Same thing happened to me in the 2nd round of qualifiers. Hopefully in a few seasons time we can both make it to the group stages, but its going to be tough.
Yeah the Old Gold is a pretty cool nickname! haha.
The Rise of Wales - Carmarthen Town
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Same thing happened to me in the 2nd round of qualifiers. Hopefully in a few seasons time we can both make it to the group stages, but its going to be tough.
Yeah the Old Gold is a pretty cool nickname! haha.
October
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October was a pretty steady month for us as we managed to hold on to 1st place. It was disappointing to lose at home to our rivals, Aberystwyth but other than that i was pretty pleased. Will Abbotts continued his good form this month and is great to see another striker getting in amongst the goals alongside Mark Jones, who we were so reliant on last season.
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So TNS decided to sack there manager, after a sluggish start to the season by there standards and to my surprise, I was touted as the bookies favourite to fill the vacant role. TNS are a much bigger side than Carmarthen Town, but I have a job to finish here and am happy with the squad i have started to build.
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November is a busy month featuring 6 matches across 3 different tournaments. The first match is arguably the biggest as we travel to 2nd place Bangor City. I am confident of progressing in both our cup matches and can hopefully hang on to 1st place in the League.
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Alex Lawless managed to sprain his ankle in his first game back for the reserves after his damaged hip. He will now be out for a further 2 months, which is a massive blow to the team.
Right winger, Kyle Bassett is also out for a while with a pulled hamstring leaving the right wing responsibilities to 16 year old Matthew Spain, who is a product of our academy. This is his big chance to impress.
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October was a pretty steady month for us as we managed to hold on to 1st place. It was disappointing to lose at home to our rivals, Aberystwyth but other than that i was pretty pleased. Will Abbotts continued his good form this month and is great to see another striker getting in amongst the goals alongside Mark Jones, who we were so reliant on last season.
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So TNS decided to sack there manager, after a sluggish start to the season by there standards and to my surprise, I was touted as the bookies favourite to fill the vacant role. TNS are a much bigger side than Carmarthen Town, but I have a job to finish here and am happy with the squad i have started to build.
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November is a busy month featuring 6 matches across 3 different tournaments. The first match is arguably the biggest as we travel to 2nd place Bangor City. I am confident of progressing in both our cup matches and can hopefully hang on to 1st place in the League.
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Alex Lawless managed to sprain his ankle in his first game back for the reserves after his damaged hip. He will now be out for a further 2 months, which is a massive blow to the team.
Right winger, Kyle Bassett is also out for a while with a pulled hamstring leaving the right wing responsibilities to 16 year old Matthew Spain, who is a product of our academy. This is his big chance to impress.
November
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November was an unbeaten month for us across 3 different tournaments. We managed to hang on to 1st place and open up a 3 point gap over Bangor, with a far superior goal difference. Its a shame we couldn't hang on to beat Bangor in the league, as they scored a late equaliser. TNS are really struggling this season and is leaving the title race wide open. Hopefully we can maintain this form for the remainder of the season and am sure we will have a real shot at the title!
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We have been drawn against TNS in both the JD Welsh Cup 4th Round and the final of theWord Cup. Despite TNS struggling slightly in the League, they are still the best team in the League and both matches will be a challenge. The League is the priority this season but i wouldn't complain if we were to pick up some additional silverware along the way!
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Our 3-1 win over Afan Lido was selected as a fan day, and am hopeful that our good performance will boost attendance in the future. We already have a pretty decent attendance in comparison to other teams in the league, but are still only filling around 10% capacity.
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So for the 3rd time this season, i came in as 2nd in manager of the month. It seems impossible to pick that illusive award up at the moment, but I am not to concerned after i look at the table.
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Will Abbotts has been in scintillating form this season for us and is in contention for winning Welsh Young Player of The Year! I fear it could be a struggle to keep hold of him for next season.
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The month brought a couple more injuries to our starting line up. The injury to Spain means that we were without any natural right wingers for around 3 matches. It was a bit of an inconvenience but we still got the results.
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December looks a tough month and is really going to test whether or not we have the ability to win the League. TNS and Port Talbot finished 1st and 2nd last season, so will be interesting to see how we get on against them on the road.
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November was an unbeaten month for us across 3 different tournaments. We managed to hang on to 1st place and open up a 3 point gap over Bangor, with a far superior goal difference. Its a shame we couldn't hang on to beat Bangor in the league, as they scored a late equaliser. TNS are really struggling this season and is leaving the title race wide open. Hopefully we can maintain this form for the remainder of the season and am sure we will have a real shot at the title!
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We have been drawn against TNS in both the JD Welsh Cup 4th Round and the final of theWord Cup. Despite TNS struggling slightly in the League, they are still the best team in the League and both matches will be a challenge. The League is the priority this season but i wouldn't complain if we were to pick up some additional silverware along the way!
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Our 3-1 win over Afan Lido was selected as a fan day, and am hopeful that our good performance will boost attendance in the future. We already have a pretty decent attendance in comparison to other teams in the league, but are still only filling around 10% capacity.
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So for the 3rd time this season, i came in as 2nd in manager of the month. It seems impossible to pick that illusive award up at the moment, but I am not to concerned after i look at the table.
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Will Abbotts has been in scintillating form this season for us and is in contention for winning Welsh Young Player of The Year! I fear it could be a struggle to keep hold of him for next season.
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The month brought a couple more injuries to our starting line up. The injury to Spain means that we were without any natural right wingers for around 3 matches. It was a bit of an inconvenience but we still got the results.
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December looks a tough month and is really going to test whether or not we have the ability to win the League. TNS and Port Talbot finished 1st and 2nd last season, so will be interesting to see how we get on against them on the road.
December
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Another unbeaten month, extends our lead at the top of the table to 8 points! We have been on a staggering run of form and have broken our previous unbeaten record. I have just been using a pretty standard 4-4-2, but it appears to fit the team perfectly. Although i am trying to develop a couple of alternate formations, as it wont be long until the opposition start to suss me out! The only problem is not many alternate formations i can use with this squad.
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Yet again i finish 2nd in the Manager of the Month award! I am consistent if nothing else!
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I approached the board full of hope to ask whether we could turn professional, after raking in that 300k from Europa at the start of the season. Despite us appearing to have sufficient funds the chairman is happy at the level we are operating and refused. As a bit of a token gesture he allowed me to employ an additional coach to help with training.
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We have our final 2 matches of the Welsh Premier League before the division split and our 2 cup matches against TNS to look forward to in January. It would be nice to have some silverware already in the cabinet come the start of February, even if it is a bit of a nothing trophy.
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Another unbeaten month, extends our lead at the top of the table to 8 points! We have been on a staggering run of form and have broken our previous unbeaten record. I have just been using a pretty standard 4-4-2, but it appears to fit the team perfectly. Although i am trying to develop a couple of alternate formations, as it wont be long until the opposition start to suss me out! The only problem is not many alternate formations i can use with this squad.
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Yet again i finish 2nd in the Manager of the Month award! I am consistent if nothing else!
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I approached the board full of hope to ask whether we could turn professional, after raking in that 300k from Europa at the start of the season. Despite us appearing to have sufficient funds the chairman is happy at the level we are operating and refused. As a bit of a token gesture he allowed me to employ an additional coach to help with training.
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We have our final 2 matches of the Welsh Premier League before the division split and our 2 cup matches against TNS to look forward to in January. It would be nice to have some silverware already in the cabinet come the start of February, even if it is a bit of a nothing trophy.
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I wonder what it will take to go pro? Hopefully you win the League and surely that would warrant a pro status!
I Know - If we win the league they must agree to turn the club pro, especially with our solid financial position!
I just had a look at the other teams in the Welsh Premier League and TNS are the only pro side!
theWord Cup Final
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So we went into theWord Cup Final as very slight underdogs, but had every chance of lifting the trophy at the end of the match. I decided to field a pretty much full strength side, but decided to let our young backup goalkeeper, Fleming go in goal.
TNS had the better of the first half creating 3 good goalscoring chances, but were denied by either Fleming or a lack of composure. We could only manage one goal scoring opportunity, as Mark Jones was denied by Taylor from only 5 metres out, with Abbots striking the post with the rebound.
We started the 2nd half much brighter and a cross from RB, Jones went all the way through to the back post where an unmarked Ian Shepard cooly applied the finish. It didn't take long for TNS to reply as Cieslewicz found himself unmarked area and headed in from 6 yards out. 1-1.
The match finished 1-1, and so extra time beckoned. With both teams starting to fade, chances arose at both ends of the pitch but neither team could apply the crucial finish to win the match.
Fortunately we managed to hold our nerve in the shoot-out winning 4-2. We converted all four of our penalties as both Fleming and the crossbar denied 2 of their players.
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So we went into theWord Cup Final as very slight underdogs, but had every chance of lifting the trophy at the end of the match. I decided to field a pretty much full strength side, but decided to let our young backup goalkeeper, Fleming go in goal.
TNS had the better of the first half creating 3 good goalscoring chances, but were denied by either Fleming or a lack of composure. We could only manage one goal scoring opportunity, as Mark Jones was denied by Taylor from only 5 metres out, with Abbots striking the post with the rebound.
We started the 2nd half much brighter and a cross from RB, Jones went all the way through to the back post where an unmarked Ian Shepard cooly applied the finish. It didn't take long for TNS to reply as Cieslewicz found himself unmarked area and headed in from 6 yards out. 1-1.
The match finished 1-1, and so extra time beckoned. With both teams starting to fade, chances arose at both ends of the pitch but neither team could apply the crucial finish to win the match.
Fortunately we managed to hold our nerve in the shoot-out winning 4-2. We converted all four of our penalties as both Fleming and the crossbar denied 2 of their players.
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Thanks mate!
Yeah it's always nice to get a bit of early silverware! Could even be on for the treble this season, the way things are going.
Unfortunately you might be waiting a while yet before we become competitive in Europe, but fingers crossed one day!
Cheers. Glad your enjoying it!
I am just using a pretty simple 4-4-2 formation really and kept tweaking it until it started bringing in results. I wont be able to get on FM until Sunday now i don't think, but would you like me to show you a screenshot of it when i can?
There you go mate. Have a few player instructions - the main is getting wingers and fullbacks to cross to the far post and seems to be pretty effective.
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January
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Our unbeaten run in all competitions now dates back to the 21st of October! That makes it 17 games!
We had to play TNS 3 times in January and managed win all 3 matches, as we won theWord Cup, progressed to the JD Welsh Quarter Finals and moving us 9 points clear at the top of the table! The treble is well and truly on now, I feel.
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We have been drawn against League strugglers, Newtown in the JD Welsh Cup so will be hoping to progress to the Semi-Finals
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So i finished 2nd in the Manager of the Month award again! As Will Abbotts, impressive 5 goals in 3 earned him theWelsh Premier League Player of the Month award.
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I decided to change my season expectations to challenge for the title, which freed up an extra £80 p/w to the wage budget. Not a lot but will help with contract renewals.
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As the league has now split we will only be up against top 6 teams, not that that has been a problem for us this season. With only 9 games to go in the season and a 9 point gap at the top, things are looking good!
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Our unbeaten run in all competitions now dates back to the 21st of October! That makes it 17 games!
We had to play TNS 3 times in January and managed win all 3 matches, as we won theWord Cup, progressed to the JD Welsh Quarter Finals and moving us 9 points clear at the top of the table! The treble is well and truly on now, I feel.
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We have been drawn against League strugglers, Newtown in the JD Welsh Cup so will be hoping to progress to the Semi-Finals
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So i finished 2nd in the Manager of the Month award again! As Will Abbotts, impressive 5 goals in 3 earned him theWelsh Premier League Player of the Month award.
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I decided to change my season expectations to challenge for the title, which freed up an extra £80 p/w to the wage budget. Not a lot but will help with contract renewals.
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As the league has now split we will only be up against top 6 teams, not that that has been a problem for us this season. With only 9 games to go in the season and a 9 point gap at the top, things are looking good!
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Flying now mate! Surely the league will be wrapped up in the next few games! Congrats on theWord Cup to!
I still cant get over how dominant we have been this season! Yeah the League title looks like a done deal, baring a massive disaster and the possibility of winning the treble is looking very good!
February
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Unfortunately our undefeated run in all competitions came to an end after a staggering 21 matches, as we crashed out of the JD Welsh Cup. It was disappointing to lose at home to a struggling Newtown, but we failed to convert our chances. Despite this loss, we have continued to extend our lead in the Premier League and now sit 12 points clear of TNS, with just 5 games to go. We should hopefully have the League title by the end of March, but is a bit of a shame we can no longer clinch the treble.
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We earned a measly 6k for reaching the Quarter-Finals, although will still be enough to pay the teams wages for just over 3 weeks!
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I finally managed to win the illusive Manager of the Month Award! It doesn't really mean anything but had become a personal goal of mine after finishing 2nd nearly every month this season.
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Another successful season has earned me a new contact with Carmarthen Town. As we are only Semi-professional the board can only offer me a 1 year deal, which doesn't offer me a huge amount of security.
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I completed my Continental C licence, which will help me further my managerial ability and reputation. Furthering my qualifications may be pivotal for me to eventually land the job as manager of the Welsh National Team,
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March is a very quiet month, with just the 2 matches. I believe a victory over TNS will secure us the Welsh Premier League and a place in the Champions League 1st round qualifiers!
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Unfortunately our undefeated run in all competitions came to an end after a staggering 21 matches, as we crashed out of the JD Welsh Cup. It was disappointing to lose at home to a struggling Newtown, but we failed to convert our chances. Despite this loss, we have continued to extend our lead in the Premier League and now sit 12 points clear of TNS, with just 5 games to go. We should hopefully have the League title by the end of March, but is a bit of a shame we can no longer clinch the treble.
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We earned a measly 6k for reaching the Quarter-Finals, although will still be enough to pay the teams wages for just over 3 weeks!
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I finally managed to win the illusive Manager of the Month Award! It doesn't really mean anything but had become a personal goal of mine after finishing 2nd nearly every month this season.
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Another successful season has earned me a new contact with Carmarthen Town. As we are only Semi-professional the board can only offer me a 1 year deal, which doesn't offer me a huge amount of security.
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I completed my Continental C licence, which will help me further my managerial ability and reputation. Furthering my qualifications may be pivotal for me to eventually land the job as manager of the Welsh National Team,
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March is a very quiet month, with just the 2 matches. I believe a victory over TNS will secure us the Welsh Premier League and a place in the Champions League 1st round qualifiers!
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Shame about missing the treble but you're still killing it 
Shame about missing the treble but you're still killing it
Cheers man - It's a bit disappointing considering how dominant we have been this season. Although we have far exceeded my expectations this season, and making the Champions League Qualifying will be massive!
March
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It's official we have won the Welsh Premier League! It had looked inevitable for quite a while, but with 3 games to go in the season we have been crowned champions!
We could only manage 2 draws throughout March, but who cares. We are going to in the Champions League next season....well qualifiers anyway.
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So after just 2 seasons, I have managed to enter Wales Hall of Fame! If we can keep these performances up, I could find myself at the top of the Hall of Fame in a couple of seasons.
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So we have 3 games left to go and nothing much to play for. So now is the chance to try out a couple of different tactics, as we start to work towards next season.
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It's official we have won the Welsh Premier League! It had looked inevitable for quite a while, but with 3 games to go in the season we have been crowned champions!
We could only manage 2 draws throughout March, but who cares. We are going to in the Champions League next season....well qualifiers anyway.
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So after just 2 seasons, I have managed to enter Wales Hall of Fame! If we can keep these performances up, I could find myself at the top of the Hall of Fame in a couple of seasons.
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So we have 3 games left to go and nothing much to play for. So now is the chance to try out a couple of different tactics, as we start to work towards next season.