Fort William

A Football Manager Career by MarkC1984
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Fort William
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Highland Football League
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Scotland
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MarkC1984
13 years ago
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12 Apr 2015 21:55:11
OK, so as the only Scottish team I have any time for I decided yesterday afternoon to create a career as manager of Fort William F.C., in a bid to stop them being the perennial whipping boys of their League. To be honest, I didn't really have high hopes for my first season. Looking at the fixtures, I expected to maybe win only around 10 points. Boy how wrong was that prediction.
MarkC1984
13 years ago
11 months ago
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13 Apr 2015 06:55:26
So as I said, the target I made for myself was to get 10 points out of 102 possible points. Seeing how they struggle most seasons, I wasn't optimistic. However, with getting rid of a load of players who weren't deemed good enough, and bringing in a load of free transfers I managed to get the team playing well after an opening day loss.

The board agreed to fund me training for the next licence up the ladder, a Continental C. They agreed in January 2015 to fund a new course for me to get the B licence. There was a board takeover started before the League season even started. It was completed and they didn't put any money into the club. Every request I made was met with the answer we have no funds. However, they managed to find £200k over the course of the season to pump into the finances of the club. Earning promotion to the League 2 failed to bring about a change to Professional status from Semi Professional, although my contract went from part time to full time.

Now to try and build a squad for the next season as the Board expect me to fight for promotion to League 1. Only time will tell if I can achieve that or if I will be sucked into a relegation fight.
MarkC1984
13 years ago
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13 Apr 2015 13:49:09
In the 30 minutes I played this morning, despite having more than £500k in the bank, they refused to turn professional saying they had no confidence in me. Er the guy who got you promoted when the odds were 2000/1, when everyone said relegation fight was all we could look forward to? I swear, idiots run football clubs.
MarkC1984
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19 Apr 2015 06:04:48
Second season. WOW. All I can say is WOW. Board wanted me to get promotion, and even though I lost a few matches it was another promotion for me. An excellent run in a couple of cups ended with me earning a very unlikely win in one of them. In one cup, I beat Rangers Hamilton and Celtic. Images will be uploaded soon, I need to get them prepared to post later on.

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