retired_davek

Only just seen this.

KUTGW :thup:

retired_jfwright

I also played a save with Bradford PA.
I started the save with Brighton but after 2 years I diddn't succeed (sorry for bad english) to get them promoted so I resigned and bradford offered me the job. I was promoted 2 divisions in 3 seasons (two years in D1) and when I was promoted to the Championship I got tired of the save and left it to rot. It's not fun that you need to change almost all your squad so you can get promoted next season. Brings the fun out of the save.

retired_jfwright

oh, and Uruguay offered me the manager position also, so I trained them two in my last season of the save.

retired_nick88

Good update. :thup:

KUTGLosingOnPenalties.

retired_tye1234

Tut Tut... This is LLM and he is in training for the England job :eek: :eek:

retired_sargent

You really do not understand this forum do you. Please read the forum header and this thread.

retired_ryankesler

Nice updates fro the OP there. KUTGW! :thup:

retired_bcollier2005

Thanks for the warm welcome!

On reading my initial post through again, I've just realised that I got the season numbering wrong - Season 1 was of course 2005/06 and I'm now on 2009/10 ...

Season 5 (2009/10) Bradford Park Avenue (Conference North)

The board and the fans are expecting us to achieve a reasonable position, but I'm worried that we might have a hangover from last season ... a feeling that isn't helped by the close-season departure of three more members of staff and a pre-season injury to my first choice 'keeper ...

But our glass is half-full, not half-empty, and we get off to a flyer - an eight game unbeaten start in the League, and only one loss in our first eighteen games, and we're top, even though we aren't playing well.

Bouyed by our position, we start trying to play football, and that's where things start to go wrong; whereas before, we'd been drawing games we should have lost, now it's win or bust, and with a win/loss record of 7/11 over our next eighteen games, we're looking anxiously over both shoulders in the race for a playoff spot.

The return of a couple of stalwarts from injury eventually sees us home in fourth, but there's a distinct lack of optimism as we head off to Worksop for the first leg of the playoff semi-final; our glass now looks half-empty ... and by the time we turn for home it's been drained by a 4-0 thumping in what was probably our worst performance of the season.

The second leg's an improvement, but time has already been called when Worksop nick a late winner to win 1-0 on the night and 5-0 on aggregate.

But at least there's one party in Bradford as City (now managed by a legend at falling off parked cars) win the Championship ...

(where's the emoticon for envy when you need one)

As for next season, I think it's a case of tinkering rather than wholesale changes ... we need some bite the midfield, and a bit a pace up front, and see where we go from there ...

Final Record (4): P42 W19 D11 L12 F62 A47 PTS68

FA Cup: 3QR 0-1 v Croyden (A)

FA Trophy 2R 0-4 v Boston United (A)

retired_yolanda

Now for promotion next season! :thup:

KingsbayYHPE

Always happy to welcome another pensioner to LLM

Welcome, and KUTGW!!