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 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 99/00

We're starting our diaries with Championship Manager 99/00.

Why CM 99/00? We don't really have a decent reason. It was more a random choice.

After short consideration I decided to start playing with Doncaster Rovers in English Conference League. I guess I like hard challenges when it comes to managers. A work for Doncaster as long as they don't fire me or I decide that It's imposible to achive more with this team.

After that maybe I look for a new job or start a new game with a stronger team - Ajax or Juventus if I had to choose now.

So wish me luck and as soon as I finish first half of the 99/00 season I will present you first chapter of this story.