Here we go, the Blyth Spartans achieved a great success in their first season in the Premier League, the 6th place and the improbable qualification for the Europa League. Now I had to prepare the squad for this new challenge and it was pretty obvious that we needed a few more good players to make a success out of our first European outing. I told the board that we could achieve continental qualification next season [Read more]
Here we go, the last two games of our fantastic first season in the Premier League. We were in 6th place at the end of April and we only needed one point from the last two games be 100 percent sure of an Europa League place. We had the perfect opportunity to grab that point right from the first match, at home with 14th placed Wigan. Our last game with them was a high scoring [Read more]
Here we go, the decisive month in our first Premier League season. We were in 5th place at the end of March thanks to some great results against Chelsea and Liverpool but now we had to hang in there and grab an Europa League place. There were very tough battles ahead of us, we just couldn’t afford a moment to rest. The first game was at home with 3rd placed Aston Villa, a very good [Read more]
Hello my friends, thanks for following the Blyth Spartans Football Manager 2009 story! We’re getting closer to the end of our first season in the Premier League and my Spartans were in 5th place at the end of February with a good chance to fight for an Europa League place. The good results were in the shadow of the board takeover news though, the new chairman announced that he will decide whether to bring a [Read more]
Here we go, in the middle of the countless takeover rumors me and my Spartans were still playing well in the Premier League, we were still in 3rd place at the end of January. We were on an eight match unbeaten run but I feared that it would come to an end sooner or later. I was forced to rest a few first team players for the difficult away game at Everton, they were very [Read more]
A new year is beginning in my Blyth Spartans Football Manager 2009 career… My Spartans were in 3rd place in the Premier League at the end of 2013, an unbelievable achievement for a poor newly promoted club. Obviously we had no more relegation concerns, our new goal was to grab an Europa League place. Our battle began right on the 1st of January, we had an away game at 15th placed West Ham. We defeated [Read more]
Hello folks! As I promised to Ahmed I’m going to satisfy your curiosity by posting the yearly awards at the end of 2013. My Blyth players aren’t contenders for such awards right now, but who knows, maybe in a few years… Cristiano Ronaldo won the World Footballer of the Year Award although his Manchester United finished 3rd in the Premier League and didn’t win any European competition. His teammate Carlos Tevez finished in 3rd place [Read more]