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February 2023 Firstly, lets start February with some good news. A new contract offered, another year at Fort William. Now, for the bad news. Our first challenging month. Out of another cup in the first round (Don't care), two draws and a defeat in the league. We are now opening the door to others. 7 points is down to 3, and could be reduced to 2 if Invergordon win their game in hand. Four games to go. To quote a Sir Alex Ferguson phrase - "it's squeaky bum time".

January 2023 A good, solid month for us. 7 points is a great return. We're doing well, 7 points clear currently, but a whole host of teams have a game in hand over us.

December 2022 December started with some interesting news... Not 100% sure how this will effect me, but any extra funding into the club would be extremely useful. Another two solid wins, which were very pleasing. A heavy loss against Clachnacuddin's second team, where we were very much second best. Our final game of the month was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. Five points clear, however Alness do have a game in hand.

November 2022 Two very good wins to keep our run going, followed by a home loss against Loch Ness. 10 games unbeaten was a VERY good way to start the season, and the save. Defeat against Loch Ness was frustrating, as we did shade it chance wise. We are still top of the league by 3 points. Its worth noting, that top doesn't mean automatic promotion. To gain promotion we would need to win a play off.

October 2022 A fairly low key month. A couple of draws and an absolutely mad win against Orkney. We were 5-1 up at half time, and nearly managed to throw it away. Still top. Still unbeaten. Mad shout out to Golspie, who have seen 53 goals in their 9 games so far. Including two 5-4's, a 6-4 and a 7-1. Wild.

September 2022 We're out of two cups in the space of a week, which is frustrating but ultimately not our priority. Two good wins in the league, taking us to top of the table.

Tactics My thoughts behind this are keeping things tight at the back, with a low block, and quick counters down the wings. Eventually, I would like to be playing 4-2-3-1 and more expansive football, however, this may be a step beyond the current crop of players.

August Update We had a tough pre-season, whilst adjusting to tactics, but we hit our stride nicely against St Duthus. I'm not too bothered about going out of the North of Scotland Cup, it was always going to be tough against a Highland League outfit like Fraserburgh. The big thing this month is progress in the cup as we move into the Scottish Cup first round, and are rewarded with an away tie at Pollock, with a great chance of progression.

As many people are aware, Fort William have had a rough time over the past... well, 25 years. Now its time to give the fans of Fort William something to sing about. Fort William have been relegated (finally) from the Highland League, and find themselves in the North Caley league. The board would like a top half finish, which is completely reasonable. And going forward, they are happy to stay in the top half of the North Caley league. We will be playing (short term) at the 1,800 capacity Claggan Park. What a stadium this is. Look at that view. Other facilities leave a lot to be improved, but luckily we are here for the long haul. This will be a youth only save, I love developing players and building squads of home-grown players, and that is the vision for Fort William. Lets do this.

Yeah thats exactly it mate, raiding the players that get released from Prem teams, plus signing youngsters from Spain. After a few seasons a lot of smaller Spanish clubs start developing really good young players. It's tricky - I have £20m in the bank, but can't really do much with it at the moment other than keep asking for upgrades which keep getting refused.

Nice work so far mate. I am currently playing as Magpies in Gibraltar. Into my 6th season now, and have just made the champions league group stage. Progress is slow - but one thing that has worked nicely is signing 18 year olds and naturalising them. They have to stay in the country for 5 years before playing for the national team but it'll definitely improve the overall standard.