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...

Flashback: ISS pro Evolution

This is like number 2 on my Best Soccer Games Ever list. Since I played ISS pro Evo I never looked at soccer simulations the same way. I did not play ISS pro and ISS pro 98 before, so the shock was even bigger. I've spend hours playing different cups and leagues mostly with Poland, wich sucked preety much in the game. I create Olisadebe in the edit mode and ad him to Poland team as he was given citizenship at the time and become a national hero for a while. With Olisadabe I was able to achive decent results (he was not all 99 as you may think but he was fast and had some good dribbling and shooting). I realy loved playing the International Cup, that was ISS wersion of World Cup and can't even count how many times a won it playing lots of great and memorful games mostly with Brazil, France, Holland, Italy etc.

I tried the Master League at the begining but it was to hard for me so I left it for some time. After about a year I decided to try againg. I choose Bayern Munchen, wich does not matter any way, becouse the point of that challenge is to built a dream team out of nothing. So you get yourself bunch of amatours and by winning matches get points to buy players. I read somwhere that it's best tu buy Patrick Mboma (bit different name in the game due to lack of license), so I did. He really was a good scorer and my team finally start to win some serious games, but it was other player who put me in top of the league. I'm talking about the young cameronian striker - Semau. Never heard of him? If you played the Master League in that game you shoulde have. He is not the best skill player but he is fast as hell, so if you know how to score goals in this game he will be able to easy get to good chances mostly one-on-one with the keeper and the rest is up to you. Semau and Mboma give mi high position in first season and good amount of points that let me get more serious players.

After that I bought Kahn as a goalkeeper, Roberto Carlos and Jarni as deffenders, Figo in the middle and Ronaldo as replacment for Mboma. After few seasons I got the squad that win everything I wanted with no problem. Few years ago I came back to this game and start playing as Liverpool, pretty much the same strategy but I bought Amokachi instead of Mboma, it was a bullseye transfer. So if you are playing Master League in ISS pro Evolution be sure to buy Semau at first (really cheap guy) and then support him with Amokachi or Mboma those guys will get you some trophies.

Master League was very simple back then. No different divisions, just one league, 16 clubs to choose from no Cups or Champions Cups, no condition etc.

As I said at the beginning, this is one of my favourite games ever and I've spent many, many fun hours playing it alone or with my friend.

P.S. - Look at the cutscene that you get when you win some cup or league, isn't thats what you deserve after all the effort you put into game, why all modern games don't have a decent decoration animations for God sake!?

PES 4 Story: Chapter Four

Well it was the best season so far. Podbeskidzie defended their trophy in the D1 Cup and finished 2nd in the Division 1 but mostly important they won the WEFA Championships. In 30 league games we won 21, draw 7 and lost 2. After this season we reached the 9 place in WEFA Ranking, so our goal is getting close - the goal is to be 1st in WEFA Rank and won the WEFA Masters Cup. A new star was born, a young italian Zola was a transfer hit, coming out of nowhere and scoring 29 goals wich give him the top scorer title. It was a poor seson for Mpenza. He did not score even one goal and lost a place in the squad to Zola, I don't know about his future in the club as competition in attack is very high. On the other hand he still is the best scorer in history.

I transfered Couraz (Forward), Ferdinand (Forward), Moracchini (DM), Zola (Forward), Di Canio (Forward), Roberto Carlos (SB), Odonkor (Wing) and Inan Coldona (CD). New transfer politics. So far in the game a lot of young players is showing up, some of them very skilled, like Zola. So I'm bringing them down and if still got found invest in one more experienced like Roberto Carlos these season.

Season Stats
Zola - 29 goals, 3 assists
Utaka - 17 goals, 4 assists
Martins - 12 goals, 1 assist MVP OF THE TEAM
Di Canio - 11 goals, 1 assist
Odonkor - 3 goals
Ferdinand - 1 goal
Roberto Carlos - 2 assists
Aghahowa - 1 assist

All time stats
Mpenza - 70 goals, 7 assists
Uthaka - 67 goals, 7 assists
Martins - 40 goals, 6 assists
Zola - 29 goals, 3 assists
Aghahowa - 15 goals, 3 assists
Di Canio - 11 goals, 1 assist
Bakayoko - 7 goals, 1 assists
Odonkor - 3 goals
Hossam Hassan - 2 goals, 1 assists
Yobo - 2 goals
Ximelez - 2 goals
Ferdinand - 1 goal
Valeny - 1 goal
Roberto Carlos - 2 assists
Boa Morte - 2 assists
Espimas - 1 assists
Castolo - 1 assists

PES 4 Story: Chapter Three

Season 2006 was not as good as I've expected. Podbeskidzie won the D1 Cup and got to the final four in the WEFA Championships (something like Champions League) but placed only 4th in the league after a really bad finish. Out of 30 games in the league, 18 was won, 6 drawed and 6 lost, we scored 69 goals and lost 35 - thats a lot comparing to other seasons. E.Mpenza again was the best scorer of the league with 26 goals and a team MVP with rate of 6.5. Utaka chased him right to the end but ended with only 25 goals.

This time I got some young and perspective players. I bought Hossam Hassan who is young very fast, with strong shoot but poor in dribbling. Also defensive midfielder Ruotolo, side defender Paulo Ferreira and central defender Yobo.

SEASON STATS
E. Mpenza - 26 goals, 5 assists
Utaka 25 goals, 3 assists
Martins - 8 goals, 3 assists
Bakayoko - 3 goals
Hossam Hassan - 2 goals, 1 assist
Yobo - 2 goals
Aghahowa 1 goal, 1 assist
Boa Morte 1 assist

ALL TIME
E. Mpenza - 70 goals, 7 assists
Utaka - 50 goals, 3 assist
Martins - 28 goals, 5 assists
Aghahowa - 15 goals, 2 assists
Bakayoko - 7 goals, 1 assist
Hossam Hassan - 2 goals, 1 assist
Yobo - 2 goals
Ximelez - 2 goals
Valeny - 1 goal
Boa Morte - 2 assists
Espimas - 1 assist
Castolo - 1 assist

PES 4 Story - Chapter Two

In 2005 season of Master League, TS Podbeskidzie won the Division 1! In 30 games I got 21 wins, 8 draws and only 1 lost (Goals 78 scored, 26 lost), 70% of win. Unfortunetly again I lost in the Cup (D1 Cup), this time in the second round. Team advanced in the WEFA Ranking to 54 place.

In the transfer window I was still doing antyhing I could to make me a strong offence. I got nigerians Aghahowa and Utaka, really fast nad scoring players. Later in the season I used some points to get Van der Sar in my goal, Boa Morte and Bakayoko as deffensive midfielder and deffender. As you can see I rather invest my money in fast players, becuse since ISS pro Evolution Master League they never let me down and fit very well my style of playing.

E. Mpenza againg was the best striker in the League, scoring 25 goals, but right behind him was Utaka with 20 goals and Martins who played offensive midfielder instead of Minanda and still scored 11 goals plus 4 assists.

Season Stats
E. Mpenza - 25 goals
Utaka - 20 goals
Aghahowa - 14 goals, 1 assist
Martins - 11 goals, 4 assists - MVP OF TEAM 6.7
Bakayoko - 4 goals, 1 assist
Valeny - 1 goal
Castolo - 1 assist
Boa Morte - 1 assist

ALL TIME STATS
E. Mpenza - 44 goals, 2 assist
Martins - 20 goals, 2 assist
Utaka - 20 goals
Aghahowa 14 goals, 1 assist
Bakayoko 4 goals, 1 assist
Ximelez - 2 goals
Valeny - 1 goal
Espimas - 1 assist
Castolo - 1 assist
Boa Morte - 1 assist

Pro Evolution Soccer 4 - Chapter One

So, I found my old save of PES 4, that way I can bring back some Master League carrer I played on this game and I will continue it someday as I still have some thing to do in this game :)

I play with my own created team called TS Podbeskidzie. It's based on my local football team that I strongly supported at the time I was playing PES 4.

I started in Division 2 as you do in your first season. I peaked the most international as I like to play with deferent teams in that mode. The team won 10 out of 14 games (10 wins, 4 draws), scored 31 goals and lost only 13. TS Podbeskidzie finished 1'st in the Division 2 with 71,43% of win games. At the time team was 67 in the WEFA Ranking. Unfortunetly my team was knocked out of the D2 CUP in the first round.

In the first transfer window I got E. Mpenza a very fast superstriker. Spend a lot of money I did not really have, so it was risky but in the end I earned them back as Mpenza scored 19 goals and got 2 assist. Later a got nigerian forward Martins, wich I value for his speed and dribbling skills, very good player for begining. Mpenza was named the MVP of the league.

The squad of the team:

Goalkeepers
Kelsen - the first goalie in the season, played good and got avarage rate of 6.0
Ivarov - substitution
Zamenhof - reserves

Defenders
Valeny - one of my favourites, tall and strong defender - season rate 6.2
Dulic - solid central defender - season rate 6.5
Vornander - season rate 6.0
Macco - capitan of the team - season rate 6.1

Midfielders
Celnili - good player, one of the best in the team - season rate 6.4
Espimas - winger, got 1 assist in the season - rate 6.1
Ximelez - 2 goals in the season - rate 6.3
Minanda - playmaker - rate 6.4

Attack
E. Mpenza - Star of the team, best scorer of the league, 19 goals, 2 assist - rate 7.1
Martins - scored 9 goals, 2 assist - rate 6.5
Barota - rate 5.5
Castolo - best in the team you get for start, but could not score a goal - rate 6.2

SEASON GOALS
Mpenza - 19
Martins - 9
Ximelez - 2

Flashback: FIFA 2000

I didn't play much FIFA 99. I got bad reviews and at time it was relesed I was still playing a lot of FIFA 98 and World Cup 98, plus the game was not a big revolution so I decided to let it go.

Next FIFA game that really got me into it was the 2000 edition. It was revolutionary both on PC and PSX. I started with the Playstation wersion, wich had worse grafics but, the gameplay was more or less the same. I dont know why but started playing in danish league with Lyngby team. Before that I didn't even know that such a team exist. I remember playing three or four seasons with theam, winning everything there was to win. There still was no carrer mode, so I could just played season after season. In Lyngby I didn't made any spectacular transfers, only polish keeper Arkadiusz Onyszko and polish defender Tomasz Klos later. I can remember that my hero was Kukulski who played at Lyngby and I thought he Was polish, so I was twice happy to score with that guy.

I played a PC version about year later, after I got really disapointet with FIFA 2001 on PC. In the time there was allready a user extencion with a really nicely done Polish League, so I started playing Legia Warsaw, then I played a season with AC Milan and Real Madrid, winning Serie A and Primera Division. When playing with those two last teams I had this policy to always transfer at least one polish player, so I buy Arkadiusz Klimek to AC Milan (become top striker of the Serie A) and Robert Dymkowski to Real (was a substitution but scored a lot).

FIFA 2000 is the game that I got a really good in. I figured a sure way to score from game and free kicks and learned that 360 spin is the best way to dribble. I was not affraid to play at World Class level as it was not even that hard for me. Then I got even better after playing a lot multiplayer with my friend who also had a great skill after playing a lot with Tottenham on World Class. I whould still probably kick some ass when it comes to FIFA 2000.

P.S. - Do you remember the intro? BEST EVER!!!

Flashback: FIFA 98: Road to World Cup

I've been playing soccer games, both simulators and managment for a really long time. Got some great stories, great victories and painful losts on my back, but it's 2012 and idea of writing them down came to me a little late. Trying to play the old games all over again and write a new stories is pointless. I don't have that much time nowadays, plus it just whould not feel the same, whould not feel right.

Of course there is no comeback to the lost data, old save's were deleted, consoles gone sold, most of the oldies don't even work on na modern hardware. But I still got a decent memory card in my head and got some memories connected with different games, so I figured it whould be a good idea to bring them back with a "Flashback". 

These post won't be filled with statistics, screenshots or videos. It's just my memories, sometimes a litte rusty and overall, but at least honest ;)

So I decided to start with FIFA 98: RTWC as it was a first simulation of soccer that I played on my PC. I got it very late, but trust me it was hard convincing my mom to buy it, so only thing I could do was wait. Finally in summer of 1997, after bringing home some really decent grades from school I got my first own PC with Fifa Soccer Manager (later I will write about it) as a "starter". Two months later FIFA 98 arrived and I got it right away. 

On ma Pentium 90 with 16MB RAM, Windows 95 and no 3D support, the game was working a bit slow, but it didn't affect a gameplay so back then I wasn't even noticing that. Of course I started the game with a World Cup Qualification Campain playing Poland. As a player used to soccer games on NES, Neo-Geo and a little Amiga, I had to take some time to learn the new Fifa, so playing qualifications on easy level got me straight to the finals and a bit bored on that stage with easy winning. Polish squad didn't look much as a real one with players like Warzycha, Citko, Nowak or Baluszynski. It was a time when polish national coaches were switching ofen (3 different coaches in those qualifications) and every one had diferent vision. Polish squad in FIFA 98 was at least year old (looked like they took it from Poland - Moldovia 2:1 game in atumn 1996). Still I didn't care much, I got to play with real players, with real names in 3D, with replays, commentary and some great soundtrack and animations.

Soon I find a real fun in playing season campains with diferent clubs. There was no carrier mode back in the days, so I just played one-time adventures with diferent clubs. The one that still is in my memory was the season I played with Inter Milan. I always had the same tactic. Start with selling most of the players, leaving only biggest stars (not much of them in Inter back then) and get some cash for new guys. After that I was looking for 5 or 6 big names and turn my squad into a dream team, with no subs but still a dream team :D I remember having players like Suker, Beckham, Ferrara, Van der Sar, Litmanen, Roberto Carlos and few more in my Inter Milan. I was not much of a gamer back there, so I just enjoyed playing on easy and winning every game 5:0 - don't blame me I was tweleve ;)

Later I took another qualification campaign. This time it was a bit more serious. I played on higher level and take Guatemala team. We gone from CONCACAF qual. stage to the finals and win the France World Cup. I will never forget one goal in the turnament that I've scored with a players ass. Yeah, you see it right, ASS. It was a lose ball in the penalty area, after oponents (I don't remember who it was, sorry) keeper crushed with the defender and my midfielder got to it first. Instead of shoot at empty goal, I mistakenly pressed cross, and he send a long ball, meanwhile my forward who was standing in the area, turned his back to it and acted like he tried to tie his shoe, ball just hit his ass and went straight to the goal, couldn't belive my own eyes :) I had that replay for year but i got lost in action so I got no prof, but I watched it so many times, that I still have no trouble with playing it in my head.

I lost intrest in FIFA 98 for a while after geting my Playstation console but I returned later. Why? I spend some hours in the edit mode (it was great back then, why it is so lame right now?!) and created a whole Polish Ekstraklasa. Player by player, team by team, after 3 days of doing nothing but creation a got a had changed Malaysian League (how the hell it got there any way?) into Polish. After that a took control of every single team and start playing a full seasun pretending I'm a producer of League Highlights, oh what a fun it was. I didn't played the whole season, because I got bored after few weeks :(

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