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Manager of the Update – Previous Winners

[font=Courier New]  [b]Update Winner, Club                [/b]
 [/font][font=Courier New]Jul 08 James Salter, Reggina
 [/font][font=Courier New]Aug 08 Lawrence Lazewski, Valencia
 [/font][font=Courier New]Sep 08 Clark Aitken, Roma
 [/font][font=Courier New]Oct 08 Clark Aitken, Roma 
 [/font][font=Courier New]Nov 08 Leo Dodge, Tottenham 
 [/font][font=Courier New]Dec 08 Maurice Jobson, Man United
 [/font][font=Courier New]Jan 09 Bryan McGuinness, Everton
 [/font][font=Courier New]Feb 09 Robert Boyle, Blackburn
 [/font][font=Courier New]Mar 09 Brucie Bonus, West Brom
 [/font][font=Courier New]Apr 09 Neji Hyuuga, Deportivo
 [/font][font=Courier New]May 09 Lucas Volman, Real Madrid
 [/font][font=Courier New]Jun 09 Jonte Rhodes, Lazio
 [/font][font=Courier New]Jul 09 Wobill Luman, Betis
 [/font][font=Courier New]Aug 09 Liam Ferguson, Man City
 [/font][font=Courier New]Sep 09 Lisa Jeffries, Juventus
 [/font][font=Courier New]Oct 09 Lord Weeman, Napoli
 [/font][font=Courier New]Nov 09 Lisa Jeffries, Juventus
 [/font][font=Courier New]Dec 09 Cool Manager, Atlético Madrid
 [/font][font=Courier New]Jan 10 Tom Smith, Arsenal
 [/font][font=Courier New]Feb 10 Super Lampard, Lecce
 [/font][font=Courier New]Mar 10 bermybhoy, Atalanta
 [/font][font=Courier New]Apr 10 Lawrence Lazewski, Valencia
 [/font][font=Courier New]May 10 Will de Mote, A.C. Milan
 [/font][font=Courier New]Jun 10 Will de Mote, A.C. Milan
 [/font][font=Courier New]Jul 10 Super Lampard, Lecce
 [/font][font=Courier New]Aug 10 Leo Dodge, Tottenham
 [/font][font=Courier New]Sep 10 Tyler Burrows, Udinese
 [/font][font=Courier New]Oct 10 Mikey Twigge, Palermo
 [/font][font=Courier New]Nov 10 Lord Weeman, Napoli
 [/font][font=Courier New]Dec 10 Haowan Madridstas, Barcelona
 [/font][font=Courier New]Jan 11 Tom Smith, Arsenal
 [/font][font=Courier New]Feb 11 Lawrence Lazewski, Valencia
 [/font][font=Courier New]Mar 11 Lucas Volman, Real Madrid
 [/font][font=Courier New]Apr 11 Tom Smith, Arsenal
 [/font][font=Courier New]May 11 Haowan Madridstas, Barcelona
 [/font][font=Courier New]Jun 11 Super Lampard, Lecce
 [/font][font=Courier New]Jul 11 Mark Cator, Aston Villa[/font]

Top Ten – Games Drawn

[font=Courier New]  [b] Pos +- Username           Manager            Club     Drawn Percent[/b]
  [/font][font=Courier New]1st [color=green]+1[/color] el sid             Cool Manager       At. Madrid  42 (24.7%)
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - [color=green]+4[/color] Lower Leagues Rule Jonte Rhodes       Lazio       42 (32.1%)
 [/font][font=Courier New] 3rd [color=green]+2[/color] m1234566778        Maz Armley         Racing      39 (28.3%)
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - [color=red]-1[/color] tomsmith1989       Tom Smith          Arsenal     39 (21.3%)
 [/font][font=Courier New] 5th [color=red]-4[/color] Waghlon            Lars Tommersen     Villarreal  38 (22.0%)
 [/font][font=Courier New] 6th NE spartans5          Lawrence Lazewski  Valencia    37 (21.3%)
 [/font][font=Courier New] 7th  [color=blue]0[/color] markcator3006      Mark Cator         Aston Villa 36 (24.7%)
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - NE super_lampard      Super Lampard      Lecce       36 (24.7%)
 [/font][font=Courier New] 9th [color=red]-2[/color] tadr               Andre da Conceiçao Chelsea     35 (19.6%)
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - NE Almondo            Arnold J. Rimmer   Bolton      35 (24.3%)
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - [color=red]-2[/color] ~Ian~              Bryan McGuinness   Everton     35 (24.3%)[/font]

Lifespan – 1 to 2 Years

[font=Courier New]  [b] Pos Username             Manager             Club      Days[/b]
 [/font][font=Courier New]41st conners              Sirus Lannock       Málaga     628
 [/font][font=Courier New]42nd MikaelS              Mikael Schøler      Bologna    613
 [/font][font=Courier New]43rd Swafe                Saul Goode          Osasuna    551
 [/font][font=Courier New]44th hamilton162          Tom Hamilton        Mallorca   509
 [/font][font=Courier New]45th kashmirshazad        Shazad Ali          Newcastle  508
 [/font][font=Courier New]46th DiscoStu94           Da Hoover Man       Sampdoria  501
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - ScottT!              Scott Tysoe         Sunderland 501
 [/font][font=Courier New]48th canvey!!             Fréderico Canvey    Stoke      476[/font]

Lifespan – Less than 1 Year

[font=Courier New]  [b] Pos Username             Manager             Club      Days[/b]
 [/font][font=Courier New]49th corinthiano          Mathias Brunckhorst Chievo     327
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - Neilio               Neilio              Almería    327
 [/font][font=Courier New]51st Robert_296           Robert Boyle        Blackburn  326
 [/font][font=Courier New]52nd brettney1980         Brettney Joven      Wigan      320
 [/font][font=Courier New]53rd TigerJoe             Joe Seddon          Getafe     271
 [/font][font=Courier New]54th jack.browne          Jack Browne         Sevilla    250
 [/font][font=Courier New]55th NepentheZ            Neppo Monster       Cagliari   236
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - dafuge               dafuge              Torino     236
 [/font][font=Courier New]57th KiddingChoc          Zach Machios        Portsmouth 235
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - Whoopy D             Whoopy D            West Ham   235
 [/font][font=Courier New]59th d-machine            David Machine       Athletic   229
 [/font][font=Courier New]60th PaulHartman71        Jeremy English      Liverpool  204[/font]

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Just had a quick check of who's posted in here, and aside from canvey who obviously has the most posts, 2nd to 6th posters are separated by just three posts.

I'm 4th, one behind the joint 2nd (el sid and LLR).

Keep posting everyone! :D

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This was also written before the three managers were kicked out.

Update 38

Years: 3, Months: 38, Days: 1150

The new season has kicked off, after a month full of exciting transfers and deals. Looking at the top of the English Premier League table, we see that four teams are closest so far with a perfect record after three games, with Bryan McGuiness’s Everton being the surprise contender. The team, who spent £6.1M this month on two players, have beaten Hull, Newcastle and Bolton this month, as well as progressed through the Europa League 4th Qualifying Round with a 4-0 aggregate over Aberdeen. Among them in the Premier League are Chelsea and the two teams from Manchester. Holders Tom Smith’s Arsenal find themselves wantonly in 8th place after the failed to beat Sunderland away and did even worse at Villa Park, going down 0-1. However, their last result came against bottom-placed Cardiff, a convincing 4-0 win. This month, Smith also saw his team lose the Community Shield on penalties to Andre da Conceiçao’s Chelsea. Smith made no transfers in August, although I don’t believe I mentioned last month’s £3.6M transfer of Andrey Arshavin to Napoli.

Over to Spain now, where we’ll start with a quick update on the Spanish Cup. Jellybean Man’s Numancia hold a 2-0 lead over fellow LIGA adelante side Lorca, with the away leg still to come. In the league, Numancia are 10th after opening their campaign with a 1-0 win over Melilla. Moving up a bit, and with just one game played in La Liga, it is not easy or accurate to say who might win the league based on that game. However, Andy Morton will be pleased that his Sporting team are third, as one of six teams to win. They travelled to Recreativo and came away with a 3-1 victory. Real Madrid and Haowan Madridstas’s Barcelona being the top two will come as no surprise to anyone. Barcelona smashed newly-promoted Betis at home, and Real the same to Real Sociedad. These two teams also played each other in the European Super Cup, where just under 20,000 fans watched Real Madrid’s 2-0 victory.

The biggest transfer of the month was certainly a very interesting one. For the handsome sum of £29.5M, Giuseppe Rossi left Lars Tommersen’s Villarreal to join Clark Aitken’s Roma. Tommersen spent £4.6M bringing in David Trezeguet from Juventus. Some of the other major transfers were Mario Gómez joining Leo Dodge’s Tottenham for £21.5M from Stuttgart, Pepe heading from Real Madrid to Inter for £18M, and Simon Vukcevic leaving Sporting CP behind for the bright lights of Ben Taylor’s Fiorentina in a £13.75M deal. Taylor also spent £10M on Tottenham’s Leonardo Ponzio, but raised that back with an extra £500k through the sale of Freddy Adu to Inter on a co-ownership, while Clark Aitken, in an effort to offset his hefty Rossi transfer, sold John Obi Mikel to Lyon for £10.75M. Later in the month, Taylor and Fiorentina got another £7M for that Adu transfer. Like I said last month, why can’t Italian transfers be simpler? Meanwhile, Dimitar Berbatov swapped the bright lights at Real Madrid for those at relatively lowly Mark Cator’s Aston Villa, and he wasn’t the only player to do so. As well as that £8M Berbatov transfer, Cator brought in Olexandr Chyzhov for £10M from Lille.

The Italians have played two games of their season, and Lord Weeman’s Napoli sit top, as one of two teams with a perfect record. Thanks to Marek Hamsik’s four goals and those of three others, Weeman’s team defeated their first two opponents, Brescia and Reggina, 3-0. The scoreline was matched in the Italian Cup 3rd Qualifying Round match against Mantova, and Bari make up Napoli’s next opponents in that competition. Also on 6 points are Tyler Burrows’s Udinese, whose wins weren’t quite so extravagant but were just as good, if not better. He got his own 3-0 victory, over Livorno, but the better win might be the away trip to play Inter that ended in a 1-0 Udinese win. As a result, Ben Cee’s team are in 15th, drawing their second game, and Clark Aitken’s Roma are in 13th after drawing both games. Super Lampard’s Lecce also drew both their games, failing to score both against Catania and Palermo, but this month they secured progression into the Europa League Group Stage by beating Lillestrøm 3-0 on aggregate, and matched that scoreline in just the one leg in their cup tie with Vincenza.

With more news from the Europa League now, and as well as Lecce and Everton, many more of our teams made the Group Stages from the 4th Qualifying Round. Leo Dodge’s Tottenham defeated Cypriots Anorthosi 5-0 on aggregate, while Martin Bojangles’s Hull beat FC Inter of Finland 8-2. Maz Armley’s Racing progressed 4-0 against Israelis S.C. Ashdod, and their fellow Spaniards, Cool Manager’s Atlético Madrid, annihilated FC Moscow 14-0 on aggregate. Italian teams Palermo and Lazio also reached the Group Stage, with wins over Le Mans and Club Brugge respectively. In the Champions League, Liam Ferguson’s Man City reached the Group Stages with a win over Ajax, 7-4, as did Fiorentina who beat Stade Rennais 7-1, and Schalke, who knocked out Villarreal 4-2. The most interesting group for us is that involving both Fiorentina and Real Madrid, although we’ll also be keeping an eye on Valencia and Man City as they both try to qualify for the next round ahead of Porto and CFR Cluj.

The English Carling Cup played its first two rounds this month, and things went very smoothly for Brucie Bonus’s West Brom in the First Round, when they hammered Yeovil 6-1. They progressed to the Third Round with a 4-1 away victory over Nottingham Forest after extra time. Mark Cator’s Aston Villa had a fun time in the Second Round, smashing Brighton 6-0, and Ricky Nakano’s Middlesbrough beat Walsall 4-0. The scoreline for Tim Aubel’s Fulham was closer, as the American’s team beat Burnley 1-0 at the Cottage. Bolton also progressed, and will travel to Eastlands next to face Man City. Aston Villa will host Chelsea and one of the other matches of the Third Round. Arnold J. Rimmer’s Bolton side are not faring too well in the little Premier League action we have seen, they picked up a point at home to Hull, but lost to both Man City and Everton convincingly.

The Community Sheild and the European Super Cup we have already mentioned, but in Italy, Ben Cee’s Inter claimed the plate after a 3-2 victory over cross-town rivals A.C. Milan. And in Spain, Haowan Madridstas’s Barcelona achieved a comprehensive victory over Valencia, with the final score 3-0 after both legs.

Now a look into Italy to conclude the update. bermybhoy's Atalanta are 4th, as one of four teams on four points. His team beat Empoli 2-1 at home but the away trip to Parma saw them come home with just a draw. Parma, incidentally, are one of those four teams on four points. Cardio Vascular’s Genoa are further down in 8th, after beating Lazio 2-0 at home but experiencing an unfortunate 3-4 loss away to Fiorentina.

The season has begun, but it gets into full swing next month. Stay tuned for plenty of football action!

Manager of the Update

This month I shall give this to;

Bryan McGuiness, Everton

although there were many managers in contention. Pushing Everton back into the forefront of English fans’ minds was McGuiness’s achievement this month, and he did that by playing well and challenging in the Premier League, and progressing in Europe. It is a shame for Cool Manager to miss out after his 14-0 demolition of FC Moscow, and the award could also have gone to Lord Weeman, who won his last three matches 3-0 to sit top of Serie A. Brucie Bonus made a good start to his Championship and Carling Cup campaign, and both Andre da Conceiçao and Lucas Volman won silverware, as did Haowan Madridstas. There were some other managers who were a bit further away from winning, but did very well nonetheless.

Job Securities

[font=Courier New]  [b]Rank Username             Manager             Club        Security      Days[/b]
 [/font][font=Courier New] 1st Haowan               Haowan Madridstas   Barcelona   Secure        1150
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - tomsmith1989         Tom Smith           Arsenal     Secure        1150
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - Romanista1994        Lucas Volman        Real Madrid Secure        1150
 [/font][font=Courier New] 4th m1234566778          Maz Armley          Racing      Stable        1150
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - Waghlon              Lars Tommersen      Villarreal  Stable        1150
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - PluckaDuck           Tyler Burrows       Udinese     Stable        1150
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - BenArsenal           Ben Cee             Inter       Stable        1150
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - ssestig              Theo Stigarakis     Catania     Stable        1150
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - bermybhoy            bermybhoy           Atalanta    Stable        1150
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - JSalter              James Salter        Reggina     Stable        1150
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - Greasy Chip Butty    Andy Morton         Sporting    Stable        1150
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - Chimpos              Phill Ewles         Valladolid  Stable        1150
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - spartans5            Lawrence Lazewski   Valencia    Stable        1150
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - el sid               Cool Manager        At. Madrid  Stable        1150
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - TaylorB              Ben Taylor          Fiorentina  Stable        1150
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - Lower Leagues Rule   Jonte Rhodes        Lazio       Stable        1150
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - weeeman27bob         Lord Weeman         Napoli      Stable        1150
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - mikeytwigge          Mikey Twigge        Palermo     Stable        1150
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - Martin_              Martin Bojangles    Hull        Stable        1150
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - Almondo              Arnold J. Rimmer    Bolton      Stable        1150
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - [/font][font=Courier New]hasdgfas             Tim Aubel           Fulham      Stable        1150
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - tadr                 Andre da Conceiçao  Chelsea     Stable        1150
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - ~Ian~                Bryan McGuinness    Everton     Stable        1150
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - SCIAG                Leo Dodge           Tottenham   Stable        1150
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - rancer890            Ricky Nakano        Middlesbro  Stable        1150
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - Cardiovascular       Cardio Vascular     Genoa       Stable        1150
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - super_lampard        Super Lampard       Lecce       Stable        1150
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - IlikeJellybeans      Jellybean Man       Numancia    Stable        1150
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - clrkaitken           Clark Aitken        Roma        Stable        1150
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - markcator3006        Mark Cator          Aston Villa Stable        1150
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - fergysafc            Liam Ferguson       Man City    Stable        1150
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - Walcott’s Wonderkids Brucie Bonus        West Brom   Stable        1150
 [/font][font=Courier New]33rd Neji                 Neji Hyuuga         Deportivo                  999
 [/font][font=Courier New]34th Jack Rudd            Lisa Jeffries       Juventus                   925
 [/font][font=Courier New]35th pnefc22              Wobill Luman        Betis                      889
 [/font][font=Courier New]36th AtilasMiserly        Will de Mote        A.C. Milan                 882
 [/font][font=Courier New]37th JoeLatics            Joe Gleeson         Espanyol                   873
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - Blanco               Cristobal Blanco    Recreativo                 873
 [/font][font=Courier New]39th ian_1982             Maurice Jobson      Man United                 852
 [/font][font=Courier New]40th Ridleys              James Ridley        Siena                      843[/font]

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Brucie Bonus has rung the changes at West Brom - got rid of all the dead wood and high wage earners hopefully for a half decent price and can now start to rebuild for the Premiership next season.

Good start to the League Cup campaign! :D

Delighted to see the chairman keep the faith with BB despite relegation, hopefully it can be repaid this season!

KUTGW :thup:

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Just had a quick check of who's posted in here, and aside from canvey who obviously has the most posts, 2nd to 6th posters are separated by just three posts.

I'm 4th, one behind the joint 2nd (el sid and LLR).

Keep posting everyone! :D

You posted that just to get to the same number of posts didn't you? :p;)

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Manager of the Update – Previous Winners

[font=Courier New]  [b]Update Winner, Club                [/b]
 [/font][font=Courier New]Jul 08 James Salter, Reggina
 [/font][font=Courier New]Aug 08 Lawrence Lazewski, Valencia
 [/font][font=Courier New]Sep 08 Clark Aitken, Roma
 [/font][font=Courier New]Oct 08 Clark Aitken, Roma 
 [/font][font=Courier New]Nov 08 Leo Dodge, Tottenham 
 [/font][font=Courier New]Dec 08 Maurice Jobson, Man United
 [/font][font=Courier New]Jan 09 Bryan McGuinness, Everton
 [/font][font=Courier New]Feb 09 Robert Boyle, Blackburn
 [/font][font=Courier New]Mar 09 Brucie Bonus, West Brom
 [/font][font=Courier New]Apr 09 Neji Hyuuga, Deportivo
 [/font][font=Courier New]May 09 Lucas Volman, Real Madrid
 [/font][font=Courier New]Jun 09 Jonte Rhodes, Lazio
 [/font][font=Courier New]Jul 09 Wobill Luman, Betis
 [/font][font=Courier New]Aug 09 Liam Ferguson, Man City
 [/font][font=Courier New]Sep 09 Lisa Jeffries, Juventus
 [/font][font=Courier New]Oct 09 Lord Weeman, Napoli
 [/font][font=Courier New]Nov 09 Lisa Jeffries, Juventus
 [/font][font=Courier New]Dec 09 Cool Manager, Atlético Madrid
 [/font][font=Courier New]Jan 10 Tom Smith, Arsenal
 [/font][font=Courier New]Feb 10 Super Lampard, Lecce
 [/font][font=Courier New]Mar 10 bermybhoy, Atalanta
 [/font][font=Courier New]Apr 10 Lawrence Lazewski, Valencia
 [/font][font=Courier New]May 10 Will de Mote, A.C. Milan
 [/font][font=Courier New]Jun 10 Will de Mote, A.C. Milan
 [/font][font=Courier New]Jul 10 Super Lampard, Lecce
 [/font][font=Courier New]Aug 10 Leo Dodge, Tottenham
 [/font][font=Courier New]Sep 10 Tyler Burrows, Udinese
 [/font][font=Courier New]Oct 10 Mikey Twigge, Palermo
 [/font][font=Courier New]Nov 10 Lord Weeman, Napoli
 [/font][font=Courier New]Dec 10 Haowan Madridstas, Barcelona
 [/font][font=Courier New]Jan 11 Tom Smith, Arsenal
 [/font][font=Courier New]Feb 11 Lawrence Lazewski, Valencia
 [/font][font=Courier New]Mar 11 Lucas Volman, Real Madrid
 [/font][font=Courier New]Apr 11 Tom Smith, Arsenal
 [/font][font=Courier New]May 11 Haowan Madridstas, Barcelona
 [/font][font=Courier New]Jun 11 Super Lampard, Lecce
 [/font][font=Courier New]Jul 11 Mark Cator, Aston Villa
 [/font][font=Courier New]Aug 11 Bryan McGuiness, Everton[/font]

Top Ten – Games Lost

[font=Courier New]  [b] Pos +- Username             Manager          Club        Lost Percent[/b]
  [/font][font=Courier New]1st [color=green]+6[/color] IlikeJellybeans      Jellybean Man    Numancia      63 (50.0%)
 [/font][font=Courier New] 2nd [color=red]-1[/color] ssestig              Theo Stigarakis  Catania       62 (49.6%)
 [/font][font=Courier New] 3rd [color=green]+3[/color] Chimpos              Phill Ewles      Valladolid    60 (44.8%)
 [/font][font=Courier New] 4th [color=green]+3[/color] Walcott’s Wonderkids Brucie Bonus     West Brom     59 (42.8%)
 [/font][font=Courier New]   -  [color=blue]0[/color] JSalter              James Salter     Reggina       59 (46.8%)
 [/font][font=Courier New] 6th [color=red]-4[/color] Martin_              Martin Bojangles Hull          57 (43.8%)
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - [color=green]+1[/color] markcator3006        Mark Cator       Aston Villa   57 (38.0%)
 [/font][font=Courier New] 8th NE Greasy Chip Butty    Andy Morton      Sporting      56 (44.8%)
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - [color=red]-1[/color] rancer890            Ricky Nakano     Middlesbrough 56 (42.7%)
 [/font][font=Courier New]10th NE super_lampard        Super Lampard    Lecce         55 (36.4%)[/font]

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This is the last of the updates involving the three ejected managers.

Update 39

Years: 3, Months: 39, Days: 1180

The month of September has passed, and the month of October is about to begin. First, let’s reflect on the month that’s just gone, starting firstly with the action in Europe.

Two games of the Europa League group stage are played in September, giving an idea already of who might be making it through to the next round. There are already small mountains to overcome for some teams in five groups: Group D, where PSG and Fenerbahçe have 6 points and Red Star Belgrade and Austria Wien none; Group E, where Ajax and Jonte Rhodes’s Lazio have 6 points with Panathanaikos and Hearts on none; Group G, where Olympiakos and Galatasaray both steam ahead with six, leaving Saturn Moskovskaya and Martin Bojangles’s Hull behind on none; Group I, where Rangers and Lars Tommersen’s Villarreal have six, Rapid Bucharest and Zürich none; and Group K, where Sporting CP and Super Lampard’s Lecce have six, Steaua Bucharest and Aris Salonika none. I won’t dwell on the other teams, but it’s safe to say they are still able to qualify with some ease.

Now let’s look to the Champions League, with a quick run-through of the group leaders. Liam Ferguson’s Man City sit atop Group A after wins over Valencia and Porto, scoring four goals in both. Another English side, Arsenal, lead Group B, after a narrow win in Ukraine against Shakhtar and a more confident 3-0 one at home to FC København. Group C is led by Real Madrid, who beat Standard Liege but drew away to Zenit St. Petersburg, and Ben Cee’s Inter top Group D, with 6 points from wins over Lyon and Besiktas. The next two groups, E and F, see none of our teams top, with Celtic and Bordeaux leading the way. In Group G, Tyler Burrows’s Udinese beat CSKA Moscow and CSKA Sofia, the latter 5-0, and Barcelona top Group H with 4-1 wins over both AZ Alkmaar and Benfica.

Now let’s look at domestic football, and it will come as a shock to find out which team sit top of the English Premier League. After 6 games, Roberto Mancini’s Portsmouth are in 1st place, with five wins and one draw. Joining them on 16 points are the two Manchester teams, but both Andre da Conceiçao’s Chelsea and Bryan McGuinness’s Everton have fallen away slightly, and have 13 points. Both won one, drew one and lost one this month, with Everton’s win and Chelsea’s loss coming from the same game, a 1-0 at Goodison. Everton lost away to the higher-placed Man City. West Ham follow in 6th place and they are followed by Leo Dodge’s Tottenham, who beat Wigan, drew with Liverpool and lost to Man United this month. Further down the table, Arnold J. Rimmer’s Bolton are in trouble in 18th place. This month was a tough one; away to Chelsea and Portsmouth, and at home to Arsenal, so it was actually a good performance for them to gain one point, drawing 2-2 with the Gunners thanks to goals from Steed Malbranque and El-Hadji Diouf. Brucie Bonus’s West Brom lead the Championship, winning every game this month. They also beat Cheltenham 3-1 to reach the Fourth Round of the Carling Cup.

Over in Spain, Numancia aren’t doing so well in their second division season. They are 8th, after having lost two and won two this month. Although Jellybean Man is currently Stable, a major increase in performance is likely to be necessary if he wants to keep his job. Maz Armley’s Racing have got off to a bad start in La Liga, and they hover over the drop zone in 16th place. Three draws and a loss were their reward this season, with four points picked up in the Europa League, and the fact that one of their draws came against Barcelona won’t offer much consolation for their fans. One place above them, a side that might be in danger of going down at the end of the season, are Phill Ewles’s Valladolid. They picked up four points this month but two 0-1 losses, the worse at home to Tenerife, will not make Ewles, or his employers, happy. All of our other sides are packed into the top half, which makes you realise how few managers we still have in Spain.

So perhaps it’s time to go to Italy, to start with the Italian Cup Fourth Qualifying Round. James Salter’s Reggina couldn’t overcome the difficulty of an away game to Sampdoria, and lost 0-1. Their league form has been a mish-mash: two wins and two losses this month, but a sneaky win away to Catania and a demoralising 1-4 home thrashing against Mikey Twigge’s Palermo were among them. Lecce suffered a similar fate to Reggina, losing 0-1 away, but Cardio Vascular’s Genoa reversed the odds with an extra time 1-0 away victory over Pisa. Napoli progressed, while Catania went out. In Serie A, Lord Weeman’s team still lead the way, having picked up nine points this month. Six of them came against two good teams: Atalanta and second-placed Udinese, but a loss to Roma has allowed Udinese and Ben Taylor’s Fiorentina to sneak up and level on 15 points. Fiorentina didn’t lose this month, winning all league games and not even losing in the Champions League where they picked up four points. Mikey Twiggeand Palermo are another side to win all their games, and they sit in 4th place, although the lost 0-1 at Goodison Park in the Europa League. Cardio Vascular is slightly further behind in 6th, and claimed 7 points from three league games this month.

Back to England now for a report on the Carling Cup. As I already mentioned, West Brom are through to the Fourth Round, where they will be joined by six more of our sides. Man City and Tom Smith’s Arsenal share the award for the biggest win from all our sides when they won 3-0 at home to Bolton and away at Derby respectively, although Frédéric Remola bettered them both by beating Plymouth 4-0 at the Stadium of Light. Mark Cator’s Aston Villa had themselves a nice little cupset as Chelsea came to Villa Park. Dimitar Berbatov, who is now looking like an inspired signing, put the Villains 2-0 up with two goals in the first half, one in stoppage time there, and Frank Lampard’s 68th minute goal was just a consolation. Bryan McGuiness’s Everton won at Fulham and Martin Bojangles’s Hull lost at Newcastle. Middlesbrough and Tottenham are our other two sides in the next round, where the two ties of the round are Aston Villa looking for another cupset as they host Man United, and Arsenal hosting West Brom.

I mentioned the success of both Super Lampard’s Lecce and Jonte Rhodes’s Lazio in the Europa League, but in Serie A they are not doing so well. Lecce are in 18th, cruising just inside the relegation zone, and look to be heading into another season of narrow escapes, or attempted ones at least. They lost all three games this month, and have two points. Lazio are 13th, trumping Lecce in three ways: being placed higher, earning five points this month, and earning three of those points away at Lecce. In between the two are Theo Stigarakis’s Catania, who lost three games this month, their two away games and the aforementioned home game against Reggina. In between, however, they picked up their form to win 4-2 over Frosinone, despite having lost 1-2 to them in the Cup Fourth Qualifying Round. The highlight of the First Round, by the way, will be Udinese hosting Juventus, although Lazio will have a tough time in hosting Napoli.

Manager of the Update

There were a number of good performances this month.

Brucie Bonus, West Brom;

gets the award for September because, as has been shown, it is not all that easy to get relegated and bounce straight back up. Bonus is looking to: this month he won every game, including that in the Carling Cup. Mikey Twigge’s Palermo was his closest rival, and was likely to have won it had it not been for a defeat at Everton. Ben Taylor and Cardio Vascular, as well as Liam Ferguson, were in the running this month, but an all-winning month from a team that is not as good as the competitors for the award means that Bonus clinches this bonus.

Job Securities

[font=Courier New]  [b]Rank Username             Manager             Club        Security      Days[/b]
 [/font][font=Courier New] 1st Haowan               Haowan Madridstas   Barcelona   Secure        1180
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - tomsmith1989         Tom Smith           Arsenal     Secure        1180
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - Romanista1994        Lucas Volman        Real Madrid Secure        1180
 [/font][font=Courier New] 4th m1234566778          Maz Armley          Racing      Stable        1180
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - Waghlon              Lars Tommersen      Villarreal  Stable        1180
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - PluckaDuck           Tyler Burrows       Udinese     Stable        1180
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - BenArsenal           Ben Cee             Inter       Stable        1180
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - ssestig              Theo Stigarakis     Catania     Stable        1180
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - bermybhoy            bermybhoy           Atalanta    Stable        1180
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - JSalter              James Salter        Reggina     Stable        1180
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - Greasy Chip Butty    Andy Morton         Sporting    Stable        1180
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - Chimpos              Phill Ewles         Valladolid  Stable        1180
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - spartans5            Lawrence Lazewski   Valencia    Stable        1180
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - el sid               Cool Manager        At. Madrid  Stable        1180
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - TaylorB              Ben Taylor          Fiorentina  Stable        1180
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - Lower Leagues Rule   Jonte Rhodes        Lazio       Stable        1180
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - weeeman27bob         Lord Weeman         Napoli      Stable        1180
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - mikeytwigge          Mikey Twigge        Palermo     Stable        1180
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - Martin_              Martin Bojangles    Hull        Stable        1180
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - Almondo              Arnold J. Rimmer    Bolton      Stable        1180
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - [/font][font=Courier New]hasdgfas             Tim Aubel           Fulham      Stable        1180
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - tadr                 Andre da Conceiçao  Chelsea     Stable        1180
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - ~Ian~                Bryan McGuinness    Everton     Stable        1180
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - SCIAG                Leo Dodge           Tottenham   Stable        1180
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - rancer890            Ricky Nakano        Middlesbro  Stable        1180
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - Cardiovascular       Cardio Vascular     Genoa       Stable        1180
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - super_lampard        Super Lampard       Lecce       Stable        1180
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - IlikeJellybeans      Jellybean Man       Numancia    Stable        1180
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - clrkaitken           Clark Aitken        Roma        Stable        1180
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - markcator3006        Mark Cator          Aston Villa Stable        1180
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - fergysafc            Liam Ferguson       Man City    Stable        1180
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - Walcott’s Wonderkids Brucie Bonus        West Brom   Stable        1180
 [/font][font=Courier New]33rd Neji                 Neji Hyuuga         Deportivo                  999
 [/font][font=Courier New]34th Jack Rudd            Lisa Jeffries       Juventus                   925
 [/font][font=Courier New]35th pnefc22              Wobill Luman        Betis                      889
 [/font][font=Courier New]36th AtilasMiserly        Will de Mote        A.C. Milan                 882
 [/font][font=Courier New]37th JoeLatics            Joe Gleeson         Espanyol                   873
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - Blanco               Cristobal Blanco    Recreativo                 873
 [/font][font=Courier New]39th ian_1982             Maurice Jobson      Man United                 852
 [/font][font=Courier New]40th Ridleys              James Ridley        Siena                      843[/font]

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Manager of the Update – Previous Winners

[font=Courier New]  [b]Update Winner, Club                [/b]
 [/font][font=Courier New]Jul 08 James Salter, Reggina
 [/font][font=Courier New]Aug 08 Lawrence Lazewski, Valencia
 [/font][font=Courier New]Sep 08 Clark Aitken, Roma
 [/font][font=Courier New]Oct 08 Clark Aitken, Roma 
 [/font][font=Courier New]Nov 08 Leo Dodge, Tottenham 
 [/font][font=Courier New]Dec 08 Maurice Jobson, Man United
 [/font][font=Courier New]Jan 09 Bryan McGuinness, Everton
 [/font][font=Courier New]Feb 09 Robert Boyle, Blackburn
 [/font][font=Courier New]Mar 09 Brucie Bonus, West Brom
 [/font][font=Courier New]Apr 09 Neji Hyuuga, Deportivo
 [/font][font=Courier New]May 09 Lucas Volman, Real Madrid
 [/font][font=Courier New]Jun 09 Jonte Rhodes, Lazio
 [/font][font=Courier New]Jul 09 Wobill Luman, Betis
 [/font][font=Courier New]Aug 09 Liam Ferguson, Man City
 [/font][font=Courier New]Sep 09 Lisa Jeffries, Juventus
 [/font][font=Courier New]Oct 09 Lord Weeman, Napoli
 [/font][font=Courier New]Nov 09 Lisa Jeffries, Juventus
 [/font][font=Courier New]Dec 09 Cool Manager, Atlético Madrid
 [/font][font=Courier New]Jan 10 Tom Smith, Arsenal
 [/font][font=Courier New]Feb 10 Super Lampard, Lecce
 [/font][font=Courier New]Mar 10 bermybhoy, Atalanta
 [/font][font=Courier New]Apr 10 Lawrence Lazewski, Valencia
 [/font][font=Courier New]May 10 Will de Mote, A.C. Milan
 [/font][font=Courier New]Jun 10 Will de Mote, A.C. Milan
 [/font][font=Courier New]Jul 10 Super Lampard, Lecce
 [/font][font=Courier New]Aug 10 Leo Dodge, Tottenham
 [/font][font=Courier New]Sep 10 Tyler Burrows, Udinese
 [/font][font=Courier New]Oct 10 Mikey Twigge, Palermo
 [/font][font=Courier New]Nov 10 Lord Weeman, Napoli
 [/font][font=Courier New]Dec 10 Haowan Madridstas, Barcelona
 [/font][font=Courier New]Jan 11 Tom Smith, Arsenal
 [/font][font=Courier New]Feb 11 Lawrence Lazewski, Valencia
 [/font][font=Courier New]Mar 11 Lucas Volman, Real Madrid
 [/font][font=Courier New]Apr 11 Tom Smith, Arsenal
 [/font][font=Courier New]May 11 Haowan Madridstas, Barcelona
 [/font][font=Courier New]Jun 11 Super Lampard, Lecce
 [/font][font=Courier New]Jul 11 Mark Cator, Aston Villa
 [/font][font=Courier New]Aug 11 Bryan McGuiness, Everton
 [/font][font=Courier New]Sep 11 Brucie Bonus, West Brom[/font]

Top Ten – Goals Scored (Pr/G = Per Game)

[font=Courier New]  [b] Pos +- Username      Manager            Club        Gls (Pr/G)[/b]
  [/font][font=Courier New]1st  [color=blue]0[/color] Haowan        Haowan Madridstas  Barcelona   427 (2.28)
 [/font][font=Courier New] 2nd  [color=blue]0[/color] tomsmith1989  Tom Smith          Arsenal     402 (2.08)
 [/font][font=Courier New] 3rd [color=red]-1[/color] Romanista1994 Lucas Volman       Real Madrid 387 (2.09)
 [/font][font=Courier New] 4th  [color=blue]0[/color] tadr          Andre da Conceiçao Chelsea     372 (1.97)
 [/font][font=Courier New] 5th [color=green]+2[/color] spartans5     Lawrence Lazewski  Valencia    347 (1.90)
 [/font][font=Courier New] 6th  [color=blue]0[/color] fergysafc     Liam Ferguson      Man City    333 (1.97)
 [/font][font=Courier New] 7th [color=green]+2[/color] Waghlon       Lars Tommersen     Villarreal  323 (1.77)
 [/font][font=Courier New] 8th  [color=blue]0[/color] el sid        Cool Manager       At. Madrid  312 (1.74)
 [/font][font=Courier New] 9th NE SCIAG         Leo Dodge          Tottenham   309 (1.77)
 [/font][font=Courier New]10th  [color=blue]0[/color] BenArsenal    Ben Cee            Inter       292 (1.74)[/font]

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Just spent a good half hour catching up with the last few pages. I'll admit that my interest waned somewhat when I got the boot from Sunderland but I'm delighted to see that I'm back in a job at West Ham! This doesn't affect my days/lives though does it? Still, nice to see my name still cropping up in posts. If it continues to do so, I'll keep reading/posting! Am I the only manager to have been re-hired? I'm sure you've probably mentioned that somewhere already of course!

Keep up the good work canvey!, this is a cracking sign-up. I'm sorry I stopped reading :(

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Walcott's Wonderkids: Don't get your hopes up!

ScottT!: No, you're still out in your original finishing position despite being employed elsewhere. I can't actually tell you who has been rehired as I've played a few months further than this update and quite a few are reemployed at that point. dafuge, however, as you can see below, is the new Charlton boss.

Update 40

Years: 3, Months: 40, Days: 1211

The month of October has passed, and it has been a busy one. A chain reaction has caused two managers to bow out of the competition, while another of our former charges has reentered management, that is, ex-Torino manager dafuge now finds himself the head honcho at Charlton Athletic. The Englishman lasted 236 days at Torino, so he’ll be hoping for a better career in his homeland of England. However, a sign of a bad start could be the manager storming out two questions into his first Charlton press conference.

We’ll start in Spain, where Lucas Volman’s Real Madrid top La Liga. This month, they racked up two good away wins over Racing and Villarreal, then backing that up with a 2-0 home win against Tenerife. However, an away trip to Murcia saw the capital’s team lose 1-2. In between all this, an away cup tie to Universidad LP saw a 6-0 win. Madrid share their first place with Wobill Luman’s Athletic and Haowan Madridstas’s Barcelona, all on 20 points. Barcelona’s month was slightly better, being concluded with a draw rather than a loss, although their cup game was certainly better, a 10-0 trashing of Badalona away. Trailing just behind the top three are Lawrence Lazewski’s Valencia, who had a good month save for an embarrassing 0-3 loss to second-placed Athletic. The team of ours most in danger are Lars Tommersen’s Villarreal, on 8 points, and they failed to win this month, in the league at least.

In Italy, Udinese top the table, but Cardio Vascular’s Genoa sit just behind. Udinese, under the management of Tyler Burrows, won three and lost one this month, although they suffered a 0-3 thrashing in the Champions League at Anfield. Genoa played five games and won four of them, going down 2-3 at home to Lecce. Early table-toppers Lord Weeman’s Napoli are in 3rd place, with as many points as Genoa, and the collected seven of the things from their four games. Both bermybhoy’s Atalanta and Theo Stigarakis’s Catania are in danger toward the bottom; both have 8 points and sit just above the bottom three. Atalanta collected one point from a possible 12 this month with Catania collecting three. bermybhoy is Very Insecure and could get fired very soon.

Over to England now, where this aforementioned chain reaction becomes unavoidable. Down in 19th place in the Premier League are Arnold J. Rimmer’s Bolton, who, after having finished 8th in their first season back in the top flight, are not coping so well in their second. Unfortunately for Rimmer, who had picked up his first win of the year this month, beating Stoke 4-1, this meant his job was untenable, and on the 29th October he found himself without a job. Rimmer becomes the 29th manager of ours to be fired or leave their job, and in quick succession came the 30th. With his team in 1st place in the Championship, blitzing through the month conceding just one goal in six games, Brucie Bonus mad the decision to jump ship to floundering Bolton. It seems like a mistake to me now, and it will probably seem like one come the end of the season. Whatever happens, it has ended Bonus’s participation in the sign-up due to his lack of loyalty to his brave Baggies.

Now onto the Europa League, in which just the one set of games was played this month. In that set, there were three 5-0 victories, one for Stuttgart against Legia Warsaw, one for Mikey Twigge’s Palermo against Rapid Wien, and one for Martin Bojangles’s Hull against Saturn of Russia. The biggest results elsewhere of our teams was that of Cool Manager’s Atlético Madrid, who beat Maccabi Haifa 3-0. A round of the Champions League was also played, with very little to write home about. Liam Ferguson’s Man City travelled to Romania to see off CFR Cluj 5-2, while Ben Cee’s Inter won 3-0 at home to Wolfsburg. This was overshadowed by the other result in Inter’s group, with Lyon thrashing Besiktas 5-0.

Sitting in a mid-table position that can not be described as comfortable in Italy are Clark Aitken’s Roma. The Canadian started the month well, beating Catania and Palermo, and then winning 2-0 in Belgrade against Partizan in the Champions League. However, away losses followed to Genoa and Fiorentina, endangering Aitken somewhat. Just above Roma, surprisingly, are James Salter’s Reggina, who collected two 1-0 wins at home to A.C. Milan and Juventus, but who also lost away to Genoa. In Spain meanwhile, the Spanish Cup played two rounds, with Jellybean Man’s Numancia going out in the first of them, on penalties away to Las Palmas. Las Palmas then beat Espanyol 4-1 in the First Leg of the next round. As well as the two big teams winning that was mentioned earlier, Lawrence Lazewski’s Valencia themselves got a 6-0 win, theirs away to Cartagena. Andy Morton’s Sporting, meanwhile, sneaked a 2-1 home victory against Recreativo, which will need to be consolidated in the second leg.

In the Premier League, as well as Bolton, Tim Aubel’s Fulham and Ricky Nakano’s Middlesbrough must try harder. They are both just four points off the drop zone, and this month Fulham won two and lost two of their four games, all by small margins. Middlesbrough did worse, drawing two and losing two. José Mourinho’s Manchester United top the table, with Liam Ferguson’s Man City second, after having picked up eight points this month. Chelsea are third with Leo Dodge’s Tottenham completing the top four. They won three games and draw their other one.

So, our number of managers has dropped to 27, and could be set to drop further with two of our managers in danger. Both of these are in Italy, a country which at present has more than its fair share of our managers. Only 7 remain in England and 8 in Spain. The competition is getting small, and the wheat is being sorted from the chaff.

Manager of the Update

There were many good performances this month, but I’ll give this award to;

Brucie Bonus, West Brom

for completing a perfect month but also for making the move of his dreams to Bolton, even if it wouldn’t be the move of anyone else’s dreams. Liam Ferguson and Leo Dodge both had good months in England, with Cardio Vascular and Ben Cee enjoying themselves in Italy, and Haowan Madridstas having a good month in Spain. It was difficult to give this award, but at least these near-misses have another shot next month!

Job Securities

[font=Courier New]  [b]Rank Username             Manager             Club        Security      Days[/b]
 [/font][font=Courier New] 1st JSalter              James Salter        Reggina     Very Secure   1211
 [/font][font=Courier New] 2nd Haowan               Haowan Madridstas   Barcelona   Secure        1211
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - Romanista1994        Lucas Volman        Real Madrid Secure        1211
 [/font][font=Courier New] 4th tomsmith1989         Tom Smith           Arsenal     Stable        1211
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - m1234566778          Maz Armley          Racing      Stable        1211
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - Waghlon              Lars Tommersen      Villarreal  Stable        1211
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - PluckaDuck           Tyler Burrows       Udinese     Stable        1211
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - BenArsenal           Ben Cee             Inter       Stable        1211
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - ssestig              Theo Stigarakis     Catania     Stable        1211
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - Greasy Chip Butty    Andy Morton         Sporting    Stable        1211
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - spartans5            Lawrence Lazewski   Valencia    Stable        1211
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - el sid               Cool Manager        At. Madrid  Stable        1211
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - TaylorB              Ben Taylor          Fiorentina  Stable        1211
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - Lower Leagues Rule   Jonte Rhodes        Lazio       Stable        1211
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - weeeman27bob         Lord Weeman         Napoli      Stable        1211
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - mikeytwigge          Mikey Twigge        Palermo     Stable        1211
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - Martin_              Martin Bojangles    Hull        Stable        1211
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - [/font][font=Courier New]hasdgfas             Tim Aubel           Fulham      Stable        1211
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - ~Ian~                Bryan McGuinness    Everton     Stable        1211
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - SCIAG                Leo Dodge           Tottenham   Stable        1211
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - rancer890            Ricky Nakano        Middlesbro  Stable        1211
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - Cardiovascular       Cardio Vascular     Genoa       Stable        1211
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - super_lampard        Super Lampard       Lecce       Stable        1211
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - IlikeJellybeans      Jellybean Man       Numancia    Stable        1211
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - fergysafc            Liam Ferguson       Man City    Stable        1211
 [/font][font=Courier New]26th clrkaitken           Clark Aitken        Roma        Insecure      1211
 [/font][font=Courier New]27th bermybhoy            bermybhoy           Atalanta    Very Insecure 1211
 [/font][font=Courier New]28th Walcott’s Wonderkids Brucie Bonus        West Brom                 1210
 [/font][font=Courier New]29th Almondo              Arnold J. Rimmer    Bolton                    1208
 [/font][font=Courier New]30th Neji                 Neji Hyuuga         Deportivo                  999
 [/font][font=Courier New]31st Jack Rudd            Lisa Jeffries       Juventus                   925
 [/font][font=Courier New]32nd pnefc22              Wobill Luman        Betis                      889
 [/font][font=Courier New]33rd AtilasMiserly        Will de Mote        A.C. Milan                 882
 [/font][font=Courier New]34th JoeLatics            Joe Gleeson         Espanyol                   873
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - Blanco               Cristobal Blanco    Recreativo                 873
 [/font][font=Courier New]36th ian_1982             Maurice Jobson      Man United                 852
 [/font][font=Courier New]37th Ridleys              James Ridley        Siena                      843
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - Chimpos              Phill Ewles         Valladolid
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - tadr                 Andre da Conceiçao  Chelsea
 [/font][font=Courier New]   - markcator3006        Mark Cator          Aston Villa[/font]

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