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Season 10 - 2026/2027

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Virgil Hangs Up His Boots!

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WOW!!!

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Board Expectations and Budgets.

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Tim Holloway Signs new deal.

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Henk Visser Sold To PSG In £120m Deal!

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He is a quality player, he was making noises about leaving, he is not the only
player as quite a few want Champions League football, I managed to get them back
on side, for now anyway, if we don't have a great season I will struggle to keep
some of the others at the end, anyway I noticed Visser switch off quite often
when Gary Neville was doing team talks (insert joke here), so I decided to take
the offer as we have a lot of competition in midfield and some players coming in.

Correction: I didn't decide, £120m was his release clause lol
I am happy with the deal anyway for reasons stated.

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Season - 2026/2027

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Jim Duffy is joined by McPherson!

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Jim Duffy again teams up with Craig McPherson.

Nice to see

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Jim Duffy approached Stopsley for loan signings.

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As long as it is players that come through Stopsley youths then I will not say no,
unless of course they are players that are in my first team plans

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BERWICK RANGERS SQUAD

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OTHER NEWS

I have cut links with Dunstable Town & AFC Dunstable.

So we just have Berwick Rangers, Brackley Town & Bergisch Gladbach.

Brackley Town suffered relegation last season, so this season they are in the National League North.

I am hoping that Gladbach can get up to 3rd tier in Germany, that is probably very unlikely.
(They are in Middle Rhine, that is 5th tier)

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Season 10 - 2026/2027

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New Season, New Kits!

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Premier League Odds.

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Stopsley Utd Fans on Social Media!

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Ali Metcalf, clear off you clown!

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Players Out (A lot of players out)

The Berwick link saw 27 players move to them, 2 on loan.

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As well as Visser leaving, Torres joined RBL in a deal that could rise to £38m.
Altmeppen was unhappy so we accepted offer from Barcelona, Burnett spent
last season on loan at Southampton, this season he goes to Schalke in Germany.

Players In (7 players join)

£326m spent.

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Really happy with my signings, the first three were arranged a while before the season ended, the deal
to sign Tottenham captain Gonzalez is one of the reasons I was not too bothered about losing Visser.

I was expecting Werner to leave when the chance to sign Lautaro Martinez came up, nobody came in
for Werner though so we have them both, oh well hardly a bad thing, Storti, Gonzalez & L.Martinez will
be regular starters, Krol & C.Martinez will be fighting to get on bench and a starting place.

I took a look at the transfer list to see what decent home grown players were available.

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Their clubs were willing to accept deals well below the values so that made
the signings very appealing, they will improve our squad options, I have been
registering under 21's to make up our quota of home grown players in our
25 man squad, these two will take HG slots and give us better options.

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Kyprianu returns to Stopsley Utd!
Chelsea most have poached him from us, I can't find anything in tranfers.

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Alan Gonzalez Takes Armband!

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Transfer Round-Up!

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Season 10 - 2026/2027

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New Season, Kicks-Off!

Pre-Season Results

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AUGUST 2026 

v's Man City, Chelsea, Reading & West Ham
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A tough start to the season as we kicked off against the champions.
Harsh scoreline against Chelsea as they were clinical and we missed
a penalty.

I didn't rotate against Reading as I was really keen to get
a win, an early exit would have made it a terrible start to the campaign.


A solid display against West Ham as Lautaro Martinez scored his first
of hopefully many goals in the Premier League.

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Big Blow, Batarás Sold!

No no no!

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I really didn't want to lose this player but they met his release clause,
so off he goes, we signed him for £12m so it is a good profit, still that is

too cheap, gonna have to keep a better eye on this clauses but at the time
I was just desperate for him to sign and stay with us, also he has been looking
to move rather more than I am happy with, so I knew it would happen.

So with Batarás gone that now gives a big chance to a fellow Argentinian Caballero.

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Caballero is on the transfer list as he wants more time on the pitch, well now he will
get that so hopefully he will change his mind and want to stay, depends how well he plays

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We top the spending!

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Season 10 - 2026/2027

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We Beat Liverpool!

SEPTEMBER 2026 

v's Liverpool, Everton, Swansea & Tottenham.

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We managed a good but narrow win over Liverpool, after that win though we struggled.
We should have beaten Everton but conceded very late, I then rotated the side for our 
cup game, the players given a chance to impress but they didn't, they let us down.

Then in the final game of the month we squandered a 2-0 lead against Spurs
and could only share the points after Timmy Abraham scored a brace.

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We are currently 13th.... 

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Not a great start, need to seriously improve things, I can't see us challenging
for any of the European places the way we have started the season.

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Season 10 - 2026/2027

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Two Wins From Three!

OCTOBER 2026 

v's Brighton, Huddersfield & Bournemouth.

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We had a shocking second half against Brighton, we were in total control but only
1-0 up at half-time, they only managed one shot in the first half, they were a different
animal after the break, well either they were better or we were just worse.

We bounced back with a hard thought win at home against Huddersfield, we then
rounded the month off with a solid display away to Bournemouth and a fine 3-0 win.

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We are currently 11th.... 

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We move up a couple of places.

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Season 10 - 2026/2027

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Started Well, Ended Badly!

NOVEMBER 2026 

v's Watford, Middlesbrough, Wolves & Swansea.

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The month started well with a good home win against Watford, we
should have beat Middlesbrough but conceded another late goal.

Things turned bad, we were hammered at home by Wolves, a pathetic
display, fuming about that disgrace, just don't know what the hell that was.
I was hoping we could bounce back from that woeful performance, it looked
like we could but then we conceded 3 goals in 9 minutes in defeat to Swansea.

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Players out on loan...

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Money, Money, Money........

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Season 10 - 2026/2027

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Started Well, Ended Well!

DECEMBER 2026 

v's Arsenal, Stoke City, Burnley & Bristol City.

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v's Man City, Man Utd & Leicester City.

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The month started really well with wins over Arsenal & Stoke City, held
to a 0-0 draw at home by Burnley wasn't good though but worse followed.
**** poor against Bristol City with former player Dolberg netting a brace.

A narrow defeat at home to Man City, the defending champions complete
the double over us as we fail to cancel out Moise Kean's early strike.
A great victory in our next game as we win 3-2 against Man Utd thanks to
a very late penalty as Jordi Molas puts away the spot kick in injury time.

We then ended the month with a 3rd home game in a row, we secured the
3 points with a narrow 1-0 win thanks to a Lautaro Martinez goal.

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Season - 2026/2027

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Jim Duffy & The Berwick Boys!

Things are going really well up in Berwick-Upon-Tweed.

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The Results....

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The Table...

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Season 10 - 2026/2027

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JANUARY 2027 

v's Chelsea, West Ham, Watford & Liverpool.

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v's Everton, Tottenham & Sheff Wed.

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Overall it was a good month, a couple of defeats to Chelsea & Tottenham.
Some good wins over West Ham & Everton and also progress in the FA Cup
with wins over Watford & Sheffield Wednesday, I made a mistake for the game
against Liverpool, I rotated the squad for game against Watford and I then
progressed to the game with Liverpool without changing the line up.

 

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Our players out on loan......

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New signings........

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Benito £75m & Roldán £82m

Benito has made a great start.

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Season 10 - 2026/2027

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FEBRUARY 2027 

v's Brighton, Huddersfield, Everton & Bournemouth.

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MARCH 2027 

v's Watford, Middlesbrough & Wolves.

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February saw us pick up 7pts from 9 in the PL but a cup exit at Everton.
Another draw and win followed in the league, we then suffered at the
hands of Wolves yet again, they beat us 4-0 earlier in the season and they
thumped 4 past us again, if only we could be as clinical as our opponents.

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New contract for Phil Foden.

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New contract for Stefan Reuter.

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Season 10 - 2026/2027

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APRIL 2027 

v's Swansea, Arsenal, Stoke City & Burnley.

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MAY 2027 

v's Bristol City, Leicester City & Man Utd.

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3 wins out of 4 in April, with defeat away to Arsenal, we lost to Leicester in May.
We finished the season with a goalless draw at Old Trafford which was enough
to secure 6th place finish and European football for next season.

>>> Full Match Overviews <<<

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Man City make it 2 in a row.

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Season Review

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Awards & Stats

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Best XI's

Season

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Overall

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Commercial Summary

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Players out on loan

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Players out on loan to Berwick Rangers

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Transfers -  3 players were sold

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Results

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Berwick Rangers Win League Two!

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A great season for Jim Duffy and the Stopsley lads that were sent up north to join Berwick.

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Player Stats

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Best XI (Season)

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So after a successful first season I will now look through the players that have come through
my Stopsley youths, then will move some up north to join my Berwick project.

I won't move as many as last time, probably about 7/8 players this time, I will continue to
make sure that there is no transfer budget, Jim Duffy can make free and loan signings.

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Our other English affiliate held on to their place in the game.

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My History

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Stopsley Utd

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England

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Europe

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Berwick Rangers

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Current Leagues Loaded

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Versus

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PRE-SEASON FRIENDLY

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A great result for Berwick, as for Stopsley it was quite pathetic.

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Note: Just going into my 11th season and I have only just realised I can adjust the width of the panels in the match overview.

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Season 11 - 2027/2028

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We have a new 3rd kit.

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Captain & Vice-Captain.

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I sign a new contract.

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We make record signing.

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I have let some good players go but I want to make the squad more
English/British, so I decided to sell players that made noises about leaving.

 

Sancho has also been one of those players but as my aim mentioned above I want to keep him,
with Pulisic & Richarlison leaving he will get much more game time this season

 George Nixon, £160m? £240m for 2 English players, I think Bryn Ward is about right anyway
but £160m for Nixon is way above what I should have paid, English players just cost more.
I wasn't looking to sign a new GK but my scouts brought Celso to my attention and for £28m.
he is a bargain, he is same age as Alvarez and Celso is better, not by much but he will be our
new number one.

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Expectations

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Premier League odds

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Season 11 - 2027/2028

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George Nixon, The Boy from Bootle!

Our record £160m signing.

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Yes we overpaid but sometimes you have to if you really want a player, especially English.
He is 23 so long term the deal can prove to be money well spent if he has a good long career at the club.

Info from Wikipedia about Bootle.

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Season 11 - 2027/2028

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Money Money Money!

Paulista to Paris Saint-Germain?

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Paulista wanted to talk about going to PSG, it was all about money.

He was on £92k a week...........

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So ok not after anything crazy.

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DONE

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TWO CLUBS,ONE GAME!

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I will be starting this game again, I will be managing my two clubs.

One club in England and the other in Scotland.

STOPSLEY UTD
This club will have the same set-up, will be starting in Sky Bet League One replacing MK Dons.
We will be based at Stadium MK, Milton Keynes, England.

We have a starting squad of 30 players, all aged 30 and above, the club will be rich based on success we have
had in previous manager games through the years, transfer policy will probably changed later in save.
To start with and for the foreseeable future we will only be signing players 30 and above.

 

MAWBOROUGH
This club will be starting in Ladbrokes League Two, they will replace Clyde, unlike MK Dons, Clyde remain in the
game database they have just dropped out of the league, this club will be a youth only club.
The only twist on that is that I will be using youth intakes from both Stopsley Utd & Mawborough.

I have set things up with Stopsley Utd being senior affiliate to Mawborough, Mawborough will recieve £500k per season.

Mawborough will be based in Old Shielfield Park, Berwick-upon-Tweed, England.

 

IN-GAME EDITOR
This will be in use, will be using this to move players from Stopsley Utd to Mawborough.
I will also use it to change kits for teams at certain times over the years of the save.

 

MILTON KEYNES CITY
I have set this club back-up in the game, thought I would be nice and give a little back to MK.
I have placed them in the Southern Counties East League, they replace Crowborough I think.

(Crowborough also remain in game database)

They will play at Woughton on the Green (Stopsley Utd's Training Ground)
I have also set Stopsley Utd as senior affiliate and MK City will get £250k per year.

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My Update Threads (Wow, a lot of threads :eek:)

When I start this save in a new thread that will mean I will have 3 active update threads.

[FMT21] - My Danske Floor Dahlin! (#DanskeDanske)

[FMT20] Maws Boys | Mawborough Football Club!

&

[FM18] New Title

I will stick to these 3, no more will be started unless technical reasons, these should keep me busy anyway :lol:

Seriously though, these are long term saves.:)

 

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