London City FC - A City On The Rise

[dani3w]

They do indeed NathanITFC they've done well for us since joining. No I had looked for some loan additions but decided against it.

Thank Naterr


Thanks neavie pops23 hopefully we can hold second at least and avoid those playoffs.

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London City FC - January 2031[/FONT]​

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[FONT=&quot]January 2031 and we're second in the Championship as we head into the New Year. Its been a steady, tough, ride for London City FC over the years but we're now just four or five months away from potentially gracing the top tier of English football, if we can hold our nerve this time around following our playoff misery last year. January also sees the FA Cup begin as we look to try and force a run in that competition as well.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]I'm not sure what went on in our first two Championship matches of January, thankfully we regained form to finish it better than we started it but they are heavy defeats. Bournemouth beat us four one at home before we knocked out fellow Championship side QPR out the FA Cup Third Round with Oliveira netting and Schepens hitting a brace. West Brom then upset the applecart as they stuffed us five one we just had no response. Thankfully back at home we finished the month well as Oliveira netted a brace in a two one win over Birmingham and a hatrick against Norwich who we beat five one, Schepens with the other two.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]We remain second in the league and still trail Everton by two points but a significant goal difference now may put us out the running for the title should it come down to goal difference come the end of the season. We need a couple of easier months, like we had near the start of the season to increase morale and get some constant wins on the board again.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Next Update: London City FC - February 2031[/FONT]

 

[dani3w]

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London City FC - February 2031[/FONT]​

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[FONT=&quot]Into February and still sitting in contention not only for promotion but the league title too. Fun fact: every season we've won promotion, we've taken the title with us, never through the playoffs or automatic promotion spots. It would be amazing for us to do it again. But a lot of football is still to play with eighteen league games remaining heading into February, we'd play ... of those this month as well as continue our FA Cup journey, all at least try to.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]A mixed month February turned out to be, six matches, two wins, two draws, two defeats, very mixed indeed. We began by crashing out the FA Cup in the Fourth Round as Premier League side Huddersfield welcomed us and beat us three nil. A trip to Leeds so us win two one, former United player Schepens opened the scoring, Oliveira closed it in injury time. Burnley beat us one nil. We then beat Aston Vilaa two nil as McGregor and Schepens netted. The month ended with back to back draws, two all at home against struggling Sunderland with Oliveira and Schepens netting again and a one all draw away at Barnsley with Oliveira netting our goal.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Despite winning just twice in February we've moved to the top of the league and one point clear of Everton, is their collapse on the cards suddenly. But the up and down form has seen the chasing pack move in now. Brentford in third are just a further point behind now whilst Burnley and Millwall in fourth and fifth are only five points off us at the top of the pile. Twelve points seperating the top ten teams with thirteen league games to play. It'll be a tight, fun end to the season.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Next Update: London City FC - March 2031[/FONT]

 

[Tracz]

Great going mate!
Keep it up.

 

[dani3w]

Thanks Tracz almost there!

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London City FC - March 2031[/FONT]​

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[FONT=&quot]We have just three months of competitive football to go now this season and we're edging closer and closer to that top tier now. Thirteen matches to play this season and another five of those are set to tumble away during March. We had an 'easier' month on paper throughout March with us facing a lot of sides down the bottom end of the table. We had five more matches this month as well as the usual youth intake rubbish.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Again, a batch of nobobies who are always going to be nobodies and not make it. One day, one day we'll make a star![/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Five league matches in March, four league wins and just the one defeat, we beat all four teams near the bottom end just when we needed to as well! Welcoming Ipswich we won three one, three different scorers as McGregor, O'Loughlin and Schepens netting. We then smashed Mansfield, who, like us, are spending their third season up in the second tier of English football, five nil. Oliveira and McGregor both netting twice and Allen with a rare goal this season. Back at home we beat MK Dons two one as Boothe netted two first half penalties. Our only defeat saw us lose four one to playoff hunting Fulham before ending the month with a narrow three two win over Preston.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]We remain top of the pile and just a point clear of second place Everton too, we play them the final game of the season which could be..fun! Brentford pick up just four points this month which saw them slip from second to sixth as the rest of the teams in the playoffs improve their form. Fulham are now third but six points off us at the top with Burnley a further two points behind and another point further back are West Brom. Two months to go, eight games to play..[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Next Update: London City FC - April 2031[/FONT]

 

[Tracz]

Nearly there mate!!!
A few more wins and the title is yours!!

 

[Brane_Orsou]

Fun fact: every season we've won promotion, we've taken the title with us, never through the playoffs or automatic promotion spots. ​

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I have to admit that this had not gone unnoticed!

Keep up the good work though, that title is looking ever closer but i'm sure the final game of the season will have some sort of baring on who goes up

 

[naterr]

Looks like Oliveira enjoyed January!

 

[wicksyFM]

I need to read this from the start. I started a save with the same team and crest and put them in the 12th tier of football. I got half the season done and realised i put them in a league that has no promotion. lol. Quit the save after that

 

[dani3w]

Thanks Tracz so close now!

Glad you've noticed that neavie pops23 its a close fight now!

Oliveira is a class player naterr and has had a couple good season in the Championship for us now.

What a re the chances of that wicksy87 thats annoying for you though.

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London City FC - April 2031[/FONT]​

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[FONT=&quot]Season fifteen is now just eight games away from being completed now, eight matches away from seeing if we will be an English Premier League club next season. April would see us play six of the remaining eight games this month and it was time to see if we could secure it before our final two matches in May. We head into this month at the top of the table but just a point clear of Everton. The table is tight too...[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Once again it was a month of two wins, two draws and two defeats and a month of 'what could of been' it seems. Had we found a goal against Wigan or held the lead against Bristol City it could be so different. A defeat started the month, losing two nil against Brentford. We then drew nil nil against Wigan at home before traveling to Millwall and winning two one late on. O'Loughlin netted the winner in injury time. Back at home and we struggled again as we drew to Bristol City. We were one down but Oliveira and Benkassou bought us ahead however we couldn't hold on a dropped another two points. Traveling to Cardiff McGregor finally broke his goal drought when he struck a second half hatrick to see us win three two The month ended on a sour note though as we lost four nil to Crystal Palace.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]We lose our top spot as Everton take over the lead with just two league games remaining this season. They sit four points ahead of us now and it would seem its their title for the taking now. Brentford are back in the promotion race sitting third and just two points behind us whilst West Brom are a further two points behind whilst Fulham and Burnley are six points behind us and can still compete for an automatic promotion spot.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Here is our final two games in May. We will travel to eighteenth place Rotherham who are safe from the drop this season and aren't playing for anything now, so expecting three points there. Before welcoming league leaders Everton in what could be a title decider to end the season. It will also be our last ever game here at our current home as next season we will move to our newly built stadium.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Next Update: London City FC - May 2031[/FONT]

 

[Brane_Orsou]

Wow, ups and downs all season, but fingers crossed you can get across that line and secure automatic promotion.

 

[NathanITFC]

What a fantastic last game of the season, will surely be the biggest game in London City's history if it meant the championship title is on the line!

 

[banger93]

What an exciting finish to the season!! Go and win last 2 and win the league

 

[TheWanderer]

Great stuff you need 4 points there

 

[dani3w]

Thanks Nathanitfc looks like curtains for your Ipswich again! It sure is the biggest game for us to date.

Thanks Banger9 it'd be awesome if we can.

Thats what I'm targeting minimum TheWanderer

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London City FC - May 2031​

Here we go then, two games remaining this season, two games to try and secure our spot in the English Premier League next season. A trip to Rotherham and then welcoming league leaders Everton would see us finish the fifteenth season as a club. We targetted four points in our final two games and thought that would be enough to secure promotion. Two wins could even see us pip Everton to the title if other results would go our way. Enough of the talking, time to see what happened on the pitch in May.

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Thats the way you end the season! Two matches and two wins on the board! We traveled to Rotherham who would finish in the bottom half, no threat of relegation and beat them one nil, Schepens striking in the fifty eighth minute to seal all three points. And we then went on to shock league leaders Everton two one in our final ever league game in this stadium before we move homes for next season. O'Loughling netted a superb brace either side of Evertons equaliser to guide us to all three points. Obviously two wins was enough for promotion, but would we take the league title with us...

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Unfortunately it wasn't enough for the league title, but we are promoted!! Everton take the league title after two years in the Championship as they won their first game in May to decide the title before we even went head to head as we end up second and automatically promoted to the top tier for the first time ever after three seasons in the Championship. A superb season for us and now we're finally hitting the top tier. Brentford, West Brom, Fulham and Burnley will all head to the playoffs to try and secure the third and final promotion spot this season. At the other end of the table it was relegation for MK Dons, Birmingham and Ipswich. Mansfield survive in the Championship for a third straight season.

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Some more good news to round the season off. With 1238 manager points I was named SkyBet Championship Manager of the Year, meaning I think I've taken the manager of the year title for every division on the way up now. We've also been handed, what for us, is a warchest of money for the summer. A whole eight million, seven hundred thousand pounds to spend on new players in the transfer window and have seen our wage budget almost tripled. We need to spend this money but we need to do it wisely to ensure we survive in the prem. I've also signed a new three year contract on nineteen thousand pounds per week.

Next Update: London City FC - 15 Year Review 1st June 2031

 

[Brane_Orsou]

Congrats on promotion, a shame about the title when you look back at some of the points dropped but I'm sure if someone offered 2nd at the start of the season you'd have snapped their hand off. I'm sure you thought I was mad when I said you'd be in the EPL in 5 seasons after you were promoted to League 1. By my count you've done it in four!

I'm off to the bookies now to cash in my winnings (H)

#LondonCityFC

 

[Tracz]

Congratulations mate!
Been following since the start. When this seemed a very long way off.
You have achieved great things to get this far. Long may the story continue,
Who knows one day London city maybe champions of Europe!

 

[dani3w]

Thanks nevie pops23 our first promotion without taking the league title but I'm just pleased we're heading up. I did indeed think your five year plan for London City was mad but you've come up trumps again!

And I appreciate you following and commenting from day one Tracz your comments keep me trundling along month by month. Hopefully European football will soon come to the London City Stadium.

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London City FC - 15 Year Review 1st June 2031[/FONT]​

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[FONT=&quot]Its that time again for a quick round up, fifteen years have now gone by and its been a pretty memorable rise to where we are now. From Vanarama National League relegation candidates to Championship promotion. Its been a very fun journey with tough times, very tough ones, but also some amazing days, months, seasons which has seen us become the club we are now. Anyway, a quick recap on where we started and where we are now.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Here we go then, and starting right at the top, being predicted to finish 22nd in the Vanarama National League on the left to being predicted to finish 20th in the Premier League. We've moved from being semi professional to fully professional, a local club to a national reputation. From okay finances to secure and with an estimated value of twenty two thousand to sixty seven million pounds, admittedly now we carry a eighteen and a half million pound loan debt. We've moved stadium now for a third team, now at our own home of London City Stadium, a fourteen thousand, nine hundred seater stadium with adequate youth and training facilities.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Next view is the trophy cabinet and the rise of the club through the leagues throughout the fifteen years. We've added four league titles to the trophy cabinet, the Vanarama National League South, Vanarama National League, Sky Bet League Two and Sky Bet League One titles whilst also scooping two FA Trophies back in the early years. Obviously [/FONT]only[FONT=&quot] winning automatic promotion from the Championship we didn't take a trophy for that. And at the bottom you can see our steady climb through the leagues, spending four seasons in the Vanarama National League South and then four seasons in the Vanarama National League. Also took us four seasons to climb out of the Sky bet League Two whilst the following seasons saw us earn a surprise immediate promotion first season in the Sky bet League One. And after three seasons in the Championship, we're finally heading to the Premier League.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]I'm hoping our finances will begin to grow over the next five years if we can consolidate in the Premier League without facing relegation, which admittedly will be tough. We're five million in the black at the moment but haven't been paid out for the Championship season yet so expecting to head back to around five million in the black. You can see we have eight million to spend on transfers and one hundred and twenty five thousand pounds spare in the wages.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]And finally, my progress, as a manager that is and its been fun that's for sure, fifteen years in charge equates to five thousand, four hundred and forty eight days managing one club. I've scooped sixteen awards along the way from manager of the months to manager of the year. Overall I've now earned seven hundred and seventy five thousand pounds. We've bought in ten players, spending three point one million whilst selling three players equating to one point seven million. We've paid just over three million on agents and released ninety seven players over the years. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I've been in charge for seven hundred and eighty two games, winning three hundred and sixty eight of these (forty seven percent) whilst drawing one hundred and forty four and losing two hundred and seventy. Along the way we've scored one thousand two hundred and eighty six goals and conceded one thousand one hundred and seventy nine which has seen us equate a positive goal difference of one hundred and seven goals over the fifteen years. Two cup wins (FA Trophy x2) along with four league titles and five promotions.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Career History:
2016/2017: Vanarama National League South - 19th (49pts), FA Trophy - 1st Round
2017/2018: Vanarama National League South - 16th (49pts), FA Trophy - Third Qualifying Round, FA Cup - 1st Round
2018/2019: Vanarama National League South - 14th (58pts), FA Trophy - 1st Round, FA Cup - 1st Round
2019/2020: Vanarama National League South - 1st (73pts)

, FA Trophy - 1st Round, FA Cup - Second Qualifying Round
2020/2021: Vanarama National League - 7th (70pts), FA Trophy - 1st Round, FA Cup - 1st Round
2021/2022: Vanarama National League - 4th (78pts), Playoffs - Semi Final, FA Trophy - Winners

, FA Cup - Fourth Qualifying Round
2022/2023: Vanarama National League - 2nd (81pts),Playoffs - Runners Up, FA Trophy - 2nd Round, FA Cup - 3rd Round
2023/2024: Vanarama National League - 1st (88pts)

, FA Trophy - Winners

, FA Cup - 1st Round
2024/2025: Sky Bet League Two - 12th (64pts), Checkatrade Trophy - Group Stage, EFL Cup - 1st Round, FA Cup - 3rd Round
2025/2026: Sky Bet League Two - 6th (72pts),Playoffs - Runners Up, Checkatrade Trophy - Group Stage, EFL Cup - 2nd Round, FA Cup - 1st Round
2026/2027: Sky Bet League Two - 1st (86pts)

, Checkatrade Trophy - Group Stage, EFL Cup - 1st Round, FA Cup - 1st Round
2027/2028: Sky Bet League One - 1st (85pts)

, Checkatrade Trophy - South Quarter Final, EFL Cup - 1st Round, FA Cup - 5th Round
2028/2029: Sky Bet Championship - 14th (55pts), EFL Cup - 2nd Round, FA Cup - 4th Round
2029/2030: Sky Bet Championship - 6th (76pts), Playoffs - Runners Up, EFL Cup - 4th Round, FA Cup - 3rd Round
2030/2031: Sky Bet Championship - 2nd (89pts), EFL Cup - 4th Round, FA Cup - 4th Round[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Next Update: London City FC - Pre Season Round Up 2031[/FONT]

 

[bashuijsmans]

legen ...wait for it.... dary! Legendary

 

[matthewauck93]

Congratulations on making the Prem mate! Now, when are you getting your real coaching badges haha?!

 

[NathanITFC]

Yeah curtains for Ipswich again, still not as embarrassing as that defeat to Lincoln on Tuesday! Congratulations for gaining promotion to the Premiership! A shame that the Everton game wasn't a title decider! mad looking at your managerial stats and seeing only 3 players have been sold in your time!