Jean0987654321 Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 It's an odd situation with them. They're probably far too good for any of the other clubs around us, and nowhere near good enough to move out of the country. As soon as a youth player gets offered a contract, they're pretty much out of reach of most sides. I doubt I could make any kind of money on them. I used to sign almost everyone in my Malaga youth intake. I let them prove themselves via loan or just getting tutored. If they improve, I keep. If not, then I sell. Made a decent lump of cash doing this. I made 20-30M from that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameuss Posted April 15, 2014 Author Share Posted April 15, 2014 I used to sign almost everyone in my Malaga youth intake. I let them prove themselves via loan or just getting tutored. If they improve, I keep. If not, then I sell. Made a decent lump of cash doing this. I made 20-30M from that. I think you're underestimating how absolutely terrible these players are even my best players (non-academy) attract £0 offers from clubs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameuss Posted April 15, 2014 Author Share Posted April 15, 2014 Can't Stop the Rock: The Birth of a Football Nation a forameuss career Season 2048/49 Transfers No prizes for guessing what my deal of the window was... Daniel Coyne arriving for 5k was clearly a coup, with the Welsh youngster easily becoming our best AMC straight off the bat. He has massive room for improvement and should form part of our side for years to come. Looking at it more pessimistically, he's someone we can get a bit of resale value on. Stephen Lewis isn't quite as good as Coyne, despite being older, but he'll be a very useful player to us, and is probably more ready for first team action. Scott Foley is a stop-gap, just here to give us someone between the sticks should something happen to Dean Benson. Results Itr was a spirited performance in qualifying, but not quite good enough as we fell to Red Bull Salzburg in the play-off round. We didn't disgrace ourselves by any means, and the result against Victoria Plzen means that we'll have European football come the Autumn for the third consecutive year. It's not the Champions League, but it'll do. Once we reached the Group Stage, we were predictably average, but did manage to pick up two points in our quest to stop being awful. We're improving. Very slowly, but it's improvement nonetheless. A draw? A draw?! A ****ING DRAW?! Yep. Our winning run in cups is at an end, even though we turned that 0-0 draw into a win on penalties. We conceded a few more goals than we're used to, but apart from that we were rarely troubled on the way to another cup treble. Do not adjust your monitors. Lincoln have just been beaten. I actually panicked a bit after that result. With so few games played in the league, a mini-dip can end up being enough to completely derail your chances. Luckily, it was barely even a blip, as we went on a now customary run of battery and brutality. By the time we dropped points at home to Cannons, we were already free and clear, and it was just a matter of tidying up. Still though, not the best season we've ever had. Player Stats European Performance Lincoln (GIB) Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round - vs Levski Sofia (agg 5-5 advanced on away goals) Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round - vs Viktoria Plzen (agg 3-2) Champions League Playoff Round - vs FC Red Bull Salzburg (agg 1-4) Europa League Group Stages - 4th (W0-D0-L6) Red Imps Europa League 1st Qualifying Round - vs Carmarthen (agg 0-2) Boca Juniors (GIB) Europa League 1st Qualifying Round - vs IFK Marashamn (agg 0-5) Cannons Europa League 1st Qualifying Round - vs Qabala (agg 1-4) I said last season that I had hopes for Red Imps, and they had a narrow defeat, 1-0 in both legs. Real shame, as this is the first year I've thought something could actually be done in the Europa League. The other two sides were just as bad as usual. Looking to the Future We've qualified for European Group Stage football three years on the bounce now - let's make it four, shall we? Historic Stats |---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------|| Season | League Rep | Club Rep | Value | Balance | Ticket | Season | Tickets | League | League Cup | Rock Cup | C. League | E. League | |---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------|| 2013/14 | 208th | - | | £50,000 | £6 | £30 | - | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 1st Qual. | - || 2014/15 | 208th | - | | £400,000 | £6 | £30 | - | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 1st Qual. | - || 2015/16 | 218th | 773rd | £900,000 | £610,000 | £6 | £30 | 67 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2016/17 | 204th | 478th | £875,000 | £800,000 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Quarters | 1st Qual. | - || 2017/18 | 215th | 442nd | £1,200,000 | £1,616,269 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2018/19 | 204th | 390th | £1,500,000 | £1,439,979 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2019/20 | 177th | 318th | £1,800,000 | £1,785,076 | £6 | £30 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2020/21 | 178th | 303rd | £725,000 | £671,576 | £6 | £32 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2021/22 | 185th | 305th | £1,200,000 | £1,130,766 | £6 | £33 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | Group Stage | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2022/23 | 195th | 283rd | £1,000,000 | £816,454 | £6 | £33 | 71 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2023/24 | 209th | 287th | £1,500,000 | £1,260,895 | £6 | £33 | 71 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2024/25 | 251st | 287th | £1,800,000 | £1,612,489 | £5 | £30 | 72 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Quarters | 2nd Qual. | - || 2025/26 | 249th | 286th | £2,700,000 | £2,453,908 | £5 | £30 | 75 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Quarters | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2026/27 | 202nd | 274th | £2,800,000 | £2,538,846 | £6 | £33 | 77 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Semis | 2nd Qual. | - || 2027/28 | 173rd | 273rd | £2,900,000 | £2,693,189 | £6 | £33 | 79 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Semis | 2nd Qual. | - || 2028/29 | 127th | 284th | £2,200,000 | £2,032,905 | £7 | £36 | 80 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2029/30 | 129th | 281st | £1,100,000 | £948,588 | £7 | £40 | 84 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2030/31 | 176th | 282nd | £800,000 | £567,483 | £7 | £37 | 88 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 2nd Qual. | - || 2031/32 | 208th | 307th | £650,000 | £463,657 | £7 | £37 | 96 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2032/33 | 225th | 311th | £500,000 | £320,088 | £6 | £34 | 103 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2033/34 | 206th | 333rd | £750,000 | £502,304 | £6 | £34 | 103 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2034/35 | 185th | 339th | £3,900,000 | £3,715,594 | £7 | £37 | 110 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2035/36 | 135th | 234th | £3,200,000 | £2,977,575 | £7 | £40 | 114 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2036/37 | 116th | 236th | £1,900,000 | £1,698,560 | £7 | £40 | 118 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 2nd Qual. | - || 2037/38 | 161st | 241st | £4,100,000 | £3,941,362 | £7 | £39 | 122 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2038/39 | 192nd | 213th | £5,250,000 | £4,997,978 | £7 | £39 | 125 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | 2nd Round | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2039/40 | 203rd | 195th | £6,500,000 | £5,756,063 | £7 | £40 | 131 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2040/41 | 202nd | 235th | £5,500,000 | £4,912,031 | £8 | £42 | 135 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2041/42 | 177th | 220th | £3,700,000 | £2,956,190 | £8 | £42 | 142 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2042/43 | 175th | 225th | £10,250,000 | £9,492,009 | £8 | £42 | 126 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Semis | 4th in Group | - || 2043/44 | 116th | 178th | £12,250,000 | £11,173,660 | £9 | £47 | 149 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2044/45 | 135th | 183rd | £9,500,000 | £8,103,140 | £8 | £46 | 156 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2045/46 | 171st | 183rd | £5,000,000 | £3,853,103 | £8 | £47 | 156 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2046/47 | 176th | 188th | £4,300,000 | £3,853,103 | £9 | £49 | 166 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2047/48 | 214th | 183rd | £12,250,000 | £10,533,973 | £8 | £46 | 169 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2048/49 | 220th | 183rd | £12,250,000 | £8,431,124 | £8 | £47 | 170 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | Playoff | 4th in Group ||---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| Season | Stadium | Capacity | Corporate | Training | Youth | Junior Coaching | Youth Recruitment ||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| 2013/14 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Average | Fairly Basic || 2014/15 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Average | Fairly Basic || 2015/16 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Average | Fairly Basic || 2016/17 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Good | Fairly Basic || 2017/18 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Good | Fairly Basic || 2018/19 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Adequate | Good | Fairly Basic || 2019/20 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Adequate | Good | Fairly Basic || 2020/21 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Basic | Adequate | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2021/22 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Basic | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2022/23 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2023/24 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2024/25 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2025/26 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2026/27 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2027/28 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2028/29 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2029/30 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2030/31 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2031/32 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2032/33 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2033/34 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2034/35 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2035/36 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2036/37 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2037/38 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2038/39 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2039/40 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2040/41 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2041/42 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2042/43 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2043/44 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Average | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2044/45 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Average | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2045/46 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Average | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2046/47 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Good | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2047/48 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Good | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2048/49 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Good | Great | Exceptional | Average ||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------|| Season | CL | Rounds | EL | Rounds | Coefficient ||---------------------------------------------------|| 2014/15 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2015/16 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2016/17 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2017/18 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2018/19 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2019/20 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 50th || 2020/21 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2021/22 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 51st || 2022/23 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2023/24 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2024/25 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2025/26 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2026/27 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 51st || 2027/28 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2028/29 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 46th || 2029/30 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2030/31 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 49th || 2031/32 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 49th || 2032/33 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2034/35 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2035/36 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 50th || 2036/37 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st || 2037/38 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 44th || 2038/39 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2039/40 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2040/41 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2041/42 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2042/43 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2043/44 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 45th || 2044/45 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st || 2045/46 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2046/47 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2047/48 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2048/49 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2049/50 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st ||---------------------------------------------------|* denotes next season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameuss Posted April 15, 2014 Author Share Posted April 15, 2014 Can't Stop the Rock: The Birth of a Football Nation a forameuss career Season 2049/50 Transfers 2049 will go down as a landmark year in the minds of Lincoln supporters. It'll go down as an infamous year. The year of the Mullet. The magnificently mulleted Alberto joins us, and I'm really excited by his arrival, and not just because he looks a lot like Pat Sharp back in the early 90s. Steven Taylor is our top man up front, but he offers just one dimension extremely well. He's strong, whereas Alberto is quick. Both of them together will be absolutely lethal at this level, and it injects some maturity into our squad. He may be just 21, but when I'm used to signing players in their teens, Alberto should come straight in to the side and make a big difference. Scott Foley joined us last year as a stop-gap, but this year Carlos has joined us as a challenger to Dean Benson. Whether he'll start or not, I'm not sure, but on the strength of attributes alone, he probably deserves to. The outlay on the two Spaniards is massive for a club of our size, but I'm confident they can make a difference. I put quite a bit of money down on this guy to fill out our foreigner quota alongside the two Spaniards, but I think he'll be worth it. A few other clubs were sniffing round him, so he'll have some resale value. And in the meantime, he'll slot nicely into the side. An absolute sea-change in how I usually sign players brought van Gool to my attention. It's all well and good signing youngsters and letting them grow in the first time, but sometimes you need a guy who can barely walk to bark out the orders. van Gool will be with us for at least this season and brings a wealth of experience (not to mention fantastic mental attributes) to our side. He'll also be managing the reserves, so will probably look to keep him on once he retires from playing if he so wishes. Results Where last year we stumbled and bumbled our way to the Europa League group stages, this year we were in full control all through the qualifying. When we were drawn against Steaua, it wasn't the worst draw we could've had, but certainly wasn't the best. In fact, there was no good draw. Somehow though, we managed to get past them with relative ease. Steven Taylor's crucial away goal in the first leg set things up nicely coming back to the Europa. Then even after they had levelled the tie, Taylor popped up again to slam home the winner, and leave us dreaming of some more glamorous trips abroad in the Champions League Group Stages. This time around, it would be Paris, Brugge and Newcastle we would be visiting, and to be honest I expected nothing from the games. I was mostly right. A 2-1 win against Club Brugge at home though didn't just net us three points, it also got us £830k of a win bonus. That is almost as much as you get for TV money in the Europa League. For one win. Amazing. Other than that we got stuffed each week, but does it really matter? I'm happy with our performance so far - we're quietly building, and I think within a few years, we should be able to hit 3rd and qualify for the drop into the Europa League. In ten years time, who knows? What a contrast to our European heroics. Somehow, we conspired to drop out of the League Cup at the Semi Final stage to the Lions. We did win the other two competitions, but it feels almost hollow not to get the clean sweep again. We will learn from this. Thankfully we had no such complacency in the league, despite throwing away an all-green season in the final game when we could only manage a 0-0 draw. It was a good league performance though, and another title to add to the bulging cabinet. Youth Intake Pfft... European Performance Lincoln (GIB) Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round - vs Aktobe (agg 3-2) Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round - vs SK Rapid Wien (agg 3-1) Champions League Playoff Round - vs Steaua Bucharest (agg 3-2) Europa League Group Stages - 4th (W1-D0-L5) Red Imps Europa League 1st Qualifying Round - vs Villarreal (agg 0-9) Hound Dogs Europa League 1st Qualifying Round - vs Slask (agg 0-5) Lions Gibraltar Europa League 1st Qualifying Round - vs Cliftonville (agg 0-4) Red Imps got an absolute nightmare of a draw, facing Spanish side Villarreal in probably the lowest qualifying round there is in Europe. The Yellow Submarine ran riot against their near neighbours, but no wonder. Really unlucky for the Imps - perhaps they would have stood a chance against a weaker side. End of Season Confidence Looking to the Future We need to build on that win in the Champions League and set our sights on finishing above the bottom spot in the group. If we can get into the Europa League knockouts via the Champions League 3rd place, I'll be delighted. Historic Stats |---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------|| Season | League Rep | Club Rep | Value | Balance | Ticket | Season | Tickets | League | League Cup | Rock Cup | C. League | E. League | |---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------|| 2013/14 | 208th | - | | £50,000 | £6 | £30 | - | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 1st Qual. | - || 2014/15 | 208th | - | | £400,000 | £6 | £30 | - | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 1st Qual. | - || 2015/16 | 218th | 773rd | £900,000 | £610,000 | £6 | £30 | 67 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2016/17 | 204th | 478th | £875,000 | £800,000 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Quarters | 1st Qual. | - || 2017/18 | 215th | 442nd | £1,200,000 | £1,616,269 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2018/19 | 204th | 390th | £1,500,000 | £1,439,979 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2019/20 | 177th | 318th | £1,800,000 | £1,785,076 | £6 | £30 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2020/21 | 178th | 303rd | £725,000 | £671,576 | £6 | £32 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2021/22 | 185th | 305th | £1,200,000 | £1,130,766 | £6 | £33 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | Group Stage | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2022/23 | 195th | 283rd | £1,000,000 | £816,454 | £6 | £33 | 71 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2023/24 | 209th | 287th | £1,500,000 | £1,260,895 | £6 | £33 | 71 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2024/25 | 251st | 287th | £1,800,000 | £1,612,489 | £5 | £30 | 72 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Quarters | 2nd Qual. | - || 2025/26 | 249th | 286th | £2,700,000 | £2,453,908 | £5 | £30 | 75 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Quarters | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2026/27 | 202nd | 274th | £2,800,000 | £2,538,846 | £6 | £33 | 77 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Semis | 2nd Qual. | - || 2027/28 | 173rd | 273rd | £2,900,000 | £2,693,189 | £6 | £33 | 79 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Semis | 2nd Qual. | - || 2028/29 | 127th | 284th | £2,200,000 | £2,032,905 | £7 | £36 | 80 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2029/30 | 129th | 281st | £1,100,000 | £948,588 | £7 | £40 | 84 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2030/31 | 176th | 282nd | £800,000 | £567,483 | £7 | £37 | 88 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 2nd Qual. | - || 2031/32 | 208th | 307th | £650,000 | £463,657 | £7 | £37 | 96 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2032/33 | 225th | 311th | £500,000 | £320,088 | £6 | £34 | 103 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2033/34 | 206th | 333rd | £750,000 | £502,304 | £6 | £34 | 103 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2034/35 | 185th | 339th | £3,900,000 | £3,715,594 | £7 | £37 | 110 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2035/36 | 135th | 234th | £3,200,000 | £2,977,575 | £7 | £40 | 114 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2036/37 | 116th | 236th | £1,900,000 | £1,698,560 | £7 | £40 | 118 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 2nd Qual. | - || 2037/38 | 161st | 241st | £4,100,000 | £3,941,362 | £7 | £39 | 122 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2038/39 | 192nd | 213th | £5,250,000 | £4,997,978 | £7 | £39 | 125 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | 2nd Round | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2039/40 | 203rd | 195th | £6,500,000 | £5,756,063 | £7 | £40 | 131 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2040/41 | 202nd | 235th | £5,500,000 | £4,912,031 | £8 | £42 | 135 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2041/42 | 177th | 220th | £3,700,000 | £2,956,190 | £8 | £42 | 142 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2042/43 | 175th | 225th | £10,250,000 | £9,492,009 | £8 | £42 | 126 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Semis | 4th in Group | - || 2043/44 | 116th | 178th | £12,250,000 | £11,173,660 | £9 | £47 | 149 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2044/45 | 135th | 183rd | £9,500,000 | £8,103,140 | £8 | £46 | 156 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2045/46 | 171st | 183rd | £5,000,000 | £3,853,103 | £8 | £47 | 156 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2046/47 | 176th | 188th | £4,300,000 | £3,853,103 | £9 | £49 | 166 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2047/48 | 214th | 183rd | £12,250,000 | £10,533,973 | £8 | £46 | 169 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2048/49 | 220th | 183rd | £12,250,000 | £8,431,124 | £8 | £47 | 170 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2049/50 | 192nd | 191st | £14,250,000 | £11,651,607 | £9 | £51 | 176 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - ||---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| Season | Stadium | Capacity | Corporate | Training | Youth | Junior Coaching | Youth Recruitment ||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| 2013/14 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Average | Fairly Basic || 2014/15 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Average | Fairly Basic || 2015/16 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Average | Fairly Basic || 2016/17 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Good | Fairly Basic || 2017/18 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Good | Fairly Basic || 2018/19 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Adequate | Good | Fairly Basic || 2019/20 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Adequate | Good | Fairly Basic || 2020/21 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Basic | Adequate | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2021/22 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Basic | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2022/23 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2023/24 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2024/25 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2025/26 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2026/27 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2027/28 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2028/29 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2029/30 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2030/31 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2031/32 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2032/33 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2033/34 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2034/35 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2035/36 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2036/37 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2037/38 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2038/39 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2039/40 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2040/41 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2041/42 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2042/43 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2043/44 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Average | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2044/45 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Average | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2045/46 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Average | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2046/47 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Good | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2047/48 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Good | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2048/49 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Good | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2049/50 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Great | Great | Exceptional | Average ||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------|| Season | CL | Rounds | EL | Rounds | Coefficient ||---------------------------------------------------|| 2014/15 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2015/16 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2016/17 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2017/18 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2018/19 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2019/20 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 50th || 2020/21 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2021/22 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 51st || 2022/23 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2023/24 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2024/25 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2025/26 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2026/27 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 51st || 2027/28 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2028/29 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 46th || 2029/30 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2030/31 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 49th || 2031/32 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 49th || 2032/33 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2034/35 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2035/36 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 50th || 2036/37 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st || 2037/38 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 44th || 2038/39 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2039/40 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2040/41 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2041/42 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2042/43 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2043/44 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 45th || 2044/45 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st || 2045/46 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2046/47 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2047/48 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2048/49 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2049/50 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st || 2050/51 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st ||---------------------------------------------------|* denotes next season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameuss Posted April 15, 2014 Author Share Posted April 15, 2014 Can't Stop the Rock: The Birth of a Football Nation a forameuss career Season 2050/51 Transfers We continued to spend in the summer, just like last year, but this time we were offset by the departure of van Weert for a few hundred k over what I bought him for. Pretty good business I say. As you can see, I saw a hole at the ML position, and went about filling it with a couple of signings. Once again this year I went for youth, with all players 21 or under. Greg Caldwell goes onto the list of signings that may backfire, and it may force me to move back to 2 up front (at the moment it's a one up front with two AMs supporting) to fit in two of Alberto, Taylor and Caldwell. I'm just happy to have another Scot on the books. Results Steaua must be sick of the sight of us... We almost blew it this season, but a hail-mary, second leg 3-1 win overturned our defeat in Romania and sent us into the group stages. That's five years running we've been in the group stages of one of the European Competitions, with four Champions League appearances. We're really starting to be contenders in my book. We had a tough run to this stage too, with the aforementioned Steaua and Basel in our way. We've made it though. Unfortunately, trips to Lisbon, Verona and Manchester all ended badly, and we ended the group on zero points. Pretty disappointing, but when we get a group like that, we stand little chance. And that's another treble. No mistakes like last year, just brutal dismantlings of any side in front of us. Our second clean-sweep as we polished off the quadruple by going unbeaten in the league and cups. That is hands down our best season yet, and we showed our quality going forward by breaking the record on goals scored. There's not really anywhere for us to go domestically really, apart from scoring even more. I welcome another side making a step up to challenge us though. Youth Intake European Performance Lincoln (GIB) Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round - vs Rabotnicki (agg 5-0) Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round - vs Basel (agg 3-2) Champions League Playoff Round - vs Steaua Bucharest (agg 3-2) Europa League Group Stages - 4th (W0-D0-L6) Red Imps Europa League 1st Qualifying Round - vs Djurgaraden (agg 0-6) Hound Dogs Europa League 1st Qualifying Round - vs Zavuc (agg 0-5) Cannons Europa League 1st Qualifying Round - vs Hibernians (agg 1-2) We were so close Cannons managed the closest aggregate score ever by pushing Hibernians of Malta all the way. A 1-0 loss in Malta made the task difficult, but when they equalised just after half-time, Gibraltar was jumping. They were level, and had a chance. For about three minutes. T hen Hibernians got an away goal, and from then the fight was over. Massively disappointing, especially after the Imps and the Dogs were convincingly beaten. Player Stats End of Season Confidence Looking to the Future Three huge pieces of news from the board at season's close, and ones that could have massive impact for the club going forward. First, I persuaded them that despite having a policy of concentrating on youth, that we really did need to extend our Scouting Range. I've tried a few times before and failed, but this time they bit, and now we are completely unrestricted. My foreign quota is full at the moment, but believe me, this summer scouts will be sent out to try and find the talent from around the world that can send us forward. After this was accepted, I decided to push my luck and request both training and youth facility upgrades. They were accepted, and now we'll be moving quickly towards world-leading facilities at the club. That's massive news for us. Next season we need to get back to winning ways in the European competitions, and make sure that our facility upgrades don't cripple us financially. I'll try and scale back the money we're spending on transfers too...OK, I won't try very hard. Historic Stats |---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------|| Season | League Rep | Club Rep | Value | Balance | Ticket | Season | Tickets | League | League Cup | Rock Cup | C. League | E. League | |---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------|| 2013/14 | 208th | - | | £50,000 | £6 | £30 | - | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 1st Qual. | - || 2014/15 | 208th | - | | £400,000 | £6 | £30 | - | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 1st Qual. | - || 2015/16 | 218th | 773rd | £900,000 | £610,000 | £6 | £30 | 67 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2016/17 | 204th | 478th | £875,000 | £800,000 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Quarters | 1st Qual. | - || 2017/18 | 215th | 442nd | £1,200,000 | £1,616,269 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2018/19 | 204th | 390th | £1,500,000 | £1,439,979 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2019/20 | 177th | 318th | £1,800,000 | £1,785,076 | £6 | £30 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2020/21 | 178th | 303rd | £725,000 | £671,576 | £6 | £32 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2021/22 | 185th | 305th | £1,200,000 | £1,130,766 | £6 | £33 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | Group Stage | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2022/23 | 195th | 283rd | £1,000,000 | £816,454 | £6 | £33 | 71 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2023/24 | 209th | 287th | £1,500,000 | £1,260,895 | £6 | £33 | 71 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2024/25 | 251st | 287th | £1,800,000 | £1,612,489 | £5 | £30 | 72 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Quarters | 2nd Qual. | - || 2025/26 | 249th | 286th | £2,700,000 | £2,453,908 | £5 | £30 | 75 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Quarters | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2026/27 | 202nd | 274th | £2,800,000 | £2,538,846 | £6 | £33 | 77 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Semis | 2nd Qual. | - || 2027/28 | 173rd | 273rd | £2,900,000 | £2,693,189 | £6 | £33 | 79 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Semis | 2nd Qual. | - || 2028/29 | 127th | 284th | £2,200,000 | £2,032,905 | £7 | £36 | 80 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2029/30 | 129th | 281st | £1,100,000 | £948,588 | £7 | £40 | 84 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2030/31 | 176th | 282nd | £800,000 | £567,483 | £7 | £37 | 88 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 2nd Qual. | - || 2031/32 | 208th | 307th | £650,000 | £463,657 | £7 | £37 | 96 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2032/33 | 225th | 311th | £500,000 | £320,088 | £6 | £34 | 103 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2033/34 | 206th | 333rd | £750,000 | £502,304 | £6 | £34 | 103 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2034/35 | 185th | 339th | £3,900,000 | £3,715,594 | £7 | £37 | 110 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2035/36 | 135th | 234th | £3,200,000 | £2,977,575 | £7 | £40 | 114 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2036/37 | 116th | 236th | £1,900,000 | £1,698,560 | £7 | £40 | 118 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 2nd Qual. | - || 2037/38 | 161st | 241st | £4,100,000 | £3,941,362 | £7 | £39 | 122 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2038/39 | 192nd | 213th | £5,250,000 | £4,997,978 | £7 | £39 | 125 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | 2nd Round | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2039/40 | 203rd | 195th | £6,500,000 | £5,756,063 | £7 | £40 | 131 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2040/41 | 202nd | 235th | £5,500,000 | £4,912,031 | £8 | £42 | 135 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2041/42 | 177th | 220th | £3,700,000 | £2,956,190 | £8 | £42 | 142 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2042/43 | 175th | 225th | £10,250,000 | £9,492,009 | £8 | £42 | 126 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Semis | 4th in Group | - || 2043/44 | 116th | 178th | £12,250,000 | £11,173,660 | £9 | £47 | 149 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2044/45 | 135th | 183rd | £9,500,000 | £8,103,140 | £8 | £46 | 156 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2045/46 | 171st | 183rd | £5,000,000 | £3,853,103 | £8 | £47 | 156 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2046/47 | 176th | 188th | £4,300,000 | £3,853,103 | £9 | £49 | 166 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2047/48 | 214th | 183rd | £12,250,000 | £10,533,973 | £8 | £46 | 169 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2048/49 | 220th | 183rd | £12,250,000 | £8,431,124 | £8 | £47 | 170 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2049/50 | 192nd | 191st | £14,250,000 | £11,651,607 | £9 | £51 | 176 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2050/51 | 156th | 157th | £20,000,000 | £17,319,187 | £10 | £54 | 179 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - ||---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| Season | Stadium | Capacity | Corporate | Training | Youth | Junior Coaching | Youth Recruitment ||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| 2013/14 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Average | Fairly Basic || 2014/15 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Average | Fairly Basic || 2015/16 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Average | Fairly Basic || 2016/17 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Good | Fairly Basic || 2017/18 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Good | Fairly Basic || 2018/19 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Adequate | Good | Fairly Basic || 2019/20 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Adequate | Good | Fairly Basic || 2020/21 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Basic | Adequate | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2021/22 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Basic | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2022/23 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2023/24 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2024/25 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2025/26 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2026/27 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2027/28 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2028/29 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2029/30 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2030/31 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2031/32 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2032/33 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2033/34 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2034/35 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2035/36 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2036/37 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2037/38 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2038/39 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2039/40 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2040/41 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2041/42 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2042/43 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2043/44 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Average | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2044/45 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Average | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2045/46 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Average | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2046/47 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Good | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2047/48 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Good | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2048/49 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Good | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2049/50 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Great | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2050/51 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Great | Great | Exceptional | Average ||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------|| Season | CL | Rounds | EL | Rounds | Coefficient ||---------------------------------------------------|| 2014/15 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2015/16 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2016/17 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2017/18 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2018/19 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2019/20 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 50th || 2020/21 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2021/22 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 51st || 2022/23 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2023/24 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2024/25 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2025/26 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2026/27 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 51st || 2027/28 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2028/29 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 46th || 2029/30 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2030/31 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 49th || 2031/32 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 49th || 2032/33 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2034/35 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2035/36 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 50th || 2036/37 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st || 2037/38 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 44th || 2038/39 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2039/40 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2040/41 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2041/42 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2042/43 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2043/44 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 45th || 2044/45 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st || 2045/46 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2046/47 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2047/48 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2048/49 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2049/50 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st || 2050/51 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st || 2051/52 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 36th ||---------------------------------------------------| Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taleron Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Any luck getting foreign players into your club naturalized and then into the Gibraltar national side? I'd imagine most of them would consider themselves too good to play for Gibraltar even if you managed to get them citizenship, but you never know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameuss Posted April 15, 2014 Author Share Posted April 15, 2014 Any luck getting foreign players into your club naturalized and then into the Gibraltar national side? I'd imagine most of them would consider themselves too good to play for Gibraltar even if you managed to get them citizenship, but you never know. It's happened quite often actually, as I think the players I have signed are probably nowhere near selection for their birth nations. I sign a lot of British players, so the English and Scottish ones in particular would struggle to get a game elsewhere. In the last Gibraltar squad named, I've contributed 12 of the 23 players (the current starting XI has eight of my players). 3 of those are youth products of mine. There's one Northern Irishman, one from Eire, four from England, two from Scotland, and good old Metin Buyuk of Turkey. So it has happened quite a lot. In fact, I'll give a Gibraltar national team update soon, let you know how they've been getting on in the almost forty years since the save started. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameuss Posted April 16, 2014 Author Share Posted April 16, 2014 Can't Stop the Rock: The Birth of a Football Nation a forameuss career Gibraltar Update As I said in my last update, I'll provide a bit of a review of how the nation has done as a whole since I started the save. As I said, we dominate the squad, but perhaps not quite as much as I had expected. I suppose we are starting to branch out and bring players in from outside of the country, but our naturalised Gibraltar-folk do fill quite a few spots. You can see them - they're the ones with second nationalities. Thanks to the edited file being a bit slap-dash, and Gibraltar's unique situation at the start of the save, they're still playing competitive games in Portugal, and friendlies at the Victoria Stadium. I imagine that in real life, all games would've been moved to the newly built Europa Point Stadium (due in 2016), but that hasn't been reflected. The star players are all ours, but not sure if this is just the best players in the current squad, or if it includes legends. I know what you're all asking though...how have they done in terms of results? Well, it's funny you should ask that... |------------------------------------------------|| Year | | Competition | Opponent ||------------------------------------------------|| 2013 | 1-0 | W | Friendly | Latvia || 2013 | 1-5 | L | Friendly | Kuwait || 2013 | 0-7 | L | Friendly | Morocco || 2013 | 2-4 | L | Friendly | Belarus || 2013 | 0-4 | L | Friendly | Albania || 2013 | 5-0 | W | Friendly | Bonaire || 2014 | 1-5 | L | Friendly | Singapore || 2014 | 1-3 | L | Friendly | Hong Kong || 2014 | 0-3 | L | Qualifier | Kazakhstan || 2014 | 0-4 | L | Qualifier | Turkey || 2014 | 0-2 | L | Qualifier | Iceland || 2014 | 1-2 | L | Friendly | Faroe Islands || 2014 | 0-4 | L | Friendly | Armenia || 2015 | 0-1 | L | Qualifier | Austria || 2015 | 1-0 | W | Friendly | Andorra || 2015 | 0-5 | L | Qualifier | Kazakhstan || 2015 | 1-7 | L | Qualifier | Croatia || 2015 | 0-7 | L | Qualifier | Turkey || 2015 | 0-3 | L | Qualifier | Iceland || 2015 | 0-11 | L | Qualifier | Croatia || 2015 | 0-7 | L | Qualifier | Austria || 2015 | 0-1 | L | Friendly | New Zealand || 2015 | 0-2 | L | Friendly | Chinese Taipei || 2016 | 2-2 | D | Friendly | San Marino || 2016 | 1-2 | L | Friendly | UAE || 2016 | 1-1 | D | Friendly | Luxembourg || 2017 | 1-4 | L | Friendly | Georgia || 2017 | 0-2 | L | Friendly | Moldova || 2017 | 1-3 | L | Friendly | Hungary || 2017 | 0-1 | L | Friendly | Kuwait || 2017 | 0-4 | L | Friendly | Canada || 2017 | 0-2 | L | Friendly | Wales || 2017 | 0-2 | L | Friendly | FYR Macedona || 2018 | 1-2 | L | Friendly | Qatar || 2018 | 0-4 | L | Friendly | Estonia || 2018 | 0-1 | L | Qualifier | Azerbaijan || 2018 | 0-5 | L | Qualifier | Portugal || 2018 | 0-4 | L | Qualifier | Belarus || 2018 | 0-3 | L | Friendly | Latvia || 2019 | 0-2 | L | Qualifier | Iceland || 2019 | 1-3 | L | Friendly | Hong Kong || 2019 | 0-4 | L | Qualifier | Cyprus || 2019 | 0-2 | L | Qualifier | Azerbaijan || 2019 | 0-5 | L | Qualifier | Portugal || 2019 | 1-3 | L | Qualifier | Cyprus || 2019 | 0-5 | L | Qualifier | Belarus || 2019 | 0-5 | L | Qualifier | Iceland || 2019 | 0-1 | L | Friendly | Montenegro || 2019 | 0-4 | L | Friendly | Albania || 2020 | 2-6 | L | Friendly | Singapore || 2020 | 2-2 | D | Friendly | Chinese Taipei || 2020 | 1-4 | L | Friendly | Bonaire || 2020 | 0-2 | L | Friendly | UAE || 2020 | 1-1 | D | Friendly | San Marino || 2021 | 1-1 | D | Friendly | Malta || 2021 | 0-2 | L | Friendly | Canada || 2021 | 0-3 | L | Friendly | Saudi Arabia || 2021 | 0-1 | L | Friendly | Kuwait || 2021 | 0-3 | L | Friendly | New Zealand || 2021 | 0-3 | L | Friendly | Kazakhstan || 2021 | 0-0 | D | Friendly | Faroe Islands || 2022 | 0-3 | L | Friendly | Armenia || 2022 | 1-3 | L | Friendly | Andorra || 2022 | 0-6 | L | Qualifier | Croatia || 2022 | 0-4 | L | Qualifier | Cyprus || 2022 | 0-8 | L | Qualifier | Scotland || 2022 | 1-5 | L | Friendly | Lithuania || 2022 | 0-3 | L | Friendly | Hungary || 2023 | 0-6 | L | Qualifier | Turkey || 2023 | 1-2 | L | Friendly | Azerbaijan || 2023 | 1-1 | D | Qualifier | Faroe Islands || 2023 | 0-5 | L | Qualifier | Croatia || 2023 | 1-4 | L | Qualifier | Cyprus || 2023 | 2-3 | L | Qualifier | Faroe Islands || 2023 | 1-4 | L | Qualifier | Scotland || 2023 | 0-9 | L | Qualifier | Turkey || 2023 | 1-4 | L | Friendly | Moldova || 2023 | 0-7 | L | Friendly | Georgia || 2024 | 1-5 | L | Friendly | Estonia || 2024 | 1-4 | L | Friendly | UAE || 2024 | 1-4 | L | Friendly | Chinese Taipei || 2025 | 0-0 | D | Friendly | Bonaire || 2025 | 0-5 | L | Friendly | Belarus || 2025 | 0-2 | L | Friendly | Latvia || 2025 | 0-1 | L | Friendly | Kuwait || 2025 | 0-4 | L | Friendly | Singapore || 2025 | 0-6 | L | Friendly | Hong Kong || 2025 | 0-3 | L | Friendly | Malta || 2026 | 1-4 | L | Friendly | Montenegro || 2026 | 0-2 | L | Friendly | Armenia || 2026 | 0-7 | L | Qualifier | Estonia || 2026 | 0-9 | L | Qualifier | FYR Macedona || 2026 | 1-11 | L | Qualifier | Wales || 2026 | 0-5 | L | Friendly | Hungary || 2026 | 1-3 | L | Friendly | San Marino || 2027 | 0-7 | L | Qualifier | Norway || 2027 | 0-3 | L | Friendly | Albania || 2027 | 0-7 | L | Qualifier | Turkey || 2027 | 1-4 | L | Qualifier | Estonia || 2027 | 0-3 | L | Qualifier | FYR Macedona || 2027 | 0-7 | L | Qualifier | Turkey || 2027 | 0-4 | L | Qualifier | Wales || 2027 | 0-6 | L | Qualifier | Norway || 2027 | 0-3 | L | Friendly | Faroe Islands || 2027 | 0-3 | L | Friendly | Azerbaijan || 2028 | 0-5 | L | Friendly | Qatar || 2028 | 1-2 | L | Friendly | Chinese Taipei || 2028 | 0-3 | L | Friendly | Georgia || 2028 | 0-2 | L | Friendly | Canada || 2028 | 1-3 | L | Friendly | Luxembourg || 2029 | 1-3 | L | Friendly | Kuwait || 2029 | 0-1 | L | Friendly | Lithuania || 2029 | 1-4 | L | Friendly | Hong Kong || 2029 | 2-1 | W | Friendly | Singapore || 2029 | 3-2 | W | Friendly | Bonaire || 2029 | 1-1 | D | Friendly | New Zealand || 2029 | 1-3 | L | Friendly | UAE || 2029 | 0-7 | L | Friendly | Latvia || 2029 | 0-1 | L | Friendly | Liechtenstein || 2030 | 0-2 | L | Friendly | Belarus || 2030 | 0-2 | L | Friendly | San Marino || 2030 | 1-3 | L | Qualifier | Cyprus || 2030 | 1-5 | L | Qualifier | Georgia || 2030 | 0-5 | L | Qualifier | Turkey || 2030 | 0-3 | L | Friendly | Malta || 2030 | 1-5 | L | Friendly | Hungary || 2031 | 0-2 | L | Qualifier | Holland || 2031 | 2-4 | L | Friendly | Montenegro || 2031 | 1-5 | L | Qualifier | Iceland || 2031 | 0-0 | D | Qualifier | Cyprus || 2031 | 0-3 | L | Qualifier | Georgia || 2031 | 0-5 | L | Qualifier | Turkey || 2031 | 1-3 | L | Qualifier | Iceland || 2031 | 0-4 | L | Qualifier | Holland || 2032 | 0-1 | L | Friendly | Estonia || 2032 | 0-1 | L | Friendly | Armenia || 2032 | 1-2 | L | Friendly | Chinese Taipei || 2032 | 0-3 | L | Friendly | Wales || 2033 | 1-2 | L | Friendly | UAE || 2033 | 0-1 | L | Friendly | Lithuania || 2033 | 0-1 | L | Friendly | Hong Kong || 2033 | 1-3 | L | Friendly | Singapore || 2033 | 0-0 | D | Friendly | Luxembourg || 2033 | 0-1 | L | Friendly | Kazakhstan || 2034 | 1-6 | L | Friendly | Albania || 2034 | 0-2 | L | Friendly | Latvia || 2034 | 0-1 | L | Qualifier | Azerbaijan || 2034 | 0-4 | L | Qualifier | Belgium || 2034 | 0-9 | L | Qualifier | Scotland || 2034 | 0-2 | L | Friendly | FYR Macedona || 2034 | 1-5 | L | Friendly | Hungary || 2035 | 0-3 | L | Qualifier | Wales || 2035 | 0-5 | L | Friendly | Qatar || 2035 | 0-5 | L | Qualifier | Switzerland || 2035 | 0-2 | L | Qualifier | Azerbaijan || 2035 | 0-5 | L | Qualifier | Belgium || 2035 | 0-2 | L | Qualifier | Scotland || 2035 | 0-4 | L | Qualifier | Switzerland || 2035 | 0-6 | L | Qualifier | Wales || 2035 | 1-0 | W | Friendly | Malta || 2035 | 0-2 | L | Friendly | Liechtenstein || 2036 | 1-3 | L | Friendly | Georgia || 2036 | 1-1 | D | Friendly | Bonaire || 2036 | 1-3 | L | Friendly | Kuwait || 2036 | 0-0 | D | Friendly | Chinese Taipei || 2037 | 0-3 | L | Friendly | Lithuania || 2037 | 1-3 | L | Friendly | Moldova || 2037 | 1-1 | D | Friendly | Hong Kong || 2037 | 1-3 | L | Friendly | Singapore || 2038 | 2-0 | W | Friendly | Luxembourg || 2038 | 0-3 | L | Friendly | Latvia || 2038 | 0-3 | L | Qualifier | England || 2038 | 2-6 | L | Qualifier | Hungary || 2038 | 0-1 | L | Qualifier | Lithuania || 2038 | 1-8 | L | Friendly | Albania || 2039 | 0-8 | L | Qualifier | Ukraine || 2039 | 0-4 | L | Friendly | Andorra || 2039 | 0-4 | L | Qualifier | Turkey || 2039 | 0-6 | L | Qualifier | England || 2039 | 0-3 | L | Qualifier | Hungary || 2039 | 0-2 | L | Qualifier | Turkey || 2039 | 1-2 | L | Qualifier | Lithuania || 2039 | 0-8 | L | Qualifier | Ukraine || 2039 | 1-3 | L | Friendly | Estonia || 2040 | 0-3 | L | Friendly | Azerbaijan || 2040 | 1-1 | D | Friendly | Bonaire || 2040 | 0-2 | L | Friendly | Chinese Taipei || 2040 | 1-3 | L | Friendly | Wales || 2041 | 0-1 | L | Friendly | Moldova || 2041 | 1-2 | L | Friendly | Singapore || 2041 | 0-1 | L | Friendly | Qatar || 2041 | 1-2 | L | Friendly | Kuwait || 2042 | 0-0 | D | Friendly | San Marino || 2042 | 2-1 | W | Friendly | Luxembourg || 2042 | 2-5 | L | Qualifier | Armenia || 2042 | 0-4 | L | Qualifier | Denmark || 2042 | 0-3 | L | Qualifier | Scotland || 2042 | 0-1 | L | Friendly | Hong Kong || 2042 | 1-4 | L | Friendly | Albania || 2043 | 1-4 | L | Qualifier | Germany || 2043 | 1-5 | L | Friendly | Latvia || 2043 | 0-2 | L | Qualifier | Estonia || 2043 | 0-2 | L | Qualifier | Armenia || 2043 | 0-4 | L | Qualifier | Denmark || 2043 | 0-6 | L | Qualifier | Estonia || 2043 | 0-5 | L | Qualifier | Scotland || 2043 | 1-7 | L | Qualifier | Germany || 2043 | 1-2 | L | Friendly | Lithuania || 2043 | 1-2 | L | Friendly | Liechtenstein || 2044 | 0-5 | L | Friendly | Kazakhstan || 2044 | 2-2 | D | Friendly | Canada || 2044 | 1-3 | L | Friendly | Montenegro || 2044 | 1-4 | L | Friendly | Chinese Taipei || 2044 | 0-5 | L | Friendly | Bonaire || 2044 | 1-3 | L | Friendly | Belarus || 2045 | 0-2 | L | Friendly | UAE || 2045 | 2-5 | L | Friendly | Qatar || 2045 | 0-5 | L | Friendly | Georgia || 2045 | 2-1 | W | Friendly | Singapore || 2045 | 0-0 | D | Friendly | New Zealand || 2045 | 0-0 | D | Friendly | Faroe Islands || 2046 | 0-5 | L | Friendly | San Marino || 2046 | 0-5 | L | Qualifier | Wales || 2046 | 1-0 | W | Qualifier | Cyprus || 2046 | 0-3 | L | Qualifier | Malta || 2046 | 0-3 | L | Friendly | Czech Republic || 2046 | 1-1 | D | Friendly | FYR Macedona || 2047 | 1-3 | L | Qualifier | Georgia || 2047 | 0-1 | L | Friendly | Hong Kong || 2047 | 0-6 | L | Qualifier | Serbia || 2047 | 0-2 | L | Qualifier | Czech Republic || 2047 | 1-1 | D | Qualifier | Malta || 2047 | 0-4 | L | Qualifier | Cyprus || 2047 | 0-5 | L | Qualifier | Serbia || 2047 | 0-4 | L | Qualifier | Georgia || 2047 | 0-1 | L | Friendly | Iceland || 2047 | 0-4 | L | Friendly | Latvia || 2048 | 0-5 | L | Friendly | Estonia || 2048 | 0-1 | L | Friendly | Kuwait || 2048 | 3-0 | W | Friendly | Bonaire || 2048 | 2-2 | D | Friendly | Chinese Taipei || 2048 | 1-2 | L | Friendly | Kazakhstan || 2048 | 0-1 | L | Friendly | Canada || 2048 | 0-1 | L | Friendly | Lithuania || 2049 | 0-4 | L | Friendly | Moldova || 2049 | 1-2 | L | Friendly | New Zealand || 2049 | 2-2 | D | Friendly | UAE || 2049 | 1-4 | L | Friendly | Qatar || 2049 | 0-2 | L | Friendly | Luxembourg || 2049 | 0-0 | D | Friendly | Hungary || 2050 | 1-1 | D | Friendly | Belarus || 2050 | 0-5 | L | Qualifier | Greece || 2050 | 1-3 | L | Qualifier | Switzerland || 2050 | 1-1 | D | Qualifier | Moldova || 2050 | 1-0 | W | Friendly | Liechtenstein || 2050 | 0-5 | L | Friendly | Wales ||------------------------------------------------| Took me a long old time, but here's the record of results the team have managed. And below is a league table style digest. As you can see, they've been pretty terrible. They have managed one win in a competitive game though, 1-0 against Cyprus. If I ever do get Lincoln to Champions League glory, I may finish the career by managing the country. Will see though. |-----------------------------------------------|| | Pld | Won | Lst | GF | GA | GD || Total | 256 | 12 | 218 | 124 | 831 | -707 || Qualifier| 93 | 1 | 88 | 25 | 404 | -379 || Friendly | 163 | 11 | 130 | 99 | 427 | -328 ||-----------------------------------------------|| 2013 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 20 | -11 || 2014 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 23 | -20 || 2015 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 44 | -42 || 2016 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 || 2017 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 18 | -16 || 2018 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 19 | -18 || 2019 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 34 | -32 || 2020 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 15 | -9 || 2021 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 13 | -12 || 2022 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 32 | -30 || 2023 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 45 | -38 || 2024 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | -10 || 2025 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 21 | -21 || 2026 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 41 | -38 || 2027 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 47 | -46 || 2028 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 15 | -13 || 2029 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 23 | -14 || 2030 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 25 | -22 || 2031 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 26 | -22 || 2032 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -6 || 2033 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | -6 || 2034 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 29 | -27 || 2035 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 34 | -33 || 2036 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 || 2037 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -7 || 2038 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 21 | -16 || 2039 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 40 | -38 || 2040 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -7 || 2041 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -4 || 2042 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 18 | -13 || 2043 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 39 | -34 || 2044 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 22 | -17 || 2045 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | -9 || 2046 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 17 | -15 || 2047 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 31 | -29 || 2048 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -6 || 2049 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -10 || 2050 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | -11 ||-----------------------------------------------| Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameuss Posted April 17, 2014 Author Share Posted April 17, 2014 Can't Stop the Rock: The Birth of a Football Nation a forameuss career Season 2051/52 New Formation So this is how we'll be lining up this year. After our options at full back became limited, and our center backs growing in stature, I've decided to go with this where possible. We do have some worries when being attacked down the wings, but the attacking trio and defensive five play pretty well when set out like this. Will give it a go for a couple of seasons. Transfers More youth in the door at Lincoln, but this time with more of an exotic twist. Yes. We've signed someone from Japan. I was told that the signing would bring us more money commercially, and in future Mizutani can really blossom into a fantastic player. Hopefully he ends up being a fantastic signing for us. Results This year was...odd. And that's putting it mildly. We started out against Carmarthen hoping to sneak through into the group stages once again, so we certainly didn't expect to kick things off with a 6-1 win. We were on fire in front of our home crowd, and we could start dreaming of the next round. We choked there, but not enough to put us out, a 2-1 defeat setting up a 7-3 aggregate win. Then we came up against FC Nord (I'm not even going to try and spell their full name. Again, we romped the first leg, winning 6-0 this time. These home fans have never had it so good. Annoyingly though, we slipped again in the second leg, losing 3-1. Again, it's a 7-3 aggregate win, but after such dominant first leg displays, we should be putting them to the sword away as well. Then came the draw for the play-off round. This is traditionally where we're told we're not seeded, and then drawn against a giant. But thanks to our performances in previous years, that's all changed. This year, for the first time ever, we were a seeded side going into the draw. The implications are huge for this - we will now face a side statistically worse than us at this stage, and as long as we can keep winning those ties, we should continue to get those draws. That's absolutely huge for us. But unfortunately, it was BATE that faced us. Not the draw I hoped for at this stage, but it could have definitely been worse had we not been seeded. Finally we managed a decent away performance, scoring two away goals in the first leg. However, we conceded late on to lose 3-2, and I was afraid that would come back to haunt us. And it almost did, but an extremely tense 1-0 win in the second leg in front of our own fans put us into the group stages yet again. Boom. Of course, this is usually where our story ends. We get drawn in the groups, then lose all six games before going home again to count our money. But not this year. I was hopeful of grabbing third over Rangers, and after a decent enough performance against Wolfsburg, we drew 1-1 at Ibrox to put us in a great position going into gameweek 3. Then it happened. We went to Spain and produced the greatest performance of my career to run out 2-0 winners against Espanyol. Suddenly we weren't looking at 4th. We weren't even looking at 3rd. With this topsy turvy group, we might even have sneaked second! Unfortunately, we couldn't repeat the heroics back in Gibraltar, and Espanyol got some measure of revenge. A 6-0 defeat at the hands of Wolfsburg made our objective absolutely clear as we welcomed Scottish Champions Rangers in the final game - winner takes it all. If we could beat them, we'd be in the Europa League after Christmas. We were locked at 1-1 for a long time in the game, but after having a man sent off, we really struggled. They scored their second from range in the 85th minute, and then added a third in stoppage time as we chased for an equaliser. We really didn't deserve to go out like that, but what can you do? Another cup treble in the bag. And another title. Youth Intake One player that even has a slight chance of making it, and I can't see that happening. I think it may be time to change my club philosophies from concentrating on youth - it's clearly not working. European Performance Lincoln (GIB) Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round - vs Carmarthen (agg 7-3) Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round - vs FC Nordsjaelland (agg 7-3) Champions League Playoff Round - vs BATE (agg 3-3 advanced on away goals) Europa League Group Stages - 4th (W1-D1-L4) Red Imps Europa League 1st Qualifying Round - vs Linfield (agg 0-5) Cannons Europa League 1st Qualifying Round - vs Jagodina (agg 0-5) Boca Juniors (GIB) Europa League 1st Qualifying Round - vs Ferencvaros (agg 0-5) Everyone else's year was as wretched as ours was hopeful. A trio of 5-0 defeats, and once again everyone fails to make it into the next round. Player Stats End of Season Confidence Looking to the Future A sneak peek to next season, and the players I'm letting go. My assistant didn't believe they had what it took to keep up with the rest of the squad, so out they went. It's disappointing, as there's some big names in there. Lee Wright had probably his best season, and Metin Buyuk has been a wonderful servant for the club. We've even had to release three youth academy graduates who didn't really come close to making the grade. It's a shame, but I don't want to get stuck in sentimentality. We need a streamlined squad full of quality. As you'll see in my facilities round-up later in the post, we have now reached a Superb rating for both youth and training facilities. I think we have one more rung in the ladder before they can't be improved anymore, but I think that's it for my youth academy. Gibraltar seemingly doesn't have a good enough rating to really produce quality, so I'll leave it alone for a while. I want my training facilities to be as good as they can be though, especially since I think my chances of a new stadium are miniscule at best. If we keep qualifying for the Champions League, we'll be able to improve facilities again soon. Our performance in Europe was fantastic, but ultimately not good enough. We need to aim for that third spot in the group, or even higher than that. I'm going to set myself targets - within 5 years, we should have appeared in the Europa League knockouts or better at least twice, and within ten years, we should be appearing in the Champions League knockouts regularly. Within fifteen years, we should be Champions. Fighting talk, of course, but I don't think it's wildly unrealistic. Historic Stats |---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------|| Season | League Rep | Club Rep | Value | Balance | Ticket | Season | Tickets | League | League Cup | Rock Cup | C. League | E. League | |---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------|| 2013/14 | 208th | - | | £50,000 | £6 | £30 | - | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 1st Qual. | - || 2014/15 | 208th | - | | £400,000 | £6 | £30 | - | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 1st Qual. | - || 2015/16 | 218th | 773rd | £900,000 | £610,000 | £6 | £30 | 67 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2016/17 | 204th | 478th | £875,000 | £800,000 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Quarters | 1st Qual. | - || 2017/18 | 215th | 442nd | £1,200,000 | £1,616,269 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2018/19 | 204th | 390th | £1,500,000 | £1,439,979 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2019/20 | 177th | 318th | £1,800,000 | £1,785,076 | £6 | £30 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2020/21 | 178th | 303rd | £725,000 | £671,576 | £6 | £32 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2021/22 | 185th | 305th | £1,200,000 | £1,130,766 | £6 | £33 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | Group Stage | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2022/23 | 195th | 283rd | £1,000,000 | £816,454 | £6 | £33 | 71 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2023/24 | 209th | 287th | £1,500,000 | £1,260,895 | £6 | £33 | 71 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2024/25 | 251st | 287th | £1,800,000 | £1,612,489 | £5 | £30 | 72 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Quarters | 2nd Qual. | - || 2025/26 | 249th | 286th | £2,700,000 | £2,453,908 | £5 | £30 | 75 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Quarters | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2026/27 | 202nd | 274th | £2,800,000 | £2,538,846 | £6 | £33 | 77 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Semis | 2nd Qual. | - || 2027/28 | 173rd | 273rd | £2,900,000 | £2,693,189 | £6 | £33 | 79 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Semis | 2nd Qual. | - || 2028/29 | 127th | 284th | £2,200,000 | £2,032,905 | £7 | £36 | 80 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2029/30 | 129th | 281st | £1,100,000 | £948,588 | £7 | £40 | 84 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2030/31 | 176th | 282nd | £800,000 | £567,483 | £7 | £37 | 88 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 2nd Qual. | - || 2031/32 | 208th | 307th | £650,000 | £463,657 | £7 | £37 | 96 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2032/33 | 225th | 311th | £500,000 | £320,088 | £6 | £34 | 103 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2033/34 | 206th | 333rd | £750,000 | £502,304 | £6 | £34 | 103 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2034/35 | 185th | 339th | £3,900,000 | £3,715,594 | £7 | £37 | 110 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2035/36 | 135th | 234th | £3,200,000 | £2,977,575 | £7 | £40 | 114 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2036/37 | 116th | 236th | £1,900,000 | £1,698,560 | £7 | £40 | 118 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 2nd Qual. | - || 2037/38 | 161st | 241st | £4,100,000 | £3,941,362 | £7 | £39 | 122 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2038/39 | 192nd | 213th | £5,250,000 | £4,997,978 | £7 | £39 | 125 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | 2nd Round | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2039/40 | 203rd | 195th | £6,500,000 | £5,756,063 | £7 | £40 | 131 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2040/41 | 202nd | 235th | £5,500,000 | £4,912,031 | £8 | £42 | 135 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2041/42 | 177th | 220th | £3,700,000 | £2,956,190 | £8 | £42 | 142 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2042/43 | 175th | 225th | £10,250,000 | £9,492,009 | £8 | £42 | 126 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Semis | 4th in Group | - || 2043/44 | 116th | 178th | £12,250,000 | £11,173,660 | £9 | £47 | 149 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2044/45 | 135th | 183rd | £9,500,000 | £8,103,140 | £8 | £46 | 156 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2045/46 | 171st | 183rd | £5,000,000 | £3,853,103 | £8 | £47 | 156 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2046/47 | 176th | 188th | £4,300,000 | £3,853,103 | £9 | £49 | 166 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2047/48 | 214th | 183rd | £12,250,000 | £10,533,973 | £8 | £46 | 169 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2048/49 | 220th | 183rd | £12,250,000 | £8,431,124 | £8 | £47 | 170 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2049/50 | 192nd | 191st | £14,250,000 | £11,651,607 | £9 | £51 | 176 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2050/51 | 156th | 157th | £20,000,000 | £17,319,187 | £10 | £54 | 179 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2051/52 | 118th | 154th | £22,000,000 | £18,109,846 | £10 | £56 | 182 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - ||---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| Season | Stadium | Capacity | Corporate | Training | Youth | Junior Coaching | Youth Recruitment ||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| 2013/14 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Average | Fairly Basic || 2014/15 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Average | Fairly Basic || 2015/16 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Average | Fairly Basic || 2016/17 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Good | Fairly Basic || 2017/18 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Good | Fairly Basic || 2018/19 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Adequate | Good | Fairly Basic || 2019/20 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Adequate | Good | Fairly Basic || 2020/21 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Basic | Adequate | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2021/22 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Basic | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2022/23 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2023/24 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2024/25 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2025/26 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2026/27 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2027/28 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2028/29 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2029/30 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2030/31 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2031/32 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2032/33 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2033/34 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2034/35 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2035/36 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2036/37 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2037/38 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2038/39 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2039/40 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2040/41 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2041/42 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2042/43 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2043/44 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Average | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2044/45 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Average | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2045/46 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Average | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2046/47 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Good | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2047/48 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Good | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2048/49 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Good | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2049/50 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Great | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2050/51 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Great | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2051/52 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Superb | Superb | Exceptional | Average ||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------|| Season | CL | Rounds | EL | Rounds | Coefficient ||---------------------------------------------------|| 2014/15 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2015/16 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2016/17 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2017/18 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2018/19 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2019/20 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 50th || 2020/21 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2021/22 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 51st || 2022/23 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2023/24 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2024/25 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2025/26 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2026/27 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 51st || 2027/28 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2028/29 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 46th || 2029/30 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2030/31 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 49th || 2031/32 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 49th || 2032/33 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2034/35 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2035/36 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 50th || 2036/37 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st || 2037/38 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 44th || 2038/39 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2039/40 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2040/41 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2041/42 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2042/43 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2043/44 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 45th || 2044/45 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st || 2045/46 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2046/47 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2047/48 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2048/49 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2049/50 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st || 2050/51 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st || 2051/52 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 36th || 2052/53 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 33rd ||---------------------------------------------------| Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
b101 Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 I'm so glad you go through the seasons quickly - always nice to have something to read on here! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
waitsfornone Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Sorry to be a stickler, but that most recent European round-up is from the previous season... could we get that corrected to see how the other team fared? Thanks! Keep up the good work! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameuss Posted April 17, 2014 Author Share Posted April 17, 2014 Sorry to be a stickler, but that most recent European round-up is from the previous season... could we get that corrected to see how the other team fared? Thanks! Keep up the good work! You are absolutely correct - it's something I forgot to update from the previous one. Let me get that changed over... EDIT: All done, should be updated now - although it's not much to write about I'm so glad you go through the seasons quickly - always nice to have something to read on here! Cheers! Yeah, it's a very quick save to fire through the seasons. When I get a day off from work and a good run at it, I can easily get through two seasons in a day, possibly a third if I don't take too much time in pre-season. Really enjoying having a save where I can do that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
letissierandhenryaregreat Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Great job forameuss! I've really enjoyed following this because I love it when people take on a difficult challenge like this in a "minnow" nation. I reckon that if you improve your Youth Recruitment to the point at which you have a lot more academy graduates coming from abroad then Gibraltar's youth rating would become relatively irrelevant and you'd be able to produce players of a much higher quality. Whenever I play saves in "minnow" nations I make a point of loading "current international players" from every continent as well as all "players of nationality" from the Caribbean because I've found that you can get many cheap players from countries in Africa and North America for example that are willing to join. I also tend to load Brazil down to the 3rd division and sometimes all Brazilian players because you can get some players of real quality that are willing to play in any country. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameuss Posted April 17, 2014 Author Share Posted April 17, 2014 Great job forameuss! I've really enjoyed following this because I love it when people take on a difficult challenge like this in a "minnow" nation. I reckon that if you improve your Youth Recruitment to the point at which you have a lot more academy graduates coming from abroad then Gibraltar's youth rating would become relatively irrelevant and you'd be able to produce players of a much higher quality. Whenever I play saves in "minnow" nations I make a point of loading "current international players" from every continent as well as all "players of nationality" from the Caribbean because I've found that you can get many cheap players from countries in Africa and North America for example that are willing to join. I also tend to load Brazil down to the 3rd division and sometimes all Brazilian players because you can get some players of real quality that are willing to play in any country. I think my youth related numbers are about as high as they can get, but they're still producing players that would only really excel domestically. They'd be woefully short on the European stage at the moment. I'm willing to stick at it though, maybe one day someone will come through who can really become a legend. I fondly remember the early days of this save when I was getting youth players who were already better than what I had already...*sigh* The foreigners have been a great market for me, but unfortunately I'm only allowed three in the squad for the league. It's better for Europe, but I then struggle to fill the home-grown quota. However, Gibraltan citizenship is really quick to get, so every few years, I can add a few more foreigners in, get them naturalised, and then start the process again. My best market has been the UK actually - they don't count as foreigners, and there are plenty of fantastic British players out there who can improve me. Unfortunately, they usually want ridiculous wages. It's a balance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameuss Posted April 18, 2014 Author Share Posted April 18, 2014 Can't Stop the Rock: The Birth of a Football Nation a forameuss career Season 2052/53 Transfers After spending part of the summer realising we were a bit light in the middle of the field, given we now pretty much play four players there (2 DMs, 2 AMs). So I added some depth to the squad, along with a ML to provide some cover. As you can see though, we let a loooot of players go. I need to start being a bit less trigger happy when it comes to releasing players, as we're struggling to put together a decent Champions League squad when we need to leave spaces due to missing home-grown players. I'll try and start a bit of an amnesty on these players, and keep them around even just for squad depth. Results It may not look it, but this was the closest we have come to that third position... The year started off so well, as we strolled pretty much untroubled through qualifying and into the group stages. Apart from a 2-2 draw in Bratislava, which actually wasn't that bad a result, we beat all in front of us. then when it came to the group stage draw, all eyes went to the pot 3 team we would be drawn with, as that team would probably end up being our direct competitors. This year, it was Shakhtar. Newcastle and Atletico were easily too good for us, although I don't think we were disgraced in any game. That 1-1 draw with Shakhtar first time around meant that we went into the final week of games in a winner-takes-all position. If we drew, it would come down to goal-difference, but that was pretty close too. But of course, being one match away from European football after Christmas was clearly too much for my team to handle, and after bieng under the cosh for most of the game, we finally conceded in the last few minutes from a long-range thunderbolt. We couldn't find a way back into the game, and that was that. Shakhtar drop into the Europa League, and we get nothing. That's the second year on the trot we've been in this position going into the final game, and twice we've failed. Maybe it's just not meant to be. Oh Red Imps, you cheeky buggers... It's never good to lose so early in the season, but when you've got a team like we do, you've got a very good chance of making those points up. The Imps ended up fifteen points behind us at close of play, and if you take out the defeat we inflicted on them, it was six games they threw away while we won them all. They have to stop those mistakes if they want to push us close. As it stands, we can lose both games to any side, and we'll still have too much for them in the remaining twelve. An average of 4.5 goals a game, and conceding 0.5. Rounding up or down, on average we win each game 5-1 or 4-0. Unbelievable when you put it like that. Youth Intake Another year, and another keeper who will probably never make an appearance for our first team. A bit of an improvement on last year though, so I suppose that's something. European Performance Lincoln (GIB) Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round - vs Carmarthen (agg 7-3) Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round - vs FC Nordsjaelland (agg 7-3) Champions League Playoff Round - vs BATE (agg 3-3 advanced on away goals) Europa League Group Stages - 4th (W1-D1-L4) Red Imps Europa League 1st Qualifying Round - vs Gorica (agg 0-8) Lions Pilots Europa League 1st Qualifying Round - vs Silkleborg IF (agg 0-5) Cannons Europa League 2nd Qualifying Round - vs Grasshoppers (agg 0-9) I hoped it would happen soon, and it has - we now have one team in the 2nd qualifying round of the Europa League. Of course, the glacial pace of our coefficient improving is still faster than any side qualifying out of, you know, actually playing football, but beggars can't be choosers. Cannons were absolutely pummelled by Grasshoppers, and let's face it, any side that gets this berth is probably going to get pummelled as well. But hopefully the slight increase in money for playing in that stage can make a difference at a club level. Player Stats Looking to the Future Quite the facilities update we have here. At the start of the season, I requested that the training facilities be improved, and then relented and also asked for the youth facilities to get the same treatment towards the end of the season. Come October of next season, we should have even better facilities in this regard, and this should make a big difference to us. I also asked for another parent club, and was surprised that the board agreed... Can't say I'm too thrilled at the choices, but Bursaspor will do for now. I was hoping for someone like Arsenal or Man Utd really. However, my scouts are always recommending young Turkish players, so it could be a good thing in the end. Also joining us again was a familiar face... Yes, my only ball-playing defender Metin Buyuk left the club a few seasons ago, and has been unable to find a club. He retired, and became a coach, and now he's back with is. He has some pretty good stats too, I must say. Glad we brought him in. As for the future, well this part writes itself really. We need to press on and grab that 3rd spot. While the strides we've made as a club have been seismic, I don't want to rest here. We need to push on, and I think we can do it. The league has now dipped into the top 100 in the World, and we're now the 84th best club in the World. Considering we were around the 800th best when I started, I think that's pretty steady progress. Historic Stats |---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------|| Season | League Rep | Club Rep | Value | Balance | Ticket | Season | Tickets | League | League Cup | Rock Cup | C. League | E. League | |---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------|| 2013/14 | 208th | - | | £50,000 | £6 | £30 | - | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 1st Qual. | - || 2014/15 | 208th | - | | £400,000 | £6 | £30 | - | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 1st Qual. | - || 2015/16 | 218th | 773rd | £900,000 | £610,000 | £6 | £30 | 67 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2016/17 | 204th | 478th | £875,000 | £800,000 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Quarters | 1st Qual. | - || 2017/18 | 215th | 442nd | £1,200,000 | £1,616,269 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2018/19 | 204th | 390th | £1,500,000 | £1,439,979 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2019/20 | 177th | 318th | £1,800,000 | £1,785,076 | £6 | £30 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2020/21 | 178th | 303rd | £725,000 | £671,576 | £6 | £32 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2021/22 | 185th | 305th | £1,200,000 | £1,130,766 | £6 | £33 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | Group Stage | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2022/23 | 195th | 283rd | £1,000,000 | £816,454 | £6 | £33 | 71 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2023/24 | 209th | 287th | £1,500,000 | £1,260,895 | £6 | £33 | 71 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2024/25 | 251st | 287th | £1,800,000 | £1,612,489 | £5 | £30 | 72 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Quarters | 2nd Qual. | - || 2025/26 | 249th | 286th | £2,700,000 | £2,453,908 | £5 | £30 | 75 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Quarters | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2026/27 | 202nd | 274th | £2,800,000 | £2,538,846 | £6 | £33 | 77 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Semis | 2nd Qual. | - || 2027/28 | 173rd | 273rd | £2,900,000 | £2,693,189 | £6 | £33 | 79 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Semis | 2nd Qual. | - || 2028/29 | 127th | 284th | £2,200,000 | £2,032,905 | £7 | £36 | 80 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2029/30 | 129th | 281st | £1,100,000 | £948,588 | £7 | £40 | 84 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2030/31 | 176th | 282nd | £800,000 | £567,483 | £7 | £37 | 88 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 2nd Qual. | - || 2031/32 | 208th | 307th | £650,000 | £463,657 | £7 | £37 | 96 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2032/33 | 225th | 311th | £500,000 | £320,088 | £6 | £34 | 103 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2033/34 | 206th | 333rd | £750,000 | £502,304 | £6 | £34 | 103 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2034/35 | 185th | 339th | £3,900,000 | £3,715,594 | £7 | £37 | 110 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2035/36 | 135th | 234th | £3,200,000 | £2,977,575 | £7 | £40 | 114 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2036/37 | 116th | 236th | £1,900,000 | £1,698,560 | £7 | £40 | 118 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 2nd Qual. | - || 2037/38 | 161st | 241st | £4,100,000 | £3,941,362 | £7 | £39 | 122 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2038/39 | 192nd | 213th | £5,250,000 | £4,997,978 | £7 | £39 | 125 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | 2nd Round | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2039/40 | 203rd | 195th | £6,500,000 | £5,756,063 | £7 | £40 | 131 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2040/41 | 202nd | 235th | £5,500,000 | £4,912,031 | £8 | £42 | 135 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2041/42 | 177th | 220th | £3,700,000 | £2,956,190 | £8 | £42 | 142 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2042/43 | 175th | 225th | £10,250,000 | £9,492,009 | £8 | £42 | 126 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Semis | 4th in Group | - || 2043/44 | 116th | 178th | £12,250,000 | £11,173,660 | £9 | £47 | 149 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2044/45 | 135th | 183rd | £9,500,000 | £8,103,140 | £8 | £46 | 156 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2045/46 | 171st | 183rd | £5,000,000 | £3,853,103 | £8 | £47 | 156 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2046/47 | 176th | 188th | £4,300,000 | £3,853,103 | £9 | £49 | 166 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2047/48 | 214th | 183rd | £12,250,000 | £10,533,973 | £8 | £46 | 169 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2048/49 | 220th | 183rd | £12,250,000 | £8,431,124 | £8 | £47 | 170 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2049/50 | 192nd | 191st | £14,250,000 | £11,651,607 | £9 | £51 | 176 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2050/51 | 156th | 157th | £20,000,000 | £17,319,187 | £10 | £54 | 179 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2051/52 | 118th | 154th | £22,000,000 | £18,109,846 | £10 | £56 | 182 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2052/53 | 107th | 87th | £21,500,000 | £17,168,167 | £11 | £59 | 185 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2053/54 | 97th | 84th | £21,500,000 | £17,168,167 | £11 | £59 | 185 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - ||---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| Season | Stadium | Capacity | Corporate | Training | Youth | Junior Coaching | Youth Recruitment ||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| 2013/14 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Average | Fairly Basic || 2014/15 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Average | Fairly Basic || 2015/16 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Average | Fairly Basic || 2016/17 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Good | Fairly Basic || 2017/18 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Good | Fairly Basic || 2018/19 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Adequate | Good | Fairly Basic || 2019/20 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Adequate | Good | Fairly Basic || 2020/21 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Basic | Adequate | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2021/22 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Basic | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2022/23 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2023/24 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2024/25 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2025/26 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2026/27 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2027/28 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2028/29 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2029/30 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2030/31 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2031/32 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2032/33 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2033/34 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2034/35 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2035/36 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2036/37 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2037/38 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2038/39 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2039/40 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2040/41 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2041/42 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2042/43 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2043/44 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Average | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2044/45 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Average | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2045/46 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Average | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2046/47 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Good | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2047/48 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Good | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2048/49 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Good | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2049/50 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Great | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2050/51 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Great | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2051/52 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Superb | Superb | Exceptional | Average || 2052/53 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Superb | Superb | Exceptional | Average ||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------|| Season | CL | Rounds | EL | Rounds | Coefficient ||---------------------------------------------------|| 2014/15 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2015/16 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2016/17 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2017/18 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2018/19 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2019/20 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 50th || 2020/21 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2021/22 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 51st || 2022/23 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2023/24 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2024/25 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2025/26 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2026/27 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 51st || 2027/28 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2028/29 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 46th || 2029/30 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2030/31 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 49th || 2031/32 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 49th || 2032/33 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2034/35 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2035/36 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 50th || 2036/37 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st || 2037/38 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 44th || 2038/39 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2039/40 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2040/41 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2041/42 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2042/43 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2043/44 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 45th || 2044/45 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st || 2045/46 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2046/47 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2047/48 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2048/49 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2049/50 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st || 2050/51 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st || 2051/52 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 36th || 2052/53 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 33rd || 2053/54 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 33rd ||---------------------------------------------------| Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzrab Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Well done on the progress so far. I am really enjoying this thread so far. It's such a breath of fresh air (cliched i know) from most other stories on here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamoudiLFC Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Well done! I wanted to ask though, in the Gibraltarian league is there prize money? And if not, where do you get prize money from? (besides Europe) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameuss Posted April 19, 2014 Author Share Posted April 19, 2014 Well done on the progress so far. I am really enjoying this thread so far. It's such a breath of fresh air (cliched i know) from most other stories on here. Cheers Rab - glad to hear it. Good to know it's something different too. Well done! I wanted to ask though, in the Gibraltarian league is there prize money? And if not, where do you get prize money from? (besides Europe) There's very little money offered domestically. I think it's about 50k for winning the cup, maybe similar for winning the league. We pretty much survive on European money - if we somehow didn't qualify for a couple of seasons, we'd be in a lot of trouble. You get about £12 million over the course of a season no matter what if you make the Champions League group stages, plus around 400k per draw, and 800k per win. Huge money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameuss Posted April 19, 2014 Author Share Posted April 19, 2014 Can't Stop the Rock: The Birth of a Football Nation a forameuss career Season 2053/54 Transfers Three players with clear quality come in, along with one that could be considered a bit of a risk. Although Cristaldo has clear potential, I'm not sure players get enough games to truly reach that potential with us. Time will tell whether Cristaldo can do a job for us. Results We're starting to look very good in the qualifiers, having little trouble in the earlier rounds. I worried when we drew Basel, but that's probably more down to their reputation in real life. We absolutely stuffed them, winning both legs 4-2. A trip to Belgium proved more difficult, and we needed a fantastic home performance in the second leg to overturn the 1-0 defeat from the first. A 3-0 win did just that, Daniel Coyne scoring twice to send us into the group stages once again. So this time around, the draw had a familiar look. We meet Celtic and Man City again, and our pot 3 targets were Porto. Our first two matches went to plan for our opponents, but again we didn't look too bad. Especially against Celtic - they went 2-0 up early on, but then we had three goals disallowed before we scored our consolation. Could have been so different. Then came Porto. A late first half penalty from Alberto gave us control, and then late on a Daniel Coyne goal sent the travelling fans into raptures. This meant that if the remaining results went to form, and we managed to avoid defeat against Porto in the return, we would finish 3rd. Unfortunately, we absolutely collapsed. We were 4-0 down at half time, and although we went out and tried to reduce that lead, it wasn't good enough. With head-to-head being a deciding factor, we would have needed to get something from either City or Celtic in the remaining games. City were a bit complacent against us, but still picked up the win. But then, amazingly, we managed to scrape a 0-0 draw. European football would be ours after Chr...oh, wait, Porto had already beaten Celtic the week before. Balls. So yeah, another season of sitting at the bottom of the table, wondering what might have been. Another domestic squash job, as only Red Imps manage to even temporarily stop us with a 2-2 draw. Free-scoring, free-wheeling...there just isn't anyone who can stop us. Kind of disappointing really. Only four goals conceded too - our already mean defence just gets meaner, and that's with three at the back. Youth Intake End of Season Confidence European Performance Lincoln (GIB) Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round - vs Shkendija (agg 4-2) Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round - vs Basel (agg 8-4) Champions League Playoff Round - vs Club Brugge (agg 3-1) Europa League Group Stages - 4th (W1-D1-L4) Red Imps Europa League 2nd Qualifying Round - vs SV Ried (agg 0-12) Vaduz Europa League 1st Qualifying Round - vs Vaduz (agg 0-7) Cannons Europa League 1st Qualifying Round - vs Domzale (agg 0-6) I hoped it would happen soon, and it has - we now have one team in the 2nd qualifying round of the Europa League. Of course, the glacial pace of our coefficient improving is still faster than any side qualifying out of, you know, actually playing football, but beggars can't be choosers. Cannons were absolutely pummelled by Grasshoppers, and let's face it, any side that gets this berth is probably going to get pummelled as well. But hopefully the slight increase in money for playing in that stage can make a difference at a club level. Looking to the Future So here we are, just finished the 40th season of this career, and I have to say, we've progressed massively. But, I'm worried that we've hit a ceiling now, and that we'll struggle to really push on. But what to do then? Well, one thing I've noticed is that a lot of sides are desperate to take my best players on loan. Given that I don't really need them once we've left Europe, I'm contemplating clawing back some money by loaning out the stars, letting them develop at a bigger club, and then bringing them back in the summer ready for more European adventures. I'll try next season to keep with the status-quo, but the next season after I'll maybe phase in some of this thinking. On the money front, we're certainly not standing still. Sponsorship has crawled upwards over the decades, but this year it exploded, with around a 50% increase. That has led to our budgets increasing by a fair bit. A good load of space in the wage budget, and a good transfer budget. I remember when we had no budget... Historic Stats |---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------|| Season | League Rep | Club Rep | Value | Balance | Ticket | Season | Tickets | League | League Cup | Rock Cup | C. League | E. League | |---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------|| 2013/14 | 208th | - | | £50,000 | £6 | £30 | - | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 1st Qual. | - || 2014/15 | 208th | - | | £400,000 | £6 | £30 | - | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 1st Qual. | - || 2015/16 | 218th | 773rd | £900,000 | £610,000 | £6 | £30 | 67 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2016/17 | 204th | 478th | £875,000 | £800,000 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Quarters | 1st Qual. | - || 2017/18 | 215th | 442nd | £1,200,000 | £1,616,269 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2018/19 | 204th | 390th | £1,500,000 | £1,439,979 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2019/20 | 177th | 318th | £1,800,000 | £1,785,076 | £6 | £30 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2020/21 | 178th | 303rd | £725,000 | £671,576 | £6 | £32 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2021/22 | 185th | 305th | £1,200,000 | £1,130,766 | £6 | £33 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | Group Stage | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2022/23 | 195th | 283rd | £1,000,000 | £816,454 | £6 | £33 | 71 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2023/24 | 209th | 287th | £1,500,000 | £1,260,895 | £6 | £33 | 71 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2024/25 | 251st | 287th | £1,800,000 | £1,612,489 | £5 | £30 | 72 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Quarters | 2nd Qual. | - || 2025/26 | 249th | 286th | £2,700,000 | £2,453,908 | £5 | £30 | 75 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Quarters | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2026/27 | 202nd | 274th | £2,800,000 | £2,538,846 | £6 | £33 | 77 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Semis | 2nd Qual. | - || 2027/28 | 173rd | 273rd | £2,900,000 | £2,693,189 | £6 | £33 | 79 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Semis | 2nd Qual. | - || 2028/29 | 127th | 284th | £2,200,000 | £2,032,905 | £7 | £36 | 80 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2029/30 | 129th | 281st | £1,100,000 | £948,588 | £7 | £40 | 84 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2030/31 | 176th | 282nd | £800,000 | £567,483 | £7 | £37 | 88 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 2nd Qual. | - || 2031/32 | 208th | 307th | £650,000 | £463,657 | £7 | £37 | 96 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2032/33 | 225th | 311th | £500,000 | £320,088 | £6 | £34 | 103 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2033/34 | 206th | 333rd | £750,000 | £502,304 | £6 | £34 | 103 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2034/35 | 185th | 339th | £3,900,000 | £3,715,594 | £7 | £37 | 110 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2035/36 | 135th | 234th | £3,200,000 | £2,977,575 | £7 | £40 | 114 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2036/37 | 116th | 236th | £1,900,000 | £1,698,560 | £7 | £40 | 118 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 2nd Qual. | - || 2037/38 | 161st | 241st | £4,100,000 | £3,941,362 | £7 | £39 | 122 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2038/39 | 192nd | 213th | £5,250,000 | £4,997,978 | £7 | £39 | 125 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | 2nd Round | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2039/40 | 203rd | 195th | £6,500,000 | £5,756,063 | £7 | £40 | 131 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2040/41 | 202nd | 235th | £5,500,000 | £4,912,031 | £8 | £42 | 135 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2041/42 | 177th | 220th | £3,700,000 | £2,956,190 | £8 | £42 | 142 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2042/43 | 175th | 225th | £10,250,000 | £9,492,009 | £8 | £42 | 126 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Semis | 4th in Group | - || 2043/44 | 116th | 178th | £12,250,000 | £11,173,660 | £9 | £47 | 149 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2044/45 | 135th | 183rd | £9,500,000 | £8,103,140 | £8 | £46 | 156 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2045/46 | 171st | 183rd | £5,000,000 | £3,853,103 | £8 | £47 | 156 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2046/47 | 176th | 188th | £4,300,000 | £3,853,103 | £9 | £49 | 166 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2047/48 | 214th | 183rd | £12,250,000 | £10,533,973 | £8 | £46 | 169 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2048/49 | 220th | 183rd | £12,250,000 | £8,431,124 | £8 | £47 | 170 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2049/50 | 192nd | 191st | £14,250,000 | £11,651,607 | £9 | £51 | 176 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2050/51 | 156th | 157th | £20,000,000 | £17,319,187 | £10 | £54 | 179 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2051/52 | 118th | 154th | £22,000,000 | £18,109,846 | £10 | £56 | 182 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2052/53 | 107th | 87th | £21,500,000 | £17,168,167 | £11 | £59 | 185 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2053/54 | 97th | 84th | £19,500,000 | £13,243,551 | £11 | £63 | 187 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - ||---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| Season | Stadium | Capacity | Corporate | Training | Youth | Junior Coaching | Youth Recruitment ||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| 2013/14 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Average | Fairly Basic || 2014/15 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Average | Fairly Basic || 2015/16 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Average | Fairly Basic || 2016/17 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Good | Fairly Basic || 2017/18 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Good | Fairly Basic || 2018/19 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Adequate | Good | Fairly Basic || 2019/20 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Adequate | Good | Fairly Basic || 2020/21 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Basic | Adequate | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2021/22 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Basic | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2022/23 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2023/24 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2024/25 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2025/26 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2026/27 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2027/28 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2028/29 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2029/30 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2030/31 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2031/32 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2032/33 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2033/34 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2034/35 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2035/36 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2036/37 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2037/38 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2038/39 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2039/40 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2040/41 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2041/42 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2042/43 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2043/44 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Average | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2044/45 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Average | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2045/46 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Average | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2046/47 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Good | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2047/48 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Good | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2048/49 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Good | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2049/50 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Great | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2050/51 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Great | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2051/52 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Superb | Superb | Exceptional | Average || 2052/53 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Superb | Superb | Exceptional | Average || 2053/54 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Excellent | Excellent | Exceptional | Average ||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------|| Season | CL | Rounds | EL | Rounds | Coefficient ||---------------------------------------------------|| 2014/15 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2015/16 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2016/17 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2017/18 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2018/19 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2019/20 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 50th || 2020/21 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2021/22 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 51st || 2022/23 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2023/24 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2024/25 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2025/26 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2026/27 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 51st || 2027/28 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2028/29 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 46th || 2029/30 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2030/31 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 49th || 2031/32 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 49th || 2032/33 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2034/35 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2035/36 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 50th || 2036/37 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st || 2037/38 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 44th || 2038/39 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2039/40 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2040/41 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2041/42 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2042/43 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2043/44 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 45th || 2044/45 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st || 2045/46 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2046/47 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2047/48 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2048/49 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2049/50 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st || 2050/51 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st || 2051/52 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 36th || 2052/53 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 33rd || 2053/54 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 33rd || 2054/55 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 32nd || 2055/56 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 2nd/1st | 31st ||---------------------------------------------------| Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
b101 Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 I will be delighted when you finally get that third spot! Out of interest, how much is your budget? £1m seems a lot to spend on a fairly average (for the moment) player... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 At least there weren't any heavy defeats there so you're not too far off making European progress. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameuss Posted April 21, 2014 Author Share Posted April 21, 2014 At least there weren't any heavy defeats there so you're not too far off making European progress. Yeah, I don't think we're that far away, but we certainly seem to have a problem taking that last step. We've been in the position a few times, just needing to win one more game, and we balls it up. I will be delighted when you finally get that third spot! Out of interest, how much is your budget? £1m seems a lot to spend on a fairly average (for the moment) player... Me too! Yeah, I'm probably overpaying for a lot of the players. We have an astronomical budget for our league, but in Champions League terms, we're minnows. I'm not sure the buying potential way of thinking is really working either - may need a complete rethink of how we approach that at some point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameuss Posted April 21, 2014 Author Share Posted April 21, 2014 Can't Stop the Rock: The Birth of a Football Nation a forameuss career Season 2054/55 Transfers With our forward line cleaning up, it was time to strengthen the midfield and defensive positions. Of course, we were playing a back three for the past few seasons, so you'll be wondering why I'm bringing in a specialised full-back who can play on either side. Well, that will become apparent, and this late signing was a bit of a panic-buy. Should be a good one though. Biro is another interesting signing. Fantastic potential, and the sort of player that I thought about bringing in as soon as we were allowed to scout around the world. Unfortunately, in one of my many holidays, the assistant decided to let him go back to Brazil and his old club on loan. Still, saves me some wages. Results We were absolutely cruising in the qualifiers before Slovan Bratislava almost kicked us to the kerb when we went to Eastern Europe. We were leading 3-1 from the first leg, so should have closed it out, but a 3-1 reverse in the second threatened to send us home. We managed to stem the tide and keep things going until penalties, and then won through narrowly thereafter. A massive sigh of relief there. When we got to the groups though, we were facing a massive task. For the first time, we head to the Nou Camp to take on the reigning Champions, and also face trips to Wolfsburg (an absolutely nightmarish second seed) and FC Twente. The latter will fill the role of "could-be-beaten-third-seeds", but even then, that's hopeful. For a change, we faced them first, and a good result there would set us up nicely. They pumped us. The rest of the stage was a tale of two sides - home and away. At home, we narrowly lost to both Barcelona and Wolfsburg, and then beat Twente in a seven-goal thriller. Unfortunately, away we were dreadful - one goal scored, fourteen conceded. Says it all really. Thanks to the sorting rules, a 4-0 defeat in the first game pretty much guaranteed we'd finish bottom, although a draw at home against either of the two big sides would have sent us through, and we probably could have just about managed that. All if's and but's though. We weren't good enough. What do you do after a disappointing 0-0? Go out and win 11-0, with three players fighting over the match ball at the end. Another cup treble sealed in style. Imperious once again, crushing pretty much everyone. That flurry from Red Imps seems to be over now, and that's disappointing. We really need competition domestically. Youth Intake Nathan Ramirez, Carl Casciaro, John Edwards and Stefan Alvarez all join from our youth intake. As you can see, they're not going to set the world alight with their potential, but it's good to bolster numbers. Thanks to our fantastic facilities, we're churning out players who would probably be better than all the players we'll face domestically, so I'm mulling over some changes that will make them more important in that sense. That's a few seasons away though. Player Stats End of Season Confidence European Performance Lincoln (GIB) Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round - vs Linfield (agg 8-2) Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round - vs Anorthosi (agg 4-1) Champions League Playoff Round - vs Slovan Bratislava (agg 4-4 advanced on ) Europa League Group Stages - 4th (W1-D0-L5) Cannons Europa League 1st Qualifying Round - vs Azal (agg 0-5) Lions Pilots Europa League 1st Qualifying Round - vs Kalju (agg 0-8) Red Imps Europa League 1st Qualifying Round - vs Portadown (agg 0-8) An expected drop in the co-efficients, and no change in the fortunes of the Gibraltan clubs. Looking to the Future Historic Stats |---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------|| Season | League Rep | Club Rep | Value | Balance | Ticket | Season | Tickets | League | League Cup | Rock Cup | C. League | E. League | |---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------|| 2013/14 | 208th | - | | £50,000 | £6 | £30 | - | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 1st Qual. | - || 2014/15 | 208th | - | | £400,000 | £6 | £30 | - | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 1st Qual. | - || 2015/16 | 218th | 773rd | £900,000 | £610,000 | £6 | £30 | 67 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2016/17 | 204th | 478th | £875,000 | £800,000 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Quarters | 1st Qual. | - || 2017/18 | 215th | 442nd | £1,200,000 | £1,616,269 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2018/19 | 204th | 390th | £1,500,000 | £1,439,979 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2019/20 | 177th | 318th | £1,800,000 | £1,785,076 | £6 | £30 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2020/21 | 178th | 303rd | £725,000 | £671,576 | £6 | £32 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2021/22 | 185th | 305th | £1,200,000 | £1,130,766 | £6 | £33 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | Group Stage | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2022/23 | 195th | 283rd | £1,000,000 | £816,454 | £6 | £33 | 71 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2023/24 | 209th | 287th | £1,500,000 | £1,260,895 | £6 | £33 | 71 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2024/25 | 251st | 287th | £1,800,000 | £1,612,489 | £5 | £30 | 72 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Quarters | 2nd Qual. | - || 2025/26 | 249th | 286th | £2,700,000 | £2,453,908 | £5 | £30 | 75 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Quarters | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2026/27 | 202nd | 274th | £2,800,000 | £2,538,846 | £6 | £33 | 77 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Semis | 2nd Qual. | - || 2027/28 | 173rd | 273rd | £2,900,000 | £2,693,189 | £6 | £33 | 79 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Semis | 2nd Qual. | - || 2028/29 | 127th | 284th | £2,200,000 | £2,032,905 | £7 | £36 | 80 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2029/30 | 129th | 281st | £1,100,000 | £948,588 | £7 | £40 | 84 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2030/31 | 176th | 282nd | £800,000 | £567,483 | £7 | £37 | 88 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 2nd Qual. | - || 2031/32 | 208th | 307th | £650,000 | £463,657 | £7 | £37 | 96 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2032/33 | 225th | 311th | £500,000 | £320,088 | £6 | £34 | 103 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2033/34 | 206th | 333rd | £750,000 | £502,304 | £6 | £34 | 103 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2034/35 | 185th | 339th | £3,900,000 | £3,715,594 | £7 | £37 | 110 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2035/36 | 135th | 234th | £3,200,000 | £2,977,575 | £7 | £40 | 114 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2036/37 | 116th | 236th | £1,900,000 | £1,698,560 | £7 | £40 | 118 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 2nd Qual. | - || 2037/38 | 161st | 241st | £4,100,000 | £3,941,362 | £7 | £39 | 122 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2038/39 | 192nd | 213th | £5,250,000 | £4,997,978 | £7 | £39 | 125 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | 2nd Round | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2039/40 | 203rd | 195th | £6,500,000 | £5,756,063 | £7 | £40 | 131 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2040/41 | 202nd | 235th | £5,500,000 | £4,912,031 | £8 | £42 | 135 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2041/42 | 177th | 220th | £3,700,000 | £2,956,190 | £8 | £42 | 142 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2042/43 | 175th | 225th | £10,250,000 | £9,492,009 | £8 | £42 | 126 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Semis | 4th in Group | - || 2043/44 | 116th | 178th | £12,250,000 | £11,173,660 | £9 | £47 | 149 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2044/45 | 135th | 183rd | £9,500,000 | £8,103,140 | £8 | £46 | 156 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2045/46 | 171st | 183rd | £5,000,000 | £3,853,103 | £8 | £47 | 156 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2046/47 | 176th | 188th | £4,300,000 | £3,853,103 | £9 | £49 | 166 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2047/48 | 214th | 183rd | £12,250,000 | £10,533,973 | £8 | £46 | 169 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2048/49 | 220th | 183rd | £12,250,000 | £8,431,124 | £8 | £47 | 170 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2049/50 | 192nd | 191st | £14,250,000 | £11,651,607 | £9 | £51 | 176 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2050/51 | 156th | 157th | £20,000,000 | £17,319,187 | £10 | £54 | 179 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2051/52 | 118th | 154th | £22,000,000 | £18,109,846 | £10 | £56 | 182 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2052/53 | 107th | 87th | £21,500,000 | £17,168,167 | £11 | £59 | 185 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2053/54 | 97th | 84th | £19,500,000 | £13,243,551 | £11 | £63 | 187 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2054/55 | 90th | 73rd | £23,500,000 | £16,919,799 | £12 | £65 | 193 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - ||---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| Season | Stadium | Capacity | Corporate | Training | Youth | Junior Coaching | Youth Recruitment ||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| 2013/14 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Average | Fairly Basic || 2014/15 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Average | Fairly Basic || 2015/16 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Average | Fairly Basic || 2016/17 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Good | Fairly Basic || 2017/18 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Good | Fairly Basic || 2018/19 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Adequate | Good | Fairly Basic || 2019/20 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Adequate | Good | Fairly Basic || 2020/21 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Basic | Adequate | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2021/22 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Basic | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2022/23 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2023/24 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2024/25 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2025/26 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2026/27 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2027/28 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2028/29 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2029/30 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2030/31 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2031/32 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2032/33 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2033/34 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2034/35 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2035/36 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2036/37 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2037/38 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2038/39 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2039/40 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2040/41 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2041/42 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2042/43 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2043/44 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Average | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2044/45 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Average | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2045/46 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Average | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2046/47 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Good | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2047/48 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Good | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2048/49 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Good | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2049/50 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Great | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2050/51 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Great | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2051/52 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Superb | Superb | Exceptional | Average || 2052/53 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Superb | Superb | Exceptional | Average || 2053/54 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Excellent | Excellent | Exceptional | Average || 2054/55 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Excellent | Excellent | Exceptional | Average ||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------|| Season | CL | Rounds | EL | Rounds | Coefficient ||---------------------------------------------------|| 2014/15 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2015/16 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2016/17 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2017/18 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2018/19 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2019/20 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 50th || 2020/21 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2021/22 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 51st || 2022/23 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2023/24 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2024/25 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2025/26 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2026/27 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 51st || 2027/28 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2028/29 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 46th || 2029/30 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2030/31 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 49th || 2031/32 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 49th || 2032/33 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2034/35 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2035/36 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 50th || 2036/37 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st || 2037/38 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 44th || 2038/39 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2039/40 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2040/41 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2041/42 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2042/43 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2043/44 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 45th || 2044/45 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st || 2045/46 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2046/47 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2047/48 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2048/49 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2049/50 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st || 2050/51 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st || 2051/52 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 36th || 2052/53 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 33rd || 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forameuss Posted April 22, 2014 Author Share Posted April 22, 2014 Can't Stop the Rock: The Birth of a Football Nation a forameuss career A quick look at four of our most valuable players and how they've performed this season. A notable absence is AM maestro Daniel Coyne. I'm guessing he must not have had his best season, as I just picked the four highest rated ones, who just happened to be four very important players. I might try and update this each season, but for now, here's a rundown. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameuss Posted April 22, 2014 Author Share Posted April 22, 2014 Can't Stop the Rock: The Birth of a Football Nation a forameuss career Season 2055/56 Transfers Great news pre-season as our budgets and sponsorship both rose. But even with this budget, there were absolutely no transfers made this season. Madness, you say? Probably, but you'll see exactly why when you have a look at the results for the season... Results Uh-oh. Perhaps we were starting to take our place in the Champions League for granted, but whatever happened, we won't be there this year. We could have gone out even earlier than we did in the end. B36 got a B52 job done on them in the first leg of our tie, so that was pretty academic, but then old foes Basel beat us 3-1. It took a wonderful second leg performance to turn that one around, but looking back, it was just papering over the cracks. Videoton took those cracks and ruthlessly exploited them, scoring 8 over the course of the two legs. We got four in reply, but when you're conceding double that, it doesn't really matter. A terrible result, and one which puts us down into the Europa League. So here's the seedings for the group stage. Surprisingly, our exploits in the Champions League have been enough to put us in pot 3. That's massive, and technically means that we''ll be up against one side worse than us. Get a lucky enough draw, and we could maybe push the pot 2 team close. So who do I not want? Well, anyone in the top 4 sides in each pot wouldn't be ideal. In terms of coefficient, top side in pot 1 Roma have almost double the points that the bottom side in pot 1 does, so that makes a massive difference. Teams like Wolfsburg, Southampton and Marseille are all sides we've faced in the Champions League, so I'd like to avoid them too. We drew Southampton, Marseille and Livingston. Cheers UEFA, you're a real pal. The latter we could maybe cope with, given that they are seeded lower than us, but the first two are Champions League regulars. They proved tough opposition, and two draws in the end was nowhere near enough to trouble the top spots. Out of the Europa League with a whimper. Not a blemish all season domestically, which goes a small way towards making up for our European failures. End of Season Confidence European Performance Lincoln (GIB) Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round - vs B36 (agg 7-1) Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round - vs Basel (agg 7-4) Champions League Playoff Round - vs Videoton (agg 4-8) Europa League Group Stages - 4th (W0-D2-L5) Glacis United Europa League 2nd Qualifying Round - vs Koper (agg 0-4) Olympique 13 Europa League 1st Qualifying Round - vs Birkirkara (agg 1-2) Red Imps Europa League 1st Qualifying Round - vs Dinamo Minsk (agg 0-7) The coefficients have risen again (I have no idea why) putting Glacis United into the 2nd round. They gave a decent enough account of themselves, but ultimately lost by 4. The real heroes were Olympique 13, who held their opponents to a 0-0 draw away from home, but then lost 2-1 back at the Victoria Stadium. So close to going through. Red Imps were predictably terrible again. Looking to the Future So yeah, this season hasn't been the best. If you look at our finances from this year compared to last, you'll see the massive dip that not being in the Champions League has caused us. I think at one point towards the end of the season, I was scheduled to lose around £11 million by this time next year. If we fail to qualify again, we'll go someway towards that prophecy coming true. Our training facilities have suffered from the sands of time passing us by, and at the moment we're not in a position to do anything about that. So what do we do about this? Well, the off-season saw a lot of changes at the club. Recently I've noticed that my scouts seem to be charging around Europe and getting me very little in return. I went to sort players according to their opinions and found that not one player had been scouted. Was it my fault in some way? Probably. Was I going to hold them responsible instead? You better believe it. So out went every single scout I had on the books. Some were coming to the end of their contract naturally, and others had to be pushed. In came 7 hand-picked by myself with stats that are massive improvements on before, with knowledge of the kinds of markets I want to get into. One Spaniard, one Gibraltarian, and the rest either English or Scottish. I really need to try and exploit the UK market for good players given that they don't fill up foreigner spots, and I'm hoping these scouts can find me some quality. A second change I plan to make is to start relying less on youth. We don't play enough games for them to really hit their peak, so I'll be concentrating more on players who can step into the team and be amazing straight off the bat. Time will tell whether that's a dangerous policy to have. Historic Stats |---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------|| Season | League Rep | Club Rep | Value | Balance | Ticket | Season | Tickets | League | League Cup | Rock Cup | C. League | E. League | |---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------|| 2013/14 | 208th | - | | £50,000 | £6 | £30 | - | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 1st Qual. | - || 2014/15 | 208th | - | | £400,000 | £6 | £30 | - | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 1st Qual. | - || 2015/16 | 218th | 773rd | £900,000 | £610,000 | £6 | £30 | 67 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2016/17 | 204th | 478th | £875,000 | £800,000 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Quarters | 1st Qual. | - || 2017/18 | 215th | 442nd | £1,200,000 | £1,616,269 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2018/19 | 204th | 390th | £1,500,000 | £1,439,979 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2019/20 | 177th | 318th | £1,800,000 | £1,785,076 | £6 | £30 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2020/21 | 178th | 303rd | £725,000 | £671,576 | £6 | £32 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2021/22 | 185th | 305th | £1,200,000 | £1,130,766 | £6 | £33 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | Group Stage | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2022/23 | 195th | 283rd | £1,000,000 | £816,454 | £6 | £33 | 71 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2023/24 | 209th | 287th | £1,500,000 | £1,260,895 | £6 | £33 | 71 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2024/25 | 251st | 287th | £1,800,000 | £1,612,489 | £5 | £30 | 72 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Quarters | 2nd Qual. | - || 2025/26 | 249th | 286th | £2,700,000 | £2,453,908 | £5 | £30 | 75 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Quarters | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2026/27 | 202nd | 274th | £2,800,000 | £2,538,846 | £6 | £33 | 77 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Semis | 2nd Qual. | - || 2027/28 | 173rd | 273rd | £2,900,000 | £2,693,189 | £6 | £33 | 79 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Semis | 2nd Qual. | - || 2028/29 | 127th | 284th | £2,200,000 | £2,032,905 | £7 | £36 | 80 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2029/30 | 129th | 281st | £1,100,000 | £948,588 | £7 | £40 | 84 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2030/31 | 176th | 282nd | £800,000 | £567,483 | £7 | £37 | 88 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 2nd Qual. | - || 2031/32 | 208th | 307th | £650,000 | £463,657 | £7 | £37 | 96 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2032/33 | 225th | 311th | £500,000 | £320,088 | £6 | £34 | 103 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2033/34 | 206th | 333rd | £750,000 | £502,304 | £6 | £34 | 103 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2034/35 | 185th | 339th | £3,900,000 | £3,715,594 | £7 | £37 | 110 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2035/36 | 135th | 234th | £3,200,000 | £2,977,575 | £7 | £40 | 114 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2036/37 | 116th | 236th | £1,900,000 | £1,698,560 | £7 | £40 | 118 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 2nd Qual. | - || 2037/38 | 161st | 241st | £4,100,000 | £3,941,362 | £7 | £39 | 122 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2038/39 | 192nd | 213th | £5,250,000 | £4,997,978 | £7 | £39 | 125 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | 2nd Round | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2039/40 | 203rd | 195th | £6,500,000 | £5,756,063 | £7 | £40 | 131 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2040/41 | 202nd | 235th | £5,500,000 | £4,912,031 | £8 | £42 | 135 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2041/42 | 177th | 220th | £3,700,000 | £2,956,190 | £8 | £42 | 142 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2042/43 | 175th | 225th | £10,250,000 | £9,492,009 | £8 | £42 | 126 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Semis | 4th in Group | - || 2043/44 | 116th | 178th | £12,250,000 | £11,173,660 | £9 | £47 | 149 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2044/45 | 135th | 183rd | £9,500,000 | £8,103,140 | £8 | £46 | 156 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2045/46 | 171st | 183rd | £5,000,000 | £3,853,103 | £8 | £47 | 156 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2046/47 | 176th | 188th | £4,300,000 | £3,853,103 | £9 | £49 | 166 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2047/48 | 214th | 183rd | £12,250,000 | £10,533,973 | £8 | £46 | 169 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2048/49 | 220th | 183rd | £12,250,000 | £8,431,124 | £8 | £47 | 170 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2049/50 | 192nd | 191st | £14,250,000 | £11,651,607 | £9 | £51 | 176 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2050/51 | 156th | 157th | £20,000,000 | £17,319,187 | £10 | £54 | 179 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2051/52 | 118th | 154th | £22,000,000 | £18,109,846 | £10 | £56 | 182 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2052/53 | 107th | 87th | £21,500,000 | £17,168,167 | £11 | £59 | 185 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2053/54 | 97th | 84th | £19,500,000 | £13,243,551 | £11 | £63 | 187 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2054/55 | 90th | 73rd | £23,500,000 | £16,919,799 | £12 | £65 | 193 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2055/56 | 85th | 75th | £24,500,000 | £18,116,106 | £12 | £67 | 199 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - ||---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| Season | Stadium | Capacity | Corporate | Training | Youth | Junior Coaching | Youth Recruitment ||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| 2013/14 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Average | Fairly Basic || 2014/15 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Average | Fairly Basic || 2015/16 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Average | Fairly Basic || 2016/17 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Good | Fairly Basic || 2017/18 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Good | Fairly Basic || 2018/19 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Adequate | Good | Fairly Basic || 2019/20 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Adequate | Good | Fairly Basic || 2020/21 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Basic | Adequate | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2021/22 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Basic | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2022/23 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2023/24 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | 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forameuss Posted April 23, 2014 Author Share Posted April 23, 2014 Can't Stop the Rock: The Birth of a Football Nation a forameuss career Season 2056/57 Pre-season An expected drop in sponsorship after our relative failure in Europe, but... Thanks to me not making any signings last year, and quietly adding most of my budget into my wages at the tail end of last season, we're rewarded with a healthy increase this time around. Admittedly, not much in terms of a transfer budget, but it will cause us to be a bit more cautious, and not throw huge amounts of money at players who aren't really worth it, just because they're better than what we have. Transfers In the end, we spent a paltry amount in transfers, but a lions ransom in wages. But I think it was worth it - both Coldrick and Bearder arrived to a surge of fan happiness - apparently they're both a big deal, and shirt sales will go through the roof thanks to them. To me, they don't look that good, but they will easily be the best players at the club. Youth Intake Shaun Hawkins, Dan Webb and Lee Adams join us from another relatively poor intake. They'll be squad filler at best I think. Results The disappointment of last season was emphatically put behind us as we moved into the group stages once again. It wasn't that easy though. We blitzed TNS in the early stages of our first leg, but after a dominant first half, they came back into it a bit. 5-2 was a good position to be in, but they could have come back into it in the second leg. Luckily we quashed any hopes of that. Maccabi Haifa were not so accommodating. We made a good start again, but I would have liked to have won by more than a single goal, especially given their away goal. They almost made us pay as we travelled back to Israel, but we squeezed through on away goals. HJK of Finland put up quite a fight too, grabbing two away goals - one of which was scored deep into injury time - in the first leg. We had to score in the second, and in the end moved through quite comfortably. It was dangerously close at one point to going into extra time... So onto the groups. Inter and Celtic were pretty average draws in that they weren't the best or the worst from their respective pots, and should probably beat us fairly handily. Galatasaray were the ones we had to beat, and we did just that in gameweek one with a fantastic performance away in Turkey. Fruitless defeats to Inter (twice) and Celtic put us in a familiar position going into the return against Gala - win or draw, and we would have the advantage over them should it go down to head to head. Somewhat unsportingly, however, Gala had gone and beaten Celtic in the previous game, meaning that we really had to win. If we didn't, we'd run the risk of losing to Celtic in the final game, and Gala snatching an unlikely result against Inter. Coldrick got the winner mid-way through the second half to guarantee us 3rd place with one match to go. Party time. Our final match against Celtic wasn't mathematically academic. If we could better the 4-0 they dished out to us in the first match, we would be going into the Champions League knockouts, not the Europa League. Of course, you can see how that ended, and it wasn't even close to a surprise... We were drawn against Motherwell in the next round, and it would be another trip back to Max Harvey's mother country. In the two biggest games of my career so far, we came up just too short. Motherwell emphasised their greater class in the first leg, racing into a 3-0 lead. It looked like we might end up getting absolutely horsed, but we weathered the storm, and even managed to get a goal back. Our mission for the second leg was simple - score 3. I would always back my side to score, but not to stop the opposition from doing the same. When 'well took the lead early on, I pretty much threw in the towel - it was time for heroes, headless chickens charging forward, desperate for a goal. Within ten minutes of the restart, having gone to an irresponsible strategy of all-out attack, we were level on the night, Luke Morrison heading in a fantastic cross. Could it be? Then suddenly it was two. The 'well defence was posted missing as a long ball over the top found Alberto in acres of space. He steadied himself, took a touch, and then drilled a shot across the keeper and into the net. Cue wild celebrations - one goal would now take the match to extra time. But of course, 'well had other ideas. They grabbed what was an absolute killer goal soon after, and that was it in terms of a comeback. No matter what though, my side did me proud, and it was a spirited first outing to this stage. Hound Dogs stopped us from a two season winning streak, but we remain unbeaten domestically. The last time we lost a domestic football match was Saturday November 2nd 2052, so we are now approaching five years unbeaten. I'm proud of the record, sure, but I'm also disappointed that we haven't had the competition we deserve. We have only lost four games in fifteen years. That's how bad it is. Don't get me wrong, winning is great, but this kind of dominance is almost a given now. End of Season Confidence Player Stats European Performance Lincoln (GIB) Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round - vs TNS (agg 8-3) Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round - vs Maccabi Haifa (agg 5-5 advance on away goals) Champions League Playoff Round - vs HJK (agg 5-3) Champions League Group Stages - 3rd (W2-D0-L4) Europa League First Knockout - vs Motherwell (agg 3-5) Lions Pilots Europa League 2nd Qualifying Round - vs Vit. Setubal (agg 0-7) Glacis United Europa League 1st Qualifying Round - vs Portadown (agg 0-4) Red Imps Europa League 1st Qualifying Round - vs AGF (agg 0-8) No such close calls as last season, and a return to the pretty dreadful normal state. We bucked the trend though, and a 3rd position and Europa League appearance is a fantastic return. We should see the coefficients rising slightly next year. Looking to the Future As I've said a good showing in Europe allied with a customary steamrollering of everyone domestically. A good season. We're also moving onto another level in terms of who we're signing - Coldrick and Bearder are a step above what we have in quality, but also in wages. We're walking a tightrope now in terms of finances - we're now solely sustained by the Champions League. Luckily, most players are only signed on year-to-year, so if the worst happens, we can cut our cloth accordingly. Next year, I want a repeat of this one, or even better. I think we're capable. Historic Stats |---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------|| Season | League Rep | Club Rep | Value | Balance | Ticket | Season | Tickets | League | League Cup | Rock Cup | C. League | E. League | |---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------|| 2013/14 | 208th | - | | £50,000 | £6 | £30 | - | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 1st Qual. | - || 2014/15 | 208th | - | | £400,000 | £6 | £30 | - | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 1st Qual. | - || 2015/16 | 218th | 773rd | £900,000 | £610,000 | £6 | £30 | 67 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2016/17 | 204th | 478th | £875,000 | £800,000 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Quarters | 1st Qual. | - || 2017/18 | 215th | 442nd | £1,200,000 | £1,616,269 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2018/19 | 204th | 390th | £1,500,000 | £1,439,979 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2019/20 | 177th | 318th | £1,800,000 | £1,785,076 | £6 | £30 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2020/21 | 178th | 303rd | £725,000 | £671,576 | £6 | £32 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2021/22 | 185th | 305th | £1,200,000 | £1,130,766 | £6 | £33 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | Group Stage | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2022/23 | 195th | 283rd | £1,000,000 | £816,454 | £6 | £33 | 71 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2023/24 | 209th | 287th | £1,500,000 | £1,260,895 | £6 | £33 | 71 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2024/25 | 251st | 287th | £1,800,000 | £1,612,489 | £5 | £30 | 72 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Quarters | 2nd Qual. | - || 2025/26 | 249th | 286th | £2,700,000 | £2,453,908 | £5 | £30 | 75 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Quarters | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2026/27 | 202nd | 274th | £2,800,000 | £2,538,846 | £6 | £33 | 77 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Semis | 2nd Qual. | - || 2027/28 | 173rd | 273rd | £2,900,000 | £2,693,189 | £6 | £33 | 79 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Semis | 2nd Qual. | - || 2028/29 | 127th | 284th | £2,200,000 | £2,032,905 | £7 | £36 | 80 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2029/30 | 129th | 281st | £1,100,000 | £948,588 | £7 | £40 | 84 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2030/31 | 176th | 282nd | £800,000 | £567,483 | £7 | £37 | 88 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 2nd Qual. | - || 2031/32 | 208th | 307th | £650,000 | £463,657 | £7 | £37 | 96 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2032/33 | 225th | 311th | £500,000 | £320,088 | £6 | £34 | 103 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2033/34 | 206th | 333rd | £750,000 | £502,304 | £6 | £34 | 103 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2034/35 | 185th | 339th | £3,900,000 | £3,715,594 | £7 | £37 | 110 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2035/36 | 135th | 234th | £3,200,000 | £2,977,575 | £7 | £40 | 114 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2036/37 | 116th | 236th | £1,900,000 | £1,698,560 | £7 | £40 | 118 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 2nd Qual. | - || 2037/38 | 161st | 241st | £4,100,000 | £3,941,362 | £7 | £39 | 122 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2038/39 | 192nd | 213th | £5,250,000 | £4,997,978 | £7 | £39 | 125 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | 2nd Round | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2039/40 | 203rd | 195th | £6,500,000 | £5,756,063 | £7 | £40 | 131 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2040/41 | 202nd | 235th | £5,500,000 | £4,912,031 | £8 | £42 | 135 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2041/42 | 177th | 220th | £3,700,000 | £2,956,190 | £8 | £42 | 142 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2042/43 | 175th | 225th | £10,250,000 | £9,492,009 | £8 | £42 | 126 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Semis | 4th in Group | - || 2043/44 | 116th | 178th | £12,250,000 | £11,173,660 | £9 | £47 | 149 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2044/45 | 135th | 183rd | £9,500,000 | £8,103,140 | £8 | £46 | 156 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2045/46 | 171st | 183rd | £5,000,000 | £3,853,103 | £8 | £47 | 156 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2046/47 | 176th | 188th | £4,300,000 | £3,853,103 | £9 | £49 | 166 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2047/48 | 214th | 183rd | £12,250,000 | £10,533,973 | £8 | £46 | 169 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2048/49 | 220th | 183rd | £12,250,000 | £8,431,124 | £8 | £47 | 170 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2049/50 | 192nd | 191st | £14,250,000 | £11,651,607 | £9 | £51 | 176 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2050/51 | 156th | 157th | £20,000,000 | £17,319,187 | £10 | £54 | 179 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2051/52 | 118th | 154th | £22,000,000 | £18,109,846 | £10 | £56 | 182 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2052/53 | 107th | 87th | £21,500,000 | £17,168,167 | £11 | £59 | 185 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2053/54 | 97th | 84th | £19,500,000 | £13,243,551 | £11 | £63 | 187 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2054/55 | 90th | 73rd | £23,500,000 | £16,919,799 | £12 | £65 | 193 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2055/56 | 85th | 75th | £24,500,000 | £18,116,106 | £12 | £67 | 199 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2056/57 | 85th | 76th | £23,500,000 | £16,542,451 | £12 | £67 | 204 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd in Group | 1st KO Round ||---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| Season | Stadium | Capacity | Corporate | Training | Youth | Junior Coaching | Youth Recruitment ||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| 2013/14 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Average | Fairly Basic || 2014/15 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Average | Fairly Basic || 2015/16 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Average | Fairly Basic || 2016/17 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Good | Fairly Basic || 2017/18 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Good | Fairly Basic || 2018/19 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Adequate | Good | Fairly Basic || 2019/20 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Adequate | Good | Fairly Basic || 2020/21 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Basic | Adequate | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2021/22 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Basic | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2022/23 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2023/24 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2024/25 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2025/26 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2026/27 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2027/28 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2028/29 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2029/30 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2030/31 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2031/32 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2032/33 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2033/34 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2034/35 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2035/36 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2036/37 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2037/38 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2038/39 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2039/40 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2040/41 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2041/42 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2042/43 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2043/44 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Average | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2044/45 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Average | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2045/46 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Average | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2046/47 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Good | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2047/48 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Good | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2048/49 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Good | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2049/50 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Great | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2050/51 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Great | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2051/52 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Superb | Superb | Exceptional | Average || 2052/53 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Superb | Superb | Exceptional | Average || 2053/54 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Excellent | Excellent | Exceptional | Average || 2054/55 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Excellent | Excellent | Exceptional | Average || 2055/56 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Excellent | Excellent | Exceptional | Average || 2056/57 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Excellent | Superb | Exceptional | Average ||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------|| Season | CL | Rounds | EL | Rounds | Coefficient ||---------------------------------------------------|| 2014/15 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2015/16 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2016/17 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2017/18 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2018/19 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2019/20 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 50th || 2020/21 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2021/22 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 51st || 2022/23 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2023/24 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2024/25 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2025/26 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2026/27 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 51st || 2027/28 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2028/29 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 46th || 2029/30 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2030/31 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 49th || 2031/32 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 49th || 2032/33 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2034/35 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2035/36 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 50th || 2036/37 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st || 2037/38 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 44th || 2038/39 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2039/40 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2040/41 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2041/42 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2042/43 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2043/44 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 45th || 2044/45 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st || 2045/46 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2046/47 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2047/48 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2048/49 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2049/50 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st || 2050/51 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st || 2051/52 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 36th || 2052/53 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 33rd || 2053/54 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 33rd || 2054/55 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 32nd || 2055/56 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 2nd/1st | 31st || 2056/57 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 2nd/1st | 31st || 2057/58 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 33rd ||----------------------------------------------------| Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIR669 Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Outstanding career, well done! It will take a lot more seasons for any knockout phase chance, but you sure have the determination for it. Good luck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc91 Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Great read, the fast seasons sure do help any progression. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameuss Posted April 29, 2014 Author Share Posted April 29, 2014 Ahoy-hoy! Been a while since I've updated this, but rest assured, the save is still ongoing. Currently up to three (or perhaps four) seasons waiting to be posted, including some absolutely massive news that will have big ramifications. And also some other smaller news, which won't. It'll be a roller-coaster ride, I assure you. Should get at least some of the seasons up tomorrow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameuss Posted April 30, 2014 Author Share Posted April 30, 2014 Can't Stop the Rock: The Birth of a Football Nation a forameuss career Season 2057/58 Transfers Stephen Leonard and Fuba should provide a good amount of quality down the left flank, and were brought in on free transfers. Good bit of business there. It had to be, because we then went and spent pretty much all of our money on one player - El Hadji Diouf. Of course, he's not the real El Hadji Diouf, the man who could start a fight in an empty room, and was once called a sewer rat by Neil Warnock, but he'll do. I think we've probably paid way over the odds given the usual level of progression of our younger players, but only time will tell. Youth Intake One player brought in - Jordan Foulger. Results We negotiated the qualifiers fairly handily, although there were a few scares along the way. Linfield were no match for us in the first leg, rendering the second a bit of a procession. Valur were more up for it though when we faced them, drawing the first leg 3-3. Conceding three away goals is not really how you want to set off, but luckily we nicked a 1-0 victory in the second to advance. Jagiellonia were our final hurdle, and once again we stuttered in the first leg. However, a 0-0 draw at home is much better than 3-3, and when we scored 2 in the first 20 minutes of the second leg, we were well in control. We added a third, and we were into the group stages once again. So the pots were announced, and once again we're in four. We're not too far off pot 3 though, and one season's good performance could push us up there for the next. Motherwell, Newcastle and Inter would be the best draw seeding-wise, but there will be no easy draws here. It's not great, but it's not terrible. Well would you look at that. The defeat against Fener was crushing. That was the one we really needed to win, but in the cauldron of Istanbul we slipped up. Any chance of getting third now seemed to rest on bettering that result in game-week 5 when we met again, but that all changed thanks to a wonderful 2-0 win at home to Wolfsburg. An absolutely wonderful performance, and one which puts the group in a very interesting state. It got even more interesting when we picked up a point at home to PSG, and then another at home to Fener. Five home points from a possible nine is wonderful going from a 4th seed. We rounded off the group by getting pumped by Wolfsburg, but was it enough? No. Fener grabbed a draw against PSG on the final day to move onto 6 points, and we bowed out in 4th. That 3-3 draw at home shot our hopes down. Still, we're improving slowly but surely. Next season should be our year. Oh dear Lord. Yes, you have just watched our first defeat in domestic football since 2052. Some people wouldn't count it as such, given we were drawing at full time, but a penalty loss in a quarter final is a pretty big loss in my book. Not happy at all with this. Our winning streak also ended thanks to a draw in the league, but we did remain unbeaten. If we had thrown away our unbeaten league record...well that doesn't bear thinking about. End of Season Confidence European Performance Lincoln (GIB) Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round - vs Linfield (agg 7-0) Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round - vs Valur (agg 4-3) Champions League Playoff Round - vs Jagiellonia (agg 3-0) Champions League Group Stages - 4th (W1-D2-L3) Lions Pilots Europa League 1st Qualifying Round - vs Vit. Setubal (agg 0-4) Cannons Europa League 1st Qualifying Round - vs Gabala (agg 0-4) Lions Gibraltar Europa League 2nd Qualifying Round - vs Maritimo (agg 1-6) Lions Pilots fell to the same opposition as last year, but only 4-0, rather than 7-0. That's...progress, I guess? Cannons were shot down pretty easily, but Lions Gibraltar gave a decent enough performance against Maritimo. I'm used to seeing the side going in at the second round getting absolutely pumped, but believe it or not, 6-1 isn't too bad. Will we ever see a side from Gibraltar other than ourselves win a European game? Looking to the Future Our facilities are degrading, and it's something I've been expecting for a while. I won't be concentrating on changing that though, as I think money is better spent on wages and transfers for new players. If we suddenly come into some money though, then I'll make a change. In other news... Yes, I'm now also the manager of the Gibraltarian National Team. I actually held the post once before, but resigned after a few months, and a few savage beatings. Now though, I think it's time to jump back in. And of course it has absolutely nothing to do with me being laughed at for applying for the Scotland job...nope. Historic Stats |---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------|| Season | League Rep | Club Rep | Value | Balance | Ticket | Season | Tickets | League | League Cup | Rock Cup | C. League | E. League | |---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------|| 2013/14 | 208th | - | | £50,000 | £6 | £30 | - | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 1st Qual. | - || 2014/15 | 208th | - | | £400,000 | £6 | £30 | - | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 1st Qual. | - || 2015/16 | 218th | 773rd | £900,000 | £610,000 | £6 | £30 | 67 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2016/17 | 204th | 478th | £875,000 | £800,000 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Quarters | 1st Qual. | - || 2017/18 | 215th | 442nd | £1,200,000 | £1,616,269 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2018/19 | 204th | 390th | £1,500,000 | £1,439,979 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2019/20 | 177th | 318th | £1,800,000 | £1,785,076 | £6 | £30 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2020/21 | 178th | 303rd | £725,000 | £671,576 | £6 | £32 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2021/22 | 185th | 305th | £1,200,000 | £1,130,766 | £6 | £33 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | Group Stage | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2022/23 | 195th | 283rd | £1,000,000 | £816,454 | £6 | £33 | 71 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2023/24 | 209th | 287th | £1,500,000 | £1,260,895 | £6 | £33 | 71 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2024/25 | 251st | 287th | £1,800,000 | £1,612,489 | £5 | £30 | 72 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Quarters | 2nd Qual. | - || 2025/26 | 249th | 286th | £2,700,000 | £2,453,908 | £5 | £30 | 75 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Quarters | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2026/27 | 202nd | 274th | £2,800,000 | £2,538,846 | £6 | £33 | 77 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Semis | 2nd Qual. | - || 2027/28 | 173rd | 273rd | £2,900,000 | £2,693,189 | £6 | £33 | 79 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Semis | 2nd Qual. | - || 2028/29 | 127th | 284th | £2,200,000 | £2,032,905 | £7 | £36 | 80 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2029/30 | 129th | 281st | £1,100,000 | £948,588 | £7 | £40 | 84 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2030/31 | 176th | 282nd | £800,000 | £567,483 | £7 | £37 | 88 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 2nd Qual. | - || 2031/32 | 208th | 307th | £650,000 | £463,657 | £7 | £37 | 96 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2032/33 | 225th | 311th | £500,000 | £320,088 | £6 | £34 | 103 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2033/34 | 206th | 333rd | £750,000 | £502,304 | £6 | £34 | 103 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2034/35 | 185th | 339th | £3,900,000 | £3,715,594 | £7 | £37 | 110 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2035/36 | 135th | 234th | £3,200,000 | £2,977,575 | £7 | £40 | 114 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2036/37 | 116th | 236th | £1,900,000 | £1,698,560 | £7 | £40 | 118 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 2nd Qual. | - || 2037/38 | 161st | 241st | £4,100,000 | £3,941,362 | £7 | £39 | 122 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2038/39 | 192nd | 213th | £5,250,000 | £4,997,978 | £7 | £39 | 125 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | 2nd Round | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2039/40 | 203rd | 195th | £6,500,000 | £5,756,063 | £7 | £40 | 131 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2040/41 | 202nd | 235th | £5,500,000 | £4,912,031 | £8 | £42 | 135 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2041/42 | 177th | 220th | £3,700,000 | £2,956,190 | £8 | £42 | 142 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2042/43 | 175th | 225th | £10,250,000 | £9,492,009 | £8 | £42 | 126 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Semis | 4th in Group | - || 2043/44 | 116th | 178th | £12,250,000 | £11,173,660 | £9 | £47 | 149 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2044/45 | 135th | 183rd | £9,500,000 | £8,103,140 | £8 | £46 | 156 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2045/46 | 171st | 183rd | £5,000,000 | £3,853,103 | £8 | £47 | 156 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2046/47 | 176th | 188th | £4,300,000 | £3,853,103 | £9 | £49 | 166 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2047/48 | 214th | 183rd | £12,250,000 | £10,533,973 | £8 | £46 | 169 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2048/49 | 220th | 183rd | £12,250,000 | £8,431,124 | £8 | £47 | 170 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2049/50 | 192nd | 191st | £14,250,000 | £11,651,607 | £9 | £51 | 176 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2050/51 | 156th | 157th | £20,000,000 | £17,319,187 | £10 | £54 | 179 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2051/52 | 118th | 154th | £22,000,000 | £18,109,846 | £10 | £56 | 182 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2052/53 | 107th | 87th | £21,500,000 | £17,168,167 | £11 | £59 | 185 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2053/54 | 97th | 84th | £19,500,000 | £13,243,551 | £11 | £63 | 187 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2054/55 | 90th | 73rd | £23,500,000 | £16,919,799 | £12 | £65 | 193 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2055/56 | 85th | 75th | £24,500,000 | £18,116,106 | £12 | £67 | 199 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2056/57 | 85th | 76th | £23,500,000 | £16,542,451 | £12 | £67 | 204 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd in Group | 1st KO Rnd || 2057/58 | 81st | 76th | £25,000,000 | £19,122,856 | £12 | £67 | 209 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 4th in Group | - ||---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| Season | Stadium | Capacity | Corporate | Training | Youth | Junior Coaching | Youth Recruitment ||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| 2013/14 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Average | Fairly Basic || 2014/15 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Average | Fairly Basic || 2015/16 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Average | Fairly Basic || 2016/17 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Good | Fairly Basic || 2017/18 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Good | Fairly Basic || 2018/19 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Adequate | Good | Fairly Basic || 2019/20 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Adequate | Good | Fairly Basic || 2020/21 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Basic | Adequate | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2021/22 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Basic | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2022/23 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2023/24 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2024/25 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2025/26 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2026/27 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2027/28 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2028/29 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2029/30 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2030/31 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2031/32 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2032/33 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2033/34 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2034/35 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2035/36 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2036/37 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2037/38 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2038/39 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2039/40 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2040/41 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2041/42 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2042/43 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2043/44 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Average | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2044/45 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Average | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2045/46 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Average | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2046/47 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Good | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2047/48 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Good | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2048/49 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Good | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2049/50 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Great | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2050/51 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Great | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2051/52 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Superb | Superb | Exceptional | Average || 2052/53 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Superb | Superb | Exceptional | Average || 2053/54 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Excellent | Excellent | Exceptional | Average || 2054/55 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Excellent | Excellent | Exceptional | Average || 2055/56 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Excellent | Excellent | Exceptional | Average || 2056/57 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Excellent | Superb | Exceptional | Average || 2057/58 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Excellent | Superb | Exceptional | Average ||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------|| Season | CL | Rounds | EL | Rounds | Coefficient ||---------------------------------------------------|| 2014/15 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2015/16 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2016/17 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2017/18 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2018/19 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2019/20 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 50th || 2020/21 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2021/22 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 51st || 2022/23 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2023/24 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2024/25 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2025/26 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2026/27 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 51st || 2027/28 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2028/29 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 46th || 2029/30 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2030/31 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 49th || 2031/32 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 49th || 2032/33 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2034/35 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2035/36 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 50th || 2036/37 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st || 2037/38 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 44th || 2038/39 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2039/40 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2040/41 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2041/42 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2042/43 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2043/44 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 45th || 2044/45 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st || 2045/46 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2046/47 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2047/48 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2048/49 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2049/50 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st || 2050/51 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st || 2051/52 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 36th || 2052/53 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 33rd || 2053/54 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 33rd || 2054/55 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 32nd || 2055/56 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 2nd/1st | 31st || 2056/57 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 2nd/1st | 31st || 2057/58 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 33rd || 2058/59 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 2nd/1st | 32nd 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forameuss Posted April 30, 2014 Author Share Posted April 30, 2014 Can't Stop the Rock: The Birth of a Football Nation a forameuss career Season 2058/59 Pre-season This represents a bit of a decrease on last year, and I think we may have found our ceiling financially. Luckily, I've saved a lot in wages this summer by offering new contracts and letting the wasters go, but if this is indeed the pinnacle in terms of finances, we've got a big job on. A new pal too as the board decide to name Sunderland out of the blue as a parent club. Shouldn't really change things much, although it would be nice if they could lend us a few high-class players. I also reached 1400 games during the European qualifiers. Given the number of games in a season, that's a big landmark to reach. I'm not done yet though - hopefully by the time I reach 2000, I will be though. Transfers There were just as many stories about who left the club than who joined. Fuba and Leonard both left after one season after not being interested in renewing their contracts. Biro also left disappointingly, choosing to move to Bahia at the end of his contract. He'll be a big miss. In terms of arrivals though, we filled up the gaps and then some. Kevin Glenn - will provide a bit of flexibility for the spine of the team as he can play in defence or in midfield. Probably the former given how overly stocked we are in the midfield these days. David Orme - a highly rated youngster. As with any players of that age coming to us, it's a risk, but hopefully one worth taking. Henrique Ferreira - I think I'm justified in taking up a valuable foreigner spot here...the beast is here, and as long as I'm at the club, so will Henrique. He is going to be an absolutely massive player for us. Marcus Thorpe - the fans were delighted when he arrived, and I'm not sure why, but he'll fill a gap left by the departure of Leonard. He's similarly flexible too, and can play anywhere up that flank. He'll be kept in defence though. Billy Langford - another good utility player Martyn Hopkins - I opted for youth to replace Fuba, and hopefully he'll get a good chance to show his potential now there's less competition Youth Intake Steve Farrell is the only one joining us this year. Results We romped through the qualifiers, only slipping up once with a disappointing 1-1 draw against Maccabi Haifa. In the other games, we were excellent, especially against Principat... Cheers FM, that's wonderful. We've come to expect big performances in the early rounds, but this was the best yet. Haifa have been tough opposition in previous years, but a fantastic second leg performance got us past them. Then Alberto showed his worth against Viktoria Plzen by scoring all four goals across the two legs, sending us through fairly easily in the end. Shakhtar, Spurs and Celtic would be the ideal, but again, I doubt there's any combination that we wouldn't struggle against. Och, it's only the top seed in the entire competition. Easy. So Porto are our targets this year as third seeds, and we'd need to get good results against them to reach the Europa League again. We started out with a right ding-dong battle against Betis. Three times we drew level before their class shone through. Bear in mind, this Betis side won three Champions League titles on the trot recently, and we almost held them. A wonderful performance, and it gave us hope going into the crunch match with Porto. So much hope that we got a precious three points. Lazio pummeled us twice in the hump games, leaving our objective clear. Or at least I thought it did. Betis will be kicking themselves at dropping points to us, but a 1-1 draw at home put us in an unassailable position going into the final game. Porto could now not catch us, as they had failed to pick up any points from their other games. In the end, we lost to them in the final game, but it didn't matter. We remained in 3rd position, and for only the second time in our history, we would be in the Europa League knockouts. And the journey goes on. Gothenburg just didn't have what it took to keep up with us in the first leg, and we charged to a 5-2 win. Of course, being at home, we needed to be careful in the 2nd with their two away goals. Ferreira's goal in the 7th minute settled the away fans nerves, and left the Swedes needing five. They got one, but we sealed the match with a goal of our own. Onto the second knockout we went. Oh sweet Lord... Monaco should have beaten us, they really should, but Daniel Coyne's double on the South Coast ended up being the difference as a 3-1 victory in Gibraltar levelled the match. We went through on away goals, and I don't think the men from the principality will really know how on Earth they've lost this. And we almost did it as well. A 2-1 win in the first leg sent us into full on dreamland territory. Perhaps we were still there with our head in the clouds come the second leg, because we were taught a footballing lesson there. A 3-0 away defeat crushed our dreams, and sent us crashing out. Still though, a quarter final appearance will do us absolutely no harm in the long run. You might think our European adventures would see us take our eye off the ball domestically, like so many other teams before us. You'd be wrong. An absolutely flawless season. One thing I want to note though about those last games. You may have noticed that a certain name has stopped appearing on the scoresheet in the past few years. Steven Taylor was brought over from Australia in 2043, having started his career two years earlier at the Australian Institute of Sports. We saw potential in him, and were glad to see him join us. 254 appearances, and 185 goals later, he is leaving us to pursue a new challenge. It's a shame he's leaving, but he really has regressed in the past few years. He could still do a job domestically, but he wasn't getting a chance to play in front of our other, better strikers, so it's time for us to part ways. I played him from the start in our final league game, and he got a brace to say goodbye to the competition he had won 14 times as a player. And then I gave him a start in the cup final. He didn't manage to score unfortunately, but did set one up. I then subbed him in the 80th minute, so the crowd could pay their own tributes. In the days after the cup final, him leaving the club turned into leaving the football world altogether as he announced his retirement. It brought home what a wonderful player he had been for us, and for his country. It's actually quite rare for us to have a player who makes a lot of international appearances for a nation that isn't Gibraltar. They usually don't have enough quality. 62 caps for Australia though is a great achievement, and he never really looked back after scoring on his debut. A wonderful servant, and the first player I've been really attached to who has retired. The first of many I feel. Steven Taylor (Profile - History - Retirement 1 - Retirement 2). We'll miss your mullet Steve. End of Season Confidence European Performance Lincoln (GIB) Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round - vs Principat (agg 12-0) Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round - vs Maccabi Haifa (agg 6-2) Champions League Playoff Round - vs Viktoria Plzen (agg 4-2) Champions League Group Stages - 3rd (W1-D1-L4) Europa League 1st Knockout Round - vs IFK Goteburg (agg 7-3) Europa League 2nd Knockout Round - vs Monaco (agg 4-4 advance on away goals) Europa League Quarter Finals - vs Bologna (agg 2-4) Lions Pilots Europa League 1st Qualifying Round - vs Vaduz (agg 0-7) Cannons Europa League 1st Qualifying Round - vs Korona Kielce (agg 0-9) Olympique 13 Europa League 2nd Qualifying Round - vs Nacional de Madeira (agg 0-9) Our season was as good as the other sides' wasn't. Looking to the Future I am now the longest serving manager in world football by a considerable margin. Not really much of an achievement, but I'll take it. We are now up into the top 50 in the world for the first time, and considering we started our life around the 1000 mark, I'm so pleased with the transformation. Brittania XI should also be pretty happy, as they were named the biggest risers following the season's results. Next season I'll be aiming to get 3rd in the Champions League group, but we may have an outside shot of 2nd. Historic Stats |---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------|| Season | League Rep | Club Rep | Value | Balance | Ticket | Season | Tickets | League | League Cup | Rock Cup | C. League | E. League | |---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------|| 2013/14 | 208th | - | | £50,000 | £6 | £30 | - | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 1st Qual. | - || 2014/15 | 208th | - | | £400,000 | £6 | £30 | - | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 1st Qual. | - || 2015/16 | 218th | 773rd | £900,000 | £610,000 | £6 | £30 | 67 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2016/17 | 204th | 478th | £875,000 | £800,000 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Quarters | 1st Qual. | - || 2017/18 | 215th | 442nd | £1,200,000 | £1,616,269 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2018/19 | 204th | 390th | £1,500,000 | £1,439,979 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2019/20 | 177th | 318th | £1,800,000 | £1,785,076 | £6 | £30 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2020/21 | 178th | 303rd | £725,000 | £671,576 | £6 | £32 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2021/22 | 185th | 305th | £1,200,000 | £1,130,766 | £6 | £33 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | Group Stage | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2022/23 | 195th | 283rd | £1,000,000 | £816,454 | £6 | £33 | 71 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2023/24 | 209th | 287th | £1,500,000 | £1,260,895 | £6 | £33 | 71 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2024/25 | 251st | 287th | £1,800,000 | £1,612,489 | £5 | £30 | 72 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Quarters | 2nd Qual. | - || 2025/26 | 249th | 286th | £2,700,000 | £2,453,908 | £5 | £30 | 75 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Quarters | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2026/27 | 202nd | 274th | £2,800,000 | £2,538,846 | £6 | £33 | 77 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Semis | 2nd Qual. | - || 2027/28 | 173rd | 273rd | £2,900,000 | £2,693,189 | £6 | £33 | 79 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Semis | 2nd Qual. | - || 2028/29 | 127th | 284th | £2,200,000 | £2,032,905 | £7 | £36 | 80 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2029/30 | 129th | 281st | £1,100,000 | £948,588 | £7 | £40 | 84 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2030/31 | 176th | 282nd | £800,000 | £567,483 | £7 | £37 | 88 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 2nd Qual. | - || 2031/32 | 208th | 307th | £650,000 | £463,657 | £7 | £37 | 96 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2032/33 | 225th | 311th | £500,000 | £320,088 | £6 | £34 | 103 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2033/34 | 206th | 333rd | £750,000 | £502,304 | £6 | £34 | 103 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2034/35 | 185th | 339th | £3,900,000 | £3,715,594 | £7 | £37 | 110 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2035/36 | 135th | 234th | £3,200,000 | £2,977,575 | £7 | £40 | 114 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2036/37 | 116th | 236th | £1,900,000 | £1,698,560 | £7 | £40 | 118 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 2nd Qual. | - || 2037/38 | 161st | 241st | £4,100,000 | £3,941,362 | £7 | £39 | 122 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2038/39 | 192nd | 213th | £5,250,000 | £4,997,978 | £7 | £39 | 125 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | 2nd Round | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2039/40 | 203rd | 195th | £6,500,000 | £5,756,063 | £7 | £40 | 131 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2040/41 | 202nd | 235th | £5,500,000 | £4,912,031 | £8 | £42 | 135 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2041/42 | 177th | 220th | £3,700,000 | £2,956,190 | £8 | £42 | 142 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2042/43 | 175th | 225th | £10,250,000 | £9,492,009 | £8 | £42 | 126 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Semis | 4th in Group | - || 2043/44 | 116th | 178th | £12,250,000 | £11,173,660 | £9 | £47 | 149 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2044/45 | 135th | 183rd | £9,500,000 | £8,103,140 | £8 | £46 | 156 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2045/46 | 171st | 183rd | £5,000,000 | £3,853,103 | £8 | £47 | 156 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2046/47 | 176th | 188th | £4,300,000 | £3,853,103 | £9 | £49 | 166 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2047/48 | 214th | 183rd | £12,250,000 | £10,533,973 | £8 | £46 | 169 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2048/49 | 220th | 183rd | £12,250,000 | £8,431,124 | £8 | £47 | 170 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2049/50 | 192nd | 191st | £14,250,000 | £11,651,607 | £9 | £51 | 176 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2050/51 | 156th | 157th | £20,000,000 | £17,319,187 | £10 | £54 | 179 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2051/52 | 118th | 154th | £22,000,000 | £18,109,846 | £10 | £56 | 182 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2052/53 | 107th | 87th | £21,500,000 | £17,168,167 | £11 | £59 | 185 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2053/54 | 97th | 84th | £19,500,000 | £13,243,551 | £11 | £63 | 187 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2054/55 | 90th | 73rd | £23,500,000 | £16,919,799 | £12 | £65 | 193 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2055/56 | 85th | 75th | £24,500,000 | £18,116,106 | £12 | £67 | 199 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2056/57 | 85th | 76th | £23,500,000 | £16,542,451 | £12 | £67 | 204 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd in Group | 1st KO Rnd || 2057/58 | 81st | 76th | £25,000,000 | £19,122,856 | £12 | £67 | 209 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 4th in Group | - || 2058/59 | 76th | 65th | £24,000,000 | £18,974,460 | £12 | £69 | 223 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd in Group | 1/4 Finals ||---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------| 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forameuss Posted April 30, 2014 Author Share Posted April 30, 2014 Can't Stop the Rock: The Birth of a Football Nation a forameuss career Season 2059/60 Transfers More of a refresh for the squad as we let go four players, and welcome in five, with another three leaving on loan. Alex Ferguson - the last time a young Scot called Alex Ferguson hit the sport, he ended up as the greatest manager of all time. I'm not asking for that, but I would take him ending up as one of the best players. I'm not expecting that much, but he should be a good player for us, and he's someone I had my eye on last season before we brought in Ferreira. John Coyne - Another Scot, and another Coyne in the door. He's less of a risk with more natural ability rather than potential, so hopefully he does us some good. Mark Porter - We needed some backup for Muzatani on the right, so Porter arrives Luke Harrison-Allen - A good full-back who can play on either side is something we sorely needed, whether to start or to give some backup. Looking forward to seeing how Luke does for us. John Mustoe - John will slot straight into the center of our defence. Fantastic defensive stats, and I've got big plans for him. Youth Intake Callum Henderson and James Witham join us. No record of the rest of the players, but rest assured, they were pretty terrible. Results If we excelled last year in the qualifiers, this year we struggled badly. Three times we lost games, but still we managed to just about scrape through. Not much more to say, apart from the fact that we need to improve massively if we're going to do anything in the group stages. Betis will face us once again after our two classic games last season. Celtic were not the second seeds we wanted to face, but we'll take it on the chin. As you may have noticed though, we are now 3rd seeds thanks to our wonderful performance last year. We will face Dinamo Tbilisi in our group, and as the bottom ranked pot 4 team, that is the best draw we could have hoped for. However, now that we're favourites for finishing 3rd, can we handle that extra pressure now that we're not the underdogs? Just about. Once again we played out a blockbuster with Real Betis, once again drawing in an absolute cracker. We were 2-0 up though, so we actually should have done better. All that joy was tempered somewhat when we couldn't beat bottom seeds Tbilisi. We did get a draw, which keeps the initiative with us, but I really expected to beat them. And then we came to games 3 and 4. These always seem to be the ones we get absolutely horsed in, and it happened again. Celtic gave us two batterings, and we followed that up with an expected loss to Betis. It came down to the final match against Tbilisi - win or draw, and we would finish third. Lose, and we would finish 4th. The pressure was well and truly on us, but luckily we rose to it and showed our class with a 6-2 win in front of 10,000 fans. So with a 3rd placed finish secure, we could look ahead to the Europa League once again, and hope for a repeat (or a bettering) of how we did last year. A wonderful, wonderful result. Lazio destroyed us in two Champions League games last season, but this time was our time. A 4-2 aggregate win, underpinned by a wonderful 2-0 home win in the first leg. That put them in an awful position going back to Rome. If we scored, we would take a massive step, and after six minutes we were ahead. Lazio fired back, but that away goal pretty much sank their hopes. Another wonderful pair of European nights, and we march on at the expense of Porto. It was the result in Portugal that did it, and we closed everything out with a great defensive performance and a 0-0 in the second leg. So we head to Russia. A tough draw, and considering we're usually pretty poor away, a trip to Russia is pretty daunting. The plan was to keep it tight in the home leg and maybe nick a goal. Unfortunately, we fell 2-0, and pretty much destroyed our hopes of advancing. We put up a good fight in the second leg, but one away goal wasn't enough when they got 2. A 4-1 aggregate defeat - by no means a disgrace, but it's disappointing. Another exhibition for us domestically, and a perfect season. End of Season Confidence European Performance Lincoln (GIB) Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round - vs KR (agg 4-3) Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round - vs Maccabi Haifa (agg 3-1) Champions League Playoff Round - vs Steaua (agg 2-2 advanced on away goals) Champions League Group Stages - 3rd (W1-D2-L3) Europa League 1st Knockout Round - vs Lazio (agg 4-2) Europa League 2nd Knockout Round - vs FC Porto (agg 2-2 advance on away goals) Europa League Quarter Finals - vs Zenit St Petersburg (agg 1-4) Lions Pilots Europa League 2nd Qualifying Round - vs Linfield (agg 1-6) Cannons Europa League 1st Qualifying Round - vs Olimpija (agg 1-5) Glacis United Europa League 1st Qualifying Round - vs Slask (agg 0-4) Less terrible, but still terrible. Looking to the Future Two quarter finals in a row...could we make the step up to the Champions League knockout stages? Historic Stats |---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------|| Season | League Rep | Club Rep | Value | Balance | Ticket | Season | Tickets | League | League Cup | Rock Cup | C. League | E. League | |---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------|| 2013/14 | 208th | - | | £50,000 | £6 | £30 | - | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 1st Qual. | - || 2014/15 | 208th | - | | £400,000 | £6 | £30 | - | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 1st Qual. | - || 2015/16 | 218th | 773rd | £900,000 | £610,000 | £6 | £30 | 67 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2016/17 | 204th | 478th | £875,000 | £800,000 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Quarters | 1st Qual. | - || 2017/18 | 215th | 442nd | £1,200,000 | £1,616,269 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2018/19 | 204th | 390th | £1,500,000 | £1,439,979 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2019/20 | 177th | 318th | £1,800,000 | £1,785,076 | £6 | £30 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2020/21 | 178th | 303rd | £725,000 | £671,576 | £6 | £32 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2021/22 | 185th | 305th | £1,200,000 | £1,130,766 | £6 | £33 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | Group Stage | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2022/23 | 195th | 283rd | £1,000,000 | £816,454 | £6 | £33 | 71 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2023/24 | 209th | 287th | £1,500,000 | £1,260,895 | £6 | £33 | 71 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2024/25 | 251st | 287th | £1,800,000 | £1,612,489 | £5 | £30 | 72 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Quarters | 2nd Qual. | - || 2025/26 | 249th | 286th | £2,700,000 | £2,453,908 | £5 | £30 | 75 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Quarters | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2026/27 | 202nd | 274th | £2,800,000 | £2,538,846 | £6 | £33 | 77 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Semis | 2nd Qual. | - || 2027/28 | 173rd | 273rd | £2,900,000 | £2,693,189 | £6 | £33 | 79 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Semis | 2nd Qual. | - || 2028/29 | 127th | 284th | £2,200,000 | £2,032,905 | £7 | £36 | 80 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2029/30 | 129th | 281st | £1,100,000 | £948,588 | £7 | £40 | 84 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2030/31 | 176th | 282nd | £800,000 | £567,483 | £7 | £37 | 88 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 2nd Qual. | - || 2031/32 | 208th | 307th | £650,000 | £463,657 | £7 | £37 | 96 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2032/33 | 225th | 311th | £500,000 | £320,088 | £6 | £34 | 103 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2033/34 | 206th | 333rd | £750,000 | £502,304 | £6 | £34 | 103 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2034/35 | 185th | 339th | £3,900,000 | £3,715,594 | £7 | £37 | 110 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2035/36 | 135th | 234th | £3,200,000 | £2,977,575 | £7 | £40 | 114 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2036/37 | 116th | 236th | £1,900,000 | £1,698,560 | £7 | £40 | 118 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 2nd Qual. | - || 2037/38 | 161st | 241st | £4,100,000 | £3,941,362 | £7 | £39 | 122 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2038/39 | 192nd | 213th | £5,250,000 | £4,997,978 | £7 | £39 | 125 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | 2nd Round | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2039/40 | 203rd | 195th | £6,500,000 | £5,756,063 | £7 | £40 | 131 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2040/41 | 202nd | 235th | £5,500,000 | £4,912,031 | £8 | £42 | 135 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2041/42 | 177th | 220th | £3,700,000 | £2,956,190 | £8 | £42 | 142 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2042/43 | 175th | 225th | £10,250,000 | £9,492,009 | £8 | £42 | 126 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Semis | 4th in Group | - || 2043/44 | 116th | 178th | £12,250,000 | £11,173,660 | £9 | £47 | 149 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2044/45 | 135th | 183rd | £9,500,000 | £8,103,140 | £8 | £46 | 156 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2045/46 | 171st | 183rd | £5,000,000 | £3,853,103 | £8 | £47 | 156 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2046/47 | 176th | 188th | £4,300,000 | £3,853,103 | £9 | £49 | 166 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2047/48 | 214th | 183rd | £12,250,000 | £10,533,973 | £8 | £46 | 169 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2048/49 | 220th | 183rd | £12,250,000 | £8,431,124 | £8 | £47 | 170 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2049/50 | 192nd | 191st | £14,250,000 | £11,651,607 | £9 | £51 | 176 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2050/51 | 156th | 157th | £20,000,000 | £17,319,187 | £10 | £54 | 179 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2051/52 | 118th | 154th | £22,000,000 | £18,109,846 | £10 | £56 | 182 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2052/53 | 107th | 87th | £21,500,000 | £17,168,167 | £11 | £59 | 185 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2053/54 | 97th | 84th | £19,500,000 | £13,243,551 | £11 | £63 | 187 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2054/55 | 90th | 73rd | £23,500,000 | £16,919,799 | £12 | £65 | 193 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2055/56 | 85th | 75th | £24,500,000 | £18,116,106 | £12 | £67 | 199 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2056/57 | 85th | 76th | £23,500,000 | £16,542,451 | £12 | £67 | 204 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd in Group | 1st KO Rnd || 2057/58 | 81st | 76th | £25,000,000 | £19,122,856 | £12 | £67 | 209 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 4th in Group | - || 2058/59 | 76th | 65th | £24,000,000 | £18,974,460 | £12 | £69 | 223 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd in Group | 1/4 Finals || 2059/60 | 70th | 49th | £25,000,000 | £17,435,346 | £13 | £74 | 233 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd in Group | 1/4 Finals 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seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Good | Fairly Basic || 2018/19 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Adequate | Good | Fairly Basic || 2019/20 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Adequate | Good | Fairly Basic || 2020/21 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Basic | Adequate | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2021/22 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Basic | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2022/23 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2023/24 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2024/25 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2025/26 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2026/27 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2027/28 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2028/29 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2029/30 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2030/31 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2031/32 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2032/33 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2033/34 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2034/35 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2035/36 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2036/37 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2037/38 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2038/39 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2039/40 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2040/41 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2041/42 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2042/43 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2043/44 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Average | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2044/45 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Average | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2045/46 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Average | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2046/47 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Good | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2047/48 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Good | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2048/49 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Good | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2049/50 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Great | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2050/51 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Great | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2051/52 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Superb | Superb | Exceptional | Average || 2052/53 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Superb | Superb | Exceptional | Average || 2053/54 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Excellent | Excellent | Exceptional | Average || 2054/55 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Excellent | Excellent | Exceptional | Average || 2055/56 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Excellent | Excellent | Exceptional | Average || 2056/57 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Excellent | Superb | Exceptional | Average || 2057/58 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Excellent | Superb | Exceptional | Average || 2058/59 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Superb | Superb | Exceptional | Average ||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------|| Season | CL | Rounds | EL | Rounds | Coefficient ||---------------------------------------------------|| 2014/15 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2015/16 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2016/17 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2017/18 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2018/19 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2019/20 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 50th || 2020/21 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st 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forameuss Posted May 1, 2014 Author Share Posted May 1, 2014 Can't Stop the Rock: The Birth of a Football Nation a forameuss career Gibraltar Update So you may remember I'm also in charge of the national team now. You'll also notice I haven't yet updated you on how I'm doing. So now is the time to show just how badly... My first match in charge was against Macedonia, and we got absolutely thumped. Although a lot of my players are in the squad, we still have a lot of your common Gibraltarian players in there too. Think of it as a team worse than San Marino, with a sprinkling of players good enough to play for a pot 4 team. However, once the qualifiers started, my sense of dread lifted a bit. A 3-0 defeat by France was hardly the end of the World, and neither was the same defeat by Finland. The big match was against the Faroe Islands - pot 5 vs pot 6, and the match we really had to get something out of. And we did, just about. Star striker Alberto netted a hat-trick, and we just couldn't grab that crucial 4th to take all the points. Still, it's a good result nonetheless. Then things started going sour, with some heavy defeats. Let me just take time out to comment on that Latvia match... Yes, we have won a competitive match for the first time since 2043. I talked about the relative lack of talent, but when you have Daniel Coyne, you have a chance. He blootered in a free-kick early on, and then added a second. Latvia got a goal back, but we held on for a priceless three points. There were celebrations on the Rock that night... Unfortunately, apart from a friendly win against Andorra at the end of the year, we struggled to do anything else of note. Our crunch match with the Faroes that could have seen us finish ahead of them almost finished the same way as the first. After we took the lead early on, the Faroes decided they weren't having that, and raced into a 3-1 lead. They added a 4th midway through the second half, and it looked like we were onto a hiding. A late fight-back brought it to 4-3, but we couldn't find that crucial equaliser, and we finished 6th. I assume it's head-to-head as a sorting rule, as we bettered the Faroes goal difference. Disappointing, but to be honest, four points is a good haul for a team as hapless as ours. I'll probably update you on Gibraltar after each qualifying campaign, so really every four years in-game. Thanks to not being a FIFA member, we don't play in World Cup Qualifying, so it's just meaningless friendlies against diddies for three of the four years. It's going to be thrilling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameuss Posted May 1, 2014 Author Share Posted May 1, 2014 Can't Stop the Rock: The Birth of a Football Nation a forameuss career Season 2060/61 Transfers Only two signings this summer. Gareth King will come in as our new number one. A bit of a blow to Phil Bearder, who has been a fantastic player for us, but he'll now drop to the bench. I expect he'll end up unhappy and want to leave, but as long as King is here, that shouldn't be a problem. The incomprehensibly named Krzysztof Majewski could end up being a huge signing for us. We have a history of very good target men, so if we get a guy who can really cross a ball onto their heads, then we're going to be quids in. Majewski looks like that player. Youth Intake Alex Guerrerro, James Parkinson, Ed Power, Nick Pears and Stewart Lloyd all joined us. A bit of a bumper batch joining, but none of them are particularly impressive. I just want to bolster some numbers. Results This was another summer where we did our level best to botch an attempt at getting into the Champions League. Twice we went into second leg matches trailing, and there is going to come a time where we can't lift ourselves and get through. And it'll be our own fault. But not this year, as we showed Levski and then Stromgoedset the way to play a second leg. We ran out fairly comfortable winners in all cases, and now we can look forward to another Champions League draw. Remember when we struggled to get out of the second qualifying round? A fair to middling group. Could've been better, could've been worse. There isn't much to say about this group, other than we did what we had to against the bottom seeds. The less said about Dortmund and Napoli the better, especially the 11-0 defeat in Naples. I'll be honest, I have no idea what happened. Luckily, thanks to head to head, that result shouldn't have mattered, and a 2-2 draw against Salzburg secured our third placed finish for the fourth year running. We march on. FC Twente gave us two very good legs of football, and it ended up being the story of two very good away performances. The first leg saw the Dutch side pick up two away goals, giving them a massive boost going back home. We bettered their two with three away goals of our own, including two in the last fifteen minutes. A fantastic performance, and on we marched. Henrique Ferreira, we love you. This was all about our fantastic first leg performance. Home results in Europe have often been our salvation, and after charging into a 4-0 lead there, our trip to Russia became a little easier. We were still wary, but knew that a single goal over there would give Rubin their nightmare scenario. In the end, we managed two early goals to leave Rubin needing seven. They got three, but it was obviously not enough. A thoroughly professional performance, which brings us into the quarter finals once again. But that's where it ended. No complaints, Granada bullied us in both legs. It was a worry that we drew a blank in Spain, and it meant that we would have to keep a clean sheet in the second leg or go goals crazy. We managed neither, and slipped to a damning 6-0 aggregate defeat. You know the drill by now. When you go out on the opening day of the season and score fourteen, then you know how it's going to go. To put that result in perspective, that's the same amount of goals as Lions Pilots managed in their entire season, and more than relegated Lynx FC managed. Hell, it's only eight less than the second placed side scored. The rest of the season was just a procession, and it's another quadruple. End of Season Confidence European Performance Lincoln (GIB) Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round - vs Juennesse Esch (agg 5-1) Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round - vs Levski (agg 5-2) Champions League Playoff Round - vs Stromsgodset (agg 4-2) Champions League Group Stages - 3rd (W1-D1-L4) Europa League 1st Knockout Round - vs FC Twente (agg 5-3) Europa League 2nd Knockout Round - vs Rubin Kazan (agg 6-3) Europa League Quarter Finals - vs Grenada (agg 0-6) Lions Pilots Europa League 1st Qualifying Round - vs West Ham (agg 0-14) Hound Dogs Europa League 2nd Qualifying Round - vs Belenenses (agg 0-4) Boca Juniors (GIB) Europa League 1st Qualifying Round - vs Daugava D. (agg 1-4) I didn't think you got English sides appearing in this very first round, but Lions Pilots now know that you do. Two 7-0 defeats make a 14-0 aggregate pummelling. Awful stuff. Hound Dogs and Boca did better, but not by that much. Looking to the Future Well, you'll just have to wait for the next post for the full run-down... Historic Stats |---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------|| Season | League Rep | Club Rep | Value | Balance | Ticket | Season | Tickets | League | League Cup | Rock Cup | C. League | E. League | |---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------|| 2013/14 | 208th | - | | £50,000 | £6 | £30 | - | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 1st Qual. | - || 2014/15 | 208th | - | | £400,000 | £6 | £30 | - | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 1st Qual. | - || 2015/16 | 218th | 773rd | £900,000 | £610,000 | £6 | £30 | 67 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2016/17 | 204th | 478th | £875,000 | £800,000 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Quarters | 1st Qual. | - || 2017/18 | 215th | 442nd | £1,200,000 | £1,616,269 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2018/19 | 204th | 390th | £1,500,000 | £1,439,979 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2019/20 | 177th | 318th | £1,800,000 | £1,785,076 | £6 | £30 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2020/21 | 178th | 303rd | £725,000 | £671,576 | £6 | £32 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2021/22 | 185th | 305th | £1,200,000 | £1,130,766 | £6 | £33 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | Group Stage | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2022/23 | 195th | 283rd | £1,000,000 | £816,454 | £6 | £33 | 71 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2023/24 | 209th | 287th | £1,500,000 | £1,260,895 | £6 | £33 | 71 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2024/25 | 251st | 287th | £1,800,000 | £1,612,489 | £5 | £30 | 72 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Quarters | 2nd Qual. | - || 2025/26 | 249th | 286th | £2,700,000 | £2,453,908 | £5 | £30 | 75 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Quarters | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2026/27 | 202nd | 274th | £2,800,000 | £2,538,846 | £6 | £33 | 77 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Semis | 2nd Qual. | - || 2027/28 | 173rd | 273rd | £2,900,000 | £2,693,189 | £6 | £33 | 79 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Semis | 2nd Qual. | - || 2028/29 | 127th | 284th | £2,200,000 | £2,032,905 | £7 | £36 | 80 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2029/30 | 129th | 281st | £1,100,000 | £948,588 | £7 | £40 | 84 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2030/31 | 176th | 282nd | £800,000 | £567,483 | £7 | £37 | 88 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 2nd Qual. | - || 2031/32 | 208th | 307th | £650,000 | £463,657 | £7 | £37 | 96 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2032/33 | 225th | 311th | £500,000 | £320,088 | £6 | £34 | 103 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2033/34 | 206th | 333rd | £750,000 | £502,304 | £6 | £34 | 103 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2034/35 | 185th | 339th | £3,900,000 | £3,715,594 | £7 | £37 | 110 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2035/36 | 135th | 234th | £3,200,000 | £2,977,575 | £7 | £40 | 114 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2036/37 | 116th | 236th | £1,900,000 | £1,698,560 | £7 | £40 | 118 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 2nd Qual. | - || 2037/38 | 161st | 241st | £4,100,000 | £3,941,362 | £7 | £39 | 122 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2038/39 | 192nd | 213th | £5,250,000 | £4,997,978 | £7 | £39 | 125 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | 2nd Round | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2039/40 | 203rd | 195th | £6,500,000 | £5,756,063 | £7 | £40 | 131 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2040/41 | 202nd | 235th | £5,500,000 | £4,912,031 | £8 | £42 | 135 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2041/42 | 177th | 220th | £3,700,000 | £2,956,190 | £8 | £42 | 142 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2042/43 | 175th | 225th | £10,250,000 | £9,492,009 | £8 | £42 | 126 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Semis | 4th in Group | - || 2043/44 | 116th | 178th | £12,250,000 | £11,173,660 | £9 | £47 | 149 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2044/45 | 135th | 183rd | £9,500,000 | £8,103,140 | £8 | £46 | 156 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2045/46 | 171st | 183rd | £5,000,000 | £3,853,103 | £8 | £47 | 156 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2046/47 | 176th | 188th | £4,300,000 | £3,853,103 | £9 | £49 | 166 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2047/48 | 214th | 183rd | £12,250,000 | £10,533,973 | £8 | £46 | 169 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2048/49 | 220th | 183rd | £12,250,000 | £8,431,124 | £8 | £47 | 170 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2049/50 | 192nd | 191st | £14,250,000 | £11,651,607 | £9 | £51 | 176 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2050/51 | 156th | 157th | £20,000,000 | £17,319,187 | £10 | £54 | 179 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2051/52 | 118th | 154th | £22,000,000 | £18,109,846 | £10 | £56 | 182 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2052/53 | 107th | 87th | £21,500,000 | £17,168,167 | £11 | £59 | 185 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2053/54 | 97th | 84th | £19,500,000 | £13,243,551 | £11 | £63 | 187 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2054/55 | 90th | 73rd | £23,500,000 | £16,919,799 | £12 | £65 | 193 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2055/56 | 85th | 75th | £24,500,000 | £18,116,106 | £12 | £67 | 199 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2056/57 | 85th | 76th | £23,500,000 | £16,542,451 | £12 | £67 | 204 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2057/58 | 81st | 76th | £25,000,000 | £19,122,856 | £12 | £67 | 209 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 4th in Group | - || 2058/59 | 76th | 65th | £24,000,000 | £18,974,460 | £12 | £69 | 223 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd in Group | 1/4 Finals || 2059/60 | 70th | 49th | £25,000,000 | £17,435,346 | £13 | £74 | 233 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd in Group | 1/4 Finals || 2060/61 | 64th | 38th | £29,000,000 | £24,272,313 | £14 | £81 | 253 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd in Group | 1/4 Finals 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forameuss Posted May 1, 2014 Author Share Posted May 1, 2014 Can't Stop the Rock: The Birth of a Football Nation a forameuss career Season 2060/61 - Post-season So we're doing not bad in Europe, and predictably well domestically. How exactly are we going to take that extra step though? Well...that might do it. As we prepared for our second leg match against Rubin Kazan, this message came in. I hadn't noticed anything beforehand on a takeover, so it was pretty much out of the blue. We went out and lost to Rubin, but still went through, but the squad could be forgiven for wondering what would happen with this. These are usually long, drawn-out affairs, but just a couple of days after we were drawn against Granada in the quarter finals... Well, that's a blow. I guess it's no problem, we're not really struggling, we don't really need a... Yes, just hours after I was told that the bid was over, and that our tycoon was heading off to another club, I was then told that it had gone through. Ko Wing Keung is the new owner of Lincoln (GIB). But what would he bring with him? I'm speechless really. I've never been at a club during a tycoon takeover, but there's a first time for everything. Some say it ruins saves, but to be honest, I don't care we would have struggled to make that extra step I think, given the paucity of the finances in Gibraltar. Now we have a Hong Kong Tycoon behind us, the only way is up. He says he's not going to stop until we're best in the world, so we have something in common there. He's also improving the training and youth facilities, so a few months after his arrival, we're now maxed out in terms of facilities with both rated as "Top". This is now our finances. Last October, our balance hit £24 million. Now in July, it's £56 million. So just for a laugh, I thought I'd put some of that money to use - new stadium boss? Nah, of course he wouldn't do that, that'd be... Oh...sweet...jes... ********! I guess it's kind of realistic. I'm not entirely sure where you would build a new stadium in Gibraltar. I would settle for moving into the Europa Point stadium though, where we play some of our European games. I'll keep badgering him for a stadium every chance I get, and maybe the council will relent at some point. But now we have an absolutely massive summer ahead. Our first as a tycoon-backed club, and our first with ridiculous levels of money. First, contracts will be restructured to get wages as low as possible, then I'm going shopping... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzrab Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 That's some crazy money for a Gibraltan side. Looking forward to seeing what you do with it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameuss Posted May 5, 2014 Author Share Posted May 5, 2014 Can't Stop the Rock: The Birth of a Football Nation a forameuss career Season 2061/62 Youth Intake Jack Spall is the only arrival from the intake. Results A flawless run through the qualifiers as we turned over Zeta, Koper and Legia. Makes a nice change to not struggle through these matches! Well Hajduk was a fantastic draw to be honest. By some distance the "worst" side in the competition, so we should absolutely have enough to make it to at least 3rd. From there, we can start to dream - can we better either Bayern or the Yellow Submarine Villarreal? That's what we're aiming for. Well...I don't really know what to say about this group stage. We managed a fantastic draw against Bayern, and then a pretty disappointing one against Hajduk. A third draw in a row, this time goalless against Villarreal meant that the group remained pretty close, but we had yet to really catch fire. We certainly didn't in our two away matches against Bayern and Villarreal, but managed to pick up a priceless win in our final match against Hajduk, sending us into the Europa League with a third placed finish. We really should have done better to be honest. Although I'm happy to be in the Europa League again, I can't help but feel that 2nd place was achievable. Club Brugge gave us quite a game. Well, two of them really. Two draws, but we crept through thanks to our two away goals in the second leg. We returned to form in the second knockout round with a great performance against Sporting. Our 3-0 home win was the perfect start, and when Henrique Ferreira scored his first nine minutes into the second leg, we were pretty much home and hosed. Ferreira managed a hat-trick in the end, and although Sporting managed a consolation, we strolled through it. Getting Spurs in the quarters looked like it would end up being our undoing. Even with our new tycoon owner, Spurs operate on a different financial plain than we do with the Premier League TV deal and other accoutrements. However, despite all of that, we came out on top. A 0-0 draw in the first leg was a fantastic result, but I expected to go to White Hart Lane and get absolutely murdered. In a way, we did, but we managed to get two away goals in the process. Spurs pressed and pressed and pressed, but couldn't find a winner, and we went through to the semi finals. Lincoln. Of Gibraltar. In the semi-finals of the Europa League. Beezer. And so it came down to this, a match against Real Betis, who we had met several times before. They were many-time Champions League winners, and absolutely overwhelming favourites for the Europa League again. We couldn't really hold a candle to them in our tie, although we gave it a damn good go. Although the aggregate was 7-3, I'm proud of my team. Maybe we're not so far off winning this competition as I thought. Another great domestic season, win after win after win. End of Season Confidence European Performance Lincoln (GIB) Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round - vs Zeta (agg 10-0) Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round - vs Koper (agg 5-1) Champions League Playoff Round - vs Legia (agg 3-1) Champions League Group Stages - 3rd (W1-D3-L2) Europa League 1st Knockout Round - vs Club Brugge (agg 3-3 advanced on away goals) Europa League 2nd Knockout Round - vs Sporting (agg 6-1) Europa League Quarter Finals - vs Tottenham (agg 2-2 advanced on away goals) Europa League Semi Finals - vs Betis (agg 3-7) Glacis Utd Europa League 2nd Qualifying Round - vs CSKA Sofia (agg 0-4) Hound Dogs Europa League 2nd Qualifying Round - vs HJK (agg 0-4) Boca Juniors (GIB) Europa League 1st Qualifying Round - vs Kalmar FF. (agg 0-8) Looking to the Future Historic Stats |---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------|| Season | League Rep | Club Rep | Value | Balance | Ticket | Season | Tickets | League | League Cup | Rock Cup | C. League | E. League | |---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------|| 2013/14 | 208th | - | | £50,000 | £6 | £30 | - | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 1st Qual. | - || 2014/15 | 208th | - | | £400,000 | £6 | £30 | - | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 1st Qual. | - || 2015/16 | 218th | 773rd | £900,000 | £610,000 | £6 | £30 | 67 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2016/17 | 204th | 478th | £875,000 | £800,000 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Quarters | 1st Qual. | - || 2017/18 | 215th | 442nd | £1,200,000 | £1,616,269 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2018/19 | 204th | 390th | £1,500,000 | £1,439,979 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2019/20 | 177th | 318th | £1,800,000 | £1,785,076 | £6 | £30 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2020/21 | 178th | 303rd | £725,000 | £671,576 | £6 | £32 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2021/22 | 185th | 305th | £1,200,000 | £1,130,766 | £6 | £33 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | Group Stage | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2022/23 | 195th | 283rd | £1,000,000 | £816,454 | £6 | £33 | 71 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2023/24 | 209th | 287th | £1,500,000 | £1,260,895 | £6 | £33 | 71 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2024/25 | 251st | 287th | £1,800,000 | £1,612,489 | £5 | £30 | 72 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Quarters | 2nd Qual. | - || 2025/26 | 249th | 286th | £2,700,000 | £2,453,908 | £5 | £30 | 75 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Quarters | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2026/27 | 202nd | 274th | £2,800,000 | £2,538,846 | £6 | £33 | 77 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Semis | 2nd Qual. | - || 2027/28 | 173rd | 273rd | £2,900,000 | £2,693,189 | £6 | £33 | 79 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Semis | 2nd Qual. | - || 2028/29 | 127th | 284th | £2,200,000 | £2,032,905 | £7 | £36 | 80 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2029/30 | 129th | 281st | £1,100,000 | £948,588 | £7 | £40 | 84 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2030/31 | 176th | 282nd | £800,000 | £567,483 | £7 | £37 | 88 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 2nd Qual. | - || 2031/32 | 208th | 307th | £650,000 | £463,657 | £7 | £37 | 96 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2032/33 | 225th | 311th | £500,000 | £320,088 | £6 | £34 | 103 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2033/34 | 206th | 333rd | £750,000 | £502,304 | £6 | £34 | 103 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2034/35 | 185th | 339th | £3,900,000 | £3,715,594 | £7 | £37 | 110 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2035/36 | 135th | 234th | £3,200,000 | £2,977,575 | £7 | £40 | 114 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2036/37 | 116th | 236th | £1,900,000 | £1,698,560 | £7 | £40 | 118 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 2nd Qual. | - || 2037/38 | 161st | 241st | £4,100,000 | £3,941,362 | £7 | £39 | 122 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2038/39 | 192nd | 213th | £5,250,000 | £4,997,978 | £7 | £39 | 125 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | 2nd Round | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2039/40 | 203rd | 195th | £6,500,000 | £5,756,063 | £7 | £40 | 131 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2040/41 | 202nd | 235th | £5,500,000 | £4,912,031 | £8 | £42 | 135 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2041/42 | 177th | 220th | £3,700,000 | £2,956,190 | £8 | £42 | 142 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2042/43 | 175th | 225th | £10,250,000 | £9,492,009 | £8 | £42 | 126 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Semis | 4th in Group | - || 2043/44 | 116th | 178th | £12,250,000 | £11,173,660 | £9 | £47 | 149 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2044/45 | 135th | 183rd | £9,500,000 | £8,103,140 | £8 | £46 | 156 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2045/46 | 171st | 183rd | £5,000,000 | £3,853,103 | £8 | £47 | 156 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2046/47 | 176th | 188th | £4,300,000 | £3,853,103 | £9 | £49 | 166 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2047/48 | 214th | 183rd | £12,250,000 | £10,533,973 | £8 | £46 | 169 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2048/49 | 220th | 183rd | £12,250,000 | £8,431,124 | £8 | £47 | 170 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2049/50 | 192nd | 191st | £14,250,000 | £11,651,607 | £9 | £51 | 176 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2050/51 | 156th | 157th | £20,000,000 | £17,319,187 | £10 | £54 | 179 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2051/52 | 118th | 154th | £22,000,000 | £18,109,846 | £10 | £56 | 182 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2052/53 | 107th | 87th | £21,500,000 | £17,168,167 | £11 | £59 | 185 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2053/54 | 97th | 84th | £19,500,000 | £13,243,551 | £11 | £63 | 187 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2054/55 | 90th | 73rd | £23,500,000 | £16,919,799 | £12 | £65 | 193 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2055/56 | 85th | 75th | £24,500,000 | £18,116,106 | £12 | £67 | 199 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2056/57 | 85th | 76th | £23,500,000 | £16,542,451 | £12 | £67 | 204 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2057/58 | 81st | 76th | £25,000,000 | £19,122,856 | £12 | £67 | 209 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 4th in Group | - || 2058/59 | 76th | 65th | £24,000,000 | £18,974,460 | £12 | £69 | 223 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd in Group | 1/4 Finals || 2059/60 | 70th | 49th | £25,000,000 | £17,435,346 | £13 | £74 | 233 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd in Group | 1/4 Finals || 2060/61 | 64th | 38th | £29,000,000 | £24,272,313 | £14 | £81 | 253 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd in Group | 1/4 Finals || 2061/62 | 54th | 32nd | £64,000,000 | £54,528,774 | £16 | £90 | 261 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd in Group | Semi Finals ||---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| Season | Stadium | Capacity | Corporate | Training | Youth | Junior Coaching | Youth Recruitment ||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| 2013/14 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Average | Fairly Basic || 2014/15 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Average | Fairly Basic || 2015/16 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Average | Fairly Basic || 2016/17 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Good | Fairly Basic || 2017/18 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Good | Fairly Basic || 2018/19 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Adequate | Good | Fairly Basic || 2019/20 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Adequate | Good | Fairly Basic || 2020/21 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Basic | Adequate | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2021/22 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Basic | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2022/23 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2023/24 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2024/25 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2025/26 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2026/27 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2027/28 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2028/29 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2029/30 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2030/31 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2031/32 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2032/33 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2033/34 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2034/35 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2035/36 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2036/37 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2037/38 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2038/39 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2039/40 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2040/41 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2041/42 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2042/43 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2043/44 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Average | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2044/45 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Average | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2045/46 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Average | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2046/47 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Good | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2047/48 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Good | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2048/49 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Good | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2049/50 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Great | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2050/51 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Great | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2051/52 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Superb | Superb | Exceptional | Average || 2052/53 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Superb | Superb | Exceptional | Average || 2053/54 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Excellent | Excellent | Exceptional | Average || 2054/55 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Excellent | Excellent | Exceptional | Average || 2055/56 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Excellent | Excellent | Exceptional | Average || 2056/57 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Excellent | Superb | Exceptional | Average || 2057/58 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Excellent | Superb | Exceptional | Average || 2058/59 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Superb | Superb | Exceptional | Average || 2059/60 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Superb | Superb | Exceptional | Average || 2060/61 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Superb | Superb | Exceptional | Average || 2061/62 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Top | Top | Exceptional | Above Average ||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------|| Season | CL | Rounds | EL | Rounds | Coefficient ||---------------------------------------------------|| 2014/15 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2015/16 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2016/17 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2017/18 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2018/19 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2019/20 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 50th || 2020/21 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2021/22 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 51st || 2022/23 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2023/24 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2024/25 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2025/26 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2026/27 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 51st || 2027/28 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2028/29 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 46th || 2029/30 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2030/31 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 49th || 2031/32 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 49th || 2032/33 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2034/35 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2035/36 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 50th || 2036/37 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st || 2037/38 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 44th || 2038/39 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2039/40 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2040/41 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2041/42 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2042/43 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2043/44 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 45th || 2044/45 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st || 2045/46 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2046/47 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2047/48 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2048/49 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2049/50 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st || 2050/51 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st || 2051/52 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 36th || 2052/53 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 33rd || 2053/54 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 33rd || 2054/55 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 32nd || 2055/56 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 2nd/1st | 31st || 2056/57 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 2nd/1st | 31st || 2057/58 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 33rd || 2058/59 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 2nd/1st | 32nd || 2059/60 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 2nd/1st | 32nd || 2060/61 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 2nd/1st | 30th || 2061/62 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 2nd/1st | 26th || 2062/63 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 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Malicious Penguin Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Possible idea: train up your youth intakes, then release them in the hope they sign on with Gibraltarian clubs? Unless you've already done that... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Wow! Took me a while to go through your updates and you have done brilliantly since you took over. Nice to see you got a tycoon owner Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameuss Posted May 7, 2014 Author Share Posted May 7, 2014 Possible idea: train up your youth intakes, then release them in the hope they sign on with Gibraltarian clubs? Unless you've already done that... Well without spoiling anything, I'm a few seasons further ahead than I've updated, and I've started taking on a few more youths each year. I don't have anything to back it up really, but going by coach reports, I think I could play 11 youth players in the league season and probably end up in the top 3 at least. They definitely have the quality to serve other clubs. The lack of a reserve league is a massive annoyance really - any youth I keep on is pretty much guaranteed to have no matches in their first few years, short of reserve friendlies I manage to organise on the rare days the stadium isn't being used. I've tried putting everyone I don't use up for loan, but not many of them get picked up. I'll keep plugging away though. Wow! Took me a while to go through your updates and you have done brilliantly since you took over. Nice to see you got a tycoon owner Cheers John! It's certainly helping, I have to say. I've had bad experiences with Tycoons before, but when you're so far ahead of your rivals, the tycoon is always happy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameuss Posted May 7, 2014 Author Share Posted May 7, 2014 Can't Stop the Rock: The Birth of a Football Nation a forameuss career Season 2062/63 Pre-season We received praise in the off-season for our performance in the Champions League for some reason. We're down as the biggest overachievers in the competition, despite finishing third in our group. I know the media get this wrong quite a lot in-game, but surely we're thought of better than this. More money flew in from sponsorship, which led to another ridiculous budget for the summer. But then the players we need are going to want those big wages. I tried to get a feeder club so we could send off some of our young players, but the board couldn't find one. Christ board, send me out to Scotland with a bag of chips and I'll find you one easily! Youth Intake Liam Rooney, Nathan Shortland, Andy Schofield, Howard Hudson, Oliver Webb and Gary Gardner all join us in a bumper intake. Most will be filler, but Liam Rooney is a possible hope for the future. Results Henrique Ferreira showed exactly how important he is to us in the qualifiers, only failing to score in the dead rubber against Linfield. We started off fantastically, winning 7-0 in the first leg, but it was disappointing to lose the second. We faced, and beat, Maccabi Haifa in the 3rd round in a barnstormer of a tie, with no fewer than 12 goals spread across the two games. Pandurii looked like a great draw to me in the play-off, but we left for home after the first leg trailing. Two away goals was good, but we knew that they held a massive advantage. Luckily, good old Ferreira got us off to a great start, and put us ahead on the night, and on aggregate, before Coldrick made sure late on. Another group stage appearance. Lincoln of Gibraltar are now second seeds in the Champions League. Mental. Huge news for us, and allows us to dream of possibly living up to our seeding and finishing second. Just getting to that first knockout round would earn us more than our semi-final appearance in the Europa League did. Not the greatest group we could have hoped for, but if you want to get anywhere, you'll have to beat the good sides sometime. We've beaten Monaco before, as well as the Norwegians. A point against Inter wouldn't go amiss either. Forget that last bit - you don't really need to get anything from Inter when you're flawless elsewhere... The San Siro seemed a bit daunting as we fell to a 4-1 defeat in the opening game, but we got our campaign well and truly back on track with a 1-0 win at Monaco. The fixtures fell nicely this time around, with us facing the 4th seeds in the middle double-header, and Monaco 2nd. We gathered six points in our games against Stromsgodset, after two massive battles. So third was all but assured, but going into the last two matches, we knew that a win against Monaco in the final game would secure us 2nd. If we could beat Inter in the penultimate match though, we would secure it early, and possibly even top spot. Unfortunately, we fell to a disappointing 1-0. We did manage to beat Monaco in the final match though, to ease into 2nd place, and the first knockout round for the first time in our history. But our stay wasn't particularly long. Drawing Southampton made for a tough game, but any opponent would have been far better than us on paper. I went out in the first leg and attacked conservatively, but ended up 3-0 down very early. Gameplan out of the window, so I threw people forward to try and grab something going into the second leg. By full-time, we had scored two, but unfortunately Southampton got another. 4-2 would've been a positive result on any other occasion, but it means we're pretty much out of the tie. That was confirmed three weeks later as Southampton ran out two goal winners at St Marys. Still though, a great journey this season. Another good domestic season as we strolled through all of our fixtures. End of Season Confidence European Performance Lincoln (GIB) Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round - vs Linfield (agg 7-1) Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round - vs Maccabi Haifa (agg 7-5) Champions League Playoff Round - vs Pandurii (agg 4-3) Champions League Group Stages - 2nd (W4-D0-L2) Champions League 1st Knockout Round - vs Southampton (agg 2-6) Glacis Utd Europa League 1st Qualifying Round - vs OB (agg 0-6) Lions Pilots Europa League 2nd Qualifying Round - vs Gyor (agg 0-1) Hound Dogs Europa League 2nd Qualifying Round - vs RNK Split (agg 0-6) Oh so close for Lions Pilots. They kept it to 0-0 in the first leg, and travelled to Hungary knowing that one goal would give them a massive advantage. Unfortunately, they couldn't find it, and Gyor got a late winner. Gutting for them. I'd like to say they're getting closer, but I bet next year they get absolutely horsed again. Looking to the Future As you'll see below, we are really improving year on year. We are now the 25th ranked side in Europe somehow, with the league itself now ranked 50th. How it has reached that level considering how much of a one-trick-pony it is, I'm not sure. Tickets have almost trebled in price since the start of the save (although three times six isn't huge...), and season tickets are up by over 300%. Also, for the first time ever, we can now boast three sides in the second qualifying round of the Europa League. We're 19th in the nation coefficients, and we only have a few more places to make up until we gain another round in the Champions League qualifying. I am desperate for some other sides to start winning in Europe - if even one managed to qualify for the group stage, we would rocket in the rankings I think. Next year, we just have to build on what we achieved this time around. Another knockout stage appearance would be great, but I don't care which competition. We just need to keep racking up those ranking points to keep our seeding high. Historic Stats |---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------|| Season | League Rep | Club Rep | Value | Balance | Ticket | Season | Tickets | League | League Cup | Rock Cup | C. League | E. League | |---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------|| 2013/14 | 208th | - | | £50,000 | £6 | £30 | - | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 1st Qual. | - || 2014/15 | 208th | - | | £400,000 | £6 | £30 | - | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 1st Qual. | - || 2015/16 | 218th | 773rd | £900,000 | £610,000 | £6 | £30 | 67 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2016/17 | 204th | 478th | £875,000 | £800,000 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Quarters | 1st Qual. | - || 2017/18 | 215th | 442nd | £1,200,000 | £1,616,269 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2018/19 | 204th | 390th | £1,500,000 | £1,439,979 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2019/20 | 177th | 318th | £1,800,000 | £1,785,076 | £6 | £30 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2020/21 | 178th | 303rd | £725,000 | £671,576 | £6 | £32 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2021/22 | 185th | 305th | £1,200,000 | £1,130,766 | £6 | £33 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | Group Stage | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2022/23 | 195th | 283rd | £1,000,000 | £816,454 | £6 | £33 | 71 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2023/24 | 209th | 287th | £1,500,000 | £1,260,895 | £6 | £33 | 71 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2024/25 | 251st | 287th | £1,800,000 | £1,612,489 | £5 | £30 | 72 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Quarters | 2nd Qual. | - || 2025/26 | 249th | 286th | £2,700,000 | £2,453,908 | £5 | £30 | 75 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Quarters | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2026/27 | 202nd | 274th | £2,800,000 | £2,538,846 | £6 | £33 | 77 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Semis | 2nd Qual. | - || 2027/28 | 173rd | 273rd | £2,900,000 | £2,693,189 | £6 | £33 | 79 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Semis | 2nd Qual. | - || 2028/29 | 127th | 284th | £2,200,000 | £2,032,905 | £7 | £36 | 80 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2029/30 | 129th | 281st | £1,100,000 | £948,588 | £7 | £40 | 84 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2030/31 | 176th | 282nd | £800,000 | £567,483 | £7 | £37 | 88 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 2nd Qual. | - || 2031/32 | 208th | 307th | £650,000 | £463,657 | £7 | £37 | 96 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2032/33 | 225th | 311th | £500,000 | £320,088 | £6 | £34 | 103 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2033/34 | 206th | 333rd | £750,000 | £502,304 | £6 | £34 | 103 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2034/35 | 185th | 339th | £3,900,000 | £3,715,594 | £7 | £37 | 110 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2035/36 | 135th | 234th | £3,200,000 | £2,977,575 | £7 | £40 | 114 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2036/37 | 116th | 236th | £1,900,000 | £1,698,560 | £7 | £40 | 118 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 2nd Qual. | - || 2037/38 | 161st | 241st | £4,100,000 | £3,941,362 | £7 | £39 | 122 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2038/39 | 192nd | 213th | £5,250,000 | £4,997,978 | £7 | £39 | 125 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | 2nd Round | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2039/40 | 203rd | 195th | £6,500,000 | £5,756,063 | £7 | £40 | 131 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2040/41 | 202nd | 235th | £5,500,000 | £4,912,031 | £8 | £42 | 135 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2041/42 | 177th | 220th | £3,700,000 | £2,956,190 | £8 | £42 | 142 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2042/43 | 175th | 225th | £10,250,000 | £9,492,009 | £8 | £42 | 126 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Semis | 4th in Group | - || 2043/44 | 116th | 178th | £12,250,000 | £11,173,660 | £9 | £47 | 149 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2044/45 | 135th | 183rd | £9,500,000 | £8,103,140 | £8 | £46 | 156 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2045/46 | 171st | 183rd | £5,000,000 | £3,853,103 | £8 | £47 | 156 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2046/47 | 176th | 188th | £4,300,000 | £3,853,103 | £9 | £49 | 166 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2047/48 | 214th | 183rd | £12,250,000 | £10,533,973 | £8 | £46 | 169 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2048/49 | 220th | 183rd | £12,250,000 | £8,431,124 | £8 | £47 | 170 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2049/50 | 192nd | 191st | £14,250,000 | £11,651,607 | £9 | £51 | 176 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2050/51 | 156th | 157th | £20,000,000 | £17,319,187 | £10 | £54 | 179 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2051/52 | 118th | 154th | £22,000,000 | £18,109,846 | £10 | £56 | 182 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2052/53 | 107th | 87th | £21,500,000 | £17,168,167 | £11 | £59 | 185 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2053/54 | 97th | 84th | £19,500,000 | £13,243,551 | £11 | £63 | 187 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2054/55 | 90th | 73rd | £23,500,000 | £16,919,799 | £12 | £65 | 193 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2055/56 | 85th | 75th | £24,500,000 | £18,116,106 | £12 | £67 | 199 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2056/57 | 85th | 76th | £23,500,000 | £16,542,451 | £12 | £67 | 204 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2057/58 | 81st | 76th | £25,000,000 | £19,122,856 | £12 | £67 | 209 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 4th in Group | - || 2058/59 | 76th | 65th | £24,000,000 | £18,974,460 | £12 | £69 | 223 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd in Group | 1/4 Finals || 2059/60 | 70th | 49th | £25,000,000 | £17,435,346 | £13 | £74 | 233 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd in Group | 1/4 Finals || 2060/61 | 64th | 38th | £29,000,000 | £24,272,313 | £14 | £81 | 253 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd in Group | 1/4 Finals || 2061/62 | 54th | 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forameuss Posted May 7, 2014 Author Share Posted May 7, 2014 Can't Stop the Rock: The Birth of a Football Nation a forameuss career Season 2063/64 Pre-season Sponsorship was the name of the game this summer as the deals rolled in. This one year deal was the biggest by a considerable distance, and I'm not really sure where it's come from. Another four were announced or updated, doubling our money. To put this into perspective relative to the rest of the sides in the league, this is the picture. £17.5 million in sponsorship for the league, and we pocket £16.5 million of it. Ooft. This led to an odd budget - less in transfer money, but a lot more in the wage budget. Transfers I know I haven't been updating my transfers recently in these posts, so apologies. Will get back to normal from now on. As you can see, it's been a busy summer, although try to temper your excitement before you see who they are. You can split them into three groups - youth, experience, and Gibraltar... Youth - Victor Molina, Fernando Diaz, Jose Angel Granda, Daniel Moya, Cristian, Mark Smith, Scott Hart, Experience - Thomas Deans, Robin King, Gibraltar - Rob Barrow, Dan Butler, Ian Dunne So youth is self explanatory - I've decided to try and build myself a supply of home-grown players by bringing in young players for the purposes of naturalisation. Whether I can keep them around for long enough to do this, I'm not sure. They're not on very high wages, so I suppose it's a win-win situation. Or at least a meh-meh. Experience only brings in two players, and one isn't exactly experienced. Robin King will slot straight into the side though, and Deans will strengthen our already good midfield. Third, we have our Gibraltarians. My scouts have picked up a few promising players at other clubs, so I've brought them to me. On reflection, this was probably a poor decision, as they may have developed better at other clubs, but I'm hoping our training facilities can make a difference. Like with youth, I'll aim to loan these guys out. Youth Intake Michael Smith, Billy King and Nick Dudley join. Not too much hope with them, but they'll bolster numbers. Results For once we didn't make an arse of any of our qualifiers, and strolled through them. Maybe it was because we didn't face Maccabi Haifa, for what seems like the first time in decades. We polished things off with a wonderful 6-0 win against BATE, and now we await our group stage draw. No round-up of the draw this time, but I just wanted to get this out of the way. After such a wonderful season last time out, I really have no explanation for what happened here. In my best Arsene Wenger style, I'll say that we got a tough draw, and that we were unlucky, but to be honest we just weren't good enough. Hearts were a terrible 4th seed to draw, and so it proved as they stormed to 2nd. We could have sneaked third with a win against Benfica in the final game, but they snatched a draw, sending us down to 4th. After five seasons of European knockout football, we are eliminated, and will play no further part. Disappointing. We can take some solace in another unbeaten season, although we almost blew it in the League Cup, eventually winning it on penalties. We did however manage to lose our winning run in the league, drawing 1-1 in our final match. Very annoying, and that brings to an end a run of 86 wins in a row. We're still 166 not out though in terms of games without losing. End of Season Confidence European Performance Lincoln (GIB) Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round - vs Zeljeznikar (agg 12-3) Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round - vs Partizan (agg 7-3) Champions League Playoff Round - vs BATE (agg 9-2) Champions League Group Stages - 4th (W1-D1-L4) Glacis Utd Europa League 2nd Qualifying Round - vs Maribor (agg 0-4) Lions Pilots Europa League 2nd Qualifying Round - vs Academica (agg 0-4) Boca Juniors (GIB) Europa League 2nd Qualifying Round - vs FC Nordsjaelland (agg 0-7) Oh so close for Lions Pilots. They kept it to 0-0 in the first leg, and travelled to Hungary knowing that one goal would give them a massive advantage. Unfortunately, they couldn't find it, and Gyor got a late winner. Gutting for them. I'd like to say they're getting closer, but I bet next year they get absolutely horsed again. Looking to the Future A pretty poor season relatively, and it almost got worse come the end of the season... Cast your eye to the FFP section. For the first time, we are on course to fall foul of the rule. I had absolutely no idea what would happen to us, so it was a tense couple of weeks as I searched around for ways to raise money. And just like that, our tycoon owner bails us out. It's a wake-up call though, and we now have a picture of what will happen if we fail given how large our budget is at the moment. In the days following this, contracts were renegotiated, and I'll be making sure that every contract signed from now on is as good for us as it can be. It's going to be a balancing act to make sure we're good enough to compete though. For next season, we have to do better in Europe, that's our only aim. Historic Stats |---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------|| Season | League Rep | Club Rep | Value | Balance | Ticket | Season | Tickets | League | League Cup | Rock Cup | C. League | E. League | |---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------|| 2013/14 | 208th | - | | £50,000 | £6 | £30 | - | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 1st Qual. | - || 2014/15 | 208th | - | | £400,000 | £6 | £30 | - | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 1st Qual. | - || 2015/16 | 218th | 773rd | £900,000 | £610,000 | £6 | £30 | 67 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2016/17 | 204th | 478th | £875,000 | £800,000 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Quarters | 1st Qual. | - || 2017/18 | 215th | 442nd | £1,200,000 | £1,616,269 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2018/19 | 204th | 390th | £1,500,000 | £1,439,979 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2019/20 | 177th | 318th | £1,800,000 | £1,785,076 | £6 | £30 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2020/21 | 178th | 303rd | £725,000 | £671,576 | £6 | £32 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2021/22 | 185th | 305th | £1,200,000 | £1,130,766 | £6 | £33 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | Group Stage | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2022/23 | 195th | 283rd | £1,000,000 | £816,454 | £6 | £33 | 71 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2023/24 | 209th | 287th | £1,500,000 | £1,260,895 | £6 | £33 | 71 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2024/25 | 251st | 287th | £1,800,000 | £1,612,489 | £5 | £30 | 72 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Quarters | 2nd Qual. | - || 2025/26 | 249th | 286th | £2,700,000 | £2,453,908 | £5 | £30 | 75 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Quarters | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2026/27 | 202nd | 274th | £2,800,000 | £2,538,846 | £6 | £33 | 77 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Semis | 2nd Qual. | - || 2027/28 | 173rd | 273rd | £2,900,000 | £2,693,189 | £6 | £33 | 79 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Semis | 2nd Qual. | - || 2028/29 | 127th | 284th | £2,200,000 | £2,032,905 | £7 | £36 | 80 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2029/30 | 129th | 281st | £1,100,000 | £948,588 | £7 | £40 | 84 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2030/31 | 176th | 282nd | £800,000 | £567,483 | £7 | £37 | 88 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 2nd Qual. | - || 2031/32 | 208th | 307th | £650,000 | £463,657 | £7 | £37 | 96 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2032/33 | 225th | 311th | £500,000 | £320,088 | £6 | £34 | 103 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2033/34 | 206th | 333rd | £750,000 | £502,304 | £6 | £34 | 103 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2034/35 | 185th | 339th | £3,900,000 | £3,715,594 | £7 | £37 | 110 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2035/36 | 135th | 234th | £3,200,000 | £2,977,575 | £7 | £40 | 114 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2036/37 | 116th | 236th | £1,900,000 | £1,698,560 | £7 | £40 | 118 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 2nd Qual. | - || 2037/38 | 161st | 241st | £4,100,000 | £3,941,362 | £7 | £39 | 122 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2038/39 | 192nd | 213th | £5,250,000 | £4,997,978 | £7 | £39 | 125 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | 2nd Round | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2039/40 | 203rd | 195th | £6,500,000 | £5,756,063 | £7 | £40 | 131 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2040/41 | 202nd | 235th | £5,500,000 | £4,912,031 | £8 | £42 | 135 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2041/42 | 177th | 220th | £3,700,000 | £2,956,190 | £8 | £42 | 142 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2042/43 | 175th | 225th | £10,250,000 | £9,492,009 | £8 | £42 | 126 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Semis | 4th in Group | - || 2043/44 | 116th | 178th | £12,250,000 | £11,173,660 | £9 | £47 | 149 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2044/45 | 135th | 183rd | £9,500,000 | £8,103,140 | £8 | £46 | 156 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2045/46 | 171st | 183rd | £5,000,000 | £3,853,103 | £8 | £47 | 156 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2046/47 | 176th | 188th | £4,300,000 | £3,853,103 | £9 | £49 | 166 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2047/48 | 214th | 183rd | £12,250,000 | £10,533,973 | £8 | £46 | 169 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2048/49 | 220th | 183rd | £12,250,000 | £8,431,124 | £8 | £47 | 170 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2049/50 | 192nd | 191st | £14,250,000 | £11,651,607 | £9 | £51 | 176 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2050/51 | 156th | 157th | £20,000,000 | £17,319,187 | £10 | £54 | 179 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2051/52 | 118th | 154th | £22,000,000 | £18,109,846 | £10 | £56 | 182 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2052/53 | 107th | 87th | £21,500,000 | £17,168,167 | £11 | £59 | 185 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2053/54 | 97th | 84th | £19,500,000 | £13,243,551 | £11 | £63 | 187 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2054/55 | 90th | 73rd | £23,500,000 | £16,919,799 | £12 | £65 | 193 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2055/56 | 85th | 75th | £24,500,000 | £18,116,106 | £12 | £67 | 199 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2056/57 | 85th | 76th | £23,500,000 | £16,542,451 | £12 | £67 | 204 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2057/58 | 81st | 76th | £25,000,000 | £19,122,856 | £12 | £67 | 209 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 4th in Group | - || 2058/59 | 76th | 65th | £24,000,000 | £18,974,460 | £12 | £69 | 223 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd in Group | 1/4 Finals || 2059/60 | 70th | 49th | £25,000,000 | £17,435,346 | £13 | £74 | 233 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd in Group | 1/4 Finals || 2060/61 | 64th | 38th | £29,000,000 | £24,272,313 | £14 | £81 | 253 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd in Group | 1/4 Finals || 2061/62 | 54th | 32nd | £64,000,000 | £54,528,774 | £16 | £90 | 261 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd in Group | Semi Finals || 2062/63 | 50th | 25th | £43,000,000 | £33,087,373 | £17 | £97 | 269 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 1st KO Rnd | - || 2063/64 | 42nd | 21st | £53,000,000 | £42,898,842 | £18 | £101 | 279 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - ||---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| Season | Stadium | Capacity | Corporate | Training | Youth | Junior Coaching | Youth Recruitment ||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| 2013/14 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Average | Fairly Basic || 2014/15 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Average | Fairly Basic || 2015/16 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Average | Fairly Basic || 2016/17 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Good | Fairly Basic || 2017/18 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Good | Fairly Basic || 2018/19 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Adequate | Good | Fairly Basic || 2019/20 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Adequate | Good | Fairly Basic || 2020/21 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Basic | Adequate | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2021/22 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Basic | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2022/23 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2023/24 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2024/25 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2025/26 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2026/27 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2027/28 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2028/29 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2029/30 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2030/31 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2031/32 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2032/33 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2033/34 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2034/35 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2035/36 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2036/37 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2037/38 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2038/39 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2039/40 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2040/41 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2041/42 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2042/43 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2043/44 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Average | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2044/45 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Average | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2045/46 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Average | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2046/47 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Good | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2047/48 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Good | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2048/49 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Good | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2049/50 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Great | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2050/51 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Great | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2051/52 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Superb | Superb | Exceptional | Average || 2052/53 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Superb | Superb | Exceptional | Average || 2053/54 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Excellent | Excellent | Exceptional | Average || 2054/55 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Excellent | Excellent | Exceptional | Average || 2055/56 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Excellent | Excellent | Exceptional | Average || 2056/57 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Excellent | Superb | Exceptional | Average || 2057/58 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Excellent | Superb | Exceptional | Average || 2058/59 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Superb | Superb | Exceptional | Average || 2059/60 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Superb | Superb | Exceptional | Average || 2060/61 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Superb | Superb | Exceptional | Average || 2061/62 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Top | Top | Exceptional | Above Average || 2062/63 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Top | Top | Exceptional | Above Average || 2063/64 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Top | Top | Exceptional | Above Average ||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------|| Season | CL | Rounds | EL | Rounds | Coefficient ||---------------------------------------------------|| 2014/15 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2015/16 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2016/17 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2017/18 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2018/19 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2019/20 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 50th || 2020/21 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2021/22 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 51st || 2022/23 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2023/24 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2024/25 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2025/26 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th || 2026/27 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 51st || 2027/28 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2028/29 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 46th || 2029/30 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2030/31 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 49th || 2031/32 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 49th || 2032/33 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2034/35 | 1 | 1st | 2 | 1st | 52nd || 2035/36 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 50th || 2036/37 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st || 2037/38 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 44th || 2038/39 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2039/40 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2040/41 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 48th || 2041/42 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2042/43 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2043/44 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 45th || 2044/45 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st || 2045/46 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2046/47 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2047/48 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 43rd || 2048/49 | 1 | 1st | 3 | 1st | 47th || 2049/50 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st || 2050/51 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 41st || 2051/52 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 36th || 2052/53 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 33rd || 2053/54 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 33rd || 2054/55 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 32nd || 2055/56 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 2nd/1st | 31st || 2056/57 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 2nd/1st | 31st || 2057/58 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1st | 33rd || 2058/59 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 2nd/1st | 32nd || 2059/60 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 2nd/1st | 32nd || 2060/61 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 2nd/1st | 30th || 2061/62 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 2nd/1st | 26th || 2062/63 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 2nd/1st | 23rd || 2063/64 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 2nd | 19th || 2064/65 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 2nd | 20th ||----------------------------------------------------| Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameuss Posted May 8, 2014 Author Share Posted May 8, 2014 Well you lucky, lucky blighters, do I have some updates for you. Two more seasons to come, and they're huge in the history of Lincoln, and for the nation of Gibraltar as well. Absolutely huge. Like Sam Allardyce and Mike Ashley melded into some super-sumo entity. That massive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzrab Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Stop keeping me in suspense. update!! i have to go on holioday tomorrow and will be without the net for 4 days. i need my fix. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameuss Posted May 8, 2014 Author Share Posted May 8, 2014 I'll be making sure I get fully up to date today, but then I'm off work tomorrow, so I'll probably end up immediately behind by a few seasons again over the weekend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oJMPx Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Any word on a new stadium? Reckon you could afford it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameuss Posted May 8, 2014 Author Share Posted May 8, 2014 Can't Stop the Rock: The Birth of a Football Nation a forameuss career Season 2064/65 Transfers I'll own up, I forgot to get records of the transfers for this season. I'll show the historic record, but unfortunately no player pics. Shame, because there were some wonderful ones there. I'll do my best to describe them. Gary Stannard arrives to our already burgeoning front-line. As a forward myself, the one thing I can never resist is signing another. We probably don't need him, but he'll come in anyway. Chris Walker is going to be such an important signing for us. At 22, he still has room for improvement, but he'll also end up being comfortably our best midfielder. The only worry is that he is ideally an AMC. I would prefer not to play one, but perhaps domestically I can play him there, in a low-pressure environment. Ervis Shahini brings in much needed experience and quality to our back-line. We'll get a couple of seasons out of him I think, before he retires, and he should be very important. I've used the word important a lot, but I'm not going to for Harry Bickers. Instead, I'm going to call him absolutely crucial. We had a bit of a wobbly a couple of seasons back when we let all our keepers go without realising that our new ones weren't arriving until late August. Before that, and after once I brought him back in, Phil Bearder was a fantastic servant. He's still going to be at the club, but Bickers is the man who I intend to have as my number 1 for years to come. He looks like Gandalf, for God's sake. I let our current keeper Gonzalez go for 500k, which is great business considering we've got someone better coming in. David Horan and Darren Murphy complete the set, both defenders, one young and one very old. Both should be important. Youth Intake Troy Francis and Anthony Mason join us Results We're starting to get the hang of this qualifying lark... We hold on to our second seeding, despite a poor season last time out. Our aim this season was to manage a point against City, four against Sporting, and six against Olympiakos. That should guarantee us second spot at least, providing there are no other shock results. In the end, we managed one of those objectives, and came close to another. City were too good for us, as I knew they would be. We managed our two wins against Olympiakos, which put our nightmare last season behind us. It then came down to who would blink first between us and Sporting. On head-to-head, they ended up in front thanks to away goals in our mini-league, but it was Olympiakos who ended up having the final say, managing to nick a point against Sporting, sending us through as second place. Unfortunately, the story ended there. As you all know, as second placed side we have to face a group winner. Although any side would be tough, Inter were a side I definitely didn't want to face. We didn't disgrace ourselves, but I seem to end up saying that a lot. It's all very well going into these matches and ending in glorious failure, but at some point we'll need to start winning. I won't be happy retiring having only reached the first knockout round. Another crushing quadruple. End of Season Confidence Player Stats European Performance Lincoln (GIB) Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round - vs TNS (agg 8-0) Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round - vs Red Star (agg 2-1) Champions League Playoff Round - vs Ludogorets (agg 7-1) Champions League Group Stages - 2nd (W3-D0-L3) Glacis Utd Europa League 2nd Qualifying Round - vs Zilina (agg 0-7) Hound Dogs Europa League 2nd Qualifying Round - vs Grasshoppers Zurich (agg 0-7) Lions Pilots Europa League 3rd Qualifying Round - vs Vit. Guimares (agg 1-3) Two heavy defeats in the second qualifying round for Glacis and the Hounds, but, coefficient be damned, we have a side in the 3rd round. Bear in mind, no side has ever won a match in European qualifying other than ourselves. And yet they're in the third round, something which the coefficient says isn't possible. I don't understand either. But results-wise, Lions Pilots can be proud I think. They went down to the Portuguese, but it wasn't a humping as expected. Looking to the Future Training and youth facilties both get an upgrade this season after technology saw us fall behind. I'm pretty much resigned to the fact that I'll never see a new stadium built, but we can keep improving our facilities and keep them tip-top. We had another first knock-out round appearance, but we have to do better than that. I would even take finishing 3rd and a run in the Europa League over that to be honest. I miss that competition... Historic Stats |---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------|| Season | League Rep | Club Rep | Value | Balance | Ticket | Season | Tickets | League | League Cup | Rock Cup | C. League | E. League | |---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------|| 2013/14 | 208th | - | | £50,000 | £6 | £30 | - | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 1st Qual. | - || 2014/15 | 208th | - | | £400,000 | £6 | £30 | - | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 1st Qual. | - || 2015/16 | 218th | 773rd | £900,000 | £610,000 | £6 | £30 | 67 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2016/17 | 204th | 478th | £875,000 | £800,000 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Quarters | 1st Qual. | - || 2017/18 | 215th | 442nd | £1,200,000 | £1,616,269 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2018/19 | 204th | 390th | £1,500,000 | £1,439,979 | £6 | £30 | 69 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2019/20 | 177th | 318th | £1,800,000 | £1,785,076 | £6 | £30 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2020/21 | 178th | 303rd | £725,000 | £671,576 | £6 | £32 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2021/22 | 185th | 305th | £1,200,000 | £1,130,766 | £6 | £33 | 70 | CHAMPIONS | Group Stage | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2022/23 | 195th | 283rd | £1,000,000 | £816,454 | £6 | £33 | 71 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2023/24 | 209th | 287th | £1,500,000 | £1,260,895 | £6 | £33 | 71 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2024/25 | 251st | 287th | £1,800,000 | £1,612,489 | £5 | £30 | 72 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Quarters | 2nd Qual. | - || 2025/26 | 249th | 286th | £2,700,000 | £2,453,908 | £5 | £30 | 75 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Quarters | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2026/27 | 202nd | 274th | £2,800,000 | £2,538,846 | £6 | £33 | 77 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Semis | 2nd Qual. | - || 2027/28 | 173rd | 273rd | £2,900,000 | £2,693,189 | £6 | £33 | 79 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Semis | 2nd Qual. | - || 2028/29 | 127th | 284th | £2,200,000 | £2,032,905 | £7 | £36 | 80 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2029/30 | 129th | 281st | £1,100,000 | £948,588 | £7 | £40 | 84 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2030/31 | 176th | 282nd | £800,000 | £567,483 | £7 | £37 | 88 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 2nd Qual. | - || 2031/32 | 208th | 307th | £650,000 | £463,657 | £7 | £37 | 96 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2032/33 | 225th | 311th | £500,000 | £320,088 | £6 | £34 | 103 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2033/34 | 206th | 333rd | £750,000 | £502,304 | £6 | £34 | 103 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 2nd Qual. | - || 2034/35 | 185th | 339th | £3,900,000 | £3,715,594 | £7 | £37 | 110 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2035/36 | 135th | 234th | £3,200,000 | £2,977,575 | £7 | £40 | 114 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2036/37 | 116th | 236th | £1,900,000 | £1,698,560 | £7 | £40 | 118 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 2nd Qual. | - || 2037/38 | 161st | 241st | £4,100,000 | £3,941,362 | £7 | £39 | 122 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2038/39 | 192nd | 213th | £5,250,000 | £4,997,978 | £7 | £39 | 125 | CHAMPIONS | Semis | 2nd Round | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2039/40 | 203rd | 195th | £6,500,000 | £5,756,063 | £7 | £40 | 131 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2040/41 | 202nd | 235th | £5,500,000 | £4,912,031 | £8 | £42 | 135 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2041/42 | 177th | 220th | £3,700,000 | £2,956,190 | £8 | £42 | 142 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 2nd Qual. | - || 2042/43 | 175th | 225th | £10,250,000 | £9,492,009 | £8 | £42 | 126 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | Semis | 4th in Group | - || 2043/44 | 116th | 178th | £12,250,000 | £11,173,660 | £9 | £47 | 149 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | 2nd Round | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2044/45 | 135th | 183rd | £9,500,000 | £8,103,140 | £8 | £46 | 156 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2045/46 | 171st | 183rd | £5,000,000 | £3,853,103 | £8 | £47 | 156 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | Playoff || 2046/47 | 176th | 188th | £4,300,000 | £3,853,103 | £9 | £49 | 166 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd Qual. | 4th in Group || 2047/48 | 214th | 183rd | £12,250,000 | £10,533,973 | £8 | £46 | 169 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2048/49 | 220th | 183rd | £12,250,000 | £8,431,124 | £8 | £47 | 170 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | Playoff | 4th in Group || 2049/50 | 192nd | 191st | £14,250,000 | £11,651,607 | £9 | £51 | 176 | CHAMPIONS | Runners-Up | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2050/51 | 156th | 157th | £20,000,000 | £17,319,187 | £10 | £54 | 179 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2051/52 | 118th | 154th | £22,000,000 | £18,109,846 | £10 | £56 | 182 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2052/53 | 107th | 87th | £21,500,000 | £17,168,167 | £11 | £59 | 185 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2053/54 | 97th | 84th | £19,500,000 | £13,243,551 | £11 | £63 | 187 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2054/55 | 90th | 73rd | £23,500,000 | £16,919,799 | £12 | £65 | 193 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2055/56 | 85th | 75th | £24,500,000 | £18,116,106 | £12 | £67 | 199 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2056/57 | 85th | 76th | £23,500,000 | £16,542,451 | £12 | £67 | 204 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2057/58 | 81st | 76th | £25,000,000 | £19,122,856 | £12 | £67 | 209 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | Runners-up | 4th in Group | - || 2058/59 | 76th | 65th | £24,000,000 | £18,974,460 | £12 | £69 | 223 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd in Group | 1/4 Finals || 2059/60 | 70th | 49th | £25,000,000 | £17,435,346 | £13 | £74 | 233 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd in Group | 1/4 Finals || 2060/61 | 64th | 38th | £29,000,000 | £24,272,313 | £14 | £81 | 253 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd in Group | 1/4 Finals || 2061/62 | 54th | 32nd | £64,000,000 | £54,528,774 | £16 | £90 | 261 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 3rd in Group | Semi Finals || 2062/63 | 50th | 25th | £43,000,000 | £33,087,373 | £17 | £97 | 269 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 1st KO Rnd | - || 2063/64 | 42nd | 21st | £53,000,000 | £42,898,842 | £18 | £101 | 279 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 4th in Group | - || 2064/65 | 35th | 26th | £67,000,000 | £59,997,993 | £20 | £110 | 290 | CHAMPIONS | WINNERS | WINNERS | 1st KO Rnd | - ||---------|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| Season | Stadium | Capacity | Corporate | Training | Youth | Junior Coaching | Youth Recruitment ||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| 2013/14 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Average | Fairly Basic || 2014/15 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Average | Fairly Basic || 2015/16 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Average | Fairly Basic || 2016/17 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Good | Fairly Basic || 2017/18 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Below Average | Good | Fairly Basic || 2018/19 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Adequate | Good | Fairly Basic || 2019/20 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Poor | Adequate | Good | Fairly Basic || 2020/21 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Basic | Adequate | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2021/22 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Basic | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2022/23 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2023/24 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2024/25 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2025/26 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2026/27 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2027/28 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Average | Excellent | Fairly Basic || 2028/29 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2029/30 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2030/31 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2031/32 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2032/33 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2033/34 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2034/35 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2035/36 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2036/37 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2037/38 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2038/39 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Below Average | Adequate | Exceptional | Fairly Basic || 2039/40 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2040/41 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2041/42 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2042/43 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Adequate | Good | Exceptional | Average || 2043/44 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Average | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2044/45 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Average | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2045/46 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Average | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2046/47 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Good | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2047/48 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Good | Great | Exceptional | Average || 2048/49 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Good | Great | 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seated) | Basic | Superb | Superb | Exceptional | Average || 2059/60 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Superb | Superb | Exceptional | Average || 2060/61 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Superb | Superb | Exceptional | Average || 2061/62 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Top | Top | Exceptional | Above Average || 2062/63 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Top | Top | Exceptional | Above Average || 2063/64 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Top | Top | Exceptional | Above Average || 2064/65 | Victoria Stadium | 5000 (2000 seated) | Basic | Excellent | Excellent | Exceptional | Average ||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------|| Season | CL | Rounds | EL | Rounds | Coefficient ||---------------------------------------------------|| 2014/15 | 1 | 1st | 1 | 1st | 54th 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forameuss Posted May 8, 2014 Author Share Posted May 8, 2014 Any word on a new stadium? Reckon you could afford it That's an odd one, or perhaps not if you think of it from a purely objective standpoint. When my tycoon owner arrived, the first thing I asked for was a new stadium. He agreed, but the council blocked my planning permission. Since then, every few months or so, they reject again. However, it's not showing as underway or anything. I now ask the board every so often for a stadium, and they now reject, saying they see no point. Fair enough. Then the plot thickens - there'll be more details after the next update, but I decided the time was right to request again. This time, it's blocked out, as it says it's already being actioned...I can't see anything in motion, so not really sure what's going on. Basically, long story short, I don't think I'll ever get a new stadium. Gibraltar's size means that it makes sense for planning permission to be rejected - I'm not even sure where they would build it. Actually, looking at maps, I can see plenty of places. **** this, I'm off down the council to plead the club's case. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oJMPx Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Unlucky mate, i had a save where it said it was already being actioned but nothing ended up happening Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameuss Posted May 8, 2014 Author Share Posted May 8, 2014 Can't Stop the Rock: The Birth of a Football Nation a forameuss career Season 2065/66 A job offer! OH EM GEE! Of course I turned it down. I thought it said Manchester United at first to be honest... Transfers Publio Alvarado - Think Gary Medel at Cardiff. This guy is going to sit in front of our defenders and just batter through anything that moves. Every team needs a *******, and we have ours. Danny Burton - Seems like we're bringing in defenders every summer to fill gaps in quality. Burton is the latest arrival. He's pretty versatile, can play anywhere across defence, and even in DM if (when) Alvarado gets suspended for killing someone. Mark Weaver - My penchant for buying strikers is alive and well again. This one I'm intrigued by. Stannard hasn't quite worked out since he's just a worse version of Ferreira, but Weaver gives us something we don't have elsewhere - blistering pace. Finishing is a bit poor, but I'm hoping his physical stats can lessen that impact. Aaron Olivero - A young Gibraltarian joins us, probably to get ruined by not playing. Oops. Sitll, he has some potential, will look to get him loaned out. Youth Intake Andy Lennon, Jon Robinson and Aaron Payas all join. For the first time in a loooooong time, the youth intake actually looks pretty good. I'll give Lennon and Robinson shots in the first team when possible. Results Old pals Maccabi Haifa had another shot at us, and for a long time, it looked like they might put us out. Well, at least until the 37th minute of the second leg, when Henrique Ferreira added his second and put us ahead. We never really looked back from that. One-time group stage opponents Stromsgodset couldn't handle us in the play-off, and we battered through to the group stages once again. Thanks to other, better teams qualifying, we're kicked down into the 3rd pot. A bit of a blow, but hey, maybe we're now destined for that elusive Europa league title now... We meet Olympiakos again, and Leverkusen were one of the better pot 2 teams we could have met. Not a bad draw. And it all goes according to the seeding plan. It was still well and truly in our own hands going into that final game, but a defeat to Leverkusen sent us into 3rd place, and the Europa League again. So we spent our winter preparing ourselves for the slog in the Europa League, but just a week before we were due to face Lyon, the worst happened. Henrique Ferreira tore a calf muscle, and he was out for at least three months. A crushing blow to lose our best striker, especially at such an important time. If he suffers no set-backs, then I have him down as returning to full training a couple of days after the Europa League final, so we're likely to lose him for whatever matches we play from now on. If we do get to the final though...could he make it? Well that will do nicely! We visited the Stade de Lumieres in the first leg and blew the French away with an incisive attacking display. Flatebo and Simao getting the away goals there. With the final taking place in the same stadium, would that be an omen? We returned to the Europa Point stadium and finished the job emphatically, managing four this time. Koln probably deserved to go through. With the exception of the first ten minutes of the first leg, we were pretty abject. We raced into a 2-0 lead, but then collapsed, eventually losing 3-2. Still, nice to have two away goals to fall back on. And it proved even nicer when we frustrated the hell out of the Germans in the second leg, Mark Weaver scoring a vital home goal to send us through on away goals. Phew. There's just something about us away from home in Europe... Real Betis are a side we have rarely got the better of. Even when we beat them in the group stages of the Champions League, they came back and got emphatic revenge. Last time we met them in this competition, they dumped us out in the semi-finals. But not this time. A 0-0 in the first leg was a momentous result, and it meant we would travel to Spain knowing we could get an advantage on away goals. Still, it's easy to say that, far harder to carry it out. When we went 1-0 down, we were already under the cosh massively. We could well have conceded more as the game went on, but Betis remained just a goal ahead. One goal would change things in this case, and in the 85th minute, Mark Weaver, the lightning-fast super-sub scored his third goal in four Europa League games to send us ahead. Betis threw everything at us in the remaining minutes, but we held on to advance to the semi-finals again. We were drawn to face Gladbach, and to be honest, I fancied my chances. Co-efficient wise, we're about level, and if we can beat Betis, we can beat anyone surely? What was that about us away from home? A pretty poor first half result was followed by an absolutely astronomical second leg one. When we travelled to Germany, we knew we had to score. That's fine, and I would back my players to do just that, but it's keeping a clean-sheet at the other end that's often the problem. In the 10th minute of the second leg, we got the crucial goal through Simao. But then he decided that instead of giving me a nervy remaining 80 minutes, he'd just go ahead and win the game instead. With the last kick of the first half, he scored his fourth goal of the game to send us into a 4-0 lead. Cruising doesn't quite cover it. They pulled one back just after half-time, but still needed four more to progress. We made it five through captain Barry Wignall, and that was that. We were into the Europa League final. And hoooooold your horses, because that match will be covered in the next update. We held on to our heads in the league even through our marathon European journey, and finished with 14 wins again. But then came the cups. A week after we finished our league campaign, we faced Lions Pilots in the Rock Cup Final. It should be a straight-forward game, but unfortunately it fell just three days before the Europa League final. I had already played a weaker side in the final league game, but I went all out there, putting out a virtual reserve side. But not just a reserve side - a reserve side that contained Henrique Ferreira. He's still injured, but only for a few days. I'm desperate to get him in for the final, so he started against the Pilots. But we collapsed. It was a great performance from them, and they deserve the trophy. We have bigger fish to fry, but it is disappointing to outright lose our first match in a long, long time. Ferreira was pretty ineffective, but he did manage to get an hour on the pitch without exploding. I now have a big decision to make - do I risk him in the biggest match of our history? Do I? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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