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(FM23) – The Kings of København (26) – BK FREM Posted on 5 Jan 2023 by CoxieFM Season 2029-30 In the greater metropolitan area of Copenhagen is home to the capital of Denmark and to major football clubs like FC København and Brøndby IF. However, can BK FREM become “The Kings of København”. Last episode: The Kings of København (25) Off The Pitch New Signings Before we start, Tomas Rosicky hasn’t come out of retirement to play for BK Frem but has been appointed as the new Director of Football (DoF) on a two year deal. However, we have signed two ex-French international on free transfers. First through the door was 36 year old veteran centre-back Raphael Varane on a 1 year deal. Adrien Rabiot came in on deadline day when he popped up of the DoF search bar and to be fair I didn’t think we’d be able to sign him but the 34 year old midfielder comes in on a one year deal to strengthen our midfield. Also, one of BK Frem fans and club icon Soren Krogh joins the club in a new role which is now available to us in the Technical Director role. On The Pitch July – September 2029 3F Superliga Preliminary Phase Again, like the past two season in the 3F Superliga, we haven’t started the best and been on rollercoaster ride of results which have left us out of the Championship phase in the league after 11 matches. We did, however win our first league game of the season 2-0 on matchday one against the current holders of the 3F Superliga FC Midtjylland, in which I did thought this could be the season we might push the so called top three sides all the way and finish higher than 4th place in the league, where we have finished in the previous two campaigns. But, the bubble burst in matchday two, as we faced our nemesis FC København who beat us 2-0. The next couple of games ended in defeat against Viborg FF and a draw against a ten-men Brondby IF side which I was not impressed with before beating one of the newly promoted side Vejle BK 2-0. But, it quickly went from joy to disbelief soon after that as back-to-back defeats see us drop down to 9th in the table losing to AGF 2-1 before being bullied by FC Nordsjælland in matchday seven 4-0, our heaviest defeat in all competitions so far this season. So, after back-to-back defeats, it was time for back-to-back wins for us, with our first at the Cepheus Park Randers against Randers FC 3-0. However, the highlight of the season so far was in matchday nine when we played the other newly promoted side to the 3F Superliga, Silkeborg IF in a game which will be known as the “Rabiot Show” this season with the veteran midfielder scoring his first goals for the club but not once, twice but three times in the 4-1 victory at the Valby Stadion. In the next two matches, we played AaB and lost both of them. I wont lie, bottles were thrown after both of these games and maybe the odd slice of pizza too. We had dominant against them in both the matches in shots, XG and possession but at the end of the day, just could hit the barn door where we just couldn’t. The League Table It looks like its going to be the same old story in the league again. Poor start to the league campaign like the previous two, however I am hoping like the previous two our form improves and we manage to get into the Championship phase and maybe push for European football again, otherwise if we don’t I think we will struggle to improve the squad for next season. UECL League Path We qualify for the UECL league phase and face the likes of West Ham United, Linfield, Shakhtyor Soligorsk, Hadjuk Split, Galatasaray SK and Zrinjski Mostar after beating the Scottish side Hibernian in the third qualifying round 6-3 on aggregate and then Dutch side FC Utrecht 4-2 on aggregate in the fourth qualifying round. On looking at the six sides I will face in the league phase, it will only be West Ham and Galatasaray SK, I think we may struggle against and likely to drop points but the other four sides I am at least expecting wins. Now, saying that watch me not get out of the league phase now. The Results Final Words Not happy with our league performance at the moment and hoping it will improve but I am happy that we have made it into the UECL league phase for the second year running. But I do think we have tougher fixtures than last year, so if we do make it out into the knockout rounds then I’ll be very happy. In the meantime, please feel free to leave a comment with any feedback and questions and don’t forget to check out all the other blogs on here and you can follow me on Twitter here. See you next time and thank you for reading…

(FM23) – The Kings of København (25) – BK FREM Posted on 3 Jan 2023 by CoxieFM Season 2028-29 In the greater metropolitan area of Copenhagen is home to the capital of Denmark and to major football clubs like FC København and Brøndby IF. However, can BK FREM become “The Kings of København”. Last episode: The Kings of København (24) On The Pitch April – May 2029 Europa Conference League So going to start this update off in Europe first as I can’t believe we have managed to get this far at my first attempt, I am well impressed as that I thought we wouldn’t have got out of the group stages. In the first leg of the QF tie against German side Hertha BSC, we won 3-2 at the Olympiastadion Berlin, thanks to two goals from our wanted attacking midfielder Gustavo (spoiler alert, he made the top 50 wonderkids, coming 3rd) with Moise Sahi Dion getting the third goal to give us the advantage. However, in the second leg the German side overturned the first leg defeat to beating us 2-0 at the Valby Stadion to win overall 4-3 on aggregate. Now, we are out of Europe, let’s hope our league performance can continue so we can get European football again next season. We have the taste for it now… 3F Superliga Championship Group In the league, we had to reply on Souleymane N’Doye to come to our rescue to in the 1-1 draw against a vert strong FC København side after an ex-Arsenal player Reiss Nelson had put them in front early on in the game and also smashing our attendance record with 12,854 at the Valby Stadion in this fixture too. Defeated by an in-form FC Midtjylland losing the match by 1-2 as Albert Tjåland strike proved the only consolation for us. Yoram Boerhout, Souleymane N’Doye and a Phil Thieltges penalty was enough to earn us all three points in the valuable 3-2 win over AaB as we maintained that 4th place in the league and to keep the dream alive of European football… FC Nordsjælland beat us 1-2 as yet again, Albert Tjåland strike proved the only consolation for us. It is still the likes of FC Nordsjælland, FC København & FC Midtjylland (The big three, in my eyes) we struggle to get points off at the moment in the league with them having such strong players, but we will get there. Our league performance at this stage again like last season is like a rollercoaster ride because after that defeat we beat Viborg FF 1-0 with my guy Connor Mahoney scoring from a free-kick. Then, again, the next game ended in a 4-2 defeat by FC Midtjylland as Connor Mahoney’s brace just wasn’t enough in this fixture. Moise Sahi Dion was on hand to rescue a point in the match against Viborg FF which ended 2-2, before it was back-to-back draws in the 0-0 game against FC Nordsjælland who went top of the league after this game. We sealed our 4th place in the league by beating 2-1 AaB to ensure we got European football next season, thanks to two Josef Martinez penalties. We beat FC København in the league, woohoo…by two goals to nil. Defender Kristian Riis and midfielder Souleymane N’Doye scoring the goals and we end the season in 4th place. I am sure that FC København didn’t field a strong team at all, but a win is a win over the big three! Sydbank Pokalen We are heading to our first Sydbank Pokalen final after beating OB 6-1 on aggregate. It was advantage us in the first leg as it ended 5-1 in our favour after goals from Connor Mahoney, Souleymane N’Doye, Phil Thieltges and a excellent brace by Moise Sahi Dion. Many changes were made for the second leg and we still won by one goal to nil with Brazilian attacking midfielder Gustavo scoring the goal as we head into final to play the current holders of the competition. And on a breezy evening at Parken, FC København remain for the time being the “Kings of København” following their 4-0 win over us. We had no answers to be fair and they were the better side. Hopefully something in the near future we can beat them. League Table We end the season in 4th place, just like last season meaning we will again have the chance to play in Europe via the playoffs. Off The Pitch My first player to appear on this list (Top 50 Wonderkids) Gustavo – attacking midfielder from Brazil. Also, new contract signed with a release clause as that Porto are looking at him now… End of Season Review 1 / 8 Wow, now that is a transfer budget to dream about!!! But, will I spend big and break our transfer record of £350K for Connor Mahoney or will I put it all in the wages?? Final Words What a seventh season in this series and a second season in the top flight. Equaled last season’s 4th place finish and to get into the final of the Sydbank Pokalen too. Also, our first adventure into Europe was brilliant too. To get out of the group stage was a very good achievement but to get into the QF’s was amazing. In the meantime, please feel free to leave a comment with any feedback and questions and don’t forget to check out all the other blogs on here and you can follow me on Twitter here. See you next time and thank you for reading…

(FM23) – The Kings of København (24) – BK FREM Posted on 31 Dec 2022 by CoxieFM Season 2028-29 In the greater metropolitan area of Copenhagen is home to the capital of Denmark and to major football clubs like FC København and Brøndby IF. However, can BK FREM become “The Kings of København”. Last episode: The Kings of København (23) Off The Pitch Got offered my first International managers job and it wasn’t Denmark, so I said no to the Swedish job. Reunited with a legend from my Fatih Karagumruk save back on FM22. Signed Connor Mahoney for £350K for a club record fee from Bolton. I wanted to sign him last season, however we didn’t have the money to do it but now I have finally got my man and buzzing. Hopefully he can be a club legend like on FM22. The second signing and more well known and also to be honest the first well known players that you people will know of. It’s Venezuelan forward Josef Martinez on a free transfer following his release from Atlanta United. On The Pitch February – March 2029 Winter Break Friendlies After roughly 60ish days we decided not to jet off to the Algarve, Portugal this time and stay more at home and play three teams we haven’t played in a while and we won three out of the three games. 3F Superliga Preliminary Phase Having been reunited with one of my favourite players on FM22, Connor Mahoney had a dream debut in the 4-1 win over Viborg FF. They took the lead and Mahoney equalised with before half-time with a free kick then after the break scoring a volley to make it two one before we were awarded a penalty which Mahoney coolly slotted for his third. The rout was completed in the 90th minute by Josef Martinez who was also playing his first game for the club. It’s always nice to see players making an impact!! Josef Martinez made it two goals in two games having come off the bench acting as the super sub to rescue a draw in the 1-1 Lyngby BK and also got the PoM award for his performance. Two goals from Albert Tjåland ensured we moved into contention for Europa Conference League qualification following a 5-0 win over OB at the Valby Stadion. Phil Thieltges got us off on the right foot from the spot, then an OG from one their defenders before Connor Mahoney sealing the win. We were dominant against Randers FC beating them 6-2. Josef Martinez scored a hat-trick. We then make it 11 games unbeaten as we then beat Brondby IF 1-0 with Albert Tjåland scoring the winner from the penalty spot to move us into 4th place in the league. League Table We were position in 9th place after 17 games played and then to get into 4th place in the last five matches I am happy with. Meaning we have an opportunity again this season to get into Europe for the second season running. All to play for in the next 10 games…We won’t win the league but I will be happy with a 4th place finish. Sydbank Pokalen We beat Vejle BK 9-1 on aggregate. The first leg at home was a 4-0 win with Moise Sahi Dion bagging a hat-trick before Albert Tjåland got the final goal of the game. The second leg at their ground, they did manage to score early, however the lads put them to the sword by scoring five to win the tie 5-1 on the night. Gustavo brace with Tjåland, Linner and Boerhout getting the goals in this game. We face OB in the SF’s of this competition meaning this is the furthest we have been so far in this series. Europa Conference League Into the knockout rounds and we faced Austrian side SV Ried and the first leg ended in a bore draw. However, we followed up the first leg draw against SV Ried with a second leg victory at the Valby Stadion to secure a 2-1 victory. Kasper Hogh and Christian Strudal with the goals to seal our passage into the next round to face German side Hertha BSC in the QF’s. Final Words Four points to make, (1) Happy with the two January signings and (2) still in with a chance to get into European football again in the league if we can finish in 4th place in the last 10 games. (3) A chance to get into the finals of the Sydbank Pokalen for the first time in this series. (4) Into the QF’s of the Europa Conference League… In the meantime, please feel free to leave a comment with any feedback and questions and don’t forget to check out all the other blogs on here and you can follow me on Twitter here. See you next time and thank you for reading…

(FM23) – The Kings of København (23) – BK FREM Posted on 29 Dec 2022 by CoxieFM Season 2028-29 In the greater metropolitan area of Copenhagen is home to the capital of Denmark and to major football clubs like FC København and Brøndby IF. However, can BK FREM become “The Kings of København”. Last episode: The Kings of København (22) On The Pitch September – November 2028 3F Superliga Preliminary Phase Defeated by Lyngby BK 0-1 before meeting an inform as always FC København and I was amazed that we managed to kept a clean sheet against them but we just couldn’t score and drew 0-0. It was three games without a win as we then lose against AGF 0-2. We managed to stop the rot and then make it two games unbeaten with the first game beating AC Horsens 3-2 with my best mate VAR giving us all three points, with Gustavo, Tjåland and Berg getting the goals. Albert Tjåland played his part as BK Frem’s super sub lately as he set-up Julian Kwaaitaal before sending the away fans into wild celebrations by striking a leveler in the 90th minute to draw 2-2 with Randers FC. A seven goal thriller as FC Nordsjælland edge us out by tapping in a late 92nd winner to beat us 4-3 at the Valby Stadion on a windy afternoon. We had been three nil down at one point and when Tjåland scored a brace and Gustavo, I thought we had got a point but unfortunately they had the last laugh, but still was happy with our performance to come back from three nil down for the first time during this series. Tom Lacoux and Souleymane N’Doye were on hand to score the goals against AaB in the 2-0 win that saw us move into 8th place in the league. However, it was back-to-back defeats to AC Horsens 0-1 & FC København 0-2 which saw us drop into 9th place in the league. We were reduced to ten men in the game against AC Horsens we were the better side but could not hit the barn door and the game against FC København they just coasted past us like we were there. We remained in 9th, following a shock win against FC Midtjylland by four goals to one in a game that I thought would have gone the other way against the side who sit at the top of the league. Moïse Sahi Dion scored first before they leveled it but Geatan Trenidad, Kasper Hogh and Gustavo scoring in the second half to give us a valuable win. League Table So, a slightly different look from last season as we were in the top half and was in the championship phase with five games to go. However, this season we are in the relegation phase with five games to go but only three points off a championship place. The other thing is, we weren’t in Europe last season and to be honest with you. I would take a lower finish in the league if it meant getting wins and more money from Europe. More money means better players for next season. Sydbank Pokalen We faced Hillerød Fodbold, who we haven’t played since like season two or three in this series and we beat them with ease by two goals to nil seeing a former BK Frem in Jonathan Krath on the losing side, Moïse Sahi Dion continued his goal scoring form with a goal in the first half before Phil Thieltges spot kick sealed out passage to the fourth round where we played Vendsyssel FF, where that man Moïse Sahi Dion, this time bagged a hat-trick and then yet again Phil Thieltges getting himself on the scoresheet in the 4-1 victory. Setup a Qf tie with Vejle Boldklub. Europa Conference League League Phase We kick off our first game in the league with a 3-0 against Israelis side Hapoel Tel Aviv with Phil Thieltges grabbing brace with young Brazilian midfielder Gustavo sealing the win. Romanian side CFR Cluj were brushed by us in a cheeky 1-0 win, thanks to Souleymane N’Doye solo run with a well placed shot into the bottom corner in the latter stages of this match. A team that I wanted to definitely beat during this league phase was Polish side Raków Częstochowa as that I faced them many times when I was LKS Lodz manager, anyway we defeated the Polish side 4-2 with Moïse Sahi Dion on fine form scoring a hat-trick with Gustavo getting the 4th goal in this fixture. We welcome Slovan side ŠK Slovan Bratislava to Denmark and send them back to Slovenia with no points by beating them 3-0. I did think a few of these sides we would have struggled against but not, which I am impressed with as I did think at the start of the campaign we would. Bulgarian side PFC Cherno More Varna came back not once, twice but three times in this match to earn themselves a draw against us, which I was impressed with their attitude to get back into this game. I did make a few changes before kick off but at least we remain unbeaten in this phase. Moïse Sahi Dion, Gustavo and Amine Lachkar on target for us. The last game of the six was against Italian side Genoa, who in my eyes will be the strongest test for us out of the six games played in this league phase and as long as they don’t bully us then we have pretty much qualified for the knockout rounds of this competition and the match pretty much how I thought it would pan out with us coming back from behind twice to get a point in the 2-2 draw which means we are into the knockout rounds. An audacious chip from Brazilian Gustavo before Albert Tjåland stepped off the bench to head home a well earned draw. League Table Off The Pitch Head hunted by French side Montpellier who had recently sacked World Cup winning manager Gareth Southgate, yes England win win the World Cup in 2022. The other team was German side Paderborn. Of course, I said no to both!!! Final Words Massive shout-out to Boldklubben FREM, who sent me a hat, gloves and a scarf which I will be rocking this evening on the (29th December 2022) when I go and watch Walsall v Stockport. Oh, and I got photo bombed by COCO our latest member to the coxiefm family household. In the meantime, please feel free to leave a comment with any feedback and questions and don’t forget to check out all the other blogs on here and you can follow me on Twitter here. See you next time and thank you for reading…

(FM23) – The Kings of København (22) – BK FREM Posted on 27 Dec 2022 by CoxieFM Season 2028-29 In the greater metropolitan area of Copenhagen is home to the capital of Denmark and to major football clubs like FC København and Brøndby IF. However, can BK FREM become “The Kings of København”. Last episode: The Kings of København (21) On The Pitch July – August 2028 3F Superliga Preliminary Phase Two goals on his debut by 19 year-old Brazilian attacking Gustavo ensure we moved to the top of the 3F Superliga after a 4-2 victory over FC Nordsjælland. They had taken a two goal lead within the first 40 minutes, however after the break and a couple of changes Gustavo pegged it back to two all. However, new signing Albert Braut Tjåland (Cousin of Haaland) on his debut saw red for a bad tackle but that didn’t stop the lads scoring another two goals to seal victory over us with Nicklas Berg getting the third before another new signing Souleymane N’Doye got the fourth goal. From top to ninth following back-to-back defeats to AaB who bullied us in the 5-2 (Phil Thieltges & Souleymane N’Doye) fixture before Viborg FF defeated us by two goals to nil. Brøndby IF visited the Valby Stadion and left with a point after a boring 1-1 draw with Phil Thieltges scoring our goal from the penalty spot thanks to VAR confirming the penalty was correctly awarded. Bullied again, this time by OB by the same score line as the AaB game, If you can’t remember it was 5-2 (Tom Lacoux & Moise Sahi Dion). That’s now three defeats in the first five games and we drop another place in the league to tenth now and I really hope this is not second season syndrome in the top flight. Moise Sahi Dion scored from the penalty spot after two minutes, but unfortunately we couldn’t hold onto that lead as FC Midtjylland managed to level to game one a piece before we managed to make it two games unbeaten as we beat AGF 2-1, thanks to goals from N’Doye & Sahi Dion as climb above AGF and move into the eighth place in the league. League Table Europa Conference League Qualifying Rounds We enter the Europa Conference League league path third qualifying round against Slovenian side NK Domžale. In the first leg, we got off to a great start away from home by beating them 2-0, with Gustavo and Sahi Dion getting the all important goals, however in front of our own fans at the Valby Stadion, we hit them for five in the 5-1 win (7-1 on agg) to set up a tie against a Swedish club. Lacoux scored first before Sahi Dion double the lead before the break. After the restart goals by Tielemans, Madsen before Lacoux got his second of the game sealed the victory. In the fourth qualifying round tie we met Djurgårdens IF Fotboll and both legs finished in draws. The first leg was 0-0, but the second finished 1-1, Sahi Dion getting our goal and we were about the celebrate the win but they snatched an equaliser in injury time. Nothing really happened in AET, so the game went to penalties and up stepped Mathijs Tielemans who kept his cool and smashed home the winning penalty. Fixtures This format is new… So, we only play six different clubs once…As anyone played this format before and how does it work? Final Words I have a feeling we are going to do badly in the league and may struggle throughout the season. Then, on the flip side I am buzzing that we have managed to get some European football for this season. Let’s hope we can get a few wins and get some of that prize money, My target in the Europa Conference League is to win at least three of them ties out of the six, If I was a betting man, I think we can beat Cherno More Varna, Slovan Bratislava and CFR Cluj. I think we may lose to Genoa and Hapoel Tel Aviv and draw against Polish side Raków Częstochowa. In the meantime, please feel free to leave a comment with any feedback and questions and don’t forget to check out all the other blogs on here and you can follow me on Twitter here. See you next time and thank you for reading…

(FM23) – The Kings of København (21) – BK FREM Posted on 24 Dec 2022 by CoxieFM Season 2027-28 In the greater metropolitan area of Copenhagen is home to the capital of Denmark and to major football clubs like FC København and Brøndby IF. However, can BK FREM become “The Kings of København”. Last episode: The Kings of København (20) On The Pitch January – March 2028 Following on from the last update, we headed into a winter break which lasted about 80ish days..I was shocked to learn that the board announced our intends for the winter preseason fixtures? We are heading over to the Algarve, Portugal for three friendly. Hold the front door please, I was really looking forward to staying at home, chilling out by the log fire and eating snow… The games were against Portuguese sides Casa Pia, Estoril Praia and Farense which we won all three of them with ease. Now, with the winter break behind us and back to Denmark looking like the guy off the Tango advert, we return to league action with only five games left of the preliminary phase and in a good position to make it into the championship group stage. However, we didn’t get off to the best of starts in a disappointing collapse to OB, who at the time had the competitions worst defence and of course we had to lose 2-1 to them with inside forward Tommaso Scarpellini getting hist first for the club in this defeat. Thinking what else could go wrong? Well, in the next game, we were reduced to 10 men before the half hour mark when on-loanee Jonas Engby earned himself an early sauna with the latest of late tackles in the box which they converted the penalty and then not long after that they got another penalty, no red card this time, lol and they went two nil up before the break. However despite being down to 10 men, Tom Lacoux, Bjorn Martin Kristensen and Kasper Hogh rallied together and decided to find the net as we went on to win the tie 3-2 to keep our dreams of Europe alive against FC Nordsjælland. I have not said this word in a while…..BULLIED!!! Yes, we were and hit for six with no rely in a game I had no control over and shock by this result to be honest, well beaten losing 6-0 to Randers FC. We faced bottom side AGF and a win would confirm our position in the championship group phase with a game to go, but no, they had other plans and we ran out a 1-1 draw against them with Julien Kwaaitaal scoring in the 90th minute to rescue the point for us. On 19 March, I celebrated my birthday with a……WIN, Yes lads, best present I could ask for three points and the chance to get into Europe too after beating AaB 4-2 with Kristensen getting a brace and van Duiven and Baldi also finding the net. 3F Superliga Preliminary Phase Finished this part of the season in 5th place. Us and the other five clubs will fight it out for the four places for the chance of European football. Let the 10 games begin… April – May 2028 First off…200th game as BK Frem manager… And that game ended in a 1-1 draw with Brondby IF with Tom Lacoux with our only goal before losing three games in a row which didn’t help our cause for European football and falling our of the European places losing to FC Nordsjælland 1-2 (Berg), FC København 1-2 (Berg) and then FC Midtjylland 2-3 (Hogh & Tielemans) as we dropped down into 6th place in this league. However, we managed to stop the rot with back-to-back wins over the two clubs we really needed to the get points off, if we want that 4th place finish. We beat Brondby IF 1-0, thanks to a Diawara Bakary penalty and then bet an in-form Viborg FF side 3-0 with Victor Safsten scoring twice with his head from corners before Robin van Duiven sealing the win late on. Defeated by FC Nordsjælland 0-2 which I knew was going to happen but then to pick up a valuable point against FC København, who had already won the league by a country mile by this point, but I was still shocked that we were only minutes away from making it all three points but they rescued it to make it 1-1 with a stoppage time equaliser. We beat FC Midtjylland 3-0, to seal that 4th place finish in the league with one game to go. I was really shocked that we managed to beat them with ease thanks to Lacoux brace and Casper Ankersen getting this first goal for the club at this important fixture. Our last game of the season ended in defeat but I didn’t really mind losing 1-2 to Viborg FF with yet again Tom Lacoux getting another goal. 3F Superliga Championship Group Table Season six is now over and so is our first season in the top flight of Danish football and we managed to finish in 4th place with many tipping us to be in a relegation battle all season and now we have had the last laugh because we have a chance of European football… On The Pitch Only thing to happen off the pitch was me being head hunted by two clubs… A Dutch side again, this time it was Sparta Rotterdam, I think that makes like four sides now from Holland who wanted me and I had my first Spanish side in Real Betis, but again I said no, cuz BK Frem are the only club for me!! Club Expansion Plans The stadium seating is to be enlarged and work is going to be carried out on the training facilities and youth facilities with the latter a must as that the last few seasons I haven’t shown the youth intakes as they have been very very poor and didn’t want you FM fans to laugh… Season Review 1 / 8 Final Words We were tipped to be in a relegation battle all season and to blow that out of the water and to finish the season in 4th with a chance of European football in season 7, well that’s amazing in two fronts. First in European and second that I have made it going into season 7 for the first time in a few FM games… In the meantime, please feel free to leave a comment with any feedback and questions and don’t forget to check out all the other blogs on here and you can follow me on Twitter here. See you next time and thank you for reading…

(FM23) – The Kings of København (20) – BK FREM Posted on 22 Dec 2022 by CoxieFM Season 2027-28 In the greater metropolitan area of Copenhagen is home to the capital of Denmark and to major football clubs like FC København and Brøndby IF. However, can BK FREM become “The Kings of København”. Last episode: The Kings of København (19) On The Pitch October – November 2027 3F Superliga Preliminary Round Three goals from on-loanee Robin van Duiven and a goal from Marius Lundemo ensured BK Frem move into contention for an Europa Conference League qualification following a 4-1 victory a 4-1 over AGF on a fine afternoon away from home. Dreaming of Europe in my first season in the 3F Superliga? Behave yourself CoxieFM, you say! As we move to the dizzy heights of 3rd place in the league as we go on to make it four wins in a row in the following fixtures against FC Fredericia 2-1 (Julian Kwaaitaal & Nicklas Berg) with VAR being our best friend in this game ruling out an equalizer in the dying minutes of this game. It was a goal-fest at the Valby Stadion with over 2,400 fans saw us run out 4-3 winners against Silkeborg IF with that man again getting another hat-trick Robin van Duiven and Marius Lundemo getting the all important fourth to seal the win. We battled bravely and pick up and well deserved 1-0 victory over Viborg FF as Kasper Hogh scored from the spot, thanks to VAR. We drop down a place in the league to 4th following back-to-back defeats to FC Midtjylland 3-2 (Tom Lacoux & Kasper Hogh) and Brondby IF 2-1 (Robin van Duiven). They may have been defeats but they were only by one goal and we were unlucky in both games not to get a point or even more. Maybe, with a few more decent players come into the club in the future once the financials improve, I think these teams we can brush aside but for now, lets keep battling. Sydbank Pokalen Kasper Hogh played his part as super-sub as we came from behind to defeat B.93 3-2 away from home in the third round. Segundo Volente Dario Baldi got us going early on, but then we were soon behind before half-time. A quick few changes, well about five and Hogh set-up Nicklas Berg and then he scored the winner himself in the 78th minute. However, our cup dream was ended for another season as we were truly well beaten by AaB 4-1, with on-loanee Robin van Duiven getting the only goal. Now, with us out the cup, we can try and push on up the league for the remaining fixtures of the season, well this phase of the season. 3F Superliga League Table We have moved and remained our place in the preliminary phase with five games to play for after the winter break for a chance to get into championship group phase of this season’s league competition. Once the table splits, if we finish sixth then our prize money roughly £1m. But, if we finish in 5th and higher, the money if better but not much but the opportunity of European football is up for grabs. Final Words Just a very short blog as that I am currently on holiday with the kids in Minehead, UK whilst writing this. As SE DONS would “ANYTHING FOR THE DONS”… ME -“ANYTHING FOR THE FM FANS” Shout Out to @Wightyyy over on Twitter for the kits… Look how awesome these are… In the meantime, please feel free to leave a comment with any feedback and questions and don’t forget to check out all the other blogs on here and you can follow me on Twitter here. See you next time and thank you for reading…

(FM23) – The Kings of København (19) – BK FREM Posted on 20 Dec 2022 by CoxieFM Season 2027-28 In the greater metropolitan area of Copenhagen is home to the capital of Denmark and to major football clubs like FC København and Brøndby IF. However, can BK FREM become “The Kings of København”. Last episode: The Kings of København (18) On The Pitch July – September 2027 3F Superliga Our first game of the season, first time with VAR and VAR can do one already as we lose 3-2 to FC Fredericia the other club that got promoted with us last season as Tom Lacoux and Mathijs Tielemans got our goals but Tommaso Scarpellini on his debut got send off within the first 20 minutes of this fixture. We faced Brondby IF in the next game and I was not expecting us to even get a point but to get three points, wow, what an amazing result with us beating them 3-1 in front of our fans at the Valby Stadion with Kristensen, Berg and Kwaaitaal with our goals. We somehow go top of the league for a very short spell after drawing against OB 1-1 as Kwaaitaal scoring our only goal of the game. I did say it was a short spell at the top of the Christmas tree, lol (I meant, 3F Superliga) as we drop to 11th following back-to-back defeats to FC Nordsjælland 2-3 (Kristensen and Kwaaitaal) and Randers FC 3-0. We then stopped the losing streak of two games in a row, by going three games unbeaten in the league and picking up key draws against teams that I would have said we were likely to lose too. However, we drew against FC Midtjylland 2-2 which we did come back from two nil down to rescue the point with goals from Diawara Bakary and Nicklas Berg before an even more surprising 1-1 draw against FC København which we took an early lead but couldn’t hold on to all three points with Kristensen with our goal. Good old lady luck was on our side as we beat Viborg FF 1-0, thanks to Kristensen again. The remaining three games saw us lose 0-1 AaB, draw again 2-2 against FC København before ending this update with a cheeky 1-0 win over Silkeborg IF which moved us into 6th place in the league table. 3F Superliga League Table It’s been a rollercoaster of games in the first half of this part of the season but we have managed to somehow get ourselves into 6th place in the league. We are somewhat off the pace of FC København in 1st place, however if the season ended now I’d be pleased. But, a couple of defeats in the next period of games could see us slip down the table though. Sydbank Pokalen Off The Pitch Following our promotion into the top flight, I was originally on about £375 per week as the manager and BK Frem offered me a whopping £1.7K new deal, however I wanted to reduced it down to £1K instead and extend the contract for another year. They didn’t even have a deal if we got relegated that I would take a pay cut, so I told them I’d happily take a 35% if we did… Final Words An up and down start to the season like a rollercoaster but lets hope we can at least finish and not having to battle for survival. Also, the blog is a little short but I am/was away with the family on holiday at the time, lol. In the meantime, please feel free to leave a comment with any feedback and questions and don’t forget to check out all the other blogs on here and you can follow me on Twitter here. See you next time and thank you for reading…

(FM23) – The Kings of København (18) – BK FREM Posted on 17 Dec 2022 by CoxieFM Season 2026-27 In the greater metropolitan area of Copenhagen is home to the capital of Denmark and to major football clubs like FC København and Brøndby IF. However, can BK FREM become “The Kings of København”. Last episode: The Kings of København (17) On The Pitch April – May 2027 NordicBet Liga Promotion Stage Having secured our place for the promotion stage with a few games to go in the preliminary phase and then to top of the league gives us a massive opportunity to win or even finish in second place for a chance to reach the promise land of the Danish top tier called 3F Superliga… There are three clubs really in the running out of the six in this promotion stage with one of them being us with the other two being FC Fredericia and Lyngby BK, so these next ten games are the most important games of this series… The first game didn’t go our way as we travelled to SonderjyskE and they came out on top in a goal extravaganza as both teams neither concentrating on defence, as the goals flowed freely at both ends and the only people who seemed to enjoy it was the fans as I looked over to the other manager as we both laughed and shook our heads. We had beaten them twice in the league before this fixture and I did think we would win again but they won the match 4-3. The next game was against one of our main rivals in the promotion push and the match ended in a 1-1 draw against FC Fredericia as Mathijs Tielemans getting the leveler late on to give us a point. No win in the first three games as we lost ground in the race for automatic promotion after a 4-2 defeat to HB Koge and drop into 3rd place in the table. Our goals came from Lachkar and van Duiven with they were in vein in the defeat. So, after having a team meeting and told them the truth as I didn’t want this season to be known as “Bottle Job Season”, they soon reacted as we beat rivals Lyngby BK 3-1, who at that time of the match sat in 1st place as we moved into 2nd place, thanks to Kwaaitaal, van Duiven and Brandes to keep that promotion dream alive, Inform on-loanee advance forward van Duiven again on the score sheet in the cheeky 1-0 win over SonderjyskE to send us back to the top of the league before making it three wins in a row against FC Helsingor 2-1. Hold the door, FC Fredericia ended our winning streak by beating us in the next game 4-3 as they move into the NordicBet Liga promotion places in 2nd place, the defeat meant we remained in 1st place with three games to go…Arribas and a brace by Kwaaitaal wasn’t enough to get anything out of that game. Promotion is in our own hands now as we beat fellow promotion chasing Lyngby BK 2-0 as we thank our midfield who showed the other how to score as Lyngby missed a penalty in the first half. Yes, our goals came in the second half as a ran five changed at the break and Doumbia and Brandes scoring our goals having come off the bench. On a cold wet afternoon at the Valby Stadion in front of 1,211 fans, BK FREM celebrated clinching the NordicBet Liga title. COME ONNNNNNNNNNNNNN THE LADS!!!! As we beat HB Koge 2-0 with goals coming from Ghiraw and Strijdonck, I didn’t pay much attention to the other games but I should have done as that both FC Fredericia and Lyngby BK both lost meaning we won promotion at the third time of asking with one game to go. The last game of the season, we faced FC Helsingor and we beat them 3-2. NordicBet Liga Promotion Stage Not only did win win promotion to the 3F Superliga, I actually won my first league title of the series. We finished in 1st place and seven points ahead of 2nd place FC Fredericia. Roll on next season as we now get the opportunity to play FC København and hopefully one day that we can become “The Kings of København”… Off The Pitch Always nice to see as ex-BK Frem player and fan favourite Soren Krogh singing my praises. The budget is in and wow that is massive for next season…Well, maybe, now it depends on what sort of players we can get into the club over the summer to strengthen as we are losing a few key players at the end of this campaign. The supporters update. Some of the hardcore and gone but an increase of casual fans. I will probably say it’s the bigger club fans going to watch a smaller club play. Like I am a Walsall fan as I know sometimes when them so called big clubs around us like Wolves, Villa and WBA play away, there fans come and watch us from time to time to see how we are getting on. Season Review Final I am over the moon that we have managed to secure promotion into the top flight of Danish football. My first job is to make sure we bring in the right players so we can survive our first season and then build on from there. I know it will be tough but I have faith. In the meantime, please feel free to leave a comment with any feedback and questions and don’t forget to check out all the other blogs on here and you can follow me on Twitter here. See you next time and thank you for reading… Advertiseme

(FM23) – The Kings of København (17) – BK FREM Posted on 15 Dec 2022 by CoxieFM Season 2026-27 In the greater metropolitan area of Copenhagen is home to the capital of Denmark and to major football clubs like FC København and Brøndby IF. However, can BK FREM become “The Kings of København”. Last episode: The Kings of København (16) On The Pitch November – December 2026 So, having been knocked out of this season’s cup competition last month, means its all about the league from now FM fans. First off, Hobro IK away is always an interesting matchup because it’s gone either way in previous encounters, however this time the points were shared in a 1-1 with Nianankoro Doumbia rescuing the point late on for us. On a Baltic day in Denmark just like the ones we are having lately in the UK, we traveled away from home to face an inform Lyngby BK side, however we managed to have the last laugh by beating them 3-2 with goals from Kwaaitaal brace and Seth to seal the win, but we were reduced to 10 men in this match with Arribas late timed tackle meant he could get into the sauna before anyone else, I know your game matey. We also drew against AC Horsens 2-2, which was actually the first game of the blog but I forgot lol. We go top of the league once again, thanks to two goals from Ole Magne Austbo Seth, with the on-loanee soon to be returning to his parent club in the near term. So, hope we can find someone to help bang in the goals when he has gone because his current club won’t let us extend his loan. Anyway, Garcia brace and Ngabo were the other scoring in the 5-0 win over Nykobing FC. Our final game before the winter break was against Aarhus Fremad and it ended 0-0. Winter Break There like a 70 day period were there is no games played, so around the 50-55 day mark we played the first of three winter break preseason games and we won all three beating the likes of FA 2000 3-1, Dalum IF 5-0 and Brabrand 3-1. February – March 2027 A trip to FC Fridericia saw us run out 2-1 winners meant we kept you the unbeaten run after the winter break and maintain that 1st place in the league with goals coming from newly signed on-loanee Robin van Duiven and veteran Fitim Azemi. A five star performance some say in the 5-0 victory over newly promoted Thisted FC with record signing of £15K Spanish midfielder Javier Arribas and another on-loanee Evani Ghiraw bagged a brace in this game too. Our unbeaten run of seven games came to an end following the 2-0 defeat to HB Koge. However, back to back wins after that defeat meant we finish this stage of the league season in 1st place…We beat FC Helsingor 4-3 and SonderjyskE 3-2. Both matches we have to come back from behind in and we won both of them in the dying minutes of the matches. NordicBet Liga Preliminary Phase So, 22 games played and we are top of the league and we qualify for the promotion phase of the season in good form and with a good chance of winning promotion this season. But all can change in the next 12 games. Off The Pitch Board Always happy to make sure the board are on my side with little wins like below and three seasons ahead of schedule too is a bonus. Head Hunted So, I have been head hunted say three times so far before this season started by Danish clubs with one once in my own league, one in the league below and then the other above which I was flattered however this is a one club save. During the winter break I was head hunted by two top tier Danish side and then I had four clubs from foreign nations come in for me. I did attend the Sc Heerenveen as they were the first club outside of Denmark to offer me a job, so I did take the interview but got someone else in. This is a one club was so the rest did get declined but it was nice to attend the De Superfriezen job. But I hear someone cry out COXIEFM what would have happened if they had offered you at job…Well, I would have been like NEO in the matrix with the blue and red pill. Of course I would have carried on with this series regardless as this is my main save for FM23, but I would have taken the job offer and kept it in the background if I ever wanted to rewind and used it as a turning point into a journeyman series. Transfers Out’s Two of my star players will be leaving at the end of the season as they did not want to extened their stay with us in this promotion chasing season. First, was Amine Lachkar who came in on a free transfer and has played a key role in the last couple of seasons for us and will be joining Italian club Reggina on free and second was our record signing, who out of the blue is also leaving on a free and joining Swedish side IFK. Gutted about both players to be fair but lets hope before they leave they can help us win promotion to the top tier of Danish football. Final Words Well happy that we have got to this point and we are top of the league, however we now go into the 12 most important games of the season and fingers crossed we can make it into the promise land of the top tier of Danish football… In the meantime, please feel free to leave a comment with any feedback and questions and don’t forget to check out all the other blogs on here and you can follow me on Twitter here. See you next time and thank you for reading…

(FM23) – The Kings of København (16) – BK FREM Posted on 13 Dec 2022 by CoxieFM Season 2026-2027 In the greater metropolitan area of Copenhagen is home to the capital of Denmark and to major football clubs like FC København and Brøndby IF. However, can BK FREM become “The Kings of København”. Last episode: The Kings of København (15) Off The Pitch Transfer News Outs Around 21 players across the first team and youth setup have departed us over the summer with Oussama Alou leaving us for fellow league rivals AC Horsens for a new transfer out fee of £57K. Jesper Grundt and Anders Ovli also departed us with fees of £1.5K and £120 respectively and one player left on loan for a total fee of £4,1K making the club roughly around £63K. There were 14 players left on a free and the other four were loans with no fees. Ins For the first time in five seasons, I spent some monies….A massive £15K on a DLP Javier Arribas, who popped up on my DoF page as that I needed someone who could be a job in that part of the pitch. We also managed another 14 players in this window but here are some of the key players to watch out for this season coming… Andres Garcia – Former Castilla and Valencia youth player. Javier Arribas – Former Egues player (newgen). Joey De Ruijter – Former Ajax youth and Filipino international. Bayron Strijdonck – Former Juventus and AZ youth player. Ole Magne Austbo Seth – (newgen) who is on loan for six months from Kristiansand 2 with 18 finishing. Board Expectations I reckon mid-table finish is on the card this season as the last two seasons in this league have had us down as relegation battles. But could we do one better and push for one of the two promotion places? On The Pitch July 2026 – October 2026 Preseason Preseason was victorious with three wins out of three games against different levels of opponents in the Danish footballing tier, scoring 13 times and only conceding 3 in return. Goal scorers: Seth x5,Garcia x4 and Lachkar, Safsten, Azemi, Alou getting a goal a piece. NordicBet Liga We get off to a flyer in the league by winning the first three games beating rivals Fremad Amager 2-1 (Nianankoro Doumbia & Andreas Garcia), then smashing Hobro IK 4-0 (Fitim Azemi hattrick & Sanders Ngabo) and then ran out 3-1 winners over AC Horsens (Mathijs Tielemans, Fitim Azemi & Julian Kwaaitall). I amazed with this start to the league campaign and could it be the start of a promotion this season? Then, the honeymoon period was soon over in matchday four losing 2-0 to Lyngby BK. But, Ole Magne Austbo Seth bagged a brace with veteran Azemi and Garcia scoring in the 4-1 win over Nykobing FC who were at the time the league worst defences and we put them to the sword which I was happy with. My good friend who manages (Aarhus Fremad) on his own save will be happy as his side managed to rescue a point against us in the 1-1 draw following their promotion last season into this league. The next five games we us extend our unbeaten run to seven games and the best start to a season we have had in this series of far. We won four of them against FC Fredericia 4-3 (Arribas, Garcia x2, Mignani), HB Koge 2-1 (Kwaaitaal & Azemi), FC Helsingor 1-0 (Strijdonck) & SonderjyskE 1-0 (Kwaaitaal) before drawing against Thisted FC 2-2 (Lachkar & Azemi). However, we remained first in the league still after losing to Fremad Amager 1-0. Sydbank Pokalen We bowed out in this season’s competition to the current Kings of København, FC København in the third round following a 3-2 defeat. It wasn’t a game that was one sided which I did think it would be before the kick off, however we took the lead via a Garcia goal but then they were in front just before half-time. We did score soon after the restart, thanks to a Seth wonders strike but in the 88th minute they scored to win the tie. But before we got there, we had won both previous rounds with ease. There were only 340 fans to witness the 7-2 win over Birkerod in the first round with Ole Magne Austbo Seth scoring four of the seven goals for us. Bayron Strijdonck, Mathijs Tielemans and an OG were the other goals in that match. A massive 943 fans turned up and saw us beat B.1908 4-1 with attacking midfielder Javier Arribas scoring first, before Amine Lachkar made it two before the break. Following the restart goals by Mathijs Tielemans and Ole Magne Austbo Seth sealed the win. Fixtures NordicBet Liga Preliminary Phase Our great form sees us at the top of the league for the first time in three seasons in this league. Buzzing to say the lest and hoping the run can continue in the next few games before the winter break. Final Words In the meantime, please feel free to leave a comment with any feedback and questions and don’t forget to check out all the other blogs on here and you can follow me on Twitter here. See you next time and thank you for reading…

(FM23) – The Kings of København (15) – BK FREM Posted on 10 Dec 2022 by CoxieFM Season 2025/26 In the greater metropolitan area of Copenhagen is home to the capital of Denmark and to major football clubs like FC København and Brøndby IF. However, can BK FREM become “The Kings of København”. Last episode: The Kings of København (14) On The Pitch February 2026 – March 2026 We return after the winter break and headed into our first home league game in the NordicBet preliminary phase and we had to rely on our super sub Jesper Grundt to rescue us a point in the dying minutes of the game against Fremad Amager in the 1-1 draw but then in the next game we suffered a surprise defeat to one of the leagues worst defences in Hobro IK, losing the fixture 3-1. Which there were a few water bottles thrown!! We head into the 1st leg of the QF tie against OB in Sydbank Pokalen and somehow managed to get 2-2 draw with only having 10-men for like 60+ minutes of the game. Eirik Saunes saw red for a naughty tackle but goals from Ibe-Torti and De Vries kept us in the tie and with a chance of getting into the SFs. We return to league action and beat AC Horsens with Ibe-Torti dazzling run and chipping the rushing goalie before Fredrik Carlsen sealing the three points in the 2-0 win. So the QF 2nd leg comes around pretty quickly following the last league game and unfortunately we bow out suffering a 2-1 defeat on the night, meaning we lose the tie 4-3 on aggregate. But, to be honest with you guts, it was a great run and the farthest I have been in four seasons with BK Frem. So, after cup defeat, we lose the very next match 2-1 against Nykobing FC. However in the final game of this phase we run out 3-1 winners against Esbjerg fB 3-1 with goals from Sari, Joachims and OG and win that win meant we… NordicBet Liga Preliminary Phase Table We pip HB Koge on goal difference on the last game of the season to finish the season above them in the final spot for the promotion phase. Which to be honest with you we are 13 points behind 2nd place. April 2026- May 2026 Not the best of starts, yeah CoxieFM….Three defeats in a row and all by the same score-line as we start this promotion stage off on the wrong foot and clearly there is no chances of us going up this season. In matchday four, we get a cheeky 1-0 win over Vendsyssel FF, who were later on crowned champions of the NordicBet Liga but at least we can say we beat them at this point thanks to Sari penalty before again losing this time to FC Helsingor 3-1. We then go on the draw three games in a row before beating AC Horsens 3-0. On the final day of the season we lose 2-1 to Vejle BK who finished 2nd in the league and took the final promotion place in the league. NordicBet Liga Promotion Stage Table We finish the season in 6th place in the league and fairly happy that we weren’t in the relegation phase this season. Off The Pitch Final Words End of season four and to be honest our cup form was excellent but our league form was ok and I think if we want to get promoted sooner rather than later we need to rebuild and another new tactic is in order and going to use this one by…. In the meantime, please feel free to leave a comment with any feedback and questions and don’t forget to check out all the other blogs on here and you can follow me on Twitter here. See you next time and thank you for reading…

(FM23) – The Kings of København (14) – BK FREM Posted on 8 Dec 2022 by CoxieFM Season 2025/26 In the greater metropolitan area of Copenhagen is home to the capital of Denmark and to major football clubs like FC København and Brøndby IF. However, can BK FREM become “The Kings of København”. Last episode: The Kings of København (13) On The Pitch September 2025 – December 2025 So, we start the month of September in the NordicBet Liga against FC Helsingor with both teams serving up a game to remember as we came out on top in a 6-4 goal-fest win. Mario Bilate smashed in four goals for us in this game with Fredrik Carlsen and Kelechukwu Ibe-Torti chipping in with a goal apiece and to make things sweeter was that we were three nil down at half-time and with a bottle or two thrown around and five changes sorted it right out. We have a break from league football to face Holbæk B&I in the second-round tie in the Sydbank Pokalen and it was six of the best against them with the game ending 6-1 and yet again Mario Bilate bagging four goals in this game, that’s eight goals in two matches for the 33-year-old forward and Qamili and Ibe-Torti with the other two goals. We return back to league action only to lose 2-0 to Hobro IK, however we were back to winning ways at the Valby Stadion beating Nykøbing FC 2-1 with Bilate and Ibe-Torti on the scoresheet to put us into 3rd place in the league. Not a great start to the month of October in the league losing out to AC Horsens 2-3 with their forward bagging a hat-trick against us in a game we should have won but didn’t, simple as that. We welcomed Esbjerg fB to Valby Stadion and sent them back with no points having beaten them 2-0, thanks to Oussama Alou scoring his first goal for the club and yes that man again Mario Bilate scored the second and sealed the win. Revenge is sweet as we beat Hobro IK in the third round of the Sydbank Pokalen as that win means we go into the fourth round of this competition for the first time in this series thanks to Mario Bilate only goal of the game in the 1-0 victory. Magnus Hauser and Mario Bilate both scored braces in the 4-1 win over Kolding IF. Welcome to November they say, back-to-back defeats I say, losing out to FC Fredericia 0-1 and Vejle BK 0-3, with the latter side being top of the league as we drop down into fifth place in the league. We then manage to stop the rot in the next game and a Oussama Alou goal rescued a point in the 1-1 draw as we slip into sixth place in the league. We face top division side AGF in the fourth round of the Sydbank Pokalen in a match that I thought would have been our last one in this season’s competition but Claus Fæster and Gregers Arndal-Lauritzen scored for the Frem lads to win the match 2-0 as we head into the QFs to face OB. The final game of the month saw us lose 1-2 against HB Koge with Alou grabbing our only goal of this match, The final league game before the winter break saw us finish with a 2-2 draw with FC Helsingor with Ibe-Torti and Bilate getting the goals to rescue a point late on in the match. NordicBet Liga Table We go into the winter break with only five games remaining in this preliminary phase of the season and just outside the promotion phase in 7th place and only three points off 6th. Final Words We are doing ok with the league and hoping to sneak into the promotion phase, but I am still dreaming lol. However, I am BUZZING that we were in the QFs in the cup and hoping we can go all the way into the final. In the meantime, please feel free to leave a comment with any feedback and questions and don’t forget to check out all the other blogs on here and you can follow me on Twitter here. See you next time and thank you for reading…

(FM23) – Sir Alex Ferguson Challenge Posted on 4 Dec 2022 by CoxieFM Can you emulate one of the greatest managers of all time in this challenge… SIR ALEX FERGUSON CHALLENGE The Sir Alex Ferguson (SAF) Challenge involves you simulating the game until the 6th November and you taking over the club that is in 19th in the Premier League on that day, pretty much what Sir Alex Ferguson did back in 1986 when he took over the reins as Manchester United manager. I haven’t done many challenges on the FM series, a part of the Director of Football (DoF) challenge and of course this series myself. Also, I’d like to say I am not a Manchester United, however I have massive respect for Sir Alex – a true legend and one of the greatest managers in the English game. Also I am not a fan of any of the club in the Premiership so I am not fussed which club I get given. Anyway, back to the SAF Challenge…. You need to… Stay at one club – The Scotsman managed Man United for 26 years. Aim to bring Youth Players through – “Class of 92“. Persuade long term players to become part of your backroom staff. Goals of the Challenge… Win a Domestic Cup/Trophy within 4 seasons – Ferguson won his first Cup vs Crystal Palace in 89/90. Win a League title within 7 seasons – Ferguson won his first title in 92/93. Win a League and Cup double within 8 seasons – Ferguson won his first double with United in 93/94. Win a League, Cup and the Champions League within 13 seasons – Ferguson won the infamous treble in 98/99. Total number of trophies that the Scotsman won during his managerial career at Old Trafford… Premier League (13) FA Cup (5) League Cup (4) Community Shield (10) UEFA Champions League (2) UEFA Europa League (1) (Replaces the Cup Winners Cup) UEFA Super Cup (1) FIFA Club World Cup (2) (One Replaces Intercontinental Cup) A few rules to follow when taking this Football Manager Challenge on… No usage of the in-game editor – Which I never have on anyway. No buying or selling from/to your direct rival. – This depends on the club I get really. Plus it’s difficult if one of the so called top six club come in and offer you £100m + for a player, I don’t think anyone would reject it in this day and age. No more than 11 signings per season, of which only 8 can play in the first team that season. Depends on the club this rule, If I need a complete rebuild. Spending restrictions. I will have no spending restriction on due to the transfer market is in a different world than the mid 80s through to the 2013 during Sir Alex’s time. Promote as many youth players as you can and have a minimum of 1 player promoted from the youth academy in every single matchday squad. (The likes of Beckham, Giggs, Scholes & others were all part of the youth system and went on to become legends at the club) Promote at least 1 new player to the youth academy to the senior team every single season. I would say the last two are really joint in some ways and I would have to see what club I get first to see if it’s achievable, well definitely the one with a youth player in the matchday squad. Sacked or Relegation. Don’t know – maybe let the readers decide or I just add myself back as the manager and just carry on the save and add the information onto the style of graphic above which is titled “The Impossible Dream” and complete it within 26-27 seasons with the one club. My SAF Challenges on previous FMs On FM22… I took over as the Wolves manager, which being a Walsall fan, this was interesting as that I was going to managing one of our Black Country rivals. However, I tried my best to win silverware, but the save was cut short due other reasons. The series can be found under the FM22 tab. On FM21, there was something different… I used the same rules but The Twist To The Save Was Not In England… I will be adventured into Europe somewhere for this series and used the “Goals of the challenge” as the baseline for the series and ended up in Italy.. As the Fiorentina manager, but unfortunately I was sacked after three seasons…The series can be found under the FM21 tab. Final Words Let me know if you enjoyed this blog. If you do accept this challenge, then please feel free to tagged me in it so I can see how you get on. Myself, I won’t be doing this challenge this year as that I am really enjoying my save over in Denmark in a series called “The Kings of København”. If you haven’t check it out yet, then please do. In the meantime, please feel free to leave a comment with any feedback and questions and don’t forget to check out all the other blogs on here and you can follow me on Twitter here. See you next time and thank you for reading… Advertisements

(FM23) – The Kings of København (13) – BK FREM Posted on 6 Dec 2022 by CoxieFM Season 2025/26 In the greater metropolitan area of Copenhagen is home to the capital of Denmark and to major football clubs like FC København and Brøndby IF. However, can BK FREM become “The Kings of København”. Last episode: The Kings of København (12) Off The Pitch Season Expectations The board want us to avoid relegation and the media also predicted us to be in a relegation battle this season, but I don’t think we will be this season as I have managed to bring in a few good men during the transfer window. In the cup, they want us to reach the first round, lol we enter in the first round, so that’s a green thumb up anyway and let’s see how far we can go after exiting in this competition in the 2nd, 2nd & 3rd rounds respectively in the last three seasons. On The Pitch July 2025 – August 2025 NordicBet Liga Preliminary Phase First game of the season was away from home against FC Frediricia with three different players getting goals on their debuts for the club in the 3-0 win. Kelechukwu Ibe-Torti who was on loan from LKS Lodz signed a permanent deal on a free and also Mario Bilate and Jesper Grundt both signing in the summer on frees. We made it back-to-back league wins by beating Kolding IF 2-0. Vincent Marchetti scored from the spot, sending the goalie the wrong way before Eirik Saunes bullet header sealed the win We were simply outclassed by Vejle BK who won the fixture by a one goal to nil. Kelechukwu Ibe-Torti scored one and assisted in another as we beat Vendsyssel FF 3-2 with the final goal coming in the 88th when we put their defender under pressure and put it past his own goalkeeper to give us the valuable three points. We faced an inform Fremad Amager at the wrong time and we were put to the sword and lost the match 2-1 and we drop down into 6th place in the league. Former Sunderland youth player Benjamin Mbunga Kimpioka scored twice in the 2-1 win over HB Koge. Sydbank Pokalen We enter the first round of this year’s competition and last season managed to get into the third round at the third attempt and hoping we can get into at least the third round this year, and we did progress into the second round having beaten a youthful Avedore IF 4-1. New signing Lirim Qamili scored his first hat-trick for the club in this match before Amine Lachkar sealed the win, who in fact as recently changed his international nation from Dutch to Moroccan in the hope of international and wish him luck too. Final Words A decent start in season four but can we maintain this form and hopefully push into the promotion phase this season and not in the relegation phase like last season. In the meantime, please feel free to leave a comment with any feedback and questions and don’t forget to check out all the other blogs on here and you can follow me on Twitter here. See you next time and thank you for reading…

(FM23) – The Kings of København (12) – BK FREM Posted on 3 Dec 2022 by CoxieFM Season 2024/25 The greater metropolitan area of Copenhagen is home to the capital of Denmark and to major football clubs like FC København and Brøndby IF. But could BK FREM become “The Kings of København”. CoxieFM has been set this challenge. Last episode: The Kings of København (11) On The Pitch April 2025 – May 2025 So, then FM fans, the preliminary phase of the NordicBet has now finished and we find ourselves in the relegation phase of the season for the first time as the last two season’s we were in the promotion phase in the league below. I have to admit we have been very poor this season. Could be three things, I am out my depth in this league, need to change my formation or rebuild the squad as some players might not be good enough for this tier of Danish football. Let’s hope I can beat the drop and prove that we belong in this league. I start this phase off with a valuable win over FC Fredericia 2-1, thanks to our outgoing forward Theo Collomb, as he played his part as super sub by coming off the bench at halftime to score one and setting up Andreas Clasen to score the winner to give us all three points which were much needed. The young French forward will be joining U.S. side Richmond on a free at the end of the season. But, as soon as we win, we lose by the same score line, but this time to HB Koge 2-1 with Amine Lachkar getting his first goal of the season in this defeat with a bullet header. We get pegged back late on to share the points against old foes B.93 in the 1-1 draw with Mohamed Al-Naser on target for us lead early on, but we had to settle for the point as they scored in the 91st minute. Goals galore in the next match as both teams could not stop scoring in the second half as both sides were trying to keep our survival hopes alive and both sides had to settle for the point with the match ending 3-3, we did however come back from behind twice and then lead late on but a mistake at the back cost us the win. Theo Collomb brace and Lucas Lodberg scoring the goals in that draw. Defeat by bottom of the league Næstved Boldklub 0-2 and not what we needed. But on a cold, wet afternoon in April, Al-Naser and Stipe Juric, another player that has decided to leave us at the end of the season and heading back to his native country of Bosnia. Oh, by the way, there is a pattern happening at the club at the moment with a lot of players unwilling to sign new contracts and departing the club because they think it’s a sinking ship, HA, will I have the last laugh. Anyway, back to the game, I was covering, oh yeah, we won 2-1 against FC Fredericia. Bullied (my favour FM23 word) by HB Koge and lost 1-4 with on-loanee Mathias Jensen with our only goal of the game. First landmark, 100 games in charge at BK Frem as yes, it ended in a 2-3 defeat by Nykobing FC. Of course, it did but at least we scored in the match. However, my 101st game in charge and of course there had to final game of the season drama. The previous two seasons, there was promotion drama, as we failed to win promotion on the last day in season one, but we won promotion in season two on the final day and season three (this season) it all comes down to 10th place and 11th place and whoever wins stays up… YES!!!! We win 1-0, thanks to Kudsk 38th minute strike to win us the match 1-0 against B.93. League Table We exceeded expectations this season as we had up and down season which saw us flirt with relegation, at one point finding ourselves in 11th place. However, our good form at the start of the season helped us out and we ended the season in 10th and survived by one point. Final Words Survival on the last day of the season which I am buzzing and also earlier on in the season we broke our curse and got past the second round in the cup competition. However, a massive rebuild of the squad is needed for next season as a lot of players wanted to jump ship near the end and did not want to renew contracts so bye bye, I had the last laugh because we beaten the drop. Also, new formation is a must too. In the meantime, please feel free to leave a comment with any feedback and questions and don’t forget to check out all the other blogs on here and you can follow me on Twitter here. See you next time and thank you for reading…

(FM23) – The Kings of København (11) – BK FREM Posted on 1 Dec 2022 by CoxieFM Season 2024/25 The greater metropolitan area of Copenhagen is home to the capital of Denmark and to major football clubs like FC København and Brøndby IF. But could BK FREM become “The Kings of København”. CoxieFM has been set this challenge. Last episode: The Kings of København (10) On The Pitch Sept 2024 – Dec 2024 Johannes Houborg played his part as super-sub as we came back from behind to rescue a point in 2-2 draw against a weak FC Fredericia side, who offered me a job as manager in season two. We enter the second round of the Sydbank Pokalen, a cup competition that in the previous two season we have gone out at but this time we hit Skovshoved for six and win the game 6-1 to break that curse we had. Johannes Houborg was at it again getting himself on the score sheet but this time banging in four out of the six goals with Stipe Juric getting the other two goals in this game. On a wet afternoon at the Valby Stadion, we welcomed Vendsyssel FF and sent them packing with no points after coming from behind to win 2-1 with forwards Juric and Houborg on hand with the goals. The final two games of the month September didn’t go in our favourite as that we were bullied in the 5-3 defeat to SonderjyskE and defeated by a goal to nil by B.93 as we dropped into 7th place in the table and out of the promotion stage places for the first time this season. We did, however start of October month with a victory against FC Helsingor away from home thanks to goals by Juric and on loanee Mathias Jensen. However, what followed was a four-game losing streak as we were completely bullied in these games and I start to worry, are we good enough to stay in this league or we destined to have this relegation battle that the media predicted at the start of the season? Only three of them defeats were in the league losing out to the likes of Fremad Amager (2-3 – Lodberg, Collomb), Nykobing FC (2-4 – Houborg 2) and Lyngby BK (1-3 – Jensen). The other defeat was in third round of the Sydbank Pokalen as we faced FC Nordsjælland and the lads did me and the fans proud as we took them all the way the 90 minutes and the nine-goal thriller and narrowly losing out 5-4 on the day. Houborg, Bonde, Jensen and Lodberg chipped in with the goals. We are back to winning ways and ending that four-game losing form by beating Næstved Boldklub 2-0 with Jensen and Vestergaard with the goals. But the wining form did last long as we lose the next three games in a row and two of them by massive score lines too as we got BULLIED BIG TIME, losing 2-5 HB Koge and 0-5 AC Horsens and then to top it off by losing to bottom of the league one nil to FC Fredericia as we drop to 9th in the league. League Table A bad run of form as seen us drop down the table into the relegation stage of the season with five games to go. On the bright side we are only three points from the promotion stage places but we are not getting promotion as we are 22 and 15 points behind 1st and 2nd place respectively. But I am not yet finished with this blog… Winter Break Preseason I had to try something new during preseason and started to use a new formation and in the six preseason games we had won three and drew three and I thought I was on to a winner playing a variety of different sides to see if the formation would work against good or bad sides. February 2025 – March 2025 FFS… The remaining five games in the NordicBet Liga preliminary phase, only one game I just won 1-0 against B.93. The other four games I got absolutely BULLIED in and I won’t lie, GUTTED… The formation I used in preseason lasted two games, well a game and a half. I had lost the first game against Vendsyssel FF 1-3 but in the match against SonderjyskE we were losing 1-6 at half-time, so I reverted back to my previous formation which help-ish, lol but still ended in a 3-7 defeat. Last two game were defeats by the same score-line 0-3 to FC Helsingor and Fremad Amager. Them defeats condemned us to the relegation phase for the next part of the season. Updated League Table So, we finished in 10th place in the league. This is the first time for me going into the relegation phase next. Basically, just don’t finish in the bottom two places and survive for next season. Off The Pitch A former Dutch International has joined the coaching staff, Welcome Arjen Robben and that’s it for off the pitch news as it’s all about on the pitch!! Final Words I am going to try something different in the relegation phase and try out another tactic and it will be this one by DalyFM…Whats the worst that can happen to me?? In the meantime, please feel free to leave a comment with any feedback and questions and don’t forget to check out all the other blogs on here and you can follow me on Twitter here. See you next time and thank you for reading…

(FM23) – The Kings of København (10) – BK FREM Posted on 29 Nov 2022 by CoxieFM Season 2024/25 The greater metropolitan area of Copenhagen is home to the capital of Denmark and to major football clubs like FC København and Brøndby IF. But could BK FREM become “The Kings of København”. CoxieFM has been set this challenge. Last episode: The Kings of København (9) – I got promoted in the last episode & check it out…EPIC… Off The Pitch Transfers Out Another nine player depart the club as we look to bring in players who will help us survive our first season in the NordicBet Liga following our promotion on the final day last season. The likes of Lazarevic, Lykke & Frederiksen I wanted to keep and offered them new contracts, but they didn’t want to sign on for this season. All the best to the nine that left and please do not score again me in the future. Two players have departed the club to join Aarhus Fremad on loan. Roni Arabaci (FOR) for 5 months and Sebastian Sorensen (GK) for 11 months. Don’t worry @TractionFM, I will look after your side in my FM series. Transfers In Eight new faces join the club during the transfer window. Two of them on loan for the season and the other six players in on free transfers. We still havn’t spent money on a player yet, well we ain’t had any to spend. That doesn’t bother me as long as we can sell players for profit like we did with Mateo Mejia last season. The players in are; Christian Vestergaard (DEF) – In on a free transfer and was formally of OB. George Lewis (MID) – The Rwandan international was released by Arsenal and looks like he has good potential. I reckon he will make me some money during this season. Kelechukwu Ibe-Torti (MID) – A familiar player as that he joins on loan from a former side that I have managed and blogged on previous FM saves. In from LKS Lodz, He was one of my star players before the chairperson in the save sold him and I was proper gutted. Mathias Jensen (FOR) – On loan from Brondby IF for the season and my first newgen player at the club. Will act as back up this season. Mohamed Al-Naser (MID) – Released by Kolding IF. Ramon Ten Hove (GK) – Another player released by Kolding IF. Stipe Juric (FOR) – Released by LKS Lodz at the end of last season and hoping he can do a job for me upfront or at least help out. I don’t know what he is like as he was not on LKS Lodz books when I managed them.# Theo Collomb (FOR) – He crossed the pond from the states and joins us on a free transfer from Vancouver 2. He banged in 20 goals in 32 games last season as hopefully Theo can do the same for us. Another player who will make me money at some point this series. Season Expectations The board want us to attempt to avoid relegation and the media predict us to be in a relegation battle, I don’t think we will be. I managed to bring in a few good men during the transfer window on our very little wage budget we had. In the cup, they want us to reach the first round, lol we enter in the first round, so that’s a green thumb up anayway but we need to break the second-round curse and get into the third round. As that we got promoted into the NordicBet Liga, one of the rules is that the ground as to have undersoil heating installed. I actually thought they did, lol. On The Pitch Preseason Five preseason games played, and we won two against similar clubs but lost two and drew one against sides that we are facing in the NordicBet Liga this season coming. Is this a sign for things to come or are we going to do better than expected?? July 2024 – August 2024 On 26th July, we played our first game of the new season away from home and we were beaten by a better side (Lyngby BK), but it was only by a goal to nil. There were some positives from the game but let’s hope it gives us the kick that we need. Our first home game at the Valby Stadion and we emerged victorious against a determined Nykøbing FC. The raced to a two nil lead but just before halftime we had reduced that by a goal thanks to Lucas Lodberg finish. A few changes made at halftime, the odd stern word and the boys delivered scoring three goals in 23 minutes as we won the match 4-2. Lucas Lodberg got his second of the game before Mikkel Mouritz and Stipe Juric sealed the win. We met Ledøje-Smørum Fodbold in the first round of the Sydbank Pokalen and went through thanks to a superb brace by Theo Collomb in his first start for the club and Mathias Bonde from the penalty to send us through into the second round. The did score late on but it wasn’t enough time for them to get back into it. A nice 3-1 win but now we are into the second round, can we finally beat this curse and actually win the next game in the competition after failing to reach the third round in the last two seasons. We continue our unbeaten run in the league by drawing the next two games with the same score line 1-1 against Næstved Boldklub and AC Horsens. Stipe Juric got our goal in the first draw and Johannes Houborg was on hand to score in the other draw game. We moved into 4th place in the league following a 2-1 win over HB Køge as we are playing above expectations this season already, even though it’s still early days, I do think we are good enough to stay in this league. A brace by Johannes Houborg was enough to seal the three points today. League Table Into 4th place in the league, still early days but I think we can survive the drop in our first season in the NordicBet Liga. Final Words Thank you again for reading this blog. In the meantime, please feel free to leave a comment with any feedback and questions and don’t forget to check out all the other blogs on here and you can follow me on Twitter here. See you next time and thank you for reading…

(FM23) – The Kings of København (9) – BK FREM Posted on 26 Nov 2022 by CoxieFM Season 2023/24 The greater metropolitan area of Copenhagen is home to the capital of Denmark and to major football clubs like FC København and Brøndby IF. But could BK FREM become “The Kings of København”. CoxieFM has been set this challenge. Last episode: The Kings of København (8) On The Pitch April 2024 We headed into the promotion stage of this season in poor form losing the two previous matches in the preliminary phase and we had to hit the ground and… No, we didn’t! Fact was we got bullied in the first three games of this stage and I was fuming to say the chuffing least FMers. First losing to AB 2-0, and of course they had to the club with the best defensive record in the league at that time too, secondly 3-1 to Esbjerg fB 3-1 with Johannes Houborg getting a goal in the 88th minute and thirdly to Naestved BK 2-1 as we drop into 4th place in the table, what the actual Jeff is going on here. Oh, Roni Arabaci was the goal scoring in that match. We seriously need to pull our finger out and start getting result or it will be in this league for another season. May 2024 Were the tides changing… In a seven-goal thriller, we managed to stop our five-game losing streak, the worst losing streak we have had in this series so far as we came out on top by beating Aarhus Fremad 4-3. We were pegged back three times in this match but Clasen’s winner in the 90th minute sealed much needed three points with the other goals coming from Houborg, Bonde and Mejia. AB away, not problems as we beat them 4-2 and but remained in 4th place and still chasing down that 2nd place in the table. A superb brace from Bonde with Houborg and Mejia chipping in with the other two goals. Won’t lie, but it’s unbelievable as we go on the make it an unbeaten month by beating Thisted FC and Esbjerg fB 3-2 and 2-1 respectively. Do we dare to dream of promotion? June 2024 We welcome, Aarhus Fremad to the Valby Stadion, and we send them back with nil points by winning the match 2-0 as we move into 2nd place in the league, thanks to goals by Johannes Houborg and William Sundy Lunde. However, in the last but one game and we got bullied, simple as that. Defeated by Naestved who ended our five-game unbeaten run and as they destroyed us 4-0. I had no answers in this fixture. Is it going to be Deja vu again for us… As we headed into the last game of the season, last year we won but failed to get promoted. This season, we BULLIED Thisted FC by winning the match 5-1 with on-loanee Mateo Mejia bagging a brace, Johannes Houborg popping up with another goal this season. Defender Christensen scored with a header before Mathias Bonde thunderous free kick sealed the win but was it enough…. YOU BET IT CHUFFING WAS FM FANS……. Buzzing to say the least, especially after last season’s heartbreak… League Table We finished the season in 2nd place and get promoted. The fact was we were on level points with 3rd place; however, our goal difference was far better than there. Happy days!!! Off The Pitch League Review For the second season running we were the league’s biggest overachievers. End of Season Review A massive green thumbs up by gaining promotion into the NordicBet Liga three years ahead of schedule. Final Words Well happy to end this blog on a high, however I am expecting a tough season next, and I am up for the challenge!!! In the meantime, please feel free to leave a comment with any feedback and questions and don’t forget to check out all the other blogs on here and you can follow me on Twitter here. See you next time and thank you for reading…

(FM23) – The Kings of København (8) – BK FREM Posted on 24 Nov 2022 by CoxieFM Season 2023/24 The greater metropolitan area of Copenhagen is home to the capital of Denmark and to major football clubs like FC København and Brøndby IF. But could BK FREM become “The Kings of København”. CoxieFM has been set this challenge. Last episode: The Kings of København (7) Off The Pitch Transfers Out Christian Bramsborg, Rasmus Gronne & Marinus Due Grandt decided to leave the club during the winter break on free transfer. The likes of Gronne and Due Grandt did not want to extend their contracts even though both were getting game time during the season, however Bramsborg wasn’t so I get why he left. Who’s going to take my penalties from now on, now Gronne has left. So, this happened too… The Swedish side Djurgårdens IF Fotboll came in for my top goalscorer and the chairperson accepts the bid, yes, I did protest against it but basically got told to do one, lol. However, the Swedish side are letting me loan Mateo Mejia back for the rest of the season, so thank you. Transfers In I did tip my toes into the free transfer market again and brought in three new faces. Mads Christiansen (CB), Christian Kudsk (MID) & William Sundby Lunde (MID) – Who all have the potential to become a leading NordicBet Liga players. The league above us, so let’s hope they can help me get promotion this season. Youth Intake Preview Now, please do not laugh. Return of a KING The man I replaced as manager at the start of this series and a real fan favourite as returned. Welcome back, Mr Henriksen as my new assistant manager. Offered a job interview I got my first job offer of this series, well an interview when NordicBet Liga side FC Fredericia came knocking but unfortunately for them this is a one club series at the moment and secondly, they are not a club in the Copenhagen region too as this series is titled The Kings of København. On The Pitch November 2023 We start and end this month with defeats, but the two matches in-between were comfortable wins for the BK Frem lads. As soon as we are top of the league, we relinquish it by losing to another side gunning for one of two automatic places. Defeat was 1-0 to AB. However, back-to-back home wins helped us maintain second place in the league with wins against Thisted FC 2-0 with goals coming from Gronne penalty and Lazarevic volley and then in the next game, Bonde scored a brace in the 4-1 victory against Hillerod as Clasen Majia with the other two goals. We got FM’d by Skive IK losing 3-1 and of course they had to be the worst defence in the league and made us look silly. Hopefully, during the winter break the lads come back and hit the ground running… Winter Break Fixtures There was 93 days between the November 2023 game and February 2024, 2. Division fixture, so we had four friendlies during that time. Unbeaten in the four games against nonleague teams in Denmark. February 2023 – April 2023 We definitely hit the ground running following this winter break in our second season with four wins in a row which moved us from 3rd place in the league into 1st place as we looked strong heading toward the promotion phase of the season. We beat struggling FC Roskilde 3-2, thanks to our late two goal come back with Houborg, Arndal-Lauritzen and Bonde on hand with the goals before beating old foes Aarhus Freman 3-1. This time Emil Christensen, Lucas Lodberg and Johannes Houborg were the goalscorers. Then, back-to-back 5-1 victories against Brabrand IF and Vanlose IF. Lucas Lodberg scored a brace in both games. Johannes Houborg scored his own brace in the Brabrand IF game before Mathias Bonde finished the scoring off. The other goals in the Vanlose match were scored by Emil Christensen, Johannes Houborg and Jonathan Mathys. We then go from 1st to 2nd after two defeats in a row. Naestved BK and Esbjerg fB were the two sides that defeated us with the first side who are also pushing for that automatic promotion place. League Table Only four sides really going into the next phase of the league season and two places to play for. Let’s hope we can be one of them. Final Words A bit of a poor ending to this one with back-to-back defeats, however we are still in a chance to gain promotion and with their only being five points between 1st to 4th, anything could happen… In the meantime, please feel free to leave a comment with any feedback and questions and don’t forget to check out all the other blogs on here and you can follow me on Twitter here. See you next time and thank you for reading…

(FM23) – The Kings of København (7) – BK FREM Posted on 22 Nov 2022 by CoxieFM Season 2023/24 The greater metropolitan area of Copenhagen is home to the capital of Denmark and to major football clubs like FC København and Brøndby IF. But could BK FREM become “The Kings of København”. CoxieFM has been set this challenge. Last episode: The Kings of København (6) On The Pitch 2. Division Preliminary Phase August 2023 What a first game of the season with 11 goals being scored in a match that could have gone any away, but we managed to come on top winning the match 6-5 against Young Boys FD. The very talented Mr Mateo Mejia scored a hat-trick on his debut, and it was a perfect hat-trick not because he scored left, right and header just cuz he found the net with his three shots. There was also debut goals by Marinus Due Grandt and Andreas Heimer before Johannes Houborg sealed the win. Mateo Mejia scored again in the following match in the 3-0 win over AB, he only managed to score one goal this time with Jonathan Mathys and Andreas Clasen chipping in with the other two goals. Matchday three was a different story as we were shocked, rocked and in a game which on paper should have won but deserved to lose because we couldn’t hit a bloody barn door in. It ended 1-0 to Thisted FC. September 2023 However, back to winning ways against Skive IK, who were reduced to ten men. We hadn’t scored before the sending which helped to be fair as we scored all our goals in the last 20 minutes of the game. Aleksandar Lazarevic, Johannes Houborg with Arndal-Lauritzen and Emil Christensen getting their first goals for the club in the 4-0 win. Centre back Emil Christensen added to his tally by adding another two goals in the 6-1 win over Hillerod. Houborg, Bonde, Arabaci and Mejia with the other goals. We make it three wins in a row with victory over FC Roskilde, Roni Arabaci and Johannes Houborg with the match winning goals. @TractionFM, will be happy as his Aarhus Fremad side beat us 2-1 which we had taken an early lead but just couldn’t hold and ended up losing in the last 10 minutes of the match. Andreas Clasen got his second goal of the campaign in this defeat. We took our chances against Brabrand IF by beating them 4-1 as we maintained our 2nd place position in the league, thanks to a penalty by Rasmus Gronne and Johannes Houborg make it 2-0 before the break. They did reply but then goals by Lazarevic and Lind sealed the win. October 2023 Vanlose came to Valby Stadion in good form, however our form was better in this game as we came from behind by scoring two late goals to seal all three points in the 2-1 win. Mateo Mejia and Lucas Lodberg were on hand to score the goals. Our first draw of the league campaign was against Esbjerg fB, this time both teams couldn’t it the barn door in the 0-0 result. Næstved, who were newly promoted last season and have spent most of this season in 1st place. I thought this fixture would have been my toughest one yet of the season, however Mateo Mejia sent us to the top of the league as we hit the former league leaders for six. Yes, we beat them 6-1, a brace from Mejia before goals from the likes of Clasen, Houborg, Mouritz (1st goal for the club) & Emil Nymann. Their goal came from Ex-West Brom player Kenneth Zohore. We remain top of the league in our last game of this update by winning 2-0 against Young Boys FD. This time it was Mathias Bonde from the spot before Mejia again sealed the win. League Table Will might get a nosebleed being this high up in the league table but let’s hope we can maintain our good run of form following the winter break and in the final eight games of this stage. Sydbank Pokalen We bow out of the cup competition in the second round for the second season running. We beat B.93 2-0, thanks to goals from Jonathan Mathys and Mathias Bonde before losing to Hvidovre IF 1-0. Might next season we can make it three in a row, lol. Off The Pitch We are on course in the wage budget and the board are satisfied with the club’s growth. It is also nice to see two thumbs up in the current season’s plans. The feedback from the board and fans is nice to see too. Final Words Buzzing to end this blog in 1st place in the league, let’s hope we don’t start to crumble after the winter break and maybe next season we can get passed the 2nd round of the cup competition. In the meantime, please feel free to leave a comment with any feedback and questions and don’t forget to check out all the other blogs on here and you can follow me on Twitter here. See you next time and thank you for reading…

(FM23) – The Kings of København (6) – BK FREM Please click here and like the blog: https://coxiefm.wordpress.com/2022/11/19/fm23-the-kings-of-kobenhavn-6-bk-frem/ Season 2023/24 The greater metropolitan area of Copenhagen is home to the capital of Denmark and to major football clubs like FC København and Brøndby IF. But could BK FREM become “The Kings of København”. CoxieFM has been set this challenge. Last episode: The Kings of København (5) Off The Pitch Transfers Out On June 30th, a mass exodus of players departed the club as I needed to rebuild for another season in 2. Division following our heartbreak on the final day of last season. Some key players need leave, but they did free up some much-needed wages so I could improve the squad. I am sorry to the BK Frem fans and maybe the players who read…IM SORRY for letting them go. Another further two departures happened later on in the summer window with Salieu Drammeh and Frederik Malmskov who both played bit parts last season, and both were on non-contract and unfortunately both were not going to feature much in the upcoming season. Oh, Lukas “In the top” Corner has just left the club as I was writing this blog and went back to Sweden and joined Qviding FIF on a free transfer. Transfers In All the players in were free transfers and have been separated into the first team squad and second team respectively for this season coming. However, subject to change during the preseason games, BK FREM Mads Christiansen (DEF/MID) – Ex-Randers FC – Has the potential to be a key player for the club and will likely be in the starting up for preseason. Simon Sharif (DEF) – Ex-Hillerod FC – Joins from newly relegated side in our division and will be a good back-up in defence as he can play across the back line. Andres Clasen (MID) – Ex-FC København – He could become one a star player in the future. Mateo Mejia (FOR) – Ex-Manchester United – Now this is the STAR SIGNING of this window for me and have high hopes for this lad and hoping he will go on and push us to promotion this season. Jonathan Mathys (FOR) – Ex-B.93 – One of four players in from a side that won promotion out of our league last season and hoping they can help us in some way shape or form. Andreas Heimer (MID) – Ex-B.93 – As above. Mikkel Mouritz (MID) – Ex-B.93 – As above. Emil Christensen (DEF) – Ex-B.93 – As above. But will be a key member at the heart of our defence. Pálmi Rafn Arinbjörnsson (GK) – Ex-Wolves – Released by the Dingles and possibly be our first choice GK for the coming season. Roni Arabaci (FOR) – Ex-HIK – Will play as 4th choice forward but will get a shot as he has four-star potential. Nicolai Clausen (DEF) – Ex-Hvidovre IF – Could be a key member in defence. Gregers Arndal-Lauritzen (DEF) – Ex-Hillerød – Will partner Christensen in defence. FREM II Gabriel Kehinde Victor (DEF) – Ex-FC Midtjylland – The Nigerian left back will go into the Frem II side until we can get a work permit sorted for him. Jonathan Lind (MID) – Ex-FC Midtjylland – The Danish attacking midfielder goes into the Frem II side for game time. Nicolai Ankerstjerne (DEF) – Ex-AaB – The Danish centre back, I start in the Frem II side but maybe get moved into the first team. Emil Nymann (MID) – Ex-AaB – The Danish attacking midfielder as great potential and maybe another player that will feature during the season. Nikolaj Larsen (DEF) – Ex-AaB – The Danish centre back, another with great potential and like the previous AaB player in, I am not playing a wage for them. Board Expectations The only board are only expecting a mid-table finish. Well, for me that’s not good enough, I want to win promotion, either finishing 2nd or winning the league!! Tactic & Best XI Firstly, the best XI with all the new transfers in over the summer window. Secondly, the tactic, the formation is still the same as last season, however the one below is the cautious version which I have now dropped the DLP in the defend role and I will be adding shoot on sight in the instructions. The other version will not have shoot on sight, the DLP will also be on defend and I’ll have a mentality of balance in our play. Let’s see if these little changes make a big different and we get promoted. On The Pitch Preseason The preseason was successful with new forward Mateo Mejia scoring seven goals in four games and that was including two hat-tricks. We played four similar sides to us and managed to win three (5-2, 5-3, 3-0) and drew once (4-4). Apologies, as I didn’t want to go to much in depth in preseason. But it ended well enough. Final Words Really looking forward to kick starting the season off and hoping to win promotion at the second attempt… In the meantime, please feel free to leave a comment with any feedback and questions and don’t forget to check out all the other blogs on here and you can follow me on Twitter here. See you next time and thank you for reading…

(FM23) – The Kings of København (5) – BK FREM https://coxiefm.wordpress.com/2022/11/16/fm23-the-kings-of-kobenhavn-5-bk-frem/ Season 2022/23 The greater metropolitan area of Copenhagen is home to the capital of Denmark and to major football clubs like FC København and Brøndby IF. But could BK FREM become “The Kings of København”. CoxieFM has been set this challenge. Last episode: The Kings of København (4) On The Pitch April 2023 It was 1st verses 2nd in the league and on loanee Lee Harkin sends BK FREM to the top of the league on matchday one in the promotion stage phase of this season with a comfortable 4-0 win over Kolding IF on a wet afternoon at the Valby Stadion with Johannes Houborg and Mathias Bonde with the other goals. As soon as we were top, we went to relinquish that spot and drop down to 3rd in the league following a 2-1 defeat to B.93, inverted winger Lodberg getting our goal in the 69th minute. However, back to winning ways against managerless Esbjerg fB, who were reduced to ten men in this match along with us, as Rasmus Gronne let the side down with a professional foul. Our goals came from in-form on-loanee Lee Harkin with wingback Rasmus Louie Larsen getting his first goal of the season before Johannes Houborg sealed the three points in the 3-2 win. We lost to Aarhus Fremad 1-0. This month has been a rollercoaster of a ride with these results; however, we stay in 2nd place and occupy the last promotion place. May 2023 Still in 2nd place following back-to-back league defeats, this time by 1-0 to Thisted FC. We go onto draw three games in a row which meant we dropped out of the promotion place 2nd into 3rd in the league. Draws against Kolding IF 2-2 (Drammeh & Mathias Bonde), B.93 0-0 and the Esbjerg fB 1-1 (Derrar). Even though we still managed to pick up points however didn’t help in our situation for promotion. June 2023 Up next was Aarhus Fremad and we could only manage a draw as they equalized late after we had our two-nil lead reduced 2-2 meaning we had to share the point. Our goals came from Gronne, yet again from the spot and he has missed a few this season too and Oliver Andersen with the other goal. This meant going into the final game, we needed to win against Thisted FC and needed our good friends Aarhus Fremad to beat Kolding IF as that B.93 had already secured one of the promotion places. We were in “Dreamland” as that Lee Harkin and Aleksandar Lazarevic scored in the win 2-0……But unfortunately, Kolding IF win meant they had won the league on the last day of the season and taking that final promotion place…So, @TractionFM your Aarhus Fremad side owe me!!!! But imagine if we had turned them four draws in a row to wins, it might have been our name on this season’s trophy. League Table We end the season in 3rd place and to be honest, we were predicted to be in a relegation battle and to finish as high as we did, I am proud of the players and this club. Short term pain, but will be back stronger next season, so watch this space… BIGGEST OVERACHIEVERS… Off The Pitch End of Season Review The budget is in… Not bad really, I have had worse at other clubs, but there will be a few players departing the club over the summer and that will free up some much-needed wages. I will be raiding the bigger clubs in the top division in Denmark and hoping to build a squad for the future. Final Words Thank you and watch this space because, WE WILL BE BACK STRONGER AND WILL WIN THIS LEAGUE!!!!!! In the meantime, please feel free to leave a comment with any feedback and questions and don’t forget to check out all the other blogs on here and you can follow me on Twitter here. See you next time and thank you for reading…

(FM23) – The Kings of København (4) – BK FREM Posted on 15 Nov 2022 by CoxieFM Season 2022/23 The greater metropolitan area of Copenhagen is home to the capital of Denmark and to major football clubs like FC København and Brøndby IF. But could BK FREM become “The Kings of København”. CoxieFM has been set this challenge. Last episode: The Kings of København (3) Off The Pitch I want to start off by saying to the chairperson, thank you for my second qualification badge of this series and now I am National B licensed. Buzzing to say the least, onwards and upwards… New Deal – I announced it on twitter the other day. I was only contracted for this season; however, I must say I am above all expectations this season and it’s well deserved me getting another two years at the club and can’t wait to see how we progress in this series. The standard not so good youth intake preview… Transfers Out Two players came to me wanting to leave the club and were not getting any game time. So, I transfer listed both and they left on free transfers that helped reduce the wage bill by £350 per week, which isn’t a lot, but it helped out as I wanted to extend a couple of players contracts who are playing out of their skins. Like I said to the previous players, good luck and don’t come back to score against me because I have seen that many times in FM saves. Transfers In The Strength of the Wolf is in the Pack… Loaned in not one, not two but three players in from Wolverhampton Wanderers for the rest of the season and the best thing is that I am not paying a single penny in wages or in monthly fees.. I am a Walsall fan and wanted to raid the mighty Saddlers, however they wanted player wages so I drove across the black country to Dingle village to raid a premiership side and it was a bonus that they didn’t want money. So after that season is finished I will be raiding them again and possibly looking at other premier league clubs. From left to right – Lee Harkin (FOR) 19 years old, Justin Hubner (CB) 19 years old & Dylan Scicluna (MID) 18 years old. Also, believe that one or all three players are out of contract at the end of this season too. On The Pitch January 2023 So, 80 odd days have passed since our last match before this long ass winter break, and I decided that I would arrange at least four friendlies as that funny enough none of our players went to the world cup in Qatar. The first three games were against sides in the league above our and the last one was a non-league club so I could play some of our fringe players to assess on their fitness and performance. FC Helsingør were first to visit the Valby Stadion and we raced to a two-nil lead, but I must remember it’s not a race it’s a marathon and there forward bagged a hat-trick condemning me to a 3-2 defeat. There were a lot of positives in this match. So, we roll onto the next match, and it was against AC Horsens and youthful winger Salieu Drammeh came off the bench, did a bale like run and slotted home to give us the 1-0 victory. February 2023 The last of the top clubs we faced ended in a 2-2 draw and it was us that came from two nil down to rescue the draw against HB Køge with goals coming from Salieu Drammeh who I swear only scores in friendlies and Emil Schou with the other goal. A much-rotated side face København KFUM and unfortunately it ended in defeat, however not fussed in was a much-needed run out for some players Aleksandar Lazarevic and Lee Harkin were on the scoresheet. It couldn’t have started any worse in the league which ended in defeat to at the time 2nd placed Kolding IF, but we made up for it in the next game by beating Brabrand IF 3-0 in front of our fans. Lucas Lodberg, Johannes Houborg and then Rasmus Gronne sealed it from the spot and secured our spot in the next league phase. March 2023 The month of March, we managed to continue our unbeaten run to three matches following the two draws in this month of fixtures against one side in the preliminary phase and another trying to get into it. They were against Thisted FC and Skive IK which ended 2-2 and 1-1 respectively. Johannes Houborg scored a brace in the 2-2 match and Lee Harkin scored his first for the club in the 1-1 match, which really should have been his like 5th or 6th goals in like four matches, the amount of times he was offline was unreal. April 2023 I’ll tell you another thing, I have noticed lately and pull up a chair….YELLOW CARDS, Jesus…At least six players get booked minimum in each match. Anyone else, or is it just my save? It was 3rd against 2nd in the league and boy, we bullied them and took their place in the league in the 4-0 win over B.93 with Lee Harkin getting a double, Mathias Bonde from the spot and with Isak Tannander coming off the bench to seal it late on. However, some bad news came out of this game with a bad injure to Jakob Skovgaard. In our last, we beat on paper one of the better sides in the league by 3-1. Esbjerg fB scored first, and numerous changes happened at halftime, a firm word was spoken, and the boys hit back to score three. Johannes Houberg, Lucas Lodberg and Salieu Drammeh, and yes it was his first goals of the season too. League Table We head into the next phase of the league in a good position and only two points off 1st place. the next 8 matches will determine if we stay in this league or get promoted into the league above. *(I got ahead of myself, a little and you will notice that B.93 and FC Roskilde still needed to play each other and yes B.93 of course won and go into the next phase level on points with us)

(FM23) – The Kings of København (3) – BK FREM Posted on 13 Nov 2022 by CoxieFM Season 2022/23 The greater metropolitan area of Copenhagen is home to the capital of Denmark and to major football clubs like FC København and Brøndby IF. But could BK FREM become “The Kings of København”. CoxieFM has been set this challenge. Last episode: The Kings of København (2) On The Pitch October 2022 We welcome B.93 to the Valby Stadion, who have one of the league’s worst disciplinary records and yes of course they did not disappoint as they were reduced to 10-men on the 46th minute mark, but Johannes Houborg has already scored the only goal of the game by then to give us a 1-0 win to help us keep up the pressure on the teams at the top of the league. A superb goal from Jakob Skovgaard did send us to the top of the league for a brief time against Skive IK in a game that ended 2-2 with wing back Chirstian Bramsborg scoring in his first start of the season, and I think it was his first start as well. Esbjerg fB, when produced one of the best comes back’s I have seen in recent FM’s. At half-time, I would have said the game was dead and buried with us 3-1 up at half-time, thanks to goals from Oliver Andersen, Johannes Houborg and Isak Tånnander but I was completely wrong on suffered a 4-3 defeat. With that defeat meant we dropped from top spot in the league down to 4th place. That’s how tight it is at the top end of the table. We, then travelled to the Riisvangen Stadion to face Aarhus Fremad, hello my friend we meet again, and we did have the last laugh, thanks to in-form forward Johannes Houborg brace in the 2-1 win. Even though, I wasn’t going to sign anyone at the start, but Houborg has been brilliant for us seen arriving on a free transfer and bagged ten plus goals in the league so far. November 2022 We move from 4th to 3rd in the league, as we try to keep up with the top two in this preliminary phase of the league and it was helped by a 4-0 victory over FC Roskilde. Lukas “In the” Corner scored first of this match before goals from Lodberg, Houborg and Gronne sealed the win. Typical, result next in the league as we face a club that have one of the worst defences in the league and yes, I am thinking that we would score many goals against them, oh no I was wrong…. not only didn’t we scored, and we went on to lose the game 2-0 and to make thing worse for us was experienced midfielder Mikkel Andersson got himself sent off with a bad tackle after 52 minutes so we will be having words later Mr Andersson… However, so after we were back to winning ways in the next game before the winter break by beating AB 3-1 at the Valby Stadion, thanks to Johannes Houborg brace before Aleksandar Lazarevic, who I had actually thought he’d forgotten where the goal was. Must have visited lost property to find his boots. League Table So, we are heading into the winter break after playing 14 games and we find ourselves in 3rd place, four and six points before 1st and 2nd place respectively. There are only six games left to play for in the preliminary phase and we are currently in a good position to qualify for the promotion phase, but we need to keep in touch with at least 2nd place if we want to get promoted this season. Final Words Still over the moon with our performance so far this season and hope it will continue after the winter break as we push for the promotion phase of this league campaign and hoping I can bring in a new face or two during this off season to help us. Thank you once again for reading this blog… In the meantime, please feel free to leave a comment with any feedback and questions and don’t forget to check out all the other blogs on here and you can follow me on Twitter here. See you next time and thank you for reading.