Marmaduke

I'm a long way off competing with the others, all three of you (excluding Fulham) are currently in the Prem top 10. Fulham have just won promotion as well!

Marmaduke

Season 2008/2009
Conference National: Hayes

Started pre-season badly with my star performer declaring his hatred for me but no one showed an interest so he remained an unwilling member of my squad going in to the new campaign. My original backroom staff were finally let go and in come a couple of recently retired players/under 40's to freshen things up.

Finally started a season with a victory but followed this up with a bizarre pattern of draw, loss, win for the opening 9 games leaving me in mid table before a debut outing/thrashing in the LDV Vans seemed to wake my side up and a fine unbeaten run followed that took me into the New Year in second place and only two points away from current leaders Morecambe.

Spent the early part of the year in Morecambe's shadow matching their results for a few weeks before we both began rotating positions every week or two. Had an offer for my want away star eventually in March and off he went to the Championship for 250k but the money was banked as I'd previosly loaned in a replacment expecting him to have been gone sooner.

Had a solid end to the season that saw me move into 1st place for the final 7 games and build up a cushion that eventually proved too much for the stumbling Morecame to match up to. Promotion secured with 2 games to spare and a healthy bank balance in place for a tougher challenge in the Football League. Show me the money Mr Chairman!

FA Cup: 3rd round (2-1 away defeat to Championship Crystal Palace)
FA Trophy: 4th round (1-0 home defeat to fellow Conference side Carlisle)
LDV Vans: 1st round (5-1 away thrashing to League 1 Ipswich)
Players In: 2 (£0k spent) & 4 loans in
Players Out: 4 (£250k received)

Premier League: Liverpool end the Russian dominance
FA Cup: Man Utd winning an all Manchester final
League Cup: Chelsea
Champions League: Deja vu once more as Milan beat Inter on penalties
Worth mentioning: Brentford in the Premier League this campaign and they somehow survived, comfortably.
The Special One being given his P45 in April despite his side still being in a close 3 team title race

Nobby_McDonald

Did they beat Droylsden?

greeny05

Ipswich in League 1?

wewak

Did they beat Droylsden? </BLOCKQUOTE>

Bury?

KUTGW :thup:

butlerjrt

Did they beat Droylsden? </BLOCKQUOTE>

Bury?

KUTGW :thup: </BLOCKQUOTE>

Altrincham?

Well done...keep on. :thup:

Nobby_McDonald

Altrincham is in Cheshire, not Manchester.

Marmaduke

If it's any comfort you've had Sheffield United, Portsmouth and West Brom keeping you company down there

JOK20

KUTGW

Go on you super Bees.
Good to see the Middlesex teams reaching their goals.

Marmaduke

Season 2009/2010
League Two: Hayes

My scouts struggled to find anyone who was prepared to join me so I eventually conceded defeat and decided to use this season to work out what players I've picked up can make the step up and who should be moved on come next summer.

Started off reasonably well and had a good 15-20 point advantage over the bottom 2 as the New Year rolled in. I was struggling for goals up front though so I ended up using £70k of my budget on a striker who unfortunately has struggled so far. Had a good run in January but that was where my season ended.

Struggled badly for the final 3 months with only a few draw's to my name and countless leads turned into defeats. My lead over the bottom 2 slowly dropping down to 6 points with 10 games left following a home defeat to bottom side Aldershot. Managed to pull out a few draws that pushed me clear and meant safety was secured with 2 games spare. Eventually getting my first win since January on the final day of the season.

Major pre-season of rebuilding ahead to try to get myself settled in this division as I don't want to have another season looking over my shoulder like this.

Final League position: 20th
FA Cup: 1st round (2-1 home defeat to Stalybridge)
League Cup: 1st round (5-0 away defeat to Championship Bristol City)
LDV Vans: 2nd round (4-3 penalty defeat at home to Conference Cheltenham)
Players In: 5 (£80k spent) & 1 loan
Players Out: 3 (£1k received)

Premier League: Everything's back to normal as Chelsea storm to the title
FA Cup: Crystal Palace
League Cup: Liverpool
Champions League: Proper double secured for Chelsea as they beat Barcelona 2-1 in the final
Worth mentioning: Conference South strugglers Chelmsford knocking a strong Chelsea side out of the FA Cup 2-1