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[FM17] The Hart Chronicles - Volume II: Adam Hart is 'Yes Man'!


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Dawes will go first for Burnley. He looks confident...the keeper goes the right way but he's smashed that into the top left corner!

1-0 Burnley! 

Clifton up for Wednesday. It's Clifton...keeper gets a hand to it...it looks like it riffles the side net of the goal...but NO! The ref and the linesman haven't given it?! Surely that went in? The net moved! Incredible scenes here! 

1-0 Burnley, but the replay shows the net move!

Salo taking a long run up for the home team. He's sent the keeper the wrong way! A great pen! 

2-0 Burnley

Hornero up for Wednesday. He smashes that home and the keeper got a slight hand to it but there's no way he was keeping that out! 

Burnley 2-1 Wednesday 

It is Henry next in line for the claret and blue of Burnley. Ohhh and that's an unbelievable penalty from Henry. He's sent the keeper the wrong way with an almost powerful paneka into the top left corner, that might be one of the best penalties you ever see! 

Burnley 3-1 Wednesday

It will be Hooper to hit it next. He doesn't look confident...keeper goes the right way but Hooper finds the bottom left corner! 

Burnley 3-2 Wednesday 

Kirk for Burnley. It's a powerful shot and despite Alec Horne diving the right way, it has gone into the top left corner nonetheless! 

Burnley 4-2 Wednesday

Matt Wright for Wednesday. He has to score to keep their Wembley hopes alive... It's MATT WRIGHT... OHHHH AND HE'S HIT THE BAR AND IT HAS COME FLYING OUT!!! 

Burnley will go to Wembley!!! But was that first penalty for Wednesday actually a goal, because it certainly looked like it might well have been! 

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There were a few surprises in the Premier League this season. Timm Klose lead Arsenal to their first Premier League title in just over 20 years, with the North London side being the first non-Chelsea/United team to win it for 15 years. Vedran Corluka's Chelsea side surprisingly slipped as low as 6th, with Jordan Henderson's Tottenham and Cesc Fabregas' Newcastle joining United and Arsenal in the Top 4. Danny Welbeck's Wolves also finished above Chelsea, finishing in 5th place. But Chelsea will still play in the Champions League next season, as Corluka lead his side to back-to-back Champions League wins. Man City came 7th and sacked Carlos Bacca, they've got in a regen manager to replace him. 

It was also the end of an era at Man United as legendary manager Darren Fletcher retired at 69 after 5 Premier League wins, 5 FA Cups, 3 Champions Leagues and numerous other trophies along the way. 

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Perhaps the best part of his legacy is that he's pipped ahead of Sir Alex in the overall Hall Of Fame. 

 

Fletcher's replacement at United will be former Chelsea manager, Marcus Llorente, who has left his post at Juventus to join The Blues. He's been replaced at Juve by former PSG manager, Hulk. Hugo Lloris replaced him at PSG, with Lloris having been sacked by Real Madrid in January, who in turn saw himself replaced by former Benfica and Man City manager, Davy Klaasen. 

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Season 37: Sheffield Wednesday

 

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Pretty gutted about the manner in which we went out of the Playoffs, Burnley were the better side but we got robbed with that disallowed penalty in the shoot-out. The money we've had pumped in makes me optimistic for next season though.  

 

Squad

 

Collot came in on loan up-front and did a fairly good job, with Hornero too having a decent season by his standards despite missing some games through knocks and that. 

 

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Season     Club                 Division                               Position      Achievements/Other
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2016/17    Ipswich Wanderers    Eastern Counties Premier League          8th         Eastern Counties League Cup winners
2017/18    Ipswich Wanderers    Eastern Counties Premier League         11th         Left in November
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2017/18    Coventry Sphinx      Midland Football Premier League         13th         N/A
2018/19    Coventry Sphinx      Midland Football Premier League         10th         Left in December 
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2018/19    Carlton Town         United Counties Premier League           8th         United Counties League Cup runners-up. Sacked. 
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2019/20    Basildon United      Essex Senior League                      3rd         Gordan Brasted Memorial Trophy winners
2020/21    Basildon United      Essex Senior League                     17th         Left in November 
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2020/21    Lincoln United       Northern Counties East Premier League   11th         N/A
2021/22    Lincoln United       Northern Counties East Premier League   17th         Left in December
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2021/22    Swindon Supermarine  Southern League 1st Division S/W        13th         N/A
2022/23    Swindon Supermarine  Southern League 1st Division S/W        18th         Left in January
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2022/23    Trafford FC          Northern Premier League 1st Division N   7th         N/A
2023/24    Trafford FC          Northern Premier League 1st Division N  11th         Sacked in November
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2023/24    Hythe Town           Isthmian League 1st Division S          12th         Joined in January
2024/25    Hythe Town           Isthmian League 1st Division S           3rd         Left in March
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2024/25    Canvey Island        Isthmian League Premier Division        23rd         Relegated 
2025/26    Canvey Island        Isthmian League 1st Division N          23rd         Sacked in November
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2025/26    Farsley Celtic       Northern Premier League 1st Division N  11th         Joined in January
2026/27    Farsley Celtic       Northern Premier League 1st Division N   5th         Left in March
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2026/27    Stourbridge          Northern League Premier Division        21st         Relegated
2027/28    Stourbridge          Southern League 1st Division C           5th         Promoted via Playoffs 
2028/29    Stourbridge          Southern League Premier Division        15th         Left in November
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2028/29    Lancaster City       Northern League Premier Division        21st         Relegeted. Sacked. 
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2029/30    Southport            Northern League Premier Division        14th         N/A
2030/31    Southport            Northern League Premier Division         5th         Left in April 
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2030/31    Port Vale            Northern League Premier Division         3rd         Lost in Playoff Final
2031/32    Port Vale            Northern League Premier Division         2nd         Lost in Playoff Final
2032/33    Port Vale            Northern League Premier Division         6th         Left in January 
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2032/33    Port Talbot Town     Welsh Premier League                     8th         N/A
2033/34    Port Talbot Town     Welsh Premier League                     3rd         Qualified for Europa League via Playoff
2034/35    Port Talbot Town     Welsh Premier League                     5th         Welsh Cup winners
2035/36    Port Talbot Town     Welsh Premier League                     2nd         Welsh League Cup winners
2036/37    Port Talbot Town     Welsh Premier League                     1st         Welsh Premier League winners
2037/38    Port Talbot Town     Welsh Premier League                     1st         Welsh Premier League & League Cup winners
2038/39    Port Talbot Town     Welsh Premier League                     2nd         Left in December
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2038/39    Yeovil Town          League 2                                22nd         Sacked in March. 
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2039/40    Salford City         Conference                              14th         Joined in October. FA Trophy winners.
2040/41    Salford City         Conference                               4th         Promoted via Playoffs
2041/42    Salford City         League 2                                22nd         Left in November
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2041/42    Blackpool            Conference                               1st         Promoted as Champions
2042/43    Blackpool            League 2                                 1st         Promoted as Champions
2043/44    Blackpool            League 1                                18th         N/A
2044/45    Blackpool            League 1                                 4th         Left in April
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2044/45    Swindon Town         League 1                                 6th         Lost in Playoff Final
2045/46    Swindon Town         League 1                                17th         Sacked in September
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2045/46    Gillingham           League 1                                 9th         Joined in December
2046/47    Gillingham           League 1                                 6th         EFL Trophy winners & Lost in Playoff Semi
2047/48    Gillingham           League 1                                 4th         Promoted via Playoffs & EFL Trophy winners
2048/49    Gillinham            Championship                            16th         Left in December
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2048/49    Cardiff City         Championship                            21st         Joined in Decemember 
2049/50    Cardiff City         Championship                            17th         N/A
2050/51    Cardiff City         Championship                            11th         FA Cup Semi Finalists 
2051/52    Cardiff City         Championship                            19th         Left in December
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2051/52    Sheffield Wednesday  Championship                            13th         N/A
2052/53    Sheffield Wednesday  Championship                            5th          Lost in Playoff Semi
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Trophy Cabinet

 

League 2                       x1 - 2042/43 (Blackpool)
EFL Trophy                     x2 - 2046/47, 2047/48 (Gillingham)
Conference                     x1 - 2041/42 (Blackpool)
FA Trophy                      x1 - 2039/40 (Salford City)
Eastern Counties League Cup    x1 - 2016/17 (Ipswich Wanderers) 
Gordan Brasted Memorial Trophy x1 - 2019/20 (Basildon United) 

Welsh Premier League           x2 - 2036/37, 2037/38 (Port Talbot Town)
Welsh Cup                      x1 - 2034/35 (Port Talbot Town)
Welsh League Cup               x2 - 2035/36, 2037/38 (Port Talbot Town)

 

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Also, just as an aside/preview to the new season:

In this entire save of 37 seasons I haven't spent a single penny on transfer fees (apart from the odd signing on fee and agent fee), it's not even August yet and I've already spent £14M. 

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Transfers

 

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I couldn't believe it when Zenit came in with £5.5M for Kherbache, he had a really underwelming season, so to get that kind of money for him was hilariously good luck. We also got £6M out of Norwich for our first choice keeper and LB, which is pretty decent since we can replace them fairly easily. Zeinstra and Lattie also left the club. 

 

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A hell of a lot of players came in. We spent just over £19M as we went straight into the market to pick up a shed load of players. I tended to go for younger fringe players at the bigger sides as they were the ones the scout thought were the best, could be some resell value in a fair few of them too. I'll do a brief list of the players who will probably be in the first team rather than individual break downs as that would take too long: 

 

GK: Ernest Frimpong

DR: Remi De Freitas

DRC: Lester Charlery

DLC: Jamie Sanders

DL: Mike Kirsten

D/MC: Steve Norman

MR: Papa Cissokho

MRL: Piotr Sloma

MC: Leon Esters

ST: Andreas Papoutsogiannopoulos

ST: Mario Korczowski

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August

 

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We made fairly short work of Fleetwood Town in the EFL Cup 1st Round. 

 

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A really poor loss to Coventry of League 1. I can't remember the last time I lost a cup game to a side in a lower division, so this was pretty annoying and embarrassing. Oh well. Only the League Cup init. 

 

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A pretty solid start with 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss to Crystal Palace. The game with Luton was one hell of a game and it went 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, until Hornero came off the bench and got us 2 goals to finally condemn Luton to a loss. 

 

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September

 

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The month kicked off with another big goal game, this time with Leeds, thankfully we won it 4-3 largely due to Andreas' hat-trick. We went on a bit of a dip with 2 draws and a loss to Huddersfield, before comfortably beating Playoff rivals West Brom. 

 

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10 games gone and it's tight at the top of the table. We're firmly in the mix for now. 

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I had a quick look at the wage budgets as I was interested to see how higher up the table we'd got after our spending spree this summer: 

 

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We're up to 8th, but it is pretty crazy to see that many sides still spending more than us. I suppose the majority of those have had PL football in recent years so would have more money, bigger budgets etc, but it really did feel like we were spending crazy money this summer. 

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October

 

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A strong October saw us beat Middlesbrough, Burnley and Watford, with a solitary draw in our trip to Bolton. The 3 wins came against Playoff rivals though, so they were not just good, but valuable wins too. 

 

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We're in 3rd place, but Norwich and Huddersfield are firmly within our grasp, although they do both have a game in hand on us. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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November

 

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The month started well as we came from behind to win at Bournemouth, before beating Birmingham 2-1. Southend managed to get the better of us in what proved to be a tricky away game in Essex, then we could only get a draw at home to fierce rivals Sheffield United. We probably should've won that as they're way down in 23rd place. 

 

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We remain in 3rd place, with Huddersfield still within reach, but Norwich have put some distance between themselves and us. 

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December

 

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A really poor month. A frustrating 4-3 loss at Ipswich, before 4 draws on the bounce. A frustrating period, where we lost a hell of a lot of ground on Huddersfield and Norwich, but then we somehow managed to beat Norwich 3-1 at the end of it. 

 

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We're still 3rd despite the drop off in form, but the automatic places are not looking as attainable anymore going into the new year. 

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January

 

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We could only take League 1 Notts County to replay at our place. 

 

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Absolute travesty to lose to them but that's what happens when you can't score and it goes to penalties. To go out to League 1 sides in both cup competitions this year is horrendous. 

 

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2 decent wins against Luton and Blackpool sandwiched inbetween a poor loss at Hull. We could also only draw at Palace. At least we put 5 past Blackpool though. 

 

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Still in 3rd init 

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You'll need a bit more cutting edge up front to convert some of those draws into wins (and perhaps some of those defeats into draws as well). Interesting to see what you've done in the January transfer window.

 

Quite curious as well to know what the board were asking for you. Surely, with that kind of transfer budget, they'd have expected a title tilt? Or were they happy enough with a playoff spot?

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You'll need a bit more cutting edge up front to convert some of those draws into wins (and perhaps some of those defeats into draws as well). Interesting to see what you've done in the January transfer window.

 

Quite curious as well to know what the board were asking for you. Surely, with that kind of transfer budget, they'd have expected a title tilt? Or were they happy enough with a playoff spot?

 

Yeah will do a transfer update in a bit, not too much action but an in and an out. The board actually only wanted mid-table :D 

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Karim Arkine was a pretty good squad player, but for someone who was only ever really used as a substitute, £3M was too much to turn down. 

 

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We got in another youngster that was stuck getting no games at Bayern. Karner is a decent pick up and can play in CM and LB so he is fairly versatile, which is always useful too. 

 

Also: 

 

Some BIG BIG news coming in the February update

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“Boss. Do you have a minute?”

Adam looked up from his desk. It was Frazer Hutchinson, his personal assistant.

“What is it Frazer?”

“It’s err. I don’t know how to tell you this boss, but err”

“But what?”

“I’ve got some news. It’s big news.”

“Oh Fraze! It’s not Doncaster is it? I saw they sacked poor old Steve Gill last week. I saw I was linked with it, but I didn’t think they’d actually come in for me! They’re only 3 points off of 17th. I think we could keep them up for sure mate!”

“It’s not Doncaster.”

“Oh. ****. It’s not Burnley is it?”

“It’s not Burnley, boss”

“Well who the **** is it then?”

“It’s err. It’s about one of the lads we’ve had through in the youth intake”

“What about him? We never get anyone good through here. Remember the lads we got through at Cardiff? Now they were lads you could actually blood in. It must be something in the water in Sheffield, but they’re always **** here. A joke when you consider the facilities and how much we pay for it”

“One of them is err. He’s er”

“He’s actually not that shi-?

“He’s your son”

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He's really not that great, which is fairly fitting I guess. I think at a push he could maybe do a job at mid-table League 2 side if he reaches his potential. I will do my best to give him as good a career as I can, I'll send him out on loan next season to the regional Conference sides if they'll take him and see how it goes I guess :D 

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March

 

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A bit of a blip this month with losses to Bolton and Birmingham, but we did beat Watford, Bournemouth and got a draw at Burnley. 

 

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7 games to go and we're probably going to have to settle for the Playoffs. We'll give it our best to try and catch Huddersfield though. 

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April

 

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A really good month with 4 wins from 5, although considering how bad Brentford are we probably should've beaten them too, but I can't complain too much I suppose. It was good to win at Sheffield United too. 

 

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We're right up there with 2 games to go. Our next game is Norwich away, if we can win that then who knows what could happen. We also have Bristol City (18th) at home on the last day. Norwich have us and Carlisle, whilst Huddersfield have an easier run in of Ipswich and Colchester. 

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Well that's irritating. Lester Charlery, one of, if not our best central defender, has decided to give up on the English national team and embrace his Saint Lucian heritage. This means that he will miss out entire Playoff campaign due to playing in the Caribbean Championship :herman:

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12th minute: A throw in for Hull deep in the Wednesday half. Tutulan to Millar, Millar with a decent ball into the box, Novotny heads it down but it falls straight to Snaith...Snaith with a real chance to have a strik- but Novotny strikes him down! AND THE REFEREE HAS BLOWN HIS WHISTLE! The home side have a penalty! 

Callum Kelly will take this. He looks confident. It's Callum Kelly... he's sent Frimpong the wrong way! It's HULL CITY 1-0 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY

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