Unfortunately its fifth and sixth Tracz simply because Everton won the EFL Cup. Otherwise seventh place would get it to if it was one of the top five sides.
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[FONT="]Here we go then, the final month of the competitive season for London City FC and to pull the curtain down over season number eighteen and it could prove to be a big season. We're a couple games away from potentially securing a European spot next season whilst also about to secure a brand new record high finish for the club. Three Premier League games to play and an FA Cup Final against Arsenal to round up the season.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Two wins and a defeat to round up the season, we won both games against the strugglers at the bottom so done what we needed to do. A trip to Barnsley saw us win three one and have three different scorers with Dlamini, Arregui and Acuna all netting. We then lost away at Tottenham three one after Johnston gave us the lead from the off. We ended the season away at relegated Newcastle and held onto a clean sheet and take all three points with Webb netting a brace and Arregui scoring between those two goals. The season ends with the FA Cup Final after the league table.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]And we finish seventh, a superb season finishing nine positions higher this year around than our first season and seven positions higher than last season. We also finished twenty one points better off than last season which has been brilliant for us. Arsenal are champions but we already knew that and Chelsea finish second. Man united end third with West Ham finishing in fourth and securing the final Champions League spot. Manchester City and Liverpool secure Europa League football [/FONT][FONT="]whilst we don't! Everton won the EFL Cup so even finishing ninth they'll head to the Europa League next season.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]WE'RE FA CUP CHAMPIONS AND HEADING TO THE EUROPA LEAGUE NEXT SEASON!![/FONT][FONT="]Absolute scenes as this wasn't on the agenda this season. We faced the Premier League Champions and EFL Cup runners up this season Arsenal at Wembley infront of a full capacity, ninety thousand fans with forty five thousand of them ours. Arsenal battered us stats wise, hitting thirty four shots at us and seventeen of those on target whilst we had just nine shots and four on target. But it was us who came out on top, against the pressure and the constant defending, Nowocien came on at Full time and done wonders in Extra Time, netting twice to guide us to our first ever FA Cup, but not our last, mark my words.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Finishing seventh saw us receive twenty seven million pounds this season. This saw our balance rise up to over seventy million pounds. The board have also announce our budgets for next season to with Europa League football on the agenda we nee to spend it wisely. We have a transfer budget of fifty eight million pounds and a wage budget of one point one million. We'll need to let some players go this summer to be able to strengthen again.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Next Update: England - World Cup Warm Up Round Up 2034[/FONT]
Fantastic mate!!
A great league position and an amazing/unexpected cup win.
The season couldnt of gone much better.
Hopeully you can strengthen in the right areas and push for top 5 next season.
Are you in the clubs favourite people?
Thanks Tracz it sure was an unexpected FA Cup win especially against those stats! I am infact under a 'club legend'
____________________________________________________________________ England - World Cup Warm Up Round Up 2034
We're just a couple days away now from my first major tournament here in charge of the England National team with the 2034 World Cup set to begin shortly. However due to it being a major tournament I have decided to round up the friendlies we've played to date this year before the World Cup begins which I will report upon regularly to keep you updated with how things go.
I took the easy way out thats for sure as we faced all low ranked teams in our four warm up games over the first half of the year. We won all four friendlies expectedly so and kept four clean sheets, these were morale boosting friendlies ahead of the World Cup. We beat Uganda five nil, Saudi Arabia two nil, Turkmenistan seven nil and San Marino five nil, Rigby and Ferguson both struck a fair few goals each which was superb for their confidence for the big competition.
And now we head into the World Cup as we were fourth seed we have been handed this group. It looks straight forward enough, bar perhaps Brazil who we'll play last in the three matches. We go into the tournament ranked twenty second in the world, our first opponents, Uzbekistan are ranked twenty fifth with Mali twenty ninth in the world rankings and expectely so Brazil second in the world.
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[FONT="]I've decided to wrap up the 2034 Word Cup in one whole update rather than tease it out with group results then potentially knockout rounds etc. We had been given a very good group in the fact we should be progressing from it rather easily. I think our World Ranking doesn't quite cut how good we actually are. With games against Uzbekistan, Mali and Brazil, would we advance from the group? The board wanted us to reach at least the Quarter Finals.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]It ended up being a very, very good group stage for us as we went unbeaten. Not only that, because we didn't concede in the first two group games we had actually gone ten games without conceding a goal, unlocking another achievement. We beat Uzbekistan three nil in the opening game. Hopewell netted a penalty after eleven minutes with Maguire making it two before the break. Brandbury quickly made it three in the second half. It was the same result against Mali, just three different scorers again. Guest netted before the break before McDonnell and an own goal in the space of three second half minutes helped secure the win. Finally the group came to a close against Brazil, we took the lead in injury time of the first half when Guest converted a spot kick. With half an hour to go we trailed two one as Maguila score twice for Brazil in the space of seven minutes. However Ozduran netted a late equaliser for us.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]And with seven points on the board we advance from the group in pole position as our plus six goal difference narrowly edges out Brazil who finish second, also with seven points but just a plus five goal difference. Mali head out the competition with a single win, which they picked up off Uzbekistan who had a tournament to forget, finishing bottom without a single point on the board.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]The Second Round of the World Cup drew us against Ukraine and we put in a very dominant shift which saw us win and advance to the Quarter Finals. We led just before the break when Callum Feguson netted. Second half it took a while but eventually we made the most of the shots we had when Ozduran made it two nil with twelve minutes remaining. Guest secured the win two minutes from time before we conceded a late consolation.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]The board wanted us to reach the World Cup Quarter Finals and in fact we've beat that target as we advance to the Semi Finals with a victory over Belgium. A much tighter game saw it all square at nil nil come half time. Second half we started very quickly as Guest struck within a minute and then Fitzpatrick made it two nil within ten minutes of the second half beginning. Once again we conceded a late consolation but this time it was Belgium who went crashing out.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]This must be what it felt like to be Arsenal in the FA Cup Final, we were robbed by a quick starting Portugal in the Semi Finals. We battered them shots wise, were dominated by them on possession but the fact we struggled to hit the target really cost us. Santos netted for Portugal after just three minutes and that secured the victory for them.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]We faced Croatia in the Third place playoff and secured that accolade come the end of the competition. A single one goal win over Croatia secured third spot in a very narrow game. Plenty of fouls were given away throughout the match which saw five bookings. We had the the better share of possession and an early Ferguson goal with just seven minutes on the board secured third place.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]It ended up being Portugals World Cup as they beat Brazil in the Final narrowly one nil. We performed very well with it pleasing the board that we finished third, much better than their expectations of reaching the Quarter Finals come the end. Croatia were marked as the biggest overachievers of the competition, finishing in fourth following their defeat against us in the Third Place Playoff. Argentina on the other hand had a competition to forget as they went out the Quarter Finals to eventual winners Portugal.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Next Update: London City FC - Pre Season Round Up 2034[/FONT]
[FONT="]____________________________________________________________________ London City FC - Pre Season Round Up 2034[/FONT]
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[FONT="]This summer was slightly different than the other seventeen or eighteen I've been through for one reason alone, I was in Japan for the World Cup but I knew with Europa League football coming up this season for London City I had to still make waves in the transfer market and once again I feel we've really strengthened and can press on this season to repeat the success of last year. So all the transfer news, club news, squad report and friendly results of the summer, as well as the Community Shield fixture against Arsenal[/FONT]
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[FONT="]More good news, I have once again got the board to upgrade the youth facilities which will be good for the club as one day we may, just may produce a wonderkid through our facilities which we've struggled to do to date. However I was unable to ask for better training facilities, but will as soon as I can. We've also rose in the rich list with the English capital city club now fifty second in the world rich list.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]We're not at 1000-1 to finish bottom![/FONT][FONT="] This is our fourth season in the Premier League, our previous three seasons we've been predicted to finish rock bottom, twentieth at 1000-1 to win the title. But at last we're making progress. We're tipped to finish fifteenth this year and now 250-1 to win the title, much better for us. You can also see our reputation is growing in the Premier League.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Once again we spent the money to try and strengthen the squad as we needed to. This saw seven players join the club in total over the summer, five of those on permanent deals whilst we also snapped up two late loan deals from Chelsea and Real Madrid. Joey Torres at £8.75million is our new record signing. On the other side of the door we saw five players leave on free transfers, three on loan and three separate deals. Dlamini leaves us for BMG in an £11.25million deal, his value was £19million but a buyout clause in his contract saw us robbed. Robin joins Austria Wien for four million whilst we finally get rid of Fuba to Schalke for one million, we could never get the work permit for him.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Heres a quick overview of all seven of the new faces to come to the newly expanded London City stadium this summer. Its been a case of improve as many positions as possible this summer to really strengthen things up. We've got a new 'wonderkid' keeper in Grabovac who should be our number one this season. The two loan players stats look brilliant whilst Fofana and Torres also look superb additions for us.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Still a fairly big squad but we are complying with the squad registration rules etc. I like the look of our squad once again and especially what I'd consider my starting eleven. Still a couple of 'weaker' players in the squad who I may try and get rid of before the summer, however if we don't succeed they will be fringe players at best.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]The usual busy summer, it wasn't too bad but could of perhaps gone a little better for us. We beat the likes of Queens Park, Stevenage, Hearts and Fisher as we should of been. Shame we couldn't quite grab a point out of Real Madrid and also struggled against Bordeux pretty heavily. But it was time to face the Arsenal game in the Community Shield Final.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Community Shield Champions!![/FONT][FONT="] Arsenal must literally hate us! Once again they absolutely dominated the stats and we smashed and grabbed t get the victory. It was an own goal that sealed the win for us after just twenty seven minutes. Arsenal had chance after chance, in fact twenty three shots and thirteen on target to our eight shots and two on target. But we've done it, another new trophy in our cabinet![/FONT]
[FONT="]Next Update: London City FC - August 2034[/FONT]
[FONT="]____________________________________________________________________ London City FC - August 2034[/FONT]
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[FONT="]A very short August saw us face just two league games to kickstart season nineteen. We had started the competitive side of the season very well as we held off another strong Arsenal display to claim our first ever Community Shield trophy and the first time of asking. Now we head into the league action before next month the Europa League group stage will begin and the EFL Cup, we had to get off to a good start.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]This is a big blow for us, Matias Arregui has suffered a broken leg and will be out for six to eight months. A huge upset to my squad but we have back up players who will be able to step in to his place. I just hope he comes back in the same sort of form he was in before.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]A 'perfect' start to league action this season, perhaps a bit leaky at the back seeing three goals go against us in just two games however we have scored seven goals. We started the season in our newly expanded London City stadium and saw a good three one win, left it late though. Webb gave us the lead after half an hour. We conceded early in the second half however then left it late to secure the points as Webb struck four minutes from time and Fofana marked his Premier League debut with an injury time goal. We then went to Southampton and beat them four two. Torres got his first goal of the season as did Briere. There was an own goal and a second league goal in as many games for newly signed midfielder Fofana.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Two wins from two this season see us up in second place and won of four teams with a perfect record to date as Arsenal have won three out of three this season. Behind us Watford and Leicester have also won both of their games to date. Early days to date but hopefully we are heading back to European action again next season.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Our first ever season in Europe has seen this group drawn for us. We'll face German side BMG who signed Dlamini from us this summer as well as Ukraine side Dynamo Kyiv and Bulgarian side CSKA Sofia. Obviously the games against BMG will be very, very tough but I'm confident we can progress from the group.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]____________________________________________________________________ London City FC - September 2034[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Following the short August we went into September which would be an absolute monster of a month. With us in three different competitions this month it was going to be stressful for the club. Six matches awaited for us, could we continue our good start to the season and make a promising stride towards the top of the pile.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]We ended up wining four of our six games this month however lost two of the London Rivalry games again. As we welcomed Watford we ran riot winning five two in the seven goal thriller. We saw five different goal scorers as well as Briere, Dixon, Webb, Torres and Nowocien all found the back of the Watford net. A trip to Chelsea saw us lose one nil. before we began our Europa League campaign with a narrow two one win in Ukraine. Fofana and Torres both netting late to come back from behind and seal the win. Another away game, our third on the bounce saw us beat Leicester one nil, Acuna striking twelve minutes from time. We welcomed Stoke in the EFL Cup Third Round and beat them on penalties as Frik, Fofana and Torres all on target in one hundred and twenty minutes. The month finished with a two nil defeat at home against West Ham.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]We're fifth come the end of September after six league matches are played. Chelsea unbeaten lead the way so far at the top of the pile with sixteen points from a possible eighteen. Arsenal, United and City are all infront of us as well so we're not sitting too badly at this moment in time. Obviously still early days and a long way to go. Just two points separate third from twelfth.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Next Update: London City FC - October 2034[/FONT]
[FONT="]____________________________________________________________________ London City FC - October 2034[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Heading into October, celebrating another birthday, we're very much where we were last season, not really noticing much progress this year around but I wasn't expecting to. We're doing very well as it stands and if we can secure European football again next season its a great step in the right direction. We're on a great run in the Europa League and the EFL Cup to date, can we continue.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Hows that Europa League form!? three wins from three now in the group stage as we beat BMG and CSKA-Sofia. We welcomed German giants BMG and surprisingly beat them three nil as Acuna and Briere both netted in the first half and McGregor netted late on to secure the win. Liverpool came to us and we lost one nil. The a trip to Middlesbrough saw us win five three Acuna netted a superb hatrick whilst Webb and Torres also continue their strong season. It was back to back hatricks for Acuna as we beat CSKA Sofia four two! Webb also netting for a second game running. The month ended with us welcoming Tottenham who we don't have a great record against, but drew two a piece. Fofana and Webb put us two one up before half time.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Slowly trundling through the season month by month, we're now nine games played and sixth in the league. Surprisingly Stoke are up in fifth but I don't expect their European hunt to continue throughout the season. Surprisingly both Liverpool and Spurs are struggling to date this season whilst Chelsea are still unbeaten having dropped just two points.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Into the penultimate month of 2034 as we're really heading through the latter years now. Season nineteen is approaching the halfway stage and we're still in all three competitions we've entered to date as well as obviously scooping the Community Shield. There would be six more matches for us in November with one in the EFL Cup, two in the Europa League and three Premier League matches, how would we be sitting in these three competitions come the end of the month...[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Another superb month in all three competitions sees us win four, draw one and lose just once again as we continue our great form across November. It began by welcoming Leicester in the EFL Cup and knocking them out the Fourth Round. Briere gave us the lead from a spot kick six minutes before half time. McGregor made it two ten minutes after the restart. Leicester put the pressure on us when they pulled one back but we held on, we'll face Man united in the Quarter Finals. A trip to a wet and windy Stoke then followed and the scoreline was the same, a two one league win. Fofana and Nowocien netting our goals. Three games played and three different competitions as we next welcomed CSKA-Sofia and walked past them in the Europa League for the second time. A strong showing saw us win three nil, all three inside twenty minutes as Acuna, Vanfleteren and Fofana all found the net. We welcomed Reading in the League and were held to a one all draw, Nowocien bailing us out in the seventy ninth minute to earn a point. A trip to Burnley saw Webb net his only two goals of the month in the second half as we won two nil. Ending the month welcoming Ukrainian side Dynamo Kyiv and losing out narrowly, one nil.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Still hanging in and around the right area with us occupying fifth place, it seems fifth if our seventh of last season where we occupied it most and finished. Chelsea are still unbeaten, now twelve in and still only drawn the one match, winning the other eleven. They're six clear of Arsenal in second. Man City are a further point away with United a further point behind again and then us, another further point behind. We then have a four point gap of the chasing pack consisting of West Ham, Reading and Leicester.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]We have met the boards objectives for the Europa League and qualified for the first knockout round, now it'll all depend on what sort of draw we end up getting for those rounds to see if we can go further. We're currently topping the group with one game to go and that is a tricky trip to Germany to face BMG. They are just two points behind us and could jump us with a win. However if they lose they could go out if Dynamo Kyiv beat CSKA-Sofia in their last game, the latter of the two sides are bottom without a point to date.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Next Update: London City FC - December 2034[/FONT]
Thanks John Warrington top four would be a real step forward for us.
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[FONT="]The final month of the 2034 calendar year sees it fall away as we've been very successful this calendar year, much better than expected. We not only secured Europa League football for the first time ever but lifted the FA Cup and the Community Shield. Now we need to see the year out on a high, a busy one though as we faced eight matches across the three different competitions.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]A very good final month of the year but it was epected to be with games against Brentford, Fulham and Sheffield Wednesday all struggling. Two defeats against United though. A five one win over Brentford started the month well with goals from Frik, Nowocien (x2), Webb and Johnston as we ran riot. We then blew the lead late on against Man City, Webb gave us the lead before the host netted three minutes from time. It was a late goal that cost us all three points in Germany too after Webb once again gave us the lead but we conceded five minutes from time. Back to league action we welcomed struggling Fulham and beat them two nil with Nowocien netting a fine brace. The hunt for our first ever EFL Cup will go on as Man United beat us four one in the Quarter Finals, MJRDB netted our goal. Basement side Sheffield Wednesday then welcomed us and I don't think they want to again, we put five past them without reply as MJRDB struck after four minutes, Nowocien netted a twenty five minute hatrick and Webb struck, all five goals before half time. There was a second win for Man United against us this month, beating us one nil in the league before we ended the month with another head to head with Arsenal...[/FONT]
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[FONT="]And so we head into the 2035 calendar year with the club sat in fourth, occupying a Champions League spot halfway through the season is a sensational effort from the club to date. Chelsea continue to lead the way having lost just one game in nineteen matches to date this season. Both Manchester clubs sit infront of us, one and two points ahead so still catchable. Arsenal are also just a point behind us, it'd be great to even get Europa League football next year again.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Finally to end the year with some Europa League news. We topped our Europa League group come the end and BMG go through in second with the draw at the end. CSKA-Sofia also end with a point as they drew with Dynamo Kyiv in their final group game of the competition. We'll now face Portuguese side Vit.Setubal in the First Knockout Round and I have every confidence of progressing again.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]And so the final five months of action this calendar year with England is to be wrapped up. We had already had a very, very good calendar year having finished third in the World Cup, much better than we were predicted and the FA expected. And since we've faced six more matches, two friendlies and four games in the European International League, could we better our Semi Final appearance from last year.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Some pretty good form. We beat Colombia in a friendly two nil before starting my second ever European League and beating Belgium two nil. Portugal then beat us three nil before a friendly draw one a piece with Serbia, a side England haven't beat in head to heads in this game. Back to European League action and two superb wins followed as we beat Beligum away from England, two nil with Rigby netting btoh and then a sensational result against Portugal saw us beat them six two.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]And as always, as of late, following the annual England round up we now head back to club football and head into 2035 and now we're hoping it'll be just as successful if not even more than 2034 was. Two new trophies added to the cabinet last calendar year and now there aren't too many avoiding us. We would face a busy start to the year with another seven matches, across two competitions as we began our FA Cup adventure and try to defend our title.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]And another January transfer in for us, well, our first and only one this year but we made one last year as well, out of the ordinary for me but couldn't miss this chance. Centre back Nieto was transfer listed by Monaco for ten million and we snapped him up, a steal if you ask me.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Seven games in January, five wins and two draws, its been a brilliant start to the 2035 calendar year indeed. We began with a very good four two win over Southampton with Webb, Nowocien both netting along with a brace from Torres. We then traveled to Wycombe in the FA Cup Third Round with a brace from Nowocien and Fofana striking to sink the club from League One with a three nil win. A draw against Swansea followed in the league, Dunn sending us ahead before we conceded. A five goal thriller followed against Watford, Webb and two from Briere secured a three two win. Everton are very much our bogey side and we just about snatched a draw against them when Webb struck three minutes from time. We ended the month well with two more home games, first beating league leaders Chelsea four one!! Torres had put us in front before Chelsea leveled. We left it late to win but Nowocien (x2) and Briere netted in the final eight minutes to secure the big win. Finally beating Leicester two one, our goals came at complete ends of the game, Frik in the first minute and Dunn in the ninety first.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]We would be title contenders had it not been for Chelsea having a superb season and sitting ten points clear with fourteen games to play. But astonishingly we are sitting second! Our fourth ever season here and we're playing like we belong here, like we've been here for ages! United trail us by a point and can jump us with their game in hand. A top five finish is looking likely as we're eleven points clear of West Ham who occupy sixth.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Into February we go and still pleasing everyone with our performances on the pitch, especially the board. Once again we'd face a busy month as we had three different competitions to deal with. It wasn't quite as busy as the last two months but we still faced six matches with just two of those in the Premier League, the other four in the FA Cup and the Europa League. Could we continue our run.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]It wasn't too bad again this month, one defeat, which saw us exit the FA Cup so we won't be defending our crown this year around, but four more points in the league and advancing in the Europa League. We beat Championship side Ipswich in the FA Cup Fourth Round with Arregui and Briere both netting inside the opening twelve minutes. A trip to West Ham saw us beat them very comfortably, four one as Briere netted along with Nowocien who struck a hatrick! Three more away games on the bounce followed, we snatched a late draw against Liverpool with a seventy eighth minute equaliser from Torres. A trip to Portugal in the Europa League First Round saw us grab a nil nil draw against Vit. Setubal. We played a rotated, yet still fairly strong side against West Ham in the FA Cup Fifth Round but crashed out, losing four two as Torres struck both our second half goals. And we started March which I included in this update so I can show you who we face in the next round of the Europa League as we beat Vit. Setubal three one. Two own goals helped us progress along with a late strike from Arregui to secure our spot in the next round, beating the boards expectations again.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]There were a handful of teams I wanted us to draw in the Europa League second round, Vigo, Roda JC, Dinamo or even CSKA Moscow whilst I knew it was important we avoided the likes of Man City, Sevila, Juventus and At Madrid. Much to my delight we did get Spanish side Vigo who I really think we can surpass over two legs. I would of preferred the second leg to be at home but hopefully we can cope.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Manchester United jump us and move to second, they're now ten points behind league leaders Chelsea who have lost just twice all season, one of those to us last month. We're a further two points behind, now twelve points off the top but only two off second place. Fourth place Manchester City trail us by four points now with Arsenal now six points behind as we're beginning to open up a gap and have an 'easier couple of months' coming up too.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Next Update: London City FC - March 2035[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Three months of competitive football left to play, three months to secure a top four spot in the league hopefully. Three months to try and continue our European run, our first ever European run at that. March handed us another seven matches across the Europa League and the Premier League. As we already know, we're into the Second Knockout Round in Europe and banging on the door for a top four finish in the league, we also hit a big milestone. I missed the screenshot for the youth intake, but you can guess how it went...[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Yep thats correct, 1000 games in management now, well, it will be by the time we face Vigo for the second time in March which you'll see very shortly. Its been mainly all played with London City FC but obviously the last two years have seen me take on the England role to which probably adds about twenty or thirty matches to my management tally, still a very good tally and won't be long till I hit 1000 at club level too.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Another very good month at the club, obviously the top result I've already shown and reported on so lets get stuck in from the first league game. Us welcoming Middlesbrough and well, it was a hammering, we hit them for five with goals from Mojovic, Nowocien (x2) Arregui and Brieire. A one all draw away at Spurs followed, another side we struggle to beat regularly. Our first Europa League Second knockout round saw us beat Spanish side Vigo one nil thanks to Fofana. Back to league action, despite going one nil up throuh Torres at home to stoke, we lost four one, on the end of a pummeling there. A trip to Spain to face Vigo saw us narrowly advance on away goal, we came back from one down and two one down to lead three two as Webb hit a superb hatrick. But conceded two in the final ten minutes, luckily it was enough to advance. Finally ending the month with a comfortable three one win away at Reading. Coming back from one down with Fofana leveling before the break, Nowocien and Arregui leaving it late but securing the win inside the final twenty minutes.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Thirty league games played, eight left to play and we're still third and the likelyhood of us playing Champions League football is looking brighter and brighter by the match. Chelsea have lost another game, but still sit top and eight points clear of second place Man United. They're only two points infront of us but do have a game in hand over us and Chelsea so could close the gap yet. Arsenal are now seven points behind us in fourth but do have a game in hand and can close it to four points whilst City in fifth are ten points behind us with a game in hand.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Finally the Europa League Quarter Final draw sees us face another Spanish side, this time Sevilla who aren't having the best of seasons, currently sat seventh in La Liga. We'll play the first leg at home in the London City Stadium hopefully in front of a capacity crowd on the 19th April before we head to Spain a week late, could we make it to the Semi Finals...[/FONT]
[FONT="]Next Update: London City FC - April 2035[/FONT]
Just caught up after a busy weekend and congrats on 7th place, FA Cup, 3rd place in World Cup, Community Shield winner and a fantastic first 30 games of the new season. Defo a premier league title within the next few seasons!
I appreciate you catching up neavie pops23 as I do understand I play through it quickly and it takes time to read it after. We had a great year last season and now looks like we're going one better this year currently.
____________________________________________________________________ London City FC - April 2035
April is here! Two months of competitive football to go and it'd be two full months this year around due to our lengthy Europa League run we're still playing in two competitions and technically still in both competitions for the title, however it was very unlikely we'd catch Chelsea at the summit of the Premier League. We had two legs against Spanish side Sevilla awaiting us in the Europa League Quarter Final as we look to continue our run.
Another sensational month continues our hunt for a first ever Premier League and Europa League title as we get past a second Spanish side this season. We welcomed Burnley at the start of April and beat them comfortably, three one. Torres with one, along with Arregui and Nowocien from the spot. Annoyingly Brentford held us. We then welcomed Spanish side Sevilla in the Europa League and what a performance! Three goals and a clean sheet as Arregui, Nieto and Vanfleteren secured the first leg win. The return to Premier League action didn't holt us as we beat Fulham three nil, all three goals in the second half with Frik, Torres and Arregui netting. A trip to Spain saw us lose the second leg in the Europa League Quarter Final to Sevilla but only to a single goal which saw us advance, three one on aggregate and into the Semi Finals! We ended the month beating Man City, one nil with centre back Nieto converting from a spot kick.
Technically we're still in the Premier League title race with us sat in fourth and twelve points behind Chelsea with four games to go but its their title as far as I'm concerned. We've got a game in hand over Arsenal and Man united ahead of us in third and second and if we win we'll jump up to second which would be superb. We have secured Champions League football for next season which is a great effort by the club.
What a draw for us! The Europa League Semi Final sees us face fellow English side Everton who are, at the time of the draw down in fifteenth in the Premier League but currently sit twelfth with us up in fourth. For years we struggled to get one over on Everton but the last two seasons we've finally started, I'm beginning to think about the Final! In the other Semi Final, Bayer Leverkusen will play Manchester City.
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[FONT="]Here we go then, the final month of another big season, we were still 'technically' in the title race however it was very, very unlikely we'd clinch it as Chelsea were one point off winning it. Our main vision was now on the Europa League. I didn't think I'd be saying that a year ago when it was announced we were heading into the competition. But here we sit in the Semi Finals against fellow Premier League side Everton. We had six matches left to play, potentially seven depending if we could get past Everton with four of those games in the league.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]We reached the Europa League Final as you can see! A superb effort as we narrowly edged past Everton and we'd face Manchester City in an all English Final. We kicked off the final month of the season with a three nil win over struggling Sheffield Wednesday. Nieto, the centre back put us ahead before Fofana doubled our lead before the break. Torres wrapped up the win twenty two minutes from time. The first leg of the Europa League Semi Final saw a goalless draw at Goodison Park with us finishing with ten men so we held on well, would of preferred an away goal though. We then welcomed Man United in the league and draw nil nil. Back to Europa League action we welcomed Everton and at half time trailed one nil, they had an away goal meaning we had to score twice. We went attacking and direct and it paid off! Webb struck after fifty eight minutes to level before Birere secured our spot in the Final eight minutes from time. We then faced Everton again, a third time in four games and just ten days and it was another draw. This time Mazurek gave us the lead before Everton stole a late point. The league season came to an end with a one nil defeat against Arsenal who finally beat us for the first time in four matches.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Chelsea are the league champions, but that seemed likely from about October time as they have had a superb season, they lost just five games in total and finished eight points clear of runners up Arsenal. Manchester United pip third place a further point off the top spot whilst they finished four points clear of us in fourth place, but we do secure Champions League football next season which is brilliant news for the club. Manchester City took fifth with Liverpool sixth, both fifteen points behind us whilst Stoke are also set for Europa League football with the former too clubs this season. At the other end of the scale, Sheffield Wednesday are relegated, winning just three games all seasons and taking home nineteen points. Watford and Fulham join them in relegation as Brentford survive by two points.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Close! So close to our first ever European adventure ending with success, the luck of the spot kick denied us. It was an 'all English' tie in the Final of the Europa League which was played at Stadie Pierre Mauroy in France. Plenty of chances for both sides to win it inside ninety minutes. Manchester City perhaps having the upper hand especially as we went into Extra time with ten men when Webb was dismissed. The game eventually went to a penalty shootout and on this occasion it went against us. Manchester City held their own winning three one after four penalties each.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Next Update: London City FC - End of Season Review 2035[/FONT]
Thanks naterr unfortunately just short in the Europa League but we done so well just getting there.
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[FONT="]My nineteenth season in management and London City FC nineteenth season in existence has come to an end and its been a sensational season whilst we may have only scooped the Community Shield title, we had a very pleasing season showing how far forward we've come over the years. A nineteenth straight season where we've finished in a better position than the year before and thats some stat! We ended up short in the cup competitions domestically, finishing the EFL Cup off in the Quarters following defeat to Man United and crashed out the FA Cup to West Ham in the Fifth Round, denying us the chance to retain our crown. But the big talking points were finishing fourth in the Premier League this season to secure our first ever entry to the Champions League along with reaching the Europa League Final, much better than anyone predicted come the start, missing out on the title to Manchester City on penalties![/FONT]
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[FONT="]The player stats speak for themselves this season and everyone sure put in a shift to help secure Champions league football next year around. Goalkeeper Grabovac who if i remember correctly is only twenty one or twenty two, broke the clubs thirteen year record for most clean sheets in a season and he'll only grow at this club. Pouget was moved to a back up but still made seven appearances. On loan defender Frik was our highest scoring defender with five goals this season, January signing centre back Nieto netted three. Renato Sanchez made just one appearance but announced his retired, he is now our under eighteens manager. Fofanam bought from PSG had a superb season scoring eleven and assisting a further fifteen goals this season. Joey Torres made the most appearances this season, playing sixty games whilst scoring sixteen and assisting fifteen. Cliff Webb had another good season, scoring twenty one goals as did Nowocien who scored twenty two in twenty six starts for us.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]This was the boards idea and not mine, the youth category is going up again and we'll now have a Level 2 set up, I'm not sure what the highest is, but its good to see it going again. I will also seek to improve our training and youth facilities over the summer and see if we can continue to upgrade to get the very best out of every player at the club and our academy eventually.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Since we've been in the Premier League we've not been in the red! Its been an astonishing turn around with good TV money and league positional money from the Premier League that has helped us. We now sit on another eighty million pounds in the balance and this sees the board trust us with over fifty million pounds once again this summer and space in the wages as well. We will spend it but spend it wisely to ensure we are improving the squad and make it one who can compete for the League title and Champions League success.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Next Update: London City FC - Pre Season Round Up 2035[/FONT]
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