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Top 10 Highest Paid Staff by Year Mikele Leigertwood has been on this list in the past, but I had only been including his club wage (£800 - £925 p/w) and not including his national wage (£2,000 p/w). Including both sees him rise up to 3rd on the list. Steve Morison has retired after his phenomenally fast fall from grace (Sutton -> Sacked -> Sutton Utd -> Sacked). I am surprised that Ryan Mason & Mehmet Ali have both not picked up jobs and hope that they will again this season. That leaves Matt Wells still coaching at Tottenham (contracted til 2029) top of the list with Fulham's U18 coach Gary Sawyer getting a decent 50% pay rise! Key (per year) Largest Value Biggest Increase Biggest Decrease New Entry into top 10 Name 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 Matt Wells £8,000 £8,000 £8,000 £8,000 £8,000 Alan Connell £3,000 £3,000 £3,000 £3,000 £3,300 Mikele Leigertwood £2,800 £2,825 £2,825 £2,925 £2,925 Stuart Douglas £2,000 £2,000 £2,000 £2,000 £2,000 Cheye Jude £0 £0 £0 £1,800 £1,800 Gary Sawyer £300 £425 £875 £1,000 £1,500 Danny Talbot £1,500 £1,500 £1,700 £1,200 £1,400 Piero Mingoia £600 £650 £700 £775 £850 Jonathan Obika £600 £600 £625 £625 Henri Lansbury £0 £425 £425 £425 £425 Hakan Hayrettin £500 £190 £190 £190 £0 Ryan Mason £12,000 £12,000 £12,000 £0 £0 Mehmet Ali £2,000 £4,600 £4,600 £0 £0 Steve Morison £3,000 £900 £0 £0

Neil Etheridge At the start of this save, I used this list of Enfield-born footballers to collate the names of all of the Enfield-born players. Then I would search for them in-game and if they had Place of Birth = Enfield, I added them to my shortlist. One player who escaped my attention til now (I noticed him on the list of Monetary Transfers above) was Neil Etheridge, a name I'm very familiar with from his time at Cardiff in the Premier League. Looking within the game, I can see why he escaped my attention til now, as his Place of Birth = Fleet. But according to all of the sources I can find online, he was born in Enfield Town and went on to start playing football at primary school in Fleet (which might explain the mix up in-game.) In-game, Etheridge played two more seasons as 2nd choice goalkeeper at Birmingham in the Championship before retiring. But he also is a Philippine international starting the save with 73 caps and he went on to hit 100 caps before hanging up his boots, taking him past Chipolina's record as the holder of the Most International Caps made by an Enfield-born player! Name Nation Years Total Caps Caps in 2026/27 Total Goals Goals in 2026/27 Youth Caps Youth Caps in 2026/27 Youth Goals Youth Goals in 2026/27 Neil Etheridge PHI 2008 - 2026 100 Roy Chipolina GIB 2013 - 2024 73 5 Andre Boucaud TRI 2004 - 2021 48 2 Daniel Phillips TRI 2021 - Present 43 7 7 2 Jazzi Barnum-Bobb VIN 2022 - Present 40 8 5 3 Jeriel Dorsett MSR 2023 - Present 35 8 Hector Kyprianou CYP 2023 - Present 34 10 3 1 Reece Beckles-Richards ATG 2015 - Present 26 3 4 Corrin Brooks-Meade MSR 2015 - 2023 21 Steve Morison WAL 2010 - 2012 20 1 Reiss Greenidge GUY 2021 - Present 16 1 1 Neil Kilkenny AUS 2006 - 2012 15 10 Mikele Leigertwood ATG 2008 - 2012 11 1 Jake Livermore ENG 2012 - 2017 7 Dean Morgan MSR 2014 - 2024 6 Kevin Stewart JAM 2022 - 2024 4 Alfie Dorrington ENG 2023 - Present 3 1 17 4 Jack Roles CYP 2018 - Present 3 2 6 1 Scott Sutter SWI 2012 2 2 Elliott Charles GRE 2011 2 Joe O'Cearuill ROI 2007 2 Nathan Smith JAM 2011 - 2012 2 Dillon Barnes JAM 2021 - Present 1 Ryan Mason ENG 2015 1 Henri Lansbury ENG 2009 - 2013 16 5 Keith Bertschin ENG 1975 - 1978 13 7 Steve Sedgley ENG 1987 - 1989 11 2 Josh Onomah ENG 2016 - 2018 8 2 Michael Duberry ENG 1996 - 1997 5 1 Cian Hughton IRE 2009 - 2010 5 Danny Hill ENG 1995 4 Harry Kyprianou CYP 2018 4 Chris Paul NIR 2018 3 Sean Shields NIR 2013 2 Ethan Nwaneri ENG 2025 - Present 2 Total 515 40 26 5 111 4 19 0 Year-by-Year Progress Year Total Caps Total Goals Youth Caps Youth Goals 2024 61 1 1 0 2025 63 5 6 0 2026 52 6 8 0 2027 40 5 4 0 Total 216 17 19 0

Internationals Defensive midfielder Daniel Phillips has broken the record for the most international goals scored by an Enfield-born player with his 7 goals in 43 appearances for Trinidad & Tobago! Barnum-Bobb got another 3 goals for St Vincent as Hector Kyprianou registered the most international appearances over the past year with 10 for Cyprus. Alfie Dorrington got another senior cap for England and totted up another 4 for their U21s to take his total up above Henry Lansbury's record to 17. Name Nation Years Total Caps Caps in 2026/27 Total Goals Goals in 2026/27 Youth Caps Youth Caps in 2026/27 Youth Goals Youth Goals in 2026/27 Roy Chipolina GIB 2013 - 2024 73 5 Andre Boucaud TRI 2004 - 2021 48 2 Daniel Phillips TRI 2021 - Present 43 +7 7 +2 Jazzi Barnum-Bobb VIN 2022 - Present 40 +8 5 +3 Jeriel Dorsett MSR 2023 - Present 35 +8 Hector Kyprianou CYP 2023 - Present 34 +10 3 1 Reece Beckles-Richards ATG 2015 - Present 26 +3 4 Corrin Brooks-Meade MSR 2015 - 2023 21 Steve Morison WAL 2010 - 2012 20 1 Reiss Greenidge GUY 2021 - Present 16 +1 1 Neil Kilkenny AUS 2006 - 2012 15 10 Mikele Leigertwood ATG 2008 - 2012 11 1 Jake Livermore ENG 2012 - 2017 7 Dean Morgan MSR 2014 - 2024 6 Kevin Stewart JAM 2022 - 2024 4 Alfie Dorrington ENG 2023 - Present 3 +1 17 +4 Jack Roles CYP 2018 - Present 3 +2 6 1 Scott Sutter SWI 2012 2 2 Elliott Charles GRE 2011 2 Joe O'Cearuill ROI 2007 2 Nathan Smith JAM 2011 - 2012 2 Dillon Barnes JAM 2021 - Present 1 Ryan Mason ENG 2015 1 Henri Lansbury ENG 2009 - 2013 16 5 Keith Bertschin ENG 1975 - 1978 13 7 Steve Sedgley ENG 1987 - 1989 11 2 Josh Onomah ENG 2016 - 2018 8 2 Michael Duberry ENG 1996 - 1997 5 1 Cian Hughton IRE 2009 - 2010 5 Danny Hill ENG 1995 4 Harry Kyprianou CYP 2018 4 Chris Paul NIR 2018 3 Sean Shields NIR 2013 2 Ethan Nwaneri ENG 2025 - Present 2 Total 415 40 26 5 111 4 19 0 Year-by-Year Progress Year Total Caps Total Goals Youth Caps Youth Goals 2024 54 1 1 0 2025 53 5 6 0 2026 42 6 8 0 2027 40 5 4 0 Total 189 17 19 0

Monetary Transfers Ben Watt transferred from Waterford to Sligo Rovers for £145,000 in 2025 which was the 23rd most expensive Enfield-born player transfer at the time and he has now moved again. Sligo Rovers have made a £305,000 profit on him as he moves to the Motherwell in the Scottish Premiership for £450,000, which is the joint-19th most expensive an Enfield-born player has been transferred for. Name Year From To Fee Ryan Mason 2016 Tottenham Hotspur → Hull £12,500,000 Jake Livermore 2017 Hull → West Brom £10,000,000 Jake Livermore 2014 Tottenham Hotspur → Hull £7,000,000 Josh Onomah 2019 Tottenham Hotspur → Fulham £5,000,000 Michael Duberry 1999 Chelsea → Leeds £4,500,000 Henri Lansbury 2017 Nottingham Forest → Aston Villa £3,500,000 Steve Morison 2011 Milwall → Norwich £2,800,000 Hector Kyprianou 2023 Peterborough Utd → Sunderland £1,500,000 Mikele Leigertwood 2011 QPR → Reading £1,100,000 Henri Lansbury 2012 West Ham → Nottingham Forest £1,000,000 Jay Simpson 2010 Arsenal → Hull £1,000,000 Steve Sedgley 1994 Tottenham Hotspur → Ipswich £1,000,000 Mikele Leigertwood 2007 Sheffield United → QPR £900,000 Michael Duberry 2007 Stoke → Reading £800,000 Steve Sedgley 1989 Coventry → Tottenham Hotspur £750,000 Mikele Leigertwood 2006 Crystal Palace → Sheffield United £600,000 Neil Etheridge 2020 Cardiff → Birmingham £600,000 Steve Sedgley 1997 Ipswich → Wolves £500,000 Ben Watt 2027 Sligo Rovers → Motherwell £450,000 Hector Kyprianou 2022 Leyton Orient → Peterborough Utd £450,000 Daniel Phillips 2026 St Johnstone → Hearts £160,000 Mikele Leigertwood 2004 Wimbledon → Crystal Palace £155,000 Neil Kilkenny 2008 Birmingham → Leeds £150,000 Steve Morison 2015 Leeds → Milwall £150,000 Ben Watt 2025 Waterford → Sligo Rovers £145,000 Greg Heald 1997 Peterborough → Barnet £135,000 Keith Bertschin 1977 Ipswich → Birmingham £135,000 Steve Morison 2009 Stevenage → Milwall £130,000 Alan Connell 2011 Grimsby → Swindon £115,000 Jack Roles 2026 Crawley → TNS £94,000 Josh Davison 2022 Charlton → AFC Wimbledon £75,000 Martin Grainger 1993 Colchester United → Brentord £60,000 Roger Gibbins 1978 Norwich → New England Tea Men £60,000 Steve Phillips 1980 Brentford → Northampton £40,000 Greg Heald 1994 Enfield → Peterborough £35,000 Glen Southam 2004 Bishops Stortford → Dagenham & Redbridge £20,000 Jack Roles 2023 Woking → Crawley £20,000 Scott Neilson 2008 Ware → Cambridge £20,000 Scott Neilson 2010 Bradford City → Crawley Town £15,000 Jack Chisholm 1949 Sheffield United → Plymouth £12,000 Roger Gibbins 1989 Torquay → Newport County £10,000 Greg Heald 2003 Barnet → Leyton Orient £9,000 Alan Connell 2005 Bournemouth → Torquay £5,000 Nathaniel Knight-Percival 2010 Histon → Wrexham £5,000 Steve Phillips 1977 Northampton → Brentford £5,000 Gary Bennett 2000 Sudbury → Chelmsford City £3,000

Top 10 Highest Paid Players by Year Key (per year) Largest Value Biggest Increase Biggest Decrease New Entry into top 10 Name 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 Ethan Nwaneri £220 £1,000 £18,250 £20,000 £65,000 Alfie Dorrington £1,000 £8,500 £20,500 £52,000 £54,000 Hector Kyprianou £3,500 £8,250 £16,750 £16,750 £16,750 Ben Watt £600 £1,100 £825 £850 £4,100 Rio Cardines £220 £3,900 £4,000 £4,200 £2,900 James Wiles £220 £220 £2,400 Paul Appiah £750 £0 £300 £2,000 £2,000 Daniel Phillips £1,000 £1,600 £1,200 £1,700 £1,600 Luca Gunter £3,500 £3,500 £0 £1,500 £1,600 Francesco Ancora £30 £120 £300 £600 £1,500 Tola Showunmi £450 £1,200 £1,200 £1,200 £1,200 Jeriel Dorsett £1,200 £775 £775 £950 £950 Josh Davison £1,800 £2,200 £0 £975 £675 Josh Onomah £0 £23,500 £29,500 £29,500 £0 Jack Roles £1,200 £850 £850 £1,800 £0 Joe Kizzi £1,000 £775 £775 £1,600 £0 Dillon Barnes £0 £1,600 £0 £1,300 £0 Jake Livermore £15,000 £0 £1,300 £1,300 Deniz Mehmet £950 £950 £950 £0 Kevin Stewart £0 £2,100 Jonathan Obika £1,500 Nwaneri's new contract helped his valuation massively as he moves to top of the list of wages for the first time! Josh Onomah fell out of favour at Sheffield Wednesday last season and went out on loan to Blackpool in L1. This season he remained out of favour at Sheffield Wednesday, didn't manage to go out on loan and was released at the end of his contract. Nearing the end of his career, he surely still has enough quality to be picked up by a decent team for the coming season. 2 of the 3 new additions to the top 10 list this season were James Wiles from both Leicester & England U18s (I have no scouting knowledge of him so can't show his attributes screen) and Francesco Ancora who has been playing consistently for Airdrie in the Scottish 2nd & 3rd tier for the past 4 seasons and he is still only 19 years old!

Top 10 Most Valuable Players by Year Key (per year) Largest Value Biggest Increase Biggest Decrease New Entry into top 10 Name 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 Ethan Nwaneri £35,000,000 £37,000,000 £39,000,000 £32,000,000 £91,000,000 Alfie Dorrington £10,000,000 £13,500,000 £28,000,000 £40,000,000 £75,000,000 Hector Kyprianou £1,800,000 £3,500,000 £5,000,000 £8,600,000 £3,000,000 Daniel Phillips £300,000 £475,000 £240,000 £350,000 £1,800,000 Ben Watt £18,000 £425,000 £650,000 £650,000 £850,000 James Wiles £700,000 £450,000 £800,000 Paul Appiah £50,000 £0 £190,000 £375,000 £275,000 Francesco Ancora £20,000 £70,000 £120,000 £85,000 £230,000 Andronicos Georgiou £0 £0 £0 £0 £120,000 Callum Stead £45,000 £80,000 £85,000 £0 £100,000 Tola Showunmi £160,000 £180,000 £210,000 £210,000 £80,000 Josh Davison £180,000 £140,000 £0 £60,000 £45,000 Luca Gunter £275,000 £240,000 £0 £425,000 £22,000 Josh Onomah £0 £6,200,000 £9,200,000 £3,100,000 £0 Rio Cardines £475,000 £950,000 £850,000 £275,000 £0 Jeriel Dorsett £500,000 £425,000 £275,000 £190,000 £0 Jake Livermore £750,000 £0 £16,000 £2,000 Nwaneri is back on top of the list after a huge £59M increase in valuation. He's been rewarded with a new 4-year contract at Arsenal after a breakout season where he got a goal as well as finally making more than one appearance in the Premier League, before half a season's worth of good performances on loan at Middlesborough in the Championship as they finished 12th. Dorrington has also had a big increase in valuation, rising by £35M, after his 2nd season-long loan spell at Celtic. He & they have won a 2nd consecutive domestic treble! Kyprianou is still in 3rd place on the list despite having the biggest drop in valuation (-£5.6M) this year. He dropped down to League One and was a regular for Watford who missed out on bouncing back into the Championship by losing on penalties in the playoff final to Bristol City.

..continued.. Tier 9 Us! History 3rd, 1st, 3rd, 14th Tier 10 Enfield Borough barely survived this season. They matched their position from last season, but the division they were in last season had 21 teams and this season's had 17 so they were a lot worse and have to improve to expect to stay at this level. History 19th, 11th, 15th, 15th Tier 11 Brimsdown & Cockfosters Reserves played in the same division as each other this season. Brimsdown started poorly but recovered to a solid mid-table spot, whereas Cockfosters Reserves started strong and occupied the only promotion spot until gameweek 12 before dropping down to 3rd and not being able to make the ground back up. History (Cockfosters Reserves) 12th, 10th, 10th, 3rd History (Brimsdown) 21st, 7th, 11th, 9th

Other Enfield Clubs 2026/27 Season Tier 7 Enfield Town with another unremarkable season. History 8th, 17th, 17th, 16th Tier 8 Enfield FC's finished mid-table again, but it is their highest position so far. History 12th, 14th, 12th, 10th Hinton's incredible surge up the leagues has come to a halt. The manager who got their first 2 promotions moved on halfway through last season and the manager who came in continued their record of 1st place finishes, but they had a rough start to this season and he was fired. The current manager managed to climb up to a respectable 8th, even flirting with the promotion places at one point. History 1st, 1st, 1st, 8th Tier 9 Cockfosters broke their playoff curse, gaining promotion via the playoffs at the 3rd time of asking! History 9th, 5th, 3rd, 4th Cockfosters Playoffs 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27

New Contracts! I was certain we were going to lose our record top goalscorer Hamilton and record appearance maker Carter over the summer but they've both surprised me by agreeing to new deals! I got a message saying Carter was retiring at the end of the season and he wouldn't reconsider his decision despite me asking him to. But what I didn't realise was that he retired from professional football (and we are semi-pro). He's never played professional football in his life, so it is pretty funny he felt the need to retire, but it does mean that we have him in the squad for another season (but need to keep in mind that we won't be able to keep hold of him if we do turn the club pro). Hamilton on the other hand, finally accepted that we had adequate depth at goalkeeper, with Ruth coming in from the latest youth intake, and he also slashed his salary expectations from £100pw down to £40pw (still a pay rise from £25pw).

Expectations Next season I'm expected to reach the playoffs and repair the club's financial damage. Unless we see bumper crowds all season I don't know how I can plug the half a million hole that the board have created. For now I'm doing as much as I can do, with the long-term benefit of the club in mind, such as cutting back on youth recruitment (saving money whilst more likely generating more local players, win-win!)

New Stadium We've moved back to Enfield into our brand new stadium! We have 328 seats and a current capacity of 1,315 with scope to expand up to 2,637. There's £456k of the original £575k remaining to pay over the next 8 years so there is even more pressure to get up the leagues as quickly as possible to increase the number of fans coming to watch us. Unfortunately our debt has worried the board away from making any other improvements to our youth coaching or facilities which could stifle our progress.

Transfers In Farr came through our 2nd youth intake and had an incredible season with us before leaving for lowly KLSC. He scored 19 goals from segundo volante (as well as penalty duty) and we missed his presence in the side this season. With Hamilton on the verge of leaving, and no strong backup strikers ready to replace him, I am delighted to have battled to bring back a proven goal scorer (albeit in a different position - could he become our striker?) I have almost doubled the self-imposed wage restriction (from £25pw to £45pw) to make this deal happen! Hayden-Smith is another player I have been tracking for a while. He's played as high as the 6th tier in England as well as in Cyprus & Austria but had always demanded an absurdly high wage. Trial after trial has paid off as I have managed to agree a reasonable contract with him as we have so many youth players coming through in his position, he will have to hit the ground running to feature prominently. Valuation I believe that Hamilton was valued at around £10k prior to running down his contract and we've had a few other players get valuations below that mark, so to see Hayden-Smith come in with a one-year deal on such low wages and be valued so highly is surprising (& also exciting!) If there is any interest, I will be looking to take full advantage of it.

Records Both the overall goal and appearance records were broken this season, but both by players who will be leaving the club this summer. Carter has announced he will retire at the end of the season and Hamilton won't agree to sign a new contract because he's unhappy about our depth in goal (currently our strongest position ). They've both been incredible for the club and will be sorely missed.

Staff In To my complete surprise, we have managed to land an incredible new staff member! Cockfosters supporter Kirk is our new Scout / DoF. He would make an incredible manager or set piece coach but preferred to join us for a steal of £50pw (the max I'm allowing for other staff whilst I am on £60pw).

Apr 2027 The board have changed their tune somewhat! We finished the season with a 3-game unbeaten streak and managed to climb to 14th and they are now happy that we are an established team at this level. I haven't been looking up the table much at all, but at the end of the season I did and when I realised that there was only 8 points separating us from 6th, it shows how tightly contested this league is!

Thanks for the tip - but unfortunately it doesn't give me much more info: Because of your comment, I did play around a bit more on the promises screen and realised that the reason there are two promises: ...is because one is listed under 'Board' and one is listed under 'Players'... I don't think this makes things any clearer, but it feels like a clue as to what could have changed

Mar 2027 The new youth intake helped us to a massive 3-2 win over league-leaders Wembley but ultimately we are still facing the same problem of inconsistency. It's early days for the new signings and I am already looking ahead to what we can do differently next season, that is, if the board allow me to still be here...

Previous Intakes - Non-Enfield Players - Where are they now? These are the players from previous intakes we had to release instead of signing. Currently I cannot see their attributes due to attribute-masking, but I am going to begin scouting all of our ex-players so that we can see them in the future. 2024 (12 of 16 from Enfield) Of 4 non-Enfield players, only one remains playing. I accidentally signed Gardner in the first season, releasing him a few days after as he was only on an amateur contract. 2025 (9 of 16 from Enfield) Of 7 non-Enfield players, only two remain playing. Fortune seems like he could be a decent keeper for tier 11 Chester Nomads and McMurtie is playing and scoring in an unplayable league (below tier 12). 2026 (8 of 16 from Enfield) Of 8 non-Enfield players, only one remains playing. Jones is playing well in level 10 at 17 years old!

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Youth Intake 2027 2024 (12 of 16 from Enfield) 2025 (9 of 16 from Enfield) 2026 (8 of 16 from Enfield) 2027 (13 of 16 from Enfield) - a huge improvement here! Thank you @Jimbokav1971 for the suggestion to reduce youth recruitment, to increase the number of local players. I've only managed to ask the board once so far, but it's made a big difference to this seasons numbers! Bullivant & Pesce are my standouts purely because they are more than decent and play in positions that we really needed to improve! Ruth is a lsight improvement on current first choice GK Tim Slade and Westwood & Humphreys will have to battle it out with our current wingers Maton & Griffin. Here is how the new youth intake compares with our current squad (by star rating), look out for "BH04" to identify the new intake. Top Prospect:

Feb 2027 We got the results we desperately needed this month. Not conceding in 3 (including the last game of last month) combined with some other players getting on the scoresheet in Hamilton's long absence from the goals means we're back in contention with the bottom of the pack of teams going up to mid-table. Hamilton did eventually get a goal against Tower Hamlets and I'm hoping he'll be back in form for the business end to the season.

Promises Looking at the promises section after my chat with the board, it seems I have agreed to less responsibilities (twice?). I've checked a few areas like Staff Responsibilities but I can't seem to figure out what has changed, does anyone know how to check? And does the "453 days left" imply that's how long I have to save my job, or how long I am giving up these mysterious responsibilities? Lots of questions, my fingers are crossed that things get resolved quickly!

Jan 2027 Things have not been going well at all and a few more losses led to the board threatening my position at the club. Looking at our results, we failed to score in 4 games this month, but have also only conceded 4 goals in 6 games. Our main striker Hamilton has gone off form, been complaining about the position in the league and our backup striker Monks announced his retirement at the end of the season, but then abruptly left the club. We need to get our scoring boots back on to save my job!

Dec 2026 Tinkering with the tactics seemed to pay off in the middle of the month as we strung a couple of good results together, but we've had way too many red cards this season which have badly affected our chances of climbing away from the bottom of the table. In 21 games we've had 5 red cards and 43 yellows!