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January 2025 Another good month for Dion Ragan, the now 17-year-old scored another five goals this month. We also see our attendance creep over the 100 mark for the first time this season in two consecutive games no less. 10 points clear now over Haverhill with a far superior goal difference.

December 2024 A busier month which was nice. Five games and four wins. Ragan scored a hat-trick against Westerfield and goals in three of the other games. A few too many mince pies and pints over Christmas possibly saw us drop points against Copelstonians. We've extended our lead to six points over Haverhill.

December 2024

November 2024 The first loss of the season which was to Haverhill Borough. We came back well against lowly Leiston U23s and scraped a 1-0 win over Haughley Utd. Three points clear to 2nd placed Haverhill. A small group of four are pulling away from 5th and 6th.

October 2024 Another month of green. A comfortable 4-0 win over Old Newton and a 6-2 win over Leiston St. Margeret including a Danso hat-trick. A nervy 1-0 away win over Tattingstone in Ipswich, we dominated the game with 26 shots and created an xG of 3.61 but only scored once. Seven points clear after seven games with seven wins.

September 2024 We started the season on the last day of August against Halesworth, a good test to see where we are as a newly promoted club. A comfortable 2-0 win which gave us confidence into September. A good month overall, with three wins, albeit three goal-fests with no clean sheets. Sold 4-1 and 4-2 wins at home and ding-dong battle at Stowupland. Four wins from four, the only unbeaten side left in the league. We signed a few players in July and August to plump the squad out but we also lost some players to higher league teams which was to be expected. Our first signing of the summer is our highlighted player for the month. Dion Ragan was deemed not good enough to extend his short stay at Hull having come through their academy last season, the 16-year-old striker has scored five goals in four games including a hat-trick against Wickham Market but was sent off against Debenham in the last game of the month.

June 2024 We've gone into the wrong league. Bungay who are in Suffolk go into the correct league (Anglian Combination Premier) and Fakenham Reserves go into the Cambridgeshire County League. I'm going to continue in the meantime but this could break the save.

June 2024 Nine season ticket holders paying nothing

2023/24 Season Review There was one more game to be played in May, the Mummery Cup final. Before the final we'd lost both centre-backs, Kane going to Loughborough Dynamo and Chamberlin-Gayle joining Rugby, so we're having to play two youth centre-backs there. A comfortable 4-1 win at the Watton Sports Centre gives us our first domestic cup win of the save. Danso was welcomed back to the first team after a short period on the sidelines but it was Blennerhassett who stole the show by scoring a hat-trick. With the comfortable league win, we gained promotion to the 11th tier. We lost just once in the league this season which was to Thetford Rovers. We scored 102 goals in our 26 league games and conceded just 29 goals. Top Scorer - Ferrell Danso (42) - an outstanding goal-scoring contribution from Ferrell, 35 of those goals came in the league. Unfortunately, he wants £275 appearance fee to sign a new contract. Most Assists - Cameron Dear (19) - Cameron was one of five players to achieve double figures for assists. He also scored 13 goals this season. Average Rating - Ferrell Danso (8.35) - Danso also contributed 13 assists and was named player of the match on 10 occasions. We're in the red but it's to be expected, we've turned semi-professional so we can now offer non-contracts to players and have been given a budget of £767 p/w to spend on wages.

April 2024 The league season is over, the last few months have been a slog between games. Mikey Harker scored twice on debut to help defeat Holt Utd as Danso was out injured. We finish 19 points clear of Bungay who are joined by Fakenham Town reserves in promotion joy.

March 2024 We reached the final of the Mummery Cup having beaten Loddon 4-0. We beat Fakenham Reserves before Brandon Town dealt us our first defeat of the save. 15 points clear as Bungay confirmed as another promoted side. We beginning to lose some players, centre-back Namory Kane has joined Loughborough Dynamo on £110 p/w. Whilst Rossington Main has just offered Chakawa a contract and both strikers are now wanted by Corinthian.

March 2024 Michael Shaw | Jaroslaw Droszczak

February 2023 Just two games this month as we dropped points against Loddon. The 4-0 win over 2nd placed Bungay confirmed the title. 18 points clear with four games remaining. Pier Gyamfi is highlighted this month, the left-back has been in good form with 11 assists to his name. He was formerly at Notts County.

January 2024 Just three games this month and three more wins. The win over Norwich Utd U21s confirmed promotion to the Anglian Combination Premier Division. 17 points clear of Bungay. Robert Adams is this month's highlighted player, the young midfielder has been in good form in central midfield. The former Billericay player has scored seven goals and made nine assists.

December 2023 We end 2023 in decent form. We beat Easton 6-1 in the Mummery Cup to advance to the semi-finals, and we face Loddon in March. A close game with Castle Acre Swifts but we luckily came out on top but we dropped points at Thetford Rovers. We win another match 8-1 as we smash Caister with Danso netting five, a new league and club record. 14 points clear with nine games remaining. +50 GD already is very good. This month we'll take a quick look at Cameron Dear, the 26-year-old can play all down the right flank. Originally he was at Boston United but left and bounced around some Northern Counties and Premier sides. Since joining he's scored nine goals and made 13 assists as a defensive winger on the right-hand side.

December 2023

November 2023 A month of league games and its five wins from five games. We end the month by hammering Bradenham & Mattishall 8-1. Still unbeaten and 10 points clear of Fakenham Reserves at just over the halfway point of the season. Albie Keith is the player we're looking at this month, the former Hashtag United player has scored nine goals and made three assists from the left midfield position as a defensive winger.

Thanks, Vakama, early days but enjoying the save so far.

October 2023 A quieter month but a successful one all the same, all home games too which helped. Three good wins in the league including a 6-1 win over Loddon. Another 6-1 win in the Mummery Cup this time over Beccles Town from the division above. Top by two points after nine games. A huge goal difference already too. The second player we're going to look at is Tommy Blennerhassett, the striker partner to Danso and also younger than him at 18 years of age. The youngster was released by MK Dons in the summer and was one of the first players to join the club. He's played second fiddle to Danso but just as important, he's scored seven goals but also made eight assists.

September 2023 Six games in the league this month with five wins, dropping points only once at Castle Acre. We advanced in the Mummery Cup with a big win over Kirkley & Pakefield Reserves. 2nd behind Fakenham Town Reserves. The first player we look at is Ferrell Danso, the teenage striker who dropped down the leagues after being released by QPR. An athletic player with good finishing and composure, we'll try and get as many goals out of him before he inevitably leaves for a higher league team. 10 goals this month including a hattrick in the cup.

Pre-Season - 2023/24 A busy pre-season in which we won every game. As an amateur club, we tried to sign pretty much anyone we could. We ended up bringing in the 12 players above before the season started. I won't go through them as many of them won't be here long due to the lack of contracts. We'll highlight a player in the squad each month instead. We signed players who were previously at league clubs like Blennerhassett at MK Dons, Kane at Colchester and Danso at QPR.

I love this, poached players at the level you're at. I always see it as a sign of progression behind the scenes with junior coaching.

I've done a few non-league saves in the past, Downham Town (where I used to live), Bury Town and AC London to name a few. There are no plans to sign particular nationality players, just play the game naturally and rise up the pyramid with my local team.

Watton United FC I've been enjoying reading the lower league file saves that have sprung up on the forum recently and whilst the theme seems to be Scottish I have chosen to start with my local team Watton United FC. I moved to the quiet Norfolk town in 2020 with my now-wife in the dark times of Covid-19. I've taken in a fair few Watton United first-team games in those few years along with my football-mad son. I wanted to start with another club close to my heart, the village I grew up in Watlington Sports & Social FC but they are a few divisions lower in the Anglian Combination pyramid in Division 4 which I don't see being available in a save file anytime too soon. Watton United FC start the save at Level 12 of the English football pyramid in the Anglian Combination League Division One. The Anglian Combination League pyramid itself consists of 96 teams across seven leagues of which division five is split into two regional leagues. It operates in East Anglia with clubs based in Norfolk and northern Suffolk, all clubs in the division must be based within 50 miles of the centre of Norwich. Despite the badge saying established in 1893, Wikipedia suggests they were formed in 1888 meaning the club is between 130 and 135 years old. The club played in the local lower leagues from its inception until the Anglian Combination was created in 1964, Watton the league and cup in the 1966-67 season for the first time. they retained the league title a season later but were relegated in 1975. In 1985-86 they won the Premier Division again and were promoted into the Eastern Counties League, finishing 8th and winning the Norfolk Senior Cup against Poringland. More recently the club found themselves in financial difficulties and had to withdraw the first team from the First Division and take over from the reserves in Division Five. Subsequent promotions in the years between have seen the club rise back up to the First Division having won the Division Two in 2022/23. Watton's FA Cup record above The club play their home games at Watton Sports Field, a multi-purpose facility where Football, Cricket, Hockey, Squash and Bowls can be played. The game has it listed as having a 600 capacity. As you can imagine, the club is amateur and possesses Poor training and youth facilities along with basic academy coaching and limited youth recruitment. We have no money in the bank, which may be a save file thing rather than the game giving us nothing to start with. Ticket prices are £2 per game and £10 for a season ticket, of which we have one season ticket holder. We're predicted to finish mid-tabled in 8th place and that's where the board also aligned their ambitions for the season. We have a full squad of players of which there are a couple of standout players; Tom Dyer, CB - Aggressive, brave and determined. Can tackle to a degree with good positioning. Abdulrahman Mohamed, LB/RB - 16-year-old left or right back, can tackle, mark and cross. Good enough for me. Marc Jepson, ST - Brave, good work rate and importantly quick, will score goals. As an amateur club, we can lose any player at any time but we can also do the same to other clubs. We'll try and build a team competent enough to compete in the division. Up the Brecklanders!

This save isn't over, I've just got the bug for another save type which will be posted up fairly shortly. We may come back to this.