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FM Version: - FM 10, with 10.3.0 patch

Database: - Large

Leagues Loaded:- Playable --- England (Premier League down to Blue Square North/South)

- View Only -- USA*, France*, Germany (2nd & Above), Italy*, Holland*, N.Ireland (1st & Above), Ireland*

------------- Russia*, Scotland*, Spain*, Wales*, Australia*, Argentina*, Brazil* (*=Top Division Only)

Edits:- Created my club and placed them in Blue Square South.

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Season 2 - 2010/2011 - Blue Square Premier (Continued)

Best Eleven

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New Season - Season 3 - 2011/2012

Coca-Cola League Two

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Pre-Season Friendlies

Wollongong FC 1 Stopsley Utd 2

Stopsley Utd 2 Watford 6

Stopsley Utd 4 GH Academy 0

Stopsley Utd 1 Leeds Utd 2

Stopsley Utd 0 Stoke City 1

Stopsley Utd 2 Peterborough 2

Stopsley Utd 3 Coventry City 1

Dorchester 1 Stopsley Utd 3

Stopsley Utd 0 Tottenham 5

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August 2011

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 1

Darlington 3 Stopsley Utd 3

Stopsley Utd fight back from 3-1 down to earn a point.

League Cup - 1st Round

Stopsley Utd 3 Swansea City 2 (AET)

Stopsley Utd stage another comeback.

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Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 2

Hereford 0 Stopsley Utd 4

Javier Hernandez scored his 100th goal for Stopsley.

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 3

Stopsley Utd 1 Brentford 1

Brentford hold on for draw at Stopsley Park.

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 4

Stopsley Utd 5 Chesterfield 0

Javier Hernandez scored his 100th League goal for Stopsley.

League Cup - 2nd Round

Stopsley Utd 0 Stoke City 2

Championship side Stoke were too strong for Stopsley.

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 5

Cheltenham 1 Stopsley Utd 2

Hernandez brace earns Stopsley the 3 points.

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League Two Table

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Manager of the Month

Steve Bull (Harchester Utd)

Player of the Month

Javier Hernandez (Stopsley Utd)

Young Player of the Month

Tom Andrews (Macclesfield)

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Stopsley Utd's Transfers

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September 2011

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 6

Stopsley Utd 1 Tranmere Rovers 0

Hernandez scored on 21 mins and Stopsley held on despite red card for Downing.

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 7

Stopsley Utd 2 Dagenham & Redbridge 0

Michalik & Hernandez score in Woodward's 100th game in charge of Stopsley Utd on FM.

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 8

Cambridge Utd 1 Stopsley Utd 2

Wallace gave Stopsley the lead, Renantinho scored winner on 79 mins.

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 9

Burton Albion 1 Stopsley Utd 1

Wallace gave Stopsley an early lead but Burton take a point.

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 10

Stopsley Utd 1 Gillingham 1

Stopsley draw again, Wallace scored again after Parker gave Gillingham the lead.

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League Two Table

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Manager of the Month

Chris Sutton (Lincoln City)

Player of the Month

Albert Adomah (Barnet)

Young Player of the Month

Curtis Main (Darlington)

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October 2011

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 11

Bradford 0 Stopsley Utd 3

Wallace, Michalik & Renatinho score in comfortable win.

Johnstones Paint Trophy - Southern 2nd Round

Stopsley Utd 4 Wycombe 1

Kazharov (2), Hernandez & Lyskov score in last 26 mins to take Stopsley through.

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 12

Torquay 2 Stopsley Utd 5

Brown, Renatinho, Michalik, Hernandez & Downing on target in easy win.

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 13

Stopsley Utd 3 Wycombe 2

Hernandez (2) & Wallace give Stopsley another win over Wycombe.

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 14

Stopsley Utd 2 Luton Town 0

Hernandez 49 & 81 gives Stopsley the derby win in front of a capacity crowd at Stopsley Park.

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 15

Macclesfield 2 Stopsley Utd 2

Brown gave Stopsley the lead, Hernandez earned a point after Macclesfield fought back to lead 2-1.

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League Two Table

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Manager of the Month

Mark Woodward (Stopsley Utd)

Player of the Month

Elvis Hammond (Cheltenham Town)

Young Player of the Month

Nathaniel Foster (Burton Albion)

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If you absolutely wanted to create your own club, why not do so with a clean slate? Set up the club with few funds, say 100k, no transfer funds, no players, no backroom staff, low reputation, and then set about your business. Now it looks like you've basically made sure you'll fly up the leagues. I honestly don't see the fun in that. It's obvious some of these players, if not many of them, are way too good for the level you started out at (or even above that as Hernandez are still banging them in in League Two..).

Maybe I'm a strange breed, but the most fun I have with this game is to build up a team and find struggle at every turn. When you then succeed you know you have actually accomplished something.

If you find this fun long-term, however, by all means play like this. It's your game and all that. Just as I play my game how I like, you should play your game how you like. But I do think a save where you are pretty much clicking continue and receiving wins galore will not be very fun in the long term. Racing a Lada with a Ferrari may be fun the first few times, but after a while it becomes stale and predictable.

Car analogies ftw :D

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Racing a Lada with a Ferrari may be fun the first few times, but after a while it becomes stale and predictable.

A great way to put it mate, I totally agree. I was manchester united manager and won everything till it became repetitive. I know in Holland struggling in Jupiler League with Haarlem. Oh the joys.

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Very well presented thread but I have to agree that it seems too easy, I will keep reading though to see what it's like once you reach the EPL. Javier Hernandez is a beast in the top Mexican league he is way too good for the lower English leagues, he should be getting 50 plus goals a season. Can I ask what starting reputation you gave your club? I had a game just like this on FM08 and it was great fun, did you give yourself a sugar daddy?

If it's possible from now on any chance you could post the players stats for the season, wouldn't mind seeing the best 11's from the season you have played so far. I will keep reading and I think your save will become good once you reach the EPL. Good luck dude.

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Is this the player United have signed IRL

Yeah with the right tutoring and training he could become a back up for a top EPL side on FM, he was outscoring my players in my days in Mexico he was so good I hated him.

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Thanks for the replies, the points made are fair and expected, it's ok, I know my game is totally unrealistic but what I would like to do is have to two save files, 1-this type and 2-normal game.

So a fantasy type game and then another game where I manage real clubs, this is the type of thing I have done on other management games.

I had a game just like this on FM08 and it was great fun, did you give yourself a sugar daddy?.

Yeah it is and yes I did, I did think about starting again in the way that Pangaea said, but at the moment I'm really enjoying this game.

Fair enough that some of the players are too good for the lower levels, but I wanted some players that would be with the club during the hopeful rise to the prem. Javier Hernandez has been great, I didn't know much about him when I set this game up, and shortly after I did he was signed by Man Utd.

If it's possible from now on any chance you could post the players stats for the season, wouldn't mind seeing the best 11's from the season you have played so far. I will keep reading and I think your save will become good once you reach the EPL. Good luck dude.

Ok I will sort that info out and then put it up.

Edit - Best Eleven's now added to previous posts.

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November 2011

FA Cup - 1st Round

Stopsley Utd 2 Southend Utd 0

Goals from Kazharov & Hernandez put Stopsley into 2nd Round.

Johnstones Paint Trophy - Southern Quarter-Final

Stopsley Utd 0 Southend Utd 2

Southend gain revenge to book Semi-Final place.

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 16

Stopsley Utd 2 Lincoln City 3

Hernandez & Brown gave Stopsley a 2-1 lead, Adejayi scored injury time winner to inflict Stopsley's first league defeat.

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 17

Stockport County 0 Stopsley Utd 1

Hernandez strikes on 18 minutes to get Stopsley back to winning ways.

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 18

Stopsley Utd 1 Exeter City 0

A Wayne Brown strike gives Stopsley another 1-0 win.

FA Cup - 2nd Round

Luton Town 2 Stopsley Utd 4

Wallace, Michalik (2) & Mayor on target as Stopsley come from 2-1 down at half time to secure another derby win.

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 19

Barnet 3 Stopsley Utd 3

Hernandez scored a hat-trick as Stopsley comeback from 3-1 down.

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League Two Table

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Manager of the Month

Chris Sutton (Lincoln City)

Player of the Month

Kevin Nicholson (Torquay Utd)

Young Player of the Month

Jason Banton (Burton Albion)

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December 2011

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 20

Stopsley Utd 0 Rotherham Utd 1

Stopsley lose to a late Timothy Cathalina own goal.

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 21

Bury 0 Stopsley Utd 0

Stalemate at Gigg Lane.

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 22

Stopsley Utd 1 Harchester Utd 1

Nathan Tyson grabs a point for Harchester after Luke Freeman had given Stopsley the lead.

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Stopsley Utd manager Mark Woodward has been handed a one match touchline ban

for his post match comments after the 1-1 draw with Harchester Utd.

Woodward reacted badly to his side having a late goal disallowed for offside.

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 23

Bournemouth 0 Stopsley Utd 2

16 year old Matt Knox made his debut and sets up goals for Renatinho & Hernandez.

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 24

Stopsley Utd 3 Hereford Utd 1

Hereford took the lead on 4 minutes but Hernandez hat trick gives Stopsley the win.

FA Cup - 3rd Round

Stopsley Utd 2 Huddersfield Town 3

Kazharov & Hernandez score but despite a spirited effort Stopsley bow out to Premier League strugglers Huddersfield Town.

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League Two Table

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Manager of the Month

Steve Bull (Harchester Utd)

Player of the Month

Andy Bishop (Bury)

Young Player of the Month

Nathaniel Foster (Burton Albion)

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Stopsley Utd's Staff List!

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January 2012

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 25

Stopsley Utd 3 Darlington 1

Knox, Pálsson & Hernandez on target & Fazal saves a penalty.

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16 years 340 days.

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 26

Chesterfield 0 Stopsley Utd 0

Stopsley are shut out as Cathlina sees red late on.

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 27

Brentford 0 Stopsley Utd 5

Goals come from Hernandez (2), Bagayoko, Brown & an own goal by Day as Stopsley ease to fine away win.

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 28

Stopsley Utd 3 Cheltenham Town 1

Stopsley made several changes due to fitness worries, goals from Kazharov, Chanot & an own by Pook saw the changed side to a comfortable win.

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 29

Dagenham & Redbridge 0 Stopsley Utd 3

Hernandez (2) & Renatinho wrap up another comfortable win.

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 30

Stopsley Utd 3 Burton Albion 0

Hernandez (2) & Kazharov on target as Stopsley score 3 again.

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League Two Table

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Manager of the Month

Steve Bull (Harchester Utd)

Player of the Month

Javier Hernandez (Stopsley Utd)

Young Player of the Month

Victor Pálsson (Stopsley Utd)

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February 2012

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 31

Tranmere Rovers 1 Stopsley Utd 3

Andros Townsend (2) & Wayne Brown score the goals to beat Tranmere.

Harchester Utd were held to a 1-1 draw by Cambridge Utd.

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 32

Stopsley Utd 1 Cambridge Utd 1

Thomas Lyskov earns Stopsley a point against Cambridge.

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 33

Gillingham 1 Stopsley Utd 3

Javier Hernandez nets twice and Paul Downing is also on target in win.

Bradford City beat Harchester Utd 1-0, so Stopsley close to within 1 point.

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 34

Stopsley Utd 1 Bradford City 3

James Wallace scores consolation goal as Pimpong, Counago & Brooker seal another fine win for Bradford.

Stopsley receive good news, Harchester lost 1-0 at home against Luton Town.

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League Two Table

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Manager of the Month

Chris Sutton (Lincoln City)

Player of the Month

Matty Collins (Lincoln City)

Young Player of the Month

Joe McCann (Cambridge Utd)

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March 2012

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 35

Stopsley Utd 5 Torquay Utd 0

Nazir Kazharov (2), Wayne Brown (2) & Andros Townsend score in win over Torquay.

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 36

Luton Town 1 Stopsley Utd 2

Kazharov gave Stopsley the lead on 32 minutes but Samuel levelled for Luton.

Javier Hernandez won the game for Stopsley with a a goal in the 67th minute.

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 37

Wycombe Wanderers 1 Stopsley Utd 1

Stopsley took an early lead through Townsend on 12 minutes.

Wycombe gained a point when Pittman levelled the game on 83 minutes.

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 38

Stopsley Utd 4 Macclesfield Town 0

Hernandez (2), Downing & Michalik score in comfortable home win.

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 39

Lincoln City 2 Stopsley Utd 2

Hernandez scored an penalty on 86 minutes to salvage a point.

Kazharov was on target with Stopsley's other goal.

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 40

Stopsley Utd 2 Stockport County 1

Kazharov & Hernandez on the scoresheet again as Stopsley end month with a win.

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League Two Table

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Manager of the Month

Steve Bull (Harchester Utd)

Player of the Month

Enoch Showunmi (Gillingham)

Young Player of the Month

Nathaniel Foster (Burton Albion)

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April 2012

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 41

Exeter City 1 Stopsley Utd 0

Radwan Hamed score on 58 minutes to sink Stopsley.

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 42

Stopsley Utd 2 Barnet 2

Renatinho gave Stopsley the lead on 25 minutes but two goals from

Martin on 47 minutes and 58 minutes gave Barnet a 2-1 lead.

Stopsley grabbed a point when Hinton knocked the ball into his own net.

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 43

Rotherham Utd 2 Stopsley Utd 2

Pope & Pires gave Rotherham a 2-1 lead after Mayor had opened the scoring for Stopsley Utd,

Hernandez scored on 61 minutes but the draw means Stopsley are 5pts behind Harchester Utd with three to play.

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 44

Stopsley Utd 4 Bury 0

Brown, Hernandez, Bagayoko & Renatinho score in win. Harchester are held to a 0-0 draw away to Bournemouth.

So with Stopsley Utd travelling to Harchester Utd for the next game they are now 3pts behind.

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 45

Harchester Utd 2 Stopsley Utd 0

Tyson & Jackson clinch the Championship for Harchester Utd.

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League Two Table

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Manager of the Month

Steve Bull (Harchester Utd)

Player of the Month

Lee Molyneax (Lincoln City)

Young Player of the Month

Dennis Appiah (Harchester Utd)

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May 2012

Coca-Cola League Two - Matchday 46

Stopsley Utd 0 Bournemouth 1

Daley nets for Bournemouth as Stopsley lose again.

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Final League Two Table

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Best Eleven

Full List of Player Stats

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European Championship 2012

Spain retain Euro title.

Group Stage & Knockout Stage

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Bunjemark???

Will start reading, the LMA 05 one was a great read..

Yeah me and my Stopsley team again.

Good luck in league one, can I see a screenshot of you best 11 of all time want to see how many goals Javier Hernandez has for you. Won't be long until you are in the EPL now.

Ok no problem.

Thanks to you both for your replies.

Overall Best Eleven & Javier Hernández

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Season 4 - Coca-Cola League 1 - 2012/2013

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Season Details

Transfers

Stopsley Utd pay £2.5m for John Bostock. Stopsley signed 21 players.

16 players left the club and a further 13 players went out on loan deals.

League Table

Stopsley Utd finish in 12th position, Leeds Utd won the League One title and Derby County finish runners-up.

Leicester City who finished 3rd also win promotion after beating Harchester Utd in the Play-off final at Wembley.

League Results

A mixed bag of League results, we were very inconsistent and suffered some really bad defeats.

We did produce many fine performances and finally managed a win against Harchester Utd.

The best result was the 3-1 win over Leeds Utd with Beckford netting a hat-trick against his old club.

Stopsley also struggled due to lengthy injury setbacks suffered by Javier Hernandez, John Bostock & Jermaine Beckford

Johnstone's Paint Trophy

We had a good run in this cup making it to the Southern section final.

We came back from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 in the 1st leg but Southend

edged us 1-0 in the 2nd leg to beat us 3-2 on aggregate.

League Cup

Rubbish, dumped out in first round.

FA Cup

Same as League Cup..

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Squad Details

Player Stats

Best Eleven

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League One Details

Season Summary

Player Stats

Manager of the Month Awards

Player of the Month Awards

Young Player of the Month Awards

Team of the Season

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Mark Woodward has accepted a a new 4 year deal with Stopsley Utd. Contract Details

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I thought I recognised the team name, remember reading about this back on LMA :p, god, seems like years ago now :p

Keep it up mate.

Seems there are more of us LMA'ers round here than I thought... I'll keep an eye on this too - was an epic read on the LMA forum.

Thanks for your replies, nice to know that there are a few LMA'ers on here, took me quite a while to get into FM but my obsession with Stopsley Utd continues.;)

I have corrected a mistake in my update post, we actually made it to the Southern section final of the JPT.

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Seems there are more of us LMA'ers round here than I thought... I'll keep an eye on this too - was an epic read on the LMA forum.

Sam! I have you on Facebook ;).. It's Calum :thup:

Thanks for your replies, nice to know that there are a few LMA'ers on here, took me quite a while to get into FM but my obsession with Stopsley Utd continues.

Dunno if you'll remember me haha, Scholsey.. :p Hardly ever post here though..

Can't blame your obsession continuining ;), you were them for ages!

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Season 5 - Coca-Cola League One - 2013/2014

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Transfers

Transfers In

Nine players joined Stopsley Utd.

Transfers Out

Seventeen players left the club and four were sent out on loan deals..

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Results

Pre-Season

A good pre-season with only two defeats.

FA Cup

A good effort this season, lost by a single goal at Old Trafford.

League Cup

Not good losing after being 2-0 up.

JPT Trophy

Another poor performance and we messed up from the spot.

Coca-Cola League One

Who cares about the cups, a good campaign ends with promotion as Champions.

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League Info

League One Table

League One Player Stats

Manager of the Month Awards

Player of the Month Awards

Young Player of the Month Awards

Team of the Season

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Stopsley Utd Info

Player Stats

Season's Best Eleven

Overall Best Eleven

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Dunno if you'll remember me haha, Scholsey.. :p Hardly ever post here though..

Can't blame your obsession continuining ;), you were them for ages!

Hahaha sick little LMA gang lol

was just on that forum before, some people are still posting :s

Bunjemark keep these updates coming...

Thanks for the replies.

Yeah I remember you both on the LMA site.:)

Coming soon, I will post the results for World Cup 2014, Can the Ukraine defend the cup?

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World Cup 2014

Holders = Ukraine / Hosts = Brazil

1st Round - Final Group Standings

Qualifiers - Spain, Ukraine, Germany, Mexico, Brazil, Ivory Coast, Chile, Ghana

Argentina , Togo, Italy, Ecuador, Cmeroon, Portugal, England, Croatia.

Knockout Stages

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Spain are crowned World Champions for the first time, they have added

the trophy to their two wins in the Eurpean Championships (2008 & 2012).

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Season 6 - Coca-Cola Championbship - 2014/2015

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Transfers

In & Outs

Stopsley signed 17 players and spent £2.8m.

20 players were sold for a combined value of £2.8m.

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Results

Pre-Season

We managed a 2-1 win against Spurs.

FA Cup

Well beaten by Man City.

League Cup

Narrow win against Cambridge & narrow defeat to Wigan.

Coca-Cola Championship

A mixed bag of results but safe in mid-table.

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League Info

Championship Table

Championship Player Stats

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Stopsley Utd Info

Player Stats

Season's Best Eleven

Overall Best Eleven

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Season 7 - Coca-Cola Championship - 2015/2016

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July 2015

Pre-Season

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A good pre-season with wins against local rivals Dunstable & Hitchin plus a nice win

against Chelsea's reserves, we also played ok against Everton but they were just too good.

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August 2015

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A good start with wins over Swindon & Swansea and just a narrow defeat

to Leeds, we made progress in the League Cup thanks to a thrilling 4-3 win.

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September 2015

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A great win against Bolton but after that it was a poor month.

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October 2015

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Apart from one stand out result it was another poor month.

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November 2015

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A good start to the month with victory against Palace, but then

two blanks and a heavy defeat against Newcastle Utd.

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December 2015

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A good month with three wins and three draws, suffered a defeat

against Southampton but it was a close game.

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January 2016

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Another good month, a narrow defeat to Swansea but progress

in the FA Cup with wins over Harchester & Cardiff City.

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February 2016

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This month wasn't good with four league defeats, but a great win over Wigan in the FA Cup.

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March 2016

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Lost narrowly to Stoke in FA Cup Quarter-Final and a mixed

bag of results in the league with two wins, two draws and two defeats.

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April 2016

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Unbeaten in April with two draws and two excellent wins.

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May 2016

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We squandered a 3-0 lead but Hernandez scored twice in final five minutes.

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Championship - Final Table

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Best Eleven

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Club Takeover & Manager Contract

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The takeover went through, but Phil Parkinson did not become Stopsley Manager.

Instead I was offered a new improved contract.:D.

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Ground Info - Stopsley Park

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European Championship 2016

Holders - Spain / Hosts - Scotland & Wales

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Group Stage

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Knockout Rounds

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Spain retain title.

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Season 8 - Coca-Cola Championship - 2016/2017

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July 2016

Pre-Season

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Well another win against GH Academy, a draw against our feeder club Northampton.

Good wins over Galway Utd, Rapids Academy and Radstock.

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August 2016

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A tough start and not a good one, narrow defeat against QPR but totally shocking against Hull City.

We led 2-1 against Sheff Utd but they eventually overpowered to record a comfortable win.

Managed to pick up our first point but was disappointed not to win against Crystal Palace.

I was happy with the draw against Bolton, we were behind for a long time, but Hernandez levelled late.

We struggled to get past Cheltenham in the cup, Amautovic scored his first goal for the club to take us

through after extra time. We were superb against Southampton, I wasn't expecting much to be honest.

It leaves me scratching my head and asking "why can't we perform like that more often?"

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Transfers

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Fourteen players joined Stopsley and sixteen players left, two of each were loan deals.

I didn't really want to lose Pulhac, Zaluska or Edwards but they wouldn't agree to new contracts.

I'm happy with the signings especially Ernst, Lukovic, Carrick and Amautovic.

Baker (CB) & Roberts (ST) are young players, I'm hoping they will prove good for the future.

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September 2016

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We led 3-1 but Lee Novak scored his 2nd of the game then West Brom levelled at 3-3

when Pablo Sanchez scored from the spot after Phil Bardsley was sent-off on 83 minutes.

We were no match for Watford, Rofe scored the first goal of his loan spell but Watford

added a 4th goal just minutes later.

We cameback from a goal down to lead 2-1 against Middlesbrough, Cameron Jerome was a hat-trick

hero for Boro with goals on 81 & 83 minutes adding to his leveller on 53 minutes.

Watford beat us for a 2nd time in the month, this time it was a closer affair but a strike from

Harrie Gommans on 19 minutes was enough to see them into the next round.

Stopsley came up against Harchester Utd for the 15th time and Harchester were 2-0 up after

just 25 minutes. James Wallace pulled a goal back on 85 minutes but Harchester held on for their

7th win against Stopsley Utd.

The game against Derby wasn't great, but at least it was a clean sheet, that's

something Stopsley haven't been looking like keeping very often.

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October 2016

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Stopsley started the month still looking for a league win, they got it in a thriller against Ipswich.

Victor Moses gave Ipswich a 28th minute lead, but spells just before

and just after half time turned the game firmly in Stopsley's favour,

Marko Amautovic 41' & 45+1' sent Stopsley into the break 2-1 up.

Javier Hernandez 46' & 49' then saw them race into a 4-1 lead, Aaron Doran

pulled a goal back for Ipswich on 52 minutes and when Victor Moses scored

again on 85 minutes it was a nervy finish but Stopsley held on.

Lewis Grabban gave Swansea a 2-0 half-time lead, Hernandez pulled 1 back

early in the 2nd half but Stopsley couldn't find another.

Goals from Mayor 13' & Hernandez 38' saw Stopsley gain their 2nd win

with a 2-0 trumph over Peterborough Utd.

Javier Hernandez netted 3 minutes into injury time to grab a point against Reading,

John Bostock saw red on the stroke of half time against bottom club Wigan, Paul Downing

gave Stopsley a 67th minute lead but Wigan shared the points thanks to Fernando Usero.

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Championship Full Table

Harchester United in Top Spot!

Harchester Utd lead the Championship by 1 point, Bolton are 2nd and Wolves are 3rd.

Wigan Athletic are bottom and have had 10pts deducted for going into administration.

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Have you recieved any big offers for Hernandez?

With a silly strike rate like that, I'm amazed you've kept hold of him.

Well ..... yeah he has been linked with many clubs, had a lot of messages saying that managers/teams are interested but we have never had an official bid made for him.

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November 2016

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Marko Amautovic scored twice with his 2nd coming 3 minutes into injury time to

earn Stopsley a point against Wolves. Amautovic opened the scoring but Wolves hit

back and when they took the lead on 90 minutes they looked set to win.

We dominated against Millwall but couldn't take any of the numerous chances

that we created, was very disappointed to lose and not at all pleased with the ref

for giving them a very soft penalty on 18 minutes.

Made a bad start against Portsmouth and was expecting the worst when Goddard

gave them the lead after just 7 minutes, but we cameback strong to take the points.

We carried the form into the game against Plymouth and Amautovic put us ahead

after just 4 minutes, Beckford wrapped up the win with a strike on 84 minutes.

We made it 3 wins in a row with 4-1 away win over Southampton, Hernandez opened

the scoring on 27 minutes but The Saints were level 8 minutes later when Tom Heaton

put the ball into his own net, the players didn't let their heads drop and instead the setback

spurred them on. Hernandez 41' & Amautovic 44' gave Stopsley a comfortable lead.

Renatinho pounced on a loose ball on 60 minutes to make it 4-1 and secure another 3 points.

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Latest Transfer Deals

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Stopsley Utd made 5 signings during October and November, Keeper Jan Rauw has joined on loan

from Stopsley's parent club AC Milan and Bruno Pilatos is back at the club for a 2nd spell.

3 young Spaniards have joined Stopsley, the club wanted to have a better look at the

players but with the free transfer period close to closing Woodward decided to take a

chance and signed them on full contracts.

"It's not a big risk anyway, they are free, the wage deals are good but obviously

not big big money, so I see no problem with giving these 3 players a chance to show

us what they can do at the club. I've liked what I've seen so far and I think

they could surprise people who haven't seen or heard of the lads."

A closer look at the Spanish trio.......

Germán Rosado, Alfonso Ramos, Jordi Soto.

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December 2016

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The winning run came to an end but we played well against Cardiff, it was

a similar game to the recent fixture with Millwall, we created a lot more chances but

failed to take them. Hammond 77' & Peters 80' made Stopsley rue the missed chances.

Stopsley bounced back to beat Doncaster and Hull City and it was looking good

when the team took a 2-0 lead against Sheffield Utd, however the Blades fought

back in a 9 goal thriller at Bramall Lane. click for game overview

Stopsley responded well in the next game thumping Blackpool 5-1 with young Spaniard

Germán Rosado netting his 2nd goal for the club. Rosado made it 3 in 3 when he scored

the only goal of the game on 27 minutes against Queens Park Rangers.

Chesterfield were next up in the FA cup 3rd round, Hernandez netted a first half

hat trick and with Palsson also the scoring the game was won by half time.

Amautovic added a 5th goal on 74 minutes and Stopsley go into the New Year in great form.

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January 2017

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The first game of the year was against league leaders Bolton, it was looking

good as we took a 2-0 lead but they were quick to pull a goal back.

Paul Huntington scored the winner for Bolton on 88 minutes. More Details

We drew the next 3 games starting with a 0-0 against West Brom, Germán Rosado

gave us a 14th minute lead against Crystal Palace but Colin James levelled on 43 minutes.

We then drew 1-1 with Watford, Germán Rosado was on the scoresheet again.

Next up was the FA cup 4th round, we were at home against Harchester utd.

It proved to be a five goal thriller and in the 16th meeting between the two clubs

we managed to seal only our 4th win thanks to a very late strike by Rosado. More Details

Germán Rosado was on the scoresheet for the fourth game running when he gave

us the lead against Swansea City after just 6 minutes, we were held to a fourth

league draw in a row when Stephan Ward made it 1-1 on 78 minutes.

We then travelled to Middlesbrough and a Lewin Nyatanga own goal put us

ahead on 25 minutes, Middlesbrough hit back through Oniforos Roushias 31'

and Cameron Jerome 38' to lead 2-1. Javier Hernández squared the game in

first half injury time and we were held to a fifth Consecutive league draw.

January Transfers

The offer from Spurs was too good to turn down, it's worth an initial

£3.4m and will rise by £1.3 when/if Amautovic scores 30 goals.

Gianpaolo Bertelli then made the move in the opposite direction as

we used some of the money from the Amautovic deal.

Scott Loach was signed to come and be our number one as I see

Tom Heaton more as a back up keeper for us, Kevin Foley was

recommended by one of my scouts and will provide competition

for Phil Bardsley at right back.

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February 2017

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It was 0-0 at half time against Ipswich but we took control in the second half

to final end the run of draws and secure a deserved victory and 3pts. More Details

The next game against Harchester Utd turned into a shocker, it started well

with Martyn Waghorn giving us the lead on 6 minutes. Harchester levelled

through Daniel Golebiewski on 29 minutes, things were still looking ok with

both sides looking to win the game, Miguel Pallardo put Harchester ahead on

74 minutes and then Stopsley fell apart, Bjorn Helge Riise 76' made it 3-1.

Pallard got his 2nd from the spot on 83 minutes and Golebiewski scored his

2nd goal and Harchester's fifth in the 87th minute.

We then faced a trip to Anfield for the FA cup 5th round, confidence

was low and Liverpool were expected to win by a comfortable margin.

They did win and our goal was bombarded with over 20 shots, but despite being

outplayed for most of the game we came away with a respectable scoreline. More Details

Gianpaolo Bertelli put us head against Derby on 41 minutes, but a quick

double from Curtis Main in the second half gave Derby the 3pts. More Details

Will Hoskins scored after just 5 minutes to give Peterborough the lead.

Javier Hernández levelled on 21 minutes but Hoskins restored the lead

for Peterborough 2 minutes into the second half, Andros Townsend

rescued a late point for us with a strike on 88 minutes.

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Full Championship Table

Bolton 12pts Clear, Wigan Struggle!

Bolton look set to return to the Premier League, but the battle

is on for the other promotion spots with 8 teams in a close contention.

Wigan continue to find life hard at the bottom of the table.

More info - Top Scorers

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March 2017

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We started March with a good win over Reading, Gianpaolo Bertelli opened

the scoring on 31 minutes and then Mark Little scored an own goal 2 minutes

before half time to give us a comfortable 2-0 win.

We led 2-1 against Millwall after 29 minutes thanks to quick goals from

Bertelli 27' and Hernández 29', We were denied the win when Millwall

snatched a point in injury time. More Details

Goals from Hernández 20' and Rosado 56' saw us claim 3 points against

bottom of the table strugglers Wigan Athletic.

Victor Pálsson scored in the 81st minute to give us a point against Wolves.

Donny Gorter had opened the scoring for Wolves after 52 minutes.

The month ended with another 1-1 draw, Gianpaolo Bertelli put us ahead

on 58 minutes but David Lopez levelled for Portsmouth in the 77th minute.

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April 2017

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April started with an 8 goal thriller away at Plymouth Argyle, We were 3-1

down after 50 minutes but cameback to secure a great win. More Details

We carried that form on to our next game and were too good for Southampton.

Pálsson (2) and Hernández scored to give us a fine 3-0 win. More Details

The next game was one to forget, we were very poor and the less said

about Cardiff City's 5-1 win the better. Pratley, Chopra (2) and Thompson (2)

scored for Cardiff with Germán Rosado scoring our consolation goal.

Victor Pálsson scored after 12 minutes to give us the lead against Doncaster.

Jamil Adam denied us victory with a strike on 90 minutes.

The last game of the season saw us beat Blackpool 3-1, Rosado 40' gave us

a 1-0 lead at half time but Boyes soon levelled after the break.

A brace from Victor Pálsson saw us finish the season on a high. More Details

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Full Championship Table

Bolton, Cardiff and Harchester clinch promotion to Premier League.

Millwall, Blackpool and Wigan suffer relegation to League One.

More info - Top Scorers

Stopsley's Best Eleven 2016/2017

Stopsley's Best Eleven Overall

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Season 9 - Coca-Cola Championship - 2017/2018

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July 2017

Pre-Season

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I arranged a League tournament at Stopsley Park, Dunstable and Hitchin accepted

our invitation but Bedford, Luton, Stevenage & MK Dons turned us down so we invited St Albans.

Results in more detail........

Stopsley Utd v Dunstable Town

Stopsley Utd v Hitchin Town

Stopsley Utd v St Albans City

Full Results & Final Table

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Transfers So Far...

Nine players in and nine players out so far, We have spent £1.8m and I'm

confident that these players will do a good job for us in our push for promotion.

I didn't want Andros Townsend to leave but he wouldn't accept

a new deal, so I will be interested to see where he ends up going.

I wasn't planning to sell Tom Heaton but the offer came in from Spurs

and I feel that Jan Sebek is good enough cover for Scott Loach anyway.

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