From The Shire to Greatness

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In this story I plan to win as many top leagues from USA, England, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Holland, N. Ireland, Portugal, Ireland, Russia, Scotland, Spain, Wales and Serbia as I can. I started in Scotland with East Stirlingshire in the Third Division.

2009/2010 Season:

Transfers:

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Season Aims: My aim for the season was to finish in the top 5

Scottish Challenge Cup: Made the Third Round losing to Forfar 1 - 0
Scottish League Cup: Made the Second Round losing to Dundee Utd 3 - 0
Scottish Cup: Made the Fourth Round losing to Aberdeen 5 - 1

Final League Table:

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Very happy with the final league position and beating rivals Stenhousemuir to get promoted was a very good end to the season.

2010/2011 Season

Season Aims: My aim for the season was to stay up in the Second Division

Transfers:

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also signed Jamie Lindsay, David Ball, Tom Smith, Michel Poldervaart, Tobias Waisapij, Melvin Kolf and James Chester

Scottish Challenge Cup: Lost in the First Round to Peterhead 2 - 1
Scottish League Cup: Made it to the 2nd Round losing to Kilmarnock 3 - 0
Scottish Cup: Made it to the 5th Round losing to St Mirren 6 - 1

Final League Table

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Promotion Playoff Final Game:

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Extremely happy with the season never expecting to even have a chance of making the playoffs and yet came so close to being in the First Division next year. I am gutted that I missed out on promotion due to penalties though. During the season I got offered jobs from Hereford, St Pats Athletic and Hamilton but rejected them all.

2010/2011 Season so far

Aim: I am aiming to make the playoffs this season and hopefully get promoted. I will also be managing Morocco Under-21s this season

Transfers:

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July Games:

East Stirlingshire 1 - 4 Dumbarton (Scottish Challenge Cup)
Goal: Luke Hubbins

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Alloa 4 - 1 East Stirlingshire (Scottish League Cup)
Goal: Jon Brown

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I am very unhappy with my teams play in the first 2 games of the season and I hope that August will be a much better month for the team.
 
August Update

Games (East Stirlingshire):

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Both teams didn't make the most of there chances, unfortunately for us Alloa did take one of them so we suffered a 2nd straight loss to our rivals

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We dominated most of the game and Brechin never really looked like challenging us.

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A close game for the most part but Clyde took there chances and we paid for it

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A game we domintated and should have won, but we never really took our chances

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Big rival game that we had to win for our fans and did. We played well and Stenhousemuir never really looked like challenging us

League Table:

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Games (Morocco U21):

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Uganda never really looked like they were in the game. One sided game deservedly won.

Stats:

Top Scorer: David Ball (2)
Most Assists: Gavin Stokes (2)
Best Average Rating: Gavin Stokes (7.32)

David Ball was Third in Player of the Month and Young Player of the Month.

Summary:

Not overly happy with the month with East Stirling losing 3 out of 5 games when I could have gotten all 3 points in 2 of the losses. Despite that I am happy with the win over our fierce rivals Stenhousemuir and hope that the team will be more injury free than last month. Glad to have won my first game as Morocco U21 Manager and hope to continue it with 2 more wins next month.
 
ryangiggs11 said:
best of luck hoep you make it last like king erick one good luck.
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Thanks from what I have read of his story I will be glad to do half as good as he did.

September Update

Transfers:

Samuel Adjei - Free Transfer

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Games (East Stirlingshire):

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Domintated the game, but unfortunately Stirling took there chances while we didn't.

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Very even game in every way other than the score. Didn't deserve to lose by 4 goals but we still did.

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Good win against recently relegated Dumbarton. Pretty even game but we took our chances and got the 3 points.

League Table:

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Games (Morocco U21):

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Zimbabwe never really challenged, solid win.

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Very even game, unlucky to lose it in the last minute on a penalty.

Stats:

Top Scorer: David Ball (3)
Most Assists: Gavin Stokes, Andrew Milne & Jon Brown (2)
Best Average Rating: Gavin Stokes (7.13)

Summary: 1/3 wins in the league isn't very good. Pretty disappointed being in 6th but hopefully we will have a good October and have a chance of catching up on Peterhead in 4th
 
October Update

Games (East Stirlingshire)

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Poor game that neither team really deserved to win, glad to have got the 3 points though

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Livingston dominated the game and got the 3 points they deserved unfortunatel

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Great win over rivals Alloa, dominated most of the game but just couldn't hit the target for most of the game

League Table:

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Games (Morocco U21):

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Solid win in a game we domintate. Seychelles never really threatened us

Scottish Cup 3rd Round Draw: I have been drawn against Clyde away

Top Scorer: Luke Hubbins and David Ball (3)
Most Assists: Jon Brown (3)
Highest Average Rating: Gavin Stoke (7.05)

Summary: Won 2/3 games this month so I am happy though I would have liked better performances against Brechin and Livingston. 7 points out of 4th now and play Clyde next so hopefully it will be down to at least 4 by the end of November
 
November Update

Games (East Stirlingshire)

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Controlled most of the play and got a deserved win

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Evenly matched game which probably should have ended a draw like it did, but I am still disappointed losing the 3 points in the last minutes of the game

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Big rival game that we had to win for the fans and did

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Stirling dominated the game and deserved a win unfortunately for us

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Never looked like challenging Clyde and lost because of it, this year has been really bad for cups.

League Table:

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Games (Morocco U21):

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Sierra Leone where never in the game. Easy Win

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First really bad game with Morocco U21s. Was never in it and didn't deserve to win

Top Scorer: David Ball (6 )
Most Assists: Jon Brown and Wouter de Vogel (3)
Highest Average Rating: Gavin Stokes (6.99)

David Ball was 2nd in Young Player of the Month

Summary: Not a bad month getting 7 out of 12 points in the league, though disappointing that we gave up a goal late against Cowdenbeath. A horrible performance in the Scottish Cup saw us go out the earliest we have went out in 3 seasons
 
December Update

Games (East Stirlingshire):

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Peterhead went down a man and we capitalized on it. Great win

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We dominated the first half but Livingston gave us a good match but fortunately we had a good enough lead and didn't blow it

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Even game that we unfortunately lost. Gutted that we lost it in the last minute

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Another close game where we just couldn't find the net enough.

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We domintated the game but just couldn't capitalize on the chances. Very bad month against teams behind us in the league

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Clyde dominated the game but we got the goal and won.

League Table:

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Top Scorer: David Ball (9)
Most Assists: Walter de Vogel (6 )
Highest Average Rating: David Ball (6.99)

Summary: 3 wins, 3 losses. Very happy with the 3 wins against teams ahead of me but upset losing the other 3 considering they where 2 of the bottom teams and the team right behind me.
 
January Update

Transfer News:

James Chester Moves to Airdrie United for £10k

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Chester signed for East Stirling during the 2010/2011 season, appearing 17 times and scoring 1 goal and getting 1 assist in his time at the club

Games (East Stirlingshire):

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Great win against Cowdenbeath who almost always beat us

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Another great win against our rivals making it 3 for 3 in the season against them

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Good win against the 2nd place team, keeping us in the race for top playoff spot

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Great game with 6 goals, Livingston probably deserved to win but a draw against the best team in the league is something I will take any day.

League Table:

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Top Scorer: David Ball (13)
Most Assists: Wouter de Vogel (7)
Highest Average Rating: David Ball (7.10)

2nd Manager of the Month: Robert Hay
2nd Player of the Month: David Ball
1st Young Player of the Month: Wouter de Vogel
 
February Update

Games (East Stirlingshire):

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Great comeback by the team to win it in the last 30 mins with 3 goals

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Close game won by a very late goal, happy with the win

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A win against rivals Alloa is always good and we dominated the game which I am sure left the fans happy after the game

League Table:

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Games (Morocco U21):

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Djbouti were never in the game, we had the whole game under control and should have won by way more.


Top Goal Scorer: David Ball (16)
Most Assists: Wouter de Vogel (8)
Highest Average Rating: David Ball (7.22)

3rd Player of the Month: David Ball
2nd Manager of the Month: Robert Hay

Summary: (of last 2 months since I forgot last month) Very happy with the 2 months winning 6/7 and drawing with Livingston is always a good result especially away. With the season coming close to an end I am very happy that I should end up in the playoffs unless we really screw up. Hopefully we can finish 2nd or 3rd and avoid a rematch of last seasons Playoff final in the Semi Finals (Airdrie are looking likely to finish 9th in the First Division)
 
March Update

Games (East Stirlingshire)

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Very even game despite the 4 goal difference, happy with the win though

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Went down 2 - 0 and looked like giving Clyde the chance to catch up on us in the Playoff race, luckily scored 2 in the last 15 minutes to tie it up

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Very frustrating game, went 2-0 up in the first half then fell apart in the second half and lost our first game in 2012

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Dominated the game giving us our 4th win of the season over our biggest rivals

League Table:

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Top Scorer: David Ball (18)
Most Assists: Wouter de Vogel and David Ball (11)
Average Rating: David Ball (7.28)

3rd Player of the Month: Emmanuel Mendy
2nd Young Player of the Month: Jon Brown
3rd Manager of the Month: Robert Hay

Summary: Not happy about losing my first game in 2012 but overall a pretty good month. Very close to clinching a playoff position so hopefully I can do that in the next month
 
April Update

Games (East Stirlingshire):

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Could have went either way, luckily we got the won we needed to continue challenging for 2nd place

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A big win in the race for 2nd, after this win I am left needing 1 point to guarantee 2nd place and already have a better goal difference

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Poor first half and Dumbarton took advantage of that, they deserved the win they got

League Table

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Top Scorer: David Ball (20)
Most Assists: Wouter de Vogel (12)
Best Average Rating: David Ball (7.28)

3rd Young Player of the Month: Gavin Stokes

Summary: Good month with wins against my two closest rivals for 2nd place. As long as I don't get slaughtered by Livingston in the final game of the season I will finish 2nd
 
May Update

Games (East Stirlingshire):

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Not a great end to the regular season, but it was a good game and very close

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Terrible first half, thought I was out of the playoffs after the first half. Picked up play in the second half and tied it up

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We dominated the game and deserved the win, a dramatic late goal to send us to the finals is always good

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A repeat of the playoff final last year. Close game and a draw was probably the best result

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Another very close game decided by a goal in extra time, unfortunately Airdrie won it and they get the place in the First Division next year :(

Final League Table:

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Games (Morocco U21):

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We dominated the game and we could have and should have scored more

Top Scorer: David Ball (22)
Most Assists: Wouter de Vogel (12)
Highest Average Rating: David Ball (7.23)

Summary: I would have liked to have won the playoffs and get promoted but I made my aims for the season, unfortunately I lost to Airdrie for the 2nd time in the Playoffs in two years.
 
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June Update

Transfers:

Grant Hanley Free Transfer to Rochdale

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Grant Hanley signed for East Stirling in the 2010/11 season but never played for them

Salif Diao-Jimenez Free Transfer to Gillingham

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Salif Diao-Jimenez signed for East Stirling in the 2009/10 season but never played for them

Gregory Cunningham Free Transfer to St Pats Athletic

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Gregory Cunningham signed for East Stirling in the 2010/11 season and made 14 appearances in his time at the club

Kyle Hendry Free Transfer to Exeter City

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Kyle Hendry signed for East Stirling in the 2009/10 season and made 44 appearances, scoring 15 goals and getting 10 assists

Simon Lynch Free Transfer

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Simon Lynch signed for East Stirling in the 2009/10 season and made 45 appearances, scoring 15 goals and getting 14 assists

Chris Dickson Free Transfer

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Chris Dickson signed for East Stirling in the 2011/12 season and made 14 appearances and scored 6 goals

Zane Powell Loaned in from Motherwell

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Motherwell have loaned 19 year old striker Zane Powell to there Feeder Club East Stirling

Tom Brown Free Transfer

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East Stirling have signed 18 year old English defender Tom Brown. When asked if the young Englishman was for the future Manager Robert Hay said "I definetely had the future in mind when I signed Tom but I am hoping he will be able to step in immediately"

Games (Morocco U21):

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We dominated the game and got the win we deserved

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A good match, we went down early but came back and won the game

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Gabon dominated the match and deserved the win, very bad game for us

Fan's Player of the Year

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Striker David Ball was announced by Supporters Spokesperson, Steven Dillon as the Fan's Player of the Year. David played 36 games during the season and scored 22 goals and got 10 assists

2011/12 Best Eleven

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East Stirling Manager Signs New Deal

Chairman Les Thomson has announced that he has delighted to report that Manager Robert Hay has signed a new £425 per week deal that will keep him at East Stirling until May 2015. Robert had 12 months left on his previous contract

2012/13 Season Preview

East Stirlingshire are 5-1 to win promotion from the Second Division this season, with the Media Predicting them to finish 3rd this season. Manager Robert Hay has announced that the expectations for the season are to make the Promotion Playoffs

2012/13 Fixture List

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Friendlies

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Summary: Not a bad month, 2 out of 3 wins with Morocco U21 isn't bad though I really should have been able to beat Gabon.
 
August Update

Canadian Manager Switches Teams!

East Stirlingshire fans where shocked when they heard that there Manager Robert Hay had signed with a new team, only to moments later find out that he had moved from Morocco U21 team to Belgium U21 team. When questioned about his move Robert said "I felt it was right to move to Belgium as it will take less time to move between Scotland and Belgium than Morocco". He also assured fans at East Stirling that he was not going to be leaving the club anytime soon.

Transfers

Kelvin Bossman Moves to Cheltenham for £9k

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Kelvin Bossman joined East Stirlingshire in the 2010/11 season and made 27 appearances, scoring 2 goals and getting 5 assists

Gavin Stokes makes loan move to East Stirling

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Today, Robert Hay has announced that he has loaned in Gavin Stokes, with his main reason being how well he played for East Stirling last season.

Friendlies:

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Pre-Season Summary: Very happy with the pre-season, winning all but 2 games and I expected to lose to Motherwell so I wasn't too downhearted by the game.

Scottish Challenge Cup First Round Draw Today!

Today East Stirlingshire have been drawn against Clyde in the Scottish Challenge Cup Round 1. The teams have met 9 times since Manager Robert Hay took over the club and he has led his side to victory 5 of the 9 times, whilst losing 2 and drawing 2, scoring 15 and giving up 10 goals.

Scottish League Cup First Round Draw Today!

Today East Stirlingshire have been drawn against Annan Athletic in the Scottish League Cup Round 1. The teams have met 5 times since Manager Robert Hay took over the club and he has led his side to victory 4 times and drawing the other game, scoring 12 and giving up 2 goals.

Games (East Stirlingshire):

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Great win in the 1st round of the Challenge Cup. We had a slight edge in possession and chances and they never took there chances so it was a well deserved win for us.

Scottish Challenge Cup Second Round Draw Today!

Today East Stirlingshire have been drawn against East Fife in the Second Round of the Challenge Cup. East Stirlingshire have beaten Clyde so far in the competition while East Fife has beaten Cowdenbeath. The two teams have met 4 teams in the last 3 seasons, with each team winning 2 of the games. East Stirling have scored 4 goals in the 4 games whilst East Fife have only scored 3.

Top Scorer: Luke Hubbins (2)
Most Assists: Zane Powell, Wouter de Vogel and Harry Forrester (1)
Highest Average Rating: Zane Powell (9.00)

Summary: A good month winning almost all our games, including the important first competitive game of the season. Next month I take control of the Belgium U21 team and it will be a vital one that could clinch 1st place in the European U21 Championship Qualifying if we win.
 
After a short break from this game I have restarted playing and finished my 4th season:

2012/13 Season Summary

Scottish Second Division

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Very happy with the performance in the league this season. Started slow and it was looking as if we were going to struggle to even make the playoffs this season but after going unbeaten for the last 19 games of the season we deservedly won the league with an 11 point cushion


Scottish League Cup

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Winner: Rangers

A very disappointing League Cup campaign this season not even making our objective of the 2nd Round


Scottish Challenge Cup

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Winner: Inverness CT

Not a bad Challenge Cup campaign losing to probably one of the best teams in the competition, and made it further than our seasonal objective the 2nd Round

Scottish FA Cup

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Winner: Rangers

Extremely happy with the FA Cup this season, beating Premier Division side Queen of The South being the highlight of the campaign. Made if further than our objecive of the 4th Round

Awards

Manager of the Year

Robert Hay

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Player of the Year

David Ball

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Fan's Player of the Year

David Ball

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Team of the Year

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Top Goalscorer

David Ball & Zane Powell (23)

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2012/2013 Season Transfers

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2013/2014 Season Objectives

Scottish First Division: Avoid Relegation, Media Prediction: 10th
Scottish Challenge Cup: 2nd Round
Scottish League Cup: 2nd Round
Scottish FA Cup: 4th Round

June/July Transfers

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July/August Update

Games

East Stirlingshire V Partick Thistle (Challenge Cup)

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MOM: Patrick Nzuzi (7.3)

Very even match won by an early goal, could have went either way but I am pleased to have got the victory and made it through to the next round

East Stirlingshire V Brechin (League Cup)

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MOM: Luke Hubbins (9.0, 3 Assists)

Very good match with plenty of goals. Unfortunately though it ended badly for us and for the 2nd year running we have went out in the 1st round of the League Cup

Morton V East Stirlingshire

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MOM: Kris Paterson (8.0)

Very even game in our 1st game in the division, almost lost it when we gave up a penalty in the last minute of injury time but luckily Telgenkamp saved it

Ayr V East Stirlingshire (Challenge Cup)

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MOM: Malik Rezgane (7.6, 1 Goal)

A game we completely dominated the game yet we went down 2 goals in the first 70 mins. Ross pulled one back for us and gave us a chance of equalizing but unfortunately we never took anymore chances and Ayr scored 1 more in the last couple of minutes

East Stirlingshire V Ross County

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MOM: Melvin Kolf (8.8, 2 Assists)

A great first home game of the season with both teams having there chances but only Jon Brown being able to convert

Inverness CT V East Stirlingshire

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MOM: Dan Stratford (8.6, 1 Goal)

Very bad start to the game when Telgenkamp scored an own goal gave signs that the game was going to end very badly, but a very good goal from Zane Powell tied it up and kept it level for most of the game, unfortunately Stratford scored in the last 5 mins to take the 3 points to Inverness.

East Stirlingshire V Ayr

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MOM: Martijn Thomassen (9.0, 1 Goal)

Great game for us against Ayr with us getting revenge on the for putting us out in the Challenge Cup. Goals from Powell, Gomez and Tomassen led us to a comfortable victory and 2nd place in the table for August

Scottish First Division Table

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Manager of the Month

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Player of the Month

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Young Player of the Month

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Month Summary: A pretty good 1st month of the season winning 2 out of 4 games in the league. Ok performance in the Challenge Cup making our objective of the 2nd Round but unfortunately no further than that, League Cup like last year was very disappointing.

Top Scorer: Zane Powell (3)
Most Assists: Luke Hubbins (3)
Man of the Match: Patrick Nzuzi, Luke Hubbins, Martijn Thomassen & Melvin Kolf (10
Highest Avg Rating: Martijn Thomassen (7.27)
 
congrats on promotion again. I'm currently Belgium U19's manager and will struggle next year as I lose Lukaku and Mats Rits. I haven't had many good regens come through. Have you?

Good luck in the new season
 
fuelledbypassion said:
congrats on promotion again. I'm currently Belgium U19's manager and will struggle next year as I lose Lukaku and Mats Rits. I haven't had many good regens come through. Have you?

Good luck in the new season
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Thanks. The regens seemed to be quite good for me but I didn't stay long after the Qualifiers of the U21 Championships were over so I didn't enough to really see how good they were lol
 
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