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February 2043 We finally get some space between fixtures and manage to retain the Welsh Premier League with 4 games remaining We might end up having to leave after this season after all!

January 2043 A weird loss to Colwyn Bay, but we end the Champions League group stage in 30th out of 36th but we were not outclassed at all!

December 2042 A weird loss to Bangor who got out of last place thanks to us, but we have a nice lead in the league. TNS have a chance to make the top half, but with one game left they need a win or they're done.

November 2042 We begin and end the month with losses, but we won the most important match which was our game in the Champions League against Linfield. But honestly who cares about us, look at The New Saints! 7th place and 5 points away from the top half, and they're close to being financially insecure

October 2042 We have so many matches to play I'm not going to say that's why we lost our league game, but we'll have played 24 games in 88 days, basically 1 game every 3.5 days. I'm doing a lot of resting.

September 2042 The only goals we conceded were against Barcelona, and we even beat Benfica, which shouldn't be happening. Am I complaining? Not really, it's just amusing to see the effects of signing players for their physical preferences and reaping the rewards.

2042 Summer Transfer Window We're still able to upgrade just by offering trials as we add 7. As a result we are now one of the most physically dominant teams in the league, leading in 5 out of the 8 categories and in top 3 for the rest. Time to see if the first full season of this style of recruitment will work. Jackson (RB) made 127 apps for League One Notts County, Lattie (RW) started at Burnley, made 2 apps, before moving on to Millwall for a further 3 apps, Wilson (LB) came from Brighton, and was released after a few disappointing loans. Stead (CB) was released from the Norwich academy, Evans (AM) made 4 apps for Ipswich, Magill (DM) is the odd one out, making 130ish appearances in the Northern Irish leagues, and O'Brien (LW) made 14 apps for Millwall. Whatever's happening, it seems to be working. A ridiculous 8-0 win in Belgrade against Red Star sees us storm into the Champions League groups, where we'll surely get flogged. But we reap the rewards of the huge financial influx, making upgrades to our training and youth facilities, as well as officially going professional at the start of next season. Will I still be here by then? I guess we'll find out, but I want to be at least a half star better than the next most reputable club once I do get to the top, to give them a bit of a buffer. As I said, we're going to get flogged. But I reckon we can give Linfield a go.

Turns out we only needed one game to seal the club's first ever league title. Not only that, we did the double, and my first major cup win in this career! We also have a bit of money saved up, but I won't be spending money on players yet until we can no longer improve the team from released players. Best XI Chris Sullivan - Gregory Clarke - Jayson McGrath Progress

March 2042 This month demonstrated the virtues of having a rested team, as we win all four games in comfortable fashion, returning to the top of the table with two games to go. We also have the Challenge Cup and Welsh Cup finals, with our league games against our bogey teams Swansea and TNS sandwiched between them. It's no easy feat from here.

February 2042 The amount of matches in the legs seem to be taking its toll, as we've had to rest a few players and getting punished for it. Our lead is gone, and we're in danger of losing a top 3 spot too.

January 2042 Transfers (Out) We make some money for players! Swansea get the double over us frustratingly, but we have the opportunity to go 5 points clear at the top.

December 2041 We got FM'd against Swansea (the score should've been reversed based on the xG), but we're building a gap at the top, but TNS, FCQ, Haverfordwest and Barry Town are all lurking.

November 2041 We scored a LOT of goals this month, completely dismissing a fellow Cardiff side and then flogging Scottish Championship side Kilmarnock to make the semis of the Challenge Cup.

October 2041 Another busy month, and our remaining competitions we're in shrinks from 4 to 3.

September 2041 Transfers (In) Signed a few players with good physicals for super cheap wages except for Evans. McCormick (LW) bounced around League Two, making over 100 apps for Tranmere and Cambridge, Connerton (RB) came out of Everton's academy, and had a stint in Wales before playing1 game for Mansfield, Evans (LB) made 4 apps for Burnley and McGrath (ST) made 95 apps for Burnley. I don't know if this unbeaten month can be attributed to the change in recruitment and selection strategies, but it's been a great month nonetheless. We're also in the Scottish Challenge Cup this season, smashing Kelty Hearts to make it to the next round.

One can only hope! They've not got off to the strongest start this season so far, but I'm interested to see how their finances are after no Europe - they have 3x the salary of every team except Haverfordwest, and there's not a lot of money in the Welsh League.

2041 Summer Transfer Window Apologies for the delay in updates, life sometimes gets in the way unfortunately! We make 6 signings, but a few of them won't be starters in light of the meta attributes test that I want to try out for myself. I signed these players two weeks ago before those tests came out. But anyway, Owolabi (LB) came from Arsenal, Sullivan (RW) made 2 appearances and 1 goal for Bristol City, Moore (DM) came from Accrington Stanley (17 apps) and then Macclesfield (119 apps), Costinha (RW) came from Solihull Moors, and Moxey (ST) also made 2 appearances for Bristol City. We did really, really well in Europe, reaching the final qualifying round of the Conference League. Levante were obviously too strong, but we now have over a million pounds in the bank which has been used to upgrade every facility we can finally.

Still couldn't win the cup, but we still stayed 2nd and qualified for Europe! Even better, TNS didn't make it into Europe either Best XI Ellis Hamilton - Ernest Kingson - Gregory Clarke Progress

March 2041 Through to our second straight Welsh Cup final, where we play 2nd division Cardiff Met Uni, in which I'd expect us to be favourites. In the league, we have Haverfordwest away and Bala at home. I don't think we'll get what we need from them to stay 2nd. 3rd should be doable though.

February 2041 We're still barely holding on, I think that lost to Haverfordwest will turn out to be costly.

January 2041 We're still 2nd, but any slip up now can see us drop to 4th.

December 2040 More end of month weirdness, and Haverfordwest are pretty much uncatchable now.

November 2040 More big losses at the end of the month, but we're second with a game in hand.

October 2040 Every end of month game has been a weird loss this season. But anyway, we're absolutely banging in the goals and we sit in a strong position.

September 2040 The difference in our quality is really showing, except for the last game where the entire first team was rested due to congestion. But we beat TNS which is huge!