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FEBRUARY
The business end of the season
Results
A bounce back! Sort of. A last minute finish from David Hayes bagged us the victory over struggling Aston Villa before the draws started. We lost the lead twice against Leeds to draw and lost it once against Newcastle in disappointing fashion. Another disappointing results against league leaders West Ham who were down to ten men for most of the game. We dispelled doubts by smashing Boro by 4 goals, only to lose to Derby
Game of the month
Middlesbrough 0-4 Stoke City
2 penalties, 2 goals for our wonderkid
Player of the month
Scott Flint
Wonderkid.
League Table
A fight for second
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JANUARY
Not much spending from ourselves as we brought in a loanee and a prospect for about £1m
We said goodbye to a few more though and shifted about £150,000 a week off the wage bill
Results
Shambolic. Absolutely dreadful. Rubbish. A dreadful defeat to promotion rivals Blackburn at home followed by back to back 2-0 defeats in league and cup! Losing in the 3rd Round to Peterborough is dreadful and to back that up with a 2-0 loss against Reading is even worse! We regained some pride against Huddersfield only to lose it all again against Palace. Shocking.
League Table
We've not fallen that far despite an awful month
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DECEMBER
Festive cheer for all at Stoke?
Results
We just keep on rolling! Another good month as we continue our assault on the top of the table. A disappointing start as we drew with Wrexham and succumbed to defeat in London but we soon bounced back, going unbeaten for the rest of the month as we easily dispatched Boro, struggled to a draw with Brentford before smashing their neighbours Chartlon. We finished the month with a simple win in Greater Manchester
Game of the month
Stoke City 4-0 Charlton Athletic
4 goals and a brace from a local lad, what's not to love?
Player of the month
Scott Flint
He's so, so good
League Table
Hanging in there
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19 minutes ago, dllu said:
Looking good so far.
Some pretty big clubs at the bottom there...
Cheers mate
Yeah, the seems the whole world's upside down at the moment!
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NOVEMBER
We're on a roll
Results
Another very solid month. It was a disappointing to only draw against lowly Wigan with a late equaliser grabbing a point for my former club. David Hayes put Bristol City to the sword in the second half to secure 3 points only for us to lose our first game of the season away at Derby, with a Martin Hompot screamer not enough to prevent defeat following 's red card. We returned to winning ways soon after though with consecutive 2-0 wins over Coventry and Sunderland
Game of the month
Stoke City 2-0 Coventry City
A solid performance under the lights
Player of the month
Anthony Carabrisella
A solid month from out defensive midfielder
League Table
Very much part of the promotion hunt
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OCTOBER
We're somehow still unbeaten, its fun
Results
Still unbeaten! A few too many draws for my liking though. A late Petty strike saved us at QPR before a bore draw against promotion chasing Blackburn. We couldn't hold on against Wednesday as they grabbed a late equaliser but we bounced back to beat Charlton with two goals in quick succession seeing off the Londoners. We then embarrassed Birmingham on the tele
Game of the month
Stoke City 3-0 Birmingham City
A very good performance all round as we completely dominated Birmingham in front of the cameras
Player of the month
Andrew Paterson
A solid month from one of our resident Scots
League Table
Sticking in there
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SEPTEMBER
An underwhelming but unbeaten month to kick off the season, can it improve?
Results
That's better! A perfect month as we put some mid table fodder to the sword. A penalty was required to get past Portsmouth but things began to click soon after as we bagged 3 goals in consecutive away games. An impressive performance in Hull as our front 3 all bagged a goal was bettered in Oxford as we kept a clean sheet as well as bagging in the goals
Game of the month
Oxford United 0-3 Stoke City
An impressive performance overcame Oxford in their own backyard, they still haven't finished their last sand 40 years after the ground was built
Player of the month
Daryl Petty
He's starting to come into his own
League Table
Looking good in the promotion pack
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AUGUST
I'm expecting at least the playoffs from this season. We should do it.
Results
An action packed month to kick off the season with 8 games in just a month. We started in the most boring way possible away in Yorkshire as we drew 0-0 at Huddersfield. We made amends for this start by comfortably beating Reading at home before the reserves overcame Grimsby in the League Cup. This lead to back to back draws, starting with a late equaliser at relegated Palace before another bore draw with Newcastle. We squeaked past Villa before another boring draw at Huddersfield saw us out of the League Cup on penalties. We stayed in Yorkshire and drew again! Boring!
Player of the month
Dan Ford
Well none of the attackers were going to win it were they?
League Table
An ok start I guess
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2041/42 SEASON PREVIEW
We're looking to build on a very encouraging end to the season, we don't really need to spend big in my opinion, but we might as well...
Transfers Out
Darren Murdoch was forced out of the side by Paterson, Buchan and Dean. Knight isn't as good as Zlatkovic so it was good to get some money. Hughes was getting on and out of contract soon so money was much appreciated
Transfers In
We spent some money
Daryl Petty
The prodigal son! £10m up front and the rest is performance based may seem a lot, but he'll take us up
Graham O'Kane
The replacement for Hughes but younger, I like him
David Hayes
Brought in to contest the number 9 shirt with Colgan
The rest are youth prospects
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2040/41 AROUND THE LEAGUES
Manchester City won the Premier League with Derby County, Crystal Palace and Bristol City being relegated. Sheffield United, Leicester and Brighton were promoted from the Championship with Ipswich, Fulham and Colchester going down. Charlton, QPR and Hull won promotion from League One with Doncaster, Chesterfield, Walsall and Crawley suffering relegation. Forest Green, AFC Wimbledon, Fylde and Burton Albion won promotion from League Two with Ebbsfleet and Chester dropping into non-league. Warrington and Carlisle won promotion to the Football League with Havant, Bradford, Merthyr and Harrogate dropping into the regional divisions. Guiseley, Hyde, Newport and Basingstoke won promotion to the National League. Manchester City won the FA Cup and Tottenham won the League Cup.
In Europe, Real Madrid won their 17th Champions League, Lyon won the Europa League and Wolfsburg won the Europa Conference League. Hertha won yet another Bundesliga, Real Madrid won La Liga, PSG won Ligue 1 and Celtic won their 66th Scottish title
Former clubs
Merthyr Town
Merthyr dropped back into the National League South after 4 seasons in the National League. A late revival saw them grab 8 points from their last 4 but it wasn't enough as they went down by 5 points. Some of my boys are still there like Joslin Yousef, Richard Smith, Kevin Mernagh and Gwyn Allen. The fact that Allen still starts and has over 200 appearances for them probably contributed to their relegation
Wigan Athletic
Fell of a cliff after I left, eventually finishing 12th
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2040/41 SEASON REVIEW
A very good first campaign at Stoke City ended in one of the worst possible ways as a 96th minute Leicester goal saw us drop out of the playoffs in the final seconds of the season
We picked up 54 points from my 28 league games as manager, an average of 1.9 per game. Had this been the case throughout the entire season, we would have finished on 87 points which would have seen us finish top of the division this season. Need to repeat or even build on that next season.
Awards and stats
A fairly tight result for Player of the Season with Patrick Colgan coming out on top with only 35% of the vote, just about beating centre backs Isaac Kabiru and Jason Mullin. Aidan Buchan deservedly snagged signing of the season due to his strong performances after coming in from Hearts which also bagged him Young Player of the Season
Colgan shows why he won Player of the Season, with him scoring the most (22), having the highest average rating (7.13) and securing the most man of the match awards (4). Bah, Carabrisella and Buchan were tied for assists with a lowly 7
Youngster Scott Flint muscled his way into Team of the Season
Review
Look at that excellent rise through the league from December onwards
Expectations
Should be doable
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END OF SEASON
Can we sneak into the playoffs?
Results
8 points from 5 isn't bad but it had to be better at this stage of the season, we snuck past Boro but fell to defeat against playoff rivals Birmingham. We managed to batter Newcastle and came from 3-0 down to get a draw at Brighton before a very disappointing draw against Reading, so where does that leave us?
If Coventry lose then a win will get us into the playoffs. Problem is we're playing Leicester who need a draw to go up. Can we do it?
So close! Middlesbrough managed to beat Coventry who went down to 10 men in the 20th minute, we lead Leicester and should have won by 2 or 3 but succumbed to a 96th minute equaliser after 4 minutes were added on
********.
League Table
So close
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MARCH
The playoff chase is very much on
Results
What a month! 5 wins from 5 as the side properly start to gel with the tactic. Ipswich put up more resistance than expected but Colgan managed to put the key chances away before an excellent turnaround just before half-time against Wednesday before another through Warren put the cherry on the cake. Sunderland were then absolutely battered by a wonderful Bah performance. We then went to my old flame Wigan and played them off the park, bringing Max Dean on late in the game to really rub the salt in the wound. Lowly Fulham were then dispatched with ease.
Game of the month
Stoke City 4-0 Sunderland
What an excellent performance from Bah who's usually only a benchwarmer
Player of the month
Patrick Colgan
Another god month from Colgan
League Table
6 games left and just 3 points off!
Other news
Not bad
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FEBRUARY
The squad is set, the assault on the playoffs begin now
Results
A poor start to the month was saved by the final two games. An ok draw away at Coventry was followed by last minute heartbreak as one of our rejects scored a 91st minute winner. We went to Sheffield and came back from 2 goals down to salvage a draw before another 2-2 draw saw us lose a 2-0 lead ourselves to succumb to a draw. We then went to London and put in our best performances of the month to overcome West Ham by 3 goals before rounding out the month with a 2-1 win against Portsmouth
Game of the month
West Ham United 0-3 Stoke City
Another great performance against West Ham as we smash in 3 goals in our trip to London
Player of the month
Isaac Kabiru
4 goals in a month for a defender is pretty special
League Table
Just 8 points off the playoffs
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JANUARY
A solid start to my reign at Stoke and a transfer window with a bit of money. I like it.
Transfers
Out
We got rid of the players I didn't want and brought in a far bit of cash. Kwon Sang-Jun and Iker Aketxe didn't fit into the system. Walsh, Todd, Rawlings and Lennon were either too old or not good enough while Jones was a prospect that everyone wanted and Norwich got.
Ins
Let's meet some of them
I wanted Warren when I was at Wigan so it made sense to bring him to Stoke to fill in a position where there was a dearth of players
David Llewelyn Hughes
Cheap backup
Andrew Paterson
We desperately needed midfielders, especially ones who fit into the system I wanted to play. Paterson fits that
Kosta Zlatkovic
Very cheap and good enough to challenge for the number 1 shirt
Aidan Buchan
We raided Hearts' midfield. It was a good midfield
Dario Simons
His contract was expiring, we got him on a pre contract deal and then we were offered him for cheap. Good times
Max Dean
The prodigal son returns!
Results
Two poor results kicked off the month as we lost 2-1 to Villa and were knocked out of the FA Cup by Premier League West Brom. We went to London and returned with 3 points as our new players started to gel, battering Leeds just to show that off. A solid win against Colchester finished the month
Game of the month
Stoke City 6-1 Leeds United
The squad are gelling to the tactic and I'm loving it.
Player of the month
Aidan Buchan
A very solid first month from part of our Hearts contingent
League Table
Playoff hunt?
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17 hours ago, Nobby_McDonald said:
2040... my 4 year old daughter's favourite player won't be playing for Stoke by then.
Win some things with Stoke. Like the Premier League and Champions League. Because that is never going to happen while I'm alive.
That's the plan!
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7 minutes ago, Nobby_McDonald said:
You're pissing it with Wigan.
Not anymore
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DECEMBER
A first month in a new job, hopefully it goes well
Results
A decent first month in Staffordshire as we pick up 12 points. An ok start against Wednesday was followed by back to back away wins as we went to the North East and North West, picking up 6 points from slender 1 goal wins. We hosted West Ham and youngster Flint grabbed his first goal for the club to grab a 95th minute equaliser. The reverse happened away at Reading as they equalised in the 93rd minute to deny us victory. Another disappointing result as we succumbed to a 1-0 defeat against Wrexham before righting it away at Oxford, winning 2-1.
Game of the month
Stoke City 3-3 West Ham United
Two late equalisers and a local boy grabbing his first for the club. Fun times.
Player of the month
Ricky Brock
5 goals from 5 games
League Table
We're hunting Wigan
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NOVEMBER
Some big decisions to make this month, as a lucrative job offer came in...
At the end of the month, Wigan are sitting pretty at the top of the league after winning 3 and drawing 1. Beating Portsmouth, Newcastle and Sheffield United. Drawing against West Ham.
I was offered an interview at Stoke. Went to the interview. Was offered the job.
On the face of it, its no contest. Wigan are top of the league and Stoke are 18th. Wigan all day? But Stoke offer something extra, actual facilities.
Stoke, apparently, have the best facilities in the world for some reason and are offering quite an easy path. They just want to avoid relegation and are offering a sizeable budget to achieve this
Wigan, at the moment, are just a team. No real backup, no money, no decent facilities and a small stadium. Stoke have facilities, money and a decent sized stadium. And they're offering me a pay rise.
Lets compare the finances
I made the right choice.
Some very solid facilities from their Premier League days with Stoke in the top flight just 3 years ago, and this is reflected in a decent squad
Some very solid players all over the pitch makes this look like a promising job
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OCTOBER
I don't understand
Results
Another pretty good month as we record league and cup wins. A poor performance on the South coast saw us lose to promotion chasing Brighton. This defeat seemed to inspire something incredible though as we smashed 7 past Coventry at the DW Stadium. Strugglers Ipswich nicked a draw away in Suffolk before we hammered Fulham despite having a man sent off in the first half. We were on the receiving end of a huge scoreline as we were batter 5-2 by Birmingham City before cup progression as we beat Norfolk's premier club 1-0 in the League Cup
Game of the month
Wigan Athletic 7-3 Coventry City
What a display of goalscoring
Player of the month
Max Dean
A wonderful human being
League Table
Down in second
Other news
I've had some interviews and some big clubs are circling. Blackburn, Newcastle and Stoke are all interested. What do I do?
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SEPTEMBER
Can we back up that fantastic start?
Results
Indeed we can! What a fantastic month as we record a 100% month, winning all 5 games quite easily. A big 4-1 win at Colchester went with the big 5-1 win at Colchester at the end of last season, does that mean we're worse of they've gotten better? We then went away to Stoke and needed an own goal to edge past them before eradicating any creeping doubts by hammering Sheffield Wednesday 3-0. Penalties were needed to edge past Watford in the League Cup and another penalty was needed to beat Blackburn, are we slipping?
Game of the month
Wigan Athletic 3-0 Sheffield Wednesday
Another fantastic performance. Look at the stats, crazy!
Player of the month
Ben Francis
About time a defender won this award
League Table
I don't understand what's happening
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AUGUST
There's some proper clubs in this division. Aston Villa, Sunderland, Leeds, Newcastle, West Ham, Leicester, Sheffield United. Even the "lesser lights" such as Stoke, Fulham, Birmingham, Coventry, Blackburn are scary. I'm scared.
Results
No reason to be scared! Wow, what a start! To begin our first campaign back at this level in 16 years away at a club like Villa was daunting, but what we did proved we deserve our place at this level. 4-0. Amazing. A bit strange to follow that up with 3 league draws, especially against a side like Oxford, but draws against the likes of Sunderland and Middlesbrough are welcome. We ended our league fixtures against another giant in Leeds and picked up another 3 points! As this was going on we secured solid progression in the League Cup, easily beating both Chester and Barnsley to reach the 4th Round
Game of the month
Aston Villa 0-4 Wigan Athletic
I couldn't quite believe what I was seeing. We went to Aston Villa and didn't just beat them, we destroyed them. Villa, one of the favourites for promotion were roundly dismantled by a rag tag group of loanees, castoffs and teenagers. Local hero Dean got the ball rolling before ex Welsh League player Petty bagged our second. A Luton castoff grabbed our third before loanee Rae got in on the act. Wonderful.
Player of the month
Sean Rae
A very good month from the Manx man
League Table
What a start
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2040/41 SEASON PREVIEW
Another summer with no intentions of leaving the club. I'm enjoying life in Wigan and look forward to our assault on the Championship.
Transfers
Out
No real departures as we begin our assault on the second tier
In
We spent some big money to try and stay in this league. As wells keeping some familiar loanees. Sean Rae, Rolando Corbyn and Brett Hollis all agreed to stay on
Also coming in on loan were Neil Edwards, Omar Gaynor and Ben Francis
Now onto the lads we spent money on
Adrian Boyle
A solid utility player who can cover left back, midfield and left wing
Kilian Deans
The backup to the excellent Wessel Boeve as we plundered the Irish leagues again
Ondrej Kotulek
An experienced international for just £1m? Yes please.
Wes Wiles
Less than a £1m for this guy? Yes please.
What we're up against
Ah bollocks, we're screwed
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SEASON REVIEW 2039/40
Another remarkable season as we managed to come out on top of a high quality League 1. There were some bumps along the way and we do owe our title success to Wrexham's mini implosion, but we still garnered 96 points and 100 goals.
Overall, we deserved it. We had the best attack by some distance, scoring 14 more than our nearest challengers and the 3rd best defence, with only Chesterfield (43) and Wrexham (42) conceding fewer than our 44. So it all bodes well for the Championship, right?
Awards and stats
Max Dean once again won the Player of the Year, winning by a huge margin once again as he garnered 72% of the vote. This was somewhat unfair on top scorer Daryl Petty who only managed 11%. Steven Beale won goal of the season, Mark Newell signing of the season and Max Dean won another award
As stated, Daryl Petty was top scorer, banging in 24 goals with Beale in second with 20. Dean got a fantastic rating of 7.56. Petty topped the assist chart as well with Boeve being our best passer. 10 man of the match awards for Dean. He's amazing. Petty and Dean are our two most important players.
Yep, pretty much.
League awards
Manager of the year!
Max Dean won ANOTHER award
8 players in the Team of the Year!
Review
We weren't top for so long, and then suddenly...
Budgets and expectations
No change, this is just the money from sales
Top half? Really!?!
Around the leagues
Manchester United won the Premier League, with Coventry, Leicester and Brighton going down. Watford, Bristol City and Bournemouth won promotion from the Championship with QPR, Luton and Boston going down. Wigan, Wrexham and Colchester won promotion from League 1 with Plymouth, Fleetwood, Blackpool and Chester going down. Oldham, Preston, Rotherham and Tranmere won promotion from League 2 with Dulwich and Harrogate going down. Ebbsfleet and Port Vale won promotion from the Vanarama National with Guiseley, Bromley, Chelmsford and Barnet going down. Southport, Gateshead, Torquay and Sutton went up to the National League. Tottenham won the FA Cup and the League Cup.
In Europe, PSG won the Champions League, Tottenham won the Europa League and Rangers won the Europa Conference League. Hertha Berlin won their 11th consecutive Bundesliga, Real Madrid won La Liga, PSG won Ligue 1 and St Johnstone won their 3rd consecutive Scottish Premiership
Merthyr Town
Finished 15th in the Vanarama National
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MARCH
The run in starts now.
Results
What a month! Our games against Coventry have always been fruitful and this one was no different as we smashed 3 past them away from home. We stayed away from Stoke for a while, going to the North East and sticking 5 on lowly Sunderland before returning home and proving entirely ineffectual against Wrexham who taught us a lesson. Our happy travels returned with a 1-0 win away at Portsmouth before ending the month with a lovely win against Oxford
Game of the month
Sunderland 2-5 Stoke City
A hat trick for Stoke boy Scott Flint. What a man.
Player of the month
Robert Warren
Recently capped Warren put in a shift
League Table
6 games to go, if we better Blackburn we're up.
Other News: The Ballad of Scott Flint
Scott Flint has been magnificent this season and attracted a lot of interest but no bids. That was until we received a fax from America
£51m! I protested, the board were ambivalent, I asked them to renegotiate, they were up for that
I want more. I asked for more. Purely because I want LAFC to get pissed off and leave my best player alone
TAKE THE HINT
We've lost our best player.