[FONT="]___________________________________________________________________ London City FC - Champions League Final 2039[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Here we go then, the biggest game of our history, the biggest game ever for London City FC as we face our first ever Champions League Final. Having reached the Semi Final the last three years, losing to Manchester United in the previous two and Manchester City the year before that, we've come close but never quite there. We have only ever faced one European Final and that was the Europa League, losing to Manchester City four seasons ago. Now we go toe to toe with one of the biggest teams in Germany, in the World, Bayern Munich, could we come out on top, all the stats running up to the game.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Bayern Munichs run to the Final has been a very strong one this year. They faced a group which included Legia, Sporting and Real Madrid, going through the group stage unbeaten with five wins and a draw from their six games. They then went on to beat Valencia four three on aggregate in the First Knockout Round. They narrowly scraped past Benfica on away goals in the Quarter Finals, picking up their only defeat in the competition in the Second Leg. Before they faced Real Madrid for the third and fourth time in the competition this season in the Semi Finals, winning the tie on penalties with both legs ending one all.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Our run I'd say looks tougher, especially once we were out of the group stage. We went through the groups with a perfect record, picking up six wins from six as Dortmund were very poor and crashed out with only one win. St Etienne almost caused an upset beating us in the First Leg of the First Knockout Round before we beat them at home. We went on to easily dispatch Spanish giants Barcelona, six one on aggregate before finally beating Manchester United in the Semi Final, third time lucky, four two to set up the big Final.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]And so onto our head to head records with the German giants Bayern Munich and as you can see, we're unbeaten against them in four head to head ties. We first faced them in the group stage back in 2035, beating them two nil at home and three two away. The only other time we faced them was in the 2037/38 campaign where we met them in the First Knockout Round, drawing one all in Germany before beating them easily at home, three one.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]We go into the Final as favorites with the bookmakers, only just, but favorites non the least. We have just retained our league title for a third consecutive title whilst Bayern finished third in their league as they saw Schalke claim a second successive title in the Bundesliga. We are without defenders Nieto and Sen whilst attacking midfielder Wottrich was a doubt. Mazurek, Espino and Willis miss out due to not being registered.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Half Time:[/FONT][FONT="]We're behind to a strong starting Bayern Munich side. We've tried to do our bit on the pitch but it just hasn't pulled off, seeing Bayern hold a two nil lead at the interval. Schindler headed home from eight yards out after just sixteen minutes. We continued to press and then got caught on a counter attack and that saw Bresler tap home from inside the six yard box to double the German sides lead. [/FONT][FONT="]We had it all to do in the second half.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Full Time: Champions!! What a comeback![/FONT][FONT="] We were class out there in the second half and pressed Bayern to park the bus, playing attacking football and it paid off. An early own goal as Arregui drilled in a cross saw us back in the game only a minute into the second half. We had to wait for the equaliser though, we kept pushing but eventually Arregui slotted home at the far post, game on! Finally we took the lead with ten minutes to go, a long ball over the top from Kabongo saw Sam Wood run onto the loose ball, shrug off the defender and slot past the on rushing keeper to guide us to our first ever Champions League title and secure the treble this year.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Next Update: London City FC - End of Season Round Up 2039[/FONT]
Thanks neavie pops23 only took twenty three years! haha!
[FONT="]___________________________________________________________________ London City FC - End Of Season Review 2039[/FONT]
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[FONT="]A sensational season comes to an end, we closed season twenty three off in fine style, taking home the treble with the two biggest titles in England, the Premier League and FA Cup along with finally adding the missing piece to the trophy collection, the biggest trophy in the world. The Champions League! As we came back from two down at half time to win three two in the Final.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Lets start on the left, the [/FONT][FONT="]player stats[/FONT][FONT="]. Our French international striker Thierry Akoli ended as our highest scorer for the club across all competitions as well as taking the Champions League goldenboot. He netted thirty seven goals for us this year. Fatih Sen took the highest average rating with seven point six whilst also taking the most bookings this year with fourteen. Arregui grabbed most assist with seventeen, one of those coming in the Champions League Final. Landzaat completed eighty eight percent of his passes across the season whilst Akoli picked up eight man of the matches. [/FONT][FONT="]Onto Competitions[/FONT][FONT="] And we scooped the treble and that pleased me especially as it was the bigger three we scooped too. Taking the Premier League title by three points, the FA Cup as we beat Manchester United in the Final and the Champions League where we mounted that superb comeback. However we couldn't defend our EFL Cup crown as Arsenal beat us by a single goal in the Semi Final whilst we also lost the Community Shield Final against Manchester United. [/FONT][FONT="]Financially[/FONT][FONT="] we're probably in the best state we've ever been in. We have a whopping bank balance over one hundred and thirty two million pounds as we made an apparent fifty three million pounds this season. Our transfer budget has stayed at sixty eight million pounds whilst we have three hundred and fifty thousand pounds spare in the wage budget.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Here we go then, the end of season player stats and its been another good season from the boys. Both Wall and Grabovac have shared the sixty three games this season between them with Wall playing twenty three and Grabovac playing forty. Frik was our highest scoring defender this year, netting six from the back, Hoppe made the most appearances, playing sixty matches for us this year. Landzaat had a pretty good season in midfield, playing fifty four, setting up ten goals and scoring ten goals. Arregui set up sixteen and scored sixteen in his thirty nine matches this year whilst Akoli hit thirty seven goals in forty give games.[/FONT]
[FONT="]What next:[/FONT]
[FONT="]A -[/FONT][FONT="]Continue to dominate the Premier League and domestic cups, aim to be the biggest team in England, overtaking the current teams who have won the most trophies in each competition. As well as trying to get a bit of dominance in the Champions League[/FONT]
[FONT="]B -[/FONT][FONT="]Turn the club into an all Englishman club and continue to dominate [/FONT]
[FONT="]C -[/FONT][FONT="] Play out one more season so I can play the European Super Cup, World Club Championships etc.[/FONT]
[FONT="]D -[/FONT][FONT="]Retire the save.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Let me know what you'd like to see now, whether its time to turn the save off or continue playing[/FONT]
[FONT="]Next Update: London City FC - ... 2039[/FONT]
Thanks naterr not bored of it yet thats for sure! I think at the end of the save eventually I will process forward to see if they maintain the dominance.
Brexit did happen years ago EnglishYeti wouldn't know what the outcome of it was now though. I like the thought of an all English team trying to dominate.
Thanks Tracz
Cheers neavie pops23 I shall do, hopefully one day soon.
[FONT="]___________________________________________________________________ London City FC - Pre Season Review 2039[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Following a strong review from you readers, the career will continue to progress especially for now at least as we have a few seasons of enjoyment in it yet. I've decided to try and bring more English blood into the capital city side and seeming we struggle to get them through our own youth academy for the past twenty three years I'll have to buy them in for now. All the summer news, transfers, squad and results on the pitch follows below. We've also launched three new kits this year after having the same ones for the past two years. Including a ghastly 'golden shirt' for our Champions League celebrations.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Lets start at the top, Our strong run in the European Champions League has seen us move to second from eleven in the European club rankings as we sit behind only Real Madrid now, the previous competition holders. Its a great jump for us, we just now need to try and secure it. The richlist was also announced and we have moved back into the 'one billion club' and back in the top five as we sit fifth on one point one seven billion pounds. We sit behind Arsenal, Chelsea, Read Madrid and Manchester United.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Lets start with the outgoings this year and we made some absolute mad money! I've organised it by fee as we had a lot of players leave on loan deals, free transfers etc this season so it was the best way to show it. Yacouba Fofana is out of the club for a club record of seventy three million pounds, potentially rising to ninety six million pounds. Its a shame he joins Arsenal, a league rival as he had an offer from PSG too. Alex Tagoe who has a bright future, joins Fulham for thirty million whilst Arregui who played a big part of the Champions League Final moved to Liverpool for seventeen and a half million whilst Bertolotti joins Cardiff for just over sixteen million with potential addons. Four players join this summer, total spending fifty four million which sees us make an eighty two million pound profit to date. All four players are youngsters which i hope will pull strings over the next few seasons, three of them arriving from West Ham.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Mainly defenders brought in this summer as I felt that was where I had least Englishman, they're all young and will grow into the game getting first team football this season for sure as we won't be shipping them out on loan.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]We have a fairly big squad now, this is my senior bunch which includes some players under the age of twenty one, the Englishman I've signed with bright futures etc. But I'm planning to give them first team football this year. Four goalkeepers are now in the squad, Grabovac is transfer listed as hes had a few good years at the club but we can now get some good money for him. Still a few foreign players to dispatch however I don't want to push the whole squad out and and new faces in on day one of the changeover as it could upset it big time.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]The results from pre season look very good for us and promising with all that has been going on. A draw with Kobenhavn kicked things off but then we won our next four friendlies including a three one win over AS Monaco, the French giants couldn't cope with Sam Wood up front. Onto the Community Shield which featured in July this year...[/FONT]
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[FONT="]A repeat of last years tie except this time we got way with the trophy this time[/FONT][FONT="]. I fielded a starting full English eleven this time around and it definately worked out here. A Sam Wood brace securing us the Community Shield again. Wood netted the quickest ever Community Shield, netting after just twenty eight seconds. And despite the stats being against us, we netted a second, seventeen minutes from time to secure a two nil win.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]___________________________________________________________________ London City FC - August 2039[/FONT]
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[FONT="]We move into August and aim to start the season with another strong run, the last two years we've managed to build up strong, lengthy unbeaten runs and it was time to see if we could do it again. Following the success in the Community Shield at the end of July we have the chance to 'double' our trophy count for the season as early as August as we faced the European Super Cup for the first time ever. We also face four Premier League games in August.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]A pretty confident start to the season from the boys saw us go unbeaten in the opening month with three wins and two draws. Still conceding too many as we have already seen ten goals go in our net in just five matches whilst scoring sixteen ourselves. A good trip to newly promoted Derby kicked things off where we scored all five of our goals after the break. Wood hit a hatrick whilst Wottrich struck one and Andrews was also on target.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Champions of the European Superb Cup! It was a thriller too, we dominated the game, dominated that ball and won it late on. The game in Italy didn't disappoint as we went up against Europa League winners Leverkusen from Germany. We were behind after fourteen minutes when Borges netted only to draw level two minutes later through Wood. It went back advantage Germany when Borges hit his second in the twenty sixth minute to lead two one. However eight minutes later we had fought back again, two all, this time Hoppe netting from a corner. And we left it late to win it, Akoli coming off the bench and firing home in the final minutes.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Early days yet but Chelsea lead the way with twelve points from a possible fifteen so far this season. They're the only side in the top five to have played five games so can be overtaken by unbeaten Manchester City and Arsenal if they both win their game in hand. We sit fifth at the moment on eight points as those two silly draws cost us early on. Just three of us unbeaten to this date.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]And to end, our Champions League group as we look to defend our title. It'll be hard work but we will give it a go. The group will be tough as we face Paris Saint-Germain for a third year in five in the group stage. Spanish side Valencia will also join us along with Bulgarian First League side Ludogorets. Obviously I expect us to advance from this.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Following another unbeaten start to the league season we head into September hoping to continue it whilst I try and give my Englishman a bit more game time this season. We'd face a month with plenty of premier League action along with two Champions League matches as well as kicking off the EFL Cup as we looked to win it back after losing it last season.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Well, another strong month and only drawing the one match and that was against Manchester United so can take credit from that. We welcomed Manchester City to start the month and played out a three two thriller, another brace for Wood whilst Dunn netted in the second half. A trip to Bulgaria saw us take on Ludogorets and they gave us no real competition as we started our Champions League group with a four nil win, all four ggoals in the second half as Akoli hit a hatrick and Dunn also found the net. Our only draw this month saw Manchester United come to us and end three all. A trip to Championship side Cardiff saw me rotate the side a lot. We still didn't struggle as we advanced from the EFL Cup Third Round with Godwin. Andrews and Dunn netting in the three one win. Another away trip, this time to Liverpool as we beat them two one. Wood and Andrews netting in the first half. Ending the month with a two nil win at home against Spanish side Valencia as Wood hit a brace to secure a the win.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Big surprise to see Everton leading the way at the top of the table after seven league games. We're second, level on points with them however trailing on goal difference. We're also still unbeaten unlike Everton who have lost two already this season. Chelsea are third, also level on points with us two at the top of the table. Early days yet, but we're there or there abouts again this year.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Unbeaten again in the opening two months of the league season and in all cup competitions to date. We move into October with the aim to try and continue our superb unbeaten run and who knows, potentially beat our current unbeaten record. Six more matches awaited us this month with four more Premier League games as well as another game in the Champions League and the EFL Cup.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Sam Wood' on fire, your defence is terrified! Sam Woods on fire, la la la la la la la la la la la la! Our unbeaten run ends as we faced QPR for the second time in four days, but before that, five more wins on the bounce. As we kicked off the month at home against Swansea we won comfortably, five one as Sam Wood started the month as he'd go on, netting four of our five whilst Akoli converted a spot kick. It was another four for Wood in our trip to Reading where we won six four. Along with Wood' four, Landzaat converted a spot kick and Wottrich also on target. Wood made it eleven goals in three games as we traveled to France and beat PSG five three, a hatrick for the young English striker along with an own goal and another penalty, our third in as many games, converted by Akoli. Just the one for Wood as we returned home to beat Huddersfield two nil Frik also netting inside thirteen minutes. A narrow one nil win in the EFL Cup Fourth Round, Wood netting the only goal against QPR. We finished the month on a sour note, throwing away a twelve minute two goal lead after Andrews netted twice but QPR struck three second half goals.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Three wins from three in the Champions League and now in control of the group stage. PSG sit second, three points behind us however we've already beat them in France so confident we can get the points back at home in our next game. Valencia sit bottom and as it stands, could miss out on the Europa League spot.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]After QPR annoyingly haulted our unbeaten run at the end of October we move into November hoping to put it right as quickly as possible. Form hasn't been a problem for us at all since sailing to the top of the Premier League, building some incredible unbeaten runs and now we aim to get a second one on the go this season. With plenty of league, Champions League and EFL Cup action this month we had the chance to keep runs going in all competitions before the Club World Championships begin next month.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Following QPR beating us at the end of last month we bounced back in fine fashion in November with four wins and two draws from our six matches. Welcoming PSG we made it four wins from four in the Champions League with Hoppe, Andrews and Wottrish all netting for us. A goalless draw at home against Middlesbrough in the league followed as I played a slightly younger side, the same side that faced Wolves away which drew one all as Da Costa scored. Our form picked up as I reintroduced the foreign players, winning two nil against Ludogorets two nil, Landzaat and an own goal before beating Fulham at home three nil with Wottrich netting and Wood hitting his only two of the month. Ending with a spot in the EFL Semi Final as we beat WOlves in the Quarter Final two one.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]We sit second and the league seems tighter than ever after fourteen games. Our form hasn't been the greatest this year but with the introduction of so many English youngsters I was expecting us to topple a little bit. We're still very much in the title race though. Manchester City lead on goal difference with us occupying second place. The red side of Manchester are third, also level on points with us and having the same goal difference as we do whilst Arsenal are only a further point behind in fourth, however have played a game more. Spurs strangely find themselves struggling with just eleven points on the board after nineteen games.[/FONT]
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Also interesting to see Everton doing well with them being in the Championship a couple of years back! Any chance you can show us who is record apps/ goal scorer?
Must of taken some time Wilko so thank you for that. What records is that for, the league or our club records?
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[FONT="]December 2039 would see us enter a competition we've never, ever played in! The Club World Championship and we will face two games in that competition during the month. It was going to be a busy winter month with seven matches all together to be played over three different competitions. We faced two Club World Championship games, One Champions League game as we had already topped the group stage whilst playing four Premier League games. [/FONT]
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[FONT="]Well a couple defeats over December but all in all it wasn't too bad, we won the Club World Championship too! It began away at Everton where an away goal and a strike from Wood secured the win. A trip to Spain saw us lose two one to Valencia after Andrews put us ahead after six minutes. The Club World Championship saw us face Al-Ahli in the Semi Final, winning that seven three as we played a heavily English side, Wottrich one of the only non Englishman, he scored twice as did Andrews. Dunn, Bird and Willis also netted for us to send us tot he Final.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Champions and the treble secured already this season! It was a narrow game against Tigres in the Club World Championship. It was a fairly even game, Dunn netted the opener, two minutes from the break from a spot kick. We conceded in the final minute though and headed to Extra Time and penalties. But we held our nerve here scoring all our spot kicks to easily win the shootout.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]This also saw me climb to the top of the English managers hall of fame! Its been a long time coming but I'm finally there. Now to try and scale the national hall of fame as well as the world![/FONT]
[FONT="]Back to England and Premier League action we welcomed Stoke and beat them two nil, Dunn netting before the break and an own goal late on getting us across the line. Arsenal then beat us as we traveled across London to them, losing three one with Wood netting our goal Ending the month with a trip to Southampton to win two nil as Landzaat and Akoli were on target.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]We're fourth in the league at the moment but have three games in hand over the three teams above us at this stage of the season and can go above all three and back to the top of the pile if we win all three. Manchester united lead the table, level on points with second place Arsenal and just a point above Manchester City in third.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]We were denied a perfect group stage for a second season as Valencia beat us in the final game of the groups but that didn't help them as they still finished bottom and we were already top and qualified with ease. PSG advance in second place with nine points whilst its Ludogorets who head to the Europa League for finishing third.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]With the treble already secured this season it could be a glamours one for us indeed this year if we were to scoop the remaining four competitions we sit in. With another month and New Year here now, we faced the usual bunch of Premier League action, FA Cup and EFL Cup action. We could secure ourselves a spot in the EFL Cup Final next month come the end of January whilst progression through the FA Cup is the aim as well.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]The New Year has started alright, a slight blip after the opening game but we rectified that and sorted ourselves out from there on in. We welcomed Derby to kick off 2040, beating them one nil with Wood netting. The FA Cup Third Round drew us on the road against League One Hartlepool, drawing nil nil as I put out a young side. The EFL Cup Semi Final Leg One saw us travel to Middlesbrough and come back without anything, losing two one after Vaughan fired us ahead early on. Back to League action we traveled to Manchester City and beat them three two, Wood hitting a brace inside the opening twenty four minutes with Landzaat netting in between those two goals. We conceded twice but held on for the win. Welcoming Hartlepool in the FA Cup Third Round replay it was plain sailing with a stronger side to ensure we progressed, we won four nil. Three more home games followed seeing us come from behind to beat Tottenham two one with Andrews and Wood netting in the second half. We just about reached the EFL Cup Final after missing out on it last year, winning the second leg against Middlesbrough two one and requiring a shootout to see us through. We'll face Everton in the Final. Finally ending the month at home against Burnley and winning three one in the FA Cup Fourth Round, Sen, Wood and Hoppe our scorers.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]We're being made to work for the league title this year and our fourth in a row as the Club World Championship saw us four games behind our opponents now meaning all the pressure is on us to catch them up. Manchester United lead the way with fifty five points. Arsenal occupy second with fifty three whilst Manchester City sit third on fifty one points. Four points separating the top three sides having all played twenty five games. We sit fourth, seven points in front of fifth place Chelsea who have played three more than us. If we win all four of our games in hand on the top three we can move to the top of the pile and sit four points clear. Win three of the four and we'll got second on goal difference. The ball is in our court for sure.[/FONT]
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Finally finished reading all this, what an incredible save. Truly one of the best I've seen on this website and I've been knocking about on here for about 5 years! Awesome stuff mate.
Just finished reading. Truly one of the best saves i've read on this website. Can you have a screenshot of all the clubs records like most appearances, highest goal scorer .etc
****** **** that must of taken some time Sam91 I appreciate that! Thanks for the kind words.
Thanks very much CC225 I appreciate the kind words. Certainly here are the records of the club: Records 1Records 2
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[FONT="]Another slow start to the month but we definitely picked the pace up and things went on. A defeat in the Champions League again leaves it all to do, we scooped the EFL Cup come the end of February. A draw against Chelsea kicked things off, coming from behind twice with Andrews and Dunn netting. We then lost three two against Premier League title rivals Manchester United. We improved as we welcomed Watford and beat them five two, seeing five different scorers with an own goal, Dunn, Bird, Andrews and Wood netting. A trip to Wales saw us beat Swansea three nil before welcoming Liverpool and beating them late on with Bird netting the only goal of the game six minutes from time. We move into FA Cup action where the Fifth Round saw us welcome Tottenham and again progress with ease, winning four two. Andrews, Wood and Bird netted in the first half, Wood had a second in the second half. A trip to France saw us lose against AS Saint-Etienne in the Champions League First Knockout Round first leg, same as we did last year, except its two nil this time.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Quadruple secured![/FONT][FONT="] Everton really didn't put up much of a contest against us in the EFL Cup Final as we ran to an easy four nil victory. We battered them stats wise and come half time we led two nil. Akoli netted an early spot kick before Frik headed home a corner to see us comfortable and plane sailing early on. Second half it took a while, but with eighteen minutes to go Andrews sent us three nil up before Hoppe put the icing on the cake with our fourth late on.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]We're still fourth, but still got games in hand. We sit fourth and seven points over league leaders Manchester United as it stands, meaning if we win our two games in hand we can only go second in the league, we're going to have to work for another title with twelve games to go. Arsenal are three points ahead of us in second whilst Manchester City are level on points with us in third but have a better goal difference.[/FONT]
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Jeez, the last time I was on here and read this thread you were still in the lower divisions and now about a month later I come back and you're challenging for the Premier League title! Incredible mate, hope to see you win it this season
We are in fact now aiming for our fourth straight Premier League title Linecoigne1998 thats how long you've missed It'll be tough to catch United this year, moving to an all English team and featuring more youngsters this year around looks to have cost us.
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[FONT="]Four trophies secured this season and back home in our trophy cabinet before we've even played a minute of football at the start of March. To date its been a real head turning season, scooping the Community Shield, European Super Cup, Club World Championship and most recently the EFL Cup here we beat Everton in the Final last month. We now head into March trying to hunt down Manchester United at the top of the pile and close the gap as we seek our fourth Premier League title on the bounce as well as trying to recover in the Champions League and continue progressing in the FA Cup. Heres how the month unfolded.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]In all honesty I can't see us winning the league title this year, I forgot about a game at the end of February so its added in now. We lost it against West Ham, a five goal thriller ending three two to the Hammers. Another trip on the road saw us go to struggling Huddersfield and draw three all, being three one up at half time we should of finished the job off. At home we welcomed Reading, winning three nil as Wood hit a brace and Akoli also struck. The FA Cup run continues as I think we're on for our fifth in a row, beating Leicester in the FA Cup Sixth Round two one, Sen and Wood striking for us. The Champions League First Knockout Round saw us turn the tie against AS Saint Etienne again, winning five nil at home as Wood hit a brace, Bird, Akoli and an own goal got us into the Quarter Finals. Two more league games to end the month, a trip to Middlesbrough saw us win two one, coming back from behind with Sen and Wood netting. Finally ending the month at home welcoming Wolves and winning three one. Wood missing through injury so Andrews took his spot and netted a brace, Landzaat also struck.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Well, it looks like our hopes of another league title is now out of the question. Manchester United lead the way at the top of the pile, playing thirty two games and leading the group by nine points. We occupy second place, nine points behind the league leaders but do have a game in hand. I'm hoping we can close the gap and put them under some pressure on the run in. Arsenal are three points behind us with Manchester City a further pint behind. [/FONT]
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[FONT="]The Champions League Quarter Final will see us face Spanish giants and league leaders Real Madrid. The First Leg will be in London with us at home before we travel to the Spanish country a couple days later to take them on at the Bernabau. It'll be tough but we will give it our all.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Next Update: London City FC - April 2040[/FONT]
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It'll be tough to catch United this year, moving to an all English team and featuring more youngsters this year around looks to have cost us.
