Johnny Drama Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 We lost to St Neots but bounced back well with a hard fought 1-0 win over Torquay. With the title in our hands we took on Tranmere at home and despite Aaron Waters being sent off we won 2-1 to win the league in front of a 3,000 strong crowd. It really was an excellent season in the league we were great defensively and the pairing of Garrett and Engh wielded over 40 goals between them. Seb Williams has attracted interest from higher clubs but has still not been my midfield general I hoped, I think if I get an offer that I deem satisfactory he may well move on. Tamworth get their second promotion in successive years as they defeat Chester in the play off final. We already done the hard part getting to the final and the Southern Prem side were no match for us. We dominated for large portions of the game and deserved the win. I was delighted to retain the trophy and get the £50k prize money, annoyingly we played it at their ground which only holds 1,000. I don't think tis is adding to the capacity I think it is merely adding more seats to the stadium. With this it means we have lost over £500k this year despite our cup exploits. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Thats quite a financial blow, definitely need more runs to make up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dejay Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Has the board taken a loan out or just funded the new stands? At least you won't need it upgrading again until the Championship Awesome job winning the league too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 Has the board taken a loan out or just funded the new stands? At least you won't need it upgrading again until the Championship Awesome job winning the league too No loan we were just over a £1m in the black, still healthy for a year or two but will have to sell a few players then to balance the books. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dejay Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 No loan we were just over a £1m in the black, still healthy for a year or two but will have to sell a few players then to balance the books. That's good the club can fund it's own expansions, bodes well for the future Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebs Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 who on earth are cambridge up? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 who on earth are cambridge up? Cambridge University Press, they started in Eastern Counties Divison 1 (I think) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dejay Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 who on earth are cambridge up? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_University_Press_F.C. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plobdork Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Congrats on the promotion J.D your team should be putting up quite an exiting fight for survival next season! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 I have reached one of my goals, now we are league two we ave turned professional! Quite a few non league clubs have gone professional with Northwich Villa for example a team I have kept an eye on since I poached Gus Jack off them, they are in the Northern Prem and have also built a 12k seater stadium which they fill out! Despite our promotion alot of players wanted to leave, Oyvind Engh had become an icon but asked to be on the transfer list, I offerd him out for an optimistic £800k, I got £210k up front and a further £400k in installments, delighted with that. He had two years left on his deal but decided to let him go also out was Jamie Garrett for his minimum release fee of £350k, in reality I would of accepted a lot less for him. I will have a larger post later with the full pre-season dealings. Also a Rob Cox update as my former star is on the move. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dejay Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Nice work getting into the football league Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 All the money I received from the sales of Engh and Garrett I re-invested on these two players. Dyer will be my playmaker and Stevens I hope is the next Rob Cox. I also brought in Sandor Kovacs from Colwyn Bay for £85k and Zeli Ismael from Southport for £24k. Rob Cox joined Tottenham for £10M after Derby failed twice to get back in the Prem he scored 69 goals in 124 games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWFL Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 So how much money did you get from that Rob Cox deal with your clause? And Dyer looks ridiculously good! How do you find these lads? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpr Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Great progress, good luck in the league 2. Nice to see a non-league to prem journey for Rob Cox as well Is there a sell on fee clause for Rob Cox? Or was the last clause his 20 goals for Derby? Sure hope you get a share of that £10m Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 9, 2012 Author Share Posted February 9, 2012 No I didn't get a piece of the £10M, I wanted a sellon but Derby wouldn't agree, the only clause I cashed in on was the 20 goals one. I have three scouts and they tend to pick me some good players out every now and again, these last two have been on my radar for the last 2 years but only just swooped for them. Dyer chose Dover over me when Spurs let him go and he has improved a fair bit in his two years there, Stevens has been at Rushington for6 years but only brought him as i sold Engh and Garrett. You have to remember a lot of these lower teams have got good facilities and a lot of money (not me though). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 9, 2012 Author Share Posted February 9, 2012 Cambridge UP have been a rival of ours for a few years now, they started a level below me but rose through the leagues quickly, beating us in the BSP play offs a year ago. Their manager is always commenting on us in the press and it was nice that we gotto be the team to take them on in their new ground and then beat them! Also Rob Cox finally gets called up, still yet to play but if he plays well at Spurs he has to be in with a shout Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Interesting seeing Cambridge UP there, great win in a game that was supposed to be their housewarming. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 11, 2012 Author Share Posted February 11, 2012 Tempting but they are struggling in the Championship so I think I will turn it down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpr Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 I'd struggle to leave a club after so much progress, very much a one club person over here. Good luck for the new season! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dejay Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 I'd stay with Kings Lynn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Id be staying until something you literally cant refuse turns up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 11, 2012 Author Share Posted February 11, 2012 We have had an incredible season so far so it was quite easy to turn down Bolton in the end. We have performed exceptionally and we will surely go up if we can maintain our form. Our expensive aquisitions have done well, Jamie Stevens has scored 7 goals he hasn't set the world alight but he has made a big step up so I still think there is room for him to improve. Michael Dyer has been amazing as our playmaker 6 goals and some top performances. We spend a lot on junior coaching over the last few years and it is paying off as we have 7 players from our youth academy in the first team squad. Troy Cockrill is the latest to come through and has made the right back spot his own, Jamie Molyneaux has a high potential according to my coaches so I have been giving him games off the bench. We have had few guys in the middle of the park who are doing okay with Turl and Whelan. The best of the lot is Antonis Chavos he has been here about 3 years but was behind Engh and Garrett in the pecking order. Now my main striker he has bagged 21 in all competitons. The January transfer window has come and Seb Williams my big buy last year has gone to Boavista for £550k rising to £750k with clauses. He has played well but the offer was too good to turn down, also leavind is Danny Mitchell to Charlton for £400k. Hes a good defender I signed im 18 months ago from Beoffdfont Sport for five grand and was going to be Jack's replacement. Charlton offered £150k i asked for 400 thinking there is no way they will pay that but they stumped it up. I am now back to £1m in the black/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 11, 2012 Author Share Posted February 11, 2012 With the sale of the players I decided to try and get the board to improve my youth setup, I asked for three different thing and got two, although the say the improvement to the facilities will cost £1.3M thae haven't took the money yet. I am excited so see what yout candidates come through this year. As well as the league we are flying in the cups. We went out to QPR in the 2nd round of the league cup, we take on our old rivals Cambridge UP in the JPT Southern final and we now take on Nottingham Forest away in the 4th round of the FA Cup after this win at the fortress. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 11, 2012 Author Share Posted February 11, 2012 We're on our way to Wembley! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dejay Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Fantastic work mate! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Great work mate . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Watch out Preston! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotChocolate Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Absolutely smashing everything Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynnbob Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 sure you or a mate arent managing cambridge up? as it seems strange your location being cambridge !!! hey i might be cynical but its your game!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 sure you or a mate arent managing cambridge up? as it seems strange your location being cambridge !!! hey i might be cynical but its your game!! No nothing to do with me I'm more of a Cambridge City man! I'll post a shot of their manager he is quality. Another Cambridge based team CRC are doing well getting to the regional premier leagues. There is a fair few sides who are doing well but obviously only a few go up. I reckon some of the lower leagues isnt too much different from the likes of L2 and BSP as a lot of these non league sides have excellent youth facilities. Northwich Villa only in Northern Prem and managed to build a new stadium they have more people turn up than I do! Day off tomorrow so i'll have an end of season update. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 Wow this was really an incredible season, after it took us 3 years to get out of the BSP I thought it would take a similar length to get out of L2 but with Antonis Chavos leading the attack he managed 25 league goals and 35 in total as we won the league. I wasn't expecting anything against Preston and was delighted just to get to Wembley and was shocked with how well we played, once Dyer was sent off I played a 5-4-0 and held out for the win. Key Players Antonis Chavos - A product of our youth academy and managed 35 goals, I have him tied down till 2024 so hoping to get a few more years out of him. Mike Dyer - Big money buy from Dover, chipped in with 11 goals and 14 assists and waseasily my best midfielder by some distance Gus Jack - How this guy is not a club legend is beyond me, the best £500 I have ever spent. Scored 12 times in 54 games and has played a total of 350 games with 40 goals. Sadly its his last season with us with the Chairman accepting a £1.6M from QPR. He has been with us since the Northern Premier League so I am sad to see him go. Robbie Luisi - St Lucia Captain, had an injury hit season but still managed 12 assists in 26 games with 3 goals. Biriam Mariotti - Nearly ever present at left back very consistent, stunned he hasnt received a call up from Eritrea yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stampler Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 great story! please - continue asap! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWFL Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 great story! please - continue asap! +1 Great. KIU! What was the youth intake like this season with the improved Junior Coaching? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 Last year was pretty poor, when they come round this year Ill post it up. I can't complain though as I have 8 players from my youth set up in my first team squad and normally at least 3-4 start each game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 Pre-Season Transfers Out Gus Jack £1.6M QPR Elliot Hewitt £16,000 Burnley Cillian Whelan £300,000 Derby Simon Hooper Free In Nicky Taylor £5,000 Maldon & Tiptree - Promising striker reccomended by my scouts Wayne Lapham Free - Left back, cover for Mariotti Adrian Pitu - Versatile Romanian defender stolen from Colwyn Bay Harald Thiesen Free - Back up centre half Rune Johan Norstrand £350,000 Newport - Had to pay his minimum release fee to get him, quality centre back and replacement for Jack with a million still in the bank. I am going to try and cut down on my spending as I want to get a new stadium but currently we cannot afford it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Great work on promotion mate . Could I see a ss of Gus Jack please to see what prompted QPR to plump up £1.6m for him? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 Here you go mate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Cheers fella. Looks solid. Can see why they wanted to sign him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 Yeah he has been amazing he improved dramatically when we went full time last year, he has played 40+ games a season since he was 16 which has helped him develop. Gutted to lose him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
punisher84 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Doing Well Johnny, Your more of a Camb City fan? its all about the mighty U's my friend, Jez George's Amber Army lol Which part of Cambridge you from? im from Cherry Hinton. Must say tho its really inspiring to watch your progress, keep up the good work! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 I live in Arbury mate so City is more or less on my door step! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 Chavos has enjoyed a great start to the season as he looks to carry on his form from last year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dejay Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Cracking results Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 Just got spanked 4-0 at Yeovil, we are either quality or shambolic. Sitting 2nd behind Palace at the moment. I will post up the table after a few more games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 After an amazing start we have started to drift down the table, we seem to be unable to put together a sequence of results and the defence has become quite problematic. I realised how much I relied on my number 1 Max Sherwood, he was out for a month and we lost 3 of our 4 games conceding 11 goals. Antonis Chavos is my top scorer with 18 league goals but considering 12 of them came in three matches it shows how inconsistent he has become as of late. I managed to recruit Nicholas Heywood on a free transfer from Bolton, I tried to sign him from Bedfont Sports before but he chose Bolton. Since his move he has scored 5goals in 12 games. We have done well in the cups we are in the Southern Final of he JPT against Southend and we take on Sunderland in the third round of the FA Cup at home, I am hoping of at least a replay out of it as they have dropped to the Championship. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cragswfc Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Going good a few players in January?? You might nick a play off place. and a great 5-0 over Preston Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Doing really well this season. Some nice wins there to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plobdork Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Screenshot of chavos..? anyway well done on promotion but league 1 looks like a very difficult league!! Good Luck! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 Heres Chavos for you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 Connor Wickham broke our hearts twice In the transfer window I sold Andy Lynam to Fulham for £200,000 plus sell ons, I signed him from Notrthwich Villa 2 years ago but I preferred Dyer as my AMC so decided to cash in on him. I replaced him with Luke Marriott from Grays I have been tracking him for sometime and managed to strike a bargain of £50,000. So we are still in profit. Robbie Luisi my right winger wont sign a new contract and looks likely to sign a pre-contract wit Taranto. I think I hae found his replacement a former Lyon youth player on trial at Colwyn Bay. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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