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Board/Fans: respectabe league position
Media prediction: 8th
Players in: young agressive full back on free, fairly proffesional full back from Bury (loan made permanent after release), very quick winger from Brentford for £1k
Players out: 14 released, backup player to Osset and previous first choice keeper to Southport.
Loans in: very ambitious keeper from Coventry for 3 months, set-piece specialist wing back from Stoke (3 months), decent keeper (again) from Bury for season and perfectly balanced GK from Bristol City for 3 months.
Loans out: none
Staff: physio, 2 scouts and coach in, 2 scouts and plysio out.
League: Shocking start, good middle, shocking end. Missed out on playoffs by a point. No doubt those self-sabotage-2-0-up-then-throw-it-away in last half an hour matches had somthing to do with that. (6th, P: 42 W: 19 D: 11 L: 12 Pts: 68.
FA Cup: Had to have a replay to beat Mossley in the 2nd qualifying round but eased past Horsham YMCA and Droylsden to face Swindon in the First Round. Despite a "stubbborn performance" the difference was their "quality of finishing" (in other words a 3-0 defeat).
FA Trophy: Hammered Northwich 6-2 in the 1st round, then beat Conference leaders Aldershot 2-0 after outplaying them in both matches, then beat York (4th in Conference) 5-0 away. So when midtable Rochdale came out the hat, I thought we had a chance. We lost 3-0.
Average attendance: 524
Debt: £172k
Highlights: FA Trophy run, Everton-supporting striker's return to form, young striker emerging as star...
Best matches: 5-0 v York (FA Trophy)
Lows: need to keep hold of 2-0 leads
Worst matches: 3-0 v Rochdale (FA Trophy)- I really thoght we could win it
Top goalscorer: Everton-supporting striker (33 goals, 18 in league)
Player of the season: young emerging striker
Board/Fans: respectabe league position
Media prediction: 8th
Players In: brave D L, very aggressive GK, and lightning quick striker who can't accelerate (all frees)
Players out: star midfielder to Kidderminster (£120k but 50% to Barnsley ), 4 backup players released
loans in: fairly proffesional GK and very brave M C from Sheff Wed and Swansea for whole season, fairly sporting midfielder, unambitious defender and model pro M C on 3 mnth loans.
no staff changes.
League: Steady start, followed by club record 6 wins in a row took us to the top! Then it started to fall apart and we almost fell out of the playoffs but a 15 game unbeaten run took us back to the summit where we stayed from game 27. A 9 point lead was almost thown away in the last few matches but a nailbiting last day 0-0 against Worcester secured the title on goal difference!!! (1st, P: 42 W: 34 D: 12 L: 6 Pts: 84)
Cups: Shocking, but the league made up for it.
Average Attendance: 839
Debt: £239K (despite staying below wage budget again)
Highlights: 3-0 win against Droylsden after vicious mind games, lightning quick striker who can't accelerate carrying the team, halving league goals conceded
Lows: scored 8 less than previous season.
Top goalscorer: young emerging striker
PotY: lightning quick striker who can't accelerate
but eased past Horsham YMCA and Droylsden to face Swindon in the First Round. Despite a "stubbborn performance" the difference was their "quality of finishing" (in other words a 3-0 defeat).
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