London City FC - A City On The Rise

[Tracz]

What a season!!
What ever happens over the last few games its been a huge success!
Fa cup and league cup double would be a great 20th season celebration!
Pitty about champions league, but hopefully the run has made players sit up and take notice,
Wouldnt of done your finances any harm.
2nd or 3rd would also be a great finish, but never give up, stranger things could happen!

 

[dani3w]

Its been a very incredible and enjoyable journey thats for sure Tracz and this season has been just as fun. We've done well to get the EFL Cup this year and should beat Swansea in the FA Cup Final as well. Unfortunately our finances have taken a hit this year due to the increase in wages but we're okay still.

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London City FC - May 2036[/FONT]​

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[FONT=&quot]And so we enter the final month of an enjoyable season which has seen plenty of highs and maybe just one or two lows all year. We've been exceptional and thats shown as we've reached the EFL Cup Final and lifted the trophy as well as reaching the FA Cup Final. We are outsiders for the Premier League but with three games left still stood half a chance whilst it seemed all but over against Manchester City in the Champions League after losing five one in the first leg.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Our Premier League hopes were over by the final day when we lost to Arsenal, our Champions League hopes were ended by Manchester City in the first leg anyway. Our main focus was the FA Cup Final to try and seal a double this season. Our final away game this season kicked off the month with a three one win over Stoke. Joey Torres hitting all three of our goals. We grabbed a one all draw against Manchester City in the Champions League Semi Final Second Leg as it finished one all, Dunn fired us ahead but we were already out. We welcomed Swansea in the league, who we'll face in the FA Cup Final, and beat them three one with Guest netting a brace before getting injured and Torres netting our third goal. Arsenal beat us on the final day one nil.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Third in the Premier League come the end of the season and its been a very good one for us, another step forward from our fourth place last year and not bad for our twentieth season as a club. Of course I wanted us to win the title this year around and it would of been fitting. But third will do. Manchester City jump Manchester United who picked up just two points from their final two games to blow the title. We finished just eight points off the top this year. West Ham also head to the Champions League this year whilst Everton, Chelsea and Arsenal head for the Europa League. At the other end of the scale Burnley and Cardiff are relegated and will be joined by FA Cup Finalist Swansea.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]CHAMPIONS! The Double secured![/FONT][FONT=&quot] We have clinched our second ever FA Cup and it comes just two years after our first one. It was an easy Final for us where Swansea barley even turned up. Twenty six shots, twenty on target and winning four one. Briere fired us ahead on the ninth minute with Arregui and Mazurek making it three nil before half an hour was even played. We conceded one before the break but that didn't dampen our spirits as Dunn went on to make it four one, after Guy had been given his marching orders for two bookable offences.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Next Update: London City FC - End Of Season Review 2035/2036[/FONT]

 

[Tracz]

Congratulations great season!

 

[MrTini23]

Fantastic! What an effort!

 

[dani3w]

Thanks Tracz

Thanks Josh Warrington it was a superb season.

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London City FC - End Of Season Review 2035/2036[/FONT]​

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[FONT=&quot]The curtain comes down on season twenty and what a season it has been for us. We scooped the domestic double, taking both the EFL Cup and FA Cup to our trophy cabinet for the season whilst also finishing third in the Premier League and crashing out the Champions League Semi Final. It sure has been a fun season and now just a quick recap at the end of the season before a twenty season round up later on.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]In goal once again Grabovac continued to impress and played all but nine matches as he got injured towards the end of the season. He ended up with a seven point zero two rating, the same as Pouget who played nine matches. Mojovic in defence amazingly assisted seventeen goals this season whilst our highest scoring defender was Nieto with three. Nigel Dunn made fifty three appearances this season and that saw him score fifteen and assist fifteen. However our man of the season played up front, started sixty two matches, scored forty six and assisted nineteen, picking up the highest average rating of seven point four eight was Nigel Guest.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Our finance took a bit of a hit this year mainly because we are now spending more on wages, however we made a lot of money, thirty five million for our league finish and another six or so million for our Champions League finish which has seen our balance rise to eighty nine million again.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]And with that, the board decide to spend even more money which is good. We're becoming a spending club but mainly on facilities now. Our youth facilities and youth category ratings are on the rise once again and the board are going to expand the stadium once more. It'll cost us twelve million pounds to add 6,555 more seats and take our capacity up to 28,905 all together.[/FONT]

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[dani3w]

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England - European Championship 2036[/FONT]​

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[FONT=&quot]The summer would wrap with the European Championships, my second ever international tournament. We had taken England from twenty fifth to third in the World Rankings and finished third in the World Cup. Now we head into the European Championships trying to go two better and winning the competition. I was in two minds as to whether to stay on with England or not.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Well, not a great run of form in the group stage thats for sure, one win, one defeat and one draw. We kicked the tournament off in style with a four nil victory over our near rivals Wales. Twibey gave us the lead, Andrews netted a brace and our very own Guest also struck. Guest also netted a brace in a four two defeat that shocked us from Czech Republic. We finished the group stage with a one all draw against Holland. Bridge netting our equaliser.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Luckily four points was enough to see us through our group, in fact, three points proved to be enough as well. Czech Republic are the surprise groups winners and not only that, they're unbeaten through the group stage with two wins and a draw. Holland also surprise us by finishing bottom, pointless and bottom of the group. Wales qualify under the best place third side with three points.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]The Second Round saw us face a strong Belgium side, the game was very even and could of gone either way, however it went our way with a two nil victory. Manchester Uniteds star striker Callum Rigby gave us the lead five minutes before the break before Bridge secured our spot in the Quarter Final spot.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]The Quarter Finals, us vs Italy and another narrow win with another clean sheet. We were much better this time around even if the score doesn't show it. Bridge netted for us five minutes into the second half and that was that. A spot in the Semi Finals awaited.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]What a game, what a performance! Germany were left stunned by our attacking display here as we smashed them five nil, in Dortmund which would of hurt them as well. We had twenty one shots, twelve on target whilst they managed just five shots the whole game. Matthew Bridge was perfect this game, netting four goals. He had a brace after thirteen minutes with the other two coming in the second half. McConnell netted our fifth in injury time.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]How fitting is this, the final of the European Championship and potentially my last ever game in charge would see me reach my fiftieth match in charge. Its been a very fun stint with the national team and we've had two superb runs in both big international competitions we've faced now, could we see the Euros end on a high...[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]European Championship Champions![/FONT][FONT=&quot] Switzerland couldn't handle us just like Germany couldn't in the Semi Finals. We were superb again, scoring five for a second game running to seal the title. We went ahead after twenty two minutes through Butler before Guest struck a brace before the break, his second from the spot kick. Fitzpatrick soon made it four nil after the break. We conceded an own goal before Rigby rounded off the tournament with our fifth goal.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]And so I've called time on my stint at England. I felt the last year it was time to step down. London City FC are really pressing on in the league now and we're competing for the league title and Champions League with the clubs reputation really growing and with my managers reputation risen over the last four years it was time to cal time on things. Fifty matches exactly saw us win thirty nine, draw four and lose just seven matches. Along the way we amazingly scored one hundred and thirty three games, almost three a game, conceding just twenty eight goals. We lifted one cup, the European Championships.[/FONT]

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[dani3w]

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London City FC - 20 Year Review July 2036​

Its that time again for a quick round up, twenty years have now gone by and its been a pretty memorable rise to where we are now. From Vanarama National League relegation candidates to Premier League title hopefuls. We've scooped a few new trophies since the fifteen year review. Its been a very fun journey with tough times, very tough ones, but also some amazing days, months, seasons which has seen us become the club we are now. Anyway, a quick recap on where we started and where we are now.

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Once again the club overview screen to see how its gone over the years, on the left, year one, on the right, year twenty. The club have of course gone from Semi Professional to Professional, that was the case for probably ten years now. Our reputation has moved to continental now which is superb with our finances at Rich, being estimated a value of five hundred and ninety one million! Of course we now play at London City Stadium which currently holds twenty thousand seven hundred and eighty six seats but will be increased this year. We have good youth and good training facilities which will continue to grow over the years.

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Twenty seasons and each and every season we have managed to finish at least one position higher than the year before. Now thats some stat! The last three seasons we've finished seventh, fourth and then third in the Premier League so we're targeting a top two finish this time around. Our trophy cabinet has grown massively, back at the start we had just the English Spartan South Midlands Premier Division as I couldn't remove it. Since we've added a Vanarama National North and National league title, two FA Trophies along with the Skybet League Two and League One titles. Narrowly missing out on a Championship crown. But we now have the Community Shield, the EFL Cup and two FA Cup crowns to add to our growing cabinet.

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The transfer window has been partly played and due to some deals this saw our transfer balance grow up to over one hundred million but we've since spent some. Back at the start of the career I think the club had two million pounds. About five seasons in we were in debt and as we went into the Championship I think we hit almost ten million pounds in the red at one point. Now we have a massive seventy one million pounds in the bank balance. We're a big club these days!

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

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

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

, FA Trophy - Winners

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

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

, Checkatrade Trophy - South Quarter Final, EFL Cup - 1st Round, FA Cup - 5th Round
2028/2029: Sky Bet Championship - 14th (55pts), EFL Cup - 2nd Round, FA Cup - 4th Round
2029/2030: Sky Bet Championship - 6th (76pts), Playoffs - Runners Up, EFL Cup - 4th Round, FA Cup - 3rd Round
2030/2031: Sky Bet Championship - 2nd (89pts), EFL Cup - 4th Round, FA Cup - 4th Round
2031/2032: Barclays Premier League - 16th (38pts), EFL Cup - Semi Final, FA Cup - 4th Round
2032/2033: Barclays Premier League - 14th (41pts), EFL Cup - 4th Round, FA Cup - 6th Round
2033/2034: Barclays Premier League - 7th (62pts), EFL Cup - 4th Round, FA Cup - Winners

, (England) World Cup - Third Place
2034/2035: Barclays Premier League - 4th (76pts), EFL Cup - Quarter Finalist, FA Cup - Fifth Round, Europa League - Runners Up
2035/2036: Barclays Premier League - 3rd (82pts), EFL Cup - Winners

, FA Cup - Winners

, Champions League - Semi Finalist, (England) European Championship - Winners​

Next Update: London City FC - Pre Season Round Up 2036

 

[dani3w]

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London City FC - Pre Season Round Up 2036[/FONT]​

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[FONT=&quot]Season twenty one is here and we're about to get going. The summer was a busy one for myself as I faced the European Championships with England, and won it, I'd just like to add again, before resigning allowing me to fully focus on the job in hand with London City FC. We've had plenty going on with club news, pre season title odds, transfers, and there were lots of those, as well as friendly results and the first competitive game of the season, the Community Shield.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]More progress and its good news for another year as we've moved up the European club rankings list following our Europa League final appearance two years again and then the Champions League Semi Final run last season, we now sit twenty ninth following a rise of sixteen places. We also moved up in the rich list, moving from twenty fifth to fifteenth in the World. As you can see, Spain also offered me a contract this summer, but its too early for a return to the international scene. One day I'll go back.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Pre season title odds suggest we're really in with a shout of the title this year, just 25-1 and I'm enjoying watching this get lower and lower each year. We are predicted to finish sixth, behind West Ham, Chelsea, Arsenal, City and United but I'm aiming for a top two spot this yea around, preferably that top spot.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]A very, very busy transfer window once again as we looked to strengthen again and try to bring in some more English faces this year again but it didn't all go to plan there. Eight new faces joined this year with us spending sixty nine million. We broke our transfer fee record on Sen from Schalke whilst taking two faces from Southampton, one from Everton, two from Arsenal and then two free transfers. We got Landzaat on free as he had no contract attached! You may notice Frik joined us on a free, he had played for us on loan from Chelsea before and was let go, a good signing again. On the otherside of the door we saw Torres cry about something of nothing and then leave to join Chelsea for twenty seven million. Johnston the only other playing leaving on a permanent deal, one point six million. Four players have left on free deals again.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]A full round up of the summer signings and as you can see, we should of strengthened in all areas this year once again. Four of the new faces are English which certainly helps us for our homegrown player status in Champions League games etc. Most I spotted whilst managing the national side. This sees transfer listed Keith Andrews join for just twelve and a half million and hes valued at double that. Two English faces from Southampton, following keeper Pouget retiring this summer we needed a new keeper, Wall comes in and will be tough competition for Grabovac in goal. Frik rejoins us after a year on loan after a couple seasons with Chelsea he was released, a free deal and good value for us. Sen broke the transfer record for the club but he will live up to that price tag. Arsenal sold us Landzaat for free as he had no contract attached (perhaps a bug) whilst we scooped wonder kid, nineteen year old Tagoe who may go on loan still yet. The final deal of the summer to date saw a free transfer for young star Ben Burton, again he may go out on loan.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]The squad ratings are looking good and we can begin to trust these now we're in the top tier, signing top players and predicted to finish in the top six. Two quality keepers who will definitely fight it out for the number one shirt this year. Our defence also looks very good and competitive which I hope can see us keep even more clean sheets this year. Midfield is perhaps a bit slack but our attacking midfield and strike force should help us score plenty, Guest will be a key player for us again this year.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Due to the European Championships I forgot to organise friendlies, well, extra friendlies. These were the ones set up by the assistance and thankfully we went through the three of them unbeaten. We drew one a piece with Zenit, beat feeder club Stevenage before we beat French side Stade Rennais five nil at home, Guest netting a hatrick to put him in good shape for the season ahead.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Champions! Two out of two for the Community Shield[/FONT][FONT=&quot]. We won it against Arsenal against the odds a couple seasons ago, we've won it here against the stats against Manchester City, but perhaps deserved it for our comeback display. An own goal sent Manchester City ahead before Skorupan made it two after thirty six minutes. After the break Briere made it two one but any chance of a comeback seemed dead when Skorupan netted again with half an hour remaining. Our heads didn't drop though, Briere made it three two with fifteen minutes to go and four minutes later Arregui secured a draw to send the game to penalties. And thats were summer signing and debutant keeper Wall made his mark, saving three penalties as we won three two after five penalties each.[/FONT]

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

 

[Brane_Orsou]

What a great season, 3 trophies and yet more progress in the league. EPL champions this year I reckon!

 

[dani3w]

Thanks neavie pops23 it was a great season indeed, I'm really hoping we can get that title this year.

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[FONT=&quot]Following that Community Shield success we've taken that into the season with three Premier League games and three Premier League wins as we start as we mean to go on. We traveled to London rivals Arsenal to start the month and narrowly beat them one nil, Guest netting twelve minutes from time. We made it two wins from two and two clean sheets on the bounce when we beat Reading at home one nil, Natterman this time netting seventeen minutes from time. The month ended with a fourth win from four and three out of three in the league as we beat Leicester five two. Briere netting a brace, his first after just two minutes. Tragoe got his first ever goal for the club following his summer move whilst Arregui and Dunn were also on target.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Top of the league after the opening month and thats how we need to carry on this season. Only us and London rivals West Ham have managed to win all their matches so far, three out of three and we sit top by a single goal over West Ham. City, Chelsea and United have all started well whilst Arsenal are really slow out the blocks this year with one point from the opening three games.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Its another tough Champions League group draw for us as we'll face French side PSG for second year running along with Italian Serie A side Juventus and FC Red Bull Salzburg will round up the group. I'm confident we'll at least finish third in this group but id we can qualify again that'd be perfect. We already know we can beat PSG.[/FONT]

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

 

[dani3w]

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London City FC - September 2036[/FONT]​

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[FONT=&quot]We march into September unbeaten after four wins from four games and having scooped that Community Shield we were fully focused on Premier League action last month. However September would see us try and open the defence of our EFL Cup with a game against Championship side Derby whilst also kicking off our Champions League campaign against French giants PSG who we faced last year in the groups too.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Still unbeaten in domestic football however our European campaign started with a defeat as PSG narrowly beat us. The month started with a league win against Everton, winning three nil with our third clean sheet in four games. Briere continues his great start to the season, netting after ten minutes with Arregui and Andrews also on target. We welcomed PSG and narrowly lost, an even game which ended one nil to the French giants. We traveled to Nottingham Forest in the league and won six three, a nine goal thriller. Briere netted in the opening minute with Guest netting after eleven minutes. Mojovic struck a brace whilst Dunn and Andrews were also on target for us. The EFL Cup began with us defending our title away at Derby in the Third Round, we won four three. I had a rotated side out originally when Andrews gaveus the lead. We found ourselves two one down then three two down with Fofana netting before Guest struck a brace off the bench to see us through. Finally we end the month welcoming Southampton and scoring six for the second time in three matches as we won six one here. Bernier and Landzaat netting their first goals of the season. Guest and Briere also had a goal each whilst Chris Bird netted a brace.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Six wins out of six in the league and we're top and clear! We've racked up eighteen points and a plus sixteen goal difference already this season which is brilliant early on. We've already opened up a five point gap on the remaining pack with both Manchester clubs and Tottenham all on thirteen points. We're eight points clear of West Ham in fifth and Chelsea in sixth and we are the only unbeaten team to date. Arsenal sort out their miserable start and are now up to eighth.[/FONT]

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

 

[dani3w]

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[FONT=&quot]Unbeaten in the league after six games from the opening two months and our EFL Cup defence had began. We also kicked off the Champions League campaign for the second straight season. Into October, despite a long international break, we still managed to face six matches over three difference competitions, could we continue our strong start in all three competitions come the end.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]An unbeaten month and not only that, it proved to be six wins from six as we really showed the power of the club this month around. It started with a brilliant win in Italy as we beat Juventus in the Champions League two one. Guest put us ahead from the spot just before the half hour mark. Early in the second half it was one all before Landzaat secured the win. We returned to England and headed to Middlesbrough to beat them by the same scoreline, this time Arregui and Mojovic netting for us. Our first of two home games this month saw us welcome Watford and saw us win five nil. We thumped them with Landzaat, Arregui and Guest netting one each whilst Briere hit a superb brace for us. Another trip in the Champions League, this time to Austria as we beat Red Bull Salzburg and beat them three one. All three of our goals came in the first half with Guest, Landzaat and an own goal helping us across the line. West Ham welcomed us and saw a narrow win go our way in a five goal thriller, Guest hitting a hatrick before we ended the month welcoming Bretford in the EFL Cup Fourth Round with Guest netting the only goal of the game.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Nine played, nine won in the Premier League and we look unstoppable at this stage of the season, could it be a season of the unbeatables, unlikely as the only 'top team' we've faced so far this season is Arsenal IIRC. We sit five points clear of second place Tottenham whilst both Manchester clubs sit seven points behind us in third and fourth whilst a further five point gap then follows.[/FONT]

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

 

[dani3w]

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London City FC - November 2036[/FONT]​

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[FONT=&quot]Into November we go, still sitting in all three competitions we started the season in as well as scooping the Community Shield of course, lets not forget that. Our league form had been incredible so far this season, perfect you could say with nine wins from nine matches in the league, we had also won our last nine games on the bounce in all competitions. Could we extend this further into November...[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Six more matches, we've finally lost in the league and PSG have done the double over us in the group stage, but we picked up four wins away from the two defeats. We welcomed Derby to start the month and beat them two one, coming back from one down with two second half goals, Arregui and Landzaat securing the come back. Back to European football we welcomed Red Bull Salzburg and it was another dominant win with a three one victory. Hopewell, Mazurek and Andrews all on the scoresheet for us. A trip to White Hart Lane, across London saw us lose for the first time in the league with the fellow Londeners beating us two one, Guest with our goal. We beat Wolves one nil through Nattermann at home before taking a trip to France. We lost two nil against PSG as they secure the double over us this year in the group stage. Ending the month with a much better performance, beating Man United three two as Briere netted after five minutes to get us off to a flyer. Our other two goals came from our summer signing Keith Andrews.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Qualification hangs in the balance of the final group game. PSG are through and top the group without even needing to play their final game with five wins from five. We currently occupy second and as long as we dont lose by more than one goal at home against Italian giants Juventus we will go through. Anything more then we'll head to the Europa League.[/FONT]

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

 

[dani3w]

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London City FC - December 2036[/FONT]​

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[FONT=&quot]The final month of 2036 is here and with no England football to round up on after this month it'l speed us up into the New Year and onto the remainder of the season. We are in superb form so far in all competitions and are on the verge of Champions league qualification again if we can avoid more than a one goal defeat against Italian giants Juventus, if not we were heading to the Europa League. Lets see what happened as we faced seven games in three competitions.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Almost an unbeaten month, just Chelsea held us and got points from us towards the end of the month. We traveled to Watford in the EFL Cup Quarter Final and beat them, netting five past them for the second time this season winning five two. Goals from Guest, Bird and Briere netting a hatrick helped secure the big win. We welcomed Liverpool and blew a three goal lead which we built up in thirty two minutes from Dunn and Briere double, but slipped to a single point. There was no complacency in the Champions League final group game, beating Juventus five one!! Andrews netted a hatrick in twenty eight minutes for us whilst Guest and Nowocien were all on target too. Back to league action we went to a wet and windy Stoke and narrowly beat them four three, another hatrick came, this time for Guest after Dun had opened the scoring. We hit five for a third time in December when we beat Huddersfield five one. Nattermann, Guest, Arregui, Bernier and Bertolotti netting for us. Chelsea came from behind twice after Andrews put us ahead each time and saw for London City FC player Joey Torres net the winner. We ended the month with a three one home win against Brentford.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]End of the calendar year, top of the league, seven points clear, a game in hand, still in the EFL Cup and Champions League. Things are looking just grand for us here at London City FC once again and we could be moving in to our first ever Premier League title it'd seem. Its currently Tottenham who occupy second place and seven points behind us despite playing a game more. Manchester City in fourth could reduce the gap though if they win their games in hand.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Perhaps finishing third would of been better and heading to the Europa League Knockout Rounds instead! To be the best you need to beat the best or at least get an easy run through the competition. We will face Barcelona in the First Knockout Round of the Champions League and the first leg will be in London, With us traveling to Spain for the all important second leg.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Next Update: London City FC - January 2037[/FONT]

 

[Tracz]

What a great start to the season mate.
A tough draw in the champions league mate.

 

[naterr]

Nice cushion above second place! this is London's year!

 

[Brane_Orsou]

Totally winning my bet again this year! LCFC for the title

 

[dani3w]

Thanks Tracz we've been superb so far, just need to try and five our best against Barca.

Its a good cushion, Man City is the worry naterr

neavie pops23 looks like you've nailed it again.

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[FONT=&quot]Into yet another New year and still enjoying the save and the journey we've gone through with London City FC. Come the end of 2036 it looked set to be our year with us leading the table by seven points and having a game in hand over the chasing pack, bar City. It would be a very busy month seeing us face ten matches across the league, FA Cup and the EFL Cup once again, could we continue our run in all competitions...[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Burkhard was the only transfer of the window, he leaves to join Swansea for an initial nine point two five million pounds which can rise to thirteen million with add ons. We initially signed him back in 2033 for seven and a half million pounds from Wolfsburg. A profitably deal again.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Ten matches, six wins along with three draws and one defeat across what can only be described as a very, very busy month! It started at home with a goalless draw against Arsenal before we welcomed Preston in the FA Cup Third Round, three second half goals saw us ease through with Briere, Fofana and Sen netting for us. Manchester City beat us three two after going three nil up we tried to come back with Hope and Sen netting. A fourth home game of the week saw us welcome and beat Leicester two one. Guest and Dunn putting us ahead twice and finally we held on. The EFL Cup Semi Final first leg saw us ease past Chelsea, one nil away from home. We recorded a third straight win when we went to Everton and won three one. Bertolotti, Guest and Tagoe on target for us. We then drew nil nil with Europe chasing Reading. We bounced back to beat Nottingham Forest four two, braces from Arregui and Guest before welcoming Chelsea in the EFL Cup Semi Final Second Leg and grabbing a late draw to stop extra time as Landzaat netted in the final minute. We'll face Manchester City in the Final. The month was rounded off with our seventh game unbeaten in a row, beating League Two side Leyton Orient five nil. Hoppe, Guest, an own goal, Bird and Arregui on target for us in the convincing win.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]And so for the first time this season, we've been knocked off our perch as Manchester City play their catch up games and jump up. They now lead the way but only on goal difference. We've then both got a game in hand over the chasing pack and a six point gap. Tottenham currently occupy fourth with Reading fifth. Arsenal and Chelsea sit sixth and seventh whilst Liverpool are struggling in thirteenth.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Next Update: London City FC - February 2037[/FONT]

 

[dani3w]

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London City FC - February 2037[/FONT]​

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[FONT=&quot]After blowing our lead at the top of the pile it was now time to turn our attention back to trying to steal that top spot in the league. We had a much quieter month this time around, January saw us play ten matches whilst in February we faced just five matches but still across three different competitions as the Champions League came back into town.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]We had this pop up after our first or second game of February and it has caused us all sorts of issues. This means seventeen year old [/FONT]John Parsons[FONT=&quot] will be our shot stopped for the foreseeable future until one of these are back. [/FONT][FONT=&quot]His first game in goal, Barcelona![/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Just the one defeat again throughout February and annoyingly it came against a side like Watford. It started much brighter as we beat Southampton away from home five one. Landzaat, Bird and Dunn netting whilst Andrews hit a brace in three minutes in the final ten minutes of the game. We hit five for a second game running when we beat Middlesbrough at home. Briere, Nieto and Guest all scored first half goals whilst Landzaat netted late on. We welcomed Barcelona in the Champions League First Knockout Round and grabbed a draw, coming back from behind when Briere netted in the second half. Back to FA Cup action we welcomed Championship side Brighton in the Fifth Round and won four nil, another two for Briere whilst Fofana and Dunn also were on target. Ending the month with the woeful performance against Watford.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]The title is now fully in Manchester Citys hands now as they are top, level on points with us i second but have a game in hand where they can move three points clear of us now. United are eight points behind us in third place whilst Spurs are in the fourth and final Champions League spot at the end of February.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Next Update: London City FC - March 2037[/FONT]

 

[dani3w]

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London City FC - March 2037[/FONT]​

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[FONT=&quot]We went into March with three months of competitive football to play and still in with a shot of taking home all five trophies on offer to us this season. Way back at the start of the year we lifted the Community Shield over Manchester City in a penalty shootout. We now face them in the EFL Cup Final this month whilst also facing FA Cup, Champions League and Premier League action this month. Six matches awaited us in all, along with another youth intake, surely it was time to get that star...[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]No, no no no no. I think at the end of the season I'm going to have a staff overhaul and clear out anyone I feel no longer cuts it here and bring in people with the stats to back up there work, it may help.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Back to back EFL Cup titles![/FONT][FONT=&quot] We waited twenty years for our first ever EFL Cup title and now have scooped two in a row as we defend our crown against Manchester City. It was in fact a very even game which probably could of gone either way, had Man City kept all their players on the pitch. Mancabou put Man City ahead after fifteen minutes, only for Dunn to level things two minutes later. Just before the half hour mark it was the Manchester club ahead again and it was Mancabour again. But, we didn't stop fighting, Andrews leveled things for us five minutes before half time and then Soto saw red for the team in light blue, giving us the advantage. And it took a while, but we finally broke through the defensive wall when Dunn hit his second of the night, and the winner, ten minutes from time.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]That EFL Cup victory kicked off the month in the fashion we needed it to and saw us muster up five wins in a row from our six matches in March including a famous victory in Barcelona. But first we had Premier League action, welcoming West Ham and beating them Four two. It seems Keith Andrews is a man of goals as of late, a hatrick for himself and a goal for Fofana saw us ease past the London rivals. A trip to Spain was rewarded with a spot in the Champions League Quarter Finals as we beat Barcelona! A narrow win saw us come from behind twice with Guest then Andrews leveling before Landzaat secured the win and our spot in the next round. Back home we welcomed Tottenham just three days later in the FA Cup Sixth Round and kept our hopes of wrapping up every trophy alive when Sen netted the only goal of the game in the sixth minute. Reading await us in the Semi Finals. Our only real away trip this month, bar the EFL Cup Final, saw us travel to struggling Derby and put more pressure on them, running away with a six two victory. Briere hit a brace whilst that man Keith Andrews struck four! The month ended with a second meeting with Tottenham this month and this time they reversed the scoreline, beating us one nil.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]And despite that late defeat against Spurs, we've taken back control of the league this season and its all in our hands again. But only just, with two months remaining and eight matches, Manchester City are hot on our heels, trailing us by just four goals as it stands. Manchester United have closed things up too now with them just five points off the two of us at the top of the pile. Arsenal and Chelsea look set to miss out on Champions League football again whilst Reading look set for a Europa League spot. I think the top four are confirmed almost, just depending what order now.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Not again! We may have already beat Manchester City in both the Community Shield and the EFL Cup this season but it has perhaps been down to luck, winning it on a penalty shootout and the fact they had a man sent off in the latter one. Manchester City have knocked us out of Europe both seasons we've been in it so far, beating us in the Europa League Final two seasons ago and then the Champions League Semi Final last year. Time for revenge? Or time to be sent out and packing again? The Second leg is at home infront our loyal supporters.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Next Update: London City FC - April 2037[/FONT]