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After reading many peoples foreign adventures i decided to embark on my own-my first outside england.I came to the conclusion that Sweden was the place to be, so i selected FC Trollhatton(for no specific reason)
<STRIKE>SEASON 1</STRIKE>
Starting off in the Swedish second division WG, i was given a healthy 10k to spend, and £5k for wages.The boards expectations were for me to finish in a respectable league position, though i would not settle for anything less than promotion.
My squad to begin with was quite large, with 3 quality(but old) strikers standing out.There was plenty of deadwood that needed to be shifted.
Players in---17 10k
Players out---5 £1.7m (all for my quality left winger)
The season started well with and unbeaten streak lasting 20 games.The defence look strong and the strikers could not stop scoring-despite the sale of my ace left winger to the swedish premiership side Hammarbay.Overall i finished the season top of the league-thus i assumed promotion. However, I ended up playing Enskede in the "promotional playoff". Luckily i won 2-1 away and 4-1 at home. Promotion to the first division elite was assured!
P W D L F A PTS 13 8 1 48 14 47
I finished the season with my top scorer with 19 goals recieving the player of the year award.My finances were safe at £1m balance, though a loss of 500k had been made over the season-largely due to average attendances of 845.
Up in the elite league!!! though i am not sure why, as there is a "first division" below me to which other teams have gone to.Anyways, i believe this league is a b@stard to get out of,especially when i am expected to "battle bravely against relagation"
As a result of this, i decided to bring in 20 new players for 100k, with 3 leaving the club on free transfers. the added depth in the squad and injection of youth wuold lay the basis for a respectable season.
After and excellent start to the campaign, including a 6-0 victory, i lay in and around the top five for the first half of the season. Unsuprisingly i was unable to maintain this good form,as Norrkoping and Oster were running away with the league and i could not attract any decent players.
My season kind of fizzled out thought the final position of 7th was good for a first season at that level.oh, and i went out of the cups first round
P W D L F A PTS
30 14 5 11 60 41 47
The same striker gained player of the year and netted another 20 goals, and my youth tem won their league.
This year i really wanted to push for a playoff place atleast, though i could not draw any decent players to the club. despite this, 27 players came in for 100k, and 43 that did not meet the grade (though 3 of my stars left) for £4m. now financial security was confirmed, the board agreed to upgrade the training facillities to "Good".
A horrific beginining to the season lead me to search the job centre. 6 defeats on the spin- including a 7-0 home mauling contributed to a complete overhaul of my side. after tinkering with my tactics and adding a couple of the youth players (who again stormed their league-averaging 3 goals per game), i found the right mix-eventually.
in the 3rd round of the cup(i lost) i met AIK, which amounted to my highest ever attendance:2438
After a topsy turvy season, i finished a suprising 6th place, though never had a chance of catching Trelleborg or IFK Goteburg, who lost 3 games between them all year!.
P W D L F A PTS
15 4 11 43 43 46
yes, the same striker got player of......you know the rest
I can't believe Goterberg are in the Superettan Liga, in my save, it's 2014 mind, they've won 5 out of the last 6 Allsvenskan Liga titles and have not finished outside the top three in 10 years.
Oh yeah, KUTGW :thup:
05-09-2006, 12:40 AM
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