"Clockwork Orange" - Actua Soccer Cup 1st Round

Some of those "so called" weaker teams really shown potential in the eliminations but when it came to the real deal only few of them were able to put on a fight. Ghana looked pretty solid agains Wales but was absolutely no competition to Holland. The Dutch were amazing scoring goal after goal and finaly ending on six. Colombia though made another good impression as they put on a serious fight against Argentina and managed to win by a single goal, next round will be a real test as they play Brazil. Another small step by Ireland who this time beaten Danmark also by a single goal. Germany, England, Brazil, Italy, Spain and France did their job and made no suprises advancing mostly easy.

90 Minutes European Prime Goal - SNES

Here's an cool oldie from Namco we lately came in touch with. Gameplay looks pretty nice but we only have 14 European national teams in this one. Again there will have to be qualifications so we seperate 6 best teams and the other 8 will play in two 4 teams mini turnaments, two best out of 8 will join 6 pre-selected and form the final 8 of the tournament. There is no licence so all players are fictional, we will count the goals just to know who scored most, but this cup will not affect the grand scoring database where we are gathering only real existing players. So see you soon with the first results and highlights from qualifications.

"Ice Cold Iceland" - Acuta Soccer Cup Qualifications

"Ice Cold Iceland" - Eliminations Summary

There were few good games in the eliminations. Those teams will not have easy life in the next round as some top rivals are waiting for them but still, some of them shown potential. Take Iceland for example who crushed China in away game thanks to Ingolfsson hat-trick. In the next round they will face Bulgaria and maybe they suprise us again. Another solid performance came from Colombia who given no chance to Ivory Coast. 3 goals by Gomez made the difference and all of them looked pretty easy. Colombia now will play Argentina, so this time there will be no easy goals. One of the biggest suprises came from the African teams. Impresive wins by Egipt, Marocco, Ghana and Zambia made few squads from old continent look like amatours. Last but not least Czech Republic. It was not an easy decision to put them in the qualifications and they show that maybe not a good one too. Easy win against Urugway proven they are for real about this.

Actua Soccer Cup

This game was relesed in 1995 by Gremlin. We played it on Playstation version.

In this one there are 44 national teams to play. Not quite the knockout number so here's what we did. We took 20 best of those 44. Rest 24 were playing in the first knock out round. 12 winners gone to the 2 round. There 12 strongest teams (Germany, Brazil etc.) of 20 selected were waiting for the winners from the first round. 8 other teams (Belgium, Scotland etc.) played each other, this has given us 32 teams in the 2 round, 16 in the 3 and so on.

FIFA 2003 - Regional Cup Qualif. - BRAZIL

OMG it's so weird in Brazil as we got 15 teams! How the hell should we devide them, here's an idea. First we take 2 theoreticly worst teams and they play 2 leg round against eachother. We lose 1 team, 14 stays. In next round we take 8 posibly worst teams of those 14 and draw a 2 leg round. So another 4 teams are out we have 10 teams left. From this point we make it as we did in Austria so, we take 8 of them and play tournament and 2 strongest in the league play eachother for a place in a final where they meet winner 1 of those 8 teams. Oh Brazil why 15 teams?! Let's do this.

FIFA 2003 - Regional Club Qual. - Belgium

In Belgium we got 18 teams in the league so here is what we gonna do. 16 teams will compete in two 8 tournaments and each of them will give us one winner. So we got 2 finalists. But what about 2 other teams. This teams will be Anderlecht and Club Brugge considered to be the strongest in the league (by game stats). This 2 teams will join those two turnament's winners and a final tournament will contain 4 teams. Complicated? Maybe a bit, but seems fair.

Fifa 2003 - Regional Club Qual. AUSTRIA

10 playable clubs in Austrian League so we devide them into 2 groups. 2 best teams in the league Austria Vien and Sturm Graz will play each other and the rest competes in a 8 team knockout. Therefore we will get 2 team that will play in a final. Here are the scores and video highlights from Austria.

Fifa 2003

In Fifa 2003 there are no official competitions like Champions League, UEFA Cup etc. So we will play a big turnement involving every team in the competition :)

There will be qualifications in every country and then all the local winners will play in the big final tournament. Internetional teams will play in a seperate competition.

Qualification will be played in a system of 8 team cups or less. For example if there are 16 playabe teams in country, there will be two 8 team cups and winners will play in the final game. If there are 12 teams, there will be cup with 8 and another one with 4 teams, winners will play in a final etc.

There are 14 leagues and I wan't 16 teams in final tournament so in the "Rest of the World" section 3 teams will go to the FINALS.

If we still be able to look at this game after all that maybe, just maybe we will play the "European Champions Cup" or "Club Championship" or "EFA Cup" but no promises.

Championship Manager 00/01 - Mishi Blakaneshi (Japan)

Mishi Blakaneshi is a manager from Japan. He was born in Tokio on 3 march 1964. He's from a sport family. His mother was a volleyball player and his father trained martial arts. Blakaneshi was a soccer star in collage league but soon after graduation he gained a heavy knee indury in a car accident and never become a professional player. He started to work as a trainer when he was 25. Trained children in a Tokyo Football Academy for a few years and later worked as a coach assistant in Tokyo Gus. In 2001 he took the job as a temporary manager of J-League team Jef United. After he a year of working with Jef United he resigned and signed contract with a lower division team Yokohama FC...

Jurgen Neuer

Helmut Maier

Mikos Blakosas (SWOS 96/97, FIFA 2000, Championship Manager 00/01)

Mikos Blakosas is Greece born manager. He used to be a football player between 1978-1997. He played as a defencive midfield mainly for his hometown club Kalamata F.C. For a short period he also played for Kastoria F.C. and Panetolikos F.C. He returned to Kalamata squad in 1993. In 1996 he become playing manager of the team reaching Greece Cup Final in his debut season. One year later due several indjuries he decided to end his player carrier and focus on managing team. After two seasons coaching Kalamata, he moved to Ionikos were he worked for a year. After that he managed Trikala placing 3rd in the Premier Division table and putting some fame on his name in the country. In 2000/01 season he started working with Panathinaikos Athens. In the first season he won the Greek Cup, placed 2nd in the league table and reached the Semi-Finals of UEFA CUP.

Mikel Blakssen (SWOS 96/97, CM 00/01)

Mikel Blakssen was born in Hurup, Denmark. He started to play football when he was 6 years old in his local club Hurup IF. When he was 13 his family moved to Thisted and Mikel join the local team. He was a very promising junior striker and even played in the Denmark U-15 nad U-17 teams in the seventies. He signed contract with Thisted FC at the age of 18 and played there for 3 seasons. In 1982 he moved to Skive IK were he played for five years, being the top striker of the team most of the time. At the age of 26 he was bought by Viborg were he played till 1996. After that he joined Silkeborg and become the playing manager at the age of 35. After a dissapointing season Blakssen lost his job at Silkeborg but got proposition from Torpedo Moscow. He stayed there for three seasons as player-manager but played only in 15 games during this time. In 1999 he decided to end his carrier as a player and focus on managing. In three years he managed to transform Torpedo from league outsiders to one of the top teams in Russia. He won Russian Cup and placed 3rd in the league table. In summer 2000 he was hired by Brondby Copenhagen.

Migel Blanco

Michal Blakic

Michaelangelo Blacci

Max Murphy

 

Michal Blakerski

Michael van der Bleek

Michael Blakerman

Michael de Blaak

Michael Blanques

Successes:

1997 - French Ligue 2 Winner and Promotion to Ligue 1 - Epinal (Fifa Soccer Manager)

1999 - French Ligue 1 WINNER - Epinal Fifa Soccer Manager

2000 - French Ligue 1 WINNER - Epinal Fifa Soccer Manager

2001 - French Ligue 1 Winner - Paris SG (CM 00/01)

Individual:

2001 - FRENCH MANAGER OF THE YEAR

Players:

2001 - French Ligue 1 TOP RATED PLAYER - Nicolas Anelka 8.16 avg rate

2001 - French Ligue 1 TOP SCORER - Nicolas Anelka 37 goals

2001 - French Ligue 1 PLAYER OF THE YEAR - Nicolas Anelka

2002 - French Ligue 1 TEAM OF THE YEAR - Lionel Letizi, Dejan Stankovic

2002 - French Ligue 1 PLAYER OF THE YEAR - Nicolas Anelka

2002 - French Ligue 1 GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR - Lionel Letizi

Memorable Games

10.08.1996 - Epinal 0:1 Guengnon - French Liegue 2 FIRST CARRIER GAME

07.09.1996 - Epinal 2:1 Toulon - French Liegue 2 FIRST WIN

08.01.1997 - Epinal 3:0 Chatearounx - French Liegue 2

26.02.1997 - Epinal 4:1 Charleville - French Liegue 2

23.04.1997 - Amiens 1:4 Epinal - French Liegue 2

08.11.1997 - Epinal 3:1 Marsille - French Ligue 1

29.04.1998 - Marsille 0:1 Epinal - French Ligue 1

30.09.1998 - Monaco 1:3 Epinal - French Ligue 1

10.10.1998 - Epinal 4:0 RC Lens - French Ligue 1

30.01.1999 - Epinal 1:0 PSG - French Ligue 1

08.09.1999 - Levski Sofia 1:3 Epinal - Champions League Group stage

13.10.1999 - Lierse 0:3 Epinal - Champions League Group stage

27.10.1999 - Epinal 2:0 Levski Sofia - Champions League group

13.11.1999 - Monaco 1:2 Epinal - Ligue 1

17.11.1999 - Borussia Dortmund 0:2 Epinal - Champions League group

30.11.1999 - Epinal 3:0 Lierse - Champions League group

13.09.2000 - PSG 3:1 Manchester Utd. - Champions League Group Phase 1

19.09.2000 - Hsv Hamburg 0:4 PSG - Champions League Group Phase 1

29.09.2000 - PSG 4:0 Marsille - French Ligue 1

22.11.2000 - PSG 3:1 Juventus - Champions League Group Phase 2

10.12.2000 - PSG 5:0 Strasburg - French Ligue 1

13.01.2001 - PSG 5:0 Bordeaux - French Ligue 1

31.01.2001 - PSG 5:1 Metz - French Ligue 1

14.03.2001 - PSG 4:1 Valencia - Champions League Group Phase 2

07.04.2001 - PSG 4:0 Auxerre - French Ligue 1

20.10.2001 - PSG 3:1 Marsille - French Ligue 1

07.11.2001 - VfB Stuttgart 1:4 PSG - Champions League Group Phase 1

23.01.2002 - PSG 3:2 Monaco - French Ligue 1

10.03.2002 - Marsille 2:4 PSG - French Ligue 1

TRANSFERS

Mamadou Bagayoko - Strasborug -> Paris SG - 5.75 M pounds

Andrzej Juskowiak - FREE -> Paris SG

Steve Marlet - FREE -> Paris SG

Ale Fernandez - FREE -> Paris SG

Dejan Stankovic - FREE -> Paris SG

Edmundo - Parma -> Paris SG - 12.75 M pounds

BIO

1996/1997 - Epinal (France, Ligue 2, Fifa Soccer Manager)

1997/1998 - Epinal (France, Ligue 1) Fifa Soccer manager

1998/1999 - Epinal (France, Ligue 1) Fifa soccer Manager

1999/2000 - Epinal (France, Ligue 1) Fifa Soccer Manager

2000/2001 - Paris SG (France, Ligue 1) CM 00/01

2001/2002 - Paris SG (France, Ligue 1) CM 00/01

Michael Blacks

Individual:
2001 - North Irish Premier Division Manager of the Month March
2001 - North Irish Premier Division Manager of the Month October
2001 - North Irish Premier Division Manager of the Month November
2002 - North Irish Premier Division Manager of the Month January

Players:
2001 - North Irish League Cup TOP SCORER - Justin McBride 3 goals
2001 - North Irish Premier Division TOP SCORER - Sean Armstrong 23 goals

Memorable Games
1998 - Cliftonville 2:2 Ballymena United - North Irish Cup Semi Final
1998 - Cliftonville 2:1 Ballymena United - North Irish Cup Semi Final Replay
1998 - Cliftonville 5:4 Linfield - North Irish Premier League
18.10.2000 - Glentoran 5:0 Crusaiders - North Irish Premier Division
31.03.2001 - Linfield 0:2 Glentoran - North Irish Premier Division
23.08.2001 - Glentoran 4:1 Karabagh - UEFA Cup Qual Round
24.10.2001 - Linfield 1:2 Glentoran - North Irish Premier League
31.10.2001 - Glentoran 3:0 Portdown - North Irish Premier League
01.12.2001 - Glentoran 4:1 Coleraine - North Irish Premier League
15.12.2001 - Ballymena Utd 2:3 Glentoran - North Irish Premier League
26.12.2001 - Bangor 2:3 Glentoran - North Irish Premier League


BIO
1996/1997 - Cliftonville (N.Ireland - Premier Division) - SWOS 96/97
1997/1998 - Cliftonville (N.Ireland - Premier Division) - SWOS 96/97
1998/1999 - Cliftonville (N.Ireland - Premier Division) - SWOS 96/97
1999/2000 - Cliftonville (N.Ireland - Premier Division) - SWOS 96/97
2000/2001 - Glentoran (N.Ireland - Premier Division) - CM 00/01
2001/2002 - Glentoran (N.Ireland - Premier Division) - CM 00/01

Mikka Blakvaren

Mikka Blakvaren (Finland) - Former capitan of the Finland U-21 team. Most success in his playing carrier he had in the youth. He won third place in the U-16 World Cup and second place in the U-18 European Championship. After that his carrier become to slide down. He had some trouble to keep up to fans expetations due to his talent. When he was 19 he signed with HJK Helsinki, but for three seasons he played only in 15 games. After that he played in some lower division clubs. At age 28 he had a bike accident that ended his carrier. Rehabilitation took 3 years.

Blakvaren decided to start working as a manager. He got the job at VPS. Worked there for 4 years and got a good reviews for his performence with the club. In 2000 he got a proposition to take control of HJK Helsinki. Under his managment team won two Finland Championships and advanced to the UEFA Cup Final, becoming one of the seasons sensations.

Greatest wins:
14.09.2000 - Deportivo Alaves 2:4 HJK Helsinki (Vucko 38, Tellez 59 - Kallio 31, 81, Luiz Antonio 79, 83) UEFA CUP 1st Round
19.10.2000 - Glasgow Rangers 1:4 HJK Helsinki (Tugay 76 - Luiz Antonio 25, Jeremenko 61 pen, 65, 69) UEFA CUP 2nd Round
02.11.2000 - HJK Helsinki 2:1 Glasgow Rangers (Debbah 25, Luiz Antonio 74 - Van Bronckhorst 77) UEFA CUP 2nd Round
23.11.2000 - Vitesse 2:3 HJK Helsinki (Amoah 14, 35 - Luiz Antonio 68, Kallio 73, Jose Mari 86) UEFA CUP 3rd Round
07.12.2000 - HJK Helsinki 4:2 Vitesse (Jose Mari 34, Debbah 45, Luiz Antonio 47, 54 - Peeters 38, Ellerman 65) UEFA CUP 3rd Round
08.03.2001 - HJK Helsinki 2:1 Boavista (Luiz Antonio 37, 90 - Elpidio Silva 39) UEFA CUP 4th Round
15.03.2001 - Dinamo Kiev 1:2 HJK Helsinki (Kaladze 65 - Luiz Antonio 6, 42) UEFA CUP Quater Final
05.04.2001 - Panathinaikos 0:3 HJK Helsinki (Saastamoinen 20, Piracaia 58, Luiz Antonio 69) UEFA CUP Semi Final
19.04.2001 - HJK Helsinki 2:1 Panathinaikos (Luiz Antonio 3, Debbah 76 - Sipniefski 6) UEFA CUP Semi Final
30.05.2001 - HJK Helsinki 2:1 FC Jokerit - Finnish Premier Division
18.06.2001 - FC Lahti 04: HJK Helsinki - Finnish Premier
8.07.2001 - HJK Helsinki 3:2 VPS - Finnish Premier
01.11.2001 - HJK Helsinki 2:2 Liverpool - UEFA CUP 2nd Round (first game 0:2)

Greatest losts:
10.11.2000 - FC Jokerit 1:0 HJK Helsinki (Kuqi 66) FINNISH CUP FINAL
16.05.2001 - HJK Helsinki 0:1 Ajax Amsterdam (Babangida 87) UEFA CUP FINAL

SUCCESES:
2000 - Finland Premier Division Winner - HJK Helsinki
2001 - UEFA Cup Final - HJK Helsinki
2001 - Finland Premier Division Winner - HJK Helsinki

Individual:
2000 - Finland Premier Division Manager of the Month July
2000 - Finland Premier Division Manager of the Month September
2000 - Finland Premier Division Manager of the Month October

Players:
2000 - Finland Premier Division Player of the Month June - Luiz Antonio
2000 - Finland Premier Division Player of the Month October - Luiz Antonio
2000 - Finland Premier Division TOP SCORER - Luiz Antonio 33 goals
2001 - UEFA CUP 00/01 TOP SCORER - Luiz Antonio 14 goals
2001 - Finland Premier Division TOP SCORER - Luiz Antonio 44 goals
2001 - Finland Premier Division TEAM OF THE YEAR - Luiz Antonio, Markus Heikkenen

BIO

1996/1997 - VPS (Finland, Premier Division)

1997/1998 - VPS (Finland, Premier Division)

1998/1999 - VPS (Finland, Premier Division)

1999/2000 - VPS (Finland, Premier Division)

2000/2001 - HJK Helsinki (Finland, Premier Division)

2001/2002 - HJK Helsinki (Finland, Premier Division)

Mikkola Blakksonen

Mikkola Blakksonen (Norway) - Former Norway Midfielder. He played in Lillestrom, Moss, Brann and Valerenga. He had 5 games in the Norway national team. After retirement he become manager of Valerenga Oslo. After four years of work he got a proposition to work for the best norwegian team at the time - Rosenborg Trondheim.

Blakksonen worked two years in Rosenborg. He won two Norway Championships and played in Champions League and UEFA Cup.

Succeses:
2000 - Norway Premier Division Winner - Rosenborg Trondheim
2001 - Norway Premier Division Winner - Rosenborg Trondheim

Individual:

Players:
2000 - Norway Premier Division TOP SCORER - Thor Hogne Aaroy 24 goals
2001 - Norway Premier Division TOP SCORER - Thor Hogne Aaroy 23 goals

Memorable Matches
22.07.2000 - Rosenborg 7:2 Molde - Norway Premier Division
09.08.2000 - Rosenborg 5:1 Porto - Champions League Qualifications
12.09.2000 - Rosenborg 4:1 Milan - Champions League Group Stage
16.09.2000 - Rosenborg 5:1 Brann - Norway Premier Division
30.04.2001 - Stabaek 3:6 Rosenborg - Norway Premier Division
20.06.2001 - Valerenga 1:4 Rosenborg - Norway Premier Division
11.07.2001 - Viking 0:5 Rosenborg - Norway Premier Division
22.08.2001 - Rosenborg 4:2 HJK Helsinki - Champions League Qual 3 (first game 1:2)
12.09.2001 - Chelsea 3:3 Rosenborg - Champions League Gropu Phase 1
15.09.2001 - Lillestrom 0:5 Rosenborg - Norway Premier Division
22.09.2001 - Valerenga 1:3 Rosenborg - Norway Cup Semi Final
17.10.2001 - Rosenborg 1:0 PSV - Champions League Group Phase 1
25.10.2001 - Rosenborg 3:3 Valerenga - Norway Premier Division
07.11.2001 - Dortmund 1:3 Rosenborg - Champions League Group Phase 1
06.12.2001 - Spartak Moscow 2:4 Rosenborg PEN 3:4 - UEFA Cup 3rd Round (first game lost 2:4)
07.03.2002 - Rosenborg 1:1 Manchester United - UEFA Cup 4th Round (first game 2:6)

BIO
1996/1997 - VIF Football (Norway, Premier Division)
1997/1998 - VIF Football (Norway, Premier Division)
1998/1999 - VIF Football (Norway, Premier Division)
1999/2000 - VIF Football (Norway, Premier Division)
2000/2001 - Rosenborg (Norway, Premier Division)
2001/2002 - Rosenborg (Norway, Premier Division)

Michael Blacos

Michael Blacos (Brazil) - Former profesional player. Begin his carrier in Gremio, but since he could not find a place in the first team for two years he decided to go to Europe. Played in Greece for Larissa from where he was transfered to Portugal Boavista. He played in Boavista for three years. After that he played in French Saint-Entienne, Guingamp and Lorient. Ended his carrier in Portugal second league. After retirement he went back to Brazil and become second coach of Sport Recife. After two years first coach left the club and Blacos took his place...

He worked for Sport Recife for only one season and was fired due to bad results. He decided to go back to Europe and started working for Victoria Guimaraes. After compleating his two year contract (10th and 4th place in Portugal League) he took the job in Sporting Braga, what soon turned out to be a bad decision. After bad season in Braga he was dimissed and returned to Brazil where he started to work for Corinthians. In this two years period he twice won the Brazil State Championship, also become Brazil National Champion and got the 3rd place in the Club World Cup.

Sucesses:
2000 - Brazil Sao Paulo State Championship Winners - Corinthians
2000 - Brazil National Championship Winners - Corinthians
2001 - Brazil Sao Paulo State Championship Winners - Corinthians
2001 - Club World Cup 3rd Place - Corinthians

Individual:

Players:
2000 - Brazil Sao Paulo State Championship Player of the Year - Nene
2000 - Brazil National Championship Player of the Year - Luizao
2000 - Brazil National Championship TOP SCORER - Luizao 24 goals
2000 - Brazil National Championship YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR - Andrezinho
2000 - Brazil National Championship TEAM OF THE YEAR - Luizao, Edu
2001 - Brazil Sao Paulo State Championship Player of the Year - Luizao
2001 - Brazil Sao Paulo State Championship TOP SCORER - Fernando Baiano 23 goals
2001 - Brazil National Championship TOP SCORER - Luizao 21 goals


Memorable Games:
2000 - Corinthians 5:0 Sport Recife - Brazil National Championship
2000 - Flamengo 2:5 Corinthians - Brazil National Championship
2000 - Corinthians 4:1 Sport Recife - Brazil National Championship Play Off QuaterFinal
2000 - Corinthians 4:1 Sao Paulo - Brazil National Championship Play Off SemiFinal
2000 - Corinthians 3:1 Cruzeiro - Brazil National Championship Play Off Final
2001 - Corinthians 4:0 Matonense - Brazil Sao Paulo State Championship
2001 - Santos 1:4 Corinthians - Brazil Sao Paulo State Championship
2001 - America SP 0:5 Corinthians - Brazil Sao Paulo State Championship
2001 - Corinthians 4:0 Santos - Brazil Sao Paulo State Championship
2001 - Corinthians 4:3 Portutuesa Brazil Sao Paulo State Championship FINAL
2001 - Corinthians 5:1 Cricuma Brazil National Championship
2001 - Corinthians 5:0 Gremio Brazil National Championship
2001 - BOCA Juniors 3:11 Corinthians - Copa Libertadores
2001 - Corinthians 5:0 Mamelodi Sundown - Club World Cup
2001 - Tulca 0:2 Corinthians - Club World Cup

BIO
1996/97 - Sport Recife (Brazil, Premier Division) - SWOS 96/97
1997/98 - Vitoria Guimaraes (Portugal, Premier Division) SWOS 96/97
1998/99 - Vitoria Guimaraes (Portugal, Premier Division) SWOS 96/97
1999/00 - Braga (Portugal, Premier Division) SWOS 96/97
2000/01 - Corinthians (Brazil, Premier Division) CM 00/01
2001/02 - Corinthians (Brazil, Premier Division) CM 00/01

Michael White

Michael White (England) - Born in Scarborough, England. He played for the local club all his life. At age of 33 he became a playing manager, but shortly after that he ended his carrier to focus on managing team. He is the Scarbrough manager since then...

After six season White managed to advance with his team from 3rd Division to Premiership. He also won a Challenge Shield in 99/00 and most important an English Cup in the same season beating Leeds United in the final.

During his time club had the most succesful era ever. Economy results rised and Scarborough was able to push many great transfers. White also rebuilded the local stadium, to fit the Premier League standards.

1999 - Promotion form English Division 3 to Division 2 - Scarborough FSM
2000 - Promotion from English Division 2 to Division 1 - Scarborough FSM
2000 - English Challange Shield WINNER - Scarborough FSM
2000 - English Cup WINNER - Scarborough FSM
2001 - Promotion from English Division 1 to Premier Division - Scarborough FSM

Individual:

Players:

Memorable Games:
17.08.1996 - Scarborough 2:1 Darlingthon - English 3rd Division FRIST CARRER GAME
02.11.1996 - Barnet 1:5 Scarborough - English 3rd Division
12.02.2000 - Scarborough 2:1 Aston Villa - English Cup 4th Round
02.03.2000 - Crewe 1:2 Scarborough - English Challange Shield Semi Final
14.03.2000 - Scarborough 2:0 West Ham - English Cup Quater Final
18.03.2000 - Port Vale 1:4 Scarborough - English Division 2
06.04.2000 - Scarborough 4:2 Colchester - English Challange Shield Final
09.04.2000 - Liverpool 0:2 Scarborough - English Cup Semi Final
29.04.2000 - Scarborough 5:1 Rochdale - English Division 2
23.05.2000 - Scarborough 2:1 Leeds - English Cup Final
13.09.2000 - Scarborough 1:1 Manchester United - English League Cup 3rd Round
12.10.2000 - Halmstads 2:3 Scarborough - Cup Winners Cup 3rd Round
16.11.2000 - Scarborough 2:1 Monaco - Cup Winners Cup 4th Round
27.12.2000 - Norwich 1:5 Scarborough - English Division 1
20.01.2001 - Manchester United 2:3 Scarborough - English Cup 3rd Round
03.03.2001 - Scarborough 2:1 Blackburn - English Cup Quater Final
12.04.2001 - Scarborough 3:0 West Ham - English Cup Semi Final
22.12.2001 - Blackburn 1:5 Scarborough - English Premier Division
27.12.2001 - Scargorough 3:3 Manchester United - English Premier Division

Carrer:
1996/1997 - Scarborough (3rd Division, England) Fifa Soccer Manager
1997/1998 - Scarborough (3rd Division, England) FSM
1998/1999 - Scarborough (3rd Division, England) FSM
1999/2000 - Scarborough (2nd Division, England) FSM
2000/2001 - Scarborough (1st Division, England) FSM
2001/2002 - Scarborough (Premier Division, England) FSM
2002/2003 -

Michael Black ALL TIME STATS

All Time Stats:
Games: 17
Wins: 7
Draws: 5
Losts: 5
League Championships: 0
Domestic Cups: 0
International Trophies: 0
International Club Trophies: 0
POINTS: 7

List of games:

Championship Manager 99/00
Doncaster Rovers (England, Conference) - 3 months.

Michael Black

Michael Black (England) - Born in Chester, England. He played for the local club for a couple of seasons. Then he moved to France, his wife's homeland. He played in Liegue 2 in Ajaccio and Dijon. Never played in the English national team. He ended his carrier at the age of 32 due to an knee indjury. While playing in France he becomed friends with Polish striker Hendryk Koskowski. He started his coaching as a assistant manager in Grenoble, after 3 years of work he got proposition from Legia Warsaw, where his old friend Koskowski was a board member...

Succeses:
1997 - Polish League Winner - Legia Warsaw
1998 - Polish League Winner - Legia Warsaw
2001 - English Premiership Winner - Arsenal London
2001 - English FA CUP Winner - Arsenal London
2001 - English League Cup Winner - Arsenal London
2002 - English Premiership Winner - Arsenal London
2002 - English League Cup Winner - Arsenal London

Individual:
2000 - English Premiership Manager of the Month September
2001 - English Premiership Manager of the Month January
2001 - English Premiership Manager of the Month February
2001 - English Premiership Manager of the Month April
2001 - ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP MANAGER OF THE YEAR
2001 - English Premiership Manager of the Month November
2002 - English Premiership Manager of the Month April
2002 - ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP MANAGER OF THE YEAR

Players:
1997 - Polish Premier Division Season TOP SCORER - Wojciech Kowalczyk 69 goals
1998 - Polish Premier Division TOP SCORER - Wojciech Kowalczyk 50 goals
1998 - Polish Cup TOP SCORER - Wojciech Kowalczyk 12 goals
1998 - Champions Cup TOP SCORER - Wojciech Kowalczyk 11 goals
2000 - English Premiership Young Player of the Month September - Igor Stepanovs
2000 - English Premiership Player of the Month October - Thiery Henry
2001 - English Premiership Player of the Month February - Patrick Vieira
2001 - English Premiership Player of the Month April - Thiery Henry
2001 - English Premiership TEAM OF THE YEAR - Thiery Henry, Ray Parlour
2001 - English Premiership TOP SCORER - Thiery Henry 41 goals
2001 - English Premiership TOP RATED - Thiery Henry 8.08 avg rate
2001 - English League Cup TOP SCORER - Thiery Henry 8 goals
2001 - English FA Cup TOP SCORER - Thiery Henry 6 goals
2002 - Patrick Vieira ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP TEAM OF THE YEAR
2002 - Patrick Vieira ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP MVP
2002 - Martin Palermo ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP TOP SCORER
2002 - Martin Palermo ENGLISH LEAGUE CUP TOP SCORER

List of games:
1996/97 - Legia Warsaw (Poland, Premier Division) - SWOS 96/97
1997/98 - Legia Warsaw (Poland, Premier Division) - SWOS 96/97
1998/99 - Legia Warsaw (Poland, Premier Division) - SWOS 96/97
1999/00 -
2000/01 - Arsenal London (England, Premiership) - CM 00/01
2001/02 - Arsenal London (England, Premiership) - CM 00/01

Memorable Matches:
--.--.1997 - Legia Warsaw 4:0 Amica Wronki - Polish Premier Division
--.--.1997 - Legia Warsaw 5:1 Slask Wroclaw - Polish Premier Division
--.--.1997 - Legia Warsaw 2:0 Dinamo Minsk - Champions Cup Group Stage
--.--.1997 - Legia Warsaw 2:1 Club Brugge - Champions cup Group Stage
--.--.1997 - Legia Warsaw 3:1 Lokomotiv Sofia - Champions Cup Group Stage
--.--.1997 - Legia Warsaw 4:0 Gornik Zabrze - Polish Premier Division
--.--.1997 - Legia Warsaw 1:0 Club Brugge - Champions Cup Group Stage
--.--.1997 - Legia Warsaw 3:0 Lech Poznan - Polish Premier Division
--.--.1997 - Legia Warsaw 2:1 Lokomotiv Sofia - Champions Cup Group Stage
--.--.1998 - Legia Warsaw 5:1 Pogon Szczecin - Polish Premier Division
--.--.1998 - Legia Warsaw 2:2 Atletico Madrid - Champions Cup Quater Final
--.--.1998 - Legia Warsaw 7:0 Lech Poznan - Polish Premier Division
25.10.2000 - Monaco 0:4 ARSENAL - Champions League Group Phase 1
29.11.2000 - Tottenham 1:7 ARSENAL - League Cup 4th Round
23.12.2000 - ARSENAL 3:2 Manchester Utd. - Premiership
07.03.2001 - Bayern Munchen 3:5 ARSENAL - Champions League Group Phase 2
01.04.2001 - ARSENAL 3:2 Aston Villa - League Cup FINAL
29.04.2001 - Manchester Utd. 3:4 ARSENAL - Premiership
07.05.2001 - ARSENAL 4:0 Tottenham - Premiership
12.05.2001 - Southampton 2:5 ARSENAL - FA Cup FINAL
19.09.2001 - Arsenal 7:1 Rennes - Champions League Group Phase 1
26.09.2001 - Arsenal 3:2 Leverkusen - Champions League Group Phase 1
24.10.2001 - Arsenal 3:0 Shakhtar - Champions League Group Phase 1
04.11.2001 - Arsenal 5:2 Liverpool - Premiership
24.11.2001 - Sunderland 4:5 Arsenal - Premiership
01.12.2001 - Arsenal 4:0 Coventry - Premiership
30.01.2002 - Arsenal 2:1 Manchester United - League Cup Semi Final
09.02.2002 - Middlesbrough 0:4 Arsenal - Premiership
26.02.2002 - Manchester United 2:4 Arsenal - League Cup Semi Final
17.03.2002 - Arsenal 3:1 Manchester United - Premiership
31.03.2002 - Arsenal 5:5 Leeds PEN 5:4 - League Cup FINAL
19.05.2002 - Arsenal 5:0 Bradford - Premiership

Transfers:
1996 - Wojciech Kowalczyk (POL) - Betis Sevilla -> Legia Warsaw
1997 - Andrzej Juskowiak (POL) - Sporting Lisbon -> Legia Warsaw
2001 - Krassimir Balakov (BUL) - Vfb Stuttgart -> Arsenal London
2001 - Shota Arveladze (GEO) - Ajax -> Arsenal London
2001 - Martin Palermo (ARG) - Boca -> Arsenal London 20M Pounds
2002 - Sebastien Perez (FRA) - Marseille -> Arsenal London

Championship Manager 00/01 - PART III

After being fired from Lechia Gdansk I get proposition from portugese UD Santarem. The team plays in Portugal Second Division B (3rd division). What is pretty shocking is the fact that there are no players in the team!

So I got a month to the start of the next season and not even one single player in the team. At first I'm seriously thinking about resigning from this club, but after giving it a thaught I decide - what the hell...

The budget is low so the only options are loans and free signings. I get 21 players without spending a dime. Certenly they are not the top shelf stars, because I pretty much have to sign everybody that agrees the terms, but at least I can participate in the season.

Championship Manager 00/01 - PART II

After grabing that 8th place I was given another year at Lechia. I don't really know what whould season bring but it might be tough. Loan player came back to their clubs and sure I whould miss Fabisiak who was last season team MVP. Board gives me no money for transfers as the club is sinking in debts, so only free players and loans might be available. This time I sure will be fighting to avoid relegation but since I was 8th last season the expetations from the board are a bit higher than that.

Championship Manager 99/00 - PART I

So I start my work in the English Conference League as the manager of Doncaster Rovers. The board expetations is to give the club a decent position in the league. The squad looks pretty good plus they have given me 120K for transfers, so I might be able to get a few players in the window.

Doncaster had poor staff so first thing I did was looking for some good coaches. Then of course I set the training rigors and divide players into groups. I have got four friendly games to check what I have in the squad and decide who is who in this team. It's not gonna be easy, as Rovers are rather one of the weakest team in league, but with a litte bit of luck this might be a good season.

Championship Manager 00/01 - PART 1

It all begins in Lechia Gdansk. Lechia is playing in Polish second division. The club is one of the worst of them all. They give me only 2K for transfers, so no chance of rebuilding squad much, I will have to work with what I got. The board don't expect much, they just want to avoid the relegation.

Flashback: FIFA 2001 and 2002

Two in one becouse I did not spent that much time playing those games. Fifa 2001 was a bit disapointing. Good graphics, with sponsors on strips and smooth tekstures and all, but the game play was soooo boring. How many goals can you score with a bicycle kick anyway? I remember playing a season with Auxerre but I cant remember if I finished it. That's all I remember so let's just leave it that way :)

In 2002 the game was pretty weird. Good graphics and not bad game play, but WTF happend with the physics? You could score some really bizzare goals in that one. Using edit mode I created my own player (Yeah I did that a lot before "Be a star" or "Be a legend" became a game mode) and started in Rosenborg Trondheim winning the Norway League and becoming the top scorer. After that I sold myself to Austria and become the Rapid Vien player, again winning the league and score some serious amount of goals ;) Then I went to Arsenal, but didn't played that season as I got a bit borred. I've also try my luck i European Cups, becouse playing with Legia Warsaw was option in "EFA CUP" and I'm a huge fan.

Of course there was also a qualification campaign that I took with various nations, including Poland. So in both of this games I played about 4 regular seasons, not much as in FIFA 11 I'm already played about 10 of them, but that's a different story...