zipman

14.04.06 - B A N

Season awards

- Manager of the Year:
1st Pasquale Casale (Igea Virtus Barcellona)
2nd Andreas Fritsche (Melfi)

- Team of the Year:
starters
Nicoletti (GK)
Lauria (ST)
backups
Rodio (AM C)
Selvaggi (DM C)

AS Melfi starts vacation today, sadly it can only last two weeks. Coach Fritsche is off to two weeks spa in Druskininkai.

zipman

16.06.06 - B A N

European Leagues

C z e c h R e p u b l i c

Gambrinus League:
1st Sparta Praha
2nd Sigma Olumouc
3rd Victoria Plzen
...
8th Slovan Liberec
...
15th Pribram
16th Blsany

Second Division:
1st Drnovice
2nd Sparta Praha B
3rd Hradec Kralove
...
15th Hlucin
16th Xaverov

FC Cup:
Velke Losiny (No League) - Slavia Praha 2:0


E n g l a n d

Premier League:
1st Arsenal
2nd Liverpool
3rd Chelsea
...
18th Bolton
19th Birmingham
20th Sunderland

Championship:
1st Sheffield United
2nd Coventry
5th Norwich (P)
...
22nd Hull
23rd Crewe
24th Plymouth

League One:
P: Tranmere, Brentford, Gillingham
R: Port Vale, Bristol City, Southend, Colchester

League Two:
P: Cheltenham, Macclesfield, Grimsby, Wycombe
R: Leyton Orient, Boston United

Conference National:
P: Stevenage, Hereford
R: Canvey Island, Tamworth

Conference Regional:
P: Hyde, Nuneaton, Farnborough, Dorchester
R: Workington, Lancaster, Eastleigh, Thurrock

FA Cup:
Aston Villa - Newcastle 1:0

League Cup:
Portsmouth - Manchester City 0:1


F r a n c e

Ligue 1:
1st Monaco
2nd Auxerre
3rd Bordeaux
...
18th Troyes
19th Le Mans
20th Metz

Ligue 2:
1st Bastia
2nd Caen
3rd Guingamp
...
18th Laval
19th Sète
20th Créteil

National:
P: Niort, Libourne St-Seurin, Angers
R: Sannois SG, Croix de Savoie, Moulins, Bayonne

CFA:
P: Mulhouse (Vive l'Alsace!), Racing 92, Rodez, Paris FC
R: Lesquin, Feignies, Vauban-Strasbourg, Gap, Le Pontet, Cassis-Carnoux, Luzenac, Yzeure, Andrézieux, Vitré, Villemomble, Sainte Geneviève

Cup:
Lille - Metz 3:0

League Cup:
Nimes - Lyon 0:2


G e r m a n y

1. Bundesliga:
1st Bayern München
2nd Mönchengladbach
3rd Werder Bremen
...
16th Köln
17th Hannover
18th Duisburg

2. Bundesliga:
1st Dresden (haha)
2nd Aachen
3rd Karlsruhe
...
11th Freiburg
...
15th Siegen
16th Paderborn
17th Unterhaching
18th Offenbach

Regionalligen:
P: St. Pauli, Chemnitz (ROFL!), Bayreuth, Augsburg
R: RW Essen, Emden, Jena, Lübeck, Oberhausen, Regensburg, Koblenz, Aalen, Kaiserslautern II

Cup:
Trier - Bochum II (no league) 2:0
haha


I t a l y

Serie A:
1st Juventus
2nd Inter
3rd Milan
...
18th Empoli
19th Treviso
20th Cagliari

Serie B:
1st Atalanta
2nd Vicenza
P ???
...
R ???
20th Avellino
21st Mantova
22nd Pescara

Serie C1:
P: Genoa, Sambenedettese, Perugia, Frosinone
R: Fermana, Monza, Pro Patria, Acireale, Gela, Juve Stabia

Serie C2:
P: Venezia, Olbia, Ancona, Carrarese, Igea Virtus, MELFI
R: Pergocrema, Lecco, Bassano Virtus, Castelnuovo, Forli, Castel San Pietro, Latina, Nocerina, Modica

Cup:
Milan - Roma 3:1 o.a.

Serie C Cup:
Napoli - Massese 1:3 o.a.

retired_nadiya

Congrats on promotion loeffle!! Im loving the story and detail and the team line ups were really good but you stopped it?

And my only advice on your style which I think is great but you put the result before the match report which takes the excitement and mystery out, but ofcourse its your story so you do what you want mate but a few people put score 1st and some put it after which I think is best!
Anyway KUTGW!!

And do you have a reserve team at melfe? how did they do?

zipman

Thanks a lot And also thanks for the comments. Thought the line ups were boring, so I saved the extra work.

Also the thing with result is a valid idea

Melfi has a reserve team, which doesn't play any games And a U 20 (where two older players are allowed) who did rather well.

Sadly my story stops for unknown time due to continued crashes.

zipman

20.06.06 - B A N

Sports News

- After two draws against Ivory Coast and Uzbekistan, Italy needs a win against Norway and the help of Ivory Coast to reach the next round in World Cup.
After two games played Ukraine, Togo, Angola and Jamaica are already eliminated, while Argentina, Denmark and Spain are in Round 2.

- Melfi announced a new four year sponsorship deal with Maglione
a transport company. The deal is worth 18.000 €/year.

- Melfi also announced the transfer budget for the next season. Melfi coach Fritsche is allowed to spend 3.000 € for new players.

- Rumour has it that Melfi already signed five new players for the upcoming season, one of these transfers might fall through due to the severe financial situation.

- Mama Karla who runs Melfi's head office in her spare time confirmed that Melfi plans to play six friendly games. Two of them against local teams, two of them against "bigger" names and two againt strange teams, as she put it.

Note to the reader: I still play and try to avoid the crashes by saving every week.

zipman

27.06.06 - B A N

World Cup 2nd Round - Melfi's friendlies confirmed

Saudia Arabia - CZECH REPUBLIC 2:3 (after penalties)
Spain - BRAZIL 2:3
PORTUGAL - Uruguay 3:1 (after extra time)
SERBIA & MONTENEGRO - Holland 2:0
Germany - ENGLAND 6:7 (after penalties)
FRANCE - Japan 1:0
ARGENTINA - Norway 2:0
Denmark - IVORY COAST 0:1

After returning from his vacation in Lithuania Melfi coach Andreas Fritsche announced the following preseason fixtures:

- 08.07.06 at Cork City
- 14.07.06 at Emmendingen
- 20.07.06 Reggiana
- 26.07.06 Ascoli
- 31.07.06 at Matera
- 05.08.06 at Ruggiero Lauria

I planned trip to Tampere to play local heroes PP-70 broke down as PP-70 ceased to exist.

zipman

29.06.06 - B A N

Fans delight at Cilieberto prospect

Despite Stefano Ciliberto being relatively unknown, the fans of Melfi have been bombarding radio phone-ins to praise Andreas Fritsche for his vision on signing the hotly-tipped youngster.

The 17-year-old central defender has described himself as being pleased but daunted by the fans reaction and hopes to repay their faith in him by becoming an integral part of the Melfi first team in the future.

Ciliberto was under contract at Vigor Lamezia, where he didn't make any first team appearances.

zipman

30.06.06 - B A N

Mad Chairman disease in Melfi?

The Melfi board announced today that they expect the team to win the Serie C1/B this season. Even if we and coach Fritsche asked the board several if they are serious about this, they confirmed Melfi is expected to win the league.

Melfi was shocking to get promoted from Serie C2 and struggles now seriously with its wage budget and balance. Even staying in Serie C1 would be a big achievement from our point of view.

The Basilicata team will start at home against Lanciano, before travelling to Lucchese.

Melfi supporters who also expect Melfi to win the league, voted Lauria as their player of the year. At least here no surprise.

Melfi also got a new 16 year old defender from their youth team. At the first glimpse this youngster seems to be good only to clean the boots of the 1st team.

Honoured reader: did we face a bug here?

zipman

01.07.06 - B A N

New faces at Sant'Abruzzese

- Orlando Urbano 22 year old central defender came for free from Juventus, where he never ever player. Was loaned out to Reggiana, Pavia and Sassari Torres.

- Davide Favaro 22 year old offensive midfielder came for free from Prato (Serie C2). A product of the Milan youth system.

- Ernesto Luca Fiumicelli 22 year old striker cost us 20.000 €, but scored 15 goals for Serie C2 outfit Jesolo last season.

- Dimitris Karameris 23 year old Greek defender and winger signed for free from AEK, where he never played a match. Was a first team regular for Cypriot Apollon last season.

Four players from the U-20 team are released today.

zipman

01.07.06 - B A N (evening edition)

World Cup Quarterfinals

CZECH REPUBLIC - Serbia & Montenegro 3:1
Brazil - PORTUGAL 1:1 (after penalties)
ENGLAND - Ivory Coast 1:0
France - ARGENTINA 1:4 (after extra time)