TheLutterworthFox

January 2034 Time for transfers A few out's, all I didn't need or I had better players coming in. Now for the in's Vinnie Hinnigan - Central Midfield - £775k from Middlesborough A new addition to the midfield, young, good personality. Luigi Simonetti - Winger/Striker A new addition to the forward ranks, Allan once again has been struggling for form and with Mothersille leaving I needed a new player, Simonetti is a huge upgrade on what we currently have. Robert Pahor - Goalkeeper - £650k from Lubljana My new No. 1. Hall was recalled from his loan and eventually I found a GK better than what I currently have. Jobe Bellingham - Midfielder - £5.5m from Sheffield United The big one, I needed a statement signing and Bellingham is that man! Matt Budrys - Left Back - £550k from Bohemian With Pennock going I needed a new LB and Budrys is a huge upgrade. Some really good signings, now they have time to bed in before we go again for the Champions League next season. result-wise its been a tough money, 100% in the league but 2 defeats in the Champions League dumps us out. We also lost the League Cup final on penalties to TNS Now all we can go for is the League and Welsh Cup, luckily the league is nearly over, we just need 1 more win.

November/December 2033 Domestically it's going amazingly, our Champions League run though seems to be coming to a premature end, yes we beat Dortmund and played bloody well against them, losses to Porto and Leipzig however put us chasing the playoff spots and we have Juventus and Man City left to play! We also smashed our record win, last season we won 14-0 in the Welsh Cup, this season, with a rotated team, we won 18-0!!! Easy! The league is pretty much over already, now to win the other two domestic trophies we're in. This Winter is going to be different from the rest, I usually do very little business but I have a few players leaving and I really need to improve the squad to a point where we can start challenging in Europe, if I bring them in now then they have a good 9 or 10 months before our Champions League campaign starts again. So expect some big transfer deals in the Winter window!

World Cup 2034 Qualifying It's been a fun qualifying campaign, mainly because at points it felt like some kind of home nations! England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Us alongside San Marino and Armenia. We needed to win the group which was going to be tough with England in it, second may be enough if we end in the higher ranked places, let's just win as many games as we can! Overall really good, we even beat England at Wembley, unfortunately the 1 point from 2 games against Scotland was what ruined our shot at top spot. We did however managed to end 2nd in the group And fortunately for us we ended high up enough in the 2nd place table to seal a spot in the World Cup! Only just though!!!!!! We're off to the World Cup which is to be held in Indonesia and Malaysia! Never seen that before!

September/October 2033 Decided, due to not wanting to keep updating too often to go with bi-monthly updates from now on, unless something majorly interesting happens. Loads of games but it's gone pretty well so far, yeah we went out of the Challenge Cup but I did play a heavily rotated team, we've also only managed two points in our three Champions League games setting us massively back as we attempt to qualify for the knockouts. It's a shame our shot of a domestic clean sweep is already over but the unbeaten season is still well and truly on.

July/August 2033 Here we go, another season and for this is the big one, domestically things are easy, now it's about improving this side to get further in the Champions League. Unfortunately it's been a tough Summer, loads to spend but our reputation means we can't bring in players to improve us that much. We also have to contend with the squad registration rules which means, with the fact I don't have too many decent "trained in nation/club" players it's a case of 1-in-1-out. I've also had the fun job of rejecting daily bids from the English elite for my new intake star Darren Jones, luckily for me he doesn't seem interested in leaving, I'm guessing that because he has a 10k per week fulltime contract on the table when his youth contract expires at the end of 2034. I fully expect him to ask to move at some point though and I won't get much for him! We did let a few players leaving this Summer, mainly to free up some spaces for better players. The one big loss there is Goalkeeper Eric Brennan who asked to leave, signed for £64k so a decent profit. The others to leave were just back-ups. Now for the in's. Chris Geiles - Striker/Right Wing - £1m from Ross County I needed a new option to play up top, mainly when Steven Allan loses his form. I struggled to find a big upgrade on Allan so chose Geiles as he had a good season last time out for Ross County. Peter Malham - Left Back - £1m from Bolton With Brett leaving I needed a new LB, it was probably my weakest area anyway. A decent signing for a relatively low fee. Joe Read - Central Midfield - £1.1m from Southampton Another option to play at CM, with Joth Taylor going and with the prospect of losing Fernandes at the end of this season I needed a play to come in and add some depth. Kevin Hall - Goalkeeper - Season loan from QPR With Brennan leaving I needed a new GK but really struggled to find someone decent enough for a low-ish fee, so I settled on a loan deal to give me more time to find the right buy. Paul Richardson - Central Midfield - Free Transfer Signed just to add some depth, he can play in numerous position including CM, RB, AM and Striker. Much needed with so many games to come. Overall a solid Summer, more money spent than normal but the squad has definitely improved, just not as much as I had hoped. Now to results and once again we managed to qualify for the Champions League proper. As you can see it was easy until the playoff round where we had a mini scare, we lost the opening leg to Astana but clawed it back and sealed a 3-2 aggregate win in injury time. What a shocking set of games though, every single one really tough, Celtic probably the easiest tie but they beat us in the playoff round last season. If we win 1 game I'll be happy! The bad news is we were the only Welsh team to qualify for the League Phase, Colwyn Bay got the closest, losing in the Conference League final qualifying round to Hadjuk Split. Domestically it's start really well. Only one slip-up but I had to keep players fresh for the Champions League, other than that a stunning start!

Requested a new ground AGAIN, board said, I threatened to quit then leaked to the press and the board agreed! Hopefully the council agree this time, another two years to wait though!

Breaking News B*stard council!!!!!!!!!!!! Time to try again!

2032/33 Season Review Another incredible season! Our highest league points total of the save so far and our 8th straight league title! The Welsh Cup was also won but unfortunately we failed to win the other two domestic trophies. It was another good run in the Champions League where we got knocked out in the playoff round by Celtic. So overall I'm really happy, there are now big aims left to achieve domestically and that's an unbeaten season and to win all four trophies, I'll be going all out for that next season! Financially, as expected, we're looking really good. The board have given me good budgets again, pretty much the same as last season. We actually made a £5m loss this season, that's mainly because I spent £31m on player, most of whom I didn't need, it was just a way to filter money down to the other Welsh clubs, it seems to have worked. Holywell, Haverfordwest, Llanelli and Connah's Quay have all turned professional and I'm hoping to see another couple take the leap this Summer. Still, loads in the bank, we need to continue qualifying for the Champions League proper though to keep that balance stable, I do plan on spending some money on better players this Summer, I really want a new Striker as Steven Allan seems to have gone off the boil this season. I'd also like to splash out on a new LW and LB. Now to my top performers this season. A whole XI of players above 7 average rating!!! And here was me saying Steven Allan had gone off the boil!! He ends as the club player of the season and top scorer with 25 goals in 41 starts. My issue is he goes 8 or 9 games without scoring then goes mad with goals, I really need another option to help when he has those bad runs. Left Back Frankie Pennock wins the clubs young player of the season, a solid first campaign for the lad who managed 9 goals as well, not bad for a full back! Right Back Matthew Brook ends with the most assists at the club, 13 in total. He has been a key part of our success but unfortunately he wants that big money move, I've said he can go for £1m. Academy star Johnson Fernandes wins the Cymru Premier Young Player of the Season, this lad is an absolute star, just a shame we'll only see him in a Barry Town shirt for another 12 months before he seals his move to Rangers. And here's the whole squad, some amazing performances all over the park this season! Now I look forward to next season, this is the Summer I want to try and take this club to the next level, I've spent 3 or 4 seasons now bringing in freebies, trying to keep costs down (bar throwing money to other Welsh clubs), as much as we're still dominating I really feel I need to start spending some cash on much better quality player to try and get further in the Champions League, I need to keep the co-efficient heading in the right direction and to do that we need to get further than the Last 16. Alongside that we need the other Welsh clubs to get further in Europe so I may try and sell/loan some of my players to other Welsh Premier clubs. It may be a busy Summer but I'll only go mad if the right players come about. The progression in this save has been incredible, the big news is out reputation has moved to 2.5*, level with Swansea with only Cardiff ahead of us on 3*

March/April 2033 The final games of the season, not many in March so I decided to do two months at once. A really good end bar losing on penalties to Larne in the Challenge Cup, one game left and that's the Welsh Cup final. An easy win!!!! Darren Jones, the star from the intake scoring, he is now our penalty taker!!! In the month since he has joined he has broken these records.... Youngest ever Welsh international Youngest ever Barry Town player Youngest ever Barry Town scorer Youngest ever Cymru Premier player and scorer Youngest ever Welsh Cup player and scorer Youngest ever Challenge Cup player Not bad!!!!

2033 Youth Intake The preview had this intake as "good" but the highest rated player was a "C", however this has just happened, I have never ever seen anything like this before! I have never ever seen a player come through with that high CA!! He's 15 and already 3.5*!! OH MY WORD!! He is incredible! My only concern is how long he sticks around for!!! The future is very VERY bright!

February 2033 8 in a row!!!!! It was inevitable really, we were a little shaky in the opening few games but that win against TNS to claim the title was stunning! Unfortunately our Champions League run ends at the playoff round for the 2nd season in a row as we lost to Celtic, we did well though against a much stronger team.

January 2033 Firstly, big news outside of Barry! Cardiff Met Uni somehow managed to qualify for the playoff round of the Conference League! Not bad for an amateur side! Now to ourselves and some transfer news, this one really hurts to be honest, Rangers just love nicking my favourite players and they've done it once again. Such a shame to see him go but he wanted the move, I wanted more money but that was it and he because he started kicking off I had to let him have his wish, the good news though is he stays here on loan until the end of next season. Fernandes also won the Welsh Young Player of the Year award, ahead of Tom Torr, the academy doing the business! I've also made a new signing myself, well a loan signing but it's a new player in. Gabriel Eke was recalled from his loan by Palace so I needed a new option out wide, so in comes Tetsuysa Tanabe from Spurs for the rest of the season, a top quality player Now to the results and it's been another brilliant month. A defeat to Liverpool in the Champions League which I expected, we did manage a good draw against AC Milan but we were 2-0 up so I was disappointed not to win, that draw though did mean we scraped out of the League Phase and into the playoff round. Only just though!!! The league is nearly over as well. 19 points clear with a game in-hand, we need one more win to seal a 8th straight league title

December 2032 What a month!!! Absolutely amazing but there's one win there that was better than any other! We only went an demolished Leipzig in the Champions League!!! An absolutely huge win, we are still struggling to make the playoff round though, we're in it at the moment but have Liverpool away and AC Milan at home to go. Going great guns though! In other new we've had the funniest World Cup qualifying draw imaginable! May as well call it the home nations!

November 2032 Another decent month with a couple of noticeable slip-ups, we got dumped out of the League Cup semi final on penalties, something which has annoyed the board and have only managed a point from out two Champions League games. We are still in the other two domestic cups and smashing the league so I'm more than happy. Our participation in the Champions League may not go past the League Phase, we had Leipzig, Liverpool and AC Milan to play! In other news the Nations League has just finished and we managed to survive in Division A, just! We got a solid 2-2 draw against England and four point against Switzerland, Germany were too good for us though.

October 2032 What a weird month! Some brilliant performances including this record-busting 14-0 cup win!!!! I think that's my biggest ever competitive win on any FM. So we did that and then lost to Holywell in the league, I really wanted an unbeaten season this time around. We also lost to Man City but I expected that one, overall a solid month. The big news though is Striker Steven Allan has broken the club record for league goal scored, a brilliant player who has smashed it season after season. Not bad for a free transfer signing, 162 league games, 116 goals, overall he's played 274 games and scored 183 goals! Prolific!

September 2032 The good form continues and we've stopped shipping goals in! A busy month but we have done brilliantly, just look at those Champions League results, an expected win against Brugge but an amazing 0-0 draw against Dortmund away, Eric Brennan in goal won POTM with a 9.0 rating! What a start! Let's keep this going

August 2032 We did it once again!!! It was maybe a little big tougher than I expected, Rosenborg were dispatched with ease but Larne and Hadjuk Split were more tricky, however we made it through and for the third straight season we're in the League Phase. Some really tricky fixtures though, much tougher than last season, APOEL and Club Brugge are winnable but the rest are very hard, but there's some even bigger news!!!! We have another Welsh team in the League Phase of a European comp!!!! Cardiff Met Uni, an amateur team, made it through to the Conference League proper after losing in the first qualifying of the Europa League but making it past some tough looking ties, that's massive for our co-efficient. Finally, domestic action and it's started as well as expected. All wins loads of goals but concerning is the amount we've conceded, especially as I felt we'd upgraded the defence this season, hopefully as the players settle in it will tighten up.

July 2032 Firstly some rankings news, once again we've had big gains in all areas. The big one there is another big rise in the co-efficient ranking meaning we skip a round in the Champions League, weird thing is that's happened this season anyway! I've also managed to get the board to upgrade the youth facilities, something I've not even been able to request for 3 or 4 seasons. Now to the signings and there have been a lot as ever! Gabriel Eke - Winger - Season loan from Crystal Palace Signed to add some depth to the wide areas, he looks top quality. Frankie Pennock - Left Back/Centre Back - Free from Norwich We were very short of LBs so Pennock comes in to play in that position. Calum Taggart - Goalkeeper - Free from Hibernian The players last season decided to have a mutiny because we had a lack of depth in goal, so I decided to sign two! Taggart is one of those to challenge for the No. 1 spot. Peter McCready - Goalkeeper - Free from Larne And here is the second player to go in goal, highly rated and he looks really good. Jacob Brown - Striker - Free from Luton Its rare I sign an experienced player but I felt we needed someone to help, he's on a massive wage but hopefully he'll do a job for a season or maybe two. Finn Williams - Central Midfield - Free from Leeds Another freebie and another quality young player, he adds good depth to our midfield. Leighton Ainsworth - Left Back - Free from Nottingham Forest Another addition to play left back, he lacks the technicals but bar that looks really good. Samuel Brett - Left Back - Free from Southampton And another left back, all of the ones I've signed can play central defence as well, defence was the area I felt we really struggled with last season. Peter Strong - Right Back - £4m from Sunderland I spent some money!!!!! This lad was in the NxGN last season, he is young and highly rated, is he ready for first-team football now? Probably not but he'll get game-time in the cups. Some brilliant signings and our squad is now stacked with talent. I have also chucked a load of money to other Welsh clubs for players that are decent enough but I'll probably pack out on loan as they won't get a chance here, it's just a way to filter the money I have down to other clubs to give them a chance to improve their squads, maybe turn professional if they haven't already and then give them a chance to help me out in Europe!

Euro 2032 Time for my second major competition with Wales and hopes are high for this one. The draw was kind to us, Italy will be tough but I'm expecting to challenge for 2nd and qualify for the knockouts. I have picked my 23-man squad and here it is. Some familiar faces in the squad from Barry Town as I decide to pick Carroll, Fernandes and Torr, all 3 have come through the Barry intakes in the past few years. Here are 3 other players I'm interested in seeing, all have impressed this season either at their clubs or for the national side. So here we go! Group Game 1 v Bosnia Not the best, we managed to scrape a 3-3 draw in a shocking defensive performance. Game 2 v Italy Wow, we face the hosts, I expected a tough game but I didn't expect this. Woeful at best! Game 3 v Slovenia So it's all or nothing, we HAVE to win, if we do win and Italy beat Bosnia we somehow sneak 2nd spot in the group! And we did it!!! Even with a raft of yellow cards and a red we somehow managed to win 3-1 Talk about scraping through!! Into the Last 16 and we were handed a really tough tie as we faced France, ranked 2nd in the FIFA rankings, the No. 1 team in Europe, after how we've played so far I expected us to have no chance and as expected we got spanked! A shocking tournament and I'll be lucky if I keep my job after that!

2031/32 Season Review Well it's been one hell of a season, in the league it's been a breeze, in the cups it's been a different story, we did however lift the Welsh Cup An absolutely brilliant season, total domination in the league and our first adventure the Champions League knockouts Player wise Steven Allan ends as the clubs top scorer, he's struggled with injuries this season and patches where he fails to score but he's now 8 goals short of the alltime top scorer for Barry Town in the league. Chris Waters ends with most assists, 17 in all with 13 goals scored as well Tom Torr won the clubs young player of the year award, this lad has been sensational, he's only 17! And here's the whole squad As you can see it's smaller than normal, we really need to improve depth this Summer, especially with Stewart and Muggridge leaving as they're on loan, we'll also be losing Saynor, Davies and Harris as their contracts are up. Once again the board have given me crazy budgets We end the season with £40m in the bank so I expected the budgets to be decent, the wage budget goes up by £100k a week and we have nearly £15m to spend on players. With us dominating in the league we need to start bringing in better players to help us challenge in Europe. I want to keep transfer fees down in the whole though, so we can keep that bank balance increasing, the main thing this Summer though is to try and continue filtering money down to the other Welsh clubs

2032 Youth Intake A shocker! We have one half-decent player, a Thai RWB and that's it! I mean he looks OK, he has good work rate, teamwork and leadership, he's quick and can cross. I do think he can do a job.

February 2032 We're into the knockouts of the Champions League! The first time in the save but we have Leverkusen in our way, we beat them away in the league phase but it's going to be a tough game. The first leg was away and we did play well, Leverkusen dominated the ball but the chances were even, unfortunately we left our shooting boots at home and missed some easy chances. Leverkusen put theirs away and sealed a 2-0 win. Into the home leg, if we could score early I had hope we could claw back the deficit, unfortunately Leverkusen scored an early penalty and then another shortly after, we did grab a goal back but at half time we went in 3-1 down. Now it was all about getting some respectability back and we did just that, RB Brook score on the hour mark before a late McAllister goal sealed a 3-3 draw but we were out 5-3 on aggregate. What an amazing run we've had though and just over £32m of prize money to boot! The bank balance now sits at just under £40m. In domestic action I've messed around with team in the league game but we've continued our great season with some good wins but one dodgy defeat. We're into the Welsh Cup semi final, after our early exits in the other domestic cups it'll be nice to win that and end with a league/cup double.

Champions League Playoff Draw Well we face a side we actually beat away from home in the League phase! Surely we can't do it again?!

Another Player Sale I keep forgetting the Winter window ends after January finishes. Well another player has left and once again it's Rangers the team making the bid Out goes last years Welsh player of the year Julian Gordon, the opening bid was £250k, I managed to get them up to £2.5m!!! No loan return with this one, to be honest he hasn't played as much as he deserves as the formation we are playing means he doesn't fit in the side.

January 2032 Have you ever seen a team win the League with 3 months to spare? Well you have now! I mean how easy was that!!!!! 31 points clear and we have 9 games to play. It seems the rest of the league are very evenly matched meaning they all seem to beat each other. The big games this month though were the Champions league where we had a chance of qualifying for the knockouts for the first time. Well we lost to Barca but, even before the Marseille game we had already done it, we ended with a brilliant win and we had somehow ended 16th in the table!!! By far the best campaign so far! Stunning! In other news we will be saying goodbye to another superstar of the team. Rangers seem intent on signing half my side at the moment, Winger Muggeridge, signed on a free will move to Rangers for £2m, he will stay here on loan until next January. We've also made one new signing, Harvey Godsmark-Ford left after falling out of the side so I needed a new CB, in comes Greg McAllister for £245k A top quality signing. We've also persuaded the board to upgrade the training facilities once again, it seems we can't ask for anything else so may as well keep upgrading what I can.