County League - Animo et Fide
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Nine out of three - wow!
I just caught up with the history of the club - fascinating - they go up and down even more than Bielefeld in Germany, having spent time across 5 divisions in under three decades!
@Danimal5981 wrote:Nine out of three - wow!
I just caught up with the history of the club - fascinating - they go up and down even more than Bielefeld in Germany, having spent time across 5 divisions in under three decades!
Great, interesting stuff. Wasn't aware of the 5 divisions thing, but I knew about four of them, I suppose. What a rollercoaster ride.
Stockport went up in real life, so anything less this season will be a dissappointment - county system or not š
- @JustinCase0110
Good start, but you've yet to play the bigger sides (Milwall excepted)?
Promotion should happen this year. Thanks guys. Well, it is my usual pattern not to go straight up, but wait until the 2nd season to win the promotion. So it wouldn't surprise me to see this happen again. These seasons are also extremely long with 46 league games to play, so if I'm ever going to the top with this club, then I shouldn't stay in League Two for too long. It's not like I've planned ahead or anything though. We'll see what happens...
A very good start to the new season with 4 wins out of 5 matches played, keeping the momentum will be key to promotion this season
@Legend_Sp1rit wrote:A very good start to the new season with 4 wins out of 5 matches played, keeping the momentum will be key to promotion this season
Thanks man, and welcome to the party. I'll read up on yours in a bit.
Great defensive display: only three against in nine games. Impressive!
That's the one thing still missing in my Bielefeld squad - I cannot rely on my defense and bag a point if I cannot score three.
@Danimal5981 wrote:Great defensive display: only three against in nine games. Impressive!
That's the one thing still missing in my Bielefeld squad - I cannot rely on my defense and bag a point if I cannot score three.
Yes, it's crazy, I rarely concede. My two draws have both been goalless ones, so it's only my midfield and attack, I can expect more from. And especially the latter.
Ironically, my preferred back 4 are positions I haven't changed since starting the game. Knoyle, Horsfall, Pye, Rydel. You'd almost think that the game acknowledges their experience from playing together, making them perform better as a unit now, after playing all those games.
Let's take a moment to appreciate Stockport's impressive run! Despite a setback against Coventry, the team displayed resilience and determination. Great results bar the match against Coventry. The solid display at the back is a testament to the potential for future success. Keep up the great work!!
@Legend_Sp1rit wrote:Let's take a moment to appreciate Stockport's impressive run! Despite a setback against Coventry, the team displayed resilience and determination. Great results bar the match against Coventry. The solid display at the back is a testament to the potential for future success. Keep up the great work!!
Thanks mate. Yes, Coventry game is the disappointment of the season so far, but having just watched their recent performance at Wembley IRL, perhaps it isn't the most surprising opponent to lose to.
Luckily things went better in the other group game in the BSM trophy - update coming up shortly.
Completely forgot there was such a thing as an EFL Trophy..., that suddenly increases the appeal of doing a L1 or L2 team. A trophy is a trophy and third time is the charm - Stockport lost the two finals it has competed in up until this point.
@Danimal5981 wrote:Completely forgot there was such a thing as an EFL Trophy..., that suddenly increases the appeal of doing a L1 or L2 team. A trophy is a trophy and third time is the charm - Stockport lost the two finals it has competed in up until this point.
Yes, apparently so. Hadn't checked up on this myself, as it's also a tournament that I happen to forget about. To be fair, there ARE also a lot of domestic cups in England. I'm not sure I fully understand why they don't just have the FA Cup and that's it. I think there are two domestic cups in France, but other countries only have one, don't they? DfB-pokal, Copa del Rey, Coppa Italia. I'm not sure, but I find it a bit redundant to make the clubs play two, let alone three cups. Especially when complaining about a schedule with little room for recovery.
Yes, runner-ups in 1992 and 1993, hopefully I can make a push for a title here. Could be fun. And even if I miss it this season and win a promotion, I should have another go from a League One position.
- @JustinCase0110 @Danimal5981
Quick bit of history.
Obviously, as the oldest cup competition in the world, the FA Cup is the real deal. It saddens me how it's being relegated so much following pressure from the Premier League. Players used to really value appearing in the final, let alone winning it, and it's sad to see it relegated to such lowly status.
The Football League Cup (as it was originally known; currently the Carabao Cup) was started in season 1960-61 by the...er...Football League as a competitor to the FA Cup, which is of course the possession of the Football Association. A number of top teams did not compete in the competition at the start, which meant that, for a while, the lower division teams stood a chance of winning it. That's why early winners were teams like Swindon Town and Norwich City - Norwich normally residing in the third tier at that time. 'Big' teams only really took notice of it when the winners got access to European football, and only then when that access became the Europa League. Unlike the FA Cup, which still has rounds at weekends, it has always been 'midweek' rounds for this cup. It is only open to football league sides - the 92 teams - whereas the FA Cup is open to all teams in England, including non-league.
The EFL Trophy is much younger (created in the 1980s); created to provide a bit of extra incentive for lower division sides to actually have a chance at winning something. In recent years, they've also opened it up to the academy sides of the bigger teams, although I believe that such teams do not qualify out of the groups. I could be wrong about that, but at the very least, none of the academy sides have ever won it.
So, the Carabao Cup (as currently is) was an attempt by the Football League to compete with the FA, and the EFL Trophy is only aimed at lower-division clubs. That's why there are three domestic cup competitions in England, not including the other two - the non-league FA Trophy and FA Vase, which are only open to non-league clubs.
In this country, we like our cup competitions... š - @JustinCase0110
8-0. Wow. And five for Fletcher. You've really got into the groove in this division, now. Promotion I reckon, possibly even top spot at the end.
County's biggest ever league win was 13-0 at home to Halifax Town in 1934, so you've some way to go to beat that.
You couldn't make it a double over the Fylde pair, though, with only a draw against the "senior club" in that area - the Tangerines.
Interesting that you're going for a 2-year loan. Let's see when or whether Burnley recall him...
@CO88LER5 wrote:
8-0. Wow. And five for Fletcher. You've really got into the groove in this division, now. Promotion I reckon, possibly even top spot at the end.
County's biggest ever league win was 13-0 at home to Halifax Town in 1934, so you've some way to go to beat that.
You couldn't make it a double over the Fylde pair, though, with only a draw against the "senior club" in that area - the Tangerines.
Interesting that you're going for a 2-year loan. Let's see when or whether Burnley recall him...Yes, certainly a groove there. 7 consecutive wins in the league, so it's the best run of form so far in this save. Ending it in style with that 8-0 win. Not sure I'm going to beat the 13-0 win though, that one seems hard to break.
I know Burnley recalling this player is a huge possibility. But if I start him in most games, then perhaps I'll be allowed to keep him around for the duration of the loan. It's bad news for my other left winger, Odin Bailey. But he hasn't been that profilic this season, so he can't really complain about reinforcements arriving in his position.
