The first new face is 17 year old right back Grant Hall from Brighton. He is a pretty talented youngster and although he won’t be a first team regular right away I hope that he will make good progress quickly.
The second youngster is versatile midfielder James Marwood from Newcastle, I brought him in to provide cover for all roles in midfield. His versatility could keep him at the club for a while as a backup player and hopefully he will develop into a first team regular.
The last signing was 20 year old midfielder Jason Mycoe from Welling, he’s mainly a right winger but he can also play as a central midfielder. He is still young and if my scout is right he can make some progress in the next couple of seasons.
Here’s the final league table, we managed to get 100 points! The other team that got promoted to Blue Square Premier is Newport Co, they defeated Dover 4-0 in the play-off final.
Let’s have a look at the player stats for this season, as usual sorted by average rating. Centre back Ryan Carolan tops the table, he was one of my key players in defense. Striker Sergiu Jivan was the club’s top goalscorer with 23 goals but Marius Dabu was essential in the second part of the season with his 16 goals in 19 appearances. Overall I’m satisfied with most of the players but quite a few of them would probably have to leave the club at the end of the season. I guess we’ll sell around 10 of the backup players but I’ll think a bit more about that.
Striker Sergiu Jivan was elected player of the season, I’m very proud of him! He is still young and I guess he will be staying at the club for at least a couple more seasons.
Despite the league triumph the club’s financial situation is not rosy, we are over 200,000 pounds in debt and that could drastically limit my transfer and wage budget for next season.
Until then I’m going to enjoy the triumphant promotion and then start worrying about next season. Thank you for reading and for supporting the Magpies! :) I also hope that you are enjoying the World Cup and the contest that we have here on the website.
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warren
13 июня, 2010 at 12:49
hi johnny
great season there and you deserve the title. I was suprised when you brought James Marwood as a Newcastle fan I also know him personally so this is very exciting to see someone I know in your story.
Laxeyman
13 июня, 2010 at 12:57
Hi Johnny, a great season, you’ve done really well with Dorchester this season. A few good signings as well, hopefully they can develop and serve you well in the Blue Square Premier. The signings you made in pre season have been very good, the two strikers have had great seasons!
Lye
13 июня, 2010 at 13:02
Great job there mate, securing promotion with a few games left. Congratulations on the title and i think your two strikers will be able to serve you well in the BSP.
Sears
13 июня, 2010 at 13:14
Johnny, great season. You won the title in style too! You’v brought in some talented plyers allready, so hopefully a few more can come in during the summer… Looking forward to your summer news, goodluck.
Johnny Karp
13 июня, 2010 at 13:25
@Warren, Laxeyman, Lye and Sears
Thanks a lot for your kind words and good wishes, I guess I’ll have a pretty busy pre-season. I’ll try to take my time and scout players carefully but I also hope I’ll have some money to work with. We’ll see.
ravenie
13 июня, 2010 at 13:37
I’m not really surprised to see you’ve won the title, sensational yet again. Here we come Football League.
Kevin
13 июня, 2010 at 17:49
Hi Johnny
Congratulations on capturing the title. your scouts have picked out some decent looking young talent there. Good luck with the transfer window as you build toward the new season.
Johnny Karp
13 июня, 2010 at 21:47
@Ravenie & Kevin
Thanks a lot, I’m quite curious to see if the board will finally manage to understand why we need a parent club. Apart from that, free transfers will be my main occupation again :)
Chris
14 июня, 2010 at 14:57
Well done Johnny! Superb.
Whats the capacity of the stadium and what was your average attendance — as I suspect when you start getting money next year — the board may look at this and that will dent you again — but this is all part of the journey of taking a team to the top!
Good luck and look forward to the next update.
Chris
Johnny Karp
14 июня, 2010 at 15:02
@Chris
Thanks a lot. The average attendance was around 800 but the stadium is pretty big, around 5,000. So I guess they won’t be looking to expand it soon.
Ana Garcia
14 июня, 2010 at 18:43
Congratulations!!
A fantastic achievement and hopefully you can find some more free players to strengthen your side.
Good luck next season Johnny! :D
Johnny Karp
14 июня, 2010 at 18:55
Hi Ana, thanks a lot for your nice words and good wishes.