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Leagues being run: England - Prem to Conference north/south (normal detail)
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2005/06 - Newport County (Conference South)

I decided to play as a Welsh team and I have always wanted to see how I could do with Newport county. I brought in 15 players and 11 staff to actually enable me to put a half decent team out and we exceeded the boards expectations as we scraped into the last playoff spot.

We had to rely on goals from all around the team because our 2 main strikers only scored 18 goals between them all season. Loads of stupid injuries in the pointless cup games really damaged our season and we got whipped in the playoffs as Dorchester put 4 past us over the 2 legs.

Conference South: 5th, 68 points. Won 18, drew 14 and lost 10. Lost playoff semi final 4-0 against Dorchester.
FA Cup 1st round: Notts County 2 - 0 Newport County
FA Trophy 2nd round: Newport County 1 - 2 Hinckley

Premiership: Arsenal (West Brom, Fulham and Birmingham relegated)
Championship: Ipswich and Palace promoted (Sheffield Utd, QPR and Crewe relegated)
Championship playoff final: Southampton 2 - 1 Norwich
League 1: Notts Forest and Tranmere promoted (Chesterfield, S****horpe, Port Vale and Yeovil relegated)
League 1 playoff final: Swansea 2 - 2 Brentford (Swansea won on pens)
League 2: Notts County, Mansfield and Wrexham promoted (Rushden and Shrewsbury relegated
League 2 playoff final: Cheltenham 3 - 0 Leyton Orient
Conference national: Exeter promoted (Gravesend and Dagenham and Redbridge relegated)
Conference national playoff final: Aldershot 1 - 1 Cambridge (Aldershot won on pens)
Conference North: Barrow promoted (Workington and Stalybridge relegated)
Conference North playoff final: Worcester 3 - 1 Northwich
Conference South: Weymouth promoted (Carshalton and Thurrock relegated)
Conference South playoff final: Dorchester 2 - 1 Eastbourne Boro

FA Cup: Arsenal 2 - 0 Everton
Carling Cup: Newcastle 1 - 0 Man Utd
Community Shield: Chelski 2 - 1 Arsenal
LDV Vans Trophy: Tranmere 1 - 0 MK Dons
FA Trophy: Weymouth 0 - 0 Dagenham and Redbridge (Weymouth won on pens)

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2006/07 - Newport County (Conference South)

After selling one of my crappy strikers for £12K to Airbus I was able to spend a bit of money and brought in a new striker for a whopping £2K. He turned out to be brilliant as he scored 21 goals in 34 appearances while another new striker scored 19 goals in 31 appearances before being poached by Ross County at the end of the season.

We once again finished in the final playoff spot but were once again knocked out in the semis, this time by Gravesend who won the first leg 3-2 and then played out a 0-0 draw in the second. I was offered the Stafford Rangers job towards the end of the season but since I was going for the playoffs and Stafford were in the relegation places I delayed the decision until the end of the season.

After my failure to get promotion and with Stafford staying up, I took the job and switched leagues to experience life in the North division.

Conference South: 5th, 74 points. Won 21, drew 11 and lost 10. Lost playoff semi final 3-2 against Gravesend.
FA Cup 4th qualifying round: Newport County 0 - 2 Accrington
FA Trophy 1st qualifying round: Crawley 2 - 1 Newport County

Premiership: Liverpool (West Ham, Sunderland and Everton relegated)
Championship: Watford and Leeds promoted (Coventry, Burnley and Birmingham relegated)
Championship playoff final: Luton 2 - 1 Wolves
League 1: Sheffield Utd and Bristol City promoted (Bournemouth, Brentford, Swindon and Crewe)
League 1 playoff final: Doncaster 1 - 1 Notts County (Doncaster won on pens)
League 2: Leyton Orient, Exeter and Wycombe promoted (Bury and Carlisle relegated)
League 2 playoff final: Peterborough 3 - 1 Chesterfield
Conference National: Halifax promoted (Burton, Southport, Worcester and Altrincham relegated)
Conference National playoff final: Hereford 2 - 2 Morecambe (Hereford won on pens)
Conference North: Gateshead promoted (Vauxhall Motors, Wakefield-Emley and Harrogate relegated)
Conference North playoff final: Northwich 2 - 0 Histon
Conference South: Dagenham and Redbridge promoted (Sutton Utd, Hayes and Yeading relegated)
Conference South playoff final: Gravesend 2 - 0 Bishop’s Stortford

FA Cup: Chelski 3 - 1 QPR
Carling Cup: Blackburn 1 - 1 Liverpool (Blackburn won on pens)
Community Shield: Man Utd 1 - 0 Arsenal
LDV Vans Trophy: Sheffield Utd 2 - 1 Barnet
FA Trophy: Cambridge 3 - 1 Weymouth

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2007/08 - Stafford Rangers (Conference North)

When I arrived I expected a useless team but I got one with loads of potentially promising players. I got rid of the dead weight and brought in a few youngsters and they would make an impact as the side raced to the top of the league.

There were a lot of prem sides interested in one of my two star 18 year old strikers and after resisting temptation to sell him, I gave in and shipped him off to Man City for £500K after he failed to perform for my team. The other one though proved to be excellent and finished the season with 15 league goals in 30 appearances.

We had a few injuries towards the end of the season and were knocked off top spot in the last few games so I had to settle for yet another playoff semi which gave me the same result as the 2 seasons at Newport as Histon beat us 3-1 over the two legs and I was left to reflect on yet another playoff failure.

Conference North: 2nd, 71 points. Won 18, drew 17 and lost 7. Lost playoff semi final 3-1 against Histon.
FA Cup 2nd qualifying round: Stafford 0 - 1 Worksop
FA Trophy semi final: Bury 1 - 0 Stafford

Premiership: Chelski (Bolton, Aston Villa and Luton relegated)
Championship: Plymouth and Derby promoted (Sheffield Utd, Brighton and Norwich relegated)
Championship playoff final: Everton 1 - 0 Swansea
League 1: Birmingham and Rotherham promoted (Walsall, Southend, Mansfield and Peterborough relegated)
League 1 playoff final: QPR 1 - 0 Exeter
League 2: Stockport, Northampton and Hereford promoted (Barnet and Lincoln relegated)
League 2 playoff final: Brentford 2 - 1 Halifax
Conference National: Cambridge promoted (Scarborough, Northwich, Crawley and Dorchester relegated)
Conference National playoff final: Morecambe 3 - 0 Weymouth
Conference North: Hucknall promoted (Lancaster, Redditch and Gainsborough relegated)
Conference North playoff final: Histon 4 - 1 Burton
Conference South: Braintree promoted (Newport County, Eastleigh and Havant and Waterlooville relegated)
Conference South playoff final: Welling 1 - 0 Billericay

FA Cup: Tottenham 3 - 1 Swansea
Carling Cup: Newcastle 2 - 2 Hull (Newcastle won on pens)
Community Shield: Liverpool 1 - 0 Chelski
LDV Vans Trophy: Birmingham 1 - 0 Stockport FA Trophy: Bury 3 - 1 Grantham

gil

KUTGFailingInThePlayoffs :thup:

dwv1968

Keep plugging away ... you'll get your reward eventually :thup:

mkus

nasty.

Elrawkum

Look what you did? Newport got relegated :eek:

Well done

KUTGSabotaging :thup:

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2008/09 - Stafford Rangers (Conference North)

The season started poor as we found ourselves bottom after 5 games but picked up our form and soon moved into the top 3.

I Brought in the replacement for my super striker for a nice £35K. He was 16 and turned out brilliant as he scored 15 goals in 29 games. With my other super striker getting 18 goals, the partnership fired us to the top of the table.

Things then went wrong as 3 of my first teamers got injured in the same game and their presence was missed as we lost 2 of our last 3 games and let Burton pip us to the title.

We then had to go to the playoffs once again where we faced Alfreton and after losing a 3-1 lead to lose 4-3 we drew 1-1 in the second leg and for the fourth season in a row I had to suffer playoff heartache

Conference North: 2nd, 75 points. Won 22, Drew 9 and Lost 11. Lost playoff semi-final 5-4 against Alfreton
FA Cup 3rd qualifying round: Worcester 2 - 0 Stafford
Fa Trophy 4th round: Carlisle 3 - 2 Stafford

Premiership: Arsenal (Wigan, Ipswich and Plymouth relegated)
Championship: Luton and Aston Villa promoted (West Brom, Hull and Sheffield Wednesday relegated)
Championship playoff final: Fulham 1 - 1 Bolton (Fulham won on pens)
League 1: Gillingham and Norwich promoted (Stockport, Hartlepool, Brighton and Hereford relegated)
League 1 playoff final: Barnsley 2 - 1 Brighton
League 2: Mansfield, Peterborough and Swindon promoted (Rochdale and S****horpe relegated)
League 2 playoff final: Crewe 2 - 0 Bristol Rovers
Conference National: Carlisle promoted (Welling, Braintree, Hucknall and Histon relegated)
Conference National playoff final: Stevenage 3 - 1 Rushden
Conference North: Burton promoted (Grantham, Bradford PA and Blyth relegated)
Conference North playoff final: Alfreton 2 - 1 Hinckley
Conference South: Kettering promoted (Hendon, St.Albans and Maidenhead relegated)
Conference South playoff final: Dorchester 2 - 0 Worcester

FA Cup: Arsenal 2 - 1 Chelski
Carling Cup: Southampton 2 - 2 Newcastle (Southampton won on pens)
Community Shield: Chelski 1 - 0 Spurs
LDV Vans Trophy: Brentford 2 - 1 Lincoln
FA Trophy: Kidderminster 2 - 1 Chesham

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FA Trophy 08/09: Bury 3 - 1 Grantham

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FA Trophy 07/08: Bury 3 - 1 Grantham :p