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FM2008 - Large db & the following leagues loaded: England (all), Italy (all), Spain (all), Holland (all), France (all), Germany (top 3), Portugal (top 2), Brazil (top 2) & Argentina (all)
Picked Worcester City in the Blue Square North as my team
St George's Lane capacity 4004 (1125 seated)
Basic training facilities
Minimal youth facilities
2007/2007 - Worcester City - Blue Square North
Long term expectation: Respectable position in BSN by end of two year plan
Board expectation: Top half finish
My expectation: Top half finish
Transfer budget: £0
Wage budget: £4.8K p/w
Club value: £220,000
Season tickets: 149
Media prediction: 9th
Players in: 4 for £0
Players out: 1 for £0
Started ok with a good run in the league which made sure that from November onwards we were firmly placed in the top 5. Going into the last game were are 2 points behind league leaders Hinckley (who we lost 2-0 to a few weeks ago) with a a game against local rival Redditch at home. We led the game from the 24th minute until Redditch equalised with 8 mins to go. Straight from the kick-off my star AMR/SC picked up the ball and ran past 5 players to slot his shot into the bottom right hand corner. The Redditch players would not stop complaining and surrounded the ref and assistant claiming that there was a foul in the run to the goal, "sounds like sour grapes to me!". There is nothing better to beating the local rivals, to condemn them to relegation and to gain promotion as Hinckley lost 2-1 at Vauxhall. Promoted!
Pos 1st, Pld 42, Won 25, Drn 9, Lst 8, For 70, Ag 37, G.D.+33, Pts 84
FA Cup: 4th qualifying (lost to Burton 2-0)
FA Trophy: 3rd qualifying (lost to Workington 3-0)
Sultana Cup: 2nd round North (lost to Hyde 3-0)
Squad bonus: £80,000
FPOTY: AMR/SC
MYPOTY: AMR/SC
Top scorer: SC with 25 goals
Profit / Loss: -£184,127
Average attendance: 880
2008/2009 - Worcester City - Blue Square Premier
Long term expectation: Respectable position in BSN by end of two year plan (achieved)
Board expectation: Stay clear of relegation
My expectation: Stay clear of relegation
Transfer budget: £0
Wage budget: £6.75K p/w
Club value: £275,000
Season tickets: 361 (+212)
Media prediction: 22nd
Players in: 10 for £0
Players out: 8 for £1K
Despite an opening 3-0 defeat at Cambridge after which I was fearing the worst, we fought well at this level surprising many teams with our attacking style of play which brought last years success. The signing of four long term loans from other Midlands teams was the key to a better than average season floating around mid table. Several 2-3 month injuries were the problem as there was potential to be pushing for the play-offs. Youth in the U18s are crap, rounded up and eliminated.
Pos 11th, Pld 46, Won 19, Drn 12, Lst 15, For 67, Ag 53, G.D.+14, Pts 69
FA Cup: 2nd round (lost to Accrington 1-0 in replay)
FA Trophy: 4th round (lost to York 1-0)
Sultana Cup: Semi-final (lost to Exeter 1-0)
Squad bonus: £22,000
FPOTY: AMR/SC
MYPOTY: on-loan AML
New players in all time best eleven: 6
Top scorer: on-loan AM/FC with 23 goals
New club records: 3 (Biggest win and highest scoring game in 8-2 over Northwich & most goals in a match with 4 for on-loan AM/FC)
Profit / Loss: +£324,252
Average attendance: 1622
2009/2010 - Worcester City - Blue Square Premier
Despite being linked with around 8 other jobs, I accepted a new 2 year contract worth £275 p/w
Long term expectation: Survive in BSP by end of two year plan
Board expectation: Mid table
My expectation: Mid table
Transfer budget: £0
Wage budget: £7K p/w
Club value: £425,000
Season tickets: 323 (-38)
Media prediction: 18th
Players in: 7 for £0
Players out: 16 for £15K
We are still semi-pros but new full time contracts were offered to first team players as our finances had improved. Also a new assman joined on a full time basis and a new coaching team replaced my original group. Scouts made some good recommendations including a GK and a young Irish MRC in the U21 setup who rejected the newly relegated L2 sides to join. One of last seasons loan players joined on loan again for the whole season. 6 straight wins took Worcester into top spot in mid November, but the cup runs (despite fielding weakened teams) took its toll and we slid down to 7th, with a late surge we just managed the final play-off spot with a draw at Salisbury.
The play-off semi was a tight affair with a narrow 3-2 aggregate win over York with a last min 25 yard free kick from the Irish MRC. The final was one of the most boring matches ever with both teams cancelling each other out. A 87th min counter attacking winner from Oxford proved my tactical inabilities.
Pos 5th, Pld 46, Won 22, Drn 14, Lst 10, For 69, Ag 31, G.D.+38, Pts 80
BSP Play-offs: beat York 3-2 in semis then lost 2-1 to Poxford United in the final
FA Cup: 2nd round (lost to Dagenham & Redbridge 3-0)
FA Trophy: 2nd round (lost to Stevenage 5-2 in replay)
Sultana Cup: Semi-final (lost to Rushden on penalties)
Squad bonus: £70,000
FPOTY: AMR/SC for third season in a row
MYPOTY: on-loan MLC
New players in all time best eleven: 6
Top scorer: on-loan SC with 39 goals
New club records: 2 (6 league wins in a row and highest attendance of 3996 v York in play-off semi)
Profit / Loss: +£398,247
Average attendance: 1826
The board agree to an upgrade of the training facilities in late May to be completed in 3 months.
12-17-2007, 04:43 PM
Worcester Sauce - great on cheese on toast Post #2
Pos 9th, Pld 46, Won 19, Drn 13, Lst 14, For 65, Ag 45, G.D.+20, Pts 70
FA Cup: 1st round (lost to Port Vale 2-0)
FA Trophy: 3rd round (lost to Cambridge 3-0)
Sultana Cup: Winners (v Morecambe 2-0)
DR rejoins on loan for his third season (makes a total of 123 appearances) and a new SC recently released by Blackburn is the sole signing in pre-season and is largely disappointing. I expect much from my first team which remains unchanged. Little early season highlights except for a 4-1 victory over local rivals Hereford at Edgar Street in front of the TV cameras. I am missing last seasons 39 goal on-loan striker, surprisingly a forgotten man in the reserves is promoted and goes on a goal scoring spree (eventually netting 31 in all comps), but finding a partner is difficult and is solved by a late addition in January as a AML/SC joins from Franchise FC.
We flirt between 4th and 14th positions all seasons but never really put together a run to push for the play-offs and we eventually finish a good 9th 10 points behind the play-off places. The Irish MRC plays 9 matches for the U21 and attracts several league clubs but he commits with a new 3 year contract.
The Sultana Cup win at Wembley was an annoying highlight, leading to major fixture congestion in March and April with 3 or some cases 4 games in a week messing up our fitness levels in a squad lacking depth.
12-17-2007, 10:10 PM
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Worcester Sauce - great on cheese on toast 
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