Ugly Football: the York City story

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hello, one and all.
I have really enjoyed FM09.
while i have played FM09 i have stayed with the lower leagues. I've played teams like Merthyr (that game crashed), Boston united, Denia (spain), Irvea (italy). My best success was with Boston getting to CC1.

But i wanted to try something a little different.

1. Start unemployed in 2009
2. build my own tactic that is not 4-4-2 (i'm bored with 4-4-2)
3. ran the game on vacation set upp to apply for open jobs and stopping when my application was excepted. A kind of coaching roulette.
4. that results were .... York City in BSP.

I was hired on sept 30, 2009 mid season , with a york city team on the road to relegation
Yorkstad09-1.jpg


this team is in trouble.. since the season is already in progress i need to be careful with my moves. my main goal is to survive this season and rebuild this team.

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A very busy month for York. six matches in all. York went 2-2-1 in the BSP moving from 24th place to 21st. York is still in the drop zone, but there is a lot of football left to play.

New Parent Club: York was without a parent club, so i request form the board a parent in hopes of grabing a good loan player. we got CC champion team Barnsley. We were loaned one decent DC.
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I also signed a young talented right winger from Portugal.
FabioFerreira.jpg


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</td> <td sdval="2" sdnum="1033;" align="center">2</td> <td align="center">Leyton Orient</td> <td align="center">FA cup 2nd rd.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>
A wild and great month with six home games, in rainy and windy weather. Went 3-0 in the BSP this month, moving out of the drop zone up to 17th. The team is starting to embrace the tactical system I've set up. we scored 17 goals while giving up 8.so far so good.

FA Cup: York city was able to make it through FA cup qualifiers. the first round was a match up against CC2 team Gillingham, we went in as vast underdogs. We managed to ****** a 4-2 victory most through Gillingham's inept play giving up two penalties and own goal. Even a greater challenge was facing CC1 team Leyton Orient. Amazingly we were able to get a 2-0 lead off of two goals from corner kicks. Unfortunately Leyton tallented strike force was able to counter-strike for two goals. I was very please we were able to hold our own against a much more talented Leyton Orient team. We will have to go to Leyton in December, to face them again.

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</td> <td sdval="2" sdnum="1033;" align="center">2</td> <td align="center">Luton</td> <td align="center">FA Cup 2nd Rd</td> </tr> <tr> <td sdval="39829" sdnum="1033;0;MM/DD/YY" align="center" height="17">01/16/09</td> <td align="center">York</td> <td sdval="3" sdnum="1033;" align="center">3</td> <td align="center">
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Well it was bound to happen after a fabulous November , we hit the doldrums in December and January. we were knocked out of all our cup competitions. In the BSP we went 3-2-3 which is ok. still working are way up the table.

AMR problems: arguably my best player Fabio Ferreira who went out witha hip injury, and will be gone for 6 months. Ouch. I was forced to use a poor back up in Joel Ledigster. I went ot work on find a replacement for Ferreira, hopeful someone with some AMC/AML skills to play with Fabio when he returned (likely end of the season). At first i looked at Jamacan Jason Morrison, but his work permit was denigned, he would have been incredible. So instead i picked up Norwiegan Magnus Eikrem (sounds like a great death metal name). While not as good as ferreira or morrison, he is much better then ledigster. he also has a great 16 on corners. Two games in Eikrem gets injured and is out for a month. So back to ledigster.
 
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Keep up the good work mate things can only get better...try jamie harwood for a short term amr good player playes 4 gateshead.
 
February/March 2010
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</td> <td sdval="0" sdnum="1033;" align="center">0</td> <td align="center">Weymouth</td> <td align="center">BSP</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

well after a disappointing beginning of the year. i tweaked my tactics a bit from 4-2-3-1 w/ AMC playermaker to a slightly more defensive 4-2-3-1 w/ ST targetman.This change has helped, as my AMC's just aren't up to the demands of being a playmaker. we also saw the return Of Eikrem, though he seems better suited in the AMC posistion then AMR. One player who has been dominant all season is our DC loaner from Barnsley Clayton McDonald. He has scored five goals (all headers off corner kicks), and was man of the match six times.

We battled these last two months against the top shelf teams and did good going 7-3-1. All in all, we have move up the 6th place on the league table obly three point form 5th place and promotion playoff. With that in mind I signed an AMC/AMR/FC from Gambia, Edrissa Sonko right before the trade deadline. My hope is he will add a boost to get us into the promotion playoff.
http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd98/bigargon/edrissaSonko.jpg
The big question is will fabio ferreira be healthy enough to play by the end of the season. Regardless how this season finishes the Ferreira/Eikrem/Sonko combo should kick some *** next season.
 
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 </td> <td style="border-bottom: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" width="91" align="center">Away</td> <td style="border-bottom: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" width="111" align="center">League/Cup</td> </tr> <tr> <td sdval="40270" sdnum="1033;0;MM/DD/YY" align="center" height="18">04/02/10</td> <td align="center">Chelmsford</td> <td sdval="1" sdnum="1033;" align="center">1</td> <td align="center">
</td> <td sdval="2" sdnum="1033;" align="center">2</td> <td align="center">York</td> <td align="center">BSP</td> </tr> <tr> <td sdval="40273" sdnum="1033;0;MM/DD/YY" align="center" height="18">04/05/10</td> <td align="center">York</td> <td sdval="2" sdnum="1033;" align="center">2</td> <td align="center">
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</td> <td sdval="1" sdnum="1033;" align="center">1</td> <td align="center">York</td> <td align="center">BSP</td> </tr> <tr> <td sdval="40285" sdnum="1033;0;MM/DD/YY" align="center" height="17">04/17/10</td> <td align="center">Forest Green</td> <td sdval="4" sdnum="1033;" align="center">4</td> <td align="center">
</td> <td sdval="1" sdnum="1033;" align="center">1</td> <td align="center">York</td> <td align="center">BSP</td> </tr> <tr> <td sdval="40288" sdnum="1033;0;MM/DD/YY" align="center" height="18">04/20/10</td> <td align="center">York</td> <td sdval="3" sdnum="1033;" align="center">3</td> <td align="center">
</td> <td sdval="0" sdnum="1033;" align="center">0</td> <td align="center">Histon</td> <td align="center">BSP</td> </tr> <tr> <td sdval="40292" sdnum="1033;0;MM/DD/YY" align="center" height="18">04/24/10</td> <td align="center">Ebbsfleet</td> <td sdval="1" sdnum="1033;" align="center">1</td> <td align="center">
</td> <td sdval="2" sdnum="1033;" align="center">2</td> <td align="center">York</td> <td align="center">BSP</td> </tr> <tr> <td sdnum="1033;0;MM/DD/YY" align="center" height="17">
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 </td> </tr> <tr> <td sdval="40304" sdnum="1033;0;MM/DD/YY" align="center" height="18">05/06/10</td> <td align="center">Torquay</td> <td sdval="2" sdnum="1033;" align="center">2</td> <td align="center">
</td> <td sdval="1" sdnum="1033;" align="center">1</td> <td align="center">York</td> <td align="center">Playoff semi 1st leg</td> </tr> <tr> <td sdval="40308" sdnum="1033;0;MM/DD/YY" align="center" height="18">05/10/10</td> <td align="center">York</td> <td sdval="3" sdnum="1033;" align="center">3</td> <td align="center">
</td> <td sdval="1" sdnum="1033;" align="center">1</td> <td align="center">Torquay</td> <td align="center">Playoff semi 2nd leg</td> </tr> <tr> <td sdnum="1033;0;MM/DD/YY" align="center" height="17">
</td> <td align="center">
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</td> </tr> <tr> <td sdval="40314" sdnum="1033;0;MM/DD/YY" align="center" height="18">05/16/10</td> <td align="center">York</td> <td sdval="4" sdnum="1033;" align="center">4</td> <td align="center">
</td> <td sdval="1" sdnum="1033;" align="center">1</td> <td align="center">Greys</td> <td align="center">Playoff final</td> </tr> <tr> <td sdnum="1033;0;MM/DD/YY" align="center" height="17">
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</td> <td align="center">to </td> <td align="center">
</td> <td align="center">Coca-Cola 2</td> <td align="center">League</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>
April and beyond
What a wild ride the last month of the season. we managed to work our way up to 6th place in the standings, just outside a spot in the promotion playoff. the big match was against Stevenage who was the then holder of fifth place. We beat them 2-1 take 5th only to lose it with two bad matches, including a 4-1 loss to a soon to be relegated Forest Green. Fortunately our main compettors for that fifth spot (Stevenage and Weymouth) had a worst collapse. We finally beat Histon (who had our number all season) and a mediocre Ebbsfleet time, to squeak in by one point in the 5th spot.

The Playoffs
Our first match up wasn't against the tough number two team Torquay. the first game was away. I knew it would be hard to win in Torquay, so my goal was to stay within one goal, then it would go back to York. We were excellent at home all year, so I felt we could beat Torquay at home and take it on the aggregate or battle with penalty shots.

The first game fell behind 2-0, i thought we were in trouble, overcoming a 2 goal deficit in the home game might be too much. Fortunately in the last minutes of the game Magnus Eikrem score a goal 20 yards out. a 2-1 loss was as good as a victory. So back to York. In the second game a new hero emerged. My young 19 year old striker Adam Boyes, scored two goals to help beat Torquay and win on the aggregate.

On to Wembley for the BSP Final we were face Greys Athletic. It was a bloodbath. The wide field at Wembley suited my team well. We gave the Greys a 4-1 **** whooping. Adam Boyes scored two more goals, a set his place in York football history.

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2009/2010 Season Overview

Final Standings
Stats
Best 11

It was a great season pick up this team in September and mired in 24th place and moving them up to 5th place and a promotional playoff win.

Team MVP: our loaner from Bransley, Clayton McDonald with 9 goals (headers from corner kicks) and 8 man of the match award. he was a rock in defensive center.

Top Goal Scorer/Playoff MVP: Youngster Adam Boyes quitely scored 16 goals. He really turned it on during the playoffs. He did a good job.

Assist leader: I was surprised by this, my left fullback Gregor Robertson, finished the season with 14 assists. He provided great support for the offense but great on defense.

Biggest Disappointment: Daniel McBreen, the vet strike scored 12 goals mostly at the beginning of the season. he never really adapted to my tactical system, and got less and less playing time as the season progress. He will be moving on next season.
 
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keep it up mate. I like the sounds of your odds... Try get a qaulity striker in place of him... on loan obviously.
 
I got Eikrem on my Rushden game, I had him on loan first season, and then second season he was put on a free so I signed him up. He worked best as an MC for me, but i used him as an AMR when needs be.

Good luck in league 2 :)
 
Ubernisation said:
I got Eikrem on my Rushden game, I had him on loan first season, and then second season he was put on a free so I signed him up. He worked best as an MC for me, but i used him as an AMR when needs be.

Good luck in league 2 :)
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I agree Eikrem i think is better suited to MC position i use him mostly there.
 
lookin good
just seeing how you spoiler text
 
Offseason 09-10

well i have to admit i started this off -season report well into the start of the season. But i would rather play then write.With a start of a new season, i needed to make some changes to meet the challenge of Coca-Cola 2.
So is here are my changes:
Tranfers In and out

Here is my team report:
Team Report

I managed to talk Barnsley into loaning me Clayton McDonald for another season.

A couple of players that i think will be a big help in the coming season are
Polish Goaltender: Bartosz Bialkowski
English AML: Loick Pires

the extra cash from CC2 TV deal got us out of debt, which was a worry i had. So we go into next season with a fair amount of depth.


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August/September/and part of october 2010
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</td> <td sdval="1" sdnum="1033;" align="center">1</td> <td align="center">York</td> <td align="center">CC2</td> </tr> <tr> <td sdval="40425" sdnum="1033;0;MM/DD/YY" align="center" height="17">09/04/10</td> <td align="center">York</td> <td sdval="2" sdnum="1033;" align="center">2</td> <td align="center">
</td> <td sdval="0" sdnum="1033;" align="center">0</td> <td align="center">Hereford</td> <td align="center">CC2</td> </tr> <tr> <td sdval="40436" sdnum="1033;0;MM/DD/YY" align="center" height="18">09/15/10</td> <td align="center">York</td> <td sdval="3" sdnum="1033;" align="center">3</td> <td align="center">
</td> <td sdval="0" sdnum="1033;" align="center">0</td> <td align="center">Darlington</td> <td align="center">JPT 1st Rd.</td> </tr> <tr> <td sdval="40439" sdnum="1033;0;MM/DD/YY" align="center" height="18">09/18/10</td> <td align="center">York</td> <td sdval="2" sdnum="1033;" align="center">2</td> <td align="center">
</td> <td sdval="0" sdnum="1033;" align="center">0</td> <td align="center">Cheltenham</td> <td align="center">CC2</td> </tr> <tr> <td sdval="40443" sdnum="1033;0;MM/DD/YY" align="center" height="18">09/22/10</td> <td align="center">Rochedale</td> <td sdval="1" sdnum="1033;" align="center">1</td> <td align="center">
</td> <td sdval="2" sdnum="1033;" align="center">2</td> <td align="center">York</td> <td align="center">CC2</td> </tr> <tr> <td sdval="40446" sdnum="1033;0;MM/DD/YY" align="center" height="18">09/25/10</td> <td align="center">Accrington</td> <td sdval="1" sdnum="1033;" align="center">1</td> <td align="center">
</td> <td sdval="0" sdnum="1033;" align="center">0</td> <td align="center">York</td> <td align="center">CC2</td> </tr> <tr> <td sdval="40453" sdnum="1033;0;MM/DD/YY" align="center" height="18">10/02/10</td> <td align="center">Notts Co.</td> <td sdval="1" sdnum="1033;" align="center">1</td> <td align="center">
</td> <td sdval="0" sdnum="1033;" align="center">0</td> <td align="center">York </td> <td align="center">CC2</td> </tr> <tr> <td sdval="40460" sdnum="1033;0;MM/DD/YY" align="center" height="17">10/09/10</td> <td align="center">York</td> <td sdval="1" sdnum="1033;" align="center">1</td> <td align="center">
</td> <td sdval="0" sdnum="1033;" align="center">0</td> <td align="center">Exeter</td> <td align="center">CC2</td> </tr> <tr> <td sdval="40463" sdnum="1033;0;MM/DD/YY" align="center" height="18">10/12/10</td> <td align="center">Accrington</td> <td sdval="1" sdnum="1033;" align="center">1</td> <td align="center">
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Well I got a bit carried away and played rather then wrote. All that said it has been a challenging but a fruitful time. York had alot of injuries, still I had manged to build enough depth that we were able to get to 3rd on the League table only one point from the leader Luton. Going 7-1-4 in the CC2. My new striker Gifton Noel-Willams (5 goals) and Loick Piers ( 2 goals and 3 assists) have really done well.

I had to tweek my tactics after a two game losing skid. I now fundementally have three tactic set.
1. Defensive - deep D-line, direct passing, ST targetman
2. Normal- Slightly deep D-line, mixed passing (direct passing in wet weather) , ST targetman
3. offensive- moderate D-line, mixed passing, AMC playmaker

i have mostly used 1and 2. I have only used 3 only for for short periods of time.
This as seemed to do the trick. It gives me flexibility, without throwing off my team with a radical tactical change.

Cup Play:
while i have done well in the Coke-Cola 2, the cup play hasn't been so good. In the league cup I face CC1 Sheffield United and was beaten soundly 2-0. In the Johnstone paint Trophy 1st round I defeated Darlington 3-0. In round two we faced Accrington (whom we lost too three weeks earlier) we had a 1-0 lead which we blew in the closing minutes. the game went to a shootout which we lost.

A big decision....
I had one more game left to finish out the month of October. I heard the rumors last season of teams wanting to hire me as manager. This time i was qiven an offer for the manager job for Coca-Cola Championship team Crystal Palace. the questions should i take it or continue on with York City??? what do you Think??


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after thinking it through i decided to stick with York. I think i can continue to move this team up.
 
i think take the job!!!

another good job offer might not come along and its gona take you a while to get York into the Championship!

unless you've had enuff of top level management and prefer the lower leagues!


i was manager of King's Lynn and got them from mid table Blue Square North up to the playoffs of league 1 and i got an offer from Man U after Sir Alex had retired!!!
 
everytime I've tired to post the site has been down. It always up when i'm at work (like now).

anyway i won CC2 and got promoted to CC1. I got offered job at Wigan. But Wigan was a mess and was getting relagated to CCC. So i'll stick with York. I want to see how far i can bring them up. I think Coca-Cola 1 is going to be tough. i post more info when i get home from work, hopefully the site will be working then.

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 kickin' **** in the Coca-Cola 2.
With the site being up and down intermittently. i was unable to post, what has been my best season ever playing FM09.

York Standings

Stats

Team report

Defense was the key: Our defense really won it for us this season. We gave up 41 goals in 46 in L2. We also had a +29 goal differential. It was because of a strong defensive line:
DC's: Clayton McDonald, Danny Parslow, David McGurk
FB's: Andrew cave-brown, Gregor Robertson, Leam richardson
GK: Bartosz bialkowski (he is a great pick for a goalie)

Well on to Coca-Cola 1. I am already looking at upgrading my team to face the challenge. My budget has increased greatly. I think the first season in CC1 will be an uphill battle (but i thought CC2 was going to be tough, and it wasn't). Morale is high, the fans and board are happy, lets see if that lasts.
 
Keep it coming. You made the right choice sticking with York.
 
Have a Coca-Cola 1 and a smile...well sort a
Well we begin our campaign in the CC1. I had to upgrade my team to meet the challenge.. here are soem of the guys i brought in..

Transfer list

Some of the players I think will have an impact...

JET.jpg

TK.jpg

RL.jpg


I also talked my parent Club Barnsley in to loaning us Clayton Mcdonald. But i made a mistake. I didn't realize you can only loan plays for three months max. So I just lost him. I tried to make an offer but i was out bid by Hull. With CM we were doing quite well without him we have struggled,still we have a respectable standing of 11th place.

standnov11.jpg



I have just had an flash of inspiration ...I can use Jay Emmanuel-Thomas as a center back. i have been using him on left wing and also as a DM ( i switched to a 4-1-4-1, to try to shore up my defense.) the CC1 is much tougher i think we might be here for awhile.

 
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11-12 Season in Coca-Cola 1
york12finalstand.jpg

York12finalstats.jpg


Overall it was a good season finishing 10th with 19 wins, 11 Draws, and 16 losses. We scored (75) a lot of goals and gave up a lot of goals (59).
Differences between CC1 and CC2:
the real surprise is the increase in offensive talent in league 1. The strikers and wingers are far superior in league 1. After Clayton McDonald left we had a hard time dealing with offensive firepower of league 1 teams. I also found some of players who were awesome in CC2 (such as Loick Piers, and Jean-Paul Kalala) just couldn't hack it in CC1.yet i have had a few players from BSP days that have risen to the challenge and played well (fabio ferreira, and Gregor Robertson).
I went to a 4-1-4-1 playing a DMC. this really didn't help. Instead of losing 4-2, we were losing 2-0. So i went back to my tactic that worked all along (4-2-3-1). I also aquirred two CB's which help stem the tide.
A deffender that can play anywhere on the defense from Colchester, Danny Mills.
dannymills.jpg

And a 3 month loan player from Sunderland Peter Farrell, who put in a very Clayton McDonald like performance.
Peterfarrell.jpg


This season's MVP: without a doubt was Dean Sinclair, nine goals and 12 assists. he played as my AMC and as a MC. He was awesome this season.
Goals for the offseason: pick up a new left winger. release some of the dead wood and bulid the nucleus of a team to battle in league 1 and beyond. I will have to say goodbuy to some guy who have been stalwart memeber of the squad back in the BSP days but just are not up to the level of play in league 1.

 
well i got really back logged on this story.
here is the synapsis:

11-12: I spent in coca-cola 1, i tranfered out dean sinclair because other teams wanted him and we whinned and played awful because he did want to trade. I got an excellent AMR/Fc Roy O'Donnald. Still we finished at 10th. WE did manage to win the Johnstone's paint trophy.

12-13: with some tactical tweeking and re-tooled team we kikced but being in first most of the season. late season injuries hurt us against a surging Norwich team we fell to second. Still we earned promotion to the Championship.

13-14: I started off a season facing the championship league at the beginning of the season I got an offer from Stoke City in the preimer league so i took it. I managed to get a fairly weak Stoke to 9th. had to to go from a 4-5-1 to a 4-1-4-1 just to survive. At the last game we had a shot of get in the Euro cup qualifier (6th place), but we lost to Man Utd. away.

14-15: Middle of this season. in 12th and somewhat struggling. I got a new ST Vokes, who just plain sucks. I think i might transfer him out 17 games and 1 goal/1 assist. I am trying to tweek the tactics using alternating 4-5-1 and 4-1-4-1 sets. we'll see how it works i might finish this game after this season and start another BSP/BSN team ( or maybe ireland or scotland)
 
Aww man, you should of definetly stayed with York, Stoke is no fun lol
 
I'm doing a Wimbledon save now, I'm in my first season but doing well, come and see if you want :) Link is on my signature :p
 
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