Jpayne Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Welcome and I hope you enjoy my updates whether they be bad or good, I'd love for people to give me advise and such things like that in future:). As a Milton Keynes Dons fan, I don't know much, if not all about this club - not once has it came into my mind when watching real life football so it puts me at a slight disadvantage when going to manage a side a have not a clue about however, I have done the same with Chesterfield and I learn to adapt my squad so I know who works well and where which ends up with me having a really fun game. Though, I have never ever in my history of FM (Since FM 05 or 06) managed a non-league squad, knowing this it will make the game a funner experience for me, not only being the under-dog again but being a very large under-dog with most games out of the BSS, being a David versus Goliath battle which rarely upset. I will be updating pre-season results in the next post a long with my best eleven, finances, information about the club and transfers. Database: I haven't used up much nations as my computer performance is half a star so forgive me with the stuff I have which is: English (BSS/BSN) France (National and above) Italy (Serie B & above) Germany (Second division & above) Spain (Spanish B & above) Football manager's information on the club Nation: England Year founded: 1886 Status: Semi-Professional Reputation: Local Chairman status: Loves the club Star players: None Legends: Jason Bristow Icons: Tim Sills, Neville Roach, Sergio Torres Favoured personnel: None Derbies: None Fierce rivals: Farnborough Other rivals: Aldershot, Woking Finances: Okay Average ticket price: £10.00 Average season ticket price: £122 Season ticket holders: 180 Estimated value: 350k Media prediction: 15th Squad personality: Fairly ambitious Capital city: London Expectations Next post will talk about pre-season results, transfers made and how my squad is doing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpayne Posted January 21, 2011 Author Share Posted January 21, 2011 Pre-season results Manager's comment on pre-season I wasn't really expecting much from my new team, only for me to get to know who is worth using and who is deadwood, majority failed to impress in most games as seen in the results, what was expected to be an easy win against our reserves turned into a terrible shooting day, we went into the break 3-0 down, only two get two goals from Downes, and then Pattison to miss a penalty and then Downes to miss a penalty, so two penalty misses and luckily we grabbed another goal to take the draw. This game was where I decided we needed a new keeper, the keeper was had was a youth keeper for some reason so buying a GK was my main goal to start with. We were then well beaten by Reading, however grabbing a goal in the 8th minute only to fall to 3-1 by half time, I enjoyed the determination my team had but it soon dissolved and turned into no confidence at all. Buxton, a team we should be beating we beat with fair ease, we had possession and majority shots on target which led us to win. To bad that all my confidence was shot down when we played Tottenham reserves, 0-0 by the break and they put on Harry Kane who tore through our defence with pure easy leading them to an easy 3-0 win without little, if not all competition from my young young young squad. The loss to Blyth was deserved, we played terribly so I wasn't bothered by it but I figured we needed a little motivation and I NEEDED to strengthen up the back four as we were conceding from every angle. Not a good sight to see. Morecambe, soundly beaten by a league 2 side. Buxton, easy game where we showed our dominance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpayne Posted January 21, 2011 Author Share Posted January 21, 2011 August's results, table & manager's summary Manager's view on the month This month and the start of the season can be summed up in one word, disaster. Unluckily the goal-scoring form we had established in pre-season certainly didn't follow us into the starting month of the season as we went 6 games scoring 1 goal and not gaining a win in the league. The problems started at Chelmsford where we couldn't seem to brake through their back four once, which left me with my hands in my head once they slotted home the winning goal in the 60th minute. We had good possession but our passing let us down very badly as well as Draper, my supposed best striker says my assistant manager. As we proceeded throughout the month we could not seem to find the goal, until the game against promotion challenges Woking where we got out with a 1-1 draw, highly lucky as we performed horribly. My board informed me of a fan date against Weston-Super-mare, a team I should be beating, they got into the box in the 36th second and scored a goal, my defence were a sleep and were garbage. The game was frustrating to watch as my back four made mistakes over and over again including a new signing who I am thoroughly disappointed with. That pretty much sums up the month, board still like me, we're dangling at the wrong end of the table however all my signings are around 19-24 year olds which I am trying to use because it means in future seasons I will be hopefully be doing well with the produce coming up in my club, being that the oldest person at my club is 31 and our average age of 22 there is not much experience in the side. Basingstoke player of the month: This is a hard one, most people under-performed but I'll give it to Gary Frewen who time and time again caused problems in the defence with his crosses. Basingstoke young player of the month: Gary Frewen, only 19 years old and his is a defence troubling left winger to bad my strikers can't get on the end of them. Basingstoke top scorer of the month: Only goal of the month coming from under-performing Grep Draper with 1 goal. September & October's review Manager's view on the two months The two months of games where my saviour as we have clawed our way out of the relagation zone, started scoring again, conceding is at a low and we've been lucky enough to get ourselves into the 1st round of the FA Cup against League 1 outfit - Exeter City, not expecting much but anyway. The start of the September has brought some confidence to my team as we went on a unbeaten streak of 6 games, 3 drawn and 3 won until we lost against bottom side Dartford. I haven't got as much to say about these two months as I thought they were good for the club, with some luck we might beat Exeter. I've pretty much finished my transfers for the year and I might bring in a couple more defenders to bolster the side but we're current 700 over our wage budget so it's highly unlikely. Basingstoke player of the months: Ibrahim Sissoko, the released West Brom player I picked up from the free market has been perfect since we signed him. turning in great performances for Basingstoke and helping out the strikers as a box to box midfielder - scoring 2 and assisting 2. Basingstoke young player of the months: Moses Garvey, only being at the young ripe age of 21 I see him as a great future player, bagging a hat-trick in the 6-1 win in the FA Cup and destroying the BSS defences with his pure speed. His composure needs a little work but once I bring in the extra striker Dali from Argentina I think he will carry on destroying the defences. Basingstoke top scorer of the months: Moses-Garvey leading the club charts with 7 goals, 3 assists in 11 appearances. Truly wonderful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpayne Posted January 21, 2011 Author Share Posted January 21, 2011 FA Cup 1st round special review! Basingstoke 1 - 1 Exeter City This special FA Cup review will tell of how I'm getting a good and deserved replay at Exeter City after a great display at the Camrose. We went ahead on the 10th minute followed an own goal from Exeter's defender, we dominated the whole game until Exeter's striker seized on a quality through ball and slotted it into my net on the 89th minute . I felt pretty **** but I wasn't expecting much and a draw was good enough! FA Cup 1st round replay special review! Exeter City 2 - 0 Basingstoke Unlucky for us, the replay served us our exit on a plate. We were soundly beaten by a fully fit league 1 side however I feel to even get a replay was a very good achievement. Now we can focus our players on the league and FA Trophy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunzfm Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 hey mate any chance you could post up a screenshot of your transfers ? thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpayne Posted January 21, 2011 Author Share Posted January 21, 2011 Enjoy, another one to add onto that one is Stefan Connor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
433tom Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Looks like you got them back on track. Best of luck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpayne Posted January 22, 2011 Author Share Posted January 22, 2011 Just broke an amazing record with my new signing, took him 13 seconds to score In a 5-0 thrashing of Dorchester, class game - I'm now nearly at the end of November. Edit: I'll be updating November's results and how I've progressed tomorrow, the last two results in the league made me pretty happy with my strikers finally getting on target. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpayne Posted January 22, 2011 Author Share Posted January 22, 2011 November's review Manager's view on the month This month was in a nut shell, the month that saved us from the relegation race, seeing as it is really tight on the foot of the table. The fixture-congested month brought me the 1st FA Cup tie against Exeter City, as you can see the review up the page so I'm going to get straight onto the BSS and FA trophy results. Our month in the BSS started with a home tie against promotion challengers Havant & W, we done well in the game getting our shots off yet we failed to score until my favourite youth mid-fielder Oliver-Hewitt walked past the defence to score an amazing goal in the right hand corner to save us the game with a draw. Our next game gave me the season's best performance against renowned title challengers Bishop's Stortford who were sitting in 3rd at the time, we went 1 nil down in the 8th minute following a lapse in concentration however the boys came back with amazing perseverance and showed that we meant business, all 4 goals coming from all different people made me smile, especially the last goal with Carrick who's outside the box strike found the right hand corner. We'll skip the FA Cup review because it is a few posts above me and head to the FA trophy where we faced a club who I haven't got loaded, I was duly surprised when they went up in the 19th minute following a rather flukey goal but we came back and won it 3-2, Gary Frewen being my man of the match. The next 3 games were being faced against good sides, exception of Thurrock. Chelmsford should have been a hard game but the whole team worked as a machine and we grabbed a deserved 2-0 victory over them, great finishing gave us the edge and a debut goal for Stefan Connor. The next two games we conceded 0 and scored 10, 5-0 thrashing of Dorchester who we had previously beaten in the FA Cup 3-0 brought up an amazing hat-rick for new signing Stefan Connor who scored in 13 seconds to bring us up a 1-0 and the rest was history, dominated the game in all areas. The game against Thurrock we should have won and boy did we do it in style, to end the motnh with 2 5-0 thrashings brings our fantastic month to an end. Basingstoke player of the month: Stefan Connor, he got a league award for it and I'll give him this for it - 5 goals, 2 assists in 7 games shows how much he has done for us. Basingstoke young player of the month: Stefan Connor, only 19 shows he is going to be a great product for the next season with his goals and assists up front with Moses-Garvey. Basingstoke goal scorer of the month: It was close with Moses-Garvey bagging 4 goals in the month and Connor bagging a lovely 5 shows that we have striking dominance up front. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maw74 Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Going well after a poor start, hopefully you can keep that up. Any chance you could make the screenshot pics slighty bigger? Year club founded should be 1896. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpayne Posted January 22, 2011 Author Share Posted January 22, 2011 For some reason my screenshots come out small like that, I'll see if I can make them bigger and thanks for the noting the mistake, changed now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maw74 Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 For some reason my screenshots come out small like that, I'll see if I can make them bigger and thanks for the noting the mistake, changed now. Ok, I can see them just have to get closer to the screen. Lol just noticed I made a mistake with the year but you have it right now anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpayne Posted January 22, 2011 Author Share Posted January 22, 2011 Yeah the screenshots are bit of a strain on the eyes, I'll try make them bigger and my form is doing well since the Nov win we've had all wins and we're sitting in 7th and about to have a match against fierce rivals and title challengers Farnborough, lost 2-1 to them last time. But with the rich form from Connor who's scored 8 in 11 I think we'll pull a win out of the bag! Hopefully Edit: Won 2-0, penalty scored from Moses-Garvey and a cross from Gary Frewen into Diagne to put the game to bed, 8 winning streak and just outside the play-offs!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpayne Posted January 22, 2011 Author Share Posted January 22, 2011 December's review! Manager's view on December This month was mainly fuelled by our successful end to the November month which has got us onto the promotion trail, our month started with a game mid-table side Staines, two successful breaks from Hewitt-Fisher gave us the lead and the Connor slotted one home to grab us the victory, we dominated the entire game and got more shots of then the opposing side which gave us the edge throughout the match. Our next game brought us to Hampton's ground in the FA trophy where we got a nice own-goal from their keeper before they equalised on the 82nd minute, only for that to be killed of by a 91st minute and for us to go through to face a side who I haven't loaded and forgot their name. Braintree brought us a fun game, both sides having possession and the shooting was poor but Frewen got on the edge of a quality cross from Mark Pattison and we managed to keep that score for the rest of the game. Maidenhead was a rather hard game, going 1-0 down at half time only for my star striker Stefan Connor to take charge and power home 2 amazing goals, 1 of which was fantastic as Ben Hoskins crossed in a free kick from the half way line into the box where he took it on his chest, let it drop and shot into the left hand corner. The last game of the month saw us face our arch rivals in a derby affair, last time we lost out 2-1 because we couldn't score back then but this time it was a totally different story. First goal coming from the break, Carrick hitting a ball over the top and Connor coming onto it only to be fouled by Robinson in the area where he gained a deserved red card and Moses-Garvey hit the penalty and then Gary Frewen crossed it in, keeper dived out and missed the ball only for central defender Diagne to score it. Basingstoke player of the month: Hewitt-Fisher, he's consistently performed since I bought him and this month he has been very good so he deserved it thoroughly with 4 goals and 4 assists in 18 appearances, very well. Basingstoke young player of the month: Stefan Connor, consistently performing like Hewitt-Fisher and he is doing very well in the goal scoring business. Basingstoke top scorer of the month: It was close month with many different scorers but yet again Stefan Connor comes out with 3 goals in 5 appearances, Hewitt-Fisher coming close behind with 2 and Moses-Garvey with 2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpayne Posted January 22, 2011 Author Share Posted January 22, 2011 Extra Extra, READ ALL ABOUT IT! Payne signs until 2014 . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilDave Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Well done on the new contract, looks like you've earned it after fighting back from that shaky start. Playoffs look well within your reach, and only 6 off top spot as well, KUTGW! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK22 Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Good luck with 'Amazingjoke'! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Congrats! Keep it up! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpayne Posted January 22, 2011 Author Share Posted January 22, 2011 January's review! Manager's review on the month. This month was a very productive month which brought us up to our best position just behind local rivals Loughborough, we started of the month with a dominant win over Maidenhead which led us into the Weston-Super-Mare game, they had previously beat us 2-0 so I was itching to set the record straight, so I thought we were going to as we popped up with a goal from Garvey in the 20th minute until they slotted home 2 goals in the second half. We could have won the game by lengths but my strikers were not up to it today, unluckily they recorded the double over us in the season. Third game brought up a good match with it being 1-1, Connor popped up to score a nice goal. The next game brought up a solid show from our defence and a good show up front when we won 2-1. Godalming was a team we should be beating and so we did, hat-trick from Moses-Garvey put them away to bed and we were drawn against former BSS winners NEWPORT COUNTY . We were itching to set the record straight with St Albans who had put us to bed earlier in the season and so we did, hitting two against them in a quality game where both sides showed up. The last game brought up my goal of the season from young mid-fielder Hewitt-Fisher. Basingstoke player of the month: Yet again going to Hewitt-Fisher for his consistency in form and his wonderful goal at the end of the month to top it off. Basingstoke young player of the month: Tony Diagne, 20 showed solid performances sitting in centre back posistion and has been a rock at the back for us not making much mistakes. Basingstoke top scorer of the month: Moses-Garvey, had a hard month in December but got back on track in January scoring a handful of goals totalling up to 5 in 6 appearances. Goal of the month - Hewitt-Fisher [video=youtube;7C_QyeqnTrs] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpayne Posted January 23, 2011 Author Share Posted January 23, 2011 February's review! [center]Pos Inf Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag G.D. Pts1st Farnborough 31 19 5 7 53 35 +18 622nd Havant & W 32 15 11 6 58 36 +22 563rd Woking 31 16 8 7 45 30 +15 56[b]4th Basingstoke 32 16 7 9 52 28 +24 55[/b]5th Bishop's Stortford 31 15 8 8 55 39 +16 536th Chelmsford 31 15 8 8 51 38 +13 537th Bromley 32 15 7 10 56 52 +4 528th Dover 31 13 11 7 50 32 +18 509th Braintree 31 13 9 9 36 26 +10 4810th St. Albans 31 13 8 10 45 41 +4 4711th Hampton & Richmond 31 13 7 11 37 32 +5 4612th Weston-super-Mare 32 12 9 11 62 49 +13 4513th Welling 31 13 5 13 41 45 -4 4414th Eastleigh 31 11 7 13 40 45 -5 4015th Ebbsfleet 31 11 6 14 39 42 -3 3916th Staines 31 11 5 15 34 45 -11 3817th Maidenhead 32 9 7 16 34 54 -20 3418th Lewes 31 9 6 16 33 51 -18 3319th Dorchester 31 8 7 16 20 40 -20 3120th Boreham Wood 31 3 14 14 27 52 -25 2321st Thurrock 32 5 7 20 35 62 -27 2222nd Dartford 31 5 6 20 31 60 -29 21[/center] Manager's view on the month This month wasn't very productive, our form let us drop in the table but we're still in a steady play-off position yet we have more games played then most of the teams in the league due to our fantastic on-going run in the FA Trophy where we grabbed a 2-2 draw at Newport County's home ground then put them to bed in a 2-0 replay at the Camrose which gave us a cup bout with Blue square premier league's Hayes & Yeading. Onto the league, our first league match of the month through us up against Eastleigh who we had previously beaten 1-0 and we destroyed them 3-0, pick of the goals coming from Stefan Connor. Our next game against Ebbsfleet gave us a nasty shock as we couldn't score against am mediocre score and deserved to lose. The next game, against Staines who we had previously beat 3-0 was one we should have won yet we hit the post 4 times, had 2 goals disallowed and they scored a flukey goal - We could have won that game by 6 goals but luck and mainly the referees wasn't on our side and I expressed that to the media who gave me a warning from FA... Hayes and Yeading brought us the QUARTER-FINAL of the FA Trophy and we put up a strong fight with both goals coming from both of our centre backs, we've earned a replay at their ground unfortunately so I haven't got much hope as our away record isn't great. Basingstoke Player of the month: James Gilpin, goal keeper has been showing great performances that have got him interest from League 1 leaders Rotherham. Basingstoke young player of the month: I'm going to give this to Hewitt-Fisher again who's showed consistent performances that earned him my goal of the month yet again. Basingstoke top scorer of the month: This goes to Stefan Connor who has scored 3 goals in 6 appearances. Goal of the month - Hewitt-Fisher [video=youtube;VuUVEs_OgR4] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpayne Posted January 23, 2011 Author Share Posted January 23, 2011 Reached '' Untouchable '' status from my board and I'm being linked with jobs in League 1 and 2, but I'm going to stick at Basingstoke through thick and thin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
433tom Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Nice goal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpayne Posted January 23, 2011 Author Share Posted January 23, 2011 1 game until the end of the season and it's so tight. [center]Pos Inf Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag G.D. Pts [b]1st Pl Basingstoke 41 22 8 11 68 38 +30 74[/b] 2nd Pl Farnborough 41 22 8 11 68 51 +17 74 3rd Pl Woking 41 21 9 11 59 42 +17 72 4th Dover 41 19 13 9 73 42 +31 70 5th Bromley 41 20 10 11 75 68 +7 70 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6th Chelmsford 41 19 11 11 69 51 +18 68[/center] It is so close and we go into the last game with 3 teams being able to take the top spot in the league!! Basingstoke vs Welling Farnborough vs Thurrock Woking vs Ebbsfleet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpayne Posted January 23, 2011 Author Share Posted January 23, 2011 *SIGH* Welling scored an equaliser in the 91st minute to send me to 2nd place! DAMN IT! [center]Pos Inf Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag G.D. Pts 1st C Farnborough 42 23 8 11 71 51 +20 77 [b]2nd Pl Basingstoke 42 22 9 11 70 40 +30 75[/b] 3rd Pl Bromley 42 21 10 11 79 68 +11 73 4th Pl Woking 42 21 9 12 60 44 +16 72 5th Pl Chelmsford 42 20 11 11 70 51 +19 71 6th St. Albans 42 21 8 13 70 57 +13 71[/center] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK22 Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 A good year for teams from Hampshire. Good luck for the playoffs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpayne Posted January 23, 2011 Author Share Posted January 23, 2011 Yeah, my fierce rivals grabbing the title frustrates me though anyway. Play-off semi-final Chelmsford 2 - 1 Basingstoke - FIRST LEG Basingstoke 2 (3) - (2) 0 Chelmsford PLAY-OFF FINAL Basingstoke 2 - 1 Woking - rival WINNING GOAL - MARK PATTISON [video=youtube;OSQJsIw1918] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpayne Posted January 23, 2011 Author Share Posted January 23, 2011 What happened in the season, all leagues involved! Barclay's Premier League [center]Pos Inf Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag G.D. Pts 1st ECC Man Utd 38 23 6 9 65 37 +28 75 2nd ECC Everton 38 23 6 9 63 38 +25 75 3rd ECC Chelsea 38 20 10 8 73 40 +33 70 4th ECC Tottenham 38 21 6 11 61 35 +26 69 5th EC Man City 38 18 9 11 55 49 +6 63 6th EC Arsenal 38 16 13 9 69 48 +21 61 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 18th R West Brom 38 10 5 23 41 73 -32 35 19th R West Ham 38 8 6 24 32 60 -28 30 20th R Blackpool 38 7 5 26 26 65 -39 26[/center] Npower Championship [center]Pos Inf Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag G.D. Pts 1st C Burnley 46 27 8 11 67 38 +29 89 2nd P Hull 46 23 11 12 66 47 +19 80 3rd Leicester 46 24 7 15 55 41 +14 79 4th Coventry 46 20 15 11 69 47 +22 75 5th Nottm Forest 46 21 10 15 71 60 +11 73 6th P Q.P.R. 46 20 13 13 55 49 +6 73 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 22nd R Crystal Palace 46 13 11 22 46 61 -15 50 23rd R Swansea 46 12 10 24 44 60 -16 46 24th R Scunthorpe 46 8 9 29 42 75 -33 33[/center] Npower League 1 [center]Pos Inf Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag G.D. Pts 1st C Peterborough 46 27 10 9 81 44 +37 91 2nd P Brentford 46 24 9 13 68 49 +19 81 3rd Huddersfield 46 20 15 11 77 54 +23 75 4th Sheff Wed 46 22 9 15 68 51 +17 75 5th Charlton 46 22 9 15 65 55 +10 75 6th P Southampton 46 19 17 10 75 48 +27 74 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 21st R Yeovil 46 12 15 19 51 66 -15 51 22nd R Colchester 46 11 11 24 42 60 -18 44 23rd R Bournemouth 46 11 8 27 39 74 -35 41 24th R Dag & Red 46 7 10 29 36 80 -44 31[/center] Npower League 2 [center]Pos Inf Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag G.D. Pts 1st C Rotherham 46 28 10 8 75 38 +37 94 2nd P Port Vale 46 23 12 11 71 49 +22 81 3rd P Gillingham 46 23 11 12 61 45 +16 80 4th Bury 46 24 6 16 61 48 +13 78 5th Bradford 46 21 12 13 43 35 +8 75 6th Chesterfield 46 20 13 13 66 46 +20 73 7th P Oxford 46 21 10 15 61 51 +10 73 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 23rd R Cheltenham 46 12 9 25 48 72 -24 45 24th R Hereford 46 7 16 23 46 81 -35 37 [/center] Blue Square Premier league [center] Pos Inf Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag G.D. Pts 1st C Luton 46 28 11 7 68 40 +28 95 2nd Rushden 46 27 8 11 83 46 +37 89 3rd Darlington 46 25 10 11 70 41 +29 85 4th P Crawley 46 25 10 11 80 60 +20 85 5th Grimsby 46 22 13 11 63 38 +25 79 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 21st R Hayes & Yeading 46 9 18 19 45 67 -22 45 22nd R Tamworth 46 9 15 22 40 68 -28 42 23rd R Bath 46 11 9 26 46 77 -31 42 24th R Kidderminster 46 8 16 22 47 80 -33 40[/center] Blue Square north [center] Pos Inf Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag G.D. Pts 1st C AFC Telford 40 25 6 9 59 28 +31 81 2nd Boston Utd 40 19 10 11 48 41 +7 67 3rd Nuneaton 40 20 6 14 38 34 +4 66 4th Workington 40 18 10 12 49 41 +8 64 5th P Gainsborough 40 17 12 11 50 35 +15 63 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 20th R Redditch 40 8 11 21 32 55 -23 35 21st R Hyde 40 7 9 24 29 55 -26 30 [/center] BLUE SQUARE SOUTH [center]Pos Inf Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag G.D. Pts 1st C Farnborough 42 23 8 11 71 51 +20 77 [b]2nd P Basingstoke 42 22 9 11 70 40 +30 75[/b] 3rd Bromley 42 21 10 11 79 68 +11 73 4th Woking 42 21 9 12 60 44 +16 72 5th Chelmsford 42 20 11 11 70 51 +19 71 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 20th R Boreham Wood 42 6 16 20 37 71 -34 34 21st R Thurrock 42 8 7 27 48 81 -33 31 22nd R Dartford 42 6 8 28 42 85 -43 26 [/center] FA Cup winners Bolton League Cup winners Manchester United Champions League Real Madrid Euro Cup winners Sporting CP FA Trophy Southport Trophies earned this season N/a Awards earned this season Blue Square South's manager of the season. Blue Square South's manager of the month - November, December, January. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpayne Posted January 23, 2011 Author Share Posted January 23, 2011 My managerial record - (2010 - present) P W D L F A Win % Competitions Won ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 57 31 12 14 102 56 54% N/a Cups: | Season | Champions Lge | Europa League | FA Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | FA Trophy |-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 10/11 (BSS) | | | 1st Rnd | | | 4th qual round replay League: Season Team League Position Achievements & Notes-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2010/11 Basingstoke BSS 2nd Play-off winners & Manager of the season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpayne Posted January 24, 2011 Author Share Posted January 24, 2011 From now I'm only going to be updating at December and end of the season, however I will update monthly with information like my player of the month, young player, scorer and goal of the month and who has hit 100 appearances under my management! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpayne Posted January 24, 2011 Author Share Posted January 24, 2011 First of all - What's expected of us to do this season, transfers made and the squad I'll be using for the Blue Square Premier League 2011/2012. Seasons expectations The board expect you to fight bravely to avoid relegation this season. Transfers made since promotion [center][b]Date Person From Fee[/b] 13.6.2011 Deeney, Ellis Free Transfer Free 28.6.2011 Morris, Josh Free Transfer Free 2.7.2011 Wijnhard, Clyde Free Transfer Free 5.7.2011 Harris, CourtneyFree Transfer Free 13.7.2011 McArdle, Lee Free Transfer Free 20.7.2011 McPike, MitchellFree Transfer Free 21.7.2011 Ngoo, Michael Free Transfer Free 9.8.2011 Bogle, Omar Free Transfer Free [b]Total £0[/b] [b]Date Person To Fee[/b] 14.6.2011 Campbell, Peter Free 30.6.2011 Laidler, Stephen Free 30.6.2011 Montague, Ross Free 30.6.2011 Pratt, David Free 3.7.2011 Tardif, Chris Eastbourne Boro Free 11.7.2011 Lawrence, Lee Darlington Free 20.7.2011 Rice, Robbie Dartford Free [b]Total £0[/b] [/center] Squad to work with Pkd Inf Name Position Nat Height Weight Age Value GK Wnt James Gilpin GK SCO 191 cm 90 kg 32 £8K DR Ben Hoskin D (R) ENG 182 cm 74 kg 20 £45K DCR Tony Diagne D (C) FRA 188 cm 84 kg 20 £45K DCL Lee McArdle D (C) WAL 183 cm 83 kg 19 £85K DL Ellis Deeney D (L) ENG 174 cm 74 kg 19 £45K MR Courtney Harris M (R) ENG 161 cm 60 kg 19 £60K MCR Mitchell McPike M (C) ENG 177 cm 79 kg 19 £65K MCL Ibrahim Sissoko DMM(C) MLI 183 cm 72 kg 23 £9K ML Josh Morris M (LC) ENG 179 cm 70 kg 19 £65K STCR Omar Bogle ST ENG 179 cm 79 kg 19 £120K STCL Michael Ngoo ST ENG 194 cm 76 kg 18 £130K S1 Stefan Connor ST ENG 183 cm 76 kg 21 £12K S2 Hewitt-Fisher M/AM (C)WAL 176 cm 74 kg 21 £8K S3 Callum Reynolds D (C) ENG 183 cm 77 kg 21 £12K S4 Gary Frewen M/AM (L)IRL 164 cm 65 kg 20 £35K S5 Moses-Garvey AM(C)ST SKN 173 cm 72 kg 21 £16K S6 Rsv Tommy Bunn D (C) ENG 185 cm 82 kg 17 £2K S8 Wnt Kofi Poyser AM(R)ST ENG 186 cm 86 kg 19 £50K S10 Lst Matty Warner M/AM(L) ENG 178 cm 75 kg 26 £1K S11 Wnt Greg Draper ST NZL 186 cm 78 kg 22 £10K - Rsv Clyde Wijnhard ST NED 181 cm 78 kg 37 £275 - Rsv Sean Hankin D (LC) ENG 183 cm 77 kg 30 £1K Manager's view on the squad, transfers and expectations. I think we can easily exceed those expectations as long as we get a strong start to the season and not a disasterous one like last seasons shabby performances, on the transfer market I thought I needed to get rid of some dead-wood who were carrying the wage bill around so I got rid of that and brought in some new players who can work up to the new leagues standards, two shone out to me - Ngoo and Bogle who both rejected teams from higher leagues to join us which shows they want first team football in my eyes. Squad has a lot of depth in it so injuries won't effect much because we have players who can work all over the shop, however I might need to start finding a replacement for Gilpin who's coming on 32 now. Anyway! GOOD LUCK TEAM FOR THE SEASON! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpayne Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 Pre-season results & August's results I've decided that I'm going to update it regularly but in chunks, so two months each and then do specials for the FA Cup. Results from Pre-season and start of the season: BSP League table after 6 games: [center]Pos Inf Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag G.D. Pts 1st Hereford 6 5 1 0 12 3 +9 16 2nd York 6 4 1 1 7 6 +1 13 3rd Gainsborough 6 3 3 0 8 4 +4 12 4th Southport 6 3 2 1 12 5 +7 11 5th Mansfield 6 3 2 1 10 8 +2 11 6th AFC Telford 6 3 2 1 6 4 +2 11 7th Altrincham 6 2 4 0 12 8 +4 10 8th Fleetwood 6 2 4 0 9 7 +2 10 9th Wrexham 6 3 0 3 9 6 +3 9 [b]10th Basingstoke 6 2 3 1 7 7 0 9[/b] 11th Newport Co 6 2 1 3 11 10 +1 7 12th AFC Wimbledon 6 2 1 3 8 7 +1 7 13th Cheltenham 6 1 4 1 6 5 +1 7 14th Barrow 6 2 1 3 9 10 -1 7 15th Kettering 6 2 1 3 7 8 -1 7 16th Darlington 6 1 4 1 6 7 -1 7 17th Histon 6 2 1 3 6 7 -1 7 18th Farnborough 6 2 1 3 6 8 -2 7 19th Rushden 6 1 3 2 5 7 -2 6 20th Grimsby 6 1 2 3 4 5 -1 5 21st Gateshead 6 1 2 3 9 12 -3 5 22nd Eastbourne Boro 6 1 1 4 8 13 -5 4 23rd Cambridge 6 0 3 3 7 14 -7 3 24th Forest Green 6 0 1 5 2 15 -13 1 [/center] Managers view on the pre-season & the start of a new season Good start to the season, we've been quite solid after a few games even though the 2-0 loss to Arch rivals Farnborough didn't go down to well however I've finally got my two strikers fit and ready to start banging the goals away, so a good 10th position is quite good considering the teams competing in the league. Basingstoke player of the month: Ngoo, good start to his season at Basingstoke and I'm proud to have him in the striker position a long with the depth I have there. Basingstoke young player of the month: Tommy Amos, kid is coming a long well as I put him in a variety of matches to test him out which he exceeded in, might see some first team starts come his way. Basingstoke top scorer of the month: Tommy Amos - 3 goals coming from the pre-season games Basingstoke league top scorer of the month: 2 goals a piece for Omar Bogle who saved us against Rushden with a 2-2 equalising header in the 92nd minute and Ngoo who also scored in the Rushden game to help us grab a point. GOAL OF THE MONTH - Will be updated later on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpayne Posted January 26, 2011 Author Share Posted January 26, 2011 September - October month will be updated tomorrow so be on the look-out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpayne Posted January 29, 2011 Author Share Posted January 29, 2011 Sorry about the lack of updates, school and revising for exams took over part of my week but I plan on playing fomr FM over the weekend and hopefully I can get some of the season finished. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpayne Posted January 30, 2011 Author Share Posted January 30, 2011 September, October, November & December REVIEW! [center]Pos Inf Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag G.D. Pts 1st Hereford 26 15 8 3 52 28 +24 53 2nd Mansfield 26 15 6 5 43 23 +20 51 3rd Grimsby 25 13 6 6 29 16 +13 45 [b]4th Basingstoke 26 12 8 6 39 29 +10 44[/b] 5th Cheltenham 26 10 10 6 36 21 +15 40 6th Kettering 26 12 3 11 32 31 +1 39 7th Gainsborough 26 9 9 8 40 35 +5 36 8th Wrexham 25 10 6 9 33 29 +4 36 9th Darlington 26 9 9 8 26 29 -3 36 10th Southport 25 10 6 9 28 33 -5 36 11th AFC Wimbledon 25 9 8 8 39 34 +5 35 12th York 26 9 8 9 24 26 -2 35 13th Cambridge 26 8 9 9 32 36 -4 33 14th Newport Co 25 8 8 9 31 30 +1 32 15th Eastbourne Boro 25 8 8 9 30 32 -2 32 16th Rushden 26 7 10 9 25 29 -4 31 17th Fleetwood 26 7 10 9 30 46 -16 31 18th Gateshead 26 6 11 9 32 36 -4 29 19th Altrincham 25 6 9 10 35 33 +2 27 20th Barrow 26 7 6 13 25 36 -11 27 21st Histon 25 7 6 12 22 34 -12 27 22nd AFC Telford 26 7 5 14 26 35 -9 26 23rd Forest Green 26 7 5 14 18 38 -20 26 24th Farnborough 26 5 10 11 29 37 -8 25[/center] Manager's review on the months Great few months which have gained us a position in the play-off places due to the whole team coming together, I decided to cash in on my central defender Tony Diagne who I got on free transfer for a free of 7k which will help our club get out of our debt which now stands at 26,000. I've also been able to get my whole team to blend as a whole which means our team is playing much better together in my new 4-1-2-1-2 formation which has led us to great victories, mainly the 4-1 win against current league leaders Hereford. Recently I've had 3 great young products come up in my youth team and one got to the age of 17 and I brought him into the first team squad were he is doing very well and I think he's going to go on and do really well. So it's a good few months and it's great to see arch rivals fall under our 2-0 win and fall to 24th place which made me smile. And 2 manager of the month awards really made me proud. Basingstoke player of the months: James Gilpin, he's been solid in goal even though he had a lapse in form throughout December he held through and is doing very well at Basingstoke. Basingstoke young player of the months: Liam Ritchie, great start to he career at the Camrose and has delivered some great performances at a young age of 17. Basingstoke top scorer of the months: Moses-Garvey, 8 goals in the months. GOAL OF THE MONTH - STEFAN CONNOR [video=youtube;rtrLaNd0eoE] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Great run so far dude! Keep it up! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpayne Posted January 30, 2011 Author Share Posted January 30, 2011 Thanks, BSP results are so odd I'd win 4-1 and then lose 1-0 the next game but I'm currently on a 11 unbeaten run which is really good even though I've been knocked out of both FA trophy (vs Eastleigh) and FA Cup (vs Hartlepool). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK22 Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Doing well. Back to back promotions quite a possibility Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpayne Posted January 30, 2011 Author Share Posted January 30, 2011 The people in the play-offs are pretty strong sides, I mean I just lost to Mansfield 3-0 and they were against my strongest set-up so it's going to be tough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crouchaldinho Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Great work with the 'Stoke so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpayne Posted January 30, 2011 Author Share Posted January 30, 2011 Great work with the 'Stoke so far. Thanks a lot . Reaching 100th game in management against AFC Wimbledon, who IRL are my home teams biggest rivals It says we're struggling but we're 3rd so I don't understand that LOL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpayne Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 Only 1 game to go and the league stands like this 1st Basingstoke - 84 2nd Hereford - 83 3rd Mansfield - 83 So close once again, I hope I don't fail like last season and not get the top spot. I'll be updating it tomorrow as I'm tired right now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpayne Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 Again... we fall to our last game houdini, we fail to turn up on the day and get thumped 3-1 to concede the title to Hereford, now to the play-offs where I don't hold much hope. Edit: And to top it all off, I've been handed a touchline ban for my comments on the referees game which was abysmal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpayne Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 Basingstoke vs Grimsby town - Play-off semis. Basingstoke 4 - 3 Grimsby town B'stoke goal scorers: Matt Stepney (3), Harris (1). B'stoke MOM: Matt Stepney - 9.70. Basingstoke (5) 1 - 0 (3) Grimsby town - At the Camrose! B'stoke goal scorers: Aaron Moses-Garvey B'stoke MOM: Matt Stepney - 7.80 Basingstoke 2 - 1 Mansfield - Play-off finals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpayne Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 How's about that for a late winner?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpayne Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 Every league, TOP to bottom. Barclay's premier league Pos Inf Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag G.D. Pts 1st ECC Man Utd 38 27 7 4 81 36 +45 88 2nd ECC Liverpool 38 25 7 6 76 32 +44 82 3rd ECC Chelsea 38 25 6 7 66 32 +34 81 4th ECC Man City 38 22 10 6 62 29 +33 76 5th EC Arsenal 38 16 11 11 56 46 +10 59 6th EC Birmingham 38 15 13 10 55 49 +6 58 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 18th R Wigan 38 9 7 22 33 65 -32 34 19th R Q.P.R. 38 5 8 25 35 73 -38 23 20th R Burnley 38 6 5 27 23 67 -44 23 Npower championship Pos Inf Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag G.D. Pts 1st C Middlesbrough 46 28 11 7 72 34 +38 95 2nd P Bristol City 46 27 7 12 77 46 +31 88 3rd West Ham 46 26 8 12 84 47 +37 86 4th Sheff Utd 46 23 15 8 77 46 +31 84 5th Portsmouth 46 23 11 12 67 44 +23 80 6th P Leeds 46 21 17 8 69 48 +21 80 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 22nd R Watford 46 10 13 23 37 70 -33 43 23rd R Doncaster 46 10 11 25 47 68 -21 41 24th R Brentford 46 10 7 29 41 86 -45 37 Npower league 1 Pos Inf Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag G.D. Pts 1st C Huddersfield 46 27 10 9 89 48 +41 91 2nd P Swindon 46 26 11 9 76 49 +27 89 3rd Brighton 46 23 15 8 73 44 +29 84 4th Charlton 46 21 10 15 66 62 +4 73 5th Crystal Palace 46 19 16 11 57 56 +1 73 6th P Sheff Wed 46 18 15 13 71 53 +18 69 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 21st R Leyton Orient 46 14 9 23 55 71 -16 51 22nd R Rotherham 46 13 10 23 57 72 -15 49 23rd R Tranmere 46 12 12 22 43 67 -24 48 24th R Oxford 46 8 13 25 36 64 -28 37 Npower league 2 Pos Inf Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag G.D. Pts 1st C Bury 46 28 8 10 72 49 +23 92 2nd P Southend 46 26 12 8 77 44 +33 90 3rd P Bradford 46 27 6 13 71 39 +32 87 4th P Torquay 46 24 12 10 72 48 +24 84 5th Luton 46 24 11 11 78 42 +36 83 6th Colchester 46 23 11 12 58 43 +15 80 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 23rd R Aldershot 46 12 8 26 39 60 -21 44 24th R Macclesfield 46 9 8 29 42 80 -38 35 Blue Square south Pos Inf Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag G.D. Pts 1st C Bath 42 22 15 5 67 29 +38 81 2nd P Bromley 42 24 8 10 71 41 +30 80 3rd Ebbsfleet 42 21 13 8 66 32 +34 76 4th Woking 42 21 13 8 55 38 +17 76 5th Weston-super-Mare 42 22 8 12 69 41 +28 74 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 20th R Sutton Utd 42 6 14 22 35 65 -30 32 21st R Salisbury 42 8 7 27 33 77 -44 31 22nd R Weymouth 42 5 8 29 24 85 -61 23 Blue Square north Pos Inf Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag G.D. Pts 1st C Corby 42 26 6 10 63 35 +28 84 2nd Worcester 42 22 11 9 61 32 +29 77 3rd Workington 42 20 15 7 62 40 +22 75 4th Hinckley 42 20 11 11 53 36 +17 71 5th P Boston Utd 42 19 13 10 56 38 +18 70 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 20th R FC United 42 7 11 24 34 71 -37 32 21st R Hednesford 42 6 10 26 25 63 -38 28 22nd R Lowestoft 42 2 7 33 20 88 -68 13 Last.. but NOT least - Blue Square premier league! Pos Inf Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag G.D. Pts 1st C Hereford 46 24 14 8 95 52 +43 86 [b]2nd P Basingstoke 46 24 12 9 78 53 +25 84[/b] 3rd Mansfield 46 24 11 11 77 46 +31 83 4th Cheltenham 46 23 12 11 65 35 +30 81 5th Grimsby 46 23 9 14 63 40 +23 78 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 21st R Farnborough 46 12 14 20 54 66 -12 50 22nd R Fleetwood 46 10 18 18 56 82 -26 48 23rd R AFC Telford 46 12 8 26 38 63 -25 44 24th R Forest Green 46 11 6 29 28 69 -41 39 FA Cup winners Manchester United League Cup winners Chelsea Champions league winners Olympique Marseilles European cup winners Villarreal FA Trophy winners York Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Congrats dude! A nice back-to-back promotion there! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpayne Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 My managerial record - (2010 - present) (697 days in charge) P W D L F A Win % Competitions Won ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 109 58 24 27 190 5 53% N/a Cups: | Season | Champions Lge | Europa League | FA Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | FA Trophy |-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------- | 10/11 (BSS) | | | 1st Rnd | | | 4th qual round replay 11/12 (BSP) | | | 1st Rnd | | | 1st rnd. League: Season Team League Position Achievements & Notes ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010/11 Basingstoke BSS 2nd Play-off winners & Manager of the season 2011/12 Basingstoke BSP 2nd Play-off winners Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpayne Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 Might post up my transfers later! Probably once the best XI come out. Edit: Can't wait until I get my transfer budget for the season! Hope I can grill out some good deals to keep us up and maybe push for another promotion? Who knows?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpayne Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 Expectations and transfer/wage budget for the season. WE TURNED PROFESSIONAL!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luton Town Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Well done on your back to back promotions Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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