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Another shot at redemption - When in Lomé season 2 The office smelled like old, battered leather and cheap watered down cologne, the kind that lingers in the air long after the bottle’s gone dry. I sat nursing a lukewarm cup of coffee, that’s a bit r...
They're all knob heads anyway on youtube
So they're taking out touchline shouts AND international management?!? Adding womens football is great as long as it can be implemented properly. However I won't be buying on release day or pre ordering 25, I am going to wait until the reviews are in and...
Great read this mate keep it up
The Nearly Men of Africa challenge overview CAF Champions League 2023/24 Pyramids FC of Egypt took this years Champions League crown. The 2 legged final ended 3-3 on aggregate so it took penalties for the Egyptians to win the tie. The other fina...
With Ayite retiring shortly after getting his ankle broke, I had 2 first team strikers in Koriko and Diallo, both scoring regularly. I didn’t think we’d be signing any forwards in the transfer window, as we have the young Adjima playing back up. &nbs...
The sun is beaming down as I walk out the building. In a weird sort of way the sunlight feels like a halo shining on me, the saviour or Ètoile Filante, of Togolese football if you will. Maybe not, not yet at least, not until I get my hands on that sweet C...
The rain drizzled down like a half-hearted apology, barely enough to drench the red dust that seemingly clings to everything in Lomé. The old clock tower chimed in the distance, marking the hour with a hollow clang that echoed off the rusting corrugated r...
Good luck with this
Another shot at redemption - When in Lomé chapter 3 I’m not confident in my ability to tweak things, not yet anyway. We’d set up with the tried and tested 4-4-2, and it’s worked wonders. 13 games in and 11 wins to boot. I should be satisfied wi...
Love saves like this in far off places. Not too dissimilar to my current save either, my manager also comes from South Africa. Definitely following this!
Another shot at redemption - When in Lomé part 2 ‘Who?’ is a word you could use for both the club and me as their newly appointed first team manager. Despite having no qualifications, no meaningful or relevant ones anyway, to aid my quest in the glor...
Another shot at redemption - When in Lomé The story starts in July 2023. The flight finally, after a 3 hour delay, leaves Cape Town airport. The flight itself, a whopping 100 hours all in, via Ethiopia, then Cameroon before finally, mercifully landin...
We all have those moments of uncertainty, or those moments of what if I did this differently, or what if I did that in a different way. Heartbreaking moments that stick with us forever. What if Ronaldo (Brazilian) never got so many injuries. Why didn...
The Journeyman Jock - Another cup final first leg I stood in front of the players as we finished our preps for the first leg of the cup final ‘I don’t have much of a team talk prepared for this match, but just go out there and play like yo...
The Journeyman Jock - He's very English Ibiza today - Club into final, manager caught up in another scandalESPN Europe - More bad news for match fixing coach as staff member charged with possession of narcoticsMotherwell Chronicle - McGhee gets Ibiza...
The Journeyman Jock - It's never easy is it ‘He’s gotta be of now’ Baz was yelling towards me and Mark Jaulk on the touchline ‘he’s on a yellow already that little shite’ He wasn’t wrong either. Miguel Angel Martin, the Prat center half had...
Yes mate!! Love the Trainspotting reference! Absolutely following this!!
The Journeyman Jock - Order a Killer ‘Oh I know them’ Baz said enthusiastically ‘Corse’ ye’ hav’ sloppy bollocks’ the Doctor said before adding ‘lemme guess hinny, they played Stranraer one pre season when you were there’ ‘Aye we did, coupl...
The Journeyman Jock - Ibiza calling‘Quatro quatro dos lads. Yous back quatro just stay back and do nout flash, yous quatro in the middle run around like loons on fet and never stop, and you dos big units up top bury the ball every chance we get, simple ri...
The Journeyman Jock - The party island On the morning of my first day at the club, I sat with Baz and Mark and had a look at how things had been going at the club ‘Struggling I think is the best way to put it Jock’ Mark said ‘Agreed....
The Journeyman Jock - No tellin' where this felon is headin' I looked out of the window as the plane finally touched down on the tarmac, the echo of the wheels hitting the ground thundered through the cabin. ‘We’re here, we’re finally fucking here’ y...
The Journeyman Jock - What will be, will be ‘I’m still not sure’ I said, still wrestling with the idea of more change ‘if it is the right thing or not?’ ‘There are pros and cons to every one of life's moments’ he started ‘and for any person in a...
The Journeyman Jock - It was all a dreamI opened my eyes and the first thing I noticed was how bright it all is. I managed to stand up and find where the light was coming from so headed in that direction.After a few moments or so I got to a set of gates w...
Scotsman under investigation leaves Italian league side, reaction - ESPN EuropeJumped or pushed? Match fixing probe continues in Italy as accused coach leaves San Marino based team - News of the World onlineMotherwell native leaves club job amid match fix...
The Journeyman Jock - One man's action, another man's reaction ‘How fucking much?!’ I asked Alexa again, despite her telling me three times already ‘But you must promise you won’t tell anyone Jock’ she said to me, a pleading tone in her voice&nb...
The Journeyman Jock - The betrayal We’d had a good first half of the season heading into the new year. We did have a bit of a bumpy time from November though, 6 losses in the 12 games from November to end of December which is a concern consider...
That's what happens at clubs where you can't give contracts out. You'll get a replacement no worries
The Journeyman Jock - Lemme' talk to ya' 27/12/19 - conversation 1 of 3 I walked into the office at the end of the corridor. Stefano de Luca, the San Marino Calcio chairman and owner is sat in his high backed chair. The office window looked out...
Love a good Moneyball save. Def following.
The Journeyman Jock - Progress It’s at this point in my story that I should point out a couple of things to you. First off you know I’m a bit of a erm, how did the prosecutor put it that time in Glasgow Crown? Oh yeah, I’m an alcoholic substance abus...
The Journeyman Jock - A good deal ‘FUCK’ I yelled as I kicked the small table in the room knocking everything off of it making a mess that can wait, I’ve got bigger problems to deal with right now. I didn’t know what to do, I’d tried ringing the...
The Journeyman Jock - The Chairman’s intent Baz was sitting in the corner of the waiting room at the airport when I walked in, he was sat with his headphones on. He noticed me, took them out and said ‘Do ya’ reckon she ever did?’ ‘You what?’ I a...
The Journeyman Jock - 24 hours in AberdeenTwo more football personalities arrested in Scotland on suspicion of match fixing - The Scottish HeraldFootball match fixing: 2 Scots, 1 English arrested in Aberdeen by Scotland Yard investigators - The ScotsmanMa...
The Journeyman Jock - How long will they mourn me? The train from Glasgow to Aberdeen was exactly 33 minutes late. An excellent showing by GNER standards. Aberdeen isn’t somewhere I’ve been many times, but it does seem like a nice place to have bad h...
The Journeyman Jock - Summer 2019 Choose to go the introduction meeting at the student union on your first day at Dundee College of the Arts Choose to engage in conversation with a guy wearing Aviators indoors, along with a t shirt that said F**...
The Journeyman Jock - My first review ‘Have that ya’ schmuck Trevor Best! You never gave me a fucking chance did ya’? You never had the stones to let me carry on and show you what a great manager I am! You never let me show you what I could do with a...
Mental that this is still going strong, keep it up
The Journeyman Jock - The cold 12,000 ‘I told you the league are fucking us’ I told the players before I confirmed what they knew was coming ‘with our sensational cup run, we had to postpone 2 games, and now the league have said we need to play these...
The Journeyman Jock - The warm 3,000 A quietly warm morning at the San Marino Stadium. I’m here early, not because of any planning or getting a feel for the day, I’ve not been to sleep since that twat Runner Up turned up yesterday afternoon with Baz...
The Journeyman Jock - The Wolfpac In between beating Paganese over 2 legs to get us into the final of the Coppa Italia Lega Pro, we’ve had back to back losses, against much better sides though. Venezia, everyone knows Venezia, proud owners of impecca...
The Journeyman Jock - One small step for San MarinoAs I look at the paperwork Pavel Veiria has just signed and the ink is still somewhat dry, a nice 1 year extension to his current deal, I think to myself this could be the start of building this team up f...
The Journeyman Jock - The day I met The Old Lady’s favoured personnel Despite the recent hounding of the FBI and the Met Police kind of having my back, by the time December came around, I was happy with how we’d done. 13th in the league, there...
The Journeyman Jock - Notes on the investigation Friday November 24 2018Time 11:15Interview via Skype. Subject - Operation Rolling Thunder. Person of interest in this meeting - Joseph Mark McGhee junior aka JockStatus - classified / only viewabl...
The Journeyman Jock - Confidential information 2 Subject - Reaching out / catching up Dear Joseph, I hope this email finds you well, and that you still have access to it. I had typed out this letter in physical form to mail to you, but I ha...
The Journeyman Jock - If you’re going to San Marino, be sure to wear some flowers in your hairWe were sat in a small tavern in what is the town center of San Marino’s capital, also named San Marino, known as Citta locally. I’ve been here a couple of weeks...
The Journeyman Jock - This isn’t the great FM San Marino challenge I was given the objective from Stefano de Luca, the San Marino Calcio chairman ‘I need you to survive, by any means necessary’. I asked him what means those were, and he said ‘oh anyt...
The Journeyman Jock - Three is the magic number ‘For the sake of the tape please can you confirm your name?’ ‘Just call me smacktalker Skywalker, bada bing bada boom I’m the realest guy in the room’ ‘And how do you know Joseph?’ ‘Josep...