2016/7
Another new sponsorship deal is signed, three years worth £1.15m a year. The transfer budget rises to £13,100,000 and the wage budget to £475,000. Even I struggle to spend that much a week.
Four main signings arrive - two frees, one from Arsenal for £400,000 and a striker from Dortmund for £3m who has a good season and wins his first three Germany caps.
A mammoth 14 new youth players, a couple might make a push for the firsts, but mostly a bad bunch.
Only 300-1 for the title this year, with Arsenal 7-4f.
We make a good start hanging around the top half before slipping away and beating last season by finishing 13th. We have a good run in the UEFA Cup, including beating the mighty Barcelona over two legs, thanks to a debutant substitute scoring two in the Nou Camp.
I also get appointed manager of Australia, who evidently still can't play 'soccer'.
F.A. Cup Third Round - Aston Villa 2 Stoke City 1
League Cup Semi Final - Stoke City 3 manure 6 (aggregate)
UEFA Cup Second Knockout Round - Stoke City 2 Ajax 3 (aggregate)
Community Shield - Arsenal 3 Stoke City 1
Olympic Games - Australia finish behind Germany & USA in the groups.
Confederations Cup - Australia finish behind Germany Denmark in the groups.
Elsewhere...
manure beat Liverpool (
) in the Champions Cup final.
Hosts Denmark defeat Switzerland in the 2016 European Championship.
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