Albion Rovers - The Best in Scotland

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Note: This will be a longterm save, dont expect me to go up the leagues every season and win Europe within 5 because... Well, I'm **** at FM
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Albion Rovers Football Club are a Scottish football team from the North Lanarkshire town of Coatbridge, who are currently playing in the SPFL in League two. Founded in 1882 as the result of an amalgamation of two other teams, the club joined the Scottish Football League initially in 1903 before returning in 1919 and although they have spent most of their time in the lower divisions, have maintained the league membership since.


Club Info

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Goals:

Promotion to First Division (Achieved Page 4)
Promotion to Championship (Achieved Page 6)
Promotion to Premier League
Win a Cup
Qualify for Europa
Qualify for Champions League
Win a Major European Trophy
Become the most Successful Manager in Scotland
Become the Richest team in Scotland

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Albion Rovers


First Impressions


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The first thing that strikes me is the poor facilities for both Youth and Training, These are something I will hopefully be upgrading in the not so distant future.


Squad & Tactics

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I feel with a new DL and a new GK this team will be strong enough to secure promotion




Key Players


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These are the three players I reckon will be vital to our success this season (before transfers obvcourse)
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Good luck with this :) liking the "wont be up n 5 seasons , im **** at fm" comment lol
 
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Just repeat the feats of the Scottish Cup run this season and you'll be fine lol, Look for a parent club aswell that could help!
 
AldoKemp-1 said:
Just repeat the feats of the Scottish Cup run this season and you'll be fine lol, Look for a parent club aswell that could help!
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Ill try and get Rangers as a parent club, but I doubt it after we put them out the cup tomorrow (6)
 
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Albion Rovers

August 2013 Review


Results

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Berwick
McGuigan [A] Donnelly [G]

An even match that could've ended in upset for us when berwick had a goal ruled offside in the 87th minute which gave us a well deserved point against one of the title favourites.

Elgin City
McGuigan [A] Crawford [G]
Crawford [A] McGuigan [G]
Crawford [A] McGuigan [G]

An easy match (apart from a freak goal kick that split my defence like a prostitutes legs and landed in the back of the net..

Clyde

Donnelly [A] Flood [G]
Flood [A] Crawford [G]

The score flatters Clyde abit, this game could have easily been 4 or 5


August League Table

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PLAYER OF THE MONTH

Mark McGuigan

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2 Assists - 2 Goals


In Other News

I win manager of the month;

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and we find a parent club in the form of Hibernian (who I chose due to there excellent training and youth facilities


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Albion Rovers

September 2013 Review

Results

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Queens Park (Local Derby)

Donnelly [A] Flood [G]
McGuigan [A] Donnelly [G]

My First derby match in charge of the 'wee rovers' was a dissapointment.. We were cruising the game untill we went down to 10 men, then it fell apart.

Peterhead

Crawford [A] McGuigan [G]
McGuigan [A] Donnelly [G]
N/A [A] Crawford [G]
Crawford [A] Donnelly [G]
Donnelly [A] McGuigan [G]

This match was actually really close untill around about the 65th minute when it was locked at 2-1, then Peterhead crumbled.. The rest is history.

East Stirling

We recorded our first League defeat of the season.. The game was stale and the result was too..

Annan

Flood [A] McGuigan [G]

The score probably reflects the game, not many challenges.. Another long ball does my defence though for them to score.

Annan (cup)

Brough [A] Madden [G]
McGuigan [A] Crawford [G]
Flood [A] McGuigan [G]

A great result which dumps Annan out of the cup and sees us progress, I'm not looking for a cup upset against Raith but the money will be great.


September League Table


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Still too early to judge our progress but I think were doing well, Especially since only 4 points split the top 4 teams.



Player Of The Month

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Mark McGuigan

2 Assists - 4 Goals


Other News

We also brought this guy in on a free..


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DAVE1875 said:
Were you too late to get any of the Hibs youth on loan?
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By the time my board got the finger out, all the decent youths were gone. I agreed loans on two u-19 players and at the last minute, they told me to shove it.
 
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Albion Rovers

October 2013 Review


Results

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Stirling

Top of the table and high flyers Stirling held to draw at there home ground by my boys, Was a fantastic result for us!


Montrose

McGuigan [A] McLaren [G]
McLaren [A] McGuigan [G]

New boy McLaren gets a vital goal and assist to keep us in second place.


Berwick

McLaren [A] Donnelly [G]
McGuigan [A] Donnelly [G]
McGuigan [A] Chaplain [G]

An insane game which saw a pass back to our keeper from Reid go through his legs and into the back of the net and Donnelly miss a sitter to win us the game in the 89th minute.


Elgin

McGuigan [A] Crawford [G]
Flood [A] McGuigan [G]

An 2-1 win (although they scores in 90(+3) when there was two minutes added on but hey ho, Stirling beat Berwick and secures us in second place.


October League Table

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Stirling starting to run away with the league but we're securing a comfortable lead in second place


Player Of The Month

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Mark McGuigan

4 Assists 2 Goals

McGuigan makes it 3 and 3, Would love to take him on a permanent deal



Other News

Let two of the older lads leave on a free and brought in this chap;

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Albion Rovers

November 2013 Review


Fixtures

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Raith (Scottish Cup)

McLaren [A] Donnelly [G]
McGuigan [A] McLaren [G]

We managed to shock everyone with a victory over Raith who are two divisions ahead of us, even though they are struggling (9th) it was still a fantastic victory and set us up for a home tie against premier league side Inverness.


Clyde

Crawford [A] Donnelly [G]
N/A [A] Chaplain [G]

A Pathetic performance on the back of one of the best victories in the clubs history.. We were outclassed by a poor Clyde team, We only managed to scrape a draw via a penalty and a send off.

East-Stirling

N/A [A] Chaplain [G]

A Poor display and a freak OG by our keeper who received a pass back from our RB, Picked the ball on and then dropped it in the net. I seriously think he had us on in the bookies to lose.

Queens Park (Local Rival)

Chaplain [A] Crawford [G]
O.G [G]

A deserved victory over local rivals Queens Park.

Inverness (Cup)

N/A [A] Donnelly [G]

A fine fight by our boys but Inverness were just too strong for us.


November League Table

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Nothing much has changed, Stirling still dominate the league and we sit in second.


Player Of the Month

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Scott Chaplain

1 Assist - 2 Goals​
 
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Albion Rovers

December 2013 Review


Fixtures


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Peterhead

N/A [A] Chaplain [G]

As boring as the come and a game that got the Peterhead manager the sack!

Annan

Crawford [A] R.Donnelly [G]

Dont let the score line fool you, this was an intense match with both sides hitting the wood work in the first half and Chaplain hitting the cross bar in the second!

Montrose

R.Donnelly [A] Dutot [G]
Sally [A] McGuigan [G]
Own Goal [G]

The worst performance I've seen my boys have. We were saved by a late OG but in all fairness, We should have lost this game 3-1

Stirling

McGuigan [A] R.Donnelly [G]
McLaren [A] C.Donnelly [G]
McLaren [A] R.Donnelly [G]
Crawford [A] R.Donnelly [G]

I feared for my boys this game after last games performance but we pulled out all the stops and comfortably beat high flyers Stirling with a stunning hat-trick from strike Ryan Donnelly.



December League Table

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I fear it may be too late to close the gap between us and Stirling but hopefully we can pull away from Berwick and East Stirling.



Player of The Month

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Ryan Donnelly

1 Assist - 4 Goals

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TBagFM said:
Ill try and get Rangers as a parent club, but I doubt it after we put them out the cup tomorrow (6)
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are you an albion fan ? Im a gers man myself lol Glad you never got the win but your team done extremely well!
 
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