retired_workingmom77

"Hello?"

"Sam, it's Wolfgang. I have to be brief they could be tracing this call"

"Who would trace this call? I didn't know Heinrich could do that kind of stuff"

"It's not Heinrich, its the investors. They are a whole different ball game to Heinrich. We are going to have trouble getting rid of them, but if we don't I'm pretty sure they'll be getting rid of us."

"I know what you mean, I've had one of them round my house making threats. This gets worse every day."

"Don't worry. Just keep your head down until the end of the season, I have a plan.

"But wait...."

"I really must go"

The line went dead and Wolfgang was gone. Sam went outside for a cigarette, it was there that he noticed something out of the ordinary. A white van which had been parked on the street for the past few days. It hadn't been there previously and he was pretty sure he hadn't seen anyone get in or out in those past few days. Until now that was, a man in a suit was now clambering in the back of the van. He appeared to be in a hurry and there was the distinct sound of a commotion. Sam pretended not to be interested in the man or what he was doing but he tried to concentrate on what was happening through his peripheral vision. After a few minutes he returned inside, he was pretty sure he was under surveillance.

retired_workingmom77

July 2009

The season still wasn’t in full swing and July would be a quiet month with only three games to play. Though somewhat amazingly we entered July in 2nd place and confidence was high as we faced reigning Third Division champions Sao Raimundo (AM). The newcomers had made a good start to their season and were so far steering clear of the relegation zone. They too had also claimed a victory against giants Vasco. However they were little match for our side as left back Andre relished the chance to take the injured Juliano’s place in a more attacking role and grabbed two goals, one of which came from a sensational free kick. Ricardinho and Wellington completed the scoring in a comfortable 4-0 win.

With regard to future transfers, for the past three months I had been scouting and monitoring an exciting young teenager from the Third Division. 16 year old Argentine Pablo Correa grew up in Brazil and has dual nationality. A striker with bags of potential, Pablo came through the youth setup at Atletico Goianiense. But with his team now relegated from the Third Division, he is expected to be on his way and I want to secure his transfer as quickly as possible before any of our rivals get their hands on him.

Next up was a trip to Juventude, a side we had a reasonable record against. It wasn’t to be our day though, as Juventude ground out a 2-0 victory with two late goals from Bruno and Joao Paulo. Our final match of July was the visit of league newcomers 15 de Novembro. 15 de Novembro had struggled at the start of this season and were already looking like a certainty for relegation. They were broken down and over-powered as goals from Wellington, Ricardinho and Juliano sealed a 3-0 win.

Results
<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"> ************************************************** ************************************************** ****************************************Sao Raimundo 4-0 H Second Division Andre(2), Ricardinho, WellingtonJuventude 0-2 A Second Division 15 de Novembro 3-0 H TV Second Division Juliano, Ricardinho, Wellington**************************************** ************************************************** ************************************************** </pre>

retired_milla0225

Xenon, this remains one of the very best stories on here. It's very likely to feature heavily in my nominations for the FMS awards, I even may vote for it in the best international story category, against my own effort !

retired_workingmom77

Thank you very much chesterfan, especially for your constant support throughout the story. It really is appreciated :thup:

Sam had thought he was safe. With the team performing superbly and the threat of horrific violence a thing of the past, he could finally settle down and devote his time to his job. However, that was before the latest problem to endanger himself arose from nowhere. Helmut and his NPD cronies were now a serious threat not only to his life, but the future of the club. They had made their intentions quite clear, to build the club up to its full potential before mercilessly gutting it for all its worth in order to move on to a new target this time in Europe. A Nazi party in all but name, who knows what dangerous heights they would rise to with the income of a top European club.

It was the dilemma of the NPD that forced Wolfgang to arrange to meet Sam and talk over his "plan". Sam was sceptical, what could two men do against Heinrich and the NPD? Hopefully Wolfgang would tell him exactly what they could do as Sam made his way up to his plush apartment. Wolfgang was stood in the kitchen gulping a large glass of scotch. He offered Sam a glass.

"No thanks, not my cup of tea really"

"'Not my cup of tea'? You and your English expressions, it really is quite amusing"

"I see the current situation hasn't affected your sense of humour, I wish I could say the same."

"You have to stay positive, they don't suspect us at all. Unfortunately it can't stay like this, we have to act quickly if we are to succeed"

"Yes, but what the hell are we going to do?"

"Simple, remove the link between the club and the NPD"

"Which is?"

"Heinrich, I didn't plan on doing this but at the end of the season we have to eliminate him. But to get the NPD completely off our backs we have set up one of their key members for Heinrich's murder. I was thinking that Helmut character that intruded in your home."

"This is all a bit cloak and dagger isn't it?"

"There is no other way"

"What about the money?"

"I'll be surprised if the NPD exist after this so I wouldn't worry about the money, the training facilities and stadium plans will go ahead as planned, hopefully by the New Year instead of 'killing two birds with one stone' we'll have killed a whole flock of the bastards. And you will have a pay rise and a new chairman, for our first season in the big time"

"You better be right about that"

retired_workingmom77

August 2009

For the first time ever we found ourselves gearing up for a top of the table clash. Next was the visit of Sport Recife who were currently just a few points ahead of us in 1st position. Sport had pulled out all the stops in their bid to bounce straight back into the top flight and had already spent a staggering £7,000,000 on new players. As a result they were favourites to win the division outright and were making a good job of it so far. It was a difficult match from the start and it wasn't made any easier when striker Ze Paulo put Sport 1-0 up after a matter of seconds. The walkover that everyone expected didn't quite happen as Wellington was quick to equalise. But the gulf in class was made evident and by half time Sport were 3-1 to the good, thanks to goals from Cicero and Giuseppe. To our credit we didn't get jaded and came out strong in the second half. The pressure told and Joao Paulo was able to grab a late goal but it was too little too late as Sport ran out 3-2 winners. A game that despite the defeat we took a huge amount of confidence from.

We took that confidence in abundance to Ituano in our next game. But Ituano weren't reading the script and thanks to a blistering offensive were 2-0 up within 7 minutes. The rest of the match was spent trying to claw back the defecit. Wellington finally pulled one back on 64 minutes, before with just 2 minutes remaining, substitute Jair grabbed the equaliser and rescued a point as we slipped out of the promotion places and into 3rd place. Next up was the visit of Portuguesa. The visitors dominated from the word go and Club Brugge bound Celsinho was determined to take the game by the scruff of its neck in his limited time left in Brazilian football. He certainly did as he provided a cross for Renan to bury a lovely finish and put Portuguesa 1-0 in front. With Juliano suspended, Andre was once again filling in on the left hand side and he scored a spectacular free kick to level things up early on in the second half. We appeared to be heading for a 1-1 draw, but that was before a quite remarkable final three minutes. Between the 87th minute and the final whistle, Wellington put an amazing three goals past the Portuguesa keeper completing a quickfire hat trick and handing us a 4-1 victory. An unfair scoreline for Portuguesa who had played well until that late defensive lapse.

With that win the pressure was right back on Santo Andre in 2nd place and a win in our next game could well result in us returning to the promotion spaces. It was at home to local rivals Figueirense who were surely looking for some revenge from the State Final. It appeared to be a bit of a bore draw with neither side creating much, that was until hero of the hour Wellington popped up to grab a late winner four minutes from time. Back into 2nd place we go.

However elation was soon to become despair as we succombed to two needless defeats, first a 3-0 drubbing away to SE Gama and then a narrow 2-1 defeat to Paulista depsite a wonder goal from Hevandro. It was frustrating as they were two teams we should be easily beating. But then again when I look at it we haven't been long out of the Third Division and it was understandable, though maybe not for the board who would be concerned with us clinging onto 2nd place which miraculously we still were. Ricardinho and Wellington wrapped up a comfortable win against relegation candidates CRB before we rounded off August with a 2-2 draw against Fortaleza the team we cannot seem to beat, a 90th minute penalty denying us all three points. We end the month joint 2nd with Santo Andre and two points behind Sport Recife.

Results
<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"> ************************************************** ************************************************** ****************************************Sport Recife 2-3 H Second Division Wellington, Joao PauloItuano 2-2 A Second Division Wellington, JairPortuguesa 4-1 H Second Division Andre, Wellington(3)Figueirense 1-0 H Second Division WellingtonSE Gama 0-3 A Second Division Paulista 1-2 A Second Division HevandroCRB 2-0 H Second Division Ricardinho, WellingtonFortaleza 2-2 H Second Division Clecio, Wellington**************************************** ************************************************** ************************************************** </pre>

retired_workingmom77

Sam heard nothing from Wolfgang until just over a month since his audacious plan had been revealed. It was high risk and they had to do it properly. At least Wolfgang had to do it properly, Sam wasn't too keen on being involved in a murder let alone framing someone else for it. The long awaited phone call came one September afternoon after Sam had got home from training.

"Sam, it's Wolfgang. Don't worry this line is secure we can talk freely"

"So, how is the plan formulating?"

"No problems as of yet, I have a date when we can do this. I was checking through Heinrich's schedule and in January, Helmut is due to have a private meeting at his home. It's the perfect oppurtunity."

"Who is actually going to do this though?"

"I know some people. The only problem is that it all has to be done on a short time scale. The DNA that we have to not only obtain but place in Heinrich's home has to be taken practically the same day. Also we have found out that Helmut owns a firearm which should have his fingerprints all over it, that has to be stolen as near to the meeting as possible. Whilst he's hardly going to be reporting the loss of an illegal firearm, we can't afford for anyone else to know that he's lost it because the court will know its a set up if other people testify that he lost it. But don't worry, none of this will involve you directly."

"I hope not, I'm not really chuffed at the prospect of doing the hard time that Heinrich did. Doesn't this just prove that we are no better than he is?"

"I've thought about it too, desperate times call for desperate measures I guess. Remember it's not just the club that is at stake here, we cannot let Heinrich fund the NPD. Who knows what might happen. You better get some sleep, you have a big match tomorrow."

"Be careful Wolfgang"

retired_workingmom77

September 2009

Our first game of September would certainly be a tough one, away to Treze. Treze had now started to fade away from the promotion race but were still fending off Vasco from 4th place which is a great acheivement in its own right. However there were one or two tired legs in their squad and we exploited this on our visit to the Amigao. Despite Felipe giving Treze a 1-0 lead on 12 minutes, Juliano, Maycon and a double from Wellington wrapped up a 4-1 demolition which kept us in 2nd place. Next up was the visit of Guarani, our last meeting providing the thrilling 5-4 season opener and the media were hoping this match would re-produce that kind of drama again. On that day our defence had been woeful but in the home fixture they were more than efficient as a penalty from Clecio and a great strike from Wellington wrapped up a convincing 2-0 victory and another three points.

We would be hard pushed to complete a double over our next oponnents, at the beginning of the season we had defied all the odds and grabbed a 4-3 win over an out of form Vasco side. But now the Rio de Janeiro side were charging back up the table and had finally removed Treze from 4th place and now had a promtion race in their sights. A resurgent Vasco were well and truly too much from us and an impressive Lico hat trick sealed a 3-0 win for Vasco. Lico had recently completed a 2.4 million pound move to Vasco from Guarani and was starting to impress at his new club.

Next up was the visit of Americano who were still enjoying life in the top half of the league and their on loan strikers were firing them into clear safety. It looked to be another three points when Diego Morais netted the opener just before half time. However the turning point in the match was central defender Matheus being sent off mid way through the second half. It seemed to give Americano belief and late on a quickfire Rodrigo Possebom double turned the tables and it appeared as though we were heading for a 2-1 defeat. But low and behold it was a Hermann Youth player that found the equaliser with just three minutes to spare. 17 year old attacking midfielder Perreira headed home to rescue a 2-2 draw.

Our next match was huge and the Brazilian television companies had noted this and listed the game for televised showing. It would be second against third, us away to Santo Andre. There would be an element of revenge if we were to win and by sending the players out in that frame of mind I think was the key to our victory. Young midfielder Jonathan who was filling in for the injured Maycon was in particular fired up for this match. By the half hour mark we were 2-0 up thanks to two long range efforts from him. Santo Andre didn't really turn up and were completely overpowered, Jair rounding off the match with another goal to finish it 3-0. Amazingly that win moved us level on points with Sport Recife at the top and Santo Andre were now in real danger of relinquishing 3rd place to Vasco.

Finally came the visit of Nautico and after goals from Hevandro and Rafael Moura seemed to have set up a 1-1 draw, Diego Morais popped up in stoppage time to grab a late winner and another three points. It was yet to sink in that with just two months of the season left to go we were joint leaders and with a real chance of promotion.

Results
<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"> ************************************************** ************************************************** ****************************************Treze 4-1 A Second Division Wellington(2), Maycon, JulianoGuarani 2-0 H Second Division Clecio, WellingtonVasco 0-3 A Second Division Americano 2-2 H Second Division Diego Morais, PerreiraSanto Andre 3-0 A TV Second Division Jonathan(2), JairNautico 2-1 H Second Division Hevandro, Diego Morais******************************************** ************************************************** **********************************************</pre>

retired_workingmom77

Wolfgang had picked Sam up in his sleek Coupe one afternoon in early October. The Porsche Cayman S glided with effortless ease but looked slightly out of place in its surroundings. Despite Wolfgang being opposed to Heinrich's beliefs, he still loved all things to do with his homeland and relished the oppurtunity to take the car for a spin on regular occasions. For Sam, Porsches weren't his "cup of tea" to use Wolfgang's favourite English phrase. It was a good job too, on his salary he could only dream of owning a car like that. He did all the work and yet here was Wolfgang living it up. He had picked Sam up to take him to meet the people assigned to carry out the "job" in January, to put his mind at rest. Though Sam thought it would only wind him up even more to meet the men that would be payed to kill his boss and frame Heinrich's boss. As they sped along the motorway Sam noticed something odd in the wing mirror.

"Wolfgang I think you should take a look at this, it looks as though someone is following us"

Wolfgang glanced in the mirror and immediately noticed the black BMW a few cars back. He couldn't quite make out the driver or passengers but from what he could make out they were all wearing suits and sunglasses, typical NPD henchmen. He put his foot down slightly and overtook one or two cars in front. As predicted the BMW sped up in order to keep Wolfgang and Sam in sight.

"Yeah, you're right. Hang on"

Wolfgang slammed his foot on the accelerator and the car lurched forward with astonishing acceleration, temporarily leaving the BMW in its wake. But soon the powerful piece of Bavarian engineering was back on the horizon behind them and gaining quickly.

"Doesn't this thing go any faster?"

"Here, take this"

Wolfgang popped open the glove compartment and pulled out a 9mm handgun and handed it to Sam.

"What the bloody hell am I supposed to do with this!?......."

As Sam said this, a bullet tore through the back window shattering glass everywhere and then embedding itself in the dashboard. Wolfgang swayed momentarily and then regained control an extra injection of speed propelling them further from the BMW.

"Well I suggest you shoot back!!"

More bullets zipped around them, Sam opened the window and leaned out trying to position himself for a shot at the aggressors. A bullet whistled past his face and in panic he released a shot that blew out the front left tyre of the BMW. The driver lost control as the car slid and spun all over the road, unfortunately for them they were on a bridge when the car span hopelessly through the railings and over the edge to plummet into the river. Wolfgang was relieved.

"Well that took care of them, but look what the bastards have done to my car!"

retired_alexbino

Bloody lucky shot that, I smell a fix

On a serious note, this hasn't lost any of it's brilliance

retired_workingmom77

Thank you, your Lordship

October 2009

At the start of October there were now just 12 games between us and promotion. However in those 12 games there were so many potential banana skins that we had to be careful not to slip up. Match one of twelve against Santa Cruz was no exception. However we started it in the best possible way, a long range drive from Joao Paulo putting us 1-0 in front after just 3 minutes. However by the hour mark, Santa Cruz forward Elvis' two goals had put Santa Cruz into a 2-1 lead. 15 minutes later Maycon scored another terrific long range shot to add to Joao Paulo's earlier long range effort to level the scores at 2-2. With just 7 minutes remaining it looked as though we had sealed a 3-2 win when Wellington slotted the ball home after a one on one with the keeper. But in stoppage time midfielder Otacilio grabbed a goal to make it 3-3 at the final whistle. As a result we moved back down into 2nd place.

In the next game against Paysandu, Hevandro had scored twice to give us a 2-1 lead but once again we were let down by a late equaliser, this time from Wellington Amorim. The game finished 2-2 and once more we lost another bit of ground on Sport Recife, more worryingly Vasco and Santo Andre were closing in on us. We needed to start winning and soon but we couldn't find three points for love nor money as in the away game at Sao Raimundo we were held 0-0 and that was our third straight draw. Luckily Sport Recife had also drawn which kept the gap at 4 points, but both Vasco and Santo Andre were on our doorstep as it became a 4 way race for the title.

Our final televised game of the season would be a tricky one and could be pivotal to our season. The visit of Juventude was regarded by most as a make or break moment for the club. By the 13th minute it looked more of a break as Eberson won and converteda spotkick to put Juventude 1-0 in front. However around ten minutes later we were to win a penalty of our own and regular spot kick taker Clecio once again kept a cool head to slot yet another one home for 1-1. The crowd sensed a 4th consecutive draw but it was down to the guy that always seemed to pop up when you needed a hero. Jair heading home a late winner to grab a 2-1 victory and a possible U turn in our fortunes seemed on the cards. The gap was now back down to two points.

However it seemed to be one step forward two steps back as we had to rescue a point against 15 de Novembro, Clecio with a last minute penalty against the already relegated side. That put the gap between us and Sport Recife back at 4 points and our next game was billed as a title decider. It had been a top of the table clash that we had narrowly lost last time round and it promised much when we made the trip to a packed Ilha do Retiro to play Sport Recife. We started really well and after around 20 minutes would come a mad 5 minutes that would change our season and maybe our careers. Hevandro and Wellington stunned the Sport defence with two quickfire goals and suddenly we were 2-0 up. We held on for another 40 minutes until disaster struck. Right back Paulo Roberto received his marching orders and I sensed that Sport would complete a miraculous recovery. I was half right, Giuseppe netting a wonder goal 15 minutes from time for 2-1. But we held on for a sensational win that took us back to within a point of the leaders.

The last game of October was a strange affair against Ituano. Firstly it was strange that Matheus was on the scoresheet for once with a header after three minutes, it was also strange that he scored again but I'm getting ahead of myself that came later. Ituano actually finished the game with just 8 men on the pitch after Bruno Teles, Juliano and Jairo were all sent off. Ideally we should have capitalised and put 4 or 5 past Ituano but we only added to the lead in stoppage time when Matheus got his second. Going into the final month we sit just one point behind Sport Recife.

Results
<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">********************************************* ************************************************** *********************************************Santa Cruz 3-3 A Second Division Maycon, Joao Paulo, WellingtonPaysandu 2-2 H Second Division Hevandro(2)Sao Raimundo (AM) 0-0 A Second DivisionJuventude 2-1 TV H Second Division Clecio, Jair15 de Novembro 1-1 A Second Division ClecioSport Recife 2-1 A Second Division Wellington, HevandroItuano 2-0 H Second Division Matheus(2)**************************************** ************************************************** ************************************************** </pre>