clubs Rankings.

On the International Front (up to August 2013);

Away vs Ukraine

We didn't do too bad, got a goal.

Away vs Faroe Islands - Friendly, June.

Lost 3-1, put up a decent fight but hopefully next time we face the Faroes we can show some improvement.

Home vs Singapore - Friendly, August.

Lost 5-2, we only had 2 shots on target and scored them both .. Thats good right!?

World Cup Qual. Group Table - FIFA World Rankings.

[brettney1980]

September - December 2013: International's.

Home vs Poland

6th September saw Poland travel to the Rockand beat us 6-1 (beat us 6-0 at

their place).

Away vs San Marino

We traveled to San Marino hoping for a draw or maybe snatch something ... And

we did, doing the double over them (2-1 at ours) we scored our only shot on

target but we out possessed them and deserved the win.

Highest ever FIFA Ranking!

Away vs England

Into October and we suffered a 12-0 loss to England last time out .. This time we

kept it down to just 9. Rooney loves playing against us thats 10 in 2 matches.

Home vs Moldova

Lost 4-0, an improvement but we need to start playing better against these size

nations.

Friendlies;

Home vs Cyprus

So, so close to a comeback, they went 3 up inside 11 minutes and i thought we were

going to get hammered .. We got one back in the 14' then i pushed us forward in the

second half and we got another .. And came close to grabbing an equalizer.

Away vs Liechtenstein

I was confident after the Cyprus game just 4 days previous to this ... But we were

poor and deservedly beaten 4-1.

FC Britannia - Ready for the new Season;

Junior Coaching Budget Increased.

Just like take 1 Morton Olsen want in.

Transfers - The Squad.

Really wished we'd been able to bring in another CM and that we could of hung

on to the 4 YP's we lost... It's tough being Amateur. But all in all i'm happy with

the squad and think we can challenge for promotion.

*Coming Soon - Trying to survive transfer windows and looking at the next Generation!*

[Nobby_McDonald]

I'll be watching this with interest. It's something different to anything on here before.

I wonder if the ground has seen the longest ever kick of a football? Somebody shoots, misses and the ball ends up on a plane to England or somewhere.

[brettney1980]

I'll be watching this with interest. It's something different to anything on here before.

I wonder if the ground has seen the longest ever kick of a football? Somebody shoots, misses and the ball ends up on a plane to England or somewhere.

Thanks, glad to have your interest. The airport is surely within kicking distance .. Must be only a matter of time before the ball hitches a flight...

[brettney1980]

January - May 2014

FC Britannia;

15 games in and we have a real shot at winning the second division and we

are still in the cup. 4 points off the top spot with a games less played than

Lynx FC .. All to play for...

The Squad.

Division Two Table.

Transfers - We managed to bring back a couple of our tagged YP's that

were stolen .. Lost a couple more though.

.. Now for what we are here for, this Seasons "New kids on the Rock"

Youth Candidates;

Nexhmi Harvey YP2a

Kieran Metcalfe YP2b

Samuel Romeo YP2c

Mark Goulding YP2d

Wayne Webb YP2e

Jon Tonkin YP2f

Ivan Mullin YP2g

International;

Friendly vs Luxembourg

A good game, we actually only managed 2 shots on target and snatched

2 goals, they probably should of scored more to be fair.

FIFA World Rankings.

[brettney1980]

*Warning: We have problems again*

This time the game decides to stop running the Euro Cups after 2 seasons, i don't understand why this keeps on happening, it didn't on previous FM's and i'm almost certain it didn't previous to the last 13 update. When i run tests with no manager the game works fine for multiple seasons no Euro problems at all. But as soon as i have a manager and play the seasons it seems to not want to work and the Andorra clubs make it back into the Euro cups ... I guess the final test would be making the Andorra Leagues extinct, bit drastic but i can't see why that would not work. It means i would have to start again (if it works) but third time lucky hey!?

I'll leave the game holidaying all day while i am at work, that should make sure we don't lose anything, even in the distant future ... Sorry about all this anyone that is reading.

EDIT: So that didn't work either, Champions league worked fine but Andorra earned 35 spots in the Europa league somehow which caused it to not work. Next test - Move all Andorran clubs to Spain, make Andorra leagues extinct. This must work surely ...

[brettney1980]

Gibraltar and FC Britannia - Third Time Lucky;

August 2012 - April 2013;

International.

Home vs Saudi Arabia - Friendly

Home vs Moldova - WCQ

Away vs San Marino - WCQ

Home vs Ukraine - WCQ

Home vs England - WCQ

Away vs Hungary - Friendly

Home vs Andorra - Friendly

Away vs Poland - WCQ

Lower scores this time around, guess the practice games (see error loaded) did me good.

FC Britannia;

August Transfers

Lost our best player in Jonno Watts leading to a poor start.

The Squad (August).

The season soon picked up though and we went on a 6 games winning streak to see us rise up the Table (after starting with 2 losses).

January Transfers.

The Rock Cup.

Both our first team and Reserves are still in the cup, i will continue to play first teamers in the Reserves where possibly to give us two chances at cup success.

Squad end of April.

Current League Table.

Good chance at first time promotion...

Youth Candidates 2013

Mark Dixon YP1a

Thomas Hemmings YP1b

Jermaine Power YP1c

Richard Atkin YP1d

Bobby Hubbard YP1e

Lee Birch YP1f

Shaun Moseley YP1g

Gary Brooks YP1h

Dalton Guest YP1i

Clint Wilson YP1j

Stan Joyce YP1k

[Nobby_McDonald]

This is the problem with playing with created databases. If it hasn't been thoroughly tested by the creator or willing volunteers, it runs the risk of having teething problems.

[brettney1980]

This is the problem with playing with created databases. If it hasn't been thoroughly tested by the creator or willing volunteers, it runs the risk of having teething problems.

Yeah, i made a huge schoolboy error there. I used to always holiday for 10 seasons minimum when i used to create data, but to be fair it did work seemingly randomly so it was probably missed accidently. I have done that now played around some with the Editor (haven't done that much at all this year) and we are all working now ... I holidayed for around 36 hours just to make sure