Notts County have been taken over on my Portsmouth save; Slovakian Chairman willing to turn them into a world force. I was offered the job but turned it down, ?16m transfer budget in League One at the time. A few seasons on now and I'm in the Prem; they're up to the Championship now.
I?ve experienced a problem with the TV money entering the 2015/2016 season with Portsmouth. Approached the new season ?1m in the red and then got news that the TV Revenue for the coming season would be ?444k.
However, when I checked the club finances, ?8m worth of TV money had been put into the...
I've got a game going with Pompey at the moment, just finished my third season 5th in League One and failed in the playoff bid (turned over by Scunthorpe). Now clear of loans and looking to build finances and squad quality up, got Nahki Wells on a Bosman and still have the likes of Harris...
April and End of Season
April
Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Shrewsbury
Ghilas
We were on top for most of the game but couldn’t get a breakthrough, so I pushed everyone forward for the last quarter hour to force a goal and Ghilas obliged. We then sat back and gave away a penalty in injury time...
February - March
February
Deadline Day and transfer overview
After some major reconstructive surgery I must admit I wasn’t sure what this squad would be able to do. After releasing a load of deadwood and losing players whose loans were expiring I had to get a lot of new faces in; January...
December - January
Another tough couple of months; my tenure at Wednesday hadn’t started well and we really needed to get points on the board if I was to match the boards expectations this season
December
Charlton 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday
We played fairly well against the league leaders in...
Sheffield Wednesday 2014-2015
I took over a Sheffield Wednesday squad littered with a few quality players, a few old has beens and a whole lot of loans. Broadly speaking though there was more than enough here to see the squad climb from it's lowly league position to the top end of the table...
September - October
A pivotal stage in both the promotion push and a dilemma for me as a manager.
September
Plymouth 1-1 Havant
Fanimo
A great result and we broke Plymouths 100% record at the top of the division. Fanimo put us ahead with a nice finish but they equalised from a set piece on...
Havant and Waterlooville 2014-2015
Pre Season
I started getting the club ready for its maiden season in the Blue Square Premier League by releasing a few bodies. It was tough, but Sam Pearce and Steve Ramsey were released after their contracts had expired. They’d both performed admirably...
Playoffs and Close of Season – 2013/2014
Ah playoffs, we meet again. Dan Thomas was getting nowhere near the pitch after his horror throw to gift Bath the final last year (yes I have held a grudge). I am optimistic but it is the playoffs and generally they can throw up all kinds of wonders and...
April – May
The last couple of months of the season saw us maintain a great run of form as we went unbeaten to close out the season. Would it be enough to see the Hawks reach the top of the league? Read on...
April
Havant 2-0 Salisbury
Appiah
Palmer
A huge win in the title race. Appiah put...
February – March
A good couple of months, we kept the run of form up and only fell to a single defeat; helping to close the gap even further on the leaders. That said, there weren't too many matches over the period. Had a new prospective owner enter talks but they fell over again.
February...
December – January
December was a bit of an ordeal on the pitch as we still struggled with squad fitness after the cup exploits of November; dropping points from positions we should have maybe took all three. Made a couple of good signings thanks to the extra money knocking around though that...
October - November
A really good month overall considering the amount of games that we had to play. Included a decent run of games in the cup and some takeover talks as well; seems that Derek Pope is willing to sell the club and if it goes ahead I'm hoping for some investment to be put in place...