Players news: August 2011
Anonymously Anonymous: On the 27th of August, Anonymous made his debut in the 0-1 defeat against Aldershot. The young goalkeeper played 2 matches for the first team, and conceded 2 goals. His average rating was 6,80.
Damiennevo: Made 4 appearances for the first team, with an average rating of 6,84
Danny Newton: Newton has made 2 appearances so far, with an average rating of 6,90.
George Best: The Northern Irish player started in 1 match, and came on the pitch as a substitute 4 times, scoring 1 goal, with an average rating of 6,57.
Iain Taylor: Taylor has made 5 appearances for Watford, scoring 3 goals, with an average rating of 6,86.
James Smith: Smith became the youngest ever player, the previous record being on the name of Luke Walker, who was nearly a year older. A week later, he became the youngest ever player in the League Cup, when he played against Brentford, being 15 years and 220 days old. He later suffered an injury in training, and was out for 10 days. Played 5 official matches, got 1 assist. Average rating of 6,68.
Matt McClelland: McClelland accepted the Vit. Guimaraes offer. He didn’t play any first team matches, but played 4 matches for the U19.
Matthew Alexander: On the 18th of August, the youngster suffered an injury during training, and will be out for about 11 days. He made his comeback on the 29th of August, but immediately got injured again, as a result he will be sidelined 9 more days. He hasn’t made any first team appearances.
Oliver Houghton: On the 20th of August, Houghton got injured in Baleares’ U19 match against Sant Andreu U19, and will be out for about 5 weeks. He didn’t make any appearance for the first team yet, but did play some matches with the U19’s.
Pete Rodriguez: Rodriguez signed for Hamilton, Scottish First Division club. He made his debut in Hamilton’s 2-2 draw with Partick Thistle, and scored a goal right away. On the 23rd of August, Rodriguez was awarded the Motm award, as he got all 3 assists in the 3-1 victory of his team against Livingston. He has made 5 appearances so far, scoring once, assisting 4 and getting 1 Motm award. His average rating is 7,10.
Shaun McMillan: McMillan became the youngest ever player in the Spanish second division B2 on the 29th of August, aged 16 years and 223 days. Made 3 appearances, with an average rating of 7,03.
Stephen Holland: Holland got his first Motm award with Cork’s U19 team. He has played 7 official games for Cork, assisting 5 goals, with an average rating of 7,10
Next update will be this evening. Don't know if I'll keep doing them monthly, probably not. Probably every 2 or 3 months.