HockeyBhoy Activity
Congratulations on a great month of December action, and also the new deal.
Hopefully they might think about going full time at the season end now.
National League Odds released
We've been busy like the football teams and been working out who we think might win the National League crown in 2023-24.
At the moment, we cannot look past AFC Fylde, John Eustace's men are as short as 2-5 to...
Iversen signs for Rovers
20 July 2023
The Club can today confirm the signing of Norwegian midfielder Einar Iversen on a six month loan from Aston Villa.
Iversen, 22, who started his professional career across the Mersey at Everton will add creativity...
Pre-Season Round Up: Part One
So we're finally in place at Prenton Park, and have played the first four of eight pre-season friendlies ahead of the big kick off.
We began proceedings with a trip down the East Lancs Road to face Hyde United, and...
Good story man, but the amount of screen grabs makes it very hard to follow.
Otherwise, keep it up.
3 July 2023
The opening day fixtures of the new 2023-24 Vanarama National League have been released by the computer. They are as follows:
One of the appetising ones that sticks out is Hartlepool United hosting Tranmere Rovers at Victoria Park. Hartlep...
Pre-Season Schedule confirmed
3 July 2023
The players are back in training and the Club is now gearing up for a new season. As a result, new manager Mark Duell; his assistant Michael Jackson and Director of Football Gareth Sproule have been busy planni...
CHARRUAU: I NEARLY MOVED ON
30 June 2023 at 15:00 hours
Goalkeeper Paul Charruau has admitted that he almost hopped across the water in what he terms "an ambitious move"
The former Le Mans stopper, now a free agent after his contract was n...
Rovers release ten following relegation
30 June 2023
Tranmere Rovers today confirmed that ten players have left the Club following its relegation to the National League in a statement read out by Director of Football Gareth Sproule.
The biggest name...
[justify]A recap of the Wales Under-21 games at the recent Finals held in Italy.
Tuesday 20 June 2023
Our tournament began against the favourites Spain, and to be honest we were knew we up against it before a ball had been kicked. Now if we could keep...
So we had a couple of friendlies in June for my Welsh starlets. These were to be our warm up games ahead of the Euro Finals, and gave me an insight to what I have at my disposal now I have lost the nucleus of the team that had done so well to reach said...
Final squad announced
Last Updated: 31/05/2023 12:00pm
Wales Under-21 manager Mark Duell today released his final 23 man squad for this season's European Under-21 Championships in Italy. Five players needed to be axed with Nathan Evans, Jordan Con...
Well I would have stayed mate if they had given me decent transfer funds. I would have to completely overhaul the squad in Ligue 2 to stay up. But Tranmere is a new challenge, my first one in England.
I would have liked it too to be honest but they d...
The Press Conference
Mark Palios: Many thanks for attending this press conference. As you can see on my right is Mark Duell, our new First Team Manager. Mark will now take some questions from you and we will start with Tom Cavilla of the Liverpool Echo...
Current Managerial Career Snapshot
Domestic Managerial Jobs:
Edinburgh City: 8 July 2018 - 28 August 2020
Ilves Tampere: 28 August 2020 - 1 December 2021
Le Mans: 25 January 2022 - 24 May 2023
Tranmere Rovers: 24 May 2023 - present
International Ma...
Rovers unveil new man at the helm
24 May 2023
Tranmere Rovers can today confirm the appointment of Mark Duell as their new manager.
The 41 year old joins us from French side Le Mans where he lifted the Championnat National last season, and boasts a su...
Preliminary squad announced
Last Updated: 19/05/2023 12:00pm
Wales Under-21 manager Mark Duell today unveiled his preliminary 28-man squad for the upcoming European Championship Finals which will be held in Italy this summer. Duell has had to name a mu...
HockeyBhoy just completed the season in the year 2023 managing Le Mans FC in the Championnat National in their FM Career Now I would walk 500 miles...
As soon as the title was confirmed, the board made a bold decision. They decided to go professional ahead of the Ligue 2 campaign which ticked one of my boxes and were in the mood to tie me down to a new deal.
However; whilst they doubled the wage budg...
May 2023 Review
The final two games of the campaign.
Both of the final games would be live on television, starting with a home game against already relegated Vannes where a win would secure us the Championnat title. It wasn't a pretty affair to be...
22 April 2023 at 12:00
MERCI VINCENT
After the celebrations of last night, Le Mans can today announce that experienced attacking midfielder Vincent Créhin is set to hang the boots up.
The 34 year old joined the club in January 2016 after a s...
Yeah all in our hands now @Dan - a huge test of keeping our nerves and see it home.
April 2023 Review
A couple of games in the penultimate month of the season.
We started the month with another live television date; this time playing host to relegatio...
More updates to come in the week ahead, can we win the title?
All to be revealed soon....
Well in mate, well in!
February 2023 Review
Two home and two away games in February.
March began with a home game against Chambly who are one of the few sides that have we've struggled against this season, and it felt that way again when Tony Mauricio curled in a wonder...
February 2023 Review
Two home and two away games in February.
The month began with a home game against Grenoble who were a point behind us in second place as we kicked off proceedings. Surprisingly enough it wasn't the game of the day and not sche...
So this was the result of the interview;
The move to Czech Republic is not going to happen then, which is a bit of a disappointment as I was looking forward to that challenge if I had been successful. With my contract up at the end of the season at Le...
Enjoying this adventure. Remember the days when my mate used to play for the original Scarborough team.
Keep it going mate! Legend in the making.
With just 13 games to go, could there be a twist again in this career?
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Brown turns down Wales Under-21 role
Last Updated: 27/01/2023 12:00pm
Former Celtic and Scotland captain Scott Brown has admitted today that he has turned down a role to work with the Wales Under-21 team.
Brown, 37, who retired from playing in 2022 a...
Hello everyone, I'm back again after a bit of an absence caused by work commitments. I'll be continuing to update as often as I can, so please bear with.
January 2023 Review
Three games in January as this season heads towards an exciting concl...
Apologies for the lack of updates team, been busy with work and all that. Started a new role at the company I work for, just hectic.
Be back soon...
Great first season mate, the question is how to top it?
5 January 2023 at 11:30
MID-SEASON FRIENDLIES SUMMARY
To keep the fitness levels high during the winter break, the team played a couple of friendlies.
The first one was a behind closed doors game between the first team and the reserves, played at t...
European Qualifiers draw made
Last Updated: 04/01/2023 11:00am
The draw has been made for the next batch of the European Under 21 Championship qualifiers.
It appears that the footballing gods have been kind and Wales Under-21 boss Mark Duell is more...
Unfortunately some things never really change....
December 2022 Review
Two games which take us to the halfway point of season 2022-23 in Le Championnat National.
Only two games played in December before the league shuts down for a month, might play a behind closed doors friendly against the Reserves t...
4 December 2022 at 11:30
THE DREAM IS OVER
The dream is over as we exited at the eighth round stage at Ligue 2 and local rivals Angers.
We didn't make the best start as Gabonese midfielder André Poko scored as early as the sixth minut...
October 2022 Review
Three more games as we head towards the halfway point of season 2022-23 in Le Championnat National.
We started November with a home game against newly promoted Sedan who have enjoyed a fairly reasonable start to life back in Le Cham...
Thanks @r96Skinner - can only improve my managerial standing. Keep on following...
European Under-21 Final group drawn
Last Updated: 01/12/2022 12:00pm
The wait is over as Wales Under-21 have found out who they will face in the Finals of this season&#...
14 November 2022 at 11:30
SHOOTOUT SEES TEN MEN HOME
It took extra time and penalties but we are through to the eighth round of this season's Coupe De France.
The opponents never made it easy for us in front of a low crowd at the MMArena, an...
So a two legged play-off against the Czech Republic to make the Finals.
After suffering anguish at this stage two years ago against Portugal, could we do it this time? Or will lightning unfortunately strike twice against us?.
Friday 11 November 2022
A...
Wales Under-21 squad announced for Under 21 qualifiers
Last Updated: 02/11/2022 12:00pm
Wales Under-21 manager Mark Duell has named his squad for their European Under-21 Championship play-off against the Czech Republic.
Goalkeepers:
Scott Reed (Swans...
October 2022 Review
The latest month's action for season 2022-23 in Le Championnat National.
We began October with a re-arranged game at Chambly. Playing an important Le Championnat game just three days before a Cup match isn't easy and with...
10 October 2022 at 11:30
AUBERT ON FORM AS WE MAKE THE SIXTH ROUND
Forward Oumaré Tounkara produced a five star performance as we advanced to the seventh round stage of this season's Coupe de France.
In a game which we had an astonish...
Very frustrating indeed mate. But think the squad can beat the Czechs; so happy to avoid the Spanish.
Domestically, the win against Rodez was pleasing especially as they’re one of the promotion favourites. My contract is up at the end of the seaso...
A round up of the qualifiers in Group 9 of the UEFA Under 21 Championships.
Thursday 1 September 2022
The first of the four qualifiers took place in Malta on the first Thursday in September. Predictably it was very one sided from the start as we created...
10 October 2022 at 11:30
AUBERT ON FORM AS WE MAKE THE SIXTH ROUND
Grégory Aubert was the star of the show as we advanced to the sixth round stage of this season Coupe de France.
The on loan Entente striker hit a hat-trick in 11 minutes ei...
September 2022 Review
The second month of season 2022-23 in Le Championnat National.
After picking up seven points in the opening month, we headed into a five game stretch in September. This is how we fared.
The first game in September saw us take on...