Aloha. Welcome back to my story. After winning League 1 last season I knew I had to bring in some new blood to be competetive in the championship. So here they are. And yes, There are some pretty amazing signings. First up the loanees: And first of all is the normal young player from Tottenham. This time they sent me Andros Townsend. A 20 year old England Youth international. He looks like a good prospect. [Read more]
Just a quick update about what happened elsewhere in the football world at the end of last season. First of all the Awards: As you can see the World Player of the year was dominated by players from La Liga, but they shared dominance in the World Team of the year with the premier league. There’s a surprise place on the bench for Gareth Bale as well. Next to England Arsenal of all teams topped [Read more]
Welcome to the end of season one. It’s been a long journey but we really are in a promising position, Top of the league by 9 points with a play-off place guaranteed and in the final of the Johnstones Paint Trophy. And it’s in that Final we shall begin. Peterborough United Vs Southampton Date: 03.04.2011 Competition: Johnstones Paint Trophy Round: Final Location: Wembley, London Line Up: Davis, Richardson, DeMerit, Fonte, Dickson, Dabo, Livermore, Puncheon, Baxter, [Read more]
Welcome back to the sunny south coast. And my third update today. Really whizzing through them now. Don’t expect this pace as a regular thing . Onto the matches: Southampton Vs Rochdale Date: 02.03.2011 Competition: npower League 1 Match day: 34 Location: St. Mary’s Stadium, Southampton Line Up: Davis, Butterfield, DeMerit, Fonte, Dickson, Dabo, Livermore (Seuntjens 79), Puncheon, Dorado (Dossevi 79), Lallana*MOM* (Baxter 79), Barnard This was an incredibly dull match. We took the lead [Read more]
Welcome back to St. Mary’s and the February update. I’ll get straight into the games. Tranmere Rovers Vs Southampton Date: 01.02.2011 Competition: npower League 1 Match day: 30 Location: Prenton Park, Birkenhead Line-Up: Davis, Richardson, DeMerit, Jaidi, Dickson *MOM*, Dabo, Dossevi, Dorado (Livermore 83), Lallana (Holmes 69), Seuntjens (Connolly 69), Barnard We made our way up to Birkenhead at the start of the month to play Lowly Tranmere. In a game we dominated from kick [Read more]
Hey guys, welcome back to the Southampton story. This time we’re going to cover January. I accidently forgot to screenshot the league at the end of January. Oops. Anyway, January is an important month in any Managers year as the transfer window opens, and any holes your team may have can be plugged. Unfortunately, I lost an integral part of my squad in Guly Do Prado as his loan spell ended. I tried to buy [Read more]
First of all, Rob will no longer be doing the story with me. He has a lot of College work on so I will be taking over the story on my own. Sorry guys. Anyway. Lets not waste any time. Hello boys and girls, and welcome back to the south coast for this December update of our quest to take Southampton back to the big time. You join me after I just had my best [Read more]