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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).