Is this an update I see before me?
League: Well, the season could not have started much worse than it did - a 6-1 defeat at home to Nuneaton Borough. A draw and another heavy defeat followed and it started to look as though it was going to be a season in the bottom half of the league. However, things began to pick up after that and by the end of September, I was in a solid midtable position. I continued to go from strength to strength and after an 8 match winning run, I found myself in 2nd by the start of the new year. Then the wheels fell off. I failed to win in the next 6 games and suddenly and even after that, my form was pretty poor and my play-off place looked to be in severe doubt. Thankfully, I regained form by the end of the season and finished in a strong 4th place.
In the play-off semi-final, I faced former Conference side Kettering with the first leg at my ground. I won 2-1 in the first game and 2-0 in the return fixture to set up a Conf North final with Hinkley at Nottingham Forest's City Ground. After going 1-0 and 2-1 down, I pulled it back to 2-2 before conceeding a last minute penalty which was converted confining me to another season in the Conference North. In a small amount of consolation, Hinkley went on to lose 2-0 to Hornchurch in the final.
FA Cup: Victories over Chelmsford City, Runcorn, Accrington Stanley and Harrogate Town set up a secondround clash with Bristol Rovers which I won 2-1 to get a place in the 3rd round and a big(ish) money clash against Birmingham. I lost spectacularly in front of 22,000 people. Ker-ching!
FA Trophy: Won in the first round, put out my reservs ins econd round and got knocked out - 'nuff saud.
Average Attendance: 1267
Promoted from Conference North: Nuneaton Borough
Relegated to Conferece North: Carlisle
With the money from the FA Cup, the board have kindly upgraded mytraining facilities to good - a nice time to bring in more youngsters! I am predicted to finish mid table next season by both the board and the media.
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