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bigmattb28
Bugger
Firstly I didn’t declare my interest in those other jobs, I was asked about them and I said it’s nice to get noticed it means we’re doing well. Secondly, I am a club f*cking legend!
Piss off Argyris
I’m sure I'm going to get 1 of those 2 jobs I was asked about and went to the interview.
Well I didn’t want to go to Inter Turku anyway
I didn’t even want to go to KUPS either!
With the remaining 7 games of the Icelandic season going to an end, it was my favoured team Leiknir that went down, and my former team Huginn managed to stay up, winning 1 of their last 7 games to survive by the skin of their teeth.
My assistant manager losing his 3 games in interim charge, and the new manager winning 1 and losing his other 3.
It’s at this time that the manager of Fjolnir in Iceland leaves his post. They finished 4th in the Pepsideildin. I apply.
They come back quickly and interview me, which I accept the offer without hesitation.
Decent sized club in this league, decent facilities to boot, runners up in the league 3 seasons ago, they won the FA Cup in 2022 and the champions cup (Icelands version of the Charity / Community Shield) last season. As well as that a top 5 finish in each of the last 2 seasons.
A quick look at the squad and this guy is the best RM they have. Look at that pace and acceleration
A little bit of squad building here, the squad is clearly good enough for a top 4 at worst finish, but we sign midfielder Mistrati, my main man Willis from Hugginn, not really sure why the fans at my new club aren’t happy with Willis signing, player of the year for me 2 of the last 3 seasons, am sure he will prove an inspired signing.
Complementing those 2 is midfielder Routis.
Just like that I'm at the start of a new season, this time with Ungmennafelagio Fjolnir, from here on I'm just going to refer to my new team as UF!
Thanks for reading, next update will be the start of the new season which is the Upper League Cup, a cup I’ve won twice in a row now.
*** Also this is my 1,000th post on Sortitoutsi***
Estradas
But going to UF is an upgrade. Good luck!
TinakoFM
I'm sure you'll make them regret their decision in your time with Fjölnir.
bigmattb28
Yep
bigmattb28
Well in the incoming update we play Huginn early on....
bigmattb28
So we kicked off the next chapter of the career at UF, and in the Upper League Cup, which I have won the last 2 times
The first 5 games of the cup were against lower league Vestri (3-0), a loss to BU(0-2), a win over Vikingur (1-0), before my 200th game of the career against KF (1-0) before a 0-0 with Sindri preceded a pretty important game for me
I come face to face with the club that has given me the best success I have had in the career so far IF Huginn. I loved my time there but I've moved on so have they.
It takes until the 45th minute of the game before a goal is scored, and this time lat season I would’ve been happy, Huginn take the lead through a new signing for them Bjorgolfsson.
My team talk is aggressive, route one style and take more chances. We were poor in the second half, it’s almost like UF don’t want to help their new manager get on over
his former club. We do get a stroke of luck however as we’re given a penalty in the 80th. This is it, I can feel it. Up steps Prohouly…
Keeper is beaten
Piss off. Just piss off.
We round out the group stage with a 2 all draw Leiknir to qualify for the next round in 2nd place
3 of Huginn’s 5 points came against me
We’ve got Fylkir in the next round, and if you read 1 of my last posts, I said I've never lost to them
@r96Skinner will be happy. 2 goals in the last minute. We were on to a hiding after 24 minutes with the score 3-1 to them. Gutted. A third in a row Upper League Cup isn’t coming my way
Before we kick off in our league campaign, Liverpool righted last seasons wrong by winning the Championship. Will be interesting to see how they get on in the Premier League next season.
A third place finish is expected of us, which makes a massive change from me and Huginn expected to finish bottom the last 2 seasons.
We had 4 games in May, and we won all 4. 2-0 over Vikingyur, 2-1 over Stjarnan and 5-1 over IBK in the league, and a 2-0 win over lower league side Komakur in the FA Cup.
We’re also drawn against Huginn of all teams in the cup. Let’s hope we win this one.
We got a massive 6-2 win over FH in the league, before our first league game with Huginn,.
We followed that draw up with a win over IV & IR in the league, before getting some redemption by beating Huginn 1-0 in the cup. We got a 120th minute winner, better late than never.
We’ve been draw against KF in the quarter final of the cup.
2 hard fought wins over KA (3-2) & KR (3-1) rounded out June 2024 with us sitting proudly atop the league.
July saw us win again in the cup, 3-0 over KE and drawn against my favoured team Leiknir.
The good league form continued with a 2-0 win over VR, 1-0 over KV, a 1 all draw away to BU, an end to end game with IK finished 4-2 in our favour, and a 1-0 away win over Stjarnan.
That brings us to the start of August 2024, and the eagle eyed among you will noticed we’ve so far gone unbeaten since getting knocked out of the Upper League Cup. We’ve got Leiknir in the FA Cup next.
Before we get there though, and to round out this update, the 2024 Euro’s happened and the winners were France, beating England in the final.
I said to myself I would load the nation up as playable whoever won the Euro’s, so if / when I conquer the 5 Nordic leagues, France is now playable so I may end up there.
That’s it for this update. Next update will the second half of our league season and any other business. Thanks for reading.
TinakoFM
Going great at the moment! Keep it going!
HockeyBhoy
bigmattb28
It was always going to happen eventually wasn't it!
bigmattb28
Could be the next step after Iceland....
bigmattb28
We’re playing KR in the final of the FA Cup.
Our good form continued on as we beat my former team again 1-0, as well as beating IV 3-2 leading up to the cup final which takes place during the league season.
It’s cup final day, and I’m confident of a win here.
We set up to attack, and attack we did. 5 minutes in the ball is in the back of the net
Our positive approach came back to us as we went down from a very well executed counter attack.
Our heads didn’t drop though, and after some encouraging shouts we’re back in the game, with Lopez grabbing the equaliser. Game on!
38 minutes in and we’re in the lead, Einarsson getting the goal to give us a 2-1 advantage
Half time team talk was all positive. We go out in the second looking to take the game, and we do get the lead in the 74th minute through Simonsen
We certainly deserved to win this, as we were the better team in this game. Another trophy for me now as I make it 3 cup wins in 3 seasons.
Back to league action now, as we continued winning points with a 2-0 away win over FH, which set a team record of 47 points in a season which set up a game against IR. A game if we win, we’re Pepsi-deidin winners
Going into the game, we’re top of the league with 47 points, 17 in front of second placed FH.
Attack is the name of the game. 53 seconds in.
No looking back.
23 minutes in.
It’s happening.
Full time.
There was absolutely no doubt in my mind we were going to win this game. This season has been all about us, and now with 4 games left to go, the only thing left to do is try and go the full season unbeaten.
Before we crack on with those games though, KRC Genk have made an offer for Bjarnason, and I reluctantly accept as he wants to speak to them.
He’s off no doubt about it. We only think of ourselves now however as we record a 6-0 away win over KA, a 1 all draw at home to BU, a 4-0 win over KR and a final day draw with Valur, to record not only a league and cup double, but an unbeaten season to boot!! My former team Huginn also found themselves relegated this season.
Closing out this update is confirmation I am now an icon at UF and rightly so I think.
Next update will be me sharing my title winning squad, the off season and any other business.
Thanks for reading.
Career progress:
2016 | FC Hollviken (Sweden) Finished 10th Division 1 Sodra
2017 | FC Hollviken (Sweden) Sacked whilst 12th Division 1 Sodra
2018 | IK Oddevold (Sweden) Lost in play off final Division 1 Sodra
2019 | IK Oddevold (Sweden) Sacked whilst 12th in Division 1 Sodra
2020 | IF Huginn (Iceland) Finished 3rd in1 deild karla
2021 | IF Huginn (Iceland) Finished 1st in 1 deild karla
2022 | IF Huginn (Iceland) Finished 7th in Pepsi-deildin
2023 | IF Huginn (Iceland) Sacked whilst 8th in Pepsi-deildin
2024 | UF (Iceland) Winners Pepsi-deildin & FA Cup winners
Estradas
bigmattb28
I'm not on the game at the minute, but I'm sure it's the second qualifying round Icelandic teams go in at.
bigmattb28
Goalkeeper Alberto Acuna, signed before I got here from the MLS, has played in every game this season
Right full back Tim Bjorkstrom
Mr versatile Magnus Rasmussen, he has been our starting left full back for most of the games, whilst slotting into midfield here and there
Center halves Marjan Jovanovic, who has agreed a free transfer back to Serbia, and Christopher Routis who is a natural CM but has played DF all season
Center mids Vito Mistrati and Viktor Einarsson
Player of the year and all round great guy, AMC Paul Willis who joined me from Huginn. He can play anywhere in midfield, but his stats this season, 10 goals and 5 assists in 20 games from AMC have been great
Right winger Mads Vang who had rotated with Vignir Bjarnsson before he left for Belguim.
Left winger Axel Prohouly who played as an inside forward for most of title run
Deep lying forward Adrai Lopez, signed from IBK. We do have Simonsen that is a natural CF, but Lopez just seemed to play better every time he was on the pitch
End of season stuff now
Told you in an earlier post that Willis was good, despite the fans not liking this signing.
Manager of the year was never going to be in doubt was it
Don’t know why this is showing 4-4-2, maybe because that’s my favoured formation? Either way, we definitely set up 4-2-3-1 all season and Simonsen came off the bench in every appearance he made and Buzuku hardly started many games either.
Now I was torn on what to do from here. Do I stay and play the Champions League games, and try to repeat winning the league?
After some deliberation, I decide to leave on a high, and let the next manager come in and try and see what they can do with this squad.
Ungmennafelagio Fjolnir, it’s been an absolute pleasure. Whilst this is a challenge, I think at some point down the road in this career I’ll be back in Iceland.
Until we meet again.
TinakoFM
bigmattb28
Thanks, I'd not actually clicked on we've been unbeaten until we'd won the league, I'd just blasted through this season.
bigmattb28
Cast your mind back to when I got sacked by Huginn, FC Inter Turku in Finland rejected me in favour of someone else, now though he’s left so I do actually declare my interest in that job and get interviewed.
Piss off then. I hope you get relegated you twats
UF wasted no time in replacing me
Of all the jobs available right now, only the VPS job in Finland appeals to me, so I declare my interest
I’m invited to, and attend the interview.
2 days later, my bags are packed, and it’s off to Finland I go.
Jiri can get stuffed.
Vassan Pallseura, commonly known as VPS are a Veikkausliga (Finnish Premier League) side based in Vassa. As a Geordie and Newcastle fan, I like their home kit
Top 5 finishes in the last 5 seasons, 4th last year, 3rd the year before, this team is definitely expected to be up there
With the way the season starts, I’m only here a day before our first game, A Suomen cup game against AC Oulu.
I let my assistant manager pick the team, opposition instructions and team talk, and we came away with a 5-1 victory.
If this is anything to go by, we’re in for a good season.
Our next game 2 days alter was again in the cup, and we got a 3 all draw against MP
It’s at this time I look to sign some players. The squad isn’t full and we need some quality in. First up is RM Luiz Roberto from recently relegated side HIFK. 67K for a player of this quality, well quality for this league is an absolute steal.
I also sign his team mate Gabriel Novaes
2 quality players, am hoping though they got relegated last season they can help us this season.
1 out of left field signing now, as we sign Nick Pope from Burnley. I think this is an absolutely fantastic signing for us, and I'm surprised we’ve managed to get him
The cup games continued as we beat FC Vikingit 4-1 and Ekenas 4-0 to qualify for the second round, where we’re drawn against FC Ives.
Pre season odds sees us finishing 5th. Am happy with that and I'm hopeful of a strong showing in my first season in Finland.
So we're at the start of a new chapter here in Finland. As noted on a previous post, I will try and wiz through the next couple of updates so I can catch up with where I am in game.
Next update will be the first few months of the season in Finland and any other business.
Thanks for reading.
TinakoFM
bigmattb28
Cheers man, hopefully be a good stint here
bigmattb28
We kicked off in the cup with a win over FC Ives to put us in to the quarter final against Finland biggest team HJK
Our league campaign started with a big win over AC Oulu, which preceded out first home game of the season, a win over KP. 1 more win the league over TP away before we thumped HJK 5-2 in the cup to pus in to the semi final
A side note here, last season at UF we lost in the Quarter final of the league cup on 18/04/24, and from then til now in competitive games, I've not lost, as well as going unbeaten in this clubs friendly games.
We’re drawn in the semi final of the cup against TP (who we’ve just beat)
We continued our good form with a 7-0 win at home to OP which gave the following news message
I’m sure I’ll have had a perfect 10.0 rating in all the time I’ve played CM/FM (been playing since CM99/00), but the thing to notice here is that Ahonen played 31 league games last year and scored a grand total of eight goals, but in this 1 game he’s scored 4!
2 more wins followed, 2-0 away to FC Lahiti and 5-2 at home to FC Ives before we cam crashing down away to HJK 2-0
This clubs fierce rivals are FC Jaro who we played next, and it wasn’t even a contest all things considered.
We followed that up with a thrilling 3 all draw at home to IFK, before rounding out May 2025 with a win over SJ and a loss to KP which leaves us still top after 11 played
Veering off track slightly, in England it is the final game of the season, and Liverpool were promoted last season and found themselves 17th on 38 points going into the final day game at home to Newcastle (my team IRL).
1 of Hull, Liverpool, Palace or Watford could find themselves going down, and they’re all relying on not only their own result but the results of the other teams around them to survive.
You just love to see it don't ya!
June saw us beat AC Oulu again, as well as KP, TP and FC Ives to give us a perfect month of 4 played and 4 won.
That perfect month gave me the manager of the month award.
July saw our good form carry on, with a 5-0 away win over OP, a 4-1 home win over HJK before losing out 3-2 to our rivals FC Jaro. We made amends though by beating SJ 3-1, drawing 0-0 with KP before finishing July 2025 off with a 4-1 win over IFK.
As you can see, we’ve played 21 of 33 games and we’ve got a very healthy 15 point lead over second placed TPS, who do have 2 games in hand. Even if they win those, we’re still going to be 9 points in front heading into the last third of the season.
Thanks for reading. Next update will be those final 11 games and how we ended the season.
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Career progress:
2016 | FC Hollviken (Sweden) Finished 10th Division 1 Sodra
2017 | FC Hollviken (Sweden) Sacked whilst 12th Division 1 Sodra
2018 | IK Oddevold (Sweden) Lost in play off final Division 1 Sodra
2019 | IK Oddevold (Sweden) Sacked whilst 12th in Division 1 Sodra
2020 | IF Huginn (Iceland) Finished 3rd in1 deild karla
2021 | IF Huginn (Iceland) Finished 1st in 1 deild karla
2022 | IF Huginn (Iceland) Finished 7th in Pepsi-deildin
2023 | IF Huginn (Iceland) Sacked whilst 8th in Pepsi-deildin
2024 | UF (Iceland) Winners Pepsi-deildin & FA Cup winners
2025 | VPS (Finland) Veikkausliga - in progress
Estradas
TinakoFM
HockeyBhoy
bigmattb28
Thanks man! Some form over the year
bigmattb28
Been a good stint in Finland so far
bigmattb28
Yeah I remember that! I couldn't find the thread to link to though.
bigmattb28
Our chances of a league and cup double ended when we went down 2-1 at home in the semi final to TP.
Bit gutted to go out at the semi final stage, but it just means we’ve got 1 less game to play which may prove decisive in our league title pursuit.
We took our frustration out on FC Ives however with a big 5-3 win, before the up and down results continued as we went down 2-0 away to FC Lahiti, before beating the same team in a rearranged game due to our cup semi, 2-1.
The cup ended with TP winning it, so we can feel slightly better knowing we were knocked out by the winners
September 2025 kicked off with a win over Oulun, before we got absolutely mullered at the hand of HJK 7-2
I have no words.
We picked ourselves up with a win over rivals FC Jaro before another poor showing against TP as we went down 2-0 away.
Seeing out September 2025 was a win over KUPS which now leaves us still in 1st place, 14 points ahead of TPS in second, but they have 3 games in hand.
So we’ve got 2 games to go, and for TPS to catch us, they’re going to have to win all 3 of their games in hand, and then hope we lose our 2 final games and they win their final 2. It’s unlikely they will win their last 5 and we'll lose, but who knows. I do know we’ve got 1 hand on that trophy though.
Next update will be our final 2 games, the title run in and any other business.
Thanks for reading.
bigmattb28
That makes it 2 league titles, in 2 seasons, in 2 separate countries for me now!
This title win now puts me 9th in the Icelandic hall of fame with 196 points
I’m also favoured personnel here at VPS
Our final 2 games were a loss and a win to round out the season in first place, with 71 points from 33 games, and 11 points clear of second placed TPS
End of season stuff now, as Ahonen gets player and young player of the year, with Noavaes getting the signing of the year
League awards now as my players made a clean sweep of highest assists and top goal scorer awards, as well as most man of the match and player of the year
Rounding out the awards was my getting the manager of the year award as well
We’re given the overachievers award also.
This was never supposed to be a one and done season, I was expecting to be here a couple of seasons either before winning the league, or hopefully getting the HJK job to challenge for the league. Despite getting a place in next season Champions League, I’ve decided to end my stay here in Finland. I feel staying just to try and win the cup, or progress to the groups in the Champions League isn’t really worth it so I leave as the players go on holiday. The next logical stop is going to be either Norway or Sweden, as I think I am going to leave Denmark until last, but you never know what might happen.
VPS, it’s been a pleasure. I may at some point return to Finland, and if I do I only want to come back here, but for now, I’m on my way to pastures new.
Hyvästi ja ole varovainen
TinakoFM
Nicely done, a fresh edition to your trophy cabinet! Congrats
bigmattb28
Nick Pope between the sticks
Attack minded right full back Joel Mattison. Nothing special defensively but always seem to put a shift in.
Left full back Henrique Miranda
Center halves Jan-Erik Bruun and Sebastian Dolivo
Right midfielder Luiz Roberto and left midfielder Brian DelPiccolo
Central midfielders Kaan Kairinen and Juho Lahde
Rounding out the first 11 is sensational strike partnership of Jaakko Ahonen and Gabriel Novaes. With 66 league goals between them, was us winning the league with these 2 up front ever in doubt?
So that’s the title winning first 11 of VPS 2025. Congratulations men.