Connect with us

Notts County Football Manager 2010 Story — The Last Episode of the First Season

Welcome back my friends, things were looking great for my Notts County in my first Football Manager 2010 season. We had 88 points out of 34 games at the end of February, so we were very close to achieving promotion from League Two with a lot of games to spare, we just had to keep the good form and not become complacent.

Prev1 of 2
Use your ← → (arrow) keys to browse

Welcome back my friends, things were looking great for my Notts County in my first Football Manager 2010 season. We had 88 points out of 34 games at the end of February, so we were very close to achieving promotion from League Two with a lot of games to spare, we just had to keep the good form and not become complacent.

The first game in March was away at 9th placed Accrington, a team that we defeated 2-0 in December. It looked like a difficult game before the first whistle but Zoko and Andreev made it very easy for us, they produced a great display of talent and cool finishing. Promotion was just one step away…

1 accrington vs notts co league two

The next game was at home with 10th placed Bournemouth, we only drew 0-0 with them in December. The game was fairly even this time too, Bournemouth played pretty well but Zoko made the difference again, he scored with a powerful shot from inside the penalty area.

2 notts co vs bournemouth league two

… and with that win promotion was ours with 10 games to spare!

3 notts co promoted to league one

We had to keep the good form a bit longer to secure the League Two title and we had a difficult game ahead of us, away at 3rd placed Crewe. We defeated them 2-0 in October and I certainly hoped that we could do that again. We had a very good first half, we were 2-0 up at the break but we could have scored even more goals. We tried to defend the lead in the second half and despite a good performance from Crewe we managed to win it.

4 crewe vs notts co league two

And guess what, with those three points the League Two title was ours with 9 games to spare!

5 notts co league two champions

The last game of the month, at home with Rotherham, was just a formality but Zoko didn’t care much about that, he scored again to give us yet another win.

6 notts co vs rotherham league two

Go to the next page to read the rest of the story.

Prev1 of 2
Use your ← → (arrow) keys to browse

17 комментариев

17 Comments

  1. Dave

    27 ноября, 2009 at 00:01

    Bloody good going mate, cant believe that 120pts.

    Whats the cash side like at NC? Are any of your players attracting interest from teams further up the ladder?

    • JohnnyKarp

      27 ноября, 2009 at 00:17

      Thanks Dave. We have around 11 million euro in the bank right now and the chairman seems to be quite generous :) Yes, there is some interest for a few players, especially Mitea, Sburlea and Martis so far but I guess I’ll be receiving some offers once the transfer window will be open.

  2. Lye

    27 ноября, 2009 at 07:20

    Seems like my prediction from the start becomes a reality, unbeaten for the whole season. Your team is the «invincible» of league 2. Like to see your transfer news soon as you always have an eye for talent.

  3. paine

    27 ноября, 2009 at 12:43

    Well done, a deserved promotion with a great record.

    Do you think that your team will need several new faces for next season or are you planning to bring just few quality players in?

    I think you already have a league 1 team, maybe 2-3 players would be enough.

    • JohnnyKarp

      27 ноября, 2009 at 12:58

      I agree with you Paine, just 2 or three good players should be enough. I will also try to build for the future, maybe bring a few 17 or 18 years old youngsters that could become first team players in a year or two. And I guess I’ll have to consider the opportunities too, if I see a good player with an expired contract it might be hard to resist :)

  4. eddie eddie

    27 ноября, 2009 at 23:51

    Very good season there.

    • JohnnyKarp

      28 ноября, 2009 at 00:16

      Thanks Eddie. Just a quick statistical note, your short comment was the 1000th comment ever posted on this blog :)

  5. eddie eddie

    29 ноября, 2009 at 00:47

    Hey everyone here I thought you might want to know I made a new blog and here is the link:
    http://ultimatefootballmanagerblog.blogspot.com/

  6. Elliott

    6 декабря, 2009 at 00:21

    Ive Done 7 Seasons With Notts County Won Premierleague,Uefa Cup,League Cup,Community Shield.

  7. Sonny

    18 декабря, 2009 at 17:15

    If i were you johnny buy expierienced players rather than younger players when you start league 1 if you avoid being relegated then start to buy ones for the future

    • Johnny Karp

      18 декабря, 2009 at 20:19

      Thanks for the advice Sonny but it came a bit late, the League One season is over now :)

  8. Mariano

    6 июня, 2010 at 06:54

    Hi ,again,really like your blog though i discovered few days ago,i´m Rochdale and as i play i follow your Notts story parallel as my game to gain tips and advice since is the first time i manage a lower division english team.

    Hopefully this will give me the experience to join the blog in the near future and post my stories:)

    Many thanks

  9. Mariano

    6 июня, 2010 at 07:05

    one question about your generous chairman…….

    does he really gives you the money or is it you using genie scout?(no disrespect:)

    • Johnny Karp

      6 июня, 2010 at 10:49

      @Mariano
      As you can see from the various screen shots, he really gave me all that money.

Leave a Reply

Ваш адрес email не будет опубликован.

FM 2022 Latest

Свежие записи

Subscribe to our Newsletter

FM 2022 Player Lists

More in