retired_neeraj

Road To Glory Clan

Welcome to Road to Glory, The Home of Championship Managers, this is a site devoted to playing Football Manager 2005 online. This clan was formed in November 2003 and has been running on regular basis with members since August 2004. We currently play our games in the English Premier Division and the Championship.

The clan plays on an as and when basis, but do try to play every week, the dates and times of each Clan League night will be posted on our schedule page. There is no particular skill level needed for this clan, so if this is the first Management Sim game you have bought and are new to online gaming you are very welcome to join us. If you are regular player of Football Manager 2005 and want to pit your wits against other regular players, the "Hot Seat" is waiting for you.

We switched over to a dedicated server in January and we are hoping that this improves the game play and connectivity. We feel that the use of a dedicated server will give you guys and unforgettable online experience and it also means that the clan is not restricted to having the host available to run the clan.

retired_neeraj

24:09:06 Wigan 0 : 2 Liverpool
Took a while for the goals to come but a competent performance and most importantly 3 points.

28:09:06 CL Liverpool 1 : 1 Werder Bremen
Went 1 - 0 down in the first 20 mins (Werders 2nd shot on target) against the run of play. Did equalise just after half time but poor finishing cost the team 3 points.

01:10:06 Liverpool 0 - 0 Fulham
Again Liverpool failed to take the chances and were unlucky to come out with only a draw.

05:10:06 Liverpool 0 - 3 Leicester
Finally the chances were taken leading to a good performance all be it against the newcomers to the premiership.

15:10:06 Aston Villa 5 - 0 Liverpool
What can I say. Got it all wrong from tactics to selection. Villa played well and took their chances when they arose. Very bad day at the office!!!! On to the next game...

19:10:06 CL Liverpool 2 -1 Fenerbache
A good performance after the mauling in the previous match. Now leaves liverpool on the top of their group.

22:10:06 Liverpool 2 - 0 Derby
All be it against the bottom club, this was a excellent performance by the team. Cisse returned to set up one and scored one also. Hopefully back on track.


Transfers
No more transfers since last post.

Loans
.7.2005 Cerci, Alessio Sheff Wed Loan

Injuries
Cris Kirkland : Groin Strain: 2 weeks

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Standings


Clan League Table

Pos Team Pld Won Drawn Lost For Ag G.D. Pts Manager Win %
1st Arsenal 77 53 16 8 161 56 105 175 Tony Hall 68.83
2nd Liverpool 66 35 16 15 118 60 58 121 Rob Nordon 53.03
3rd Newcastle Utd 47 24 14 9 89 43 46 86 Andrew Sharman 51.06
4th Chelsea 33 20 5 8 51 25 26 65 David Sheehan 60.61
5th Tottenham Hotspurs 30 13 10 7 38 28 10 49 Liam Davies 43.33
6th Crystal Palace 39 11 12 16 47 49 -2 45 Ben Jackson 28.21
7th Manchester City 31 12 8 11 37 38 -1 44 James McNair 38.71
8th Aston Villa 21 11 5 5 41 27 14 38 Mike O'Prey 52.38
9th Everton 37 7 13 17 36 47 -11 34 Matthew Sharman 18.92
10th Middlesbrough 24 8 7 9 26 32 -6 31 Daniel Severs 33.33
11th Norwich 11 6 4 1 28 17 11 22 Mark Swaby 54.55
12th Fulham 9 3 3 3 17 23 -6 12 Jason Fagence 33.33
13th Birmingham 7 2 2 3 8 12 -4 8 Stewart Kilpatrick 28.57
14th Portsmouth 5 2 1 2 7 10 -3 7 Alex Rolfe 40
15th 5 0 2 3 3 8 -5 2 Damien Field 0
16th Manchester Utd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Holger Wilde 0



Premiership Table

Pos Team Pld Won Drawn Lost For Ag G.D. Pts Manager
1st Arsenal 11 8 3 0 27 6 21 27 Tony Hall
2nd Blackburn Rovers 11 8 0 3 14 8 6 24
3rd Manchester Utd 11 7 2 2 24 10 14 23 Holger Wilde
4th Aston Villa 11 7 2 2 23 10 13 23 Mike O'Prey
5th Newcastle Utd 11 5 5 1 16 4 12 20 Andrew Sharman
6th Fulham 11 5 4 2 13 8 5 19 Jason Fagence
7th Liverpool 11 5 3 3 12 10 2 18 Rob Nordon
8th Chelsea 10 5 2 3 11 14 -3 17 David Sheehan
9th Tottenham 11 4 2 5 14 13 1 14 Liam Davies
10th Norwich City 11 3 5 3 9 9 0 14 Mark Swaby
11th Manchester City 11 3 4 4 14 12 2 13 James McNair
12th West Brom 11 2 7 2 5 4 1 13
13th Middlesbrough 10 2 5 3 11 11 0 11 Daniel Severs
14th Bolton 10 2 4 4 8 13 -5 10
15th Everton 10 2 3 5 8 12 -4 9 Matt Sharman
16th Birmingham 11 1 6 4 10 17 -7 9 Stew Kilpatrick
17th Crystal Palace 11 2 3 6 5 12 -7 9 Ben Jackson
18th Wigan 11 1 3 7 5 18 -13 6
19th Leicester 11 1 3 7 8 28 -20 6
20th Derby 11 1 2 8 4 22 -18 5

(C) = Champions (R)= Relegated


Championship Table

Pos Team Pld Won Drawn Lost For Ag G.D. Pts Manager
1st Southampton 13 10 1 2 31 10 21 31
2nd Portsmouth 13 8 2 3 21 11 10 26 Alex Rolfe
3rd Charlton 13 7 2 4 29 14 15 23
4th Plymouth 13 7 2 4 21 14 7 23
5th Sheffield Utd 13 6 4 3 21 13 8 22
6th Leeds 12 6 4 2 19 12 7 22
7th Notts Forrest 13 6 3 4 19 12 7 21
8th Ipswich 12 6 3 3 21 16 5 21
9th Burnley 13 6 3 4 20 19 1 21
10th Watford 13 7 0 6 17 17 0 21
11th Wolves 13 6 3 4 14 14 0 21
12th Cardiff 13 5 5 3 17 18 -1 20
13th Coventry 13 5 3 5 17 15 2 18
14th Gillingham 13 4 6 3 20 18 2 18
15th West Ham 13 5 3 5 17 17 0 18
16th Stoke City 13 4 5 4 18 15 3 17
17th QPR 13 4 5 4 13 14 -1 17
18th Sunderland 13 3 6 4 15 16 -1 15
19th Sheffield Wed 13 2 4 7 17 26 -9 10
20th Bristol City 13 2 4 7 9 23 -14 10
21th Rotherham 13 1 6 6 12 20 -8 9
22th Swindon 13 2 3 8 11 28 -17 9
23th Preston N.E 13 1 4 8 11 28 -17 7
24th Brighton 13 1 1 11 5 25 -20 4

(C) = Champions (P) = Promoted (R) = Relegated


Honours Tables

Pos Manager League Titles League Cup FA Cup Community Shield UEFA Cup Champions League MotY Total
1st Tony Hall 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 7
2nd David Sheehan 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3
3rd Mark Swaby 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
4th Andrew Sharman 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
5th Robert Nordon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6th Damien Field 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7th Liam Davies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8th Mike O'Prey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9th Daniel Severs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10th Stewart Kilpatrick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11th Ben Jackson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12th Jason Fagence 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13th Holger Wilde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14th Alex Rolfe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15th Matthew Sharman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16th James McNair 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

retired_bigmamma

Heres my report for Saturday 4th June's Session.

Transfers Out: 1
Patrick Vieira DM C Real Madrid £13.25m (Transfer will go through on 15-12-05)

Results

PL Middlesbrough 2 - 2 Arsenal
Middlesbrough Scorers: Mark Van Bommel (15) & Boudewijn Zenden (29)
Arsenal Scorers: Robert Pires (79) & Fredrik Ljungberg (90)
Red Cards: Ashley Cole (Arsenal) (19)

CL Arsenal 4 - 0 Anderlecht
Arsenal Scorers: Robert Pires (11), Thierry Henry (29 & 5 & Lauren (Pen 39)

PL Arsenal 2 - 0 Norwich
Arsenal Scorer: Hernan Crespo (Pen 59 & 72)

PL Crystal Palace 0 - 2 Arsenal
Arsenal Scorer: Thierry Henry (83 & 84)
Red Cards: Christian Karembeu (Crystal Palace) (41)

PL Arsenal 3 - 0 Tottenham
Arsenal Scorers: Thierry Henry (45), Robert Pires (61) & James Beattie (81)

CL Arsenal 2 - 2 Inter Milan
Arsenal Scorers: Thierry Henry (5) & Hernan Crespo (22)
Inter Milan Scorer: Obafemi Martins (25 & 56)

PL Man Utd 2 - 2 Arsenal
Man Utd Scorers: Cristiano Ronaldo (3) & Ruud Van Nistlerooy (1
Arsenal Scorers: Thierry Henry (42) & Hernan Crespo (64)

Position at the end of session: 1st

Manager Comments
All in all a very good session, didn't lose a single game although Daniel Severs came very close to beating me on the first game of the session have been 2-0 up for 78 minutes and playing against 10 men but Pires and Ljungberg came to my rescue in the 79th and 90th minutes. Patrick Vierra shall be leaving Arsenal for Real Madrid for £13.25m in december but not to worry because I am negoitiating a contract with a replacement, I'll give you a clue as to who he is, hes a England International who plays in Germany.

ps I welcome anybody who joins thuis great clan and I look forward to beating you all. I am the 2 time Premiership Champion and soon to be 3 time premiership champion and I invite anybody to try and take my title away from me.

retired_neeraj

L Cup Fulham 1 - 1 Liverpool (Liverpool win 2-3 on Penalties)
It was a close games with Fulham going a head first through McBride, we equalised just after half time through Xabi Alonso. Went quiet until with no other scores after 90 mins and a a quiet extra time period. PENALTIES...Liverpool scored all bar 1 penalty with Fulham missing 3. WIN

PL West Brom 2 - 2 Liverpool Ventola (26), Zalayeta (69), Cisse (48 ) Alonso (88 )
Strange game very hard to comment on

CL Fenerbache 2 - 0 Liverpool Maniz (44, 60 )
Not a great performance by Liverpool, this game now hampers their qualification from the top of the group.

PL Liverpool 0 - 0 Newcastle
Two words: ROB STYLES!!!!!!!!! You know what i'm getting at. Gives out 9 yellow cards and 1 red card to Josemi in the first half, not great, especially with losing Portillo and Gerrard to injury in the first half. All subs used and still the second half to go..... oh dear. But credit to the team they defended well against Newcastle and Baros had many good chances but just couldn't find the net. With the way the first half went a draw was a great result.

LC Watford 2 - 1 Liverpool
2 penalties for both sides with cisse missing one and getting the second penalty later, but poor performance against a team they shoild have beaten. result = out of league cup

CL Liverpool 5 - 0 Juventus Portillo (25), Cisse (60, 63), Gerrard (90), Kewell (90)
What a result, going into to this game we are top of the table level on points with Juve but because of previous win we go top and after the result against fenerbache we need to win... tough call!!!. NO.. the team played brilliantly, stopping Juventus in their tracks and scoring 5 great goals. Now top of the table with 3 point advantage and a draw or win against Werber Bremen will give us top spot. what a way to end the night.

Transfers
None

Injuries
Djimi Traore 4wks torn hamstring
Bruno Cheyrou 3mths broken leg

End of Night Position
7th

Managers Comments
More work to be done.....

retired_neeraj

Current league tables are available here:

League Tables

chandldj

Ok i actually wrote down my results from last night after my memory let me down the week before - do you see the organisation skills there?

Manchester City 2 - 0 Newcastle United (Anelka, Macken). League Cup.
Good solid performance from the lads here, totally dominated the game and good goals from Anelka - who has been poor all season and a nice moment for Macken in the last minute.

Sibierski & Barton picked up injuries during the game - nothing serious.

Manchester City 1 - 5 Manchester Utd (Scorza) Premier League.
Holga's first game and an annihilation for me. My tactics were nowhere and we were over-run. Enough said for the local derby, best get back to Yorkshire before I get lynched!

Wigan 1 - 1 Manchester City (Anelka) Premier League.
A good away point in the derby with a new tactic. Some good football and things look a bit better. Anelka looks more suited to this tactic.

Aliadiare picked up a slight injury.

Manchester City 2 - 0 Crystal Palace (Shaun Wright Phillips, Anelka) League Cup.
Two goals in the opening 4 minutes and then complete pressure for the rest of the match. I am well suited with how the team are playing and I am putting out my strongest team in the competition.

Manchester City 2 - 1 Fulham (Shaun Wright Phillips, John Hartson) Premier League.
Another win in the league and things are starting to look up. The team played well and only conceded in the 89th minute.

Overview:
A good session for me. The team is still a bit old for my liking and I need to get the wage bill under control. SWP is unhappy at a couple of rejected bids from an undisclosed club (you know who you are!!). The fact is no one has the money or the players at the moment to tempt me to sell him.

retired_clpdog05

Well here's my report then.

26/10/05 vs. Spurs H - League Cup 3rd - 0-0 aet, I win 4-3 on pens
Well after a 90mins of chances, extra time i dominated but just couldn't put the ball in the net. Then came the most extraordinary penalty shoot-out. Both sides needed 8 penalties each before i sealed the win!!


30/10/05 vs. Birmingham A - Prem - 2-2
After a nip and tuck first half in which i went behind twice before hitting two equalisers. The second half was distinctly one sided in favour of Birmingham so i was pleased to leave St. Andrews with a draw.


6/11/05 vs. Blackburn H - Prem - 2v0
This is a game in which Blackburn didn't turn up at all, i was 2-0 up by half time thanks to goals from my front 2 of Viduka and Bellamy, it was just a shame i couldn't score more in the second half!


9/11/05 vs. Arsenal H - League Cup 4th - 5-0
Yes, the scoreline says 5-0! Although Mr. Hall will point to the fact that he got cut off just before the start of this one, so he was unable to change his side or make subs, Arsenal's side still included the likes of Henry, Pires and Cole. This was a satisfying result as i was 4-0 up at half time. Once again it was the front pairing of Viduka and Bellamy providing the goals, the latter pitching in with a hat-trick. Bring on Watford in the next round!


23/11/05 vs. Leicester A - Prem - 3-1
Mark Van Bommel was the difference in this game, instrumental in everything my side tried to do and without him i could have well lost this game. After going down to an early Connolly goal, i hit back in similar style in the second, Van Bommel with the goal. I had to wait till the 84th till i took the lead, the substitute J-F Hasselbaink with a clinical finish. Hasselbaink then sealed the win in injury time to send three points back to the Riverside.


All in all an excellent session for me, unbeaten with one draw and the rest wins. I have some games against the big sides coming up which will be a real test. Nomajor injuries to report. I have Leon Osman arriving from Everton in January. Gareth Southagte is going the opposite direction to Goodison in a seperate deal. I also have another player on the way out, but i can't remember his name!!

retired_neeraj

The league night scheduled for Sunday 19th has now been switched to Saturday 18th due to necessary server work.

There are now new league night dates posted on theSchedule page for the month of July.

Please be advised that these are subject to change if neccessary.

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