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HIENGHENE SPORT (NEW CALEDONIA) SEASON 2037 OFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE It didn't quite go to plan in the Champions League. We made it as far as the semi final but lost out to Auckland United at that stage. We had a goalkeeping injury which meant we had a keeper of much lower standard and I will blame that as a contributing factor as to why we couldn't get the job done. NEW CALEDONIA SUPER LEAGUE We could not be touched in the league, especially after the Champions League failure it was particularly gratifying to go 22 wins out of 22 games as we put the rest of New Caledonia to the sword. 50 points gained for our second league title. NEW CALEDONIA CUP There were no mistakes this season as we treated the cup much like the league and made our way through the rounds without so much as a hint of a problem. Another 40 points accrued. SQUAD We still did business this year, but it was far more measured. The team is starting to look like a team from Brazil with the amount of Brazilians we have brought to the club. We were unlucky not to progress in the Champions League, an injury to Ndiaye at the time meant that we were forced to use Arnal. We have rectified the situation for the coming campaign next year. I can't see a major obvious defect in the team apart from a bit a of bloated squad that is tough to manage at times. If we can find a few quality players we will add them to the squad otherwise expect a very similar squad next year. MANAGER PROFILE MANAGER THOUGHTS I thought we would be done with OFC1 and Oceania this season, but sometimes this challenge can humble you when you think you are going to do things and sometimes when you least expect it amazing things happen. I am confident for next year that we have as good a chance as anyone to capture the Champions League, if we don't then we will need to really rethink things and assess whether we actually need to move on to avoid significant diminishing returns in terms of points. So it could well be that next season is the last with Hienghene Sport whatever happens.

HIENGHENE SPORT (NEW CALEDONIA) SEASON 2036 Upon leaving the Solomon Islands, we would eventually get a very highly reputed job in the form of Hienghene Sport, one the best sides in New Caledonia. They had finished mid table in the season just finished and they were in need of a new manager hence we came into the picture. We would not have OFC Champions League football but we would inherit a powerhouse of Island football. NEW CALEDONIA SUPER LEAGUE We made a lot of changes to the squad and team cohesion was a problem for the majority of the season however we were never really in danger of not winning the league as we romped home by 14 points in the end. 100 points on the board. NEW CALEDONIA CUP I felt we really bottled the cup this season. We went out in the Quarter Finals to Ne Drehu in a really drab affair from our perspective. It probably isn't worth moaning too much about but we miss out on points here. SQUAD We absolutely overdid it when it came to the transfer window. It happened because there were so many players available that could improve the team and we had a lot of spare budget space, and secondly the league has no rules concerning foreign players so it seemed to me at the time a no brainer. I had not really considered how long team cohesion would be an issue and while we mostly managed players not playing it became annoying to have to manage them after a while. We even released a few that were kicking up a fuss, paying them off from their contracts even though in a perfect world I would have had them as backups. It does mean that next season I think will be quieter window, and we will only move for guys who will make us much better. MANAGER PROFILE MANAGER THOUGHTS It was not a perfect season by any stretch of the imagination, the cup burning a hole in my memory of what might have been, but ultimately it make very little difference. The goal was to win the league and get the club back in the Champions League which we have done. The two previous times we have had a shot at the Champions League we managed to win the tournament and this time that has been assembled I think should blow any of my previous teams out of the Pacific waters, so assuming that we get the mood at the club right I would almost expect to be at the final stages of the tournament come the semi final and final.

Yeah, at the moment can't do any wrong. The small leagues are definitely helping us out as we can just use the transfer market to outmanoeuvre our opponents and the New Zealand teams aren't as scary as I remember them in previous challenges when it came to the OFC Champions League.

Just read through and this looks great. I love the format! Never really had much of chance of managing in Bolivia but you seem to have started the season really well. KUTGW!

HENDERSON EELS (SOLOMON ISLANDS) SEASON 2034/35 OFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE I wasn't even totally sure we had qualified for the Champions League, but when I found out that we had I knew that we could win and we managed to do just that. here were some tough games along the way such as Wellington Olympic where we scraped by with an extra time win or the final which ended 5-4, although we had been 5-3 ahead and Auckland United scored very late in the game. A great win that gives us the points to move on to OFC1. S-LEAGUE We made absolute mince meat of the league, our goal difference telling the story, as on three seperate occasions we scored 10 goals in a league game. There was absolutely no one who could live with us. We leave before the season is over, but we have already been confirmed as league champions so although we didn't need the points because of the Champions League we walk away as Champions. CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES The cup competition for the Solomon Islands really was not much harder than the league. We conceded only once in the final during the whole tournament, and that was a final in which we destroyed Solomon Warriors 8-1. A great win for us, and this competition concluded just three days before the Champions League final. SQUAD We started with an embarassment of riches prior to bringing anyone in and we just kept being offered Brazilians and who was I to say no to them. There was a stricter cap on foreign players, with only 4 allowed which meant we even had to get rid of some of the other foriegners that were already at the club. Caetano was amazing up until a horrible season ending injury so he ended up on 16 goals gotten at 1.94 per 90 minutes. John Suri filled in nicely and got himself 36 goals this season. Right back Giardini was also a revelation with 35 assists and 9 goals himself. he would probably have to be my player of the season with Caetano out. MANAGER PROFILE MANAGER THOUGHTS OFC2 was over very quickly as we arrived at one of the top clubs and quickly asserted our control over the team and ended up with treble which included the Champions League and passage to OFC1. We will see where we land once we finally get a job in that region.

HENDERSON EELS (SOLOMON ISLANDS) SEASON 2034 We were out of a job for a while until the Solomon Islands S-League season was just about to finish and then we got a great job offer in the form of Henderson Eels. Probably the best side on the islands and certainly a club I think we make real progress with. S-LEAGUE We only had the final four games of the league season to complete and we managed to keep the club in 4th place where we took them over. We managed to win all the remaining games of the league season, all by a pretty similar scoreline. SQUAD No transfers as yet, the team looks pretty good, it even features Natan Vieira whom we had at our last club Lupe in Samoa. He moved to Henderson Eels while we were out of a job. MANAGER PROFILE MANAGER THOUGHTS It was a very short season for us as we just picked things up right at the end of the season, but I think we can mount a challenge next season, and now I am thinking if we could win the Champions League with a Samoan team perhaps we can repeat the feat with Henderson. All will be answered next season.

LUPE O LE SOAGA (SAMOA) SEASON 2033 OFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE I had assumed earlier on that it would be impossible for a club of our stature to win the Champions League, but I was clearly very wrong. We more or less destroyed the competition in the OFC Champions League which occurs right at the start of the new season. We beat Auckland United twice in New Zealand to cap off a memorable Champions League campaign and capture the 500 points. SQUAD We had to replace a few players, especially some of the foreigners that decided to leave but we managed to get some great replacements in where required. This team was built really with domestic football in mind, but little did I know that we were building a team that could conquer Oceania. MANAGER PROFILE MANAGER THOUGHTS We complete OFC3 with a very unexpected Champions League win that gives us the remaining points and many more that we didn't need. Perhaps I should have considered that we had a chance to win the Champions League with a side from Samoa, but it still surprises me that we had any chance at all. Either way I am very happy with that as we leave OFC3 behind. In the end we completed the whole of leg in Samoa, not by design but just the way it worked out.

LUPE O LE SOAGA (SAMOA) SEASON 2032 We managed to engineer another move this season to the biggest club in Samoa. They have been underachieving for quite some time and the board decided it was best to bring us in to hopefully bring back the good times to the club. SAMOA NATIONAL LEAGUE We achieved perfection this season as went 22 wins from 22 games as no one had the slightest chance against us all season. We won every game by at least a two goal margin as we captured the league title. Another 100 points for us. SAMOA CUP The cup went the same as the league as we faced very little challenge on our way to capturing it. Another 40 points on the board. SQUAD The strategy we had was to try and get the key players we had at Vaivele-Uta and we pretty much managed to get everyone I wanted, such Parraguez, Atilio and Sunday. We then went down the tried and tested formula or getting the best players we could then get from the scout reports and agent offers and built a formidable squad. MANAGER PROFILE MANAGER THOUGHTS We are now pretty close to completing OFC3, with over 400 points on the board. Mathematically we would need to win everything domestically next season and we would be about 30 points short which would then probably need a another double to complete the journey in OFC3, if we decide to stay at Lupe o le Soago. But at least it is now a viable strategy.

VAITELE-UTA (SAMOA) SEASON 2031 We managed to get a move pretty soon after the season finished. Vaitele-Uta one of the more traditional bigger sides in the country had sacked their manager and they decided to give us the job. The advantage of this was that in theory we had a better team and the normal amount of points were up for grabs again this season in Samoa as opposed to half points with Central United. SAMOA NATIONAL LEAGUE We were third favourites for the league, so we always had a chance but we really didn't give anyone else a chance pretty much from the start of the season as we romped home with the title. Unfortunately Central United went down on the final day of the4 season and we ended up being the team to confirm that, so a bit of friendly fire there. We get another 100 points in OFC3. SAMOA CUP We had a very easy route to the final of the cup. Even Lepea a traditional top side in Samoa did not put up much challenge to us and we faced Lion of Judah's B side in the final, such was a very weird Samoa Cup this season. It means another 40 points to us. SQUAD The story is the same everyone in the Pacific where we picked up whomever we could to improve the team. We actually managed to amass quite a few foreign players, but a lot of them as soon as they arrive they moved again back to wherever they were from whenever they got the first offer. Parraguez and Atillio who did stay were brilliant as was Uche Sunday. MANAGER PROFILE We managed to complete or Continental Pro Licence, which means we are set for the remainder of our career. MANAGER THOUGHTS A great season as we picked up all the available points. We decided to forego a shot at the OFC Champions League last season because realistically we would have no chance against the kind of opposition that we would be facing there and decided to move clubs and it worked out from a points perspective. Should we have a chance to move to another of the big boys here is Samoa or elsewhere then I would not hesitate to do it, but it nothing does become available then we will have another season here.

CENTRAL UNITED (SAMOA) SEASON 2030 We were out of job for just over a year as the new leagues loaded, and eventually we managed to find our way to Samoan outfit, Central United for our first stop in OFC3. It was another calculated risk. Central United had finished in 5th place in the season just gone and they had performed about in line with their abilities. To take this time to a league title would be pushing it a bit, but I was hoping we could work like we had in some of the other Pacific nations and grab key players here and there from other clubs. This time around we did have a more or less full compliment of staff which would allow us to move quicker, not that we were rushed for time having just joined as the season had ended. SAMOA NATIONAL LEAGUE We managed to improve the team but we were predicted to finish 7th even after the signings had been made so I was not expecting to challenge for the title, however we started the season very well and soon we had opened up a chasm at the top of the league. Eventually Lepea would defeat us but they could never really apply much pressure on us as we made sure we always recovered when we had a less than desirable result and eventually no one could stop us as we won the clubs inaugural first league title, with the bookmakers having us at 150-1 prior to the season to complete the feat. That is a very nice 100 points immediately on the board. SAMOA CUP We followed up the league form with a great Samoa Cup campaign. Only really the semi final and final gave us any pause for thought as we needed extra time against Kiwi to progress to the final and the Final itself was a little uncomfortable as we eventually managed to subdue Sogi. SQUAD The strategy for building the squad was the same as previous seasons, get the scouts to pick out players and then just see who we could get. The difference was that even after we had completed the squad the bookmakers did improve our chances and I was not very convinced we could challenge but I was very wrong. We had some standout performances especially Leulua from attacking midfield who ended up as top goalscorer for the club. MANAGER PROFILE The main news is that Central United agreed to fund out Pro Licence so that was a major positive as we are now on our way to studying our final badge. MANAGER THOUGHTS A great first season at Central United that was a little unexpected. I thought it might take a couple of season to take control in Samoa but we managed it immediately. The perfect move now would be to move to one of the Samoan clubs that have dispensed with their managers but we have already missed out on a couple and so I am not sure whether we will move. If no move materialises then we will remain with Central United for another season and then we will be looking to move on to pastures anew.

TURAWA URBAN COUNCIL (TUC) (KIRIBATI) SEASON 2028 KIRIBATI NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP We put right the errors of last year and did very well in the Group Stage to progress to the semi final playoff. We faced Maiana in the semi final and narrowly got past them 3-2 on aggregate. In the final we faced off against Teraina and we could thank our home leg for winning the Championship as we won out 3-0 before a 4-4 draw away. That's all we needed to get the remaining 100 points we needed of OFC4. SQUAD It was very much the same as last season, no one has a nailed down contract so we just try and sign whomever we can as well as an foreigner players that are offered by their agents. We had a lot more money this year to spend on acquisitions so that certainly helped, but normally we lose players as quickly as they come in. At one point we had a Chilean midfielder that lasted about three games before lower division Chilean sides got wind that he was here and got him back to Chile. You never really feel you have settled side, it's just a case of whomever is at the club at the time you hope they are good enough. MANAGER PROFILE MANAGER THOUGHTS We managed to get the job done in Kiribati after failing last season. Kiribati is a formidable challenge because of the format and what I have said before about the fragility of the squad you build. I am glad that we have managed to get over the line here and we can finally put OFC4 behind us after 6 years and we can move on to OFC3.

I think I had read about someone that was managing the national team in Micronesia, but didn't know too much about it. I actually probably enjoyed Micronesia more than both the other countries on account that there is an actual reasonably standard league season.

TURAWA URBAN COUNCIL (TUC) (KIRIBATI) SEASON 2027 We left Micronesia to travel east to Kiribati, which is a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean. This job was a very big risk in joining TUC or Turawa Urban Council as they had by far the worst team in Kiribati. Since there were no other jobs available, I thought I may as well be managing as opposed to waiting for another job to come up. KIRIBATI NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP The Kiribati National Championship is split into four groups with the winner qualifying for the Champions Playoff which essentially is the Semi Final stage. At various moments we looked like we might be able to top the league, but we more or less bottled it away to Aranuka and then we needed results to go our way and they didn't with Aranuke beating ETC on the final day of the season. We only got as far as we did by raiding everyone we could, whether it was from previous clubs in Micronesia and Tuvalu or agent offers when they came in. Unfortunately there are no points for us this season. SQUAD The transfer market was the most important part of our season as we got in pretty much anyone we could. The best player we had before we made a signing I think had one gold star, so it goes to show what an improvement some of the players we brought in have been. Unfortunately it was not enough for us. MANAGER PROFILE MANAGER THOUGHTS We were close to getting to the playoff but it was not to be. I was very happy with the signings we made and I think we might have a chance next season. My current plan is to stay for another season and try and win the National Championship but I also recognise that the format of the tournament makes it very hard and we have no real opportunities to make any mistakes going into this. If a better job comes along then I will likely take it but I get the feeling that that may not happen. Anyway no points for us this season.

ISLAND PITBULLS (MICRONESIA) SEASON 2026 POHNPEI PREMIER LEAGUE We lost more games this season than we did last season but in the end we were still very comfortable winners of the league title. In the end we took the title by 16 points from International B. Another 50 points for us. SQUAD Not much action in the transfer market as the team was already good enough to win the league, albeit we have a lot of gaps in the team, such is Micronesian football. MANAGER PROFILE We are advancing as a manager as we did manage to get Island Pitbulls to finance so far up to our Continental A Licence. MANAGER THOUGHTS It was a season without much drama as we reached the 400 point mark in OFC4. We will be leaving Island Pitbulls now that it is the end of the season as it just doesn't make any sense to remain in charge with the diminishing returns that are going to happen. We actually don't have a club ready to join. The market seems a bit slow when it comes to managers, so we may need to wait a while and perhaps even join a club that is in less than a positive situation than we found so far in Tuvalu and Micronesia. We will be back once we have found a new home.

ISLAND PITBULLS (MICRONESIA) SEASON 2025 Upon leaving Tofaga and Tuvalu we were on our way northwest toward the island nation of Micronesia to join our new club Island Pitbulls. They had just finished mid-table, but the club going into the new season were deemed to be the second best team in the league, so this was perhaps an indicator as to why they were looking for a new manager. In Micronesia there is just one competition in the form of the Premier League, so only 100 points up for grabs. POHNPEI PREMIER LEAGUE It was very successful first season with Island Pitbulls as we lost just twice and drew only twice on the way to landslide league title win. It's another 100 points for us this season. SQUAD There wasn't a lot of moves in the transfer window, primarily because it took a lot of time to assemble the staff again. We joined again without any staff at the club. There was this time though a much more comprehensive squad if not a particularly great one. We got two players to join at the end of the previous season with Fata Filemoni coming in from Tuvalu and we even got an Estonian centre back to join us at the club, and he being one of the better players at the club. MANAGER PROFILE We managed to get our new club to fund our Continental C Licence halfway through the season, when we were doing well which is a great little bonus for us, as I was assuming I might go through the remainder of Oceanic football without ever being able to study the next badge. We are quickly getting trophies under our belt but our reputation is still extremely low, which won't matter at the moment but is something we will need to improve going into the future. MANAGER THOUGHTS We arrived in Micronesia and got the job done in the league to bank another 100 points which is great. I think we will stay for another season and hopefully capture another league title which would then put us on 400 points and only a league title win away from completing OFC4. That and there have not been any jobs really available that would entice me to move at the moment. We will look at the end of next season and see if there are any jobs that will be adequate for our purposes.

FC TOFAGA (TUVALU) SEASON 2024 PROVIDENT FUND CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE The league came around again this year, and we managed to stay perfect within to get our second league title since we arrived in Tuvalu. Theoretically the final game between us and Ha'apai United decided the title, but we did have a three point lead going and better goal difference so I am unsure how it would have been decided should we have lost. We pick up another 50 points. TUVALU GAMES We won the Tuvalu Games, as we scythed our way through the group stages and eventually won the final against Vaoloa. We would need penalties in the semi final, really the only part where we needed a bit of luck to progress. We pick up another 40 points. NATIONAL BANK OF TUVALU CUP Despite a loss to Lakena United in the group stages it was enough to progress in second place in groups. We would beat Nauti in the semi final and we reacquainted with Lakena United in the final where we managed to change the scoreline this time winning 3-0. Another 40 points gathered. INDEPENDENCE CUP We breezed through the group and managed to win the Independence Cup for the second year running. Beating Nauti in the semi final was a tough affair but Lakena United were again in the final and we managed to overcome them 3-0. We won it last year, so this year it's only worth 20 points to us. CHRISTMAS CUP We did make the semi final of the Christmas Cup, however we are leaving the club before we were able to get to the semi final stage which only happens in December 2024. We never won the Christmas Cup in Tuvalu and I would be surprised if we'd be back so I don't see us ever winning it now. SQUAD The squad is pretty similar to last year apart from players retired and we did lose the odd player here and there to other clubs. We also released a few players where they were not getting much football and they were not happy to stay. MANAGER PROFILE We have managed to get our National A Licence, but it would seem that Tofaga were never going to sanction us to get anything further than that at the club for fear we would leave, well we are leaving anyway. MANAGER THOUGHTS It has been a good season for us as we picked up plenty of points. It's a shame we couldn't stick around until the Christmas Cup as I expected us to win that tournament this year and that would have been another 40 points, but a good job relatively speaking came up and I felt it was a good opportunity to move on now and now waste much time in between clubs. We will be leaving Tuvalu behind and going on to pastures anew. We are now about halfway points wise into OFC4.

FC TOFAGA (TUVALU) SEASON 2023 We were randomly assigned FC Tofaga which to be honest is not bad. They were predicted 2nd place for the upcoming season, but it is another club in Tuvalu; Nauti who have dominated domestic football for a very long time now. Tuvalu itself is in the Pacific Ocean, a small atoll of land some 3,000 kms north of New Zealand and about 3,000 kms northeast of Australia. Quite a remote little place. PROVIDENT FUND CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE The league season in Tuvalu consists of just five games. All the clubs play each other once, since we all play at the same ground on the island, and I believe the only ground on the island. We managed to win all our games including the final one against Nauti when we had already secured the league title. So that is a very nice way to start the season collecting 100 points straight away. INDEPENDENCE CUP We managed to secure the Independence Cup, which we had already qualified for the semi final last season. It's currently a bit unknown to me why the group stages occur the season before, but I was glad we were already at this stage and we managed to capture the Independence Cup with a 3-1 win against Nauti B in the final. We win another 40 points. CHRISTMAS CUP We did make another cup final in the form of the Christmas Cup, however bizarrely it was our B side who would end up winning it as we lost in extra time to them. I guess perhaps next time I could interfere and install some team orders, but unfortunately we miss out on the points here. SQUAD When we first arrived at the club we barely had enough players to make up a squad and absolutely not staff. Once we got an assistant manager and then a few more staff we could start the process of identifying players. Initially we went after whomever we could in Tuvalu. Since all the clubs are amateur it is a tug of war to convince players to move clubs. Eventually however agents from far afield started making contact with some with some unknown quantities and since we did not have to pay them anyway we got who we could through the door. That included Mujahid from Pakistan, Rahim from Bangladesh, Singh from Australia, Gendron from Tahiti and two Mongolian lads, who add a lot of quality that we would not normally see in Tuvalu football. MANAGER THOUGHTS A decent first season, but we should have wrapped up the Christmas Cup, and it ended up being a strange game that we somehow lost to the B side, which was disappointing. There are two other cup competitions that we were already knocked out of so I hope that in the coming season they may be up for grabs to us. Otherwise it might start making the idea of moving elsewhere more likely for us. For now however we will remain in post of the next season and hopefully we can seal some more points next season.

This is Helder Manuel, a 19-year old national of Mozambique, the country we were randomly assigned. He will be coming from Southeastern Africa looking to take the world of football by storm. He has no reputation and coaching badges to his name. I focussed mostly on adaptability for our skills since that is probably the most important factor our manager, considering the number of different clubs that he will likely have to manage in his hopefully very long career.

Yeah, it is likely to break at some point. Last time I did it, I didn't even use custom databases apart from the Name Fix and it still broke somehow. We will see how far we get.

Climb the Ladder IV I have decided to come back and do another career run through at what I consider to be the most difficult challenge I have ever attempted. Something I call "Climb the Ladder". This is the fourth iteration and every single other one has finished in disaster, mostly because of league made bugs, game related bugs and I think in one instance I gave up. This time around we are going to take on the this gargantuan challenge again. What is the challenge? The challenge revolves around being confined to specific area of the globe until we have met the criteria to pass on to the next round of the challenge. In essence we start on the lowest rung of the ladder and climb our way up each rung. How do we advance through each rung of the ladder? To advance from each rung of the ladder we need to accumulate points in each area, and if we get enough points then we will be able to pass to the next region. Most regions (which on the graph provided are in grey) require 500 points to complete. The gold regions require 1,500 points to complete and gold regions require me to only manage in a country that is normally one of the best in the specific continent. How do you get to 500 points or more? We can only win points through winning trophies. Only top division league titles count towards our score, so if we take over a second division side in a particular country and win the second division this is worth no points. We also get points from cup competitions wins. In previous iterations that points totals were a little more complicated, but after thinking about it I have simplified it a little bit. League Title = 100 Points Any Domestic Cup Competition = 40 Points Any Charity Shield or Cup Competition = 20 Points (this is where a competition is called a "Super Cup" or only has 2 participants enter the competition) Any Top Level Continental Competition i.e. UEFA Champions League, Copa Libertadores etc = 500 Points Any Secondary Continental Competition i.e. UEFA Europa League, CAF Confederation Cup = 200 Points Any Tertiary Continental Competition i.e. UEFA Europa Conference League = 50 Points Any Continental Super Cup i.e. UEFA Super Cup = 40 Points FIFA World Club Cup = 80 Points It is worth noting that much like every other Climb the Ladder challenge these are base points available for each competition. However domestic trophies degrade in value for every time we win them by 50% with the same club. Continental Competitions are unaffected and are always worth their base value. Example We are Liverpool FC in England and win the League, FA Cup and UEFA Europa League in Year One. We would gain 100 points for EPL win, 40 points for the FA Cup and 250 points for the UEL, for a grand total of 390 points for the season. If the next season we won The League, the FA Cup and English League Cup, the league would now be worth 50 points, the FA Cup 20 points, and the League Cup 40 points, for a grand total of 110 points. If in season three we won only the League and the FA Cup we would only get 25 points for the League and 10 points for the FA Cup for a total of 35 points, less than if we won the League Cup with another side all together. Hence there is strategy involved in when is the right time to move clubs to maximise the points on offer, and we are incentivized to move instead of staying too long and reducing our potential point output. Can You Lost Points? Yes, Being Sacked under any circumstances loses us 100 points, resigning to avoid a sacking is treated the same (this will be measured by if there are any articles that we are about to be sacked). Where is the Full Ladder? I attach it above. The journey will go through each of the Confederations and we will have to complete each step before moving onto the next and they go completely through a Confederation before we move onto the next. The order is the Oceania, North America, Asia, Africa, South America and finally Europe. The order of the countries in the ladder beyond the confederation and then based around the existing reputation of the Premier Division in the country. The more reputable the higher in the list they came. How Will You Provide Updates? Probably a season at a time as this is such a long challenge that it will take hundreds of in game years to complete, provided the game managed to last that long. It hasn't ever lasted long enough to get to completion, so here's hoping that changes. The updates won't focus too much on signings and things like since they are more or less irrelevant in the context of the challenge. I will be recording however the best goal scorer and assist makers during the journey and presenting that at the end of each update as well as a running tally of where we have been. Where are you starting? Well my manager will be from a randomly selected country, any across the whole journey, and will start at a randomly assigned club using the "Pick a Club for me" button, starting in OFC4. I will only ever have the countries loaded that are in the specific step I am tackling. Once I complete the step I will unload those nations and move onto the next step. The next update will be the Manager introduction and probably the first season. Where did you get the additional leagues? Downloaded from a chap called Timo who provided most of the remaining leagues in the world. What is the Skin you are using? SaS24

NOVEMBER 2023 | Squad | Fixtures | League Table | Finances | Data Hub | XG Table | Manager Profile | MONTHLY REPORT Another month is in the books and we got off to a good start this month as we won our first two matches before we lost our first game since the first fixture of the season against Loughall. We would recover to take four points from the final two league games, that would keep us in top position in the league. This month we also played in the Bet McLean Cup Quarter Final and we would lose to Larne quite expectedly 4-1. We once again won the manager of the month to make it two in row.

OCTOBER 2023 | Squad | Fixtures | League Table | Finances | Data Hub | XG Table | Manager Profile | MONTHLY REPORT We are really motoring at the moment as we put together, a ten unbeaten game run. After a draw with Portadown, we managed to get three wins in the league and that has pushed us up to 1st place in the league as we look to be carrying the early season form nicely into this month. We also got through in the Bet McLean Cup beating Newington 3-2 in a pretty tight affair. In terms of team news we have been sticking with Nolan and McLaughlin up front, and McCavitt is at the moment utilised off the bench. Patterson has moved onto 6 goals this season as the centre back just can't stop scoring. Murphy has picked up three goals himself as we seem to be pretty dangerous from set pieces. We won the manager of the month award for last month and things are going very nicely so far this season.

Depends how attached you are to Abrantes. But I would stay at Abrantes personally and get them to the top division and then consider other jobs.

What advice do you need?

SEPTEMBER 2023 | Squad | Fixtures | League Table | Finances | Data Hub | XG Table | Manager Profile | MONTHLY REPORT It's been another very good month for us as we picked up, three 3-0 wins and two draws in the league. That has moved us up to 2nd in the league, which is much better than I thought we would be doing at this stage of the season. We did exit the Mid Ulster Cup to Warrenpoint in a pretty tight affair. We managed to get our first coaching badge as a manager but the board is still very reticent to allow us to improve ourselves for fear of losing our services, which is a little bit strange considering we are hardly Pep Guardiola. We will have to pick the right moment to ask them next time. Lewis Patterson won the Player of the Month for for August, due to his goalscoring efforts from defence.