Rushden & Diamonds Football Club

[Man v.1]

Breaking News
Former Moto GP and Italian world champion, Valentino Rossi, was unveiled as the new manager for The Diamonds yesterday evening. This could prove to be a tough challenge for the rookie manager who will be taking charge of a club for the first time in his football career.

Club History/Info
Rushden and Diamonds was formed on 21 April 1992 by a merger of Rushden Town and Irthlingborough Diamonds, the brainchild of Max Griggs. The club's first few seasons were remarkable for the success the team enjoyed, finishing 3rd in the Southern League Midland Division in their inaugural season. The following year they won the division, winning promotion to the Southern League Premier Division, and two years later the Diamonds were again promoted as champions. The team had gained promotion to the Football Conference after just four years as a club. Nicknamed the Diamonds, the club plays at Nene Park.​

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Pre Season Matches


Played a total of 6 matches with 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losts. Rossi was quite satisfied with the pre season results.

Player Transfers


Our season expectation was to finish within the top half of the table so The Diamonds manager was not given any transfer fund so he had to loan in some players in order to strengthen his small squad.
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August Results


Manager Valentino Rossi enjoyed a great start to the season with a 4-0 whooping of Salisbury but went on to lose the next away match against York. Since then, The Diamonds were totally enjoying some good results and currently found themselves lying 3rd in the table.

League Table as at end of August
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September Results


7 games played and 7 wins. Scored 16 goals and conceeded none! Rossi was absolutely delighted with his team performances this month and he warned his players not to be too complacent as there is still a long way to go.

League Table as at end of September


Sitting at the top of the table with 5 points ahead of 2nd place Oxford.

BSP Manager of the Month
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[iNickStuff]

Wrong section mate.This is a story.

But good luck anyway.

 

[Chris]

Best of luck mate.

 

[Man v.1]

Wrong section mate.This is a story.

But good luck anyway.

I think it's okay to do a story here coz it's under LLM. Thx anw

Best of luck mate.

Thank you my fellow mate! (H)

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Rushden & Diamonds promotion hopes was dealt with a serious injury blow as their star player, Matt Ritchie who is currently on loan from Portsmouth, will be out of action for around 4 to 5 months due to a torn calf muscle. Ritchie, who plays as an attacking midfielder has been in his fantastic form since joining The Diamonds and has scored a total of 12 goals for the club so far.

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October to December Results


During these 3 packed months, Valentino Rossi's side are really enjoying their football at the moment with their only defeat came from League 1 leaders, Leeds United in the FA Cup.

League Table as at end of December


Still lying healthily in pole position, The Diamonds are really pushing hard for an automatic promotion or even better the BSP league title.
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January & February Results


Within these 2 months, Rossi's team produced a number of outstanding performances with their only lost was against AFC Wimbledon in the FA Trophy. The Diamonds seems unbeatable in the league at the moment and they have extended their unbeaten record in the Blue Square Premier to 31 games following their 3-1 win against Kettering Town. Rushden & Diamonds have also secured a playoff spot for promotion.

League Table as at end of February


Still sitting pretty well and comfortably in the league with only 9 more games to go and are 12 points ahead of 2nd place, York.​

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After maintaining the pole position for much of the season, Rushden & Diamonds were finally promoted to Coca Cola League 2 after they were crowned Blue Square Premier champions with 4 games still left to go. Rushden board and fans were very happy and grateful to manager Valentino Rossi for leading the club to this unexpected success.







League Table
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March & April Results


It's the end of the season and Rossi's side are still unbeatable in the league at the moment which now stretches to 39 games. The last game that they lost was back in August 2009.

Final League Table


Rushden & Diamonds won the league with a massive 114 points and 17 points ahead of 2nd place, York. They have scored the most and conceeded the least in the league.

Player & Team Stats


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[sgebenga]

Lool. I live in rushden. And my cousin used to play for them. Good luck geeze

 

[Man v.1]

That's such a coincidence. Thx mate (H)

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Manager of the Year


Player of the Season


Team of the Year


3 of our first team players were selected for the team of the year. They are Michael Corcoran, Jake Beecroft and Danijel Subotic.

Rushden's Fans' Player of the Year
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Start of Season 10/11

Odds


Rushden & Diamonds have been tipped as outsiders to win promotion to League 1 this campaign. The board have told manager Valentino Rossi to stay away from relegation this season but he assured the board that he is confident that his side can achieve at least a mid table finish or even higher.

To start off the campaign, the board didn't really gave us any transfer budget but the wage budget was being increased slightly more. Rossi will now be hunting for some good players that have been released by their clubs as well as players that are available for loan in order to strenghten his squad.
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[sgebenga]

have you got a kenyan right back in your team mate.? Cause he lives a few doors away from me. and he is constantly throwing parties. lol

 

[Man v.1]

Hmm, what's his name? I dont have any Kenyan players in my squad.

 

[sgebenga]

Curtis Osano. he plays for them in my fm game

 

[Chris]

Keep up the great work mate! You're doing immense.

 

[Man v.1]

Curtis Osano. he plays for them in my fm game

Oh Osano is a Kenyan? Didn't realise that tho. Yes he is in my squad and my first choice RB XD

Cheers Chris! (H)

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Pre Season Results


Played a total of 5 matches with 4 losses and a draw. Even though there was not even a single win for the team, Rossi was quite happy with the performances of his players during the pre season matches.​

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Pre Season Transfers
Diamonds manager Valentino Rossi wasted no time during the transfer window and managed to capture former Blackpool forward, Daniel Nardiello who was released by his club.

Rossi even went on to sign another 2 attackers on loan in order to boost his squad. They are Danijel Subotic who won the player of the season with us in the Blue Square Premier and Arsenal's talented youngster, Rhys Murphy.





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[Chris]

Good signings mate. Good luck for this year.

 

[Man v.1]

Thx for the support Chris! Hoping to get promotion to league 1 this season <)

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Final Transfers Updates


It was quite a busy transfer window for Valentino Rossi as he had to do some revamping for the squad. He released a number of players who were deemed surplus to requirements and brought in a number of good signings to the squad as well.

Key Players
Curtis Osano


Mark Byrne


Lee Tomlin


Daniel Nardiello
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August Results


It was not a great start for Rossi's boys as they lost to recently relegated Yeovil. Rushden were 2-0 up but Yeovil put on a strong fightback to win the game by a single margin. Tbh, the result could have gone either way. Following that, The Diamonds lost against a Cardiff side in the league cup 1st round.

To many surprise, Rossi's side thrashed an injury stricken Bournemouth side in an away encounter whereby Daniel Nardiello bagged his first hat trick for the club. Rushden put on their best performances for the next few matches and they recorded their biggest win ever by whooping Burton 7-0 at home with Tomlin scoring a record of 4 goals in a match.

League Table as at end of August


Sitting pretty comfortably in 2nd place behind current league leaders, Grimsby Town.

Biggest Win


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September & October Results


Only 2 losses within these two months which is against Notts County in the league and against Milwall in the JPT. Rossi's boys were totally fantastic and secured big results against Accrington and Tranmere. Rushden's key midfielder, Lee Tomlin had been in superb form since the start of the season and he just can't stop scoring.

League Table as at end of October
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Sitting pretty well in the top with only 2 losses so far and only 4 points separated the first and second place.

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November & December Results


Well, it's been a fantastic 2 months for Valentino Rossi's side as they looked unbeatable so far in the league. Some wonderful results there against Barnet and Oxford as well as a nice win against league 1 side, Rochdale in the 2nd round of the FA Cup. Rushden will be facing Carlisle in the 3rd round at Nene Park.

League Table as at end of December


Doing brilliantly in the league so far and an amazing of 15 points lead ahead of 2nd in the table Rotherham. Plenty of goals were scored as well for The Diamonds.​

 

[Chris]

Amazing stuff mate! Keep up the great work.

 

[Man v.1]

Cheers buddy! Hopefully more people will follow my story (H)

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January Results & Transfers


Rushden & Diamonds start off the new year with a win against League 1 side, Carlisle in the 3rd round of FA Cup. But their remarkable form in the league came to an abrupt end after a narrow defeat against 2nd in the league, Rotherham. They suffered their 2nd lost in the month against Championship side, Leicester City in the 4th round of FA Cup. But then again, The Diamonds bounce back with a 3-1 win against Notts County at Nene Park.



Manager Valentino Rossi was not interested to sign any new players but he sold Rob Wolleaston and Simon Downer on a free transfer to cut down the club's wage budget.

League Table as at end of January


After 30 games played, Rossi's side looked certain for the League 2 title and they are 19 points ahead of 2nd in the league, Rotherham. The Diamonds even scored a massive of 80 goals in 30 games!​

 

[iNickStuff]

Whoa,this is immense! You're doing fantastic!

 

[Man v.1]

Thx mate! I'm quite surprised as well that it turns out to be this fantastic

 

[Chris]

Yet again mate. Superb. Keep it up!!! (Done an update too.)

 

[Man v.1]

February Results


4 wins out of 5 games in this month for Rossi's side and lost to our nearest rival, Northampton. It's quite an impressive achievement getting 12 points out of a maximum of 15.

League Table as at end of February


Still sitting comfortably at the top of the table with a 19 point lead and 11 more games to go before the season ends.
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[sgebenga]

doin very well mate. keep it up. its lookin good for good ol rushden lol