Toxic04

AFC Telford United - Season 1 Squad | Staff | Transfers Kinda just forgot about this save for a little bit, but I came back to finish season 1 today and here's how it went! League: Didn't see this coming, we were expected to finish 23rd and I was ready to be fighting relegation, but we kinda just ended up starting and staying in first place all season, Scunthorpe were in striking distance for a while, but we held out to avoid the playoffs, which Chester ended up winning over Scunthorpe in extra time. Also broke the points record for the Vanarama National North by 1 point which was set by Chester funnily enough. Was already looking onto next season by about game 35 or so, and to be honest, our chances of staying up in the Vanarama National League are looking very slim, and back to back promotion is nigh impossible, but I guess we'll have to see next season. FA Cup: Board just wanted us to be competetive so I didn't really care all that much when we lost to Kidderminster, but the fans were not all that pleased, since they are our rival, at least one of them anyways. (Here's how the games went if you're interested.) FA Trophy: Now this was so frustrating. This run started after the FA Cup elimination against Kidderminster, and the fans seriously wanted to beat Tamworth, especially since they are also one of our rivals, so we had a nailbiting win over them on penalties, then almost choked away the win against 8th division side Radcliffe, before dismantling Boston United 5-2 and then thumping Oxford City 4-0, both of whom are in the Vanarama National League, which bodes somewhat well for next season, before beating Alfreton Town 3-1 to set up the Semi Finals match against Truro City, who were midtable in the Vanarama National South at the time and finished 17th by the end of the season. They destroyed us 3-0, we didn't even have a chance, they completely outplayed us, and it didn't help that my centre back scored an own goal too. I heavily doubt we get back to back promotions without our youth players all taking serious jumps so we have more chances to win the FA Trophy before we go up to League Two, I really want to win this, because doing the Non-League double would've been so huge financially, but I doubt we would've beat York, the eventual champions. Youth Intake: The first intake wasn't anything too amazing, they mostly only saw playing time because I just didn't have enough players and didn't want to rely on greyed out ones, even though I still ended up having to do just that. Only real bright spot was Martin Greatorex, solid midfielder with great potential who played pretty average. Callum Cherrett saw a lot of play too, since we were and somewhat kinda still are, in desperate need of midfielders. He really is not that good, and he'll definetely be replaced by one of our new intake players in the near future, speaking of which... This intake blew away all my expectations, especially when I thought it would be a really mid one, at least looking at the intake preview, with the worst player coming in (Pejman Alikhani, whose barely on screen there) still being a top talent. Some of these players are starting to show their true colours though, like Rhys Johnson, but with players like Thanasis Anthanasiadis, who was first team ready straight out of this intake, can fill the hole of back up DM or can be trained into a midfielder to let Cherrett develop in the U18s or play at right back to again be the back up. Carl Emil Bolkan Nordli as well as Oliver Clarke, Andy Logue and Joe Widdowson join Thanasis in the first team, these five could all be a major part of my team, with Clarke training to become a CAM, Nordli and Logue on the wings, Widdowson training to be a CM and play alongside Greatorex, with Thanasis slotting into his prefered RB role. They are the main five I'm focused on now, though I may bring up Danny Holland sometime soon because my current back up striker is looking to leave at the end of this season. Player Stats:

Time to rebuild Telford! 2nd picture is my coach and the third is a player the club had already gone for when I got there