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October Summary
Chelsea in the League Cup
Romanians come to town
Another Crewe youngster

Brighton 3 v 0 Nicosia (EC)
Buckley, Hooper, Forster-Caskey
Possession 59%

“Two great counter attacking goals in the first half. Forster-Caskey added a penalty later on.”

I signed another Crewe youngster, Bill Lawton who can play center back/ right back. A player with lots of potential!
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Brighton 1 v 0 Newcastle (L)
Hooper
Possession 58%

“A good victory!”

West Brom 0 v 2 Brighton (L)
Mancienne, West
Possession 53%

“Two goals in 2 minutes. Mancienne scored a cracking header and West added a second after a brilliant counter attack.”

Brighton 0 v 1 Partizan (EC)
Possession 63%

“Played a second string team and got punished.”

Liverpool 2 v 0 Brighton (L)
Possession 44%

“Griezmann scored a thundering free kick to take the lead and Shelvey scored in the 87th​ minute. There wasn’t much difference between the sides.”

Player of the month:

Liam Bridcutt – has been great this month, deserving of a first England or Scotland cap

League position:
7th​ ​
 
Great stuff man Bridcutt looks a beast always seems to develop well!!
 
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Great stuff man Bridcutt looks a beast always seems to develop well!!
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Cheers mate! Yeah Bridcutt is a surprise he could be playing for a top 4 club. Surprised he hasn't got his first cap yet. He has been called up by England 3 times and Scotland 2 times so don't know which nation he will play for.
 
November Summary
Unbeaten Man City come to town
Chelsea in the League Cup
Hooper on fire this month

Brighton 1 v 2 Man City (L)
Hooper
Possession 58%

“Hooper gave us a surprising lead but Hamsik quickly equalised. Tevez put them into the lead just before half time. We had a chance to get a point in the 88th​ minute but Hooper squandered the chance.”

Partizan 2 v 4 Brighton (EC)
Hooper (2), Buckley, Ulloa
Possession 70%

“Took revenge on Partizan with a thumping away victory.”

Brighton 1 v 1 Stoke (L)
Hooper
Possession 66%

“Adrian missed a penalty in the 84th​ minute and we should have won after Stoke took the lead.”

Chelsea 4 v 2 Brighton (L)
Ulloa (2)
Possession 50%

“Chelsea raced into a 2-0 lead by the third minute. Ulloa pulled a goal back but Ben Arfa extended their lead. Ulloa added another just after half time but Ramires finished us off.”

Swansea 1 v 0 Brighton (L)
Possession 57%

“Barnes got sent off in the 37th​ minute which didn’t help. We played well with 10 men just couldn’t get anything out of the game.”

Brighton 3 v 1 Watford (L)
Hooper (2), Ince
Possession 69%

“Hooper gave us the lead just before half time. Ince added a second in the 66th​ minute. Hooper added the third 2 minutes later. Unfortunately De Vrij got sent off and we couldn’t keep the clean sheet.”

Brighton 1 v 2 Chelsea (LC)
Bertrand
Possession 52%

“Hazard gave Chelsea the lead but Bertrand came back to haunt his old club and score his first goal for Brighton. Mata scored in the 89th​ minute to end our dreams of a third League Cup in a row! Nooo!”

Hull 2 v 3 Brighton (L)
Adrien, Hooper, Ince
Possession 55%

“Hull 2-0 up then Brighton 3-2 up! A great comeback and result!”

Player of the month:

Gary Hooper – the first couple of months Hooper had trouble finding the net but this month he has been prolific

League position:
8th​ ​
 
December Summary
Final Euro Cup group games
January transfer window approaching
Can Brighton stay in the top 10?

Brighton 1 v 0 Athletic (EC)
West
Possession 55%

“West gave us the lead from the corner, one of the shortest players but scores with a header. It was a pretty quiet game but a great win none the less. Brighton and Partizan have both got 9 points with one game left.”

Brighton 2 v 1 Tottenham (L)
Crofts, Hooper
Possession 56%

“Like playing Tottenham always do well against them A good victory.”

Sunderland 1 v 1 Brighton (L)
Ulloa
Possession 64%

“A good draw with supersub Ulloa getting the goal.”

Nicosia 0 v 1 Brighton (EC)
West
Possession 66%

“West gave us an early lead to keep our Euro dreams alive. We held on in a nervy game we dominated but couldn’t find the second goal. Partizan also got beat by Athletic which helped us. Through to the next round.”

Brighton 2 v 0 Aston Villa (L)
Philips, Bertrand
Possession 62%

“A great victory in which we dominated throughout.”

Everton 1 v 1 Brighton (L)
Forster-Caskey
Possession 54%

“A good away point at Everton. We dominated throughout and deserved at least a draw.”

Man Utd 0 v 0 Brighton (L)
Possession 48%

“They just beat Swansea 7-0 and are on a 23 game unbeaten run so not the best time to face them! United hit the bar twice in the first 7 minutes but we held on throughout and got a great away point.”

Player of the month:

Gareth Barry – has been great in the anchorman, he’s 34 but could play in any Premier League side

League position:
8th​ ​
 
January Summary
Signings made
FA Cup begins
Montpellier in the Euro Cup

Transfers
In:
Bill Lawton - £2m
Jermaine Defoe - £250k
Will Hughes - £2.5m
Robson - £700k

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Out:
Kazenga LuaLua – loan
Asmundsson – loan
Mackail Smith – pre-contract
Andrew Crofts - £500k
Solly March – free

*Doumbia also signed a pre-contract and will join in the summer

“Decided to invest in youth Lawton and Robson are both going into the youth team and will be the future of the club. Couldn’t turn down Will Hughes for £2.5m which is a bargain and will go into the first team. Defoe is a great poacher although the transfer is low his wages are quite high, so hopefully he can add some goals. With Hughes coming I have four players in the AP role: Buckley, West, Forster-Caskey so had to sell Crofts who is great but nearing 30. The rest were not good enough.”

Brighton 2 v 0 Stoke (FAC)
Dunk, Adrian
Possession 57%

“A good victory in the FA cup. Looking forward to not playing Charlton or Stoke in the cup. If you look at my FA cup history you will understand why!”

Brighton 0 v 0 Reading (L)
Possession 63%

“Gave Will Hughes and Defoe debuts. Second time I’ve dominated against Reading and not been able to score. Still 8 games unbeaten!”

West Ham 1 v 1 Brighton (L)
Hooper
Possession 60%

“A good away point against West Ham.”

Brighton 1 v 0 Norwich (L)
Buckley
Possession 61%

“A good victory but should have scored more.”

Man City 2 v 1 Brighton (FAC)
West
Possession 52%

“A disappointing loss no progression in the FA cup this season. Need to focus on the Euro cup.”

Burnley 2 v 2 Brighton (L)
Ince, Buckley
Possession 59%

“Ince scored a magical goal in the 20th​ minute but Wallace equalised in the 38th​ minute. Buckley scored a great individual goal but Burnley equalised straight away.”

Newcastle 2 v 1 Brighton (L)
Defoe
Possession 53%

“First goal by Defoe is a 30 yard lob. We were unlucky a 90th​ minute winner by Austin won it.”

Player of the month:

Tom Ince – has been scoring and assisting for fun this month

League position:
8th​ ​
 
February Summary
Shocker for Arsenal
Montpellier come to town
First League Cup final I’m not in

Brighton 2 v 0 Arsenal (L)
Adrian, Ulloa
Possession 54%

“Adrian gave us an early lead. We had so many chances and was grateful when Ulloa finally scored in the 84th​ minute.”

Brighton 0 v 0 West Brom (L)
Possession 64%

“Disappointing result considering they had a man sent off.”

Brighton 1 v 0 Montpellier (EC)
De Vrij
Possession 70%

“Barry missed a penalty but De Vrij made up for it and we didn’t concede an away goal which is important.”

Brighton 2 v 1 Liverpool (L)
Hooper, Dawson (OG)
Possession 64%

“7th​ against 6th​. We conceded an early goal. But Hooper responded with a poacher’s effort. Dawson scored a cracking header to give us the lead. Great victory! But Ince is ruled out with a broken arm.”

Montpellier 1 v 1 Brighton (EC)
West
Possession 63%

“They took an early lead but West equalised in the 74th​ minute. 2-1 on aggregate, through to the next round to face Genoa.”

Player of the month:

De Vrij – has been great this month defensively and also scored a crucial goal against Montpellier

League position:
7th​ – reached the 40 point marker​
 
March Summary
Thriller at City
New youth intake
Genoa in the Euro Cup

Man City 1 v 1 Brighton (L)
Hughes
Possession 52%

“We had an early chance to take the lead through a penalty but West missed it. We seem to have a problem converting penalties. City punished us but Hughes quickly equalised. A great away point.”

Genoa 2 v 2 Brighton (EC)
Adrian, Mancienne
Possession 61%

“Adrian gave us a great lead within 10 minutes and an away goal. They pulled one back in the 23rd​ minute. They took the lead but Mancienne scored a crucial goal in the 88th​ minute.”

Stoke 1 v 0 Brighton (L)
Possession 51%

“A poor display from us we had the chance to go 6th​ but didn’t take it.”

Brighton 3 v 1 Genoa (EC)
Mancienne, Granqvist (OG), Hooper
Possession 58%

“A great win against a strong Genoa team. Through to the quarters!”

Player of the month:

Mancienne – was great in both legs against Genoa

League position:
7th​

Best youth players:
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Bridcutt finally got his first cap but for Scotland. England will regret this!
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April Summary
Chelsea get a good pecking
Schalke in the Euro Cup
Can Brighton make it to the semi’s to face Barcelona?

Brighton 2 v 0 Chelsea (L)
Hooper, Philips
Possession 55%

“Hooper gave us the lead with 12 minutes. David Luiz got sent off ten minutes later. Philips added a goal just after half time. A great win.”

Brighton 1 v 0 Swansea (L)
Dunk
Possession 63%

“This time last season Swansea were in 6th​ and offering me a great job opportunity but now they are fighting relegation in 17th​. Decided to play my second team with the Euro Cup coming up. A good win none the less. It also puts us 6th​ ahead of Liverpool.”

Schalke 2 v 1 Brighton (EC)
West
Possession 50%

“Hooper got sent off just after half time making it difficult for us. We scored a penalty! West converted it in the 66th​ minute. But two goals by them put them in the lead. A narrow loss and an important away goal.”

Brighton 0 v 1 Hull (L)
Possession 63%

“A really poor display from us.”

Brighton 2 v 0 Schalke (EC)
Hughes, Adrian
Possession 60%

“A great display with a great finish from Hughes and Adrian scoring a great poachers goal. 3-2 on aggregate and a semifinal match against Barcelona. Get in!”

Watford 2 v 2 Brighton (L)
Hooper, Barnes
Possession 63%

“Hooper gave us a great lead in the 25th​ minute. Watford shocked us by scoring two quick goals but Barnes got a late goal for us.”

Tottenham 2 v 1 Brighton (L)
Coleman
Possession 52%

“Tottenham scored 2 early goals making it difficult to get back in it. Coleman scored a consolation in the 82nd​ minute.”

Brighton 2 v 0 Barcelona (EC)
Ulloa, Buckley
Possession 48%

“The biggest game of my career so far. Buckley hit the post within 2 minutes. Ulloa scored a thundering shot in the 34th​ minute to give us the lead. Buckley added a second just before half time with a misplaced cross sneaking in. A great result.”

Player of the month:

Will Hughes – has settled into the team immediately and has been producing good displays

League position:
7th​​
 
May Summary
Sunderland and Swansea in 12 goal thriller
Tasty tie at the Nou Camp
Season coming to an end

Brighton 2 v 0 Sunderland (L)
Ulloa (2)
Possession 58%

“Played a weaker team with the second leg of the Euro Cup coming up. Ulloa scored in the 35th​ minute and added another in the second half. He has merited a start against Barcelona.”

Barcelona 3 v 0 Brighton (EC)
Possession 47%

“Barcelona scored within 3 minutes, oh no! Messi hit the post 10 minutes later. Messi then scored a header in the 24th​ minute and Pedro scored just after half time. Barcelona were reduced to ten men in the 75th​ minute but we couldn’t get a goal. Gutted but a great display by the lads.”

Aston Villa 2 v 3 Brighton (L)
Dunk, Philips (2)
Possession 58%

“1-0 up, 2-1 down, then 3-2 up. A great match.”

Brighton 1 v 4 Man Utd (L)
Forster-Caskey
Possession 49%

“With 6th​ place guaranteed I decided to give youngsters a match. Oliver Wray, Zach Swift, Asmundsson, Maxime Silvestri and Tom Lawrence all started. Greer is also playing his last game for the club.”

Player of the month:

Ulloa – for his goals and display this month

League position:
6th​​
 
Season Summary
Our second season in the Premier League and we finished 6th​. We got to the 4th​ round of the League cup, 5th​ round of the FA cup and the semi-final of the Euro cup. This season we have defied all the odds and finished in 6th​ place in our second season which is a fantastic achievement. Both domestic cups we didn’t do very well in this season but to be fair we had to play Chelsea and Man City so not that disappointed. In the Euro Cup we did fantastically well and reached the semi’s and were only 90 minutes away from reaching the final. We beat Schalke, Montpellier and got a home win against Barcelona which is an outstanding achievement considering we were playing Championship football not too long ago.

At the end of the season Man Utd (setting a new points total of 96) won the league; Chelsea, Arsenal and Man City make up the remaining Champions League places. Misery for Watford, Swansea and Burnley who were all relegated. They have been replaced by Blackburn, Wolves and Fulham who have come up from the Championship. Tottenham finished 5th​ but won the League Cup and Man City won the FA Cup. As Tottenham won the League Cup they will be playing in the Euro Cup alongside Liverpool (FA Cup runners up) and us who finished 6th​. Another year in Europe looking forward to this.

Round Europe: PSG, FC Bayern, Ajax, Napoli, FCP and Barcelona won their leagues. Real Madrid beat Man City 2-1 in the Champions League. Chelsea beat Barcelona 2-1 in extra time of the Euro Cup.
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Final table:
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Premier League awards:
Footballer of the year: Wayne Rooney
Player’s player of the year: Gareth Bale
Top scorer: Demba Ba (23 goals)
Young player of the year: Jack Wilshere
Manager of the year: Alex Ferguson

Team of the year:
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Adrian - been a decent player for us, bit surprised by his inclusion considering there were better players! Plus he is not in Brighton's toty.

Brighton awards:
Player of the year: Gareth Barry
Top scorer: Gary Hooper (16 goals)
Top assists: Tom Ince (8 assists)
Highest average rating: Lewis Dunk (7.54)
Average possession (league): 61%
Average possession (overall): 65%

Team of the year:
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New Season:
With the surprising finish in the league and Europa Cup decided to set these objectives:
Achieve a top 8 finish
Reach the Quarter final stage of the Europa Cup
Reach a semi-final of a domestic cup
Achieve 51% + possession in most games
Play youth players

Signings:
In:
Seydou Doumbia – free
Kyriakos Papadopoulos - £6m
James Milner – free
Robson - £2m

Out:
Gordon Greer – retired (now u18 coach)
Bruno – retired
Adrian – loan expired
Mackail-Smith – free
Jermaine Defoe - £500k

“Decided to sign some quality players this year rather than just youth which will hopefully push us up the table. Both Doumbia and Milner were available on freed and will add quality to the squad. Papadopoulos was a steel at £6m and will provide competition at center back and anchorman role. Robson is a young Brazilian regen who I signed a while ago but finally turned 18. I loaned him out with Inter the only club to take him. If he’s already getting into the Inter he has a bright future in Brighton. The transfers out were either not good enough or retired.”

Pre-season:
Oxford 1 v 1 Brighton
Leicester 0 v 0 Brighton

“Being in Europe again meant we had a short pre-season. But we played poorly in both games with Milner being the only shining light. Doumbia was particularly poor.”

West also got a surprise call up to the England squad and has 3 caps and 1 goal now.​
 
sounds like a great story. How much detail did you go into when creating the player "you" in the game?
 
nhsladandy said:
sounds like a great story. How much detail did you go into when creating the player "you" in the game?
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Went into quite a lot of detail, I based it on the style of footballer I am: the Modric, Iniesta type player - not as good obviously! Went quite detailed with my details, attributes, preferred moves, positions. Didn't really bother with career plans or relationships. My current ability is quite low 90 I think, but I put my potential ability quite high like Messi standard. But finally got my first few caps for England so hopefully can stay there, but got a bit of competition from Will Hughes at club and international level!
 
July & August Summary
Gyor in the Europa Cup
Premier League begins
Hit and miss with the signings

Brighton 3 v 1 Gyor (EC)
Hooper, Ince (2)
Possession 69%

“They took the lead through a penalty but Hooper pulled a goal back in the 65th​ minute. Ince added 2 more goals to give us a deserving lead.”

Gyor 1 v 1 Brighton (EC)
Barry
Possession 72%

“We made it difficult for ourselves giving them the lead in the 22nd​ minute through a mistake at the back. Barry pulled a goal through a penalty in the second half. 4-2 on aggregate and through to the next round.”

Brighton 4 v 1 Aston Villa (L)
Doumbia, Ince, West, Ulloa
Possession 63%

“Doumbia scored in his first premier league start with a cracking shot outside the box. Ince added another a few minutes later. West added with a 25 yard free kick. Ulloa added a fourth but Villa had to score to ruin our clean sheet. Sitting nicely at the top of the table.”

Brighton 3 v 0 CSKA Sofia (EC)
Philips, Ince, West
Possession 73%

“A great home win for us and will rest some players in the second leg.”

Tottenham 1 v 2 Brighton (L)
Milner, Papadopoulos
Possession 44%

“We took the lead but Tottenham quickly equalised. They then had Sandro sent off in the second half and the giant Greek punished them.”

CSKA Sofia 0 v 2 Brighton (EC)
Buckley, Ulloa
Possession 57%

“With the 3-0 win in the previous leg decided to play a second string team. Buckley gave us the lead in the 36th​ minute. Ulloa added a second just before half time. A good victory which takes us into the group stages.”

Brighton 0 v 3 Newcastle (L)
Possession 62%

“A poor display from us which didn’t help with Papadopoulos getting sent off early on.”

Player of the month:

Tom Ince – has been great this month assisting and scoring for us

League position:
8th​ ​
 
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September Summary
Drawn Man Utd in the League Cup
Genoa, Bordeaux and Tromso in group
No clean sheets

Blackburn 1 v 1 Brighton (L)
Milner
Possession 60%

“A poor display from us and it didn’t help when Hooper got injured meaning we had to play the last 15 minutes without a striker.”

Tromso 1 v 3 Brighton (EC)
Ulloa (2), Forster-Caskey
Possession 69%

“A great game with 3 second half goals winning it for us.”

Hull 1 v 2 Brighton (L)
Doumbia, Hughes
Possession 62%

“A close game that could have gone either way but we scraped through and got the win.”

Brighton 1 v 1 West Ham (L)
M’Bami (OG)
Possession 65%

“After a boring first half Milner immediately forced M’Bami to score an own goal. But they soon equalised. A bore draw. Also Hughes is injured for month joining playmakers West and Forster-Caskey out injured.”

Player of the month:

Will Hughes – has been great this month in the advanced playmaker role and will be breaking into the England squad soon

League position:
5th​
 
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October Summary
Injuries build up
Bordeaux in Europa Cup
League Cup begins at Old Trafford

Brighton 2 v 0 Bordeaux (EC)
Ince, Ulloa
Possession 56%

“Ince gave us the lead in the 24th minute. Ulloa added a second in the 80th minute. Unfortunately he got sent off 3 minutes later! A good victory.”

Brighton 0 v 2 Liverpool (L)
Possession 56%

“A poor display from us.”

Man Utd 1 v 0 Brighton (LC)
Possession 49%

“We put in a good display but it wasn’t enough and we’re out of the League Cup for the second year running.”

Man Utd 2 v 0 Brighton (L)
Possession 38%

“Going away to an unbeaten United side with the likes of Rooney, Van Persie and Bale was never going to be an easy task. Bertrand also got sent off at 1-0 down which didn’t help.”

Brighton 1 v 1 Genoa (EC)
Forster-Caskey
Possession 55%

“Forster-Caskey gave us the lead within 5 minutes. Gilardino equalised in the 45th minute. Disappointing home draw but top with 7 points.”

West Brom 1 v 1 Brighton (L)
Gibbs
Possession 52%

“Great! Frimpong gets sent off early on and they take the lead. We kept going none the less and Gibbs pulled a goal back in the 84th minute.”

Brighton 0 v 1 Chelsea (L)
Possession 61%

“We put in a good display but couldn’t find the goal. Little bit worried with all my strikers struggling to score.”

Signing:

With Fernando Torres available following his release from Chelsea decided to sign him up. Lets hope he can score some goals!

Player of the month:

Jake Forster-Caskey – has been great this month in the advanced playmaker role, especially with injuries to West and Hughes.

League position:
11th​
 
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