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June 2051 Champions League | League | African Super Cup | Gambian Cup We felt somewhat back to our goalscoring best even though we failed to win 22 from 22 in the league, dropping points to our old foes, PSV Wellingara. 179 goals scored with a plus-166 goal difference. We're now 104 games unbeaten in the Gambian Cup, our last loss was back in February 2026. We were lucky to beat Sundowns on away goals in the semi-final of the ACL. Nearly 100 goals for Sarr, he missed a couple of games through fatigue which meant he could have reached triple figures. Musa Darboe with 33 years old now and starting to show signs of physical decline but another 56 goals this season. The board has flat-out rejected my advances to improve the training facilities and to build another new stadium, our average attendance is 11,501, just shy of capacity. I think there is a hard-code element where it's 20 years between new stadiums, we're currently into year 17 of the To Mexico Stadium.

June 2051 I feel like these are getting worse and worse. I don't think we've had a Elite talent from the off yet, plenty have grown to become one. Interesting to see we have a single nationality player with Julien Blot joining the academy having been born in France.

November 2050 Two players in and one more out. Momodou Sambou was the 6th choice striker and in the reserves, up to £275k and a 30% profit clause on the deal. We spent £120k on Muhamed Bah from Serrekunda Utd, the 16-year-old has some potential but needs to work on his athleticism. We then repalced Damballeh with Modou Juwara, a downgrade for certain but he was the best option available to us. The 21-year-old defensive midfielder will improve with game time which had been limited over the past two seasons with PSV. He can also cover RB, CB and MC if needed.

September 2050 I've decided to cash in on Basirou Dambelleh to Almeria for £6m rising to £8m + 40% profit. Whilst it does leave us in a little bit of a pickle for quality at DM, we have alternatives we can use there or we could change formation.

June 2050 Champions League | League | African Super Cup | Gambian Cup We never hit the dizzy goalscoring heights of last season and that was reflected in the league with 'only' 163 goals scored. The Gambian Cup was easy, we didn't compete in the Super Cup for a change. Back to winning ways in the Champions League as we bested fellow Gambians PSV Wellingara in the final for a 4th time. Fewer goals scored meant fewer attacking output for the players. Just 55 goals for Sarr, which may mean that he struggles to 1000 goals. Nearly 1100 for Darboe now.

June 2050 This intake can get in the bin. Tempted not to even sign any of them but the U19s are beginning to get a little thin. Nice to see more players with second nationalities.

All clubs in the top flight are now professional. The skin on my home laptop shows the bank balances of each club. Added the wage bill to show how teams rank in spending. I'll keep an eye on how things continue onwards.

March 2050 The first Gambian player in the NXGN list. Way down in 29th place is Real Madrid's academy player Sheriff Sillah, the 19-year-old LWB has made his international debut for The Gambia already. He's out of our price range in terms of wages already, so the only way we can sign him is if he is released but I'm sure he would have a queue of suitors in for him.

March 2050 Finally convinced the board to further upgrade the facilities. I may start looking to try and get them to build a new stadium. I've also tried about 15 times to get them to agree to another affiliate club but they think just one is enough.

Despite the amount of money being pumped into the league via the TV deal I'm not seeing the other teams spend it on players or infrastructure. When I have the save loaded next I'll do a couple of tables of club expenditure/improvements. Edit - Expenditure certainly increased in the 2046/47 season across the league bar one or two. PSV Wellingara have upgraded their facilities the most behind us and are due to move into a new stadium at the end of this season.

November 2049 We continue to sell players whilst not really bringing anyone in to replace them. Reserve team goalkeeper Sang Janneh leaves for France for a nominal fee but we do have a 30% profit clause if he comes good. We were lucky to receive £400k + 40% profit for Juwara, I didn't envisage him getting game time anytime soon with the two left wing-backs in the first team being so far ahead of him. We then lost Lamin Ceesay to Sochaux. The 24-year-old wanted to leave, so much so that he was prepared to run down his contract. So, I decided to create a bidding war between a few French clubs and Sochaux won and parted ways with £5m but luckily have no profit clause attached to the deal. We signed one player to join the squad, Lamin Gibba had been released by Spanish side Villarreal. I wanted to loan the 20-year-old forward out but there were no takers, even for no outlay. We'll try again in the winter window.

September 2049 Still increasing.

July 2049 Champions League | League | African Super Cup | Gambian Cup After seven games in the league, we'd won 13-1, 18-0, 19-0, 14-0, 17-0, 11-0 and 13-0. We'd scored 105 goals, things then quietened down as we ended the season having scored 190 goals, we conceded nine to set a new record of +181 GD. We even drew a game this season too, WTF! The Super Cup was straightforward, as was the Gambian Cup. We reached another Champions League final but this time we were to play Tunisian side ES Sahel. Then came the international call-ups, 34 players gone, including 15 to the AFCoN. We lost the first leg of the final, amazingly just 2-1. Then we needed to enter a squad for the Club World Cup, it was just youth players. We faced and lost to Arsenal in the opening group game, surprisingly lost just 5-0, we then faced Boca Juniors and lost 3-1. Most of the younger players had returned to the squad for the 2nd leg of the AFC, nearly a month after the first leg. We traveled to Tunisia and lost 5-3, a valiant effort under the circumstances. A saving grace was how well the Gambian national team were doing at the AFCoN. They topped their group before beating South Africa but eventually lost on penalties to Mali. Nearly a second player to score 100 goals in a season, Sarr fell seven short of the magic number and did miss a couple of games, maybe he could have got there. Darboe is showing no signs of slowing down, 70 goals for him this season at the age of 32. That puts him over the 1000 career goals mark for the club. Maybe we can push for Sarr to reach the fabled number also, he's 27 and has 553 career goals. Sohna had a stellar season at AMC, with 42 goals and 35 assists.

June 2049 With more emphasis on youth, I'll start showing every intake even if it's rubbish like this one. There's only one player to highlight here and it's Ansumana Jammeh and that's due to his CA rather than his PA, which may improve in time. Interesting to see we get an Irishman through also. I'm not sure what else I can do to improve the intakes, it's all down to youth rating now and luck I guess.

July 2048 A huge talent has come through the ranks at Betis. Adama Gaye looks like the future of Gambian football as long as he chooses Gambia over Spain. There are a few other Gambian-born talents abroad who look very good. Lamin Sanyang at KV Mechelen Yankuba Darboe at Getafe Kebba Sonko at Standard Liege Sherriff Sillah at Real Madrid Lamin Gibba at Villarreal

June 2048 Champions League | League | African Super Cup | Gambian Cup A 3rd successive ACL final against PSV Wellingara and our 12th win in the competition, we managed to lose a game in quarters to Sundowns, I thought our run was over, but luckily we smashed them in the home leg to advance. 156 goals scored in the league which was a small decline from last season but we improved defensively, conceding just six goals. A true 100+ goal season from Darboe with 29 assists to boot, he's creeping up on the magical 1000 goals mark for us now, just 51 to go. Doudou Sarr isn't far off 500 goals either, just 40 shy. He's 26 years old so has a good 6/7 seasons in him, maybe more, he could well reach 1000 goals also. Ebou Sohna had a fantastic debut season in the AMC slot, he must be due a senior international call-up soon.

October 2047 A transfer update stretching back to January... We sold a few players we didn't want to sell. Ebrima Kanform was the first of those sold to Ajax back in January. The 20-year-old striker was due to be promoted to the first team this season for this season, £500k and 45% profit clause. We reached the end of the season and things went a little crazy, we initially sold South African right back Mzwandile Jonas who was ousted from the first team by academy player Saikou Wilson. We got £450k + 50% profit. Auxerre then decided to loan Basirou Dambelleh, not played for us but eight caps for The Gambia, he's played 11 times already for the French side. Kabba Juwara then came to me expressing his desire to leave at the end of his contract which ends at the end of 2047/48 season, there was no convincing him otherwise. I put him up for sale and plenty of teams bit but for small fee's, we managed to get an initial £700k rising to £1.1m from Furth for the Icelandic international. Another player came to me, wanting to play for a bigger team, again offered him and Sulayman Jallow was off to Germany for £500k plus 40% profit. We were rocked further by Ali Dambelleh, a player we brought back to the club after his poaching by Real Sociedad announced his intentions to leave, understandable due to not getting the opportunities with Darboe and Sarr way ahead of him. Again I offered him and was happy to see Banjul Utd offered £150k for him. We then loaned out some youngsters, Bobb and Jome going to Brikama and 17 year-old goalkeeper Bajo joining PSV Wellingara as a first-choice GK. We signed one player. We spent £375k on Gambian national Sulayman Kunde from Spanish side Compostela, a little overpriced but it was his release clause. The young midfielder will play at CM despite his lack of acceleration, he has good passing ability and a decent spread of mental attributes.

October 2047

September 2047 When will it plateau?

September 2047 Now the most reputable club in Africa.

July 2047 A look at our current youth options... First Team Saikou Wilson - a teenage right back who was thrust into the first team this season. Physically great, good mentally, needs work technically. Reserves Ansumana Barry - a defensive midfielder who has stagnated, I wanted to loan him out last season but there were no takers. Poor acceleration and low determination. Under 19s Ousman Mansally - unhappy with me due to not being loaned out, there were no takers. Solid physically, has Double figures in the right places, needs game time. Foday Sarr - the next striker off the production line, needs game time and to improve a fair bit for a chance in the first team. Sainey Saidy - a year younger than Sarr but a better-looking prospect. Currently working on his attacking movement. Ebou Sohna - excited for this guy, an heir to the current-Keita AMC throne. Needs to develop physically, maybe a loan would do the trick. Edrissa Kanteh - a pressing forward with low physicals. Great aggression, determination, teamwork and work rate for the role. Can finish too. Kemo Bajo - long-term goalkeeping successor to Omar Darboe. Boubacarr Baldeh - 15-year-old Italian centre-back who's just come through. Attributes in the right places technically, needs work defensively elsewhere and physicals will grow. Ismaila Jallow - 15-year-old striker who has also just come through. Poor personality / low determination combo. A quick, workhorse with some finishing ability. Modou Kanform - another 15-year-old striker; quick and can finish. Needs work elsewhere. We've sold a couple of other players who wanted to leave who would have featured more prominently for the first team but you can't tell them that. I will show these in the transfer update.

July 2047 We top the coefficients for the first time. We've been 4th/5th in the League Rankings for what seems an age though.

July 2047 A fantastic AFCoN for The Gambia but they lost on penalties in the final. This is the starting XI from that game, all of them have played for us at some point including Damballeh who we've just loaned to Auxerre for the season. The bench, interesting to see that the Gambian manager opted for a winger up front instead of either of Darboe (88 caps/ 49 goals) or Sarr (39 caps/ 16 goals).

Yeah, it was £12m the season just gone. They only spent £110k on new players last season too. So stockpiling some money at the moment.

July 2047 Going forward... No more signing foreign players - we still have four on the books, once they are sold or released they won't be replaced. More emphasis on youth progression, we currently have four academy players who are starters in the first XI with a few more bench players. We will continue to scout and sign Gambian players from abroad. Can we make ourselves a conveyer belt of Gambian talent into Europe and beyond? Build a bigger affiliate club program, we're struggling to attain them due to the board not allowing us to. We currently only have Highlanders in Zimbabwe. I'll perservere.