International Save and Dual manage some club sides later.

Season 58

Board expectations reasonable ..Rnd 1 Carabao. Rnd 2 FA Cup.  sky Bet League 2 ..Avoid relegation.

Win opening 3 leagues without conceding. Loanees from Birmingham, Wolves , Dungannon & Watford x2.  Free signings x 2 and 92k club record signing from Krupa ( Nikola Jovic).

Carabao Cup 1st Rnd away at Millwall(L1) .. rest key players…HT 2-1 up having lead after just 2 mins. FT Shock 2-1 win.

18yr old Bailey makes debut. 16yr old Dyer now has 8 games with no goals over his career.

After 5 straight wins …lose away at Cambridge who lost first 5 matches ..1-0.

Carabao Rnd 2 away at Championship Cardiff … rest key players again … HT 0-0 vs 10 men.(5mins) FT 1-1 after being behind. Pens 5-3 loss.

Checkatrade (h) vs West Ham U23 .. HT 1-0 Jokic 30yd screamer. FT 2-0 … Surprisingly Easy win.  New record low attendance of 430. ( Was 564).

Game 9 is derby day vs Boreham Wood ..shame the stadium has construction. Looks odd with no corner areas. Win 3-1 in front of sell out 4577.

Game 11 ..new stadium expansion sees record crowd of 5031 vs Gillingham. (Was 4974 vs Sunderland 2072).

Checkatrade vs Newport(h) (L1) … HT 1-0 close game. FT 2-0

FA Cup round 1 vs Tranmere(a) Fellow L2 team ..game was 0-0 in the league. Board expect a win. Win 3-1

Checkatrade away vs Plymouth .. HT 1-0 down. Lose 1-0 and Plymouth top the group .. Perhaps rotating was an error.Dyer no goal in 12 ga es.

FA Cup round 2 vs Forest Green (VNL) (a) HT 3-0 up. FT 4-0 win.

Game 23 ..Halfwaybthrough season and sell out expected vs Bradford .. HT 2-0. Balsom gets 1st goal. FT 2-0 ..Red card stops any fightback.

Crowd of 5314 / 5500.  Breaks record vs Gillingham.

Checkatrade Rnd 2  (a) vs Portsmouth( 9th L1) .. HT 1-0 down to iffy penalty. FT 2-0 loss.

FA Cup Round 3 ..Revenge time ( after last season …hopefully) this time home to Swansea.HT 1-0 up. FT 2-0 and stats show it’s deserved Against Championship 15th placed team.  Sell out 5500 crowd Is a new record but not a new gate receipts ( odd as record is a Fa cup Rnd 1 tie in 2057 vs Colchester in a smaller ground).

FA Cup Round 4 (h) vs Newcastle ..I am 20 unbeaten against them ..but Premiership (19th) should win. There manager is super confident.

My new CB is cup tied. HT 1-0 down. FT  keeper error & own goal in a 3-0 loss. Had a goal disallowed. Another sell out crowd.

Feb 2077 .. Man Utd win Carabao Cup.

Game 35 ..after a ropey Jan ..Win 2-0 vs York and we’ll clear at the top.

March 2077 .. blow Promotion chance home to Tranmere and key striker injured.

Another home chance vs lowly Barnet .. 19yr old Bailey gets 1st senior goal … 2-0 win does seal Promotion after 38 games.

Game 39 ..U18’s drafted in as injuries mount. 15 yr old Simpson makes debut. 
 

Game 42 .. Slog to a 2-1 win at home to bottom side Port Vale ..and become Champions. 
 

Fans Player ..Quinn.  Breaks goals & mom records.

Goal ..Jokic

Signing ..Butt

Youngster ..Cann

Man Utd ..Premier League

Arsenal beat Utd to win FA Cup.

I am pleased but want something new for next season …South Africa is the challenge as only African league available and I have never managed there on any save.  I should have done this whilst National Manager 2041 / 42.

Season 59

Take the Kaizer Chiefs job .

Hall of fame is topped by a Romanian … 8th is a fellow Englishmen.

Squad is ok but struggling to get foreign players to come. Only 2 weeks until a competitive match.

My Ground holds over 109000 fans !

Opening game is a season curtain raiser called the Be A Coach Cup vs local rivals Orlando Pirates.  Oddly the fans pick the 20 man squad .. hence the name I guess . They don’t pick my first choice right back .  No back up midfield and 4 strikers. Over 64000 turn up for a non-competitive fixture.

Imported in my usual tactic. 4123 DM wide.

HT 3-0 up Veteran Brazilian Enrico with a brace. Win 4-2 but squad gaps highlighted.

Transfers are hard .. 1 x league 2 player but loanees all seem to be from South America.

No continental football as did. It qualify last season.. using Time to build a squad.

Win opener away at Bloem Celtic with a goal in 93rd min 1-0 .. should have been more.

Game 3 Win again in 93rd min as I have the first three games away.  Then its 3 at home.

Game 4 ..Set new gate receipt record of £525k ( was £425k ) in 3-0 win vs Orlando Pirates in front of 85801.

Game 7 .. board sell out my best right winger due to overseas transfer clause .. Saudi Clubs still buying in late October.

Game 13 ..2 big injuries before key December double header with Sundowns ( defending Champions). Win league fixture 4-2 next up a Cup Final.

SA Knockout Cup ( a Premier league club only Cup) .. Kaizer Chiefs have not won this since 2010/11. Sundowns have won it 46 times since Our last victory. Sundowns suffering from fatigue playing in African Continental cup.

Dominate with no shots against however at HT 0-0 .  FT 2-0.  Super sub Mkize plays out of position (AMR) and scores both goals.

After  10 runners up it’s finally a 14th title …Sundowns on 48.

22nd Dec 77 .. Then no games until Feb.  Ridiculous transfer offers coming in for Key Players ahead of Jan window.

CHAN international tournament is reason for no games.

I make some domestic / within the continent deals but Sundowns attract an £8m Keeper from Benfica.

After CHAN fail I get the South Africa job…they have fallen to 70th since I left 36 seasons ago.

I pick new new players into squad For African Nations Quals Group . Can’t recruit an asst mgr. Only 14 goals in entire squad.

(h) vs Comoros ( Rank 207) … HT 2-0 from 22 shots. FT 5-0 from 35 shots. 2 own goals in the mix. Masango scores on debut. Mkhize 1st goal .

(a) Angola ( Rank 102nd) .. Low skilled asst mgr in place.  Win 1-0 . New right winger debutant and centre back gets 1st international goal.

March 78 .. Win Game 21 but lose a key DM to suspension.  Next game Win 1-0 in a game against 8 men  12 y 3 Red in a game means more suspensions coming….In this 3 key players + DM still suspended.

Game 23 is at bottom side Cape Town … HT 2-0 up. FT 4-0 win and Sundowns lose a 2nd game. Qualify for African Champions Cup.

16yr old makes debut ..15yr old on bench.

SA Cup QF vs Witbank is a great chance versus a lower league team.  Rotate squad to keep fresh for key league match.

HT 3-0 15yr old debutant scores. 2 x 17yr olds score. FT 4-0  4 debutants and Siddorn now youngest player/scorer. 15y 263d

Game 25 .. Come from behind to win with 9 men vs 10  ( Asante red card again and late injury). Refs in this league killing the game. I have more suspensions and injuries now.

Elsewhere Man Utd win the Premier League again ( 8 in a row) in their 200th year as a club.

Game 28 ..Title can be sealed vs a Sundowns 2nd placed team who are On a Great African Champions League run.

Idiot ref on show again we have more red cards in a big match and 10 vs 10 ends in a 2-0 loss as I mess up tactics.

Game 29/30 .. (a) at lowly Ajax but have no first team or reserve left backs ..debut for a 16yr old. HT 3-1 up. FT 4-2 . Should seal the title as there needs to be a 13 goal swing.

FA Cup vs arch rivals Sundowns … ( not won this cup since 2013) .. HT 1-1 comeback to level having gone from Positive to Balanced.

FT 4-1 ..strikers are lethal in 2nd half.   Only 36 wins behind Sundowns for Cup Wins now !

Game 30 .. Doesn’t matter as Sundowns drop points with the game in hand .  Win last home game 2-0

My old side St.Albans just survive in League 1

Celtic win another title.

Sundowns win African Champions League ( 1st since 2061)

Man Utd win Premier & Champions League 

Rochdale win FA cup.

Season 60

World Cup …Squad is not great , injury in run up and tough group.  Being played in England. I won this with them 4 years ago.

Friendly before vs Gambia …Win 3-0.  Jameson makes debut.

2nd Friendly vs Mauritania .. Rotate squad. Win 4-0. 2xdebutants and 1 winger gets first goal.

World Cup Game 1 ..Hammered 4-0 by a Belgian side ranked 15th.

South Korea next who are ranked 31st. They drew with Belgium. HT 1-0 down. FT Go attack from balanced.  Draw 1-1.

Czech Republic win World Cup 3-2 aet against hosts and holders England.

Eliminated and deservedly so.

Time to improve squad for next season Champions League campaign .. raid other clubs for talent .

Get reasonable deals from Cale Town & Amazulu. Supersport charge more.

Be The Coach vs Orlando Pirates .. friendly curtain raiser … FT 1-1.  Win 4-2 on penalties. 
 

In the Super 8 competition this year. HT 0-0 away at Orlando. FT 1-0 loss despite dominating.

New squad not doing well scoring.

African Champions League Prelim 1 vs Sonacos or Senegal.  Go attacking . HT 2-0 up. FT 3-0. New high attendance of 103,823 for this competition.  Win 2nd leg away 3-1.  Agg 6-1.

Round 1 vs ES du Sahel of Tunisia. Win 5-1 at home and break attendance record again 104,089.
 

South Africa ANQ (h) vs Namibia (160th) .. HT 4-0. FT 8-0. 
Comoros vs South Africa (ANQ) ( 208th) .Win 9-0  Mkhize hits 6.  Sekgota & Mabaso get first goals. Qualify for 40th African Nations.

2x friendlies ..Win both vs Lesotho 6-0 & Djibouti 10-0

Game 10 .. Zwane breaks goals in a match record with 4 away at lowly Cape Umoya Utd. 

African Nation Quals 

(h) vs Angola .. Win 4-0. Zwane gets first 2 international goals.

(a) vs Namibia .. Win 4-0 .   Won all 6 group games.

Game 15 .. So many games in quick succession ..having won two African champs league group games.  Win 2-0 with youth making debuts or getting 1st senior goal. 
 

South Africa Knock out cup Final vs Sundowns … HT 1-0 down after (2 mins). FT 1-0. Dominate stats but can’t finish.

Blood youngsters in the cup inbetween beating Sundowns.. then finishing Champions group unbeaten.

Game 20 .. Thrash local rivals Orlando Pirates 6-0 with a 18yr old debutant scoring.  Crowd is 107,355. Smashes old league record of 85,801. New gate record of £678k.

Friendlies.

Rwanda vs S.Africa ..HT 8-0. FT 10-0. Molestane debut as keeper. Flat track bully Mkhize hits 5.

Benin vs S.Africa .. My 4200th game as mgr. HT 3-0 FT 5-1

Whilst checking next challenge ..find Cardiff play at Millenium stadium which now holds 120,000.

Apr 79 .. African Cup of Nations Draw .. Mali (38th) DRC (49th) South Africa (70th) Zambia (92nd).

After beating sundowns in the QF cup .. now get them in SF Champions League (h) .. Dominate but they Score with first shot ..FT 0-1 loss.

Have 4 players out injured throughout the game.  Record attendance of 109,286.

Get an easy cup tie before return and break youngest player record 15y 260days.

Champions League (a) vs Sundowns … 1-0 down (6) agg 2-0 … they get a red card (28) . Pull one back (38) HT 2-1 on agg.

Go all out after going 2-1 down but not to be .. out 3-1 on agg.

Narrow win away seals the 2nd title with 2 games to spare.

Cup Final vs Chippa Utd … HT 1-0. FT 3-0 .. joint 5th ranked Manager in South Africa.

Supersports shock Sundowns for 1st ever Champions Cup ..4-3 agg.

I may well comeback but contract ending and decide to go to Wales .

Season 61 

I want to complete a home nations challenge .  Won titles in England , Scotland & N.Ireland ..just Wales left ( did win it on Ps5 FM console).

Friendlies before tournament.

Guinea (54th) ..Won 2-1  Luthuli makes debut as sub.

Andorra (210th) .. Won 10-0

Comoros(208th) .. Won 10-0.   Record low crowd of 25,152 by 21 from last year vs our next opponents. Jandson 1st goal.

Djijbouti(202nd) .. Won 3-0

African Cup of Nations

DRC (49th) .. HT 0-0. FT 0-0. Card happy ref only books my fouls .

Mali (38th) .. HT 3-1 down. FT 3-1 loss to the hosts.

Zambia ( 91st) .. HT 2-0 as I go for it to rescue goal difference. FT 2-0. Elsewhere Mali/DRC draw 1-1. Waiting on a best 3rd place spot.

2nd Round vs Ivory Coast .. FT 0-0. Aet 1-0 down (103) ..dream over ..but Ivory Coast are ranked 17th.   
 

I resign from the role…. Before the media comments get me sacked despite being 53 places below Ivory Coast.

TNS .. opening games are Champions League. Qual 1.   Ironically overcoming this tie with Dungannon vs TNS set me up to dominate in N.I.

(a) vs Feronikeli .. HT 2-0 up having kept usual formation and gone Positive. FT 5-0. Crowd in Kosovo 477.

(h) vs Feronikeli ..Played at Shrewsbury . HT 5-0 FT 9-0. Agg 14-0.  Crowd of 1476 / 11540 capacity.

Qual 2

(h) vs Salzburg ..HT 3-0. FT 5-0. Attendance was a sell out 11540. New gate receipt record of £325k. 

(a) vs Salzburg ..HT 1-0 down. FT 1-1 .. Finally concede.

Qual 3

(a) Molde .. 1-0 loss despite playing well.

1st League Game after Molde loss is a 5-0 win in front of just 323 fans Vs Connahs Quay.  All other teams are semi pro.

(h) Molde .. 2-0 up when Red Card (34) threatens comeback.  Hang on to claim a surprise win.

Play off game

(a) Partizan .. D1 L10 is current record.  HT 0-0. FT 1-0 loss.

(h) Partizan .. HT 2-1 ..comeback from early (7) goal. FT 3-1. Harden (85) to complete shock victory.  Worth £13.69m

Group stages.. Dungannon ! Celtic & Real Madrid.

Lose 2-1 away at Dungannon … hit the woodwork 4 times !  Had held it 0-0 until (79).

(h) vs Real Madrid ..Debut for 16yr old keeper … HT 0-0. FT 1-0 win   Ref kept booking Madrid players which worked for us. Spanish teams do poorly in Europe through most of this career save.

Either side of the Madrid win I drew rotating the team.

39yr old legend Quinn has 5 weeks left until he retires ( on loan here as Kaizer Chiefs not playing ) needed 3 more goals for 1000 league goals In Game 10 and duly delivered. Done from 777 games but against mostly semi pro opposition.

Lose home at Celtic .. hate this , not just from my Aberdeen/ St.Johnstone days but their manager is cocky in media.

Despite league wins in between lose away as well … bottom of the group.

17th Nov 79 ..Quinn scores 2 on his last league appearance. 
21st Nov 79 ..Cup sf vs lower league Prestatyn .. Quinn scores twice in his last game before retiring tomorrow.

Game 5 (h) vs Dungannon .. 1-0 up but then a red card just b4 half time. HT 1-1. FT 1-1 . Shock draw but still bottom.

Made £17m just from Champions League. 
Game 6 ..1-1 away at Madrid after (29) .. 4-1 down at HT .. FT 5-2   Finish bottom.

Game 22 .. Try 4231 after new signings and transfers out .. 26 sec Red Card helps set up an easy win.HT 4-0 FT 4-0

28.1.80…Nathaniel MG Cup Final vs Aberystwyth .. HT 1-0 FT 1-0 

2.3.80 .. Lowly Flint in Cup so blood new U18 signings .. 16 yr old Dutitre scores on debut In 4-0 win. There were 3 other debutants.

12.3.80 ..Apply for Salford ( L1 17th) as want to challenge myself with a challenge.( Youth only no transfer purchases for over 21 .. eventually just use own youth products).  Problems with release compensation.

Same day ..Game 26 vs Aberystwyth for the title .. Sealed with a 3-0 win.

Apr .. Lose cup semi final after missing another penalty to Aberystwyth .

May ..Resigned to look for a more interesting challenge.

Dundee Utd win iLeague in Scotland.  Dundee win Scottish Cup. 

Man City deny United a 10th successive title ( United drew a win and the league was there on goal difference).

Carabao Cup ..United beat Leeds. FA cup Utd beat Arsenal

Europa ..Leicester beat Rangers.

Man Utd beat Leeds in another final to win Champions League.

Changes since I started save include some large Stadium capacities.

Bayern (108717) . Saints (101513) Utd (95285) Brighton (85400) Aberdeen (58402) 

Season 62

Salford relegated and with manager jumping ship I too L1 Swindon I apply.

They have a state of the art youth facility … my aim is to not buy any players …use youth set up and free transfers under 21.

Ideally end up with a side of full youth players and make Premier league for first time.

Interview shows club philosophy matches this.

1st Transfer Window July / August

2 out on frees before I arrive . Sell 3 others who want to leave after relegation.

 Sign 5 on loan (18-21 yrs old)  3 Free signings (17-23 yrs old) plus £250 for a 17 yr old.

Carabao Cup ..Beat Championship Sunderland . Lose on pens to Championship Derby next round.   LEICESTER WIN CUP.

Checkatrade. Lose on pens to Man Unites U23’s. Beat Crewe. Lose to Carlisle. Both L1.  Knocked out. CHESTERFIELD WIN CUP.

FA Cup . beat Notts C (L1) Wigan ( L2) Forest (Prem 20th) 4th Rnd Watford (2nd Champ) best win as away. SPURS WIN CUP
Lose in Round 5 vs Saints (9th Prem) they are confident and we are out of form since injury and 2 key players suspended, aet 3-2

League .. Lose first game ( 17th match) .. Injuries and suspensions affecting team. Top by 6 points from Tranmere.

Jan transfer window tests my no buying resolve as key striker breaks his leg ( 32 app 13 goals and 6 assists) on loan from Leeds. Game 29.

Cheap £250 back up striker with 6(13) appearances has only 2 goals.

Since injury ..W1 D2 L1 plus FA Cup win at Watford.  Lack of cutting edge Not being exposed as rivals falter.  11 pts clear.

Hoping form improves after Saints game.

This poor form sees the media saying murmurs about my job … Very Secure status says otherwise.

 Next up 2nd placed Wigan away for Game 34 .. ends 0-0 and still 11pts clear.. Banks has 1 goal in last 5 appearances.

Game 35 (h) to 4th placed Coventry .. win 2-0 ..Wigan lose to extend gap but Banks fails again.

Game 38 .. make the playoffs with a draw. Game 39 ..another draw plus Cunningham breaks youngest player record by 1 day. (15y 267d).

Game 40 ..a 3rd draw sees Promotion Sealed. Banks now has 7 league and 1 cup goal.

Game 42 Seal the title .

30 players used….only 2 existing players over 30.

End season as joint dirtiest team for fouls.  Most goals and most poss 62%. 7th best attendance with 67% capacity used.

United win Premier League.

Fans Player/ Youngster .. Harrison-Redmond

Goal ..Santos ( Spurs Loanee)

Signing ..Allen

Shirts ..Poole-Petty/Smith/Santos/Allen/Stevens.   5261 shirts.

Season 63

Going to try a survive L1 with just my squad and no loan players except from senior affiliate Man Utd or U21 free signings.

July 81 .. turn down invitation to apply for Hibs job…… harder turning down Dungannon.

1 of my few over 30’s sold . Other released and 2 signed from abroad with under 6 months left.

5 free transfer youngsters signed and 4 Man U loanees with no salary costs.

After a Club career 40 appearances ..striker Banks finally has a hat trick.

Carabao Cup ..Lose (a)Prem 1st placed Leeds 2-1 as last seasons Loanee Smith scores winner.   West Ham beat Leeds to win it.

Checkatrade ..Final vs Orient but 3 players away on Int Duty.  Win 2-1 … first Win in 53 years and 2nd overall.  My 200th Career Cup.

FA Cup…Lose QF controversially at home to Blackburn aet.  Was 4 mins away from winning before 91st min leveller and then extra time red card leaves us with 10 vs a team 4th in Premier.  Cambridge from L1 also made QF.  Did knock out 2x Championship teams.

Roch dale beat Leicester to win the Cup.

League .. Good first 9 games before injuries hit.  

Survive Jan without injured leading striker. Protest transfer of Banks to Dundee Utd for £14m and succeed. They later try £32m. 1xloan in.

Game 32 .. 3-0 up away at Exeter .. the tactic to ignore Penalties for those on 2 goals doesn’t work and miss penalty. Lose 5-4.

Game 37 reach playoffs without playing as others drop points.

Game 38 ProMotion sealed as Palace drop points and I prepare for Checkatrade Final…. 13th promotion sealed.

Game 39 2-2 draw at home to Fleetwood(6th) and Swansea losing to relegation threatened MK Dons seals the Title.  1st League Title for the club.   My 54th league title.

Use last 7 games to blood youth and a number of debuts handed out. Fringe players get starts.

Premier League ..Leeds win ( 1st title in 90 years) .but have failed FFP ( also did this in 2080 & 2073 

End of Season Awards

Banks .. Fans Player/Fans Young Player. Breaks goal season record.( Club & League). League Player of the Year.  Top Scorer. 

Harrison-Redmond .. Mist club assists.
Goal .. Derbyshire-Hartis

Shirts .. Banks /Allen/Harrison-Redmond/Wakefield & Poole-Petty.

Season 64. 2082/83

Key loanees from Man Utd refuse to extend loans despite now being in the Championship.

Board refuse my requests so leave to take up Dundee Utd Post … They are the richest team in Europe .. but have no European trophies and 6th largest stadium on Scotland. (43,300).

I am ranked 10th in Scottish Mgr Hall of Fame so chance to improve.  Celtic the current major rival. 

Dundee Utd titles 2063/64 .. 2067/68.. 2074/75 and 2079/80.   Celtic have 12 titles in same period. Rangers no titles since 2029/30.

I aim to sign disgruntled Man Utd players who want European football… Break Club & Scottish Record with £79m capture Perry Ball who I gave debut too at Man Utd.

Main rivals Celtic win Euro Super Cup to back up last seasons Champions League Win.  Rangers are Europa Champions.

Take vacant Wales job after their World Cup 2nd round exit to Austria.

After 3 winning games … Stadium expansion completed …now 50,699

Game 4 away at Celtic … Statement 2-0 win ( matching 4231 formations … I have struggled vs  opponents using 442).

Games 22&24 both against Kilmarnock (6th) and hit 8 twice . Replaces Kilmarnock 7-0 vs Ayr as highest scoring win.

Game 27 ..Win Title without playing as Rangers(2nd) & Kilmarnock (3rd) draw.  My 3rd Leagle Title after 2 with Aberdeen.

Smash all League Records ..Wins / Points / Goals / Fewest losses & draws / Biggest win 

Wales … Ranked 34th

Wales vs Slovakia 65th(Int League Group 2).Nicholls 100th Cap.  Passmore debut.   Win 4-3

Kazakhstan 115th vs Wales (Int League) .. Passmore first int goals.  Win 6-0

Bosnia 57th vs Wales ( Int League) .. 92nd min winner .  Win 1-0

Slovakia vs Wales (Int League) .. Win 5-0

Wales vs Kazakhstan ..Foley hits 4 …Win 8-0

Wales vs Bosnia ..Win 2-0

Promotion achieved.  Now ranked 33rd.

EURO qualifies

Wales vs Scotland (33rd) .. 5-1 win.    Elsewhere England beat Latvia 8-0

Latvia (164th) vs Wales … Win 4-0.   England win away at Slovakia 4-0.

League Cup Final vs Celtic …Blow a 2-0 lead before Winning 4-2 on pens after 2-2 draw.  My 4th comp win with 3 teams over a 40 year period.

Scottish Cup .. Watt breaks youngest scorer vs Alloa ( 16y 194days). Was Christian Dailly 16y 302d.

Youth intake J.Garden breaks clubs youngest player record (15y 324 days by 53 days) in semi final win.  Still getting bad press for not playing youngsters. 
Final vs Aberdeen … HT 1-0 and Dons get a Red card.  FT 2-0 despite pen miss. 

Champions League ..Break gate receipts twice ..Sevilla £1.8m and then PSG £1.9m during an unbeaten group phase.

QF Beat Real Madrid despite red card in 1st leg.

SF Beat Barcelona despite red cards in both legs.

Final at Wembley vs Man City … I’m missing a key midfielder and Young defender. HT 1-0 FT 2-0 Banks 90th min goal seals a first ever European Club success ……. Claudio(gk) Ball(mid) and Banks ( striker) win champions league awards.

Lorefice wins Football Writers & Players Player awards.

Passmore .. Top Scorer

Bernhard ..Young writers

Kasongo .. Championship Young Player on loan at Salford

784,432 shirts sold … Ball/Passmore/Lorefice/Fisher and Brix.

Leicester beat ManUtd (pens) to win Carabao Cup.

Man Utd win Premier League.

Wolves beat West Ham 2-1 in FA Cup. ..1st trophy since 1980.

Season 65

Wales upto 29th have Euro Qual double header.

Wales vs Slovakia … Win a bonkers game 6-4

Slovakia vs Wales … Win 5-0 away and currently top the group.

Friendly ..Wales vs Argentina (3rd Rank) .. Maxwell (50th cap). Ht 4-0. FT 5-1. Rawlings debut and 1st goal.

Now ranked 26th 1.9.83

Friendly vs Jordan (116th) .. HT 4-0 FT 4-0 as subs disrupt performance.  New national record of 12 consecutive wins.

England (1st) vs Wales ..battle for Euro top spot. Playing against 2 of my Dundee Utd players.  Lose 3-1

Scotland( 16th) vs Wales .. Williams (75th cap) .. Win 1-0 with 93rd minute winner from a sub….Watts 1st goal guarantees a Top 2 finish.

Wales vs Latvis (166th) .. HT 7-0 Plus a missed pen…FT 10-0.  England have shock home loss to Slovakia .. could top group.

England (1st) vs Wales(24th).. lost 2 key players. Need a point to top group. Goal up (23) another disallowed (32) HT 1-0. … 1-1 (48) 2-1 down (80) …loss is hard but they have much better players.  I criticise disallowed goal.  Dundee Utd Banks makes debut. 
England beat Scotland to Top the group. Banks gets first goal.

Friendly vs Canada (22nd) .. Jenkins 75th cap. HT 3-0.  FT 4-1. Brooks makes debut.

Friendly vs R.O.I.(48th) Jenkinson promoted to 1st team For debut And scores. 6 players rested due to club instructions.  FT 3-0

Ranking Upto 23rd as of 30.3.84

Dundee Utd …Now ranked 2nd in Europe ..up 2.

Maguire 19yr old centre back makes Scotland debut.  Smyth debut and 1st goal for Scotland.

Bought some former youngsters to boost home grown numbers for Europe.

Scottish Premier League :

Nov 83 .. Finally lose a league game away at 2nd placed Ayr .  Weakened squad after internationals. Gap only 2pts at the top.

Game 33 .. Banks injured but 20 pts clear. Hearts could pip Celtic to last Top 6 place before league split.  League title sealed.

Play Rochdale in a friendly ..win 3-1 before play them in Super Cup.

Slow start to season in the league ..0-0 and then 75mins into game 2 to score… After 5 games W2 D3 and third.

Euro Super Cup vs Rochdale ..HT 0-0.  Make 3 subs and then 85th min injury takes us to 10 men. 95th equaliser before 120th minute Dale winner.

Champions League ..Break gate receipts vs Hertha (£2m) to break last season vs PSG by £100k….Won 6-2.

After knocking out Rochdale … QF lose away to Spurs 2-0. At home 1-0 down with 49mins gone ..get back to 2-1 but lose 3-2 on agg.

Betfred Cup Final vs St.Johnstone … HT 0-0. FT 2-0. Banks double. A 100th Domestic Cup.

Club World Cup ..sf despite going down to 10 men early ..beat Vancouver 3-0…Our first time here and now in 1st final In 174yr history.

Final vs Velez ..Argentine side were runners up 2 seasons ago…Looking for 1st win too in their 173yr history.

Win 4-1 ….My 12th win in the competition with 4 clubs.

Scottish Cup Final … beat Championship Greenock Morton 2-0

Players Player+ Football Writers ..Kotarski

Top Scorer + Young Player/Writers Young Player..Banks

Best Goal …Lorefice

Season 66

Banks won the Golden Boot last season for 27 league goals ( broke Dundee Utd record in a season by 1).

Dundee Utd ranked no.1 in Europe but my contract is expiring.

29.5.84 3 x friendlies lined up before Euros.  1 uncapped player in squad…Marcus Griffiths.  Christian Nicholls 106 caps. Declan Williams has most goals with 47.  Only 14/23 have scored goals.

(h) Swaziland … HT 8-0. FT 10-0. Griffiths makes debut.  Williams with 4 goals passes 50 goals.

(h) Luxembourg..HT 6-0. FT 7-0

(h) Liechtenstein ..HT 9-0. FT 11-0. Williams & Passmore both score 4.

Euros ..Lose key midfielder Maxwell before tournament.

Turkey (8th) .. Williams (pen 5 mins/20 but injured 34). HT 2-0 FT 3-0 sub Watts (47) …now ranked 19th.

Montenegro (108th) .. HT 1-0 Passmore(pen 40). Watts(47/84) Sampson (57 screamer for 1st goal) Jenkins(90) FT 5-0…Qualified.

Elsewhere 52nd ranked Bosnia shock England.

Holland (9th) .. Robert’s (75th cap) .. Outlaw (15) HT 1-0 Lee (68) restores the lead. FT 2-1

Elsewhere ..Former winners N.Ireland & France knocked out 

Round 2 vs Belguim (15th) .. HT 1-0 Outlaw (45+1) . 1-1 (81)  Extra time own goal seals a 2-1 win.(115 mins).

QF ..Beat Turkey 2-0

SF ..Lose a thriller to England 3-2 ..played last 30 mins with only 10 men.  New ranking of 16th.

Final ..England thrash Ireland 4-0.

Wales Change Capt without my say so ..I resign.   Get India job … challenge as little data.

Reluctantly turn down Dungannon to take East Bengal job.   They have won last 12 league titles.

Only 1 signing Young Argentine on a free. Finances are tight.

Already out of Asian Club Cup with early rounds in May.

Opening games are all in a Cup Group vs 5 other sides. Win opening match but Game 2 has 8 players away on international duty🤦🏻‍♂️ They have 4 away .. miss a penalty for second successive game ..draw 0-0.

In the Semi Final of Durand Cup ( all games at neutral ground) play a B team who are awful . HT 11-0 up .. how did they qualify ?

Win 14-0 .  Turns out the other group had 5/6 B teams.  Break several scoring records. 

Final vs only proper side Churchill Bros … HT 1-0. FT 1-0 

League starts in October ..Game 3 is a 2-1 comeback win with 10 men vs local rivals Mohammedan in front of a record 66,678. 
Pick up 2 loanees but have to sell a keeper Due to finance issues.

Not enjoying the constant yellow card bans and lack of finances . Lose a game due to internationals and even lose a keeper injured ..cant recall that happening in over 60 seasons.( I don’t pick a keeper as sub). 
Seal the title after 17/20 games as Minerva Punjab fall apart. 
 

May 2085 .. Fed Cup SF and for the first time the two legs are being played on consecutive days vs Minerva.

Win final vs Real Kashmir 3-0.

(h)India vs UAE (198th)Win my 1st game in charge 8-0.  A record win ..previously 7-0 vs Bangladesh.  Current Ranking 112th.

(H)india vs Jordan (116th) .. HT 3-0. FT 5-0

(A)India. VS Lebanon( 118th) .. HT 3-1. FT 7-1.  

(A)India. VS Kuwait (81st) .. HT 5-0. FT 5-0

Draw for Asian Nations Qual is easy ..We are now 110th. Oman 141st , Nepal 164th & Bahrain 179th.

(a) Friendly vs Hong Kong (136th).. Can’t finish ..44 shots to Win 1-0

(a) Friendly vs Malaysia (138th)..Win 4-0.          Have to pick a squad and actually spend some time adding players to National Pool.

(h) Friendly vs Syria (90th).. HT 5-0. FT 7-1.  5 x debutants.

SAFF Championship..Pick23 man squads but only 18 allowed on match day.  Holders Bangladesh ..hosts Pakistan.

(h) vs Maldives (188th). Score in 9 seconds. HT 3-0. FT 5-1

(a) vs Afghanistan (178th) HT 6-0. FT 9-0

(a) vs Nepal (164th)  HT 2-0 but ref booking all my players. FT 7-0. Nepal get the red amongst 10 other bookings.

Semi Final vs Sri Lanka ( 152nd) who knocked out the holders. HT despite a missed pen lead 4-0. FT 6-0

Final vs Maldives (188th) who beat the hosts. HT 2-0. FT 5-0. Gomes gets another hat trick.   14 goals in the competition .

(fr) vs Turkmenistan (161st) HT2-0. FT 4-0

( Asian Cup Qual) Home vs Nepal ( 167th) .. HT 2-0. FT 3-0

June 2085 

fr(a) vs Bhutan (180th).. HT 1-0. FT 3-0

ANQ(a) vs Bahrain(172nd) .. HT 0-0. FT 3-0

Season 67

Resign from East Bengal as the finances and constant suspensions make the job tricky going forward.

Dungannon job available and this time I apply having turned down previous opportunities… the supporters say no at a ground named after me !

Take on relegated Brighton job and delayed transfers as board taken over.

After some wheeling a dealing still have 2nd highest salaries behind Norwich.

Win opening fixture vs Millwall with a centre back I gave a debut too 18 years earlier. Biggest surprise is only 34360 fans in a ground holding 85400. Record crowd only 66,236 (4 years ) vs Saints in Premier.

Go Top on goal diff after beating previous top side Birmingham 2-1 at home but only 33512 fans.

Game 31 is a the strange Derby with Palace. Top 2 battle and they bring 1074 fans as record attendance smashed with 73,626 fans. Previous best 39000+ so no idea why the sudden jump.

Game 38 ..Secure promotion and break youngest player record with.Schmidt 15y 275 days. Have A large lead so will blood more squad players.

Game 40 miss title chance with a 0-0 home draw. Game 41 Seal title away at Sunderland 2-0

Game 44 ..Liverpool also promoted ( 1st time in Premier league since 2059/60). Portsmouth also promoted.

League Cup… Leicester beat Saints.

FA Cup .. Saints beat Leicester aet.

Premier ..City pip Bournemouth by 4pts.

Europa ..Blackburn beat Kilmarnock.

Champions League 

My 1st Championship title at the 3rd attempt.

India Fixtures … Ranked 109th Aug 85.

(a)(fr) vs 198th ranked Guam …HT 5-0. FT 12-0

(a)(anq) vs 142nd vs Oman ..HT 0-0. FT 1-0

Oct 2085

(a) (anq) bs Nepal(171st) ..HT 1-0 Poor from 21 shots.  FT 2-0 

(h) fr vs Macau (195th) ..HT 3-0. FT 8-0

Nov

India vs Oman … HT 3-0. FT 5-0

Mar 2086

Friendly vs China (68th)(a) .. HT 0-0. FT 1-0

Apr 2086

ANQ (h) vs Bahrain .. HT 2-0. FT 3-0

Season 68

Poached by Dungannon ( being in the Premier league was the difference).  Budget limited so have to sell first.HT

India(106th) away at Indonesia (86th) friendly … HT 1-1 and down to 10.  FT 1-1.  Injuries mean finish with 9.

World Cup on but India not in it …. Not helping my squad building.  Won by Chile.

Things have changed since I left Dungannon 17 years ago ..Institute selling players for £48m and linked with buying mine for £71m… I returned to a £6m transfer pot.

NIFL vs main rivals Institute. HT 2-2 pegged back twice. FT 3-3 …Scored 2 own goals.  Pens 5-3 loss.  Not clinical enough.

Crusaders ( last time I was mgr only other professional side ) 9th and L97 D3 in last 100 meetings. Now all 12 are professional.

After 11 games switch from 442 to 4231 .. beat Larne 3-0.  Mainly due to lack of ML cover than results.

Game 16 lose at home as 4231 struggle vs 442

SAFF Sept 86. Defending champions. ranked 106th.

Play hosts Sri Lanka ( 153rd) .. HT 2-0. FT 6-0

vs Bangladesh ( 150th) .. HT 1-0 ( down to 10 after 19mins ) ..Win 5-0

vs Pakistan (167th) .. wouldn‘t Be played in real life … HT 3-0. FT 4-0

Semi Final

vs Maldives (185th) .. HT 3-0 FT 

Final vs

Afghanistan (170th) ..HT 0-0. 4 booked and let rip.  Win 2-0

Resign as India manager as squad is too limited with the save I am using.

Jan 87 … Start to reshuffle the side.

Lose at home to Institute (Irish cup) after drawing away to bogey side Portadown in the league.

Change from Positive to Balanced and start to bed in new signings & promoted youth.  Have drawn bogey side Portadown in the Mid Ulster cup SF.

Seal title in Game 30 … Larne & Institute inconsistent throughout the season.   39 in a row for the club.

 Bet McLean Cup Final vs Glenavon .. (34 times won vs 7) Linfield have most with (39) .HT 0-0 FT 1-0 late winner (84 mins).

Champions League 1st KO .. win 3-2 away from 3-0 up vs Rangers who are playing my nemesis 442.  2nd leg (h) 4-0 up by HT despite no recognised right fullback. 16yr old makes debut at fullback in 2nd half.  Win 4-0.

Last year Dungannon did not progress from group.

N.I Mid Ulster Final vs Newry at Dungannon old ground ( Holds over 43000).  Have won previous 61 meetings. HT 1-0. FT 2-0 

QF vs Dundee Utd (h) .. 3-1 win.   Battle of 2 oldest managers currently listed . Shock as Dundee Utd much better squad.

Elsewhere Bayern thrash Celtic 7-2 and Utd beat Dundee 3-1 to make a miserable Scottish trio in the last 8….although Dundee overturn the deficit.

QF away ..4-0 down in 47 mins ..lose 5-0 as too many fail to turn up.  Board pleased with reaching this round.

Game 35 of an odd season back .. I blood a 16yr old at right back .. followed by Mark Sergeant 15yr 191 days ( record has stood for only 5 years and broken by 66/days). A 16yr old also scores his 1st senior goal.

U20 Win Champions League junior event for first time in 15 Years.  Promote an aml for last fixture which will see 40yr old Keeper Sassi play his final game ..extending his club league game record to 694 games.

Lundstram sweeps awards ( snr,youngster,scorer).

Linfield have fallen within 2 pts of relegation playoff ..Crusaders despite being 7th make Europe.

West Ham beat Spurs 3-1 in FA Cup Final. 
Spurs seal Premier title.

12th placed Saints win Carabao Cup.

Hibs win first ever European cup ..Europa League.

Bayern beat Dundee ..Champions League.

Season 69

Playing 16 1st XI players and 6 talented youngsters , 3 in from season long loans last season.

Thrash Man Utd 6-0 in pre season.

Charity Shield .. Improved squad other last 12 months sees revenge on Institute…..Win 4-1.

Bet McLean ..shock early loss vs Warrenpoint 3-1 .  Can’t blame internationals as team was good enough.

28.2.88 seal title with 3-0 win vs Bangor in game 32.

Mid Ulster Cup .. Beat Newry 6-0

Irish Cup ..Win 3-1 vs Larne. A 33rd title…but a first in 5 years.

Lundstram sweeps the awards .

Arsenal & Dundee Utd win league titles.

Celtic now have stadium holding 111,716.

Champions League Final vs West Ham … HT 1-0 down.  FT 1-1 .  AET 2-1 Lundstram pen. 2-2 with 3 mins left. PENS .. Lose 4-2.  There first title.

I leave to join Univeritario de Deportes

Take the Peru job…good potential with youngsters .  Ranking 26th. Using 4123 DM

World Cup Qual starting

Brazil 2nd / Argentina 3rd have ageing squads . Uruguay 8th & Chile 13th.  Top ranked sides.

Colombia 24th , Ecuador 35th , Paraguay 56th , Venezuela 85th and Bolivia 86th.

Uruguay 0 vs Peru 3 .. two very late goals make this look comfortable. Zubczuk gets 100th cap.

Peru 2 vs Ecuador 0… Now ranked 20th.

Argentina 3 vs Peru 2

Bolivia 1 vs Peru 3.   Currently joint 3rd with Chile.

Peru 2 vs Brazil 2 … comeback twice.

Peru 2 vs Chile 0. Create a gap of 3 pts to teams in 4th and 5th.    Now Ranked 17th

As the league starts 1.1.88 in Peru I get lots of players with multi nationalities to try and recruit.

U23’s secure top spot in Olympic Qual … not me managing .. best ever finish. I do fancy a try at winning the Olympics.

Copa America ..more players become available for National Pool.

Season 70 …Starting 30.5.88

Having joined Universitario ..my opening game is vs Cristal.   These are the heavyweights with 41 vs 43 titles.  My aims are .. overtake Cristal and the. Win Copa Libertadores.  Raise level of Peru to improve national side I am also running.

Copa America ( I won this 20 seasons ago with Brazil). Peru have 3 wins ( 1939,1975 & 2048).

Hosts Columbia …holders Brazil

vs USA B … Maldonado scores twice on 75th appearance.  Win 3-0. 4xdebutants. Barrios 1st goal

vs Argentina win 2-1…Worked going to balanced from Positive.   Move up to 12th ranked (2000pts) after beating the 2nd ranked nation.

vs Venezuela … Fully rotated squad …Win 2-0.   Alva 1st goal.  Now a record 9th ranked…unclear how as they have won a World Cup.

QF vs Chile .. Win 4-0 vs arch rivals.  These games clash with league season.  Win league game despite 6 missing players.

 Elsewhere 77th ranked Bolivia see off Brazil on pens. Uruguay see off Argentina.

SF vs Ecuador .. 0-0.  Win pens 3-2

Shock Final sees lowly Bolivia(75th) vs Peru (9th) ..  Overcome the mean defence and Win 4-0

Lose Olympic final after a good run ..2-0 down in first 5 mins and ends 2-0

1st Div Opening Stage .. Break record attendance vs Cienciano (57655 from 55691 ).

Game 3 break attendance again with a sell out 60000. Vs Cristal.

24.11.88. Despite away loss ..seal League Title after several league phases. 

August 88 

WCQ away to Venezeula(86th) ….Win 4-0.  2 players get 1st international goal.  6 debuts as National Pool grows.

WCQ home to Colombia (32nd)…Win 3-0.  2 more debuts. 1 player gets 1st goal.

Oct 88

(h) vs Paraguay (56th)…Arroe 75th cap. 1 debutant.  Win 5-0. Salazar 1st goal.

(h) vs Uruguay (10th)… Win 4-1 after a superb 2nd half.

Nov 88

(a) vs Ecuador …. Win 2-0.   Go Top of group after 10 games . 1pt clear of Argentina.

(h) vs Argentina … Win 1-0.  Totally dominate the game 31 shots to 6.   Now ranked 8th. Cachique 1st goal.

2089

(a) vs Brazil … FT 2-2…..World Cup qualification sealed.

(h) vs Bolivia .. FT 3-0. Begazo 1st goal.

1st March 2089.

Solid start to Torneo de Verano.

MY FIRST EVER GAME IN COPA LIBERTADORES on any version of Championship or FM games I have ever played.

(a) Chilean side Colo Colo … HT 2-1 up. FT 5-1

(h) Brazilian side COR … HT 1-0. FT 2-1

(a) Univerisdad of Chile…. HT 3-0. FT 4-0

(h) Universidad of Chile .. Win 2-1 despite red card.

(a) COR .. Win 1-0 with a makeshift midfield.

(h) Colo ..Win 3-1 

Qualified … have lost 2 leagues games balancing squad….dont retain Torneo de Verano. But doesn’t count towards a league title.

After 6 games of Phase 1 of the league already 5 pts behind Torneo winners Alianza .. suspensions and U20 tournament ruin team ( plus a misfiring striker).

Not enjoying South America again .. constant moaning and wanting to leave …keep denying transfers but hits morale.

June 89…. CONFEREDATION CUP in Spain which is only way based on winning things they can be in it …They last won a trophy 2038.

Spain (40th) vs Peru (8th) ….Win 4-0.  Oblitas..goal on debut.     Elsewhere NZ are playing Australia.

Mexico( 4th) vs Peru … Only 1 win in 10 meetings.  HT 3-1 1 down but Ismodes perfect hat trick pulls it back. FT 3-1

Peru move to a record high rank of 7th before Ghana B game. They held Mexico and at HT 0-0 with them the best side. Win 2-0

Spain surprisingly see off Mexico to join 6th ranked Peru in SF.

Bigger shock is Australia(15th) beating 6 times winners England (1st ranked) as they qualify with Chile.(13th)

SF vs arch rivals Chile …1-1 …after being pegged back Win penalty shoot out 4-3.  Now ranked 5th.

Final vs Spain (33rd)but do have suspension to key defenders. HT 1-0. FT 1-0

Win next WCQ vs Chile away 1-0

Win home WCQ vs Venezuela .. Labrin 100th cap.  3-0

Win away in Paraguay 3-1

Win away in Colombia 1-0

Again Captain switched without me doing anything and getting criticised…after Confed win.

After Confed win an Out of the blue …23rd ranked Ghana offer me a job…… I decline.

Friendlies : Now ranked 4th.

(a) Egypt(=49th) … Win 4-0

(a) South Africa( =36th) …Win 3-0

COPA LIBERTADORES

Round 2 (a) vs Liga de Quito … Win 4-0.     Drop points in following league game.

Round 2 (h) vs LIga de Quito .. Win 3-0 in front of 57,629 fans ..breaks gate receipts record by 100k … £625k.

QF (a) vs GRE..Win 1-0 late after a red card VAR pen.   Win return leg 1-0 to progress.

SF (A) vs River Plate …Lose 3-0. Return leg .. Suspended DM.  Lose 2-1 at home to a wonder long range strike. Do break gate receipts with £650k raised.

No fairytale first ever Copa.  Going to win the league hopefully ( Should be in Playoff Final).  Then going low league again for promotions.

Beat arch rivals Alianza 3-2 ( was 3-0 up) .. that should seal Top Spot.

43rd game of the season ..15 players missing on International duty to 1 for opponents. No offer to postpone. As they were friendlies I should have dropped my players 🤦🏻‍♂️. Win late on 2-1.

Game 44 … finish with a 0-0 draw.  8pts clear of Alianza.

Double header DEC 89 vs Alianza for Champions Playoff Final.  I picked away first.

Away ..Underperforming front 3 ..Lose to an 88th winner from there 30yr old English regen.

Away ..  Game is saying I’m 3-0 up before kick of…but aggregate doesn’t count. Gone more attacking. Win 2-1 and seal title. 

Home …Win 1-0 with sub Leon 86th min goal.  Apparently win 0-0 on aggregate . 
 

I allow contract to end and walk away.

Pre World Cup ..offer England a friendly who reject us due to stature ( Current Rank 4). As do 18th Ranked Austria who we meet in the World Cup.

Season 71.  January 2090.

Apply for Lyn in Norways Division 2.  Like the idea of a former league winner (last 1968) who have fAllen on hard times. 15400 stadium though.

Offered the job … Challenge is Top half . Promote youngsters.  Bookies rate us 11th / 14th.

First priorities:

1. Staff
2. Get some loans in and promote youngsters.
3. Raise funds with friendlies.  Only have £26k transfer budget and £6k wages.

most my squad are non contract and club is part time.  Lose many as non contract. 

Only 1 team gets promoted automatically. Then a play off. The Big Sides reserve teams may not get promoted.
 

League ..Narrow opening game loss to Jerv but then find some early form.

At half way stage ( Just as knocked out of World Cup). Top by 2 points from Jerv.

Game 14 vs Jerv kicks off in the media. Win 2-0 away. 
Transfer window opens.  Finding some good bargains and loans.

Game 21 ..Despite 3 suspended ..Win and make the playoffs.

Game 24 .. Make hard work of relegating Byrne ( their manager objected to me tipping them). The win seals the title from Jerv and ends a run of 5 successive Titles for Rosenberg 2 who lay 3rd.

A 1st Group 1 Second Division League Title ( Won Group 2 version once in 1986.

Fans Player …AMR ..Reynisson.

Goal .. AMC ..Bjornsgaard.

Signing + Young Player MCR .. Andersen.

Norwegian Cup .. Rnd 1&2 wins vs lower league sides. Rnd 3 beat Div 1 side KFUM Oslo. ( Sets a gate receipt record of £67.37k).

Rnd 4 ..Last years Premier Champions Bodo Glimt away … 2-0 down and a red card by HT .. FT 2-0. Earn £229k.

Peru March friendly (h) vs Chile … Comeback to Win 3-1.   Calle makes debut.

Peru June friendly (a) vs Australia …beat my old side 3-0

Peru June friendly vs NI …  eat another old side 2-1 with a late goal.

World Cup starts in Spain.  Holders are Chile.    DR Congo (33rd) knock out hosts Spain (31st)  in Round 2. Senegal(36th) beat holders Chile(13th) also in round 2.

Game 1 vs Austria (19th) … Win 3-1 courtesy of Maldonado hat trick.

Game 2 vs Zimbabwe ( 73rd) .. Rotated squad as already through. Win 6-0.  Bolivar 1st goal.

Round 2 vs South Africa ( 38th)  48yrs since I won the World Cup with them.  Win 5-1. Defender Vasquez 1st goal after 29 caps.

Round 3 vs Italy (Joint 13th) .. Former Salford debutant of mine in Italy squad. Maldanado 100th cap. 3-0 down in 20 mins.  Go all out attack … 3-3 by 80 mins. FT 3-3.  Red Card on 109mins.  2 yellows in 30 secs but Italy don’t get bookings. Score 113th min 4-3 Concede 119 & 122mins to lose 4-5.   Apparently Peru record for most goals in a game.( Not true as record win is 9-1).

I go nuts about the referee ..expect to be sanctioned.  I continue my ref bashing in a follow up media question.  Get a warning.
All the Home Nations teams through.  
Wales lose to Italy QF. Scotland lose to Ecuador.

England pip NI aet in SF. Ecuador see off a tired Italian side.

England win a thriller aet 4-2 vs Ecuador.

Get sacked by Peru.  Have won Copa America / Confed Cup and a national ranking high of 4.🤷🏻‍♂️. One of 12 jobs available.

Apply for Ghana job ( they wanted me after Confed Cup) ..turned down. Try apply all. Only 5th ranked Holland show any interest by delaying decision …The likes of Serbia & Austria think I’m not good enough.

End of Season has the board announcing Under Soil Heating and an extra 100 seats.

Season 72.

Board want a brave fight vs relegation. Refuse going professional.

League …Shock 2 Top half teams from last year by winning opening fixtures . Young 17yr old  striker Nyborg has started well.

Game 3 ..Beat Oslo based rivals Skeid 2-1 in front of 4114 fans. A league best since I took charge.

Game 4 ..outplay Sandnes but lose at home 1-0.

Game 5 ..having just beaten them 6-2 away in the cup …beat high flying  Tromsdalen in a thriller 3-2. ( 2 up , var disallowed a 3rd before 2-2 and then a late winner). Currently 2nd.

Game 7 a draw away at lowly Kristiansund is followed by a job interview by Bangor ( N.I). I decline.

Game 8 thrashed by top side and lose a striker for 7 months.

I get into an argument when offered a new contract as ask for better youth facilities.

Game 10 sell out crowd (15,500) vs rivals Valerenga. Ends 2-2. Club record £217k gate receipts.

Norwegian Cup

Rnd 1 vs Div 3 Grp 6 side Sprint-Jeloy … Labour to a late 1-0 win through an own goal. Did rotate the squad.

Rnd 2 vs Div 1 rivals Tromsdalen ..another away tie.  Finally take chances and win 6-2.

Rnd 3 vs Div 1 rivals Kristiansund ..away again ..  Win 2-0 away ..key penalty save at 0-0.

Rnd 4 vs Premier & Cup Holders Viking … finally at Home. Both fullbacks on international duty. HT 1-1. FT 2-1 loss. Earn £220k.

Despite all the efforts … Board not going professional and squad is too limited .

Season 73

MK Dons job available as a team with a 30000+ stadium gets relegated to the National League. 
I fancy the challenge and the Everton affiliation will be useful.

New ownership has brought in funds.

Given I’m the strongest side in the league … Positive Mentality , Stripped back 4231 with tall players signed and going to go wing play , aerial set pieces at corners and amc to shoot on sight.

Refused to sell in contract players and with loan signings this squad are strong for this league.

Relegation has affected season ticket sales ..9222 from 11003.

Surprised to see Blackpool , Walsall & Port Vale in this Division.    Although Swindon in the Premier League is a surprise.

League … Win opening home game 4-1 vs Oldham. Crowd 10240.

Game 27 .. New Year and Top of the league.  Kettering have 0 Wins but are not bottom !  They win Game 29.

Game 34 ..vs Kettering is my 5000th game of this save.

Game 38 vs Chester seals the Title and Belshaw Is new club youngest player at 15yr 243d.

FA Cup 4th Qual Rnd vs Hastings (21st Vanarama South) .. 3 Youngsters get debuts.. HT 2-1 Down to 10 after 49mins. FT 3-1 

FA Cup Rnd 1 (a) vs Mansfield (24th L1) .. HT 1-0. FT 4-0

FA Cup Rnd 2 (h) vs Harrogate (1st VNN) .. Win 3-0

FA Cup Rnd 3 (h) vs Sheff Weds ( 22nd Championship) .. HT 1-0 FT 3-1 (93rd min goal on the break seals victory). Capacity 30,303 crowd.

FA Cup Rnd 4 (h) vs Boro (14th Championship) ..Get 70k TV money.  HT 1-0. FT 4-0.  Most there team avg 6.3 or less. Another sell out 30,303.

FA cup Rnd 5 (h) vs Norwich ( 7th Premier) .. Board sold my left winger on deadline day to them. Lose 1-0 but good battle.

FA Trophy Rnd 1 (a) vs Solihull Moors …Win 5-0 vs a mid table National League rival.

FA Trophy Rnd 2 (a) vs Dagenham & R … ( 19th VNL) .. Win 4-1

FA Trophy Rnd 3 (h) vs Hendon ( 10th VNS) ..Win 6-0

FA Trophy QF (h) vs Oldham (3rd in VNS) ..Win 4-1

FA Trophy SF (h) vs Chester ( 8th in VNS) .. Win 5-1.  (A) Win 2-1 …. Agg 7-2

FA Trophy Final ( 1st for MK Dons) vs 3 times winners Hartlepool… HT 1-0. FT 3-0.  Crowd of 55,458 at Wembley.

Elsewhere West Ham retain the Premier League….and Chelsea relegated.  Newcastle win Championship & Sunderland League 1.

FA Cup Brighton beat Norwich on pens.  Carabao ..City beat Arsenal on pens.

Fans Player …Bishop.   Also wins Vanarama Player. Top Scorer. 

Goal …Harrison

Signing ..Butler

Young Player … Griffith

Season 74

The board offer to boost Youth Academy to Level 3.

Season Tickets up ..by nearly 700 to 9917.

Oddly I have gone from 99years old to 75yrs old …guess no option to be 100 Or more.

I have worked on quick wingers , tall centre backs and striker and looking at determination … released a number of poor determined youngsters.

League starts well … Win league by Game 32 as no real challenger emerges . Seal the title and use youngsters from Youth Intake .. Lewis-Price becomes the clubs youngest ever player.(15y 220d) by 23 days.

Young talented Left Winger signs a long term contract with no buyout clause.

A 3rd League 2 title for the club ( 2008/2080).

Carabao Cup Rnd 1 … Win on pens away at L1 arch rivals AFC Wimbledon.

Carabao Cup Rnd 2 .. Beat fellow L2 Swansea at home again ( already met in the league).

Carabao Cup Rnd 3 .. Lowly QPR ( 21st Championship) .. Easily see off an injury hit side low on morale.

Carabao Cup Rnd 4 .. Coventry (17th L1)..Late goals seal,the win

Carabao Cup QF …3 injured for home tie with former club Saints.  2-0 up in 22 mins , and miss a pen before Downes red carded seconds later.  HT 2-0.  Go 3-0 but Saints hit back immediately 3-1 .   Stayed positive and paid off with shock result. Sell out crowd.

Carabao Cup SF 1st leg … Bournemouth beat Spurs 4-2 … my old striker Lundstram scores both Spurs goals.

(a) West Ham .. 2 players suspended.   2 up attacking within 20 mins , Hammers miss a pen (2mins) but then pegged back to 2-1. Another quick break and it’s 3-1 dreamland scenario at HT.  3-2 (65mins) 3-3(72mins) 4-3(79mins)  Ends 4-3 but almost pulled off a shock.  Have broken the Carabao record for goals scored with 25 now.

(h) vs West Ham ..Rested squad against bottom side in league so only 1 suspension.  Gone for it again and 2-0 up (12 & 17mins)  before giving away a penalty for 2-1 (33mins)  HT 2-1 and game is 5-5 on agg.  Can only keep going for it .  Have to make 3 subs due to yellow cards to 3 of my front 4.  Sub Midson scores the Winner in the 91st minute for a 3-1 (6-5agg) shock win. 5 of the West Ham rated 6.5 or less.

FINAL vs Bournemouth (13th in Premiership) ..Their 2nd final (2077 runners up).  I have a full squad .. they are 1 suspended & 1 injured. I will go for it as I have done previously.

HT 0-0. Very even first half ..potential Giant Killing still on.  Downes(50) shock lead. Loanee Cain(64) doubles the lead and daring to dream before 2-1 (67) and 2-2 (69) my subs are not the same quality. Only MK players getting booked ( 4 from 23 fouls) they have 0/10.

Extra Time 2-2 still after 1st 15mins. Ends 2-2 with almost identical match stats.  Penalties .. Miss last 2 penalties to lose 4-3.

Checkatrade Trophy South Group A

(a) Millwall (20th L1) ..Win 4-0.  (H) West Ham U23 ..Win 4-2. (H) Bounce back from FA Cup shock exit and being a goal down to beat L2 side Plymouth.

Round 2 … (h) Fellow L2 side Forest Green….Win using a new 424 wing play attacking system… not sure if experiment worked but a useful option if behind late on.

Round 3 ..vs Arsenal U23… See off a 9th placed side in the U23 league 

QF (h) vs Aston Villa U23 … Have replaced Arsenal as 9/12 in U23 league.  Late goals seal a 4-0 win.

SF (a) vs Bristol City (L1 9th) .. Have to rotate as 3 days after losing Carabao Cup Final.  No hangover and win easily despite Red card.

FINAL vs Walsall (L2 11th) .. Seeking a 5th win ( 2008/2045/2064-65).  2 players suspended ..they have 2 injuries both with 1 on int duty.

HT 4-0. FT 5-1 in front of 38,451.  Oddly 17000 less than last years FA trophy vs Hartlepool. 2 youngsters made their debuts.

FA Cup

Round 1 .. Meet fellow L2 side Colchester who i Beat in the league last game 4-1.   Lose 3-2 ..they had 4 shots on target to my 16…..

Leicester beat Bournemouth in the FA Cup Final.

Leicester Win Club World Championship.

Man City  beat Arsenal toWin Champions League

Man Utd beat Brighton to Win Europa League

Championship …Won by Chelsea.

Premier League …Won by Southampton from Villa & Arsenal.

Take England Job after current manager takes Spurs job .

(h) Group 10 Euro Qualifier … Beat 62nd ranked Greece 5-0.  C.Davies 50th cap.  S.Davies 1st goal.

(a) Group 10 Euro Qualifier .. Beat 87th ranked Albania 3-1

My first chance to pick a squad and reduce average age.  Lundstram ( Brighton & Dungannon ) my former player recalled. 
 

Season 75 

6 Changes from last squad.

7/6/2093

England (1st) vs France (5th) in Semi Final of International League. HT 0-0 Banks misses pen. FT 2-0. Banks(53) Wiseman(90)  5x debuts 

Final vs Belguim (12th) who saw off Scotland (17th).   Banks scores a pen on 125th appearance and Kelly 1st goal. HT 2-0. 
Bishop 1st goal as England extend record wins to 20 in this competition.   Win 3-0

 Friendly vs Comoros (207th) .. Use fringe squad. All out attack . HT 10-0.   FT 16-0.  Equals best ever win.  1 x debutant. Harper 1st goal

Friendly vs San Marino (209th) .. Miss pen(2) HT 6-0 FT 10-0. Andrew-Heale 1st goal.

Confed Cup.  Guyana Youngest Squad.  Honduras most goals (157)…odd as my squad is over 200 goals.

June & July fixtures.

South Korea (14th) … W9 D1 in last 10 meetings…… HT 1-0. Banks(12). Same def has 2 goals disallowed within 3 mins Of each strike.

FT 2-0. Spencer (93).

Costa Rica ( =47th) .. Banks (10,44) in between a Costa Rica Red card (38). HT 2-0.  FT 3-0. Spencer (47).

Peru (3rd) .. Chance for some revenge after they sacked me.  Ht 1-1  wiseman(23) before equaliser(45). FT 1-1

They see off France in sf on pens.

Semi Final vs another former club Mexico (9th) ..HT 1-0. Wiseman (19). FT 2-0. Sub Lundstram (80).

Final vs Peru now a grudge match as their manager gets mouthy.  Looking to extend our record to a 7th title. Ironically Peru are defending champions and I was the manager .

HT 3-0. Banks (pen 17, 21).  Davies (45+2).  FT 4-1 Spencer (73). 
 

World Cup Qual Sept 2093 …. Lowered age of squad.

(h) Romania (34th)… FT 2-0. Andrew-Heale (27) Banks (30).  Jones & Griffiths debut .

(a) Lithuania (133rd)..FT 6-0. Griffiths (2 , 87) Gotts(17) Kelly (25) Bishop 29, pen 35).  Worthington & Hawkridge be make debuts. Griffiths 1st goals.

October 2093…WCQ

(a) Greece (61st)… Laboured result but do win 5-3. Bishop (pen 32) Wiseman (42,90+2) Gotts(61) Cohen1st goalon debut (89). 131 undefeated in qualifiers.

(h) Albania (=83rd)..FT 7-0 perfect performance.  Banks(7) Griffiths (12,49) Swaby(19,24,81) Wiseman(75)

Nov 2093

(a) Romania (=32nd)  HT 3-0. FT 4-0. S.Davies(14) Banks(20) Sharpe(29) Griffiths (69)

(h) Lithuania (133rd).. HT 8-0 ..gone all out attack.  FT 11-0. I.Jones 1st goal.  Griffiths(3,10,31,39,59) o.g(6) Wiseman(21) Lundstram(pen36) Cohen (45+3) Jones(70) Swaby(90+2)

March 94

(fr) vs Comoros(207th) Win 8-0. Spencer(14) Bishop (16) Swaby (33) Box (60) Lundstram (61/67) Sharpe (90+2) ..Squad affected by withdrawals and injury.

(fr) vs Andorra (=209th) .. Win 8-0  Allen (11) Bishop (15,16,pen 38) Box (58,64) Swaby (69) Hawkridge (89) his 1st goal.  
Disappointed by lack of cutting edge in attack.
 

MK Season tickets up from last year to 11,068 up from 9,917.

League 1

After a fine start get a rare keeper injury after 10 Mins. Put Young centre back in goal and rely on attacking to stop them having shots. Works in first half to 4-0 up away at Carlisle … by 72 mins it’s 4-3 ..finally win 5-3.

Nov 93 ..Linked with Premiership 14th Leicester job …. I’m currently 3 points clear from Rotherham at top of L1…immediately offered a new contract.

Dec 93 .. Bishop breaks clubs scoring record with his 151st strike.

Mar 94 .. Game 37 ..Secure Promotion.

Apr 94 ..Game 40 .. Title secured as Rotherham lose their 42nd game. Robbed of a title showdown that was coming up.

Carabao Cup

Round 1 (a) Millwall (Ch 19th) ..2 youngsters make debuts in an easy 5-0 win.

Round 2 (a) Rotherham (L1 4th) .. Both sides rotate. Win 6-0 but will be fined after 7 yellow cards. 
Round 3 (a) Carlisle ( L1 5th) .. HT 1-1. FT 4-1   Man Utd Loanee Kukla gets a hat trick.

Round 4 (a) Stoke (Prem 17th) .. HT 1-0 up ..route 1 attacking works. FT 4-0.   After a poor league run this was unexpected.

QF (h) Liverpool ( Champ 21st) ..they have 4 injured. HT 1-0 up. FT 3-1 ..not a great shock. Disappointed by only 16599 fans.

SF (a) Arsenal (Prem 6th).Dull 0-0.  (H) HT 1-1 Took lead (16) equaliser (43). FT 2-2 Bishop (pen 60) only for Arsenal to level again (90+3). Lose 4-1 on penalties.   This competition keeps breaking my hopes. Also lose a key defender to injury.

Man Utd beat Arsenal in the Final.

Checkatrade…Southern Group D.

(a) vs Bristol City (L1 5th) .. woeful finishing leads to a 1-0 loss.  Missing 4 key players.

(h) vs Swansea (L2 19th) … 7 players Missing. Come from behind 2-1 win

(h) vs Saints U23 (Prem U23 7th) ..Win 3-0.   Qualify 2nd to Bristol City

Round 2 (a) Arch rivals AFC Wimbledon (L1 11th) …Narrow 1-0 Win despite 2 key suspensions and a key injury.

Round 3 (h) Revenge gained over Bristol City as rotated squad ( after Arsenal 2nd leg) Win 5-1

QF (h) St.Albans (L1 7th) Will start with 6 x U18’s before same teams meet in the league. HT 0-0. FT 2-0 loss.  Awful from my experienced defenders I did use. Also lose key Loanee to injury .  Gamble works for the league game 3 days later.

Notts County beat St.Albans on pens in the Final. There 2nd title.

FA Cup 

Round 1 (h) Fleetwood(L2 1st)  Rotated squad as need to win Checkatrade game vs Saints. FT 2-0 win.

Round 2 (h) Spennymoor (VNN 9th) … 10 changes made Win 6-1  Lopez debut . Markussen 1st goal.

Round 3 (a) Aston Villa (Prem 5th) ..Go attack ..better than defence. Early o.g and Villa are playing England winger as a striker ,out of position not working as 10 /11 Villa players score less than 6.5…all mine 7.3-9.5. Win 5-1

Round 4 (h) Hull (Champ 20th) ..Draw 1-1 after conceding 90+2 goal.  Team  stretched  after 3 successive cup ties.

Replay (a) Hull .. Win 4-1 

Round 5 (h) Newcastle(Prem 20th) Sell out but squad injuries hitting Vs relegation threatened team. HT 2-0.  FT 2-0. Morale makes a big difference in this match.

QF ..Beat Championship (6th) Charlton 2-1 and break gate receipt record ..Now £775k ..previously £725k vs Rochdale. Also a FA cup tie but same crowd figure of 30,303.

SF vs Blackburn ( Prem 8th) .. Rested players in league ( 2-2 draw ) to have best side out… History L4 D2 vs Blackburn.  I go attacking and direct vs a deeply set opposition.  HT 1-0 up. Downes (4) .  FT 2-0. Griffiths (87) counter attack goal as they went 3-4-3. Historic moment.

Sell out 100,000 crowd at Wembley. Earn £1.22m.  Leicester see off Man Utd 3-2. First side since 1973 (Sunderland) from 3rd tier in final.  24 goals so far is a cup record.

Final vs 4 times winners Leicester .. Missing a Leicester Loanee and another who is cup tied. Have lost all 4 matches to them. Going direct and attacking again. Leicester manager cocky in media.

1-0 down (5)1-1 (7) 2-1 down (11) equaliser disallowed (22) red card (28) and now up against it.3-1 (31) then concede a penalty (45+3)   4-1 down at half time.

All out attack and now 4-2 (60) 5-2 own goal (78) 5-3 (79)   Ends 5-3 .. that had everything.

Leicester add Fa Cup to Community Shield win….They add Europa Cup with win over St.Johnstone.

Griffiths dominates awards.

Used 2nd most players over season (34) 

Board agree improvements to training and youth set ups.

Man City pip West Ham to the title.

May 94

World Cup Squad picked and shock media with 2 31yr olds dropped for younger players.

Tweaked corner routine for inswingers from both wings.

Aston Villa invite me for an interview…declined . Does mean I’m missing out on Europa League Spot.

England vs Kiribati (fr) ..HT 7-0. FT 12-0.   Bishop/Griffiths & Downes all get hat-tricks. I.Jones , Sharpe & Gotts. Downes made his debut.

Season 76.    2094/95 Season

Was considering trying to get Rangers a title but they won there first 26/27 ( 67 year wait).  Also forgot I’d removed the league.

5/6 ..(fr) vs Turks & Caicos …Win 11-0.  Griffiths x 5 and Downes another hat trick. 
 

World Cup. Group M

vs Cameroon ( =38th). Narrow 2-0 Win.

vs Australia ( 20th) . Come from behind 3-2 Win.  Top the group.

Round 2

vs Paraguay (56th) .. Slow start ( Var earky saved us) before 4-0 Win.

Round 3

vs Turkey (15th) .. Come from behind 4-1 Win.    Downes suspended for next match.

Currently have most goals from corners (3) 

QF 

vs France (3rd)  Surprised teams that topped groups and so highly ranked meet this early.  After a tricky 20 mins …4-1 Win.

Elsewhere Norway (14) vs Croatia(10) Iran(35th) vs Canada (22) and Sweden (16) vs N.Ireland. (=11)

SF

vs Norway (=9th) …. One of those results that you want to throw the laptop away …somehow Lose 1-0

Elsewhere underdogs meet with Iran vs Sweden.   3-0 Sweden win.

3rd Place 

vs Iran … Win 4-0.     Will still probably be sacked…..straight after Sweden beat Norway 2-0 im sacked for dreadful performance … this is just nonsense and needs attention from the game makers.

Apply All for the 14 international jobs .. funnily enough England say no.   Shocked that 9 teams say yes.

Accept Senegal Offer … reject Brazil/Chile and 6 other European sides.  Ranked joint 39th.  They are Top of Qual group after 2 games so surprised they sacked their manager of nearly 5 years.

MK Dons… Season tickets up from 11,068 to 12,762 …. Seems a bit low.

Championship  … Here in 2094 playing the likes of Liverpool,Chelsea,Palace,Newcastle,Fulham & Burnley.

Still not broken transfer records ( Paid £746,000 2023 or Received £7.625m 2025) … but after financial issues finally agree to sell my top purchase Butler £675k with Dungannon & Chelsea bidding .. surprised by Chelsea as in Championship.

Butler turns down Chelsea for Dungannon and European football ..New transfer record of £61.828m. Chelsea offered £79m.

Leaves enough funds to break Transfer in replacement of £5m.

Enjoying thrashing big spending Chelsea on route to securing Promotion( Game 36) … Title will follow shortly.(Game 37). Rest players for FA Cup run.

Game 42 …Meunier becomes clubs youngest scorer by 23 days (16y 43d) in 5-3 win vs WBA

Carabao Cup .. Another great run including destroying relegation threatened and managerless Man Utd 5-1 in QF. 
SF home vs Rochdale .. HT 2-0 up. FT Lose 3-2.    
SF away vs Rochdale.. Key defender missing. Record signing makes debut. HT 0-0.  FT 1-0 win .   Lost 4-2 on penalties.

Brighton beat Rochdale on pens..  There first Carabao Cup win.  Shock as Brighton are likely to be relegated…and are in last game of the season.

FA Cup ..Gamble in Round 3 with reserves b4 Carabao SF A few days later.  
Round 4 .. After disappointment of Carabao Cup ..losing 2-0 at home to Southampton  … complete a 3-2 Win. New Receipt record £825k.

Round 5 .. Sheff Utd …Draw 3-3 and win Penalties 5-3.

Round 6 / QF ..Home to out of form  Man City … Win 2-0 .. Wilkes local 15yr old makes debut.  New gate receipt record £875k.

SF vs Stoke ( Mid Premiership). Rested 10/11 squad in last league game. LB suspended.  Hang on to Win 3-2.  Back to back Finals.

Final vs Arsenal ( Premier leaders) .. Missing 2 on U20 World Cup duty. Sticking with regular approach of Positive , crosses and long throws.

HT 1-0 up (26)   FT pen(60) and another (73) as Arsenal turn it around.   Lose 2-1

Fans player / Young Player / Goal of season … Griffiths.

Signing ..Ciganda.

Arsenal win the Premier League.

Senegal matches 

Group C African Nations Qual vs Nigeria (40th) …. (H) Win 3-0

 Lesotho (175th) … (H) Win 6-0

Friendlies. Oct 94

vs Namibia(159th).. Amended corner routines. (H) Win 7-0. midfielder Samb scores on 50th cap.

vs Canada (19th) (a) .Striker. Ndiaye 100th cap. Red card (71) at 0-0…. Win 1-0

Now ranked 38th.

Nov 94.  ACN Qual

Away vs Cape Verde (137th) .. D.Gueye wins 100th cap and scores only his 4th goal…..Win 17-0. ( Against 10 men from 9-0 up and 9 men 11-0).   New record tournament win replacing 12-0 at home to same opponents by Ivory Coast & nation record of 11-0 vs Sao Tome. 8 seconds is also a new quickest Nation and Tournament record (9secs).

Away vs Nigeria (33rd) .. Lose 1-0 in an even contest.

Season 77  2095/96

Pleased to see my old side Salford make Premier league for 1st time.

Leave MK as I want a low level challenge in France … applied for Vendee Herbiers as they have no trophies.   French Cup runners ups.

French National 2 D .. Runners up and 2x 3rd places. 

Formed 1949.

Basic Training & Poor Youth. 
Capacity 3300.

Just had a 20 year high 5th placed finish in National League. ( 3rd Tier).

Avoid Relegation , direct football and sign Young players.

June 95

Senegal Friendlies. Low key build ups.  

vs Comoros … Win 9-0

vs Djibouti … Win 7-0

vs Somalia … Win 7-0

African Cup of Nations.

vs Burkina Faso (=70th).  Dominate with 41 shots ….Draw 0-0.   Drop to 41st ranked.  Ironic after 23 goals in last 3 games.

vs Ivory Coast ( =18th) .. N’Diaye 100th cap. Win with a (69th min strike).  1-0 over higher ranked team.

vs Sudan (80th) ..Win 3-0

2nd Round vs Mali ( 39th) .. FT 1-1 blow the lead late on. AET 1-1 Pens 5-4. Win

QF vs South Africa ( 42nd) .. HT 2-0 up and now against 10 men.  FT 4-1 Win.    Now ranked 36th.

SF vs Morocco ( =25th)   Win 1-0.   Now ranked 34th

Morocco beat Ivory Coast for 3rd.

Final vs Tunisia ( 41st) .. HT 1-1 penalty levels score 2 mins after going behind. FT 1-1 AET Inj forces me down to 10 men. Pens Lose 5-3
 

Have to pick Senegal B squad but not enough domestic players on National Pool… have to take a 1 day holiday.

Senegal B 1st game same day as African Cup Final.  Use asst mgr to get a 2-2 draw.

I resign as can’t get the B team to work and national pool so small.

I have now lost 4 successive finals … hopefully there is a lower league French one I can do better in….doesnt look like it though from schedule.

French Cup 

..Enter at Round 5. (A) vs Nueillaubiers … Rotated squad thrashes non league side  8-0.  New record club win.

Round 6 (a) Entente Sportive Segre Haut Anjou .. another non league side.  Win 4-0

Round 7 away again vs non league Assoc Sportive Facture Biganos Boien .. Win 3-0

Round 8 Home to Nat 2 Side Aviron Bayonnais … Win 6-1

Round 9 ..Last 64 sides .. Home vs L1 Angers SCO …Top team visiting on 1st Jan 2096 …. Hard fought game but lose 3-1. Sell out 3300 crowd. This beats the old record by 300 Set 61 years ago.  New gate receipt record of £65k …up 10k. 

League .. Win opening 4 games before an undeserved away loss….turns into 5 successive losses.

Board unhappy with my efforts on play style but takes Time to adjust .  Change to attacking from positive and tweak wing instruction.

Win Game 10 … W5 L5 …sitting in 9th.  Better than avoid relegation season expectation  (15th to 18th)…. Win games 11,12 & 13to move up to 5th. Winning easy cup games boosted team morale Between league games.

Young 18yr old Omarov I signed on a free gets 1st international goal.

Nov 95 … New contract is offered and accepted.

Game 17 .. 1st draw and lay 2nd in the table …Top 6 seperated by 3 points.

Game 25 .. Great run sees relegation avoided confirmed.

Game 30 .. Last 4 games and we are in the mix with 3 other sides.

Game 31 ..Announced as Champions due to better head 2 head against Stade Lavallois.  
 

A first ever Competition Win. 🥇

Board plan a new stadium back to home city …but no other plans available.

Season 78 … 2096/97

Sold 1071 shirts with Knight top seller. 

Fight against relegation Bravely … favourites to go down….. Reach Round 9 French Cup and Round 1 Coupe de La Ligue BKT

Current stadium not suitable … vague plans for a new stadium in home city … renting a 9000 in La Roche sur Yon.  Look to be 36 miles apart.

I will look for more free agents and loanees.  7 subs this time.

I have declined the reserve league and will sell that squad.  Have signed/extended  5 x loans.

Domino Ligue 2

Sold 1089season tickets (up from 410) and opening win at home to Auxerre (60yrs plus in this division ) sees a 1-0 win in front of 4601 which is a new record crowd + gate receipts of £73.52k.

(h) vs OGC Nice sees 5374 and £88.42k receipts … both records.

Lose games 10 & 11 but 11 was against table topping Havre in front of a record 6308 fans.

BKT Cup .. 

Round 1 (a) vs Sochaux-Montbeliard … Same league … HT 3-1 FT 3-2 Win

Round 2 (h) vs Stade Reims …13 days after beating them in the league away.  Red card after 83 seconds ..I think my quickest ever. HT 2-0 up.

Surprised to win so easily with ten men ..FT 2-0.     New record 5903 fans. New gate receipts record £122k.

Round 3 (h) struggling Top League side Nimes .. sell out expected. HT 1-0 FT 1-0 surprise Win. 9000 fans & £186k receipts.

Round 4 (h) Top side in 2nd placed St Etienne for another sell out.  Rest entire squad to maintain League push as achieved and surpassed board expectations in this cup.  5 nil down in 17 mins. HT 5-0 down.  FT 6-2 loss. 4 debutants , Zouma scored twice on debut and fined £6k for not playing 6 players from last match.  Earn £894k prize money.

French Cup

Round 7 (h) vs non league AJ Saint-Georges … Win 4-0.   3 debuts and 2 of them score.

Round 8 (a) vs lower league Stade Bordelais .. Win 2-0

Round 9 (a) vs non league Blagnac … rotated squad Win 2-0

Roumd 10 (h) to Top Flight Bordeaux … HT 0-0 goal disallowed.  FT 1-1 led for 2 mins. AET 1-1 miss late chance . Lose 5-4

sell out is another record breaking gate receipts of £195k.

Jan 2097 ….Extend contract with club and record sale for AMC Simon to Guingamp. £3.5m.  Record purchase Michel £2.1m

Poor run sees us drop from 1st to 3rd and out of both cups.  Hoping 1st placed Clermont losing manager will help. 
 

League March 2097

Game 27 sees Clermont dropping points since losing changing manager.  Now top on 56 points , ahead of Clermont on goal difference, Havre 55 points , Reims 52 points , LOSC 51 points , Nice 50 points, Nancy 48 points..    Fun 11 games to go.

Game 29 .. Now top but meet (a) Havre who are still 3rd by 1 point. Surprisingly easy win to solidify Top spot. 
Game 30 away draw at 5th placed Nancy but Clermont continue slide and Havre lose to promotion chasing Reims ( they are now 2nd).

Game 32 & Game 33 & Game 34 see late winners ( 3-2,4-2,3-2) Michel scores twice on 18th birthday in the 34th game.

Game 35 secs 1st vs 4th and 2nd vs 3rd.    Top 2 ..Vendee & Reims both win narrowly.  
 

Promotion gained 🥇🥈… now can we hold off Reims.

Game 36 .. Miss a pen ,  var disallowed goal b4 conceding a late goal.   So far 6 red cards and 96 yellow cards in the league. 
Game 37 .. 2 points clear / level on goal difference  of Reims … Blow a 2 goal lead and Reims hit 4 … now 2nd on goal difference.

Game 38 .. Both sides away but they have an easier opponent .. On 36 mins 1-0 and go top. HT still ahead by that goal.

62nd min get a Red card just as I try to do a sub. 2-0 up (71 min) add a late third (85mins) to Win 3-0

CHAMPIONS …. Reims fail to score at 16th placed Chateauroux.

Was my worst disciplinary effort by a team … 788 fouls … 7 Red Cards and 106 yellow cards.

Frank Knight wins several awards . Griffiths goal and Signing is new keeper Simpson.

Board announce New Stadium 15000 seater … 2 years time !
 

Next season will be sharing Nantes 35,550 stadium.

Season 79

Shirt sales double … 2531 sold. With Knight most popular.

We are 550-1 favourites for relegation.  Recruitment is good so aiming for 15th - 16th.  Break club signing record with TV money ..£6m.

Estimated 6784 season tickets ….. advantage of being at local side Nantes however all initial games moved .

Home friendly vs Nantes .. Win 5-1 in front of 32,372 fans … earn £440k in gate receipts.

BKT 

French Cup

Ligue 1 …. Longbhard season with record crowds / receipts expected .  Sticking with 4231 attacking.

Game 1 …Win a thriller 3-2 vs Rennes. Record 26,149 fans and £504k receipts.

Game 5 .. Draw another thriller vs Table topping Caen ..Record 28,164 fans and £556k receipts.   New 4yr sponsorship announced 900k/yr.

Game 8 ..Given new 2 yr contract after 3-1 Win.     Currently sit 6th.   10 pts clear of bottom 3.  New Youth sponsorship £135k/ yr.

Game 10 .. Lose narrowly to Table Toppers and defending Champions OM. Record 33,458 fans. Receipts £694k.

Game 18 ..After a poor run ..Beat Nantes (we are sharing their ground) 3-0 in front of a Record sell out 35,550. Receipts £748k.

Game 30 .. Lose 4-1 at Title chasing OL .. tucked in 4th but miles away from the Top 3 ( 12-15 points ) . Europe a possibility .                         Game 37 .. W2 D1 L3 …Stumbling towards 4th place.  Gap now 4 points over Strasbourg & Caen.  OM win 4th successive title.

Both Win so gap is 1 point to Strasbourg and 2 points to Caen who are a 7 game winning streak.

Game 38 … 9th placed ..Rennes (a) .. 1-0 up (13) …Win 1-0. ….Champions League miracle achieved.

Knight wins several awards . Goal Michel and Signing Carbrera.

BKT … Round 3 (a) L2 Lorient …. Narrow 1-0 Win with my back up players.

Round 4 ..Draw 3-3 away at PSG ..Lose 8-7 on pens.

Round 9 ..French Cup (a) Sete 34 ( Lower league) … Win 7-2 with several youngsters playing.

Round 10 .. (a) Promotion chasing OM.  HT 2-0 down ..including former MK don Griffiths scoring a stunner. Lose 4-2 

Strange season..Successful but with no trophies.

Season 80.   2098/99.       Have applied to Guinness Book of records to see if this save will be considered.

Big issue is my slow old lap top.  May Have to go to English Only league database with just Premier & Championship 

Planning for Champions League ..finances good but will drop after this season.  
Will be looking to move to Ireland for a new challenge after this season.

Surprised by Iceland transfer sums … over £30m for FH. 
 

Linked with PSG job …I do have unfinished business there … Also World Cup on and will consider International jobs…Take Morocco role.

JOIN PSG ….. I want to improve on 9th National Manager Rating … only 7pts behind Pogba.

Go transfer spend mad for the first time rebuilding a squad who can’t win the league.  Raise funds with record sales.

Key signing is Griffiths which should boost shirt sales.  Last season 1.1m worth £34.42m.

OM are rated 2-1 fav.  Despite an excellent and high spending window we are rated 5-2 with Monaco 5-1.

Ligue 1 … Ironically opening game vs old club Vendee.

Game 32 ….Secure the Title from OM.   Move up to 5th in Nation Hall of Fame.

BKt .. Surprise loss 1-0 away at 4th in league Monaco In QF….They win it.

French Cup ..Meet a league 2 side in Semi Finals. 
Final vs OM .. 11 players away on international duty !  OM 7 away and 4 injured.  Win 2-1.  Now Ranked 4th in Hall of Fame for France.

Champions League … Arsenal/Bucharest/Salzburg in the group.  3 teams on 7 pts after 4 games. Top the group from Arsenal.
1st KO ….Ireland side Institute.  Agg 4-0

QF Former team Dungannon … Agg 9-1

SF vs Fenerbache … Agg 4-1

Final Vs Man Utd … Despite a poor league season Utd make the final (21 wins in this competition ). They set up 4-1-4-1 but missing striker(inj).

HT 1-0 down to an early (4) goal. Let rip and make 2 subs. FT 1-1. AET .. 1-1 despite dominating. PENS 4-2 loss.

Morocco … Start with African Nation Qualifier Game 3.  Ranked 27th.

Game 3 ( Previous mgr had 4 pts from 2 games but a disastrous World Cup). 
 Beat Mauritius (h) 5-0.   Saidi .. Just a 7th goal as he reached 150 caps.

Beat Uganda (h) 7-0.    Qualify for the 56th time as a country.   4 wins but last was 2073.

Friendly … Win 3-1 away at Iceland (51st) .. despite red card at 0-0.

Friendly ..Win 4-0 away at DRC .. Jaohari wins 150th cap.

ANQ ..away at Mauritius ..Win 4-1 despite suspensions.  Sets up winner takes top place last game.

ANQ ..away at Zimbabwe ..Win 4-0 and top the group.

Fr vs rivals Libya.  Squad pull outs and club instructions means I put a keeper up front ..who scores. Win 5-1

No new players for National Pool. 

Will give up after African Cup to reduce pressure on lap top speed.

Fr vs Madagascar …Win 9-0

Fr vs Comoros ..Win 15-0.   Record win.

Fr vs Djibouti .. Win 8-0

African Nations Cup

vs Algeria (34th) .. Win 5-1

vs Sudan (79th) .. Win 8-0.  Record nation win in this tournament .

vs Kenya (124th) ..Win 6-0

Season 81.    1/7/99 to 30-06-2100

Morocco … I will leave after tournament as no new players And an ageing squad.

African Cup.

Round 2 vs Burkina Faso (70th) .. Disallowed goals, 2 missed pens, finally a late goal seals a 2-0 Win

QF vs Zimbabwe (63rd) …Win 3-1 .

SF vs Ghana ( 25th) .. We are now Ranked 26th.  Comeback 2-1 Win.

FINAL vs Cameroon (27th) ..HT 3-1 after trailing to a penalty(20).  FT 4-1 Win.   Best player retires. 
 

Leave role.  Won this with both Morocco & Ivory Coast plus runner up with Senegal.

Take Man Utd job after 9th placed finish.  Going to just have Premier/Championship as playable as my old laptop is getting slower.

EUROPEAN SUPER CUP … Thrash old team Dundee United 4-0.

CARABAO CUP ..QF ..Lose to Southampton after a 4-4 draw on pens.    Bournemouth beat Saints in the Final.

World Club Championship .. Chivas Guadalajara … A first victory for the club since 2080.  Win 4-1

PREMIER LEAGUE…. CHAMPIONS

FA CUP .. Lose in Round 5 to high flying Rochdale.  Struggling vs 442 sides.    Rochdale beat Wolves (1st Championship). 

EUROPEAN CUP..vs Bayern …Comeback to draw 1-1 at FT.  Pens again for me in successive Finals . LOSE again on pens 4-3 

Season 82 .    July 00 / June 01.

Take GB U23 Role to have a crack at the Olympics.   Games are counting towards career stats. Did not play friendlies and this kept squad fresher for the tournament .

Group D.

Beat Brazil 3-0.  Beat Serbia 2-0. Beat Japan 5-1

QF vs Turkey .. Win 6-0.

SF vs Mexico.. Win 3-0

FINAL VS Serbia .. Confident after group game.  5 late goals show fitness key.. 3-0 up to 3-2 before ending 8-2.

My first Olympic Title.

Ongoing Take Over Talks cause a second transfer suspension.

Community Shield …Beat Rochdale 2-1 despite having 4 players at the Olympics.

Premier League .. By Xmas conceding 3 goals regularly and have to adjust tactics. 4231 to 4123. Win title after 34 games from Spurs/ Rochdale.    Club title no.48.   10 with me. ( 1 x Rochdale and 3 x Saints).  Exceeded Fergie.
 

Carabao Cup … Final vs Spurs (1st vs 2nd Prem) .. HT 1-1. FT 2-1 80th min winner from a sub.  A 21st success. ( I have 6 wins with Utd) plus Rochdale x 2 and Saints x2.

FA CUP ..Man Utd ( 30 wins ) vs Saints (14 wins)… HT 1-1 Behind early (5) but level soon after (15). FT 2-1 WIN in the 88th minute.

I now have 10 FA Cups wins ..Utd x 8. Saints x 1 and Rochdale x 1.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE … After 2 successive final losses can I beat Dundee Utd ( former team I won this trophy with).  HT 1-1 pegged back after a good start.   2 goals in 58 seconds help Robert’s complete his hat track ( adds a 4th) as I finally WIN 4-1.

Season 83 ….. 1/7/01 to 30/6/02.    Guinness Book of World Records have approved attempt to reach 500+ seasons.  First aim beat UK record.

4123 DM Wide Gegenpress is almost unbeatable … winning cups ties and Premier games with U23/18 players all season.

Community Shield vs Spurs … WIN 3-1.     United achieve a 42nd title.

Euro Super Cup vs Aston Villa … WIN 2-0   A 22nd Title success.

Carabao Cup vs Wolves (R4) .. LOSE pens 6-5 after a 0-0 draw with my U23/18 players .      IPSWICH ARE CHAMPIONS.

World Club Championship vs Lanus …. WIN 4-0.     United win a 20th title.

Premier League .. Despite rotating frequently easily WON again.

FA Cup vs Leeds ….. WIN 2-0.   Title 32 for the club.

Champions League Final vs Aston Villa.. 2 youngsters miss out due to international duty🤷🏻‍♂️.  Battle of the Top Prem teams ends in a 1-0 WIN

Season 84.   02/03.   Running a squad of 26 with full rotation each game.

Community Shield vs Aston Villa … 87th equaliser gives us a chance on pens … Win 2-2 / 4-2 on pens.

Euro Super Cup vs Watford …. WIN 4-0

World Club …. Vs Independiente. Win 6-0    As usual reserves for semi final and Best XI for final.

Carabao Final vs Birmingham … Win 3-0.  Opposition didn’t change to attacking until 91st min / 93mins.

Premier League …Sealed game 35 , pushed all the way by Leeds.

FA Cup Final vs West Ham … Lost 2 keepers for semi final and both still out In Final.  WIN 2-1 

Champions League vs Watford( Prem 7th & Carabao semi finalists) .Get keeper back for final. Watford do not turn up Ratings wise, WIN 3-0

Season 85.   2103/04.         Reduced stadium (81 from 95k) capacity as 16000 enlargement announced for next year. ( 111,285).  £96.5m cost.

Aiming for 4 Champions League wins in a row … equalled 3 over this career save.

When you think you’ve seen it all …. My England international and experienced centre forward sent off in 8 seconds.

Community Shield vs Leeds … Win 2-0 

Euro Super Cup vs Bournemouth Win 6-1

 Carabao Cup .. Rest squad after injuries and suspensions Vs Aston Villa (Round 4) ..Lose 3-1.   Arsenal beat Leicester in the final.

World Club vs Mamelodi Sundowns …. WIN 6-0

FA Cup vs Birmingham ( Round 4)  … Lose 3-1    An injury ravaged season continues but missed pen and 3 x woodwork hit didn’t help.

Premier League … Very tight as Jan ends. 24 games and Rochdale lead by 1pt from 3 sides. Game 35 Utd Top by 1 point from Rochdale / Villa.

                                  Beat Villa game 36 … Lose game 37 after Champions League sf. 
Final Game sees Rochdale 70 , Watford 69 , United 68 & Villa 67.  I have West Ham (5th).

WIN League ..We win , Dale draw and Watford lose … win on 71pts ( same as Rochdale) but better goal difference.

Champions League ..Only English side in Semis. Final vs Fenerbache.   WON 4-1 .   Played against 10 men for 87 mins.
 

Due To injury issues had to play weakened sides in Premier as I go for 4 Champions Leagues in a row. Also went to balanced from positive around New Year due improve form.

Season 86.

New expansion ready …111,285.   Now bigger than Spurs 104,032 & Saints 101,513.  Still smaller than PSG 116535 & Celtic 111716.

Overlooked for England post … goes to Watford manager after 2 Euro Cup Wins.

Smash Gate Receipts with higher attendance vs Real Madrid (£4.8m) up from PSG (£4.1m).

Community Shield vs Leeds ….. WIN 2-1

Euro Super Cup vs Watford … WIN 2-0

World Club… vs Guangzhao …WIN 6-0

Carabao Cup..vs Watford .. WIN 6-1

Premier League….Takes 3 attempts but finally seal another TITLE.

FA Cup… Relegation threatened Chelsea …WIN 1-0.  Despite injuries and suspension. 

Champions League .. Only Utd / Rochdale/ Villa make last 16. Final vs OM … WIN 3-0

West Ham win their 1st Europa vs Leeds. English teams win last 6 finals.

Season 87

Change back to 4231 after slow start including Feyenoord thrashing in Champions League.  Despite change Also lose 7-0 away at SLB. But also hit 7 against Hibs and 9 in return game vs Feyenoord.

Bizarre season with few clean sheets and big wins / losses. Concede 8 away at Bournemouth , next game score 5. Also hit relegated Norwich for 10.

 Community Shield vs Spurs … LOSE 2-1

Euro Super Cup vs West Ham … WIN 4-2

Carabao Cup ..QF vs Leeds who after beating my formation 4141 (5-2 in the league) now thrash my 4231.  LOSE 4-1.  Leeds beat Sheff Utd in the Final.

World Club … vs Wydad ….WIN 4-0

FA Cup ( Rnd 4) . Use only U23 squad due to fatigue. Vs Title chasing Rochdale .. LOSE 5-1.   Sheff Utd beat City on pens ( both sides had red cards).

Premier League… Seal Title from Villa on Game 37.   

Champions League .. 4 English , 2 Scottish , 1 N.Ireland plus Porto in last 8.  FINAL vs a Watford.   Missing 2 key England internationals .

1-0 up (4 mins) but 1-1 by half time.  FT 1-1 .  AET 2-1 (103 mins) , level (104 mins).  1st yellow card at (117 mins). 2-2 and penalties.

Watford miss 1st / 3rd pens … Utd miss 2/4th and 5th … LOSE on pens 3-2.