Travelling across Europe - proving I'm better than Dan!

One of you should join Slutsk. What a name

As we headed into the business end of the season with just three months remaining after this one, we played five matches all in the league and we remained undefeated this month despite the poor start with three more draws on the spin.


August began with a trip to league leaders SKVICh and despite Korolyuk giving us a ninth minute lead as he bundled the ball into the net we couldn't hold on as they equalised to earn a share of the spoils.

The draws continued as we hosted Lida in our next game and fell behind before Yarotskiy swepted the ball home on thirty four minutes.

Pinsk was next at home and we were made to deal with a fourth draw on the spin as Premudrov scored our only goal on thirty nine minutes and despite trying we were unable to find a winner.

We then travelled to the bottom club Livadia Dzerzhinsk and got back to winning ways thanks to a five one away success but we had to do things the hard way as we fell behind to the side propping up the league table but Korolyuk levelled on eighteen minutes and then in first half stoppage time Ryzhko headed home to turn the game around. Three goals in the space of five second half minutes from Premudrov and two from Korolyuk that completed his hat trick sealed victory.

And the month concluded with victory over Baranovichi, a three nil victory saw us take the lead on ten minutes thanks to striker Korolyuk and then Yevlash found the net on sixty three minutes before Korolyuk's second two minutes later ensured two straight victories.


At the end of the month we are six points behind leaders SKRVICh who still lead the league, with I believe ten games remaining.


I signed five new players in the transfer window as I looked to strengthen my squad, defender Drigalev joined from Gomel for £4k while Matveev and Klebanyuk both joined the club on freebies while Yarotskiy also arrived on a free from Dinamo Moscow while the final signing was Teplov who came from Naftan for fourteen thousand.

Good month mate, with a bit of luck the teams above you will slip up and you can sneak into the top two.

Can't say I wasn't tempted.


Would be great if they slipped up so I could secure the league title and an immediate promotion to the Highest League in my first full season in Belarusian football, whether that will happen or not remains to be seen.

I think I probably will join! Just that since this challenge encompasses the British Steel as well, I think I will hop onto Austria on the same game after I've finished Britannia!

Great going unbeaten, only 10 games and 6 points left to catch!!

Ah it looks like your going to catch the top two! Keep it up

You definitely should as you get to manage in every European country that's playable on the game, and get to be as un loyal as you want.

We're looking good but it's very important we don't go on a losing streak if we want to wrap up the title.


Could be securing my first trophy in Belarus if all goes to plan.. this is when it doesn't and I "cry".

September was an incredibly short month with just the three league games to participate in, two of them being away from home as I suffered my first defeat as the manager against Gorodeya, undeservedly.


A home clash with Vedrich Rechitsa started the month as we picked up a two goals to one victory in front of our home support. We scored our first goal of the game on twelve minutes as Premudrov struck before Ivanov ended his goal barron with a finish on thirty eight minutes.

We then travelled to Slutsk and secured a second two one victory with again both goals coming in the opening half, Yevlash gave us the lead on eight minutes before Ivanov scored his second goal in as many games with just twenty nine minutes on the clock, unfortunately we couldn't add anymore.

And the last game of the month saw my first defeat since arriving at Torpedo against Gorodeya. Despite trying we fell behind and just couldn't get an equaliser.


That defeat hasn't hurt us too much despite dropping to fifth in the table. We are still only four points adrift of the leaders who are still SKVICh. We're a point behind Gorodeya who just beat us and Lida while we are just three points behind second place Khimik Svetlogorsk.

Seven big games left pal!

You said it mate. The weather over here is so rubbish at the moment I could have the season completed tonight.

having a top season here pal! keep it coming

Thanks. Whenever I start the Belarusian trip at Zhlobin, a semi-professional side I thought I was in for a long and hard trek but then the Torpedo job became available and I applied for the post and got it because they're a much bigger club then Zhlobin will ever be and that's fact.

Promotion could happen but it's still not certain yet.

The penultimate month of the season saw us play five games as we just about remained in the title picture heading into the final month. We secured four victories and a down right awful result away to Smorgon.


I received a hostile reception as October started with an away game against former club Zhlobin and we were forced to come from behind to pick up maximum points on the road. The home fans started "winding me up" whenever Dashuk had give Zhlobin a twenty fifth minute lead but lasted all of four minutes was Ivanov equalised before Kostyukevich gave us the lead just before half time.

We made it two wins from two games as Rudnsk visited Torpedo and we secured a three nil victory as Ryzhko broke the deadlock on twenty nine minutes and then Premudrov doubled the lead on fifty one minutes before his second with around twenty minutes left sealed the points.

Our next game that was also at home saw us demolish Granit four goals to nil as Premudrov opened the scoring on twenty one minutes and then Ivanov doubled the lead just a couple of minutes later and then a third goal was bagged from Yadlovskiy with nine first half minutes remaining and a fourth goal was scored on forty minutes thanks to Kostyukevich.

We scored four goals for the second game running as we travelled to DSK and the away side opened the scoring on twenty eight minute when Korolyuk slotted the ball past the keeper and just a few minutes later Kostyukevich scored for the third time in four games. Early in the second half Korolyk's second goal of the game made it three nil before they pulled a goal back on sixty five minutes through Ryabtsev but just a few minutes later central defender Drigalev added a fourth goal for the away side before the hosts added a second consolation goal with just three minutes left.

The month ended with an extremely disappointing scoreless draw away to Smorgon, I'm not even sure how we managed to get a point, completely second best throughout. Very disappointing.


With just two league games remaining we are three points behind the league leaders who are now Khimik Svetlogorsk who we face on the final day of the season while we're two points behind SKRVICh.

At the bottom Livadia Dzerzhinsk have been relegated and could be joined by my former club Zhlobin who have two games to save their bacon, Belcard could also get relegated.

Top season your having! two games left, I hope you get it

Keep it going mate

I'd love to be able to get ahead in this challenge from you and with two games remaining, it's possible.

Cheers. I'm thoroughly enjoying this save, it's fun and different.

Good lad! I hope we can stick to it for ages! at least England!

Keep it coming

You should manage a "bigger" club then and get promotion next season, I'm dreading heading into complicated leagues, I hate those.

I don't think I am going to get November posted tonight, so that will be posted tomorrow afternoon... if the world doesn't end.

November saw us end with the season with two tough games as we looked to secure an unlikely First League title, despite being favourites for the league in pre season the club were something like tenth whenever I took the helm and I have fired them straight back into the title hunt.


An away game to Belcard started what was expected to be a tough two games and we secured a two nil away win as both goals came in the second period. The deadlock was broken on fifty two minutes as Klebanyuk scored his first goal of the season and then striker Korolyuk sealed the win as the game entered stoppage time.

The last game of the season was to be a tense one at Torpedo as still three teams could win the league - ourselves, our opponents Khimik Svetlogorsk and SKVICh who visited second bottom Zhlobin and what happened was remarkable. The visitors opened the scoring on eighteen minutes through Kovalev and then doubled the lead eight minutes later but Korolyuk struck just before half time to reduce the arrears. The same man levelled the scores early in the second before Premudrov completed the turn around and then Korolyuk completed his hat trick and the points on seventy two minutes.

It turned out to be enough to seal the title on goal difference, SKVICh were unable to beat the second bottom club who got relegated, despite taking the lead away from home a late equaliser from Mikhnyuk sealed the league title for Torpedo and promotion to the Highest League.


And there we have it. Champions. On goal difference but Champions nonetheless.

Unfortunately my former club Zhlobin couldn't survive and joined Livadia Dzerzhinsk in the heart break of relegation.


This the proof that we secured the First League title on the final day of a remarkable season. An excellent comeback at Torpedo against Khimik Svetlogrosk.


Final piece of news was that our board has decided to enlarge the stadium by adding one thousand six hundred and forty three seats into the ground, an expansion that is expected to take around eleven months to complete at a cost of just under a million pound.

While the work is being done we have to depart our Torpedo home, wish us being in the Highest League we have been relocated to Borisov to share with BATE.

Wow! Well done sir! I knew that was coming though, best of luck next season in the top tier and with the cups coming into play!

Svetlogorsk must be gutted they chucked away first and didn't get near the playoffs come the end!

OP has been updated with the trophy added.

You seen it coming? Funny that I didn't mate, especially when we were 2-0 down at home on the final day, I thought I was stuck in this league even though we probably would have won it next season anyway. I'm looking forward to being in the Belarusian Cup and surprised it didn't come into play this season.

They probably are but I knew I had to beat them and hoped SKVICh had slipped up on the final day, thankfully both things happened and now I can look forward to next season and hope we don't come straight back down.

Fantastic! League champions three years in a row (I think). Good luck next season.

You're absolutely correct, twice with Altach in Austria and now with Torpedo in Belarus and I can assure people that it's not going to be my last trophy on this adventure.

Cheers, next season is going to be tough I can assure, I am just waiting to see the expectations ahead of the new season.

The new season is embarking on us yet again as I am about to part in my first full season with Torpedo in the Highest League of Belarusian Football. This post will have the season expectations and the latest fixture list as we look to play against some of Belarus' elite clubs.


The board gave me the option to choose one of three expectations ahead of the new season - Mid-table finish, Top half finish or Europa League qualification through the league.

I've decided that I'm going to play it save and not go gung-ho, I've stuck with the mid-table finish and in return our ambitious board has given me a transfer budget of four hundred thousand pounds and I'm unsure how much of that I'm planning to spend as I'm going to attempt to be a "wheeler dealer" in this career. I will make a few big signings but won't go overboard.

Also, the 2017 fixture list has been announced:


Torpedo's first game in the Highest League will be at our temporary BATE home against Dnepr Mogilev before visiting Shakhter Soligorsk and then hosting Minsk. Our last three league games are tricky too as we are away to Gomel before playing Belshina at BATE and then ending the season in Minsk to play Dinamo Minsk.

There certainly are a couple standout teams in that fixture list. Hopefully nothing more than a safe mid table finish for you. Can't have you going too far ahead now can I!

We are predicted to come ninth but I'm sure I can better that.

Five pre season friendly fixtures were arranged as we looked forward to life in the Highest League of Belarusian Football. We hosted three clubs from Czech Republic at our temporary BATE home while playing the final two away. Our league season also started with a "home" game against Dnepr Mogilev.


The friendly round-up started with a "home" game against Domazlice and goals from Ryzhko, Tikhonovskiy and Gorbatch ensured a three nil success before we beat Viktoria Plzen three goals to one as Korolyuk, Ivanov and Yadlovskiy struck.

We then thumped Sparta Prague in our last pre season encounter at BATE Stadium as all of our goals came in the opening twenty seven minutes. Last seasons top goal scorer Korolyuk struck a hat trick while Ivanov and Ryzhko also struck. A single goal from signing Santiago on sixty nine minutes beat feeder club Kommunalnik Slonim.

My last friendly was against my former club Zhlobin and we came out on top of a five goal thriller, Korolyuk and a double from Ryzhko ensured the pre season friendly programme ended with an one hundred per cent record heading into the league season.

March also saw the start of the new Highest League season as we played our first competitive fixture at our new temporary BATE Stadium home as we entertained Dnepr Mogilev.


A remarkable start to life in the Highest League saw us demolish Dnepr Mogilev five goals to nil at BATE as Korolyuk, who scored twenty two league goals as we won the First League title last season opened the scoring on six minutes and added a second on fourteen. We added a third goal a minute into the second half whenever Kostyvekvic smashed home an unstoppable free kick before the away side were reduced to ten men. The same man fired home another wonderful free kick on fifty two minutes before new signing Santiago completed the rout four minutes from time.


Yeah, I don't see the point of why I posted this league table. We're top after one game as we won five nil.

Brilliant pre season and brilliant start to the league! Could it be four league titles in a row? Keep that form up sir!

Well done on a convincing start i belarus mate, already one title and a good start this season

Briefly on top, hope that is a sign for more things to come!!

I can guarantee it won't be four titles in a row as the league will/should be BATE's for the foreseeable future.


Cheers, opening game win was remarkable but it's important that is built upon.


You say briefly but I hope it's not a brief stay at the top, I hope we're there for quite a while.

I'm going to fire the game up and I hope to have one or two updates posted today, it's Christmas Eve, there is nothing interesting to do apart from FMing.