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March 2031 Promotion Party? A comfortable victory. Breaking News.. Usti could actually get promoted. There "A" side are top of the table, so we need a further 5 points. Champagne is on ice. We'll have to do it in April. Intake Day? What's not to love.. 2 defenders have come through the intake, not regular starters but improve the back-ups

February 2031 February is traditionally a friendly month as all teams try and get some match sharpness back. Dobris and Us shared 9 goals in the first hour, the remaining 30 was a cagey affair with a lack of goals. 5-4. A thriller. Luka Arifovic (7D) the star of the show. Libis at the end of the month, were undone by the usual strikers. We are almost there. 18 points ahead of 3rd. March has 1 game, against a side with 11 points..

January 2031 New Year.. Same Stuff.. Jerry Petitjean (6F) wracks up his 30th goal of the season. Semily are near the drop zone so wasn't expecting much of a challenge. The other January game will be the tougher one. Away to Ústí nad Labem B - back to back champions. For 87 minutes it was the perfect performance. The last 5 were not.. It shouldn't matter. Only the top 7 can catch us.

December 2030 Dynamics has been horrible trying to control so it's great that we finally have some players on here Błażej Kujawa (8H) made a strong debut against Chomutov, that's Poland ticked off as a nation who has played. Vladimír Vostárek (4A) has played twice this season, and we've lost them both. A frustrating post Christmas game. 10 more matches and we sit 14 points clear - 15 clear if you remember that Usti nad Labem B can't get promoted. Traditional picture

November 2030 Vlasim B were hit for 10 earlier in the season. So of course they inflict our first defeat of the season. Luka Arifovic (7D) has recieved a call up for Austria U21s and the Haitian sides are starting to take an interest in our Jerry. Ironically his debut is against Bosnia - his 2nd nationality. Back on the horse with goals from Stochl and Petitjean, coupled with Cizova losing mean the gap is back to 12 points. 722 attended which is a new record. More rumours... The oppo are resorting to dirty tricks to try and stub out Jerry Back to Back victories finish the month. 13 clear

October 2030 Biggest month ever.. Admira Prague in 3rd. The hard work was done in the first half, second half they through the kitchen sink at us but only 1 goal breached the defences. A big win. International week ties in with the Cizova match, they are 2nd. It's also our 1st fans day. 354 witness our 5-1 victory. Our names on the trophy this year. Jerry Petitjean (6F) is human. He missed his first penalty. Yeah, okay he has 23 goals already this season so I doubt he will be too concerned. Another unbeaten month

September 2030 Smart money suggests that Dobris will be in and around the challengers this year. A bit of a late show with both our goals coming in last 20 but another 3 points to add to our total. International call ups could impact us over the next 3 months, we will lose 3 for one game each month. Dimi the greek was away so Jiří Smetana (8B) made a debut. Thankfully Haiti haven't noticed Jerry Petitjean (6F) - another 4 for the tally. 21 for the season. He's going big. Poříčany are 15th in the table so it was merely a question of how many we would score, settled for three with Centre Back Patrik Grygar (4G) getting a double, that's 8 for the season in 12. A perfect month, 10 games gone, a perfect season so far. We play Cizova and Admira Prague in October. Could be a pivotal month.

August 2030 After the goal fest of July, fully expecting a 0-0 or two now the season really starts. In the FA Cup it was the early show with 3 goals in 20 minutes securing safe passage, a debut was given to Stefanos Chrysostomou (7H) so thats Cyprus ticked off the list. Nearly a 0-0 against Benesov, but Jan Štochl (4N) ruined the fun with the winner. Jerry Petitjean (6F) going for the golden boot this year, another hattrick, and Semily are smashed. He sits 8 goals ahead of 2nd. Domažlice are a 3rd tier side and their gaffer thought this would be an easy tie.. it was to be fair.. Ústí nad Labem B have won the league every season we've been in it, this will be the acid test to how good we are. Losing Lukáš Kindlmann (4H) to injury was not needed, but a convincing 3-0 victory certainly puts a marker down. Lukas will miss 2 months. Just like last year we faced 2nd tier in the 2nd round and came out 2nd best. It's all about the league this year. A nice lead.

July 2030 We had a bit of a cull at the end of last season. Gone are Kim Cahill (1D), Miroslav Mejer (1E), Oqbah Al-Shaar (2E), Jan Vajs (4D), and Caner Can (4E) and a bucket load of players who featured in maybe the odd game at best. We shouldn't miss any of them. The expectation is mid-table again and have a fair cup run. I'm hoping that we can take that 2nd place and get ourselves into the 3rd tier. And.. well we've had worse opening days... 10-0... wow... Dimitris Nikolopoulos (6A) with a hattrick of goals and assists. League and Club Record victory. I'm not getting too carried away as we always start the season well. It's when the weather turns that we fall to pieces. Jerry Petitjean (6F) helps us past Chormutov before he goes nuts against Tatran Rakovnik. He has 10 goals in 3 games. We look rather good at home. Surprisingly we are top..

2029/30 Season Review Best Ever League finish - 4th place - although miles behind the promoted side and the champions Set new highest attendance - 676 Twitter followers and Season Tickets hit new heights Decent FA Cup run Goalkeepers: Jan Beran was the main man, which has put Vostarek's nose well and truly out of joint. Both are wanted by bigger sides. Defenders: Selicha returned to form and had a very good season alongside Grygar who has made his spot his own now and is actually rated higher than Selicha. Martin Marek had an okay season at LB, but still hasn't cemented the spot, maybe Zitny could be the man next year. On the right, Cibulka keeps others at bay. Midfielders: Arifovic established himself as the Left Winger which was nice, Koubek and Kindlmann in the middle, and it's been that way for a while. The Right side has become a problem, Dimi Nik has failed to adapt to the fourth tier, Rehak has done better but is still not quite there. We've got a lot of new wingers in the intake, one of these may come through and take the crown. Strikers: Stochl and Petitjean contributed nearly 50 goals between them this year, both can still get better as well. Kotrba has completely gone off grid, and Suleimenov is potentially missing the boat as well. We've got 2 fabulous strikers, but nothing much behind them. Nothing new to report in the achievements:

May 2030 Victory over Roudnice nad Labem and results went our way - Jerry Petitjean (6F) with a treble - put us 3rd before we got the gut wrenching news that Varnsdorf B were promoted. It's Jerry's month, with a double against Tochovice which secures a top 5 finish. The unbeaten run came to an end in the last match - just to dampen down expectations for next year. We finish 4th.

April 2030 The Champions are Usti nad Labem, but they are unable to get promoted. They were also unbeaten in the previous 24 matches... well not anymore... Lukáš Kindlmann (4H) pulling the DM strings behind the scenes and picking up the man of the match acolade. His partner for most of the season has been Pavel Koubek (5A), until he broke his foot in the 5-2 win over Cizova. His partner for most of the season has been Pavel Koubek (5A), until he broke his foot in the 5-2 win over Cizova. Up to 5th in the table. We are either 2pts off the 1 promotion spot OR Varnsdorf B have already secured it but are keeping quiet. All I know is next month needs 3 wins.

March 2030 A horrid month on paper. 2 very tough games. Sokolov B, both teams could do with a victory if they have promotion ambitions. It was a dull 0-0. Sokolov A are in the relegation zone of Tier 2 so I don't think they will be allowed to be promoted. Despite being officially 6th, we are actually 3rd. Victory over Varnsdorf B was tempered by the fact their "A" side are top of the 3rd tier so are likely to get promoted, so it doesn't matter what we do as mathematically they need 1 more point and we wouldn't be able to catch them. Youth Intake The 2030 intake will possibly go down as one of the worst looking initially. The best is Radek Kindlmann (8A) but he doesn't look better than the players we already have. I can probably refresh my wingers as we've got good depth now so perhaps some tricky conversations need to happen with whoever is already here. No new nationalities got deals - there was a Portugese player but wasn't good enough.

February 2030 February is a month where little happens. 1 game - other than friendlies. One friendly did end 10-1 to us, but it was against a side several levels lower than us, outside of the pyramid. As for the competitive match? It was a laptop smasher.. A record attendence no less - I'm sure they all enjoyed the first 91 minutes. The next 4 matches are against 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th - but not in that order.

January 2030 A little sprinkling of form going into 2030, 2 straight wins, 7 goals, no conceded. 8pts off 3rd - which could be the promotion spot this year. It's do-able. Dobris are that side in 3rd. A point against a higher placed side isn't a bad result, but it's another game ticked off AND we haven't narrowed the gap so the "it's do-able" phrase has taken a slight dent. The board don't have much faith in the squad, they predicted we would lose to Admira Prague... I've got faith in my boys. 8 games for us - 5 behind Dobris - that's the challenge.

December 2029 We will never have a better chance to pick up a win. Away to Slany - bottom of the pile. We powered into a 2-0 lead and somehow contrived to lose the match. I've also been having a lot of conversations like this. I wish I could bottle up how we perform in July and let it loose in the winter months. Vlasim B were next, another team below us in the table. Mr All Time Appearance (Michal Šelicha (2B)) got us off to a perfect start and we were able to see it through! And the final game of the decade? When Jan Štochl (4N) is on form, he's lethal. Semily didn't see him coming. He also became the clubs leading scorer in process In the end a good month. Well this is nice.. apart from them being tier below A standard screen..

November 2029 Urgh.. A home defeat. Not the best start. The only positive news story from the day is that Michal Šelicha (2B) has become the all-time league appearance maker for the club. It didn't get much better against Chomutov, yes we drew, so technically the result was better but they are in the relegation zone so it should have been a win. The Left Back slot has been a problem for a while - no one performs in that area, technically our "best" player according to opinion was Antoine Lecocq (4F) but he hasn't featured all year, after 2 very poor seasons, he has decided to move on. 76 games, average average rating of 6.68

October 2029 After a winless month last month, the games start to slow down as we hit the colder months of the year. Cizova sit 3rd and will be a tough test. A point is a good result, especially away from home. 2 unbeaten, or 5 without a win depending on your mentality. All the talk of a takeover was in fact... talk.. as you were then.. Those that have followed for a while will know that we pipped Roudnice nad Labem to the title two years back, well they won their league last season and we renewed our friendship and played out a 1-1 draw. 3 unbeaten, or 6 without. Jerry Petitjean (6F) is still only 17 but he is developing the knack of scoring important goals - a double against Tochovice. He's now scored 36 for the club. 2nd place in the all-time chart. It gives us an unbeaten month. I think it's 3rd place for the 1 promotion slot as the top two have 'A' teams in the tier above.

September 2029 It's a B month. All 4 games are against B teams. So it's games versus the current top 6. This month will go along way to showing where we are this season. Before we get to the action though - this could be either: Interesting Non Event Our Belarussian has gotten increasingly annoyed at the lack of starts and has decided to move sidewards The opening game of the month saw a debut for our Czech/Camerounian Franklin "Saxtys" Ipoua (6M) - given the nickname in tribute to Guy Ipoua who played for Hereford United in the 2005/06 season and was instrumental in our promotion that year, the fact he probably spent longer in the local wine bar (Saxtys) just adds to the legend. Franklin probably isn't good enough long term but he scored within 2 minutes of his debut, so will give him his moment in the sun. The month has not started well, a draw, then defeat to Sokolov B by the odd goal in 5, then we face the top 2. It Rumbles on... I predict, absolutely nothing will change. Varnsdorf B scored in the 91st minute, I don't like THOSE type of late goals. A point against the Champions, Champions Elect Ústí nad Labem B feels like a win. A month that shows where we are: Slap bang in the middle

August 2029 The FA Cup is our only chance at making any money, and we need a decent run before we hit the point where we can start to earn. Cesky Krumlov is our preliminary round match-up, They were no match for Jerry Petitjean (6F) who bagged a treble, also a debut goal for Senad Agić (7C). We will get our reward later in the month. Zdeněk Cibulka (4C) has a host of 3rd and 4th tier sides whispering sweet nothings into his ears, fortunately he is currently immune to their words and doing the business, a couple of assists help secure victory over Semily. The reward arrived in the middle of the month, in the shape of Zapy, a third tier side. It was ugly, boy it was ugly.. But Petitjean (6F) found the only goal in a drab ugly, (did I mention it was ugly) win. We don't care.. A bit of rotation and Varney Laffor (7F) made his debut against Dobris, that's Liberia ticked off. Admira Prague flit between the 3rd and the 4th tier, and we caught them at a low ebb, 3 more points to put us into 2nd place. A real reward this time in the cup, home to Hradec Kralové, who were playing in the top flight two seasons ago, they are currently a strong 2nd tier side. The assistant manager doesn't fancy our chances.. A bit disapointed that only 435 fans attended the game. Was hoping for a near sell out. They had a second gear in the second half and pulled away. We are the only A side in the Top 6. Usti nad Ladem are not allowed to get promoted unless their senior side (T3) get promoted as well. Too early for 2nd to be enough!

July 2029 Here we go again. Expectations are simple: Mid Table 4th tier finish Reach FA Cup Proper Round (win 1 tie..) The Bookies make us 4th favourites, which is nice. Chomutov is where we start things off. Jan Štochl (4N) got 5 in 26 last season, well he got 4 in about an hour today, where the hell, an 8-0 win came from I do not know, but we will take it. We were very impressive, although Chomutov are considered one of the weaker sides at this level. In Game Week Two, Slany got Slan (so much abuse of the English language here...), a second half display in front of 445 people. A fantastically strong attendance to start the season. Back down to earth with a bump in the 3rd match. A defeat but a decent start to the season. Both sides we beat are in the bottom two.

2028/29 review If we ignore the elephant in the room it was a good season - the board initially wanted a top half finish and that was what was delivered - just about. The sacking... it still feels a bit harsh on Boothby. We were 9th when it happened, and had picked up 2 points out of the previous 21 available, but still clear of the drop. Maybe the face didn't quite fit. Rado came in and won the first 3, before a run of 4 points from 21 points, but the season ended with 5 wins from 6 Highest Attendance achieved - a near sell out, this contributed to the average attendance being the best, and we also gained 3 more twitter followers. A year of being Semi-Pro has only meant a £7k loss - not scary, but does mean we are currently unable to improve any of the facilities. Goalkeepers: Vostarek was king, but the crown has slipped slightly and his missed a few games. Jan Beran is better and will start as No.1 next season. Defenders: Left Back is still a problem, Lecocq was the main player but just hasn't performed, he struggled last year and didn't get better apart from a good opening game. There isn't really anything behind him that's better so I think I need to see what I can do tactically. Zdeněk Cibulka (4C) continues to be strong on the right hand side, a 6.94 puts him top 5 for player of the year. In the middle, Michal Šelicha (2B) and Patrik Grygar (4G) were the preferred combination, but neither excelled. They were okay. Midfielders: On the face of it, Dimitris Nikolopoulos (6A) had a good season, 2 goals, 6 assists, but an average rating of 6.66 suggests that when he wasn't contributing a goal or an assist he was woeful. He's still our best winger and will retain the slot for next year by default but some consistency would be nice. His personality is poor (Easily Discouraged) but I have no way of mentoring anyone yet as they are all too young. Pavel Koubek (5A) did a decent job but there wasn't anyone alongside him for long enough that gave our centre some bite, and on the left it was a striker for most of the season! We got a couple of half decent looking wingers in the intake so one of the them will hopefully step up. Strikers: Oh... if only Tomáš Kotrba (4M) was more consistent in front of goal - he goes weeks without scoring and then has little bursts. He's a goal every third game type of guy. Jan Štochl (4N) was our left winger, probably for too long to have any real impact on goal, the real star was Jerry Petitjean (6F) who takes a mean penalty (4 from 4) and got 14 across the year. To compete higher in the table, one of this trio needs to be a 20 goal a season player. Challenge: Stochl got his 50th goal of the season, only another 250 to go on that challenge.. Selicha is the main man for appearances and has moved to 130, a mere 870 to go there.. We've had 16 nationalities, of which 13 have appeared for the first team, so another 87 there. Slow progress...

May 2029 Let's bring the curtain down on 2028/29 A semi-rotated side entertained Dobris for the last home game of the season. Jan Štochl (4N) playing one of the first games as a striker this season hits a double within the first 10 minutes and we see it out and give the home fans something to sing about. Bohumin are relegated and dead last, and this is how we play when the shackles are completely off. 5 star showing. Talgat Suleimenov (6B) with the double this time. 6th place - middle of the pack

April 2029 All bets are off now we have secured our 4th tier place. Eirik Andreas Toftaker (6H) ticks off Norway in the defeat to Tochovice. Fairly unlikely that he will feature often going forward. Very much not good enough currently. We went back to full strength against Chomutov, the usual front pairing both getting on the scoresheet. Just 2 more games to go. We've pretty much met the expectation.

March 2029 I'll write off the first game of the month. Ústí nad Labem B are top by some distance. A 2-0 defeat makes it sound a lot closer than it was in reality. Men against Boys. Sometimes you get a result that could be huge. 2-1 down to Cizova with 20 to go, when Tomáš Kotrba (4M) bundled the ball into the net, we looked at it, and said, yep a draw will be a good result here. When Jerry Petitjean (6F) stepped up for a 95th minute penalty, nerves jangled.. He rarely misses... A busy month... 3 games.. Semily, in 4th provided our final challenge, and 3 points pretty much secures our survival. 4 games remain. Mathematically Tatran can catch us, but there are 6 teams between us. Intake came and went.. Only 10 of them were signed, which is the lowest we've had before. We have a new No.1 keeper - from next season due to registration rules. Jan Beran (7A) is better than what we already had Jaromír Smrkovský (7B) will come into the picture as one of our starting DMs