I wanted a challenge as everyone I speak to always goes on about big clubs.
I chose Chester City. I like going clubs in debt as it is a huge challenge.
-500k was the debt. I brought in a few new face and also sold a lot. I
brought in mainly youngsters and a few older players. Two Austrian
internatoinals-Purk(9 caps) and Sabitzer(26 caps) and 22 year old Dutch
midfielder Wouter Kos.
In the pre-season two draws against Cardiff and
Shrewsbury. I kicked off the season and went by quickly and we eventually
finished a poor 10th. But we did win the Conference Cup.
The next season began, still 300k in debt. We signed a lot of coaches. The
players were Montella, Christian Lee, Maurice Malpace, Richard Jobson and
youth player Ryan Whitehead. The first 3 games were 2-0, 3-0 and 1-0.
I thought the new season would be a cruise - it wasn't. After the sticky patch
we were 3rd. Then came the FA cup in which we beat two Second Division
teams, Reading and Cambridge and a team who were not even in the Conference.
Fourth round was against Leicester City away - we lost 2-0. We got 230k from the
run, the debts were payed off almost. We went on to win the Conference on
the last game of the season against Dag & Red 4-3. We also won the FA Trophy
and we eventully paid off all debts.
BRING ON THE 3RD DIVISION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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