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November 2061 Only a win will do in the final league game of the season. But first we need to announce our squad for this month's friendlies. Azizbek Saidov is new to the squad, a 29-year-old midfielder who probably won't be around for long. Goran Jovanović returns and will take the gloves. We got our win in the league, but it's not enough as Qu'qon completed an unbeaten season. BUT Dragan Bogdanović ticks off Serbia in the last game of the season. Meanwhile, at the international level, a goal glut sees us past Kyrgyzstan. Izzatbek Sultonov gets the glory with two goals. Unbelievably Jasurbek Yo'ldoshev has only 2 goals this season - he has 19 for finishing - he got 2 against Indonesia. All eyes on the Cup Final. Paxtakor - the greatest side in Uzbekistan. Bookies aren't even taking bets on this one. We don't get a sniff. But we get about 400k in match receipts. So Happy Days!

October 2061 We are popping out for a Chinese (Taipei) Sandro Mihalic and Umid Holiqov are both new names in the squad. It was fair to say, it was one-sided. Before this, Andjion come to town - a reminder that we have already gained promotion so this is fairly meaningless, slow meander to the end of the domestic season. A goal at the start, and one at the end, gives us the three points - Ilxomjon Ergashev doing the damage. We went toe-to-toe with Qu'qon again, and once again they showed us that next season might be tough. It means with one game left we need results to go in our favour to win the league.

September 2061 Straight away it's another international match - away in the Philippines, I'm just blindly rotating the side at the moment as I try and work out what I have got (not that there is much!) Two goals from Jasurbek Yo'ldoshev secure us the victory against the side 70 places lower than us in the rankings. Before we jump back into the Promotion battle and our 3rd contest against Qu'qon. Our No.1 keeper is out for it and most of the rest of the campaign. Bob Croft steps up. The draw is our best result against them so far and it secures our place at the top table next season. As ever when we win big, it's the Muhammadqodir Pirimov show - a couple of goals and an assist gets him the MoTM award. Again. 8 times in 19 games. Ilxomjon Ergashev is a striker who we bought in to star in the top tier, he has 1 goal in 4 league games so far, but helped us beat 3rd place Andijon in the final league game of the month. We end the month with a Cup Semi-Final against our rival - Qu'qon. Neither side would have expected to reach this stage. Neither side want to face Paxtakor in the final. Guatemalan semi-regular Alejandro Moreno got us going and we never looked back. I'll need to check the rules but we might have qualified for a Continental Cup just by getting to the final, as if we lose, Paxtakor are winning the league. Time will tell.

Flippin Flamengo Always next year

August 2061 Hudoyor Yo'ldoshev picks up the MoTM award for the away victory over 3rd-placed FK Iftixor Oltiariq. Our entire cup run in the Uzbek Cup has been against Non-League sides - can't complain about that, the latest was 3rd tier Yangiyer, we sneak through and have a Semi-Final to look forward to. We get League rivals Qu'qon in September. But that's then. Top of the table clash Klaxon - we welcome Qu'qon, the only side who have beaten us this season come to our house, and do it again. It puts them top of the table. We will meet again next season in the top flight. But before we get into the next month, we have our first International match - away to Iraq. We have 7 players in the squad who can make their debuts 12 of the squad are from Paxtakor - the dominant force in the country. We lead 2-1 but fail to see it through but technically our players scored more than theirs did! 5 debutants

July 2061 Loyalty is massive for me. 12 players have played for me across 2 clubs. Now, 1 has played across 3. Bob Croft played 146 times for Quintana at the start of his career, a further 36 at York United, and now at the end of his career he is trying Uzbekistan for size. The reality is that he is an expensive backup - but it ticks something off so happy days. Ilxomjon Ergashev has been bought in as well - he's a Uzbeki Striker from the top tier - not prolific in his career but better than what we had already. After a routine cup victory, it was back to league action away at the bottom of the table side and Mo Khan smashed in a hat-trick to secure another 3 points. We continue to march on

June 2061 We only have 6 games left in the league before it splits in two. Javier Torres puts us closer to promotion with a double. It's confirmed as the best-ever finish for the club. Dragan Bogdanović smashes a hattrick and then sits back and wonders where his champagne is. Apparently Assists are more in important than goals. Serbia will have to wait. It's almost becoming pointless splitting the league. Top two are sorted, 3rd are 6 points clear of 4th. It also seems like I can only take national jobs that begin with a U. As much as I don't enjoy the national jobs, I have some things to tick off and it will help me find the best and brightest Uzbeks.

May 2061 There is already a sizeable-ish gap between us in the top two and the chasing pack. Pirimov inspired, we make it 5 from 5 6 from 6 with victory over Iftixor before the biggie. Qu'qon are unbeaten and 2nd - our toughest test, and we floundered massively. Dominated but were toothless. Hardly anyone was there to see it, but we progress in the Uzbek Cup. We get a Step 5 side in the Fourth Round. Bonus. Right at the end of the month, we get the good news we were looking for. Julius Garcia nabs a hat-trick and the MoTM award to formally complete North America - Trinidad and Tobago proved to be harder than it should have been. The top 2 get automatically promoted - there is nothing that worries me right now. Trinidad and Tobago

April 2061 Project Promotion starts now. Two late goals got us past Sherdor on the opening day before a stop for the cup. A 15-goal thriller! Insane. When you concede 5 you don't expect to win... Javier Torres and Mo Khan both with hattricks - the oppo were in a lower league but it's nice to score plenty. Won't mention the defence. More goals for Torres as we return to league action. No one is getting the MoTM award right now - apart from Muhammadqodir Pirimov who has it 3 times already. Mo Khan in the goals as we beat Sho'rtan, but it's that man Pirimov who is the star of the show AGAIN. Finally we are able to wrestle the MoTM award from Pirimov and into the hands of Mohiuddin Khan who bagged a treble to tick of Bangladesh A strong start in the league, but matched by Qu'qon Bangladesh

February 2061 Now we can start the car. Julius Garcia is from Trinidad and Tobago and is a decent striker for the level, he'll rotate with Javier Torres and Bangladeshi Mohiuddin Khan as we hunt promotion to the Uzbeki top table. Moreno is a Left Back/Left Winger, Bogdanovic is Serbian (another missing nation) and a winger. Hakimov a Centre Back Tons of departures. 18 in total. The only game this month, and until the league starts in April, it's the Uzbekistan Cup. 3 penalties are given and we progress past lower-graded opponents. Further additions were made: Ray Jack a Vanuatan Defensive Midfielder on a season long loan from Metallurg Bekobod Szabolcs Balga a Hungarian Defensive Midfielder from Gyöngyösi AK (Hungarian Lower League)

Not much. League has only been live for 2 years - Paxtakor have won both of the seasons. They also won it pretty much every year since 2019, apart from a random 5 season where they didn't in the 2030s National team have hovered around the top 100 nations for as far back as I can see. Currently 105th

November 2060 Quite a few top-tier Uzbek sides turned us down so we have had to settle for a fantastic Scrabble score With 1 game to go the club is safe In the first game we tick off Uzbekistan Muhammadqodir Pirimov with a double.

June 2060 One more game in North America. Ultimately one more trophy was collected. What have we done here? Won the NACL in 2058 with York United Became a Legend with York United in 2056 Entered the Dutch Hall of Fame in 2046 Brian Bell, Saeed Al-Balawi and Jorge Torrico all scored 100 goals so ticked off North and South America as well as Asia Won 14 League Titles, so moved us past the magical 20 target Won 9 Cups, so moved us past the magical 30 target Ticked off 52 nations - completing South America and leaving North America with only 1 outstanding nation It's time to resign, fly to Uzbekistan in Asia and send my CV around.

May 2060 The last league football in North America starts now. In another universe Ronan Willems would be the sort of player Sint Maarten clubs build around - sadly in this one, he has had to wait a long time for regular football. He's got 7 in 8 starts now. Another win, this time over 758 Boys mean we are 6 points behind the leader. The downside is there are only 3 games left, and we play 1st and 2nd in the final two games. Hotspurs drew with SXM Crew (1st and 2nd) so victory over Reggae Boys would be very interesting - also my 1,400th game. Senna Beekhuis with a double, puts us 2nd. Hotspurs next. Ronan Willems with another double. The gap is a point! Could we? If Hotspurs win, then it doesn't matter what we do against SXM Crew. They won. We lost. We finish 3rd.

April 2060 11 attempts to get Montserrat AND Turks and Caicos Islands a man of the match award. Simple. This is our squad of no-hopers and rubbish. 1st game, 1st one ticked off. Zach Riccio, who is probably one of the best exports out of Montserrat scores just after half-time and puts in a sold enough defensive performance to get the champagne. It comes down to 1 Lewis Burgin smashes two goals to put us into a Cup Final and he gets the MoTM - he's from Turks and Caicos!!! Mission done, in just 2 games! Now we can relax for the rest of the time here - and see if we can add 2 trophies to the haul. A 2-2 draw at SXM Crew is a good result, but probably not enough if we want to catch the leaders. Senna Beekhuis is one of many locals who are peeved at the lack of first team action this season - he makes his point with 2 quick goals in another win. We have 9 points to try and turn around in the last month. We travel to Hotspurs as well - a must-win. Montserrat Turks and Caicos