London City FC - A City On The Rise
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Unfortunately it was NathanITFC It would of been awesome to play the Everton game with the title on the line, just wasn't the case. Well we never had any players worth anything really so were never sold.
Thanks Banger93
Another summer passes by and I think its probably the longest summer I've played through, well it felt it at least as I wanted to make sure the transfer window was used as effectively as possible. Its important we use the money wisely and bring in the faces we need to. Premier League survival is vital for the club to continue growing! Here comes the usual round up of club news, transfers, a quick squad review and all the results from a busy summer on and off the pitch.
We have completed our move to the 'London City Stadium' and this is now the third stadium we've been in over fifteen years. Currently the new stadium will hold fourteen thousand supporters, all seated whilst it has potential to reach twenty nine thousand eight hundred which isn't big enough for my ambitions so hopefully another stadium move a little longer into the future. And then we got the money message. This season will see us receive over ninety three million pounds through Premier League TV Rights. Can we have that money now!? Thats why Premier League survival is so important.
The revolving door just span and span and span over the summer as players came and players left, a busy window indeed for once. A mixture of free transfers, loan deals and permanent transfers rounded off our busy summer. Two free transfers, four players in on loan whilst spending six and a half million pounds on five players who cot us a small fee but should be worth it. Brazilian goalkeeper Fuba joined us this summer but failed to get a work permit so has gone back out on loan immediately.
Here are our twelve new faces, be it loanees or permanent deals they're all looking the part and should provide a wide competition for places at the moment. I wasn't originally going to over spend during the summer but in the end i needed to, to make sure the squad was up to the battle of surviving in the Premier League, the biggest league in the world.
A squad, full of confidence, skill and potential ability should see us fight for our spot in the Premier League again come the end of the season. Plenty of talent to rotate the squad especially when we move into the midfield and attacking areas of the pitch. We are perhaps a bit short on the back line whilst having four goalkeepers in the first team, obviously ones out on loan and one I'm trying to sell.
A busy but perfect summer on the pitch saw us go undefeated. We didn't play that many bigger teams come the end of the summer but back at the start we were pretty good against a couple of bigger teams in the likes of Atletico Nacional and AS Saint-Etienne. If we can produce a couple stirling displays like that in the league this season we'll be okay.
Next Update: London City FC - August 2031
Thanks matthewauck93
Unfortunately it was NathanITFC It would of been awesome to play the Everton game with the title on the line, just wasn't the case. Well we never had any players worth anything really so were never sold.
Thanks Banger93
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London City FC - Pre Season Round Up 2031
London City FC - Pre Season Round Up 2031
Another summer passes by and I think its probably the longest summer I've played through, well it felt it at least as I wanted to make sure the transfer window was used as effectively as possible. Its important we use the money wisely and bring in the faces we need to. Premier League survival is vital for the club to continue growing! Here comes the usual round up of club news, transfers, a quick squad review and all the results from a busy summer on and off the pitch.
We have completed our move to the 'London City Stadium' and this is now the third stadium we've been in over fifteen years. Currently the new stadium will hold fourteen thousand supporters, all seated whilst it has potential to reach twenty nine thousand eight hundred which isn't big enough for my ambitions so hopefully another stadium move a little longer into the future. And then we got the money message. This season will see us receive over ninety three million pounds through Premier League TV Rights. Can we have that money now!? Thats why Premier League survival is so important.
The revolving door just span and span and span over the summer as players came and players left, a busy window indeed for once. A mixture of free transfers, loan deals and permanent transfers rounded off our busy summer. Two free transfers, four players in on loan whilst spending six and a half million pounds on five players who cot us a small fee but should be worth it. Brazilian goalkeeper Fuba joined us this summer but failed to get a work permit so has gone back out on loan immediately.
Here are our twelve new faces, be it loanees or permanent deals they're all looking the part and should provide a wide competition for places at the moment. I wasn't originally going to over spend during the summer but in the end i needed to, to make sure the squad was up to the battle of surviving in the Premier League, the biggest league in the world.
A squad, full of confidence, skill and potential ability should see us fight for our spot in the Premier League again come the end of the season. Plenty of talent to rotate the squad especially when we move into the midfield and attacking areas of the pitch. We are perhaps a bit short on the back line whilst having four goalkeepers in the first team, obviously ones out on loan and one I'm trying to sell.
A busy but perfect summer on the pitch saw us go undefeated. We didn't play that many bigger teams come the end of the summer but back at the start we were pretty good against a couple of bigger teams in the likes of Atletico Nacional and AS Saint-Etienne. If we can produce a couple stirling displays like that in the league this season we'll be okay.
Next Update: London City FC - August 2031
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love this story. good to see you in the prem and seeing how you get on!
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A great story so far. Have been following since start but only just got round to creating profile on here to comment.
Looking forward to you winning CL
Looking forward to you winning CL
Thanks thebattman
Nigel Dunn certainly is a good signing especially looking at his value considering he didn't cost us anything naterr this season will be unbelievably hard!
There could be a long wait till we're even playing European football let alone winning it EnglishYeti I admire your aspiration though!
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[FONT="]Our first ever season in the top division of English football, our first ever season in the English Premier League! It was a very busy summer we went through as the revolving transfer door just span and span and span. However thats now come to an end and we've began our first month in the top flight ever as well as beginning another EFL Campaign. Could we get any points on the board early on.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Superb news for the season tickets. We've sold over ten thousand more than we did last year. The glory hunters and rocking in and we're beginning to make a name for ourselves and finally get London City FC recognised on the map.[/FONT]
[FONT="]A tough start to life in the top division however it was always going to be the case. Especially after our opening month saw us travel to Chelsea and welcome Liverpool, not the kindest of fixture sets to get us started. We welcomed Watford for not only our first ever Premier League game, but our first in the new stadium. McGregor put us ahead however a second half equaliser saw us settling for a single point. A trip to Chelsea saw us expectedly lose and heavily, five nil. Back at home we grabbed a draw against Liverpool, two all. We were behind early before an own goal leveled things. McGregor fired us ahead just before the break however Liverpool soon equalised, we held on. It took extra time however we finally got past League One side Colchester in the EFL Cup Second Round. Robin netting twice and Dunn striking the winner two minutes before a potential penalty shootout. Finally ending our first month here with an away defeat against Huddersfield with Oliveira netting our goal.[/FONT]
[FONT="]We're not bottom....yet! We sit eighteenth after the opening month having picked up two points from our opening four matches to dates. We're one of four teams yet to pick up a win this season as Tottenham in sixteenth, Stoke in nineteenth and Watford in twentieth are the other three. Everton seem to have flown back to the top flight and are sitting high in the table, need the likes of West Brom, Sheffield Wednesday and Forest to slip towards us and take points from those.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Next Update: London City FC - September 2031[/FONT]
Nigel Dunn certainly is a good signing especially looking at his value considering he didn't cost us anything naterr this season will be unbelievably hard!
There could be a long wait till we're even playing European football let alone winning it EnglishYeti I admire your aspiration though!
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London City FC - August 2031[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Our first ever season in the top division of English football, our first ever season in the English Premier League! It was a very busy summer we went through as the revolving transfer door just span and span and span. However thats now come to an end and we've began our first month in the top flight ever as well as beginning another EFL Campaign. Could we get any points on the board early on.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Superb news for the season tickets. We've sold over ten thousand more than we did last year. The glory hunters and rocking in and we're beginning to make a name for ourselves and finally get London City FC recognised on the map.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]A tough start to life in the top division however it was always going to be the case. Especially after our opening month saw us travel to Chelsea and welcome Liverpool, not the kindest of fixture sets to get us started. We welcomed Watford for not only our first ever Premier League game, but our first in the new stadium. McGregor put us ahead however a second half equaliser saw us settling for a single point. A trip to Chelsea saw us expectedly lose and heavily, five nil. Back at home we grabbed a draw against Liverpool, two all. We were behind early before an own goal leveled things. McGregor fired us ahead just before the break however Liverpool soon equalised, we held on. It took extra time however we finally got past League One side Colchester in the EFL Cup Second Round. Robin netting twice and Dunn striking the winner two minutes before a potential penalty shootout. Finally ending our first month here with an away defeat against Huddersfield with Oliveira netting our goal.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]We're not bottom....yet! We sit eighteenth after the opening month having picked up two points from our opening four matches to dates. We're one of four teams yet to pick up a win this season as Tottenham in sixteenth, Stoke in nineteenth and Watford in twentieth are the other three. Everton seem to have flown back to the top flight and are sitting high in the table, need the likes of West Brom, Sheffield Wednesday and Forest to slip towards us and take points from those.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Next Update: London City FC - September 2031[/FONT]
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London City FC - September 2031[/FONT]
London City FC - September 2031[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Following on from a very tough start to the league season which saw us face both Chelsea and Liverpool whilst picking up just two points from our opening four points. September wasn't going to get any better as we faced Arsenal and Manchester United in back to back games, the Premier League is really testing us. However we also have our EFL Cup run to try and continue with a home game against Newcastle.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Another month without a win in the league but more EFL Cup progression and one more point on the board in the league. We traveled to Arsenal and lost out five three as our goals came from McGregor, Allen and Oliveira, was good to see we scored three against such a big side. We then welcomed Man United and lost two nil. The EFL Cup sees us progress to Round Four with a three one win over Newcastle. McGregor, Gomez and Oliveira netting with all three goals in the space of eight minutes. We ended the month with McGregor bringing us back from behind twice to beat Sheffield Wednesday, his second in the ninetieth minute.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Now we're bottom of the table and you'd expect that with us having just three points on the board from the opening seven matches. However we've had a strong team run with us facing Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal and Man United and during October we'll face Man City and then Spurs, thats some run for a newly promoted side. Then hopefully we can begin to find some points from some of the smaller big sides in this division. Luckily the likes of Stoke, Swansea, West Brom, Newcastle and even Spurs aren't running away from us points wise at this stage.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Next Update: London City FC - October 2031[/FONT]
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not a good start but to be fair you have played 4 of the top teams so far
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crazy start to the league but hopefully you can turn a corner when the easier games come around. A well timed team meeting and I'm sure you'll pick up a fair few wins!
Top six come the end of this month TheWanderer
It sure has been crazy TheBattman but eventually the schedule will get a little bit easier.
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[FONT="]Come the end of October we would of played whats currently known as the 'big six' in the English Premier League, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man United, Arsenal, Man City and Spurs as we faced the latter two in the list this month back to back. We had to play them at some point, just annoying we've been overloaded with them all near the start. However this month we'd also face struggling West Brom and Leicester in the EFL Cup Fourth Round.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Just the one defeat in October which is very good and definitely a step forward when you consider we picked up a point against Manchester City at home. And that game, to kick the season off was frustrating. We went two nil up with McGregor netting a first half brace. But we bottled a two goal lead, conceding twice in the last ten minutes to end two a piece, still a strong point. We also blew the lead against Spurs as we were one up at half time through Oliveira. But ended up losing three one. As we welcomed West Brom it was vitally important we took all three points and that we did. Gomez struck first whilst Erkenbrecher netted a brace in seven minutes to guide us to the win. We ended October with an away trip to Leicester were we won three two in the EFL Cup Fourth Round, a surprising win. Erkenbrecher netted again with Gomez and Robin striking in the second half, the latter three minutes from time to avoid Extra Time and send us into our first ever EFL Cup Quarter Final.[/FONT]
[FONT="]And we're back out of the drop zone, on goal difference currently as West Brom slip under us following our win. We have a game in hand on a couple sides above us but can only over take Sheffield Wednesday depending on their result. Our next match is against Stoke which will be seen for us as a must win, a side who have failed to win a match so far this season.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Next Update: London City FC - November 2031[/FONT]
It sure has been crazy TheBattman but eventually the schedule will get a little bit easier.
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London City FC - October 2031[/FONT]
London City FC - October 2031[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Come the end of October we would of played whats currently known as the 'big six' in the English Premier League, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man United, Arsenal, Man City and Spurs as we faced the latter two in the list this month back to back. We had to play them at some point, just annoying we've been overloaded with them all near the start. However this month we'd also face struggling West Brom and Leicester in the EFL Cup Fourth Round.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Just the one defeat in October which is very good and definitely a step forward when you consider we picked up a point against Manchester City at home. And that game, to kick the season off was frustrating. We went two nil up with McGregor netting a first half brace. But we bottled a two goal lead, conceding twice in the last ten minutes to end two a piece, still a strong point. We also blew the lead against Spurs as we were one up at half time through Oliveira. But ended up losing three one. As we welcomed West Brom it was vitally important we took all three points and that we did. Gomez struck first whilst Erkenbrecher netted a brace in seven minutes to guide us to the win. We ended October with an away trip to Leicester were we won three two in the EFL Cup Fourth Round, a surprising win. Erkenbrecher netted again with Gomez and Robin striking in the second half, the latter three minutes from time to avoid Extra Time and send us into our first ever EFL Cup Quarter Final.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]And we're back out of the drop zone, on goal difference currently as West Brom slip under us following our win. We have a game in hand on a couple sides above us but can only over take Sheffield Wednesday depending on their result. Our next match is against Stoke which will be seen for us as a must win, a side who have failed to win a match so far this season.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Next Update: London City FC - November 2031[/FONT]
It sure will be a tough season Tracz and a long one at that. A cup run would be nice but any big sides we face will still be tough.
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[FONT="]Into the penultimate month of the calendar year as 2031 is coming to a close slowly. We've already faced the 'top six' teams as they're known currently so for the next couple months we should stand a bit more of a chance to get some points on the board. We're just outside the relegation zone as we head into November and four more league matches await us, could we continue to stay outside the relegation zone come the end of November...[/FONT]
[FONT="]Two wins, two defeats, six points from a possible twelve, and I'm pretty happy about that I think. We traveled to Stoke to open the month and it was three wins on the bounce for us, two wins on the bounce in the prem as we beat Stoke three two. Erkenbrecher is finding form with a goal, Dunn and McGregor also on target to guide us to a narrow win. We welcomed 2016 Premier League champions Leicester and lost two nil, before losing three one to Everton who are flying following promotion last season, they beat us three one. Finally ending the month the a home win over Reading. A three one victory with all three of our goals coming in the opening twenty minutes, McGregor struck a brace whilst Schepens also found the back of the net.[/FONT]
[FONT="]The win over Reading sees us move up to sixteenth as we jump Sheffield Wednesday and now move two points clear of the drop zone. We still need to play Swansea next month as well which could really help us if we make the most of it. Chelsea are running away with it at the top, ten points clear of Man United and West Ham in third.[/FONT]
[FONT="]And we're hitting another big milestone. My 800th game as manager will come with my first game in December when we face Everton in the EFL Cup Quarter Final. A winnable tie in my eyes if we're at our best but obviously they've already beat us once this season so it will be tough.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Next Update: London City FC - December 2031[/FONT]
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London City FC - November 2031[/FONT]
London City FC - November 2031[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Into the penultimate month of the calendar year as 2031 is coming to a close slowly. We've already faced the 'top six' teams as they're known currently so for the next couple months we should stand a bit more of a chance to get some points on the board. We're just outside the relegation zone as we head into November and four more league matches await us, could we continue to stay outside the relegation zone come the end of November...[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Two wins, two defeats, six points from a possible twelve, and I'm pretty happy about that I think. We traveled to Stoke to open the month and it was three wins on the bounce for us, two wins on the bounce in the prem as we beat Stoke three two. Erkenbrecher is finding form with a goal, Dunn and McGregor also on target to guide us to a narrow win. We welcomed 2016 Premier League champions Leicester and lost two nil, before losing three one to Everton who are flying following promotion last season, they beat us three one. Finally ending the month the a home win over Reading. A three one victory with all three of our goals coming in the opening twenty minutes, McGregor struck a brace whilst Schepens also found the back of the net.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]The win over Reading sees us move up to sixteenth as we jump Sheffield Wednesday and now move two points clear of the drop zone. We still need to play Swansea next month as well which could really help us if we make the most of it. Chelsea are running away with it at the top, ten points clear of Man United and West Ham in third.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]And we're hitting another big milestone. My 800th game as manager will come with my first game in December when we face Everton in the EFL Cup Quarter Final. A winnable tie in my eyes if we're at our best but obviously they've already beat us once this season so it will be tough.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Next Update: London City FC - December 2031[/FONT]
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London City FC - December 2031[/FONT]
London City FC - December 2031[/FONT]
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[FONT="]December is here and so is the halfway stage of our first ever season in the Premier League. We've coped with the league well to date with us narrowly outside the drop zone and in the EFL Cup Quarter Finals against Everton. A very busy winter month was on the cards for us, we faced a busy seven matches, with six of those in the league and one in the cup. Could we end the calendar year on a high.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]No draws throughout December however three wins were recorded over the month, two of those from our six league games. It was a tough run but we picked up a couple of vital wins. First up we welcomed Everton in the EFL Cup Quarter Final and beat them thanks to a couple late goals. Gomez originally put us ahead, it was level just after the break before Johnston and Schepens struck in the final five minutes to send us to the Semi Finals. A London derby saw us lose four nil against West Ham before returning home to beat Newcastle two one, an own goal and a Schepens strike in the opening five minutes saw us race two up. Another couple loses followed as we faced three away trips on the bounce, firstly narrowly losing three two against Southampton, McGregor and Kigbu our scorers before Watford beat us four one, Samuel netting our goal. We needed to beat Swansea and did in Wales, O'Loughlin netting a brace while Schepens also found the target. The calendar year ended with a heavy four two defeat against Nottingham Forest, we were poor in the first half and three nil down. Erkenbrecher and Johnston netted in the second half but it wasn't enough.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]So we're now over halfway through our first ever Premier League season and sit sixteenth after twenty league games, picking up nineteen points today, just short of averaging a point a gap. Our goal difference is minus twenty, the third worse in the league but at this stage it doesn't matter as we're three points above the drop zone.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Things could be about to get interesting, another chairman could be on his way out, he is currently our second but now looking to sale. We've got a consortium interested, being led by a 'former player' whilst there is also a bigger bit of news, a tycoon investor is also interested who would pump large money into the club. I wouldn't turn it down after fifteen years of struggle![/FONT]
[FONT="]Next Update: London City FC - January 2032[/FONT]
Thanks Tracz I think 40points is a reasonable target and should see us safe, but we need to continue aiming for as many as possible. I'm in two boats regarding the tycoon, it'd be nice to have that money as we've earnt it over the tough years, but again we've made it this far without it, why not carry on! We have Southampton in the Semi Finals, both legs played this month whilst our finances are in superb shape, over £30million in the bank balance now as Premier League football is really boosting us whilst only spend low money on wages.
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[FONT="]Happy New Year, 2032 its here and we're halfway through season sixteen now. Our first ever season in the Barclays Premier League is looking touch and go at the moment whilst we're on a superb EFL Cup run with both legs of the Semi Final this month. We would also begin our FA Cup run this month along with five league games, how would we battle with the busy schedule.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Thats a lot of red dots, a lot indeed as we faced a busy month, nine games in the space of thirty days but we got a couple more wins on the board. We welcomed Chelsea and it wasn't quite a Happy New Year for us, losing two nil to start the year off. Our FA Cup journey started against Vanarama National side Cheltenham who we beat two nil, a nice comfortable passage through to the next round. We narrowly missed out on a point against Liverpool at Anfield, we trailed two nil before an own goal gave us hope seven minutes from time, but we were short. The EFL Cup Semi Final saw us travel to Southampton but a heavy defeat saw us all but out the competition, losing four one. At home against Arsenal we lost a third game in a row, they beat us three nil before we welcomed Huddersfield and won three nil, a solid victory back on the board with Dunn netting twice and Johnston also on target whilst we also kept a clean sheet. Man United beat us one nil at Old Trafford before Southampton beat us at home in the second leg of the Semi Final three one, easily progress to the Final for them.The month ended with the Fourth Round of the FA Cup against Leicester in which we secured a replay, drawing two a piece as Johnston and O'Loughlin netted at either end of the game.[/FONT]
[FONT="]We slide back into the relegation zone and in eighteenth but we're definitely in the fight for survival still this season on twenty two points from twenty five games. Sheffield Wednesday are bottom, seven points behind us and nine points from safety with West Brom in nineteenth, four points from safety and two points behind us. Stoke are seventeenth, two points ahead of us whilst Reading, Swansea and Huddersfield are all on twenty five points three points ahead of us. I'd consider Newcastle are still in the relegation battle to only a further point ahead.[/FONT]
[FONT="]It looked set that a tycoon was going to take over and pump money into the club, mainly in the facilities as the transfer embargo was placed upon us. However things soon fell through, the embargo was raised off us and we're now back looking for a buyer. Admittedly on one hand I would of loved the money, but its the way the story goes.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Next Update: London City FC - February 2032[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Happy New Year, 2032 its here and we're halfway through season sixteen now. Our first ever season in the Barclays Premier League is looking touch and go at the moment whilst we're on a superb EFL Cup run with both legs of the Semi Final this month. We would also begin our FA Cup run this month along with five league games, how would we battle with the busy schedule.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Thats a lot of red dots, a lot indeed as we faced a busy month, nine games in the space of thirty days but we got a couple more wins on the board. We welcomed Chelsea and it wasn't quite a Happy New Year for us, losing two nil to start the year off. Our FA Cup journey started against Vanarama National side Cheltenham who we beat two nil, a nice comfortable passage through to the next round. We narrowly missed out on a point against Liverpool at Anfield, we trailed two nil before an own goal gave us hope seven minutes from time, but we were short. The EFL Cup Semi Final saw us travel to Southampton but a heavy defeat saw us all but out the competition, losing four one. At home against Arsenal we lost a third game in a row, they beat us three nil before we welcomed Huddersfield and won three nil, a solid victory back on the board with Dunn netting twice and Johnston also on target whilst we also kept a clean sheet. Man United beat us one nil at Old Trafford before Southampton beat us at home in the second leg of the Semi Final three one, easily progress to the Final for them.The month ended with the Fourth Round of the FA Cup against Leicester in which we secured a replay, drawing two a piece as Johnston and O'Loughlin netted at either end of the game.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]We slide back into the relegation zone and in eighteenth but we're definitely in the fight for survival still this season on twenty two points from twenty five games. Sheffield Wednesday are bottom, seven points behind us and nine points from safety with West Brom in nineteenth, four points from safety and two points behind us. Stoke are seventeenth, two points ahead of us whilst Reading, Swansea and Huddersfield are all on twenty five points three points ahead of us. I'd consider Newcastle are still in the relegation battle to only a further point ahead.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]It looked set that a tycoon was going to take over and pump money into the club, mainly in the facilities as the transfer embargo was placed upon us. However things soon fell through, the embargo was raised off us and we're now back looking for a buyer. Admittedly on one hand I would of loved the money, but its the way the story goes.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Next Update: London City FC - February 2032[/FONT]
It was indeed Tracz I've just looked and never has a team with 40points gone down over the fifteen seasons I've played through to date, so fingers crossed.
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[FONT="]Only a few months to go now until the curtains are pulled on our first ever season in the top flight, the Barclays Premier League and our survival hopes are still hanging in the balance. We have performed well, seeing us reach the EFL Cup Semi Finals whilst our FA Cup run is also underway with a replay against Leicester this month along with three league games. We also had our usual youth intake...[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Four games throughout February, two wins and two defeats whilst we crashed out the FA Cup we picked up two good victories in the league. It started on winning ways as we beat struggling Sheffield Wednesday two nil as Allen and Oliveira both netted in the first half. Leicester beat us in the FA Cup Fourth Round replay, Eggert put us ahead but we eventually ran out in a three one defeat. Manchester City beat us two nil in Manchester, we were always expected to lose this one. And then we end the month with a surprise win over a struggling Tottenham side as McGregor netted after eleven minutes.[/FONT]
[FONT="]We're up into fifteenth come the end of February with just ten league games remaining this season. We're now out of both cup competitions so attention turns solely to league survival. We're currently three points above the drop zone and with a game in hand where we face West Brom, we could move six clear and up into fourteenth which would be fantastic. Three months to go, we just need to continue doing what we're doing, picking up points against the teams around us and we'l be alright.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Next Update: London City FC - March 2032[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Don't think I need to say anything about this intake, its another rubbish one.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Four games throughout February, two wins and two defeats whilst we crashed out the FA Cup we picked up two good victories in the league. It started on winning ways as we beat struggling Sheffield Wednesday two nil as Allen and Oliveira both netted in the first half. Leicester beat us in the FA Cup Fourth Round replay, Eggert put us ahead but we eventually ran out in a three one defeat. Manchester City beat us two nil in Manchester, we were always expected to lose this one. And then we end the month with a surprise win over a struggling Tottenham side as McGregor netted after eleven minutes.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]We're up into fifteenth come the end of February with just ten league games remaining this season. We're now out of both cup competitions so attention turns solely to league survival. We're currently three points above the drop zone and with a game in hand where we face West Brom, we could move six clear and up into fourteenth which would be fantastic. Three months to go, we just need to continue doing what we're doing, picking up points against the teams around us and we'l be alright.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Next Update: London City FC - March 2032[/FONT]
I feel like we're 'almost' there now Tracz and edging closer to that 40point target.
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[FONT="]Into March and just three competitive months of football left to play with us solely focusing on league football now having exited both cup competitions. Only ten league games left to play this season and we'd face just three of those ten throughout March, easier matches on paper and games I felt we should be picking up points from, but could we manage it.[/FONT]
[FONT="]And pick up points we did as we went the month unbeaten, albeit a three match month but one win and two draws suddenly help our survival chances. We beat West Brom away two one as Mcgregor and Johnston netted. A home match against Stoke saw us draw late on, Felix had given us the lead, this was a game we could of done with all three points before we came back from behind twice against Leicester with goals from Erkenbrecher and Kigbu to secure a point.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Edging closer and closer to safety as each match passes. Two more months of football, seven more league matches and its looking likely we could be set for a second season here. Fifteenth after thirty one games, getting closer and closer to that forty point target I had set myself at the start of the season and a win in our game in hand could even see us climb higher, could a top fifteen finish be on the cards!?[/FONT]
[FONT="]Next Update: London City FC - April 2032[/FONT]
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London City FC - March 2032[/FONT]
London City FC - March 2032[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Into March and just three competitive months of football left to play with us solely focusing on league football now having exited both cup competitions. Only ten league games left to play this season and we'd face just three of those ten throughout March, easier matches on paper and games I felt we should be picking up points from, but could we manage it.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]And pick up points we did as we went the month unbeaten, albeit a three match month but one win and two draws suddenly help our survival chances. We beat West Brom away two one as Mcgregor and Johnston netted. A home match against Stoke saw us draw late on, Felix had given us the lead, this was a game we could of done with all three points before we came back from behind twice against Leicester with goals from Erkenbrecher and Kigbu to secure a point.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Edging closer and closer to safety as each match passes. Two more months of football, seven more league matches and its looking likely we could be set for a second season here. Fifteenth after thirty one games, getting closer and closer to that forty point target I had set myself at the start of the season and a win in our game in hand could even see us climb higher, could a top fifteen finish be on the cards!?[/FONT]
[FONT="]Next Update: London City FC - April 2032[/FONT]
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London City FC - April 2032[/FONT]
London City FC - April 2032[/FONT]
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[FONT="]The penultimate month of the season is here as we're drawing ever closer to the end of the first season for us in the top tier and a really good month here could see us safe in the division for another season. Four of our final seven league games awaited us in April but could we continue to battle against the odds or were we in for a late relegation battle.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Another good month, picking up valuable back to back draws at the end of the month, Everton beat us again though. It was that defeat against Everton which kicked things off, losing two nil at home before we traveled to Reading and won two nil as Johnston and Erkenbrecher netted a spot kick in the second half. The game against West Ham could of seen us take all three points, they led early on and then got reduced to ten men. O'Loughlin netted in injury time to secure a point though. Finally ending the month with a nil nil draw away at Newcastle however they were down to ten men after just four minutes so again we could of taken more points.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Fifteenth with three games to play, we're on thirty eight points, just short of the forty target I had set myself but we're still seven points outside the drop zone, just a point in the final three league games should see us survive now. Sheffield Wednesday are down and Reading are all but returning to the Championship. West Brom, who came up with us this season are on the verge of the drop but can still survive if results go there way.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Next Update: London City FC - May 2032[/FONT]