PaulHartman71 Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Billericay Town F.C. - The Norwegian Blues! Manager Profile I am completing this career as part of dafuge's FM10 challenge, it's with the first patch fwiw. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted October 30, 2009 Author Share Posted October 30, 2009 Hello! As many of you may already have guessed, this career will be following my dafuge's challenge save game with Billericay Town. Last season I reached League 1 with Billericay, however after financial misery and not replacing aging players, despite the talent of the legendary Nathan Cartman, we were relegated and after I failed to bounce back straight away I was sacked. This year however, we're back with a bang! After approximately one hour of reloading I finally got a save game with Billericay. This post is purely to introduce the thread and I wont be 'updating' until the end of the season when I post my end of season update, this will be the case for virtually every season. Questions you might have How is Nathan Cartman a 'legend'? - That's how! What's with the Norwegian Blues? - Well, I was searching around trying to find something to put on the end of the thread as everyone else does these days. I couldn't find anything really snappy or funny, until I find something very interesting. Billericay have their own Norwegian Supporters Club! Apparently, Valerenga (very popular Norwegian side) fans on a Valerenga forum/website/fanzine were looking to find a small low division English team to follow. They couldn't find a team with a similar kit to them, but one of them visited the Billericay website and liked the name. That was in 1997, now the 'Norwegian Blues' seem to have a good little following for Billericay, they seem to come over and watch Billericay at least once a year, and even have their own player of the year award which they give out to the player in their visit. Link - to anyone interested. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 I shall follow this one with interest, having had three epic Billericay saves and my latest one cut short because of the arrival of FM10. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted October 31, 2009 Author Share Posted October 31, 2009 Billericay Town, Season 1, 2010-11 - Blue Square South Finished - 18th League Table Link Past Positions Squad Transfers 'Team of 2010-11' (not to be confused with the shambolic AI team of the year, although tbf apart from 2 players there's was the same). GK - Andy Walker, 29, English DR - Wayne Semanshia, 22, English DL - Ashley Dumas, 23, English DC - Phil Stevenson, 19, English DC - Paul Johnson, 19, English MR - Danny Stockhall, 22, English ML - Chris Sullivan, 23, English MC - Drew Rhodes, 19, English MC - Michael Shinn, 26, English ST - Billy Bricknell, 19, English ST - George Bowerman, 19, English Career History -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season League Pos F.A LC JPT FAT EL CL Achievements -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010/11 BSS 18th 4th Q.Rnd N/A N/A 1st Rnd N/A N/A None Key: League: Current Division Pos: Position Pre: Predicted Position F.A: F.A Cup LC: League Cup JPT: Johnstone's Paint Trophy FAT: F.A Trophy EL: Europa League CL: Champions League - Season Summary - As this was my first season in the challenge, as well as the division, this season was nothing more than a transitional phase. Going into the club I knew absolutely nobody, apart from Billy Bricknell and Jamie Dormer, who I remembered from this stage of last year's challenge. The only aim I had was to survive in the division, and despite not winning many games, drawing 17 of them was what made sure we survived. Since it was a transitional phase, I didn't really have a 'first 11', as near enough every new signing broke into the first team immediately. Due to Setanta's timely bankruptcy, there were only 2 Cups for us to take part in this season, The FA Cup and the FA Trophy. The latter I didn't really cared about and played fringe players, we got past the first match, but the second game was where the fringe met their match and lost 2-0. The FA Cup though, was of course very important due to the potentially large financial rewards in the 'later' rounds. The first 2 games were against lower division opposition, both of these teams were beaten 2-1. In the next round however we drew Blue Square Premier side Grays, who were too strong for us and we lost 2-0. With all this taken into account, what can we hope for next season? Well with the 'transitional phase' near enough finished, I now have a good idea of who my first choice are. As you can see by the 'best 11' I chose, I have a young squad, so bringing in some experienced players on freebies is definitely something I am looking to do. Apart from that, and the inevitable summer clear-out, I am looking forward to my next season, in the Blue Square North. Even though I'll have a better team, it will still be interesting to see if I do significantly better in the Northern division than I did this season down South. - Top 10's Overall Appearances for the club ------------------------Name Apps------------------------Andy Walker 45Jamie Dormer 43Wayne Semanshia 41Michael Shinn 38Ian Cousins 36Ashley Dumas 34Chris Sullivan 25George Bowerman 23Ian Wiles 23Billy Bricknell 22 Overall Assists for the club ------------------------Name Assists------------------------Jamie Dormer 10Billy Bricknell 6Michael Shinn 5Chris Sullivan 4Ryan Bowman 3Russell Pond 3George Bowerman 2James Wood 2Mitchell Simms 2Wayne Semanshia 1 Overall Goals for the club ------------------------Name Goals------------------------James Baker 8George Bowerman 7Billy Bricknell 6Michael Shinn 6Chris Sullivan 6Jamie Dormer 3Jo Flack 3Mitchell Simms 2Phil Stevenson 2Ryan Bowman 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartwork Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 wait, what are Billericay doing in BSS in 2009/10? They're Ryman league atm. And they're bastards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
footballfan08 Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 wait, what are Billericay doing in BSS in 2009/10? They're Ryman league atm. And they're bastards. I believe he is playing with 09?. Good luck, i'll be following. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartwork Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 1. He said it's an FM10 challenge. 2. Billericay were still in Ryman League then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted October 31, 2009 Author Share Posted October 31, 2009 I copy and pasted that template from one of old updates in FM09, must have forgotten to change the date on the 'career history' bit. The title though and the 'team of' bit, that was a mistake Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Well done on keeping them up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted November 1, 2009 Author Share Posted November 1, 2009 Billericay Town, Season 2, 2011-12 - Blue Square North Finished - 12th League Table Link Past Positions Squad Transfers - 'Team of 2011-12' GK - Ben Hinchliffe, 23, English DR - William Browne, 19, Irish DL - Remy Gordon, 19, English DC - Paul Johnson, 20, English DC - Phil Stevenson, 20, English MR - Darrell Clarke, 34, English ML - Florin Pelecaci, 32, Romanian MC - Drew Rhodes, 20, English MC - Jon Challinor, 31, English ST - Scott Ginty, 21, English ST - George Bowerman, 20, English - Career History -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season League Pos F.A LC JPT FAT EL CL Achievements -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010/11 BSS 18th 4th Q.Rnd N/A N/A 1st Rnd N/A N/A None 2011/12 BSN 12th 3rd Q.Rnd N/A N/A Qual.3 N/A N/A None Key: League: Current Division Pos: Position F.A: F.A Cup LC: League Cup JPT: Johnstone's Paint Trophy FAT: F.A Trophy EL: Europa League CL: Champions League - Season Summary - In my second season as manager of Billericay we were moved up North, to the Blue Square North. Only time would tell whether there would be any significant gap in quality of the two divisions, but since I brought in a few new faces it wouldn't be a scientifically 'fair test' anyway. All 7 of my signings broke into the first team near enough as soon as they joined, so a new look starting 11, with a familiar looking 'squad' was how the season played out. Another new face was a youth player, Craig Nightingale, who can play DC,DM & MC, but is primarily a DM. Since I don't use a formation that includes a DM, in the few appearances he did make he played at center back. My team is still a very young one, ironically my two oldest players in the starting 11 play on the left and right of midfield. Many people would criticize this decision, but since I don't really use them as 'wingers', their lack of pace doesn't really matter to me. The token cup appearances were treated exactly the same as they were last time around, the FA Trophy being the place where I would showcase my fringe players, and the FA Cup where I'd try as hard as possible to get through to the rounds with the big boys. Our FA Trophy run was short lived, being knocked out by Havant & Waterloovile in a 1-0 loss. The FA Cup run was not as successful as it was last year, we drew Cray in the 2nd Qualifying Round and it took a replay and a penalty shoot-out for us to progress. We then drew Bishop's Stortford in the next round, and sadly lost 2-0. With yet another year of no major FA Cup run our finances aren't looking good, we're about 450K in the red, despite the board's ongoing contributions to try and 'help the situation'. The season itself actually started very well for us, 2 wins and a draw in our first 3 games put us on top. Sadly this was the only time we'd be top of the table, as we then re-discovered relegation form similar to that of last season in the Blue Square South. I feel we did do significantly better this season though, 6 positions higher and 14 more points, not to mention the fact we were never in serious danger of relegation. As incredible and baffling as it may sound, next season we return to the Blue Square South. This should in theory be more of a test to see if we've actually improved from the team in season 1, and it should also give us some sort of indication of what 6th tier league is superior. Although again, it wouldn't scientifically be a fair test, but who cares!?! - Top 10's Overall Appearances for the club ------------------------Name Apps------------------------Paul Johnson 60George Bowerman 56Drew Rhodes 54James Wood 53Jon Challinor 52Phil Stevenson 52Wayne Semanshia 51Andy Walker 50Jamie Dormer 49Michael Shinn 49 Overall Assists for the club ------------------------Name Assists------------------------Jamie Dormer 11Billy Bricknell 9James Wood 7Florin Pelecaci 7Darrell Clarke 7Scott Ginty 6George Bowerman 5Drew Rhodes 5Michael Shinn 5Chris Sullivan 5 Overall Goals for the club ------------------------Name Goals------------------------George Bowerman 17Billy Bricknell 13James Baker 8Michael Shinn 7Chris Sullivan 7Scott Ginty 6Jamie Dormer 4Florin Pelecaci 4Darrell Clarke 4Ryan Bowman 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Improvement. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartwork Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Wait... how did a team from Essex get put into Blue Square North? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crouchaldinho Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Wait... how did a team from Essex get put into Blue Square North? That's a good question. This might be worth posting on the bugs forum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 I've had that as far back as FM06. Struggled for a couple of seasons in Conference South, got moved North and won the league with 102 points. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigz76 Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Billericay have their own Norwegian Supporters Club! And (pub fact): If you go to the British-dominated Belfry pub in Oslo, there's a Billericay scarft hanging on the wall at the bar. Bartender John is a fan. (Vålerenga are crap though - up the Lillestrøm!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted November 3, 2009 Author Share Posted November 3, 2009 well, I have been relegated and sacked. I guess this is the end of the road for now, I am going to ask for this thread to be closed now as I can't really contribute anything else. However, Billericay will be back! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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