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So, as I’m now 10 years into this save I thought it’d be good to take a walk down memory lane (similarly to DSYoungEsq but not as in depth! :)) and see just what has happened these past 10 years…

Career Summary


Season   Team              League          		    Position   Achievements
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2011/12  Happy Valley      Hong Kong First Division           7th      -
2012/13  Happy Valley      Hong Kong First Division           7th      -
2013/14  Happy Valley      Hong Kong First Division           1st      Lge Champions, Senior Shield Winners, FA Cup runners up
2014/15  Happy Valley      Hong Kong First Division           2nd      Lge runners up, Lge Cup Winners, FA Cup runners up
2015/16  Happy Valley      Hong Kong First Division           2nd      Lge runners up, FA Cup Winners
2016/17  Happy Valley      Hong Kong First Division	      1st      Lge Champions, Senior Shield Winners, Lge Cup winners, ACC Winners
2017/18  Happy Valley      Hong Kong First Division	      2nd      Lge runners up, Senior Shield Winners, Lge Cup Winners
2018/19  Happy Valley      Hong Kong First Division           1st      Lge Champions, FA Cup Winners, ACC Winners
2019/20  Happy Valley      Hong Kong First Division           1st      Lge Champions, Senior Shield runners up, Lge Cup winners
2020/21  Happy Valley      Hong Kong First Division           1st      Lge Champions, Senior Shield winners, Lge Cup winners, FA Cup winners
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2020	 Hong Kong	   -				       -       Asian Challenge Cup winners

Trophies won

Asian Challenge Cup : 2020

Asian Confederation Cup : 2016/17, 2018/19

Hong Kong First Division : 2013/14, 2016/17, 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21

Hong Kong Senior Shield : 2013/14, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2020/21

Hong Kong League Cup : 2014/15, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2019/20, 2020/21

Hong Kong FA Cup : 2015/16, 2018/19, 2020/21

Players history


Over the past 10 years we've had some great players (and some bad players!) pull on the green shirt...here we pay homage to the Happy Valley greats.

[b][url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/AndyNagelein-1.png"]Andy Nagelein[/url]/[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/AndyNageleinhistory.png"]Andy Nagelein history[/url][/b] : The big centre half joined us in 2012/13 for £16k from Pontic and spent 5 seasons with us making 47 league appearances for us, scoring 1 goal while also winning 2 Hong Kong International caps.

[b][url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/BaiHe-1.png"]Bai He[/url]/[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/BaiHehistory.png"]Bai He history[/url][/b] : The defensive midfielder joined us in 2013/14 from bitter rivals South China on a free transfer and became an integral part of the squad as he went on to make 67 league appearances for us, scoring 5 goals.  He also won 4 caps for Hong Kong.

[b][url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/ChaoPengfei.png"]Chao Pengfei[/url]/[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/ChaoPengfeihistory.png"]Chao Pengfei history[/url][/b] : I brought the winger back to the club for a second spell with us in 2012/13 for £16k.  He spent 6 more seasons with us clocking up 65 league appearances and scoring 9 goals as well as picking up 4 international caps for Hong Kong.

[b][url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/ChoiJae-Won-1.png"]Choi Jae-Won[/url]/[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/ChoiJae-Wonhistory.png"]Choi Jae-Won history[/url][/b] : The South Korean goalkeeper was actually one of my first signings at Happy Valley and proved to be a great keeper for us notching up 79 league appearances in 5 years before moving on.

[b][url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/HuangXiyang-1.png"]Huang Xiyang[/url]/[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/HuangXiyanghistory.png"]Huang Xiyang history[/url][/b] : The Chinese midfielder was a key player in our rise to domestic success as he made 72 league appearances, scoring 4 league goals during his 7 years with us.

[b][url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/LiZhixing.png"]Li Zhixing[/url]/[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/LiZhixinghistory.png"]Li Zhixing history[/url][/b] : The winger was at the club even before I took charge and proved to be a fantastic servant to the club making 131 league appearances and scoring 23 goals during his 10 years with us.

[b][url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/LiuQuankun-1.png"]Liu Quankun[/url]/[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/LiuQuankunhistory.png"]Liu Quankun history[/url][/b] : The strong defender joined us in 2012/13 on a free transfer and firmly established himself as a key player for us in the 6 seasons with us making 86 league appearances and scoring 5 goals.

[b][url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/NgWaiChiu.png"]Ng Wai Chiu[/url]/[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/NgWaiChiuhistory.png"]Ng Wai Chiu history[/url][/b] : The experienced centre half joined us in 2013/14 from Chinese First Division side Dongjin and was a revelation for us, captaining the side as he made 78 league appearances and scoring 4 league goals as well as picking up 54 international caps for Hong Kong.

[b][url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/NohSeung-Hak-1.png"]Noh Seung-Hak[/url]/[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/NohSeung-Hakhistory.png"]Noh Seung-Hak history[/url][/b] : The midfielder was another one of my first signings and was probably my best signing as he made 122 league appearances and scored 15 league goals in the 9 seasons he spent with us.  He was also vice captain and then captain during his time with us and also gained Hong Kong citizenship where he claimed 2 international caps.  He was such a great player for us that when he retired I offered him a role as a [url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/NohSeung-Hakscout.png"]scout[/url] with the club.

[b][url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/KangHyo-4.png"]Kang Hyo[/url]/[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/KangHyohistory.png"]Kang Hyo history[/url][/b] : The striker was another one of my first signings who after a slow start with us went on to make 110 league appearances, scoring 50 league goals as well as becoming a club icon.  He also gained Hong Kong citizenship and picked up 8 international caps, scoring 2 goals.


[b]Hong Kong First Division[/b]

Year		Champions		Runners up		Relegated			     
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2010/11		Citizen			South China		HKFC, Tai Chung		     
2011/12		South China		TSW Pegasus		Sun Hei, Rangers (HKG)
2012/13		South China		Kitchee			HKFC, Tai Po
2013/14		Happy Valley 		South China		Tai Chung, Pontic
2014/15		South China		Happy Valley		Tai Po, Citizen
2015/16		South China		Happy Valley		HKFC, Tai Chung
2016/17		Happy Valley		Citizen			Sun Hei, Tai Po
2017/18		South China		Happy Valley		Double Flower, Sham Shui Po
2018/19		Happy Valley		South China		Pontic, HKFC
2019/20		Happy Valley		South China		Sham Shui Po, Biu Chun
2020/21		Happy Valley		Kitchee			TSW Pegasus, HKFC


[b]Hong Kong Senior Shield[/b]

Year		Winners			Runners up
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2010/11		Sun Hei			Kitchee	
2011/12		Sun Hei 		South China
2012/13		Tuen Mun		Pontic
2013/14		Happy Valley		South China
2014/15		South China		Kitchee
2015/16		Citizen 		South China
2016/17		Happy Valley		South China	
2017/18		Happy Valley		Citizen
2018/19		South China		Citizen
2019/20		South China		Happy Valley
2020/21		Happy Valley		Kitchee


[b]Hong Kong League Cup[/b]

Year		Winners			Runners up
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2010/11		South China		Tai Chung
2011/12		TSW Pegasus		South China
2012/13		Sun Hei 		Citizen
2013/14		HKFC			Tuen Mun
2014/15		Happy Valley		Tai Chung
2015/16		Tai Chung		South China
2016/17		Happy Valley		Pontic
2017/18		Happy Valley		South China
2018/19		Kitchee			TSW Pegasus
2019/20		Happy Valley		Kitchee
2020/21		Happy Valley		Pontic


[b]Hong Kong FA Cup[/b]

Year		Winners			Runners up
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2010/11		South China		Citizen
2011/12		Tai Po			South China
2012/13		Rangers (HKG)		Pontic
2013/14		South China		Happy Valley
2014/15		South China		Happy Valley
2015/16		Happy Valley		Sun Hei
2016/17		Citizen			Kitchee
2017/18		South China 		Sun Hei
2018/19		Happy Valley		Tai Po
2019/20		South China		Sun Hei
2020/21		Happy Valley		Sun Hei

Around the world


[b]International[/b]

[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/WorldCup.png"]World Cup[/url]
[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/AsianCup.png"]Asian Cup[/url]
[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/AsianChallengeCup-1.png"]Asian Challenge Cup[/url]

[b]Asia[/b]

[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/ACL-1.png"]Asian Champions League[/url]
[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/ACC.png"]Asian Confederation Cup[/url]
[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/AsianPresidentsCup.png"]Asian Presidents Cup[/url]
[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/SouthEastAsianClubChampionship.png"]South East Asian Club Championship[/url]

[b]Australia[/b]

[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/AustraliaA-League.png"]Australian A-League[/url]
[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/AustraliaA-Leaguefinalsseries.png"]Australian A-League Final Series[/url]

[b]China[/b]
[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/ChineseSuperLeague.png"]Chinese Super League[/url]
[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/ChineseFirstDivision.png"]Chinese First Division[/url]
[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/ChineseFACup.png"]Chinese FA Cup[/url]
[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/ChineseSuperLeagueAllsStarGame.png"]Chinese Super League All Star Game[/url]

[b]India[/b]

[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/IndianNationalFootballLeague.png"]Indian National Football League[/url]
[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/IndianDurandCup.png"]Indian Durand Cup[/url]
[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/IndianFederationCup.png"]Indian Federation Cup[/url]
[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/IndianSuperCup.png"]Indian Super Cup[/url]

[b]Indonesia[/b]

[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/IndonesianSuperLeague.png"]Indonesian Super League[/url]
[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/IndonesianPremierDivision.png"]Indonesian Premier Division[/url]
[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/IndonesianFirstDivision.png"]Indonesian First Division[/url]
[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/IndonesianCup.png"]Indonesian Cup[/url]
[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/IndonesianSuperCup.png"]Indonesian Super Cup[/url]

[b]Malaysia[/b]

[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/MalaysianSuperLeague.png"]Malaysian Super League[/url]
[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/MalaysianPremierLeague.png"]Malaysian Premier League[/url]
[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/MalaysianFACup.png"]Malaysian FA Cup[/url]
[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/MalaysiaCup.png"]Malaysia Cup[/url]

[b]Singapore[/b]

[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/SingaporeanLeague.png"]Singaporean League[/url]
[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/SingaporeCup.png"]Singapore Cup[/url]
[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/SingaporeanLeagueCup.png"]Singaporean League Cup[/url]

[b]South Korea[/b]

[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/SouthKoreanK-League.png"]South Korean K-League[/url]
[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/SouthKoreanN-League.png"]South Korean N-League[/url]
[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/SouthKoreanFACup.png"]South Korean FA Cup[/url]
[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/SouthKoreanLeagueCup.png"]South Korean League Cup[/url]
[url="http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/Raware/Happy%20Valley/SouthKoreanAllStarCup.png"]South Korean All Star Cup[/url]

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Love that World Cup run by Wales! They seem to do well in 2014 in more than one save. Maybe a harbinger of things to come... :D

Do you think, having looked at your team's progress for 10 years, that your players now are significantly better than they were when you were first signing players like Kang Hyo?

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Wales runner-up World Cup 2014.

Nice summary. Are you going to stay with Happy Valley for another 10 years? :)

Cheers rancer. I'd like to stay for another 10 years but having ambitions of winning the ACL and playing in another country, I probably doubt it...then again, you never know!

Love that World Cup run by Wales! They seem to do well in 2014 in more than one save. Maybe a harbinger of things to come...

Do you think, having looked at your team's progress for 10 years, that your players now are significantly better than they were when you were first signing players like Kang Hyo?

A great world cup for the taffies! It could be a sign of things to come, they do have quality in Gareth Bale, Aaron Ramsey, Joe Ledley and Craig Bellamy...and also Hal Robson Kanu of course! ;)

There's no doubt that the players we're signing now are significantly better than they were when we were first signing players like Kang Hyo. A simple comparison of their playing profiles shows this with Kang Hyo's profile looking like this in 2011/12 and our new signings Souza and Ionut Teodorescu looking like this and this in 2021/22. Our progress on the continental front also supports the theory that we're signing better players. Unfortunately, I don't have the time to do an in depth analysis like you though ;)

Great 10 year summary. If Wales make it to the World Cup Final in 2014 in real life, I'll eat that poodle!

Thanks AK22. I hope you stand by eating that poodle in 3 years time! ;)

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Well, i've just finished my 11th season when I received this message...

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Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! :(. I've tried everything to get past it but nothing has worked, so unfortunately it looks like the end of the road for this save :( It's so demoralising after putting so much time and effort into the save :(.

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Try the help forum?

I will do, cheers :)

It's horrible when something like that happens.

Unfortunately it's not the first time i've had a crash dump/array out of bounds :( but I managed to get past those.

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Someone likes facebook ;) I dislike too

Booooooooo. Unlucky Raware.

:( I'm currently trying to figure a way past this. I have learnt from previous experiences and have a back up save of this but it means replaying the last 6 months.

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I just had this message and I clicked off it, then everything continued as usual..? Is that normal?

I'm not sure but it didn't work for me. Luckily, I had a back up save of this (I learnt from past experiences of losing games!) :D so have managed to get this back up and running even if I did have to replay a few months.

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Happy Valley

Season 2021/22 : Preview

League expectation

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Hong Kong First Division : Board expectation - Win the league : Media expectation - 1st (out of 10)

Cup expectations

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Hong Kong Senior Shield : Not important

Hong Kong League Cup : Not important

Hong Kong FA Cup : Not important

Asian Confederation Cup : Quarter Final

Transfer budget : £680k

Wage budget : £25.1k p/w

Current wage bill : £22.1k p/w

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Happy Valley

Season 2021/22 : Mid-season update

Hong Kong First Division : Another great start for us leaves us sitting top of the league, just ahead of Kitchee who seem to be our nearest rivals now as South China once again ‘struggle’. I say ‘struggle’ because although they’ve only lost once and drew three times so far, it is quite poor for them and something that they’re not used to. But there’s still half of the season left and we can’t think about other teams; all we can do is concentrate on our own game and try and win as many games as possible to retain our title.

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Season 2021/22 : Review

Hong Kong First Division/Hong Kong First Division progress/Hong Kong First Division fixtures : So, we managed to claim the title for the 4th successive year with 4 games to go as we only lost 1 game all season, surprisingly to relegated Biu Chun. I think I can safely say now that we are THE dominant team in Hong Kong, taking over from rivals South China (whose manager incidentally still claims in the media that we will never be the dominant team :confused:. It shows how much he knows!).

Hong Kong Senior Shield : Another fairly tricky route in this competition saw us dispose of both Sun Hei and Rangers (HKG) on our way to the final. Unfortunately though, we failed to turn up as Kitchee totally outplayed us in the final to go on and win the Senior Shield and make up for their defeat in last seasons final.

Hong Kong League Cup/Hong Kong League Cup Group Stage : Easy peasy lemon squeezy, even if we did need extra time in the final.

Hong Kong FA Cup : We suffered a scare in the first round but after that, breezed through the competition as we defeated Second Division Double Flower in the final.

Asian Confederation Cup/ Asian Confederation Cup Group Stage : We made easy work of the group stages as we once again qualified for the knockout stages, but that’s where the easy work stopped as we managed to scrape through the following rounds including the final which we managed to win on penalties to claim our third Asian Confederation Cup :D.

Transfers : It was a quiet couple of transfer windows for us as we brought in back up keeper Mu Li and Colombian defender Andres Osorio both on free transfers. I did bring in two other players at the start of the season, those being Brazilian Fabinho for £50k and Guinea born Ibrahima Keita for a club record £275k but for some reason it was listed on last seasons transfers.

Squad : The squad of players once again showed the quality amongst it by claiming another 3 trophies and gained another year in experience. The back line is still looking fairly weak and getting older by the year so a couple of defenders are a necessity I think during the summer. Hu Feng again knocked in the goals for us as he hit 11 in all competitions while Ionut Teodorescu started to show signs of his ability as he hit 14 goals in all competitions which has generated interest from clubs such as FC Seoul, Dundee United and Aab.

Finances : We still have a decent bank balance but worryingly lost money overall for the second successive season. A stadium expansion or involvement in the ACL should rectify that.

Career Summary



Season   Team              League          		    Position   Achievements
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2011/12  Happy Valley      Hong Kong First Division           7th      -
2012/13  Happy Valley      Hong Kong First Division           7th      -
2013/14  Happy Valley      Hong Kong First Division           1st      Lge Champions, Senior Shield Winners, FA Cup runners up
2014/15  Happy Valley      Hong Kong First Division           2nd      Lge runners up, Lge Cup Winners, FA Cup runners up
2015/16  Happy Valley      Hong Kong First Division           2nd      Lge runners up, FA Cup Winners
2016/17  Happy Valley      Hong Kong First Division	      1st      Lge Champions, Senior Shield Winners, Lge Cup winners, ACC Winners
2017/18  Happy Valley      Hong Kong First Division	      2nd      Lge runners up, Senior Shield Winners, Lge Cup Winners
2018/19  Happy Valley      Hong Kong First Division           1st      Lge Champions, FA Cup Winners, ACC Winners
2019/20  Happy Valley      Hong Kong First Division           1st      Lge Champions, Senior Shield runners up, Lge Cup Winners
2020/21  Happy Valley      Hong Kong First Division           1st      Lge Champions, Senior Shield Winners, Lge Cup Winners, FA Cup Winners
2021/22  Happy Valley      Hong Kong First Division	      1st      Lge Champions, Senior Shield runners up, Lge Cup, FA Cup, ACC Winners

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Season 2021/22 : Season Review

Asian Challenge Cup Qualifying/ Asian Challenge Cup Qualifying group : As expected, we qualified from the group stage relatively easy as we beat Tajikistan, Macau (China PR) and East Timor to secure our place in the Asian Challenge Cup proper.

Asian Challenge Cup/ Asian Challenge Cup group : We were out to defend our title this time round so the pressure was on us a little. Having drawn Nepal, Myanmar and Malaysia in the groups, I was fairly confident of qualifying from that group, but we failed to turn up throughout the tournament and didn’t win a game :(. The HKFA were slightly concerned with our performances and my job status went to insecure. Having thought it through and looking at the players available to me, I came to the conclusion that I had done all I could with the Hong Kong national team and decided to resign while I still had my dignity!

International Career Summary



Season   Team              Competiton   		Achievements
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2020	 Hong Kong	   Asian Challenge Cup		Winners
2021	 Hong Kong	   -				-
2022     Hong Kong	   Asian Challenge Cup		-

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Cheers rancer :thup:. I think I did all I could with Hong Kong and actually am very happy with what I did do there considering the poor state of the nation in footballing terms compared to the rest of the world.

I'm really itching to go to another club now but am struggling to get another job. No-one's interested despite my continental reputation :(. I've applied for countless jobs and have even declared interest about other jobs (which hasn't pleased the board btw) but still can't get anything :confused:.

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I have been offered a Ukrainian Premiership job and the Melbourne Heart job while at National rep in Iceland :p

Flamers

Lucky you! What's the secret then cause apparently I have "no chance" of being considered for the jobs i'm applying for. Maybe i'm applying for jobs with too much of a high reputation?

Another great season. Stick with it and I'm sure the 'big clubs' will start calling soon! Where do you fancy going?

Thanks AK22. I hope you're right. I quite fancy going to either China or Australia as i've never played there before. I would also consider South Korea but I have played there in FM09. But saying that and looking at how things are going, i'd consider a job anywhere at the minute! ;)

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It was in the season when I won the domestic treble while being predicted to finish third in the league and knocked a Polish Premiership team out of the EURO Cup and drew with Rubin from Russia in Russia... That might have something to do with it?

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It was in the season when I won the domestic treble while being predicted to finish third in the league and knocked a Polish Premiership team out of the EURO Cup and drew with Rubin from Russia in Russia... That might have something to do with it?

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It could do. I think i've been applying for jobs with too much of a high reputation.

You'll get a job, I'm sure of it. :) Happy Valley won't be so happy afterward.

I hope so! I've won a few trophies at Happy Valley so they should be happy! ;):D

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Happy Valley

Season 2022/23 : Preview

League expectation

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Hong Kong First Division : Board expectation - Win the league : Media expectation - 1st (out of 10)

Cup expectations

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Hong Kong Senior Shield : Not important

Hong Kong League Cup : Not important

Hong Kong FA Cup : Not important

Asian Champions League : Learn from the experience

Transfer budget : £580k

Wage budget : £23.17 k p/w

Current wage bill : £21.09k p/w

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Season 2022/23 : Mid-season update

Hong Kong First Division : It’s becoming normality for us to be heading the pack at the halfway mark of the season now and this season is no different. We’ve put in some good performances so far which has included hammering our local rivals Rangers (HKG) 6-0, but Kitchee are hot on our heels and South China are always there at the end of the season so there’s still a long way to go yet for us to claim our 5th consecutive league title.

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Season 2022/23 : Review

Hong Kong First Division/Hong Kong First Division progress/Hong Kong First Division fixtures : We claimed our 5th successive league title as the challenge from both Kitchee and South China faded away towards the end of the season. We actually claimed the title with 3 games to go against our most hated and fierce rivals South China (something to shove down Kim Pan-Gon’s throat! ;)) so that was a nice feeling in what could well be my last season with Happy Valley……………..???????

Hong Kong Senior Shield : After last seasons defeat in the final I wanted to make up for it, but we were left shell shocked as local rivals Rangers (HKG) did a number on us.

Hong Kong League Cup/Hong Kong League Cup Group Stage : We had a straight forward passage to the final where we beat hated rivals South China 2-1..

Hong Kong FA Cup : We were quite lucky in the draw and despite a scare in the semi final, we went on to defeat TSW Pegasus 4-2 in the final to claim our 3rd successive FA Cup.

Asian Champions League/Asian Champions League Group Stage : We were back with the big boys of Asia after our Asian Confederation Cup win last season. We navigated through the qualifying stages with surprising ease to be placed in group H along side Seongnam, Chengdu and Nagoya Stolz and to be honest, both the board and I expected nothing more than to learn from the experience. But, we managed to qualify courtesy of goal difference to set up a 2nd round tie with Chinese champions Shandong where we were unlucky to lose in extra time. Still, we can be immensely proud of our performance in the ACL and it shows just how far we’ve come.

Transfers : The transfer windows were extremely quiet for us as we didn’t sign anyone. Out the door saw two players leave, Feng Zhuoyi on a free and Colombian Andres Osorio, who after a couple of seasons with us was whining about moving, so off he went.

Squad : The squad were fantastic again this season as both domestically and continentally they played some great stuff to claim 3 more trophies this season. However, they are an ageing squad with an average age of 28 and the defence is still looking fairly fragile (according to my coaching reports). Hu Feng and Ionut Teodorescu continued to knock the goals in for us as they netted 39 times between them and Ionut Teodorescu managed to claim both the Hong Kong Footballer of the Year award and the Hong Kong First Division top goal scorer award while Hideaki Nagatomi claimed the Hong Kong Fans’ Player of the Year award.

Finances : Thanks to our superb run in the Asian Champions League our finances are looking very healthy indeed :D.

Career Summary



Season   Team              League          		    Position   Achievements
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2011/12  Happy Valley      Hong Kong First Division           7th      -
2012/13  Happy Valley      Hong Kong First Division           7th      -
2013/14  Happy Valley      Hong Kong First Division           1st      Lge Champions, Senior Shield Winners, FA Cup runners up
2014/15  Happy Valley      Hong Kong First Division           2nd      Lge runners up, Lge Cup Winners, FA Cup runners up
2015/16  Happy Valley      Hong Kong First Division           2nd      Lge runners up, FA Cup Winners
2016/17  Happy Valley      Hong Kong First Division	      1st      Lge Champions, Senior Shield Winners, Lge Cup winners, ACC Winners
2017/18  Happy Valley      Hong Kong First Division	      2nd      Lge runners up, Senior Shield Winners, Lge Cup Winners
2018/19  Happy Valley      Hong Kong First Division           1st      Lge Champions, FA Cup Winners, ACC Winners
2019/20  Happy Valley      Hong Kong First Division           1st      Lge Champions, Senior Shield runners up, Lge Cup Winners
2020/21  Happy Valley      Hong Kong First Division           1st      Lge Champions, Senior Shield Winners, Lge Cup Winners, FA Cup Winners
2021/22  Happy Valley      Hong Kong First Division	      1st      Lge Champions, Senior Shield runners up, Lge Cup, FA Cup, ACC Winners
2022/23  Happy Valley      Hong Kong First Division           1st      Lge Champions, Lge Cup Winners, FA Cup Winners

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Great job with 5th title in a row! How's the job offers going?
Good season and nice work making it past the group stages of the ACL. Now, when are you moving to a bigger club? :D

Well :D...this offer landed on my desk :D

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I assume you're off to Liaoning then? You'd be mad not to!

Yeah...like you say, I think id be mad not to! :D

Best of luck at Liaoning, and thanks again for the advice about the crash dump, it worked. :)

No problem mate, glad you got it sorted. I know the pain of having the dreaded 'crash dump' message.

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Founded in 1995, Liaoning FC are a professional Chinese club currently playing in the Chinese National First Division. The club play their home games at Tiexi Stadium and possess adequate training facilities and an adequate youth set up. The club also possess a youth academy and an average youth recruitment network. The club is affectionately known as Liao Small Tiger.

As a club which enjoyed its best spell of success during the 2000’s and their last competition win coming as recently as 2016, Liao Small Tiger are a club with a growing history. Liaoning won the Champions League in 1990 and finished runners up once, won the Chinese top division for the only time in 1993 and finished runners up once, won the Chinese second tier for the only time in 2009 and finished runners up once, and won the FA Cup in 2016 and finished runners up on two occasions.

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Tiexi Stadium

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Liaoning

So, having joined Liaoning halfway through the 2023 season, they’re very much under achieving as they sit 9th in the Chinese National First Division. Both the board and the media were expecting us to win the league but since I arrived halfway through the season, they’ve told me that they won’t be judging me. The same can be said about the FA Cup, which is good really as we were knocked out in the First round! The squad upon my arrival is looking fairly decent but for us to make any kind of push for promotion, it desperately needs improving. To do this the board has given me a transfer budget of £1.4 million and wage budget of £25k per week.

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Yay, Raware's finally leaving! Have fun with Liaoning! They're always a good Jia League team so I don't think it'll be that hard to get to the Super League! Still lots of time to make that promotion push! :)

I thought i'd never get an offer! There's still 19 games left so im quite hopeful of that promotion push with the squad we've got.

Squad looks quite good, what kind of formation are you thinking about?

Yeah, the squad's half decent and should have enough quality in it to compete in the league. I'm hoping to stick with my preferred formation of a counter attacking 4-1-3-2 which I used at Happy Valley.

Well?? Dragon got your tongue?

:D. Not had much time to play recently with work and family commitments. Hopefully i'll get some FM time in soon though :D.

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