Shock exit from the Cup!

Yesterday FC Bristbury faced Ragil FC for the away leg of the Cup. I was away for the match, but having won the home leg 3-1 I felt we were in a strong position to progress. I expected a tough match, and the other manager turned up and effectively fought to a 2-0 win. On a 3-3 aggregate FC Bristbury were knocked out of the Cup on the away goals rule, much to the disappointment of the fans and the players. Central Defender Sean Kelly gave his thoughts after the match: "Having won the home leg by a reasonable margin we didn't really think about the impact of that one goal we let through. It's gutting to be knocked out like this, but we deserved it - we allowed ourselves to become complacent. Now we will aim to win the League and Champions League double for the third season in a row."

Meanwhile, central midfielder Leandro Viera is being unfairly ribbed by the media for his comment that with Adriano Lourenco having been out due to injury for about 5 days, he and Dean Pritchard were "too tired to perform". Leandro and Dean, the fans would like to say that they think you've done a fantastic job and the press are out of order.

League fluctuations

This season's League is a more active one than FC Bristbury have experienced before. We finished the first day in 2nd on goal difference, but then after a goalless draw on the 2nd day we found ourselves in 5th. A win on the third day saw us climb to finish 5th after 3 days and then a win for us and a loss by our main rivals put us back to 2nd after 4 days. Having won our League game today, we will finish 1st if the team in 2nd lose, but if they draw we will have the same points but will be in second due to goal difference. If they win we will trail behind them in second by 2 points.

Finally, I now have some tokens, so expect to see between 1 and 3 new players appearing in the next few days.