London City FC - A City On The Rise

[TheWanderer]

out on pens! what a way to go!

 

[Tracz]

What a great season mate,
A bit of a sour note to finish on but still a great achievement to get to the final,
Finishing 4 is also awesome, how much did you get for finishing 4?
Any interest in your best performers?
As your youth intake is so shocking every year have you thought about buying some youth in?
Look forward to a serious titles challenge next season.

 

[banger93]

So unlucky with the final!!

Looking forward to the champions league run now

Same as Tracz really any big offers for star performers?

 

[rryanwilliams]

Just had a little read on the season just gone, well done on getting top four, and good luck in the champions league

 

[dani3w]

Unfortunately so TheWanderer

It was a superb season Tracz there was a little interest around Fofana but we managed to seal him down on a longer contract and hes happy now. No other big players wanted to leave, I have decided to look into youth next few seasons if we can't produce any yet.

Thanks Banger93, a Champions League run is the aim now.

Thanks for reading rryanwilliams

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London City FC - Pre Season Round Up 2035[/FONT]​

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[FONT=&quot]So we're about to start our twentieth league season and our fifth in the Premier League along with our first ever season in the Champions League, its fair to say this was set to be a pretty big season. I'd obviously love to be able to take the League title this season with it being our twentieth since our existence. Anyway moving on into the summer with all the transfer round up, news and the tactics and Champions League draw.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Progress is progress. We have moved up forty six places, to forty fifth in the European rankings following our superb run to the Europa League Final last year around. And progress in the rich list as we moved up from twenty seventh to twenty fifth this year in the worlds richest clubs list. I'd love to break into the top twenty this year.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]And we'll continue our progress statements as this season our pre season previews sees the media tip us to finish eleventh this year. Its great to finally see them backing us and believing us and we're now just 45-1 to win the league title this season and if its anything like last year around we could run close. Our team rating jumped us up over a couple more teams this season.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Not the busiest of transfer windows for us as I realised we needed to focus more on bringing in some English faces rather than just anybody as we needed to fill homegrown player quotas now. We still managed to spend forty eight and a half million pounds bringing in five players with three of those on permanent deals and two loan deals. On the other side of things, Sanchez has retired, hes now our under eighteen manager. Eggert joined leads for an initial three point eight million whilst Charmasson joins Plymouth for seven hundred thousand pounds.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Here are the new faces and I'm hoping they're all going to pull their weight this season. Nigel Guest looks a very good striker whilst Bird will be more of a backup Englishman to add to our squad. Our other full time signing is Manuel Hoppe who I think will lead our back line for the next few years as the German signs for twenty three million pounds. Both Loanees look solid players and will get game time.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]A strong squad, I'm not sure if its a title winning side yet though as there are a few weaker areas in the squad still but we do have money left to spend in the transfer window and areas to strengthen if we can find the right players.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]The summer on the pitch as always busy but successful enough for us. It proved to be a slow start drawing to Grasshopers then losing to FC Red Bull Salzburg but we pulled it back by winning our next five games, four of those without conceding a goal. We beat Alloa four nil, Braintree just one nil and AEK three nil, all away from home. Smashing Dijon at home seven nil before ending the summer with a three one win over Stevenage.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Our Champions League season will begin with a two legged tie with Portugal side Vit. Guimaraes. In my eyes we should be winning this tie and reaching the group stage. But we will need to guard against complacency and ensure we don't crash out before the groups.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Here are the three tactics I'll be playing this season and the players who would be playing in the set places should they be fit. Grbovac obviously starts in goal for all three formations as he is by far our strongest player in the squad. The formation on the left is [/FONT]@VP.[FONT=&quot] undefeated formation he has uploaded so I'll be giving it a go whilst sticking with my own 4-2-2-2 formation on the right and a more defensive 4-4-1-1 to counter bigger teams.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Next Update: London City FC - August 2035[/FONT]

 

[MMcK]

Really enjoyed this career so far. I thought of doing a similar thing with a created club from Edinburgh having a crack at the English league.

One question if you can cast your mind back far enough. How did you manage to get the club to play at Wembley without it massively influencing the club value?

I tried to put my club at Murrayfield in a similar scenario but it made the club worth millions.

Anyway, good going so far and it'll be interesting to how much you can grow with that CL money on top of the enormous TV revenue.

 

[Brane_Orsou]

Europa final and top 4,great season. Full on title challenge this year?

 

[dani3w]

Thanks a lot MMcK its always to find out I've got new readers following this career. Good luck if you take on Edinburgh, hopefully you'll do a career on it? Umm I'm not sure on that one, I obviously set it all up on the editor and ensured the clubs reputation was set to the normal status of most of the clubs in the league.

Thanks again neavie pops23 I'd love us to go on a title challenge this year, but could be a year or two early.

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London City FC - August 2035[/FONT]​

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[FONT=&quot]Season twenty is kicking off and once again at the end of this season we'll do another yearly round up. But anyway we need to focus on this season and try to finish in the top four once again this year. We're looking to take another step forward for the twentieth season in a row and finish inside the top three. We started the season with plenty of Premier League action as well as beginning our first ever Champions League campaign.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Not a bad way to start the season, annoying to lose our first match especially at home against a newly promoted Cardiff side, but things then improved to see us win our next four games straight. As I said, we began with a two nil defeat against Cardiff before traveling to West Ham and winning the London derby two one. An own goal and one for Torres to start his season secured the victory. The Champions League saw us start in the Best place playoff and we beat Vit.Guiaraes two one at home, newly signed Guest struck twice for us. Staying at home we welcomed Manchester United and beat them two one, another two goals for Torres as he secured the win for us. Finally the month ended with a fourth straight win, a second against Vit.Guimaraes with us beating them in the Second leg three one. We come from behind with Fofana netting a brace and Burkhard also on target as we reach the group stage.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Ninth in the league after the opening four games, the opening day defeat to Cardiff definitely cost us a superb start and turning it into a good start. Hopefully we can knuckle down now and sort some constant form out, get ourselves in and around the Champions League places as early as possible to secure it and help us hold on to our better players.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Oh ffs![/FONT][FONT=&quot] Thanks then, what a group that is for us! Our group consists of us, French giants Paris Saint-Germain along with German giants Bayern. The fourth and final team in our group are another big side, Sporting from Portugal and it'll be very hard to meet the boards expectations of reaching the First Knockout Round.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Next Update: London City FC - September 2035[/FONT]

 

[dani3w]

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London City FC - September 2035[/FONT]​

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[FONT=&quot]Following a slow starting opener of the season we went on to win our next four matches across the league and cup competitions. Now we head into September, the second month of the twentieth season and we're beginning our EFL Cup run, along with beginning the group stage of the Europa League and hopefully continuing a strong start to life in the Premier League, lets see how it panned out. Also, some big club news on hand again.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Well, we are improving the youth facilities again, hopefully getting close, or closer to state of the art facilities. We still can't improve the training facilities but least the youth ones are on the rise.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Six matches throughout September and we managed to win four of those games and lose the remaining two and they were tough matches. A trip to Leicester saw us win our fifth straight league game as Guest netted the only goal of the match. And made it six wins on the bounce when we welcomed Wolves and won two nil, Nieto and Acuna both netting and keeping a second clean sheet on the bounce. A trip to France, against the capital Paris St Germain and we lost, heavily, four nil, perhaps showing the gulf in class but we were in the game, just couldn't take our chances. Back in England, a trip to Man City saw us narrowly lose out three two, Torres netting both our goals. Our EFL Cup journey began against Championship side Nottingham Forest, Torres gave us the lead but we conceded late on, going on to win on penalties, three one. Finally ending the month at home against Chelsea, winning two one with a late first half goal for Guest and a late second half goal from Fofana.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Manchester United lead the way after seven league games with six wins and one defeat each, they've both started very strongly this season. United especially with a plus thirteen goal difference. Manchester City occupy third, with us fourth a further point behind again. Early days, of course but we are already there or there abouts to where we should be in my eyes and title challenging again. Liverpool are slow out the blocks this season.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Next Update: London City FC - October 2035[/FONT]

 

[naterr]

wow that was a difficult Champions league group draw! would have been difficult to get any harder teams in your group!

 

[dani3w]

Its a horrible group naterr

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London City FC - October 2035[/FONT]​

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[FONT=&quot]Into October, celebrating another birthday and it'd be another year older for the club too. We had been given a killer Champions League draw in the groups which started last month with defeat against PSG. We'd face both FC Bayern and Sporting this month to see how we sat halfway through this stage of the competition. We also had a handful of Premier League games and the Fourth Round of the EFL cup.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]A superb month! Once again we picked up just one defeat all month and that was a very disappointing one away at Middlesbrough. We kicked off October, on my birthday with possibly the biggest win of my career, beating German giants Bayern Munich two nil, goals from Guest and Fofana sealing the win. We returned to Premier League action with a four one away win against Huddersfield, a very good performance from us with Bird netting and brace along with goals from Guest and centre back Nieto. We got one over on Tottenham, which doesn't happen much, with a three one win at home with Natterman, Guest and Arregui netting, the latter of the three from the spot kick in the final minute. Staying at home for a second game running, we welcomed Portugal side Sporting and won three one to pick up our second win the group stage. Guest netted a brace to take him to five goals in four games this month, Alvir netted our third goal in the second half. Not sure what happened against Middlesbrough, we lost three nil despite dominating the game. Ending the month with a brillian bounce back win, at home against Manchester United, beating them two nil in the EFL Cup Fourth Round with Hoppe and Mazurek netting.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Ten league games played and we're inside the top four meaning we're looking to play Champions League football again next year. But we don't wish to think too much about that just yet. We've got a long way to go this season, twenty eight games in fact and have also got our Champions League campaign this season still on the go to see if we can extend that.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Perhaps I have really underestimated just how good of a footballing side we are. I mean, we are a top four English premier League side, why do we fear the likes of PSG, Bayern and Sporting, especially the latter. We're halfway through the group stage and as it stands, three games in we're set to qualify for the knockout Round. Three games to go in the groups.[/FONT]

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[dani3w]

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London City FC - November 2035[/FONT]​

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[FONT=&quot]With the team now seemingly settled in and familiarized with @VP. tactic we were beginning to hit some good form. October saw us go five wins out of six and we went into November with five more fixtures to play. Three in the Premier League and we'd also face two of the remaining three games from our Champions League group, which at the start I feared we wouldn't qualify from, after three games its looking likely that we could.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]I recently posted that I had now made it to 1000 games in football management, we've now hit that milestone with London City alone. 1000 competitive games in charge and boy its been an incredible journey to date.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]An unbeaten month at a superb time and more importantly four more points picked up in the Champions League. We welcomed Burnley and opened the month with a big win, four one with goals from Alvir, Torres, Mazurek and Fofana. A trip to Portugal saw us draw one all, Mazurek netting for a second game running. Back to Premier League action, we beat Liverpool two one as Fofana and Torres both gave us the lead, one nil and two one and that secured the points before we welcomed Reading and beat them comfortably three nil, Fofana netting a superb hatrick here. We ended the month with a European capital City clash, beating Paris Saint-Germain one nil as Guest struck for us.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Second in the Premier league and approaching the halfway stage of the season. Manchester City sit top after thirteen league games and we trail them by just three points and have a game in hand. If we win it six nil we'll jump them. But thats not likely to happen. We're performing well at the moment, glad the Champions League pressure isn't getting to us and the extra demand on fixtures.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]We've not qualified yet, but almost! We top our group after five games and with one to go we can qualify with just a point when we face German giants Bayern Munich, who will be playing for their spot in the next round as they currently sit in third place. Sporting who face Paris on the final day of group football, have just a single point this group stage and that came from us.[/FONT]

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[dani3w]

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London City FC - December 2035[/FONT]​

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[FONT=&quot]Its December, 2035, the year is coming to an end, well calendar year that is, and now we're just seeing it out for thirty one days. A time for rest and family, well, not for us! December was going to be the busiest month i think we have ever faced. With us still in the EFL Cup and Champions League, Premier League games were rocking up to. Thankfully the FA Cup doesn't start till next month. We faced no fewer than nine matches across the three different competitions in December.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]So many matches, so few red notes, scrap that, no red dots as we go the whole of December, all nine games and in fact hit a fifteen match unbeaten run in all competitions. We faced two away ties to start the month against completely different opponents yet managed the same score, we beat Brentford three two with goals from Fofana who struck twice and Guest with one before beating Bayern Munich for the second time in the groups, this time in Germany three two with a brace from Torres and Guest netting again. A Single Arregui goal secured a one nil win on our return to Premier League action against Southampton before we secured a back to back clean sheet beating Arsenal two nil in the EFL Cup Quarter Finals. Arregui netting for a second game running and Guest on target. Three draws followed in the league. Drawing two a piece with Everton and then at home against Stoke before drawing three a piece against Cardiff. Against Cardiff we had given away two penalties, one was saved and conceded three all in the space of the opening fifteen minutes so I'll take a come back point. We rounded the year off with two more away games, beating Arsenal for the second time this month with the same two nil scoreline, Guest and Arredui again being the scorers before beating Swansea three one, Baldwin and Fofana with a brace.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]We head into the 2036 calendar year well and truly in the title race with us occupying second and just three points behind the league leaders Manchester United. Manchester City in third are level on points with us however trail us by goals scored this season whilst Reading are a surprise candidate who occupy fourth place. Its tight and will stay that way I'm sure, we're in the race though.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]At the start of the group stage if you told me we finished third and head into the Europa League spot I would of taken that, if you told me we'd top the group I wouldn't of believed you. But we do! With two victories over Bayern Munich, one over Sporting and one over PSG we have indeed secured not only our spot in the First Knockout Round, but taken the top spot with it.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]And what a draw we have in the First Knockout Round, every ounce of confidence that we'll be seen in the Quarter Finals as we are drawn away at AS Saint--Etienne for the first leg of the tie and will welcome them to London City stadium for the all important second leg. We've only ever played one game against the French side, a friendly back in 2031 which we drew 3-3. Looking to the right we can see some big draws in the round which will see some big sides exit. PSG vs Real Madrid and Juventus vs Barcelona the stick out ties.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]And so 2035 comes to an end for London City FC but we're beginning to make that name for ourselves now. We're still in all four competitions this season, the Premier League which we occupy second place, the Champions League with a winnable tie against Saint Etienne, the EFL Cup with a two legged Semi Final tie against Leicester and the FA Cup which we'll start in January against Barnsley. We're also on a 15 match unbeaten run using @VP.'s tactic.[/FONT]

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England - 2035 Round Up[/FONT]​

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[FONT=&quot]A usual quick round up of the calendar year and whats come and gone for England on the pitch. Obviously there was no major tournament this year after the World Cup last year where we finished a more than respectable third place. We're now sitting fourth in the World Rankings, twenty one places above where I took over three years ago now. Not sure how much longer I'll be here though.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]We weren't able to arrange a single friendly this year and didn't play one, instead it was competitive fixtures for all ten of our matches this time around. From the last update you may remember we had qualified from our International League group and so went on to play a Semi Final against Spain, we crashed out here last time but beat them four nil. Only to come runners up to Germany as they trounced us three nil in the Final. Our European Championship Qualifying group was straight forward and so were the results on the pitch. Hungary the only other team to beat us in the calendar year.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Qualified with ease, twenty one points picked up from a possible twenty four as Hungary grabbed a victory against us. We finished eight points clear of Austria who will also join us at the Euros next year. Surprising to see Slovakia bottom of the group with FYR Macedonia above them. Hungary miss out on qualifying automatically by just two points.[/FONT]

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[Tracz]

Sorry ive been a bit quiet lately.
But ive come back and caught up with what is a fantastic season so far.
Clearly a title contender this season, with that sort of form it im surprised there isnt more of a gap between you and third/fourth.
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[dani3w]

I appreciate you catching up and dropping a comment in as always Tracz. It sure has been a fantastic season to date, the gap will begin to open I'm sure.

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[FONT=&quot]So we finished December and the calendar year on a superb run, in fact, unbeaten in fifteen matches following a nine game month that was a brilliant effort from the boys. We now head into the New Year looking to extend that run. Much to my delight we're still in all four competitions which we started the season in and this month would throw us Premier League action and both legs of the EFL Cup Semi Final vs Leicester.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Another very busy month saw us face eight games in three different competitions. Our unbeaten run has come to an end, we stretched to twenty one games in the end before City beat us. The year started with a narrow one nil win over West Ham with Nieto scoring. We welcomed Championship side Barnsley in the FA Cup Third Round and beat them three nil with Fofana, Arregui and Guest all netting in the opening thirty five minutes. A trip to league leaders United saw us grab a well earned point, Fofana netting our goal in the one all draw. The EFL Cup Semi Final first leg drew us at home against Leicester. We lead twice here through Fofana and then Dunn but were held to a draw. Travelling to Wolves we hit our first win in three matches, let goals from Hoppe and Mazurek enough to secure the victory. Our second, of three ties against Leicester this month saw us beat them four one at home. One down at the break before Arregui, Guest (x2) and Mojovic secured a big victory. Twenty one games unbeaten in all competitions came to an end after Man City came from behind to beat us two one, Guest had netted from a penalty early on. Finally a busy January concluded with a huge away win at Leicester in the EFL Cup Semi Final Second Leg, with us winning seven two! That wasn't even on aggregate. Dunn, Arregui and Fofana all struck whilst Guest struck four.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]And so we're set for our first ever appearance in the EFL Cup Final despite being in the competition for probably ten years or so now. We'll face Chelsea in the Final, they're not having the greatest league campaign this year and haven't lifted this trophy during this save. The last time they won it was back in 2015.[/FONT]

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London City FC - February 2036[/FONT]​

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[FONT=&quot]Our months aren't quieting down, not any time soon anyway as we remain in all four competitions heading into February 2036. The FA Cup was now underway. we had another Championship side to deal with in the Fourth Round whilst there was no EFL Cup action this month, the Final is in March, we did return to Champions League action with the first leg of the First Knockout Round against St Etienne where we'd hope to grab at least an away goal.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]We've seemed to have cut the draws out of our game since the middle of January however a couple more losses added to our season in February, good news in February is progression through two rounds of the FA Cup. We kicked off February against Championship side QPR and beat them easily in the FA Cup Fourth Round. Guest with a brace along with goals from Bernier and Dunn to seal our spot in the Fifth Round. A trip to Chelsea who we'll meet next month in the EFL Cup Final saw us lose six three! Not sure what happened here, a nine goal thriller for the neutrals. Guest with another brace and Arregui on target for us. We returned home to batter Huddersfield, winning four one, Guest with a hatrick this time around taking him to fourteen goals in just six matches! Nattermann also netting. The first leg of the Champions League First Round Knockout saw us away in France against St Etienne, losing out two one here. Dunn had brought us level before the break however the French side stole the win in the final ten minutes, we got an away goal though. We faced a third Championship side in a row in the FA Cup as the Fifth Round saw us host Nottingham Forest and beat them by the same score we beat QPR, four one. Arregui with a brace and Guest with two for himself, again! We ended the month with a two one victory of Spurs, meaning we've done the double over them this year with Guy and Guest netting.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]We're still in that Premier League race and pushing for our first ever top tier title. Man United lead the way and are a point clear of us whilst having a game in hand as well. Man City, a point behind us also have a game in hand and can jump us but with ten league games to go, we've got to be considered in with a shout of winning it this year. And with us thirteen points clear of Chelsea we're set for another record finish in third if we don't mess up late on.[/FONT]

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[Godfish93]

Great to see you still challenging mate, should be a good end to the season!

 

[dani3w]

Thanks Godfish93 it sure will be.

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[FONT=&quot]Into March and this would see us finally end our run of being in all four competitions this season. We head into the month in the Premier League title race, along with us still featuring in the Champions League and FA Cup, whilst facing Chelsea in the EFL Cup Final this month. We also had the youth intake, could we finally get a gem through our youth ranks and onto bigger things...[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]And that went on to set the tone for the rest of the month, with the cup Final win we went on to win a further four matches out of five, just losing one to Liverpool. We welcomed Middlesbrough for our first league game of the month here two own goals in half an hour helped us on our way to a three nil win, Brier netting in between those two goals. As we welcomed AS Saint Etienne in the Champions League First Knockout Round Second Leg, we played superb to overturn the two one aggregate score, shocking them with a seven nil win! Arregui struck the only goal of the first half before Guest hit four second half goals, Dunn hit two and Nattermann rounded off the rout to put us in the Quarter Finals. Another home game in another cup, the FA Cup Sixth Round saw us welcome Man United and beat them on penalties three nil, we drew two a piece in the game. Guest gave us the lead before we fell two one down with half an hour to play. Dunn leveled things for us before we wrapped up the win in the shootout. Our only defeat of the month came against Liverpool, losing two one before we traveled to Burnley and won four two to end on a high. Fofana, Guest, an own goal and a Torres strike secured a win for our final game of March.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]I'd say we're set for a top three finish, we're close to the top but could fall just short come the end of the league campaign looking at things. United still lead the way, two points ahead of us and a game in hand. Manchester City in third are a point behind us and also have a game in hand over us so could jump us yet. West Ham are fourth and eleven points off City in third. Surprising to see Chelsea, Liverpool and Spurs tenth and lower this season.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Champions League Quarter Final will see us face Arsenal over two legs which I'm more than hoping we can pass through them again. The first leg is away from home which could be vital once again as we'll face fellow London side at home for the all important second leg.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Next Update: London City FC - April 2036[/FONT]

 

[dani3w]

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[FONT=&quot]And so into April, the penultimate month of a very, very enjoyable campaign, possibly the most enjoyable one I've had on this career. Not only are we competing for a Premier League title but we're in the race for a Champions League crown. After reaching the Europa League final last year, we aimed for the Champions League Final this year. We've got both legs of the Quarter Final up this month against Arsenal as well as the FA Cup Semi Final against Stoke and of course plenty of Premier League action.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]A mixed month, no draws slipping in but five wins and three defeats, unfortunately the final defeat of the month a very costly one it'd seem. We beat Reading four two away from home to start the month with a bang, there were goals for Briere, Dunn, Guest and Nattermann. A trip across London to face Arsenal in the Champions League Quarter Finals saw us narrowly miss out but score three away goals in a narrow four three defeat. Guest, Briere and Torres on target for us. Torres then went on to net a brace at home against Brentford in a three one win, Dunn also netting, his goal came four minutes into injury time. The Second leg of the Champions League Quarter Final saw us welcome Arsenal and beat them this time, two nil which saw us through five four on aggregate as Guest scored both. There was a brace for Torres against Southampton, but we lost four two. Back at home for the final time this month, we beat Everton four two, Toress, Dunn with a brace and Guy securing that win. We're still on for the double this season to as a Torres brace secured our spot in the FA Cup Final as we beat Stoke two nil. Finally our Champions League hopes could be over as the side who beat us in the Europa League Final last year on penalties, has beat us in the Champions League Semi Final five one. Alvir initially put us ahead in the opening minute. We'll need to win by four goals to progress now.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Whilst it would of been fitting to win the Premier League this season, our twentieth season as a club, its looking unlikely now as Manchester United lead the way with them having just two games remaining this season and top by a point over fierce rivals Man City. Like us, Man City have a game in hand and could jump United, alternatively we could jump City if results went our way and close the gap to three points to the league leaders but their strong goal difference is looking likely to hault our chances of the title. We've secured Champions League football next season though and another progressive record finish in third at least, West Ham need a single point to keep Chelsea out the Champions League next season.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]But the domestic brace could still be on this season as we will feature in the FA Cup Final this season and face relegation candidates Swansea. They're currently sitting down in eighteenth position this season with two games to go. They can still survive on their own results with a couple going their way but we have to be favorites to scoop both domestic top flight cup competitions this year.[/FONT]

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