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August 2024 A good opening month in the 2024/25 season. We snatched a late goal to give us a point in the opening-day fixture. Billy Vigar scored his first goal for the club in a 2-0 win over Halifax, he scored twice more against Aldershot and then Dorking to help us to two more wins. We then suffered our first loss of the season away to Ebbsfleet. Feely and Fox rounded off the month with a good win over a promoted Torquat side. 5th place is a good start to the season, play-offs could be achievable this season I think.

August 2024 Two players left to join other clubs, our on-loan player left and I released 13 players from their contracts including some youth players. Despite a healthy transfer budget of £370k, I didn't want to spend it. Instead, we plumped for strengthening the club via free transfers. Nine players joined the first team. Ben Fox - DM - two seasons with Northampton, Fox drops down another division. He can also play at CM. Matt Olosunde - RB - a former Man Utd academy player, he was at Preston. I hoping for some attacking output from Matt. Rory Feely - CB - made the move from Ireland to Barrow, comfortable at both CB and RB. Adam Berry - AML - a huge signing from Man Utd, the young winger joins with my blessing for us to be a stepping stone. Jayden St Paul - GK - a backup option in goal. Remi Savage - CB - can also play at LB, previous clubs include Liverpool and Newcastle. D'Margio Wright-Phillips - AMR - spent four seasons at Stoke but hardly featured. Hoping he can do the business on the right-hand side for us. Billy Vigar - ST - an Arsenal academy graduate who scored 15 goals from Eastbourne last season. Shaq Coulthirst - ST - spent three seasons with Ebbsfleet but didn't feature at all last season.

Thanks @DefinitelyTaylor Cardwell wouldn’t sign a new contract so despite his goals he was released. I’ve been busy in the summer scouring and signing a bunch of new players An update of that to come soon.

End of Season Review 2023/24 National League - 10th - We finish the season just five points from a play-off spot which seems ridiculous considering we started on -10 points. If we +10 points on to our total that would have seen us finish in 5th place. FA Cup - 1st Round - an easy win over Eastbourne Borough before taking League One side Exeter to a replay. FA Trophy - Semi-Finals - we defeated Maidstone, Chorley, Aldershot and Solihull Moors en-route to a semi-final defeat to Chesterfield. Transfers IN & Transfers OUT One player joined in January, Zimbabwean winger Jimel Chikukwa joined on loan from Halifax. Jason Demetriou left in July on a free transfer and Jack Bridge joined Exeter in January also on a free transfer. Top Scorer - Harry Cardwell - wanted to leave in January when a derisory bid came in from Scotland somewhere, promised him he could go if someone offered us £50k. Clearly, no one would so he stayed. He scored 32 goals in 40(6) games. 23 of those came in the league, which saw him finish level with Charlie Kelman as the division's top scorer. Most Assists - Noor Husin - the Afghani international managed a team-high of nine assists. Unsung Hero - Jake Hart - the 17 year old Striker filled in for Cardwell admirably. Nine goals this season with an xG of 5.55, he recorded a goal every 100 minutes mainly as a substitute. We sit with just shy of £1m in the bank thanks to new sponsorship deals of around £375k. We've been given £390k to spend on new players and an increased wage budget of £22k per week.

April 2024 The loss to Boreham Wood ended any chances for play-offs before they even began. We struggled against table-toppers Chesterfield in the FA Trophy, Scott Hogan scoring a double. We ended the season in fine fashion though, winning all three remaining games even against Rochdale despite us rotating the squad fully with youth players. Ben Friend and Simeon Hamilton both scoring on debut. A 10th-place finish in the end.

Gomez and Ramos look great for a first intake in Colombia. Sherman Cardenas was another Colombian FM favourite from back in the day. Think he started at Bucaramanga?

Feb & March 2024 A couple of busy months with plenty of green. We're into the semi-finals of the FA Trophy, we play National League leaders Chesterfield for a chance of a final appearance. Harry Cardwell has continued to score goals for us, leading the line in good fashion. Unfortunately, he doesn't want to sign a new contract to stay with the club next season. 10th place with four games remaining. There's an outside chance of a play-off place but it's highly unlikely.

March 2024 Signs for the club one day, and plays his first full 90 the next.

Smashing it in Japan @Makoto Nakamura As you've played nearly three seasons do you feel the game is as easy as FM23? have you plugged in your 23 tactic?

March 2024 Our first youth intake with Southend and it's pretty promising looking despite the 'poor' tagline. Six elite talents to supplement the squad with. Andy Bell - AMC - the negatives unfortunately outweigh the positives; poor passing, dribbling, work rate, acceleration and pace all lacking. Dru Crockett-Downey - AML - a more promising looking player; crossing, passing and technique all double figures along with aggression, work rate and acceleration. Ben Friend - AMR - looks weaker than his opposite winger but improved physicals which are better for this level. Jamie Birmingham - MC - my pick of the bunch, 2* PA already. Poor passing which might see him drop to DM as a BWM. Mentally good; high aggression, determination, leadership, positioning, teamwork and work rate. Everaldo - GK - Brazilian-born half-Italian. Poor personality/determination combination but who doesn't like a Brazilian goalkeeper in the depths of English football?

My keeper has brittle bone disease

Goalkeeper Injuries I've seen it's a known issue in the bugs forum. but breaking an arm catching a ball

January 2024 A decent month sandwiched between two 2-0 losses. Cardwell has struggled in the league but smashes four past Chorley in the FA Trophy. We remain in 14th.

December 2023 Can you tell we got some players back from injury? Sour note to the end of the month as we lose to Barnet. Dizzy heights of 14th.

December 2023

November 2023 An awful month. Injuries mounted, a few niggly injuries plus starting goalkeeper and striker Caldwell were both out all month. We were a cats whisker away from beating Exeter in the 1st Round of the FA Cup, they equalised in the 96th minute. We drop down to 23rd.

Promotion already good luck in J-League 2

October 2023 Felt a poorer month with just one league win. Caldwell carrying us again. An easy win against lower-league opposition to reach the 1st Round of the FA Cup. We face Exeter. Currently 19th. The main debt has been paid off, the new board restructured the remaining debt to be paid at £2k per month.

October 2023 #Martin'sOut

September 2023 7 games this month with three more wins. A shock 1-0 win over then-table toppers York City was followed by back-to-back defeats. We were 2-0 up against Aldershot but failed to take the 3 points, we ended the month with a comfortable 3-0 win over Rochdale. 11 points this season sees us jump out of the relegation zone into 20th place.

September 2023 Things could be looking up for us already.

I see the club put a statement today saying it may not happen as quickly as first thought. What is going on at Scunthorpe now? They've got a few ex-King's Lynn players, Clunan especially but I know he's been injured recently.

Thanks @Rikulec

August 2023 Six games in the opening month of the season with two wins and three draws secured. Harry Cardwell carried us in four of the first five games before a Jack Bridge double helped us come back from 2-0 down at halftime against Bromley. We're still bottom but next month could see us get out of minus figures and into positive points.