Trying To Win (with) The Pools - A Hartlepool United Story

KLIPPYBO said:
I have checked on the credits and sure enough there he is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Middle row - nearly halfway down

Cant be arsed typing in the other names lol
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I bet everyone is looking through now to see if they had anyone else! On my Man Utd story i had an Italian AML called Alberto Tenconi whos on there!
 
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SEPTEMBER

Hartlepool United 1 (Adryan 27)
Sheffield Wednesday 0

I expected to win by much more than this but I suppose 3pts is 3pts.

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UEFA Champions League Group F
Juventus 3 (Fierro 55, 64, Scarpa 75)
Hartlepool United 0

For the best part of an hour we were fine but then we just capitulated.

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Hartlepool United 1 (James 24pen)
Queens Park Rangers 0

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Manchester City 2 (Whelan 46, Jovetic 73)
Hartlepool United 1 (de Bruin 18)

Another defeat - our 4th of the season in all comps already!!!! Worse still is that Newsome got injured and is out for 2-3 months.

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Swansea City 0
Hartlepool United 2 (Thorne og63, Adryan 65)

Thats better.

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LINEUPS
OPP
RES
GK
RB
CB
CB
LB
CM
CM
AMR
AML
AMC
ST
SUBS
Sheff Wed
1-0
Kean
Marcelinho
Schwartz
Chalobah
Shaw*
Pedrinho
Igor Augusto
James
Kakuta
Adryan
de Bruin
Tucker, Walcott, Basic
Juv
0-3
Kean
Marcelinho
Schwartz
Chalobah
Shaw
Newsome
Pedrinho
James
Kakuta
de Bruin
Basic
Walcott, Holden, Tucker
QPR
1-0
Kean
Damasio
Schwartz
Chalobah
Shaw
Newsome
Igor Augusto
James
Malara
Adryan
de Bruin
Basic, Pedrinho, Mahon
Man City
1-2
Kean
Marcelinho
Schwartz
Chalobah
Shaw
Newsome
Pedrinho
James
Kakuta
Adryan
de Bruin
Malara, Tucker
Swan
2-0
Kean
Marcelinho
Schwartz
Foose
Shaw
Pedrinho
Igor Augusto
James
Kakuta
Adryan*
de Bruin
Basic, Mijatovic, Damasio

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PLAYER OF THE MONTH
ADRYAN
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SUMMARY

Frustrating month! We havent clicked into gear yet which is a bit of a worry but we are fortunate that our defeats have all come in different competitions so our league form hasnt really suffered. Having said that we have just scraped past teams so far but surely it is a matter of time.

I loaned out Joao Paulo to Lokomotiv Moscow until the end of the season.

(forgot to take a screenie of the league table)

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ITALY

Friendly

Italy 3 (Gabbiadini 49, Bellusci 55, Verratti 90)
Bosnia & Herzegovina 0

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UEFA European Championship Quals Group I

Italy 3 (Insigne 17, 71, Destro 90)
Denmark 2 (Cornelius 52, Evald 85)

Thank good ness for Destro's injury time winner!!!

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coolmcool said:
I bet everyone is looking through now to see if they had anyone else! On my Man Utd story i had an Italian AML called Alberto Tenconi whos on there!
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That triggered off a memory that I had one so I went asearching in this Hartlepool save..................

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Might give him a call up lol
 
Well done on winning the league, cup and Euro cup! Crazy but ****** brilliant. Not looking so good at the start of this season but that will all change! In Klipp we trust.
 
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Junior fan club in Yemen!!!!

OCTOBER

UEFA Champions League Group F
Hartlepool United 1 (McKinney 19)
AS Saint-Etienne 0

I took a risk and played a backup side and we just sneaked it. Surely if we beat Dinamo Bucharest home and away that will be enough lol.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 (Davis 23)
Hartlepool United 5 (Kakuta 33, 35, de Bruin 49, James 54, Connors 73)

A great win. Kakuta had a hat-trick goal disallowed too.

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Capital One Cup 3rd Round
Hartlepool United 3 (James 48pen, Connors 52, Adryan 78)
Tottenham Hotspur 2 (Bale 42, Matip 90)

We get revenge for the Community Shield defeat a few months back. I rely on cup runs to give my backup players games so a win was vital.

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Hartlepool United 2 (James 42pen, Basic 89)
Newcastle United 0

I always feel dirty when we defeat Newcastle lol

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UEFA Champions League Group F
Dinamo Bucharest 1 (Buduru 58)
Hartlepool United 4 (Dimosthenous 14, Tucker 16, Basic 43, 65)

The backups did a fine job here. Basic had a goal disallowed too.

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Hartlepool United 3 (James 8, Connors 27, 47)
Everton 0

This time it was Luke James' turn to have a goal disallowed.

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West Ham United 0
Hartlepool United 1 (James 17)

This game was a must win as it kicks off a run of 4 consecutive away league games with the other 3 being against Spurs, Man Utd and Chelsea!!!

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LINEUPS
OPP
RES
GK
RB
CB
CB
LB
CM
CM
AMR
AML
AMC
ST
SUBS
St E.
1-0
Ruben
Damasio
Mahon
Foose*
Holden
Chalobah
Tucker
Mijatovic
Dimosthenous
McKinney
Basic
Baldwin
Wolves
5-1
Kean
Marcelinho
Schwartz
Chalobah
Shaw
Adryan
Igor Augusto
James
Kakuta* 2
de Bruin
Connors
Foose, Pedrinho, Mijatovic
Spurs
3-2
Kean
Marcelinho
Schwartz
Chalobah
Shaw
Adryan
Igor Augusto
James
Kakuta
de Bruin
Connors
Walcott, Mijatovic, Tucker
New
1-0
Kean
Marcelinho
Schwartz
Foose
Shaw
Tucker*
Pedrinho
James
Kakuta
de Bruin
Connors
Mahon, Basic, Malara
Din B.
4-1
Ruben
Damasio
Mahon
Foose
Holden
Tucker
Pedrinho
Mijatovic
Dimosthenous
Malara
Basic* 2
Lamacraft, Baldwin, McKinney
Eve
3-0
Kean
Damasio
Schwartz
Chalobah
Shaw
Tucker
Pedrinho
James
Kakuta
de Bruin
Connors* 2
Mahon
WHU
1-0
Kean
Damasio
Schwartz
Foose
Shaw
Tucker*
Pedrinho
James
Kakuta
de Bruin
Connors
Mahon, Adryan


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PLAYER OF THE MONTH
LUKE JAMES
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SUMMARY

This month was a knock-out success!!!! We won every game and played some great football. My young players are developing nicely and got slightly more game time this month also. A special mention has to go to Tareiq Tucker who is improving rapidly and has even been capped by England!!!

FYI the following players have been capped (there are others more obvious like Walcott and Dimosthenous etc).......

Brazil - Marcelinho, Pedrinho
Croatia - Basic, Mijatovic
England - James, Connors, Tucker, Chalobah, Shaw
Holland - de Bruin
Ireland - Mahon
Italy - Malara (thanks to me lol)
USA - Schwartz, Foose, Newsome

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ITALY

UEFA European Championship Quals Group I

Estonia 0
Italy 2 (Dell'Aquila 19, Gabbiadini 31)

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Italy 2 (Tassi 75, Gabbiadini 80)
Hungary 1 (Futacs 88)

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NOVEMBER

Tottenham Hotspur 0
Hartlepool United 0

We both had a goal disallowed in this game. Ours was our only shot on target!

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UEFA Champions League Group F
Hartlepool United 3 (Adryan 4, Igor Augusto 30, Mijatovic 56)
Dinamo Bucharest 0

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Manchester United 1 (Sandro 62)
Hartlepool United 0

We were unfortunate not to get a draw but Kean did save a penalty late on for us. Laurent Blanc immediately resigned as Man Utd manager to take over Atletico Madrid!!!!

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Chelsea 2 (Smalling 27, 45)
Hartlepool United 1 (de Bruin 68)

Such a tough run of fixtures in the league comes to an end here. I had hoped for at least 2pts from the last 3 but only managed 1.

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Hartlepool United 5 (de Bruin 2, 13, Connors 9, 24, Malara 59)
Southampton 4 (Giroud 36, Ilicic 45, 72, Lallana 45+2)

Back to winning ways but it should have been far more comfortable.

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Hartlepool United 4 (Malara 22, James 33, de Bruin 43, Adryan 90)
Stoke City 1 (Rhodes 60)

Goals galore now!!!

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UEFA Champions League Group F
Hartlepool United 1 (Malara 67)
Juventus 2 (Bettega 16, Gabbiadini 70)

We battered Juve here and really should have won but it was not to be. Malara scored against his old club to continue his good form. If we avoid defeat in our last game we qualify.

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Hartlepool United 3 (Connors 12, de Bruin 89, Vergara 90pen)
Aston Villa 0

We were missing several players here so this was a great result.

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LINEUPS
OPP
RES
GK
RB
CB
CB
LB
CM
CM
AMR
AML
AMC
ST
SUBS
Spurs
0-0
Kean
Damasio
Schwartz
Foose*
Shaw
Tucker
Pedrinho
James
Kakuta
de Bruin
Connors
Mijatovic, Malara, Adryan
Din B.
3-0
Ruben
Damasio
Mahon
Foose*
Holden
Tucker
Igor Augusto
Mijatovic
Malara
Adryan
Basic
McKinney, Baldwin, Dimosthenous
Man Utd
0-1
Kean
Marcelinho
Schwartz
Foose
Shaw
Adryan
Pedrinho
James
Kakuta
de Bruin
Connors
Walcott
Chel
1-2
Kean
Marcelinho
Schwartz
Foose
Shaw
Adryan
Pedrinho
James
Kakuta
de Bruin
Connors
Basic, Walcott, Mijatovic
South
5-4
Kean
Damasio
Schwartz
Foose
Shaw
Tucker
Chalobah
James
Malara
de Bruin* 2
Connors 2
Mahon, Holden
Stoke
4-1
Kean
Marcelinho
Schwartz
Chalobah
Holden
Pedrinho
Igor Augusto
James
Malara*
de Bruin
Connors
Foose, Adryan
Juv
1-2
Kean
Marcelinho
Schwartz
Chalobah
Holden
Pedrinho
Igor Augusto
James
Malara*
de Bruin
Connors
Tucker, Mijatovic, Adryan
Villa
3-0
Kean
Damasio
Mahon
Foose
Shaw
Tucker
Adryan
James
Kakuta
de Bruin*
Connors
Luan Michel, Vergara, Dimosthenous
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PLAYER OF THE MONTH
JAN DE BRUIN
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SUMMARY

A tough month this!!! We won the easier games but fell short in the big ones despite some good performances but we still end the month top of the league I suppose.

I have made a couple of changes to my first team. Kakuta was playing very poorly so Malara has come in at LW and done superbly while Pedrinho has developed better than Igor Augusto so I have swapped them about.
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ITALY

Friendly

Italy 4 (Catalano 31, 40, 50, 64)
South Korea 0
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DECEMBER

Capital One Cup 4th Round
Hartlepool United 1 (Luan Michel 52)
West Bromwich Albion 0

My backups did the job here with my on loan Brazilian striker grabbing a goal.

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Capital One Cup QF
Hartlepool United 2 (Kakuta 14, Vergara 61)
Stoke City 1 (Rhodes 49)

And once again my backups did well for me. Baldwin made his first start of the season and got the MOM award too!

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Cardiff City 1 (Parr 88)
Hartlepool United 3 (Malara 29, de Bruin 56, Connors 60)

This was actually quite an even game but we are banging in the goals in the league at the moment and Cardiff couldnt cope against us.

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UEFA Champions League Group F
AS Saint-Etienne 2 (Bensaid 79, de Jong 86)
Hartlepool United 2 (Dimosthenous 55, McKinney 84)

All we had to do to qualify was avoid defeat and we managed that. Once again I put out an under strength side which admittedly was a bit risky.

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Arsenal 3 (Papadopoulos 7, Hendrick 50, Wilshere 58)
Hartlepool United 0

OUCH!!!!!

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Hartlepool United 2 (Pedrinho 44, Connors 46)
Sunderland 1 (Blower 29)

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Hartlepool United 3 (Connors 15, 26, 56)
Liverpool 0

A fantastic victory against the side who was sitting in 2nd place.

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Hartlepool United 1 (Connors 13)
Manchester City 1 (Kean og46)

Once again we come up against the side in 2nd place and if we had won we would have went 10pts clear but it was not to be. Our goal came off our only shot on goal.

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LINEUPS
OPP
RES
GK
RB
CB
CB
LB
CM
CM
AMR
AML
AMC
ST
SUBS
WBA1-0RubenDamasioMahonFoose
Holden
VergaraTuckerMijatovicKakutaAdryanLuan MichelArmstrong, Baldwin, McKinney
Stoke2-1RubenDamasioMahonBaldwin*HoldenVergaraIgor AugustoMijatovicKakutaAdryanLuan Michel-
Card3-1KeanMarcelinhoSchwartzChalobahShawPedrinhoIgor Augusto*JamesMalarade BruinConnorsMahon
St-E2-2RubenDamasioMahon*
BaldwinHoldenTuckerIgor AugustoMijatovicDimosthenousMcKinneyWalcottLamacraft
****0-3KeanMarcelinhoSchwartz
ChalobahShawPedrinhoTuckerJamesMalarade BruinConnorsMahon, Mijatovic, Adryan
Sun2-1KeanMarcelinhoSchwartzChalobahShawPedrinho*Igor AugustoJamesMalarade BruinConnors-
Liv3-0
KeanMarcelinhoSchwartzChalobah
ShawPedrinho
Igor AugustoJames
Malarade BruinConnors* 3
Mijatovic
Man City1-1
Kean
Marcelinho
Foose
Chalobah
Shaw
Tucker
Igor Augusto
James
Malara
de Bruin
Connors
McKinney, Mijatovic, Adryan

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PLAYER OF THE MONTH
JAKE CONNORS
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SUMMARY


On the whole this month was a success and it looks as though we may run away with the title. We did however receive 3 nasty cup draws - Man Utd in the League Cup semis, Swansea away in the FA Cup and Barcelona in the Champions League.

So on the pitch life is good as you can see........

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But this ****** me off big time.................

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COOPER PARK????????? He didnt win any trophies with the club unlike my goodself. Obviously winning 4 league titles, 2 league cups, 2 fa cups and 2 europa leagues amongst other things doesnt count for anything!!!!

At least he was part of Aberdeen's success in the early 80s.
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Nice there, the stadium thing makes me laugh even though its a bad thing.
 
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JANUARY

Norwich City 0
Hartlepool United 2 (Connors 68, Basic 90)

A good win and even better - Man City drew!!!!

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Capital One Cup SF 1st Leg
Hartlepool United 1 (Basic 61)
Manchester United 0

A good win but it should have been by a lot more as we played them off the park and de Bruin had a goal disallowed.

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FA Cup 3rd Round
Swansea City 1 (Woodrow 56)
Hartlepool United 1 (A.Williams og61)

I took a risk and played my backups here.

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Hartlepool United 2 (Connors 58, de Bruin 90)
West Ham United 1 (Carroll 51)

Newsome finally made his return from injury here and we battled away to get the points thanks to de Bruin's injury time free-kick.

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Sheffield Wednesday 0
Hartlepool United 3 (Connors 48, Mijatovic 76, Khellaf 79)

New record signing scored on his debut here with which will hopefully be a trademark free-kick.

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Capital One Cup SF 2nd Leg
Manchester United 3 (Cleverley 7, Hernandez 62, 75)
Hartlepool United 1 (Chalobah 13)
(Manchester United win 3-2 on aggregate)

The disallowed goal and the failure to convert our chances in the first leg cost us here. ****** off slightly.

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FA Cup 3rd Round Replay
Hartlepool United 2 (Tucker 95, Lamacraft 97)
Swansea City 1 (J.Williams 91)
AET

A deserved win here. We are up against a League 1 side next so the backups will get another outing.

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Hartlepool United 3 (Malara 32, Connors 40, Chalobah 68)
Swansea City 0

This could and probably should have been 10-0 lol. Even worse - Shaw got injured and is out for 3-4 months.

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LINEUPS
OPP
RES
GK
RB
CB
CB
LB
CM
CM
AMR
AML
AMC
ST
SUBS
Nor2-0KeanDamasioSchwartzChalobah*HoldenAdryanPedrinhoJamesMalara
de Bruin
ConnorsBasic, Baldwin, Tucker
Man Utd1-0KeanMarcelinhoSchwartzChalobah
ShawAdryanPedrinhoJamesDimosthenousde BruinConnorsBasic
Swan1-1RubenDamasioBaldwinFoose*HoldenTuckerIgor AugustoMijatovicMcKinneyAdryanBasicLamacraft, Milani
WHU2-1RubenMarcelinho*SchwartzChalobahShawNewsomePedrinhoJamesMalarade Bruin
Connors
Mijatovic
Sheff Wed3-0RubenMarcelinho*SchwartzChalobahShawKhellafPedrinhoJamesMalarade BruinConnorsBasic, Mijatovic
Man Utd1-3RubenMarcelinhoSchwartzChalobahShawNewsome
Pedrinho
JamesMalarade BruinConnorsIgor Augusto, Basic, Tucker
Swan2-1RubenDamasioMahonFooseHoldenTuckerIgor AugustoMijatovicDimosthenousMcKinneyBasicLamacraft, Baldwin
Swan3-0RubenMarcelinhoSchwartzChalobahShawKhellafPedrinhoJamesMalarade BruinConnors*Mahon


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PLAYER OF THE MONTH
MARCELINHO
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SUMMARY

A hectic month with highs and lows and incidents and of course transfers!!! On the pitch we progressed in the FA Cup but was knocked out of the League Cup in the semis. We do though have an amazing 11pt lead at the top of the Premiership though.
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Transfer wise it was all happening. Kakuta (139/42) left to join Cardiff for £8.75m and Adryan (87/29) left to go to Marseille for £10.25m. Also Theo Walcott joined Newcastle for £2.4m. All 3 were signed on free transfers so it was all profit.

I had planned to sign a LW in the transfer window but that didnt happen! Instead I absolutely smashed the club record to sign an uncapped French player for £35m from Lyon!!!!!

Introducing Kamel Khellaf................
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Finally when Shaw got injured I decided against spending money on a new LB and promoted Lee Armstrong who came in the intake 2 years back.
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PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, upload this save please. PRETTY PLEASE, im sure many of us would like to have a go at it!!!
 
DinShaba said:
PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, upload this save please. PRETTY PLEASE, im sure many of us would like to have a go at it!!!
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Will do but not in the middle of a season lol - probably do it this summer or next
 
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FEBRUARY

Queens Park Rangers 1 (Freeman 75)
Hartlepool United 2 (Connors 22, James 60pen)

James also missed a penalty the plonker!

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Hartlepool United 4 (Mahon 54, Chalobah 56, Connors 60, Dimosthenous 70)
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 (Necid 75)

We went goal crazy for 15min and naturally that was enough to get the 3pts.

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Newcastle United 1 (*** 68)
Hartlepool United 2 (de Bruin 48, Connors 82)

Connors winner amazingly enough means he has scored in each of our last 10 league games!!!!!

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FA Cup 4th Round
Blackpool 1 (Smith-Brown 85)
Hartlepool United 1 (Tucker 6)

Pretty surprised/annoyed that my backups cant beat a League 1 side.

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FA Cup 4th Round Replay
Hartlepool United 4 (Basic 34, Armstrong 78, McKinney 113, 119)
Blackpool 2 (Banvo 1, Taylor 17)
AET

Both sides had a goal disallowed, Igor Augusto missed a penalty and Mahon got sent-off!!! Safe to say this game wasnt dull.

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Hartlepool United 2 (Malara 8, Schwartz 31)
Tottenham Hotspur 2 (Olsson 6, Paulinho 86)

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UEFA Champions League 1st Round 1st Leg
Hartlepool United 4 (James 34, 43, Chalobah 48, de Bruin 90)
Barcelona 0

******* ****!!!!!!!

6 seasons ago we were in League 2 and now we do this!!! Barca played Messi and Neymar so it wasnt a weakened side. Amazing. Incredible!!!!!!!

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LINEUPS
OPP
RES
GK
RB
CB
CB
LB
CM
CM
AMR
AML
AMC
ST
SUBS
QPR
2-1
Ruben
Marcelinho
Schwartz
Chalobah
Holden
Khellaf
Pedrinho
James
Malara
de Bruin*
Connors
-
Wolves
4-1
Ruben
Mahon*
Schwartz
Chalobah
Holden
Khellaf
Newsome
James
Malara
de Bruin
Connors
Damasio, Basic, Dimosthenous
New
2-1
Ruben
Marcelinho
Schwartz
Chalobah
Holden
Khellaf
Pedrinho
James
Malara
de Bruin*
Connors
Dimosthenous. Damasio
Black
1-1
Ruben
Damasio
Baldwin
Foose
Armstrong
Igor Augusto
Tucker*
Mijatovic
Dimosthenous
McKinney
Basic
Milani, Vergara, Wandzel
Black
4-2
Ruben
Damasio
Mahon
Foose
Armstrong
Igor Augusto
Tucker*
Mijatovic
Dimosthenous
McKinney 2
Basic
Holden, Lamacraft, Vergara
Spurs
2-2
Ruben
Damasio
Schwartz
Chalobah
Holden*
Khellaf
Pedrinho
James
Malara
de Bruin
Connors
Igor Augusto, Newsome, Armstrong
Barc
4-0
Ruben
Marcelinho
Schwartz
Chalobah
Holden
Khellaf
Pedrinho
James* 2
Malara
de Bruin
Connors
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PLAYER OF THE MONTH
JAN DE BRUIN
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SUMMARY

Its funny that this month was a successful month as we were unbeaten however we could have won every game but it would all have been overshadowed by us thrashing Barcelona 4-0!!!!!!!!!!!

To think that along with myself Luke James and Darren Holden were in League 2 not long ago and even Seth Schwartz was in League 1 and now they are competing and beating one of the worlds top sides is crazy!!!!

The league is all but over - all that is left to decide is whether or not we will win a cup.

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MARCH

Hartlepool United 1 (de Bruin 34)
Manchester United 1 (Hernandez 68)

We were pretty lucky to get a point here to tell the truth but we did and they aint going to catch us.

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FA Cup 5th Round
Manchester United 3 (Zuniga 51, Crisetig 59, Emre Can 76)
Hartlepool United 1 (Basic 89)

Had to play a backup side here so it was understandable that we lost. We did well in the first half though.

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Southampton 1 (Sissoko 81)
Hartlepool United 2 (Schwartz 76, de Bruin 86)

A good win this. Moussa Sissoko levelled for Soton against his former team but de Bruin popped up with the winner thankfully.

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Everton 1 (Oviedo 79)
Hartlepool United 5 (Khellaf 3, 51pen, de Bruin 25, 76, 90pen)

A fantastic victory however I have a question - why did de Bruin take the 2nd penalty when Khellaf is my designated penalty taker? Both were on a hat-trick..........

Everton had a goal disallowed and missed a penalty while the score was at 2-0.

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UEFA Champions League 1st Round 2nd Leg
Barcelona 1 (Leandro Damiao 48)
Hartlepool United 0
(Hartlepool United win 4-1 on aggregate)

Look at us playing a backup side against Barca!!!!! We got thumped and they had a goal disallowed but we did enough in the first leg.

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LINEUPS
OPP
RES
GK
RB
CB
CB
LB
CM
CM
AMR
AML
AMC
ST
SUBS
Man Utd
1-1
Ruben
Marcelinho*
Schwartz
Chalobah
Holden
Khellaf
Pedrinho
James
Malara
de Bruin
Connors
Mijatovic, Basic
Man Utd
1-3
Kean
Damasio
Mahon
Foose
Armstrong
Newsome
Igor Augusto
Mijatovic
Dimosthenous
McKinney
Connors
Tucker, Vergara, Basic
South
2-1
Kean
Marcelinho
Schwartz*
Chalobah
Holden
Khellaf
Pedrinho
James
Dimosthenous
de Bruin
Connors
Mahon, Basic, Igor Augusto
Ever
5-1
Kean
Marcelinho
Foose
Chalobah
Holden
Khellaf 2
Pedrinho
James
Dimosthenous
de Bruin* 3
Connors
Damasio, Mijatovic, Igor Augusto
Barc
0-1
Ruben
Damasio
Mahon*
Foose
Armstrong
Newsome
Tucker
Mijatovic
Domosthenous
McKinney
Basic
Luan Michel, Vergara, Lamacraft

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PLAYER OF THE MONTH
JAN DE BRUIN
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SUMMARY

A decent month. I probably made a mistake going full strength against Man Utd in the league therefore giving away the FA Cup when the league is all but won but hey ho.

We made progress in the Champions League and will play Spurs in the quarter finals.

The youth intake was pretty average but finally there is a player who I am mildly excited about..........
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ITALY

Friendlies

Switzerland 1 (Derdiyok 84)
Italy 1 (Caprari 74)

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Italy 2 (Gabbiadini 39pen, De Sciglio 47)
Slovenia 0

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APRIL

Hartlepool United 3 (Malara 18, Connors 30, Chalobah 65)
Chelsea 1 (Lewandowski 73)

A good win this as we take another step towards our 2nd title win.

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UEFA Champions League QF 1st Leg
Tottenham Hotspur 3 (Bale 46, 69, Soldado 50)
Hartlepool United 2 (Malara 64, Connors 80)

Connors late goal could prove to be so crucial as 3-1 would be a tough score to overturn. Pretty content with this result.

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Aston Villa 1 (Guidetti 25)
Hartlepool United 1 (Kopric 77)

I rested my players for the Champions League game and we were slightly fortunate to get a point. Kopric and Rugg came off the bench to make their debuts and Kopric marked the occasion with a goal to become the Premier League's youngest ever scorer.

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UEFA Champions League QF 2nd Leg
Hartlepool United 2 (James 11, Connors 90)
Tottenham Hotspur 0
(Hartlepool United win 4-3 on aggregate)

Into the semis we go. We absolutely battered Spurs and deserved to win the tie over the 2 legs.

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Stoke City 1 (Borini 33)
Hartlepool United 2 (Connors 39, Pedrinho 90)

This win means we are 1pt away from retaining the title........

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Hartlepool United 2 (McKinney 50, Rugg 90)
Cardiff City 1 (Watt 86)

WE RETAIN THE TITLE!!!!!!!!!!!

I rested my players for the Champions League game so it was a good experience for my youngsters to wrap up the title. Kean got injured though so Ruben will finish the season in goal.

When Rugg scored he beat Kopric's record as the Premierships youngest goalscorer.

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UEFA Champions League SF 1st Leg
Manchester City 2 (Koubek 13, Mrak 25)
Hartlepool United 2 (Connors 21, 59)

A great result which gives us a chance of getting to the final but we really should have won. They were poor and scored off their 1st 2 shots while we ended up with 18. Mrak got sent-off for them late on.

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LINEUPS
OPP
RES
GK
RB
CB
CB
LB
CM
CM
AMR
AML
AMC
ST
SUBS
Chels3-1KeanMarcelinhoFooseChalobah*Holden
NewsomePedrinhoJamesMalaraKhellafConnorsIgor Augusto
Spurs2-3KeanMarcelinhoFooseChalobahHoldenNewsomePedrinho
JamesMalaraKhellafConnorsMahon, Tucker
Villa1-1KeanDamasioFooseMahonArmstrongIgor AugustoTuckerMijatovic
Dimosthenous*McKinneyBasicKopric, Rugg, Lamarcaft
Spurs2-0KeanMarcelinhoFooseChalobah*HoldenNewsomePedrinhoJamesMalarade BruinConnorsTucker
Stoke2-1KeanMarcelinhoFooseChalobahHoldenKhellafPedrinhoJamesDimosthenousde BruinConnorsMahon, Basic
Card2-1KeanDamasioKopric*MahonArmstrongIgor AugustoTuckerMijatovicDimosthenousMcKinneyBasicVergara, Rugg, Baldwin
Man City2-2RubenMarcelinhoFooseChalobahHoldenKhellafPedrinhoJamesDimosthenousde BruinConnors* 2Tucker

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PLAYER OF THE MONTH
JAKE CONNORS
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SUMMARY

This was a fairly successful month as we progressed in the Champions League and of course retained the title. I am going to play my youngsters in the final 3 league games as we are missing some players such as Shaw, Schwartz, Kean, Khellaf and Igor Augusto.

At the moment I am planning for next season and trying to decide who to sell and where to strengthen........

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MAY

Hartlepool United 2 (Dimosthenous 40, Mijatovic 81)
Arsenal 2 (Insigne 38, Vydra 80)

1st v 2nd here and we would have went 17pts clear had we won but we didnt however the fact that my backups drew with Arsenal is encouraging. Dimasthenous also had a goal disallowed.

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UEFA Champions League SF 2nd Leg
Hartlepool United 3 (Chalobah 10, Connors 13, 24)
Manchester City 2 (Volland 71, Bartra 80)
(Hartlepool United win 5-4 on aggregate)

HARTLEPOOL ARE INTO THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL!!!!!!!!

We were brilliant here and stormed into a 3 goal lead but amazingly we nearly threw it all away at the end.

Inter Milan defeated Man Utd in the other semi.

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Sunderland 1 (Fletcher 63pen)
Hartlepool United 2 (Mijatovic 32, Rugg 65)

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Liverpool 3 (Schumacher 8, 71, Li Yongchao 30)
Hartlepool United 3 (McKinney 15, Basic 48, 50)

An entertaining end to the league campaign.

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UEFA Champions League Final
Hartlepool United 3 (James 6, Handanovic og41, Mahon 79)
Inter Milan 2 (Icardi 26, Cornelius 42)

CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE!!!!!!!!

What an achievement. It was an enthralling final and we deserved to win it. Once again Luke James popped up with a goal in a final and he can now say he has gone from League 2 to being a Champions League winner and full international.

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LINEUPS
OPP
RES
GK
RB
CB
CB
LB
CM
CM
AMR
AML
AMC
ST
SUBS
Ars
2-2
Ruben
Damasio
Kopric
Mahon
Armstrong
Tucker
Vergara
Mijatovic
Dimosthenous
McKinney
Basic
Rugg
Man City
3-2
Ruben
Marcelinho
Foose
Chalobah*
Holden
Newsome
Pedrinho
James
Malara
de Bruin
Connors 2
Dimosthenous, McKinney, Damasio
Sun
2-1
Ruben
Damasio
Kopric*
Mahon
Armstrong
Tucker
Igor Augusto
Mijatovic
Dimosthenous
McKinney
Basic
Rugg, Vergara, Hancox
Liv
3-3
Ruben
Damasio
Baldwin
Mahon
Holden
Tucker
Igor Augusto
Mijatovic
Dimosthenous
McKinney
Basic 2
Vergara, Rugg, Compton
Inter
3-2
Kean
Marcelinho
Mahon*
Chalobah
Shaw
Khellaf
Pedrinho
James
Malara
de Bruin
Connors
Damasio, Holden, Basic

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PLAYER OF THE MONTH
ERIC MAHON
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SUMMARY

Hartlepool United - Champions of Europe....... that has got a nice ring to it lol.

It has taken me 7 years to progress from League 2 to Champions League winners. I thought I would do it by the 10th season so I am suitably impressed.

The final few league games of the season went well considering I played a very young side in each game and they avoided defeat. The big guns came back in for the Champions League and with them being refreshed it made us that little bit stronger methinks.

END OF SEASON POST TO FOLLOW...........


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END OF SEASON POST

Only 2 trophies won this season but when the two trophies are the Premier League and Champions League then its safe to say the season was a success.

We stormed the league and won it with 3 games to go. The domestic cup competitions were both ended by Man Utd but in Europe we reigned supreme. We comfortably got through the group stage, thrashed Barcelona and edged past Spurs, Man City and Inter to take the cup.

Regarding my squad there were hits and misses. The usual suspects performed well while the likes of Ruben, Damasio, Dimosthenous and Malara really came on. Summer signing Newsome was plagued by injuries so hopefully he will contribute more next term.

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FINAL LEAGUE TABLE
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FIRST TEAM SQUAD
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PLAYER OF THE SEASON
NATHANIEL CHALOBAH
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U21 PLAYER OF THE SEASON
JAN DE BRUIN
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AWARDS

Footballer of the Year - J. de Bruin
Manager of the Year
Players Player of the Year - J. Connors
Players Young Player of the Year - N. Chalobah
Team of the Year - N.Chalobah, J.de Bruin, J.Connors
European Golden Boy - J.Connors

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OTHER NEWS

Schalke thrash Chelsea 5-1 in the Europa League final
Man City win the FA Cup (Man Utd won the Capital One Cup)
I am fluent in Italian - didnt realise I even had basic Italian lol

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ITALY

UEFA European Championship Quals Group I

Austria 0
Italy 1 (El Shaarawy 1)

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Denmark 2 (Helenius 80, 90)
Italy 2 (Destro 66, Bellusci 69)
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