Part 6
Season 2 - Progress
Story So Far
After a solid pre-season, I went into the first 8 league games of the season full of optimism. 3 new signings and a small clear out should be enough to drive us towards the promotion places.
We backed my enthusiasm up with a good start against...
Part 5
Season 2 - Pre-season
Finally, I've found time to play through the pre-season of season 2, and can bring you the update. For this season, there are going to be 3 updates of 10 or so games as I progress through the season. Firstly though, lets look what happened in the pre-season...
Part 4
Season 1 - Misc:
Since season 1 is over, and I haven't found time to play through the pre-season, I thought it would be a good idea to outline some of the off-field distractions at the club.
Youth Intake
Our youth intake in February produced some good results. The assistant manager...
Part 3
Season 1- Cups, cups, and... 2 other cups:
"Steel and Sons Cup" and "Intermediate Cup"
If you have as much knowledge of Northern Irish football as I do, then you'll have no clue what these are. From what I can gather, they are basically versions of the Johnston Paint Trophy. Both...
Hopefully. Only problem might be getting the money to turn professional and bring in some better players. If we can bring some good players through the academy that will definitely help.
Part 2
Season 1 - League:
Top of the agenda at the start of the season was ridding ourselves of the deadwood and bringing in some proven quality for our level. We can only sign non-contract players which makes any long term planning almost impossible, as the top talent at the club can be...
Part 1
Before this years edition of FM was released, I decided that i wanted to manage in a small country that I had no knowledge of, and work my way up with a Sunday League reputation. My first attempt at this fell flat on its face and I was sacked in December of the first season.
Now it's...