Hattrick - New Season

[Bob Cratchitt]

Welll looks like the new season in the higher division got off to a flyer. I am now sitting pretty in top spot. However not sure how long that will last as there seems to be a few good teams up here. My main aim is to consolidate my positon and build for promotion next season.

AFC Hatters - FC Gambero 0 - 6
Arena: AFC Hatters Arena
Crowd: 7000

7000 spectators arrived at AFC Hatters Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Hatters tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Cooke - Lombard, Jones, Payne, Gardiner - Butler, Nayyar, Findlater, Morgan - Durán, Barclay.

Gambero tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: bin Abdul Wahid - Lacey, MacFie, Haverkamp - Lasurt, MacRankin, Stuhr-Ellegaard, Pratt, Hayes - Clarkson, Bladhult.

Gambero mostly ignored the flanks in favour of attacks in the middle. In the games 4:th minute Oscar Pratt almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a spectacular scissors shot just past the bar. Hatters will have to do without Will Barclay for a time due to a bad foot injury. He was substituted by Benjamin MacLaren. Gambero had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially in the 26:th minute when Curt Stuhr-Ellegaard came up alone against Darren Cooke who managed a block. In the 33:e minute, technical Denny Hayes scored 0 - 1 having completely made Sean Lombard look like a fool. Peter MacRankin increased the visitors lead by putting a volley shot away on a pass from the right. 0 - 2. After this Gambero lowered the tempo in order to concentrate on their defensive efforts. Gambero had, after 39 minutes of the game, worked the left side industriously, creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but somehow didn´t achieve closure. The referee showed Hatterss Hieronymus Butler the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Halftime score was 0 - 2. Gambero, bringing the final ball possession rate to 65 percent, dominated the battle.

Per Bladhult could have put his team up another one in the 63rd minute, after a rush down the left, but his closing shot hit the post. Oscar Pratt of Gambero received a yellow card in the 75:th minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour. After 78 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for Per Bladhult who increased Gambero´s lead to 0 - 3. The visitors Per Bladhult took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side´s goalie and central backs in the 80:th minute. 0 - 4 for Gambero. A well placed corner kick from Nicholas Clarkson was followed by Oscar Pratt´s hard but accurate header. The nice combination meant goal for Gambero. The result now 0-5. In the 82nd minute Gambero put themselves up 0 - 6 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. Scorer was Oscar Pratt. The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Gambero, with an impressive 70 percent possession of the ball.

The most dominating Hatters player was without a doubt Alan Nayyar. However, Lucky Jones made a disastrous appearance. Most important Gambero player was Peter MacRankin. Ross Lasurt was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 6.

 

[steveh1510]

Started off the league season with a win, having gone out of the cup at the first hurdle last week

Anyone wants a friendly, let me know.

Steveh1510 United - unzentunzen 2 - 1

View game: HT Live
Date: 07/03/2004 at 18.00
MatchID: 16606499
Arena: Steveh1510 Arena
Crowd: 6706


Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Steveh1510 Arena saw a crowd turnout of 6706. Steveh1510 had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Galt - Johansson, Marshall, Stevenson - Glombitza, Strugnell, Mark, Kumar, Geoghegan - Kessler, Cockayne.

unzentunzen tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Lucia - Minasian, Gounko, Schofield - Andersson, Stuffer, Tokoi, Spur Mortensen, Seeley - Urdaniz, Pattison.

Mel Seeley´s speed was nearly enough to put unzentunzen in the lead after 37 minutes but his nice pass toJosé Julio Urdaniz was not taken care of properly. A mistake by the home sides central defence in the 37:th minute allowed Nigel Pattison to score 0 - 1 for unzentunzen. After 39 minutes Steveh1510´s Brian Cockayne contracted a slight foot injury, but could finish the game. A surprising free kick routine in the 42nd minute nearly resulted in another goal for the visitors, but the ball went just a little wide, leaving the strikers offside. After a fatal mistake from the away teams right side defense in the 43rd minute, an alert Marcus Johansson bagged the ball, evening the score to 1 - 1. Hans-Peter Glombitza of Steveh1510 received a yellow card in the 45:th minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour. 1 - 1 was the half-time score. Steveh1510, bringing the final ball possession rate to 57 percent, dominated the battle.

Steveh1510 broke through to the left in the 63rd minute, Elliot Kessler firing at an acute angle giving the home side a 2 - 1 lead. In the 74:th minute Steveh1510s Marcus Johansson received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Steveh1510s John Marshall got himself booked after a foul. Steveh1510 held the ball, with a clear 58 percent possession rate.

Most important Steveh1510 player was Richard Galt. Phil Geoghegan was a disappointment, however. Most important unzentunzen player was José Julio Urdaniz. Nigel Pattison on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 1.

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Yep, in top spot too, but only because I got to play one of the teams which is relegation fodder this season.  Still, I won 9-0... oh, and I was "playing it cool" for the game, so Team Spirit ain't too bad!

Unfortunately, there look to be some bloody good sides in the division this year - I'll do well to hold on to third place, which I've sort of made mine in the last two seasons!  So long as I can finish in the top 4... and I should be able to do that, then I can consolidate this year and push for better things next year.

My youth team is now at "excellent" (although my first "pull" from it was a bit ropey) so hopefully I'll get a gem sooner or later; and I'm now in the process of extending Roots Hall to a capacity of 23,000 - so I'll hopefully get a few more fans in.

Anyhow, nice to start the season on such a positive note...

<span style='color:blue'>Southend United 9 - 0 leed

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 15,252 to Roots Hall. Southend started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Garfield - Cilly, Briones, Chana - Wai-Son, Bernhardsson, Widererberg, van de Beek, Lockhart - Askenbom, Moore.

leed had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Bass - Sheridan, Turek, Yates, Bronson - Duncan, Takamura, Handy, Gupta Lecturer - Johnson, Carson.

Southend were mostly trying to use the flanks for their attacks. In the 13th minute cheers broke out as Woo Wai-Son found his way through the guests' central defense line, clipping the 1 - 0 goal in for Southend. Southend put themselves up 2 - 0 when Woo Wai-Son broke through on the right, leaving the entire defensive box behind him. A speedy charge from the left side of the field put Southend lead up with 3 - 0. Andy Moore finished that one off competently, firing from an acute angle. The structure of the game started to change as Southend decided to pull back and meet their opponents in the defensive zone. Woo Wai-Son was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the enemy box - Andy Moore managed to kick one of them into 4 - 0 in the 36:th minute. In the 36:th minute of the match the visitors central line of defence had to look on as Andy Moore dashed through, knocking home 5 - 0 for Southend. By then Andy Moore was a three time scorer - a hat trick! The teams went for a half-time break at 5 - 0. Southend, bringing the final ball possession rate to 80 percent, dominated the battle.

After an industrious effort down the middle Andy Moore could have closed the game off in the 65:th minute, but his finishing shot hit the post. Southends Björn Askenbom got himself booked after a foul. Southend put themselves up 6 - 0 when Andy Moore broke through on the right, leaving the entire defensive box behind him. Southend´s Björn Askenbom had an excellent opportunity in the 79:th minute, shooting on a through ball, but he missed the goal by miles! Man, what a shot by David Bernhardsson! Firing from 35 yards he didn't give the enemy goalie a chance and it was 7 - 0. In the 88:th minute of the match the visitors central line of defence had to look on as Brad Lockhart dashed through, knocking home 8 - 0 for Southend. In the 88:th minute of the match the visitors central line of defence had to look on as Andy Moore dashed through, knocking home 9 - 0 for Southend. Southend held the ball, with a clear 89 percent possession rate.

The most dominating Southend player was without a doubt Woo Wai-Son. Pedro Briones on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating leed player was without a doubt Alan Carson. Horace Sheridan on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 9 - 0</span>

 

[Vange Shrimper]

This doesnt really surprise me

Athletico Vange - SWINDON FOOTY CLUB 1 - 7

Date: 07/03/2004 at 18.00

Arena: Athletico Vange Arena
Crowd: 4149


4149 spectators arrived at Athletico Vange Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Athletico had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. They fielded: Hill - Chahal, Perraudin, Ewing, Gorrie - Elrick, Adamson, Hathaway, Salter - Henson, Damiano.

SWINDON had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. They fielded: Russell - Canning, Schwarz, Spence, Venkatalakshmi - Gonzalez, Day, Tressider, Doyle - Ullen, Barnes.

Evan Henson seemed to be floating in the air at will as he elegantly headed in 1-0. The previous Athletico corner kick was executed by Howard Hill. Darren Adamson seemed highly inexperienced when in the 13th minute he was loitering with the ball, allowing Mitch Tressider to intercept and strike 1-1 for SWINDON. After 21 minutes SWINDON put themselves up by 1 - 2 as Garry Spence finished off a strike from the left with a real cannon placed at the far post. The visitors Scott Ullen took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side´s goalie and central backs in the 25:th minute. 1 - 3 for SWINDON. SWINDONs David Doyle got himself booked after a foul. A header from Des Canning connected with a corner kick after 26 minutes, and the ball ended up with Garry Spence of SWINDON who shot the 1-4 goal. The structure of the game started to change as SWINDON decided to pull back and meet their opponents in the defensive zone. Scott Ullen could have put his team up another one in the 35:th minute, after a rush down the left, but his closing shot hit the post. Scott Ullen of SWINDON received a yellow card in the 36:th minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour. The game had been on for 37 minutes when Tommy Barnes broke through to the right, upping the score to the home crowd´s dismay. SWINDON´s were up 1 - 5. The away team´s John Day took advantage of a mistake to the home side´s right in the 39:th minute increasing SWINDON´s lead to 1 - 6. The teams went for a half-time break at 1 - 6. SWINDON, bringing the final ball possession rate to 75 percent, dominated the battle.

The away team´s Tommy Barnes took advantage of a mistake to the home side´s right in the 63rd minute increasing SWINDON´s lead to 1 - 7. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Athletico´s Mitchell Gorrie got himself booked. Garry Spence came close to extending the visitors lead as he, completely unmarked in front of the goal, lifted a ball over Howard Hill, hitting the bar. In the 84:th minute SWINDONs Garry Spence received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. The Athletico player was Alex Salter who had to be helped off the pitch, unable to finish the game, but Jeffrey Knock came in to finish the match. In the 85:th minute Athleticos Jeffrey Knock received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Jeffrey Knock challenged the visitors full backs eagerly, producing a good chance in the 86:th minute as he went for a through ball combination. But as so many times before, the guest´s defensive efforts got the best of it. When Jeffrey Knock made yet another studs first tackle, in the games 86th minute, the referee was obliged to book the Athletico player for the second time, sending him off the pitch. SWINDON held the ball, with a clear 81 percent possession rate.

The most dominating Athletico player was without a doubt Clemens Damiano. Darren Adamson on the other hand, had a terrible day. SWINDON´s best player was Carlo Schwarz. Ben Russell on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 7.

 

[GNH]

A good start to this campaign. Still in the cup and.............

GNH United - Red Starr  2 - 0  



13782 spectators arrived at GNH Shrimper Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. United tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Lineup: Tegner - Adolphus, Leinen, Anthony, Daniels - Roozekrans, Rolands, Mansbridge, Flanagan - Gazier, Harris.

Starr had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: O'Gorman - Redzin, Howell, Hibbert, Epple - Macdonald, Diaz, Bond, Lantos - Enelius, Billam.

Uniteds Jackie Rolands gave, after 1 minutes, the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right. Starr´s Darrell Macdonald refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon in the 19:th minute. The visitors equaliser seemed sure to come in the 31st minute, following a one on one situation, but Fredrik Tegner got the best of it, blocking the shot. In the games 38:th minute United´s Robbie Anthony fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee booked Robbie Anthony for taking a dive. 1 - 0 was the half-time score. United, bringing the final ball possession rate to 58 percent, dominated the battle.

Uniteds Ledley Harris got himself booked after a foul. Martin Enelius the unlucky victim, couldn´t continue the game, so Matteo Medori had to come off the bench. In the 56:th minute United´s Eric Mansbridge tried to nail the coffin shut, but the shot rebounded off the bar to fall behind the net. Shay Hibbert got left behind when United´s Ledley Harris made a sudden pull forward in the 58:th minute, finishing off with a swift strike. 2-0! In the 59:th minute Starrs Manuel Diaz received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. United, bringing the final ball possession rate to 57 percent, dominated the battle.

United´s best player was Eric Mansbridge. However, John Daniels made a disastrous appearance. Starr´s best player was Gerry Howell. Matteo Medori on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 0.

 

[Napster]

Lost 2-1 to last season&#39;s runners up. Bah.

 

[Surrey Blue]

Well i got off to a decent start with a 4-1 win and still in the cup after beating some northern monkey. Need promotion this year after losing out last year on 1 goal.

Also my Roots Hall undertook some refurbishment and now has a 23700 capacity.




killers boyz - Southend United FC 1 - 4

View game: HT Live
Date: 07/03/2004 at 18.00
MatchID: 16615515
Arena: killers boyz Arena
Crowd: 7000


7000 spectators had come to killers boyz Arena this cloudy day. killers had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Lineup: Corvalán - Dowling, Motale, Sprackling, MacLea - Barker, Stratz, Hill, Thomas - Filipovic, Scott.

Southend tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Loodus - Gibson, Nusum, Mårtensson - Singh, Rothwell, Di Tullio, Rorison, MacLean - Panagopoulos, Tiernan.

After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Southend´s Anders Mårtensson got himself booked. Southend´s 0 - 1 goal came from a questionable penalty. Michael Gibson struck that one home without a second thought. In the games 12th minute killers´s Slavoljub Filipovic fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee booked Slavoljub Filipovic for taking a dive. In the 20:th minute Southend put themselves up 0 - 2 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. Scorer was Anton Tiernan. In the 21st minute the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 3 as Brendan Rothwell finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. By now Southend were drawing the troops back in order to defend their lead. In the 31st minute Southends Dhimant Singh received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. The killers player was Gavin Dowling who had to be helped off the pitch, unable to finish the game, but Andy MacChoiter came in to finish the match. 0 - 3 was the half-time score. Southend held the ball, with a clear 51 percent possession rate.

Southend came close to extending their lead as Clyde Rorison delivered a long range shot from the right but the angle was too sharp, and the shot hit the side of the goal. The referee showed killerss Derrick Thomas the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. The visitors Brendan Rothwell took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side´s goalie and central backs in the 63rd minute. 0 - 4 for Southend. William Stratz of killers received a yellow card in the 63rd minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Andy MacChoiter of killers received a yellow card in the 65:th minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour. In the 67:th minute Nick Hill passed through the guests central line of defense, scoring the 1 - 4 goal. killers held the ball, with a clear 61 percent possession rate.

killers´s best player was William Stratz. However, Andrew Barker made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating Southend player was without a doubt Brendan Rothwell. However, Clyde Rorison made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 4.

 

[* ORM *]

For the uninitiated - where do I start ?

 

[Bob Cratchitt]

goto Hattrick Website.

See if you can prove yourself as good a manager as me

 

[blues_r_best]

A 4-2 loss. Not good.

Need new defenders.

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Holy cr*p... I&#39;m being totally shat on in the cup by a Level VI side...

5-0 down at half time, despite having 59% of possession first half. I only hope that my players can salvage some pride second half...

Does Hattrick have a facility whereby you can go into the dressing room and throw tea-cups around?&#33;

Matt

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Phew, we&#39;ve pulled one back. Some pride, at last. I obviously got into the changing room and flung a few tea-cups...

Matt

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

5-2 now, but down to 10 men. That Cilly (my right back) is in deep trouble now...

Matt

 

[Bob Cratchitt]

Just put your game into my HAM match viewer. Amos head butts opponent. Not nice.

 

[Bob Cratchitt]

MtS team in fight back 5-5 after 80mins.

Looks like I am going out of the cup 1-2 to another level V team

Oh well cant win them all.

 

[Surrey Blue]

3-2 cup win for me takes us into the 3rd round for the 1st time and the new and improved Roots Hall was packed to the rafters with all 23700 tickets being sold

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

<span style='font-size:17pt;line-height:100%'>TEN MEN! WE ONLY NEED TEN MEN! WE ONLY NEED TEN MEN...</span>

Not quite sure why my fans aren't dancing in the streets and erecting statues in my honour, but what the heck - I'm de-fuggin-lighted.

5-0 down at half time, 6-5 winners in extra-time.  Jolly glad the boys put in some stamina training during the close season...

<span style='color:navy'>Kelvedon Hatch 5 - 6 Southend United

A scorching day at kelvedon Hatch FC Arena, where 29741 spectators were in place for today´s match. People from all of Essex had joined up for the derby.

kelvedon tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Åkesson - Viilo, Gustavsson, Gustavsson - Abhasra, Mattauch, Bosmans, Chapman, Carllius - Sinclair, Rodland.

Southend had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Garfield - Cilly, Briones, Chana - Wai-Son, Bernhardsson, Widererberg, van de Beek, Lockhart - Askenbom, Moore.

kelvedon mostly ignored the flanks in favour of attacks in the middle. Southend saw most attack opportunites on the wings and were directing their passes that way. Johan Rodland gave his kelvedon the lead with 1 - 0, as he successfully challenged both the guests central defenders, then placed the ball unreachably at the goaltenders right post. In the game's 10:th minute kelvedon´s Sutep Abhasra limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. After 24 minutes Elias Gustavsson put kelvedon ahead 2 - 0 as he rose to head in a hooked ball, the result of an effort from the right side. The structure of the game started to change as kelvedon decided to pull back and meet their opponents in the defensive zone. kelvedon put themselves up 3 - 0 when Sven Gustavsson broke through on the right, leaving the entire defensive box behind him. In the 34:th minute of the match the visitors central line of defence had to look on as Sven Gustavsson dashed through, knocking home 4 - 0 for kelvedon. A speedy charge from the left side of the field put kelvedon lead up with 5 - 0. Johan Rodland finished that one off competently, firing from an acute angle. The teams went for a half-time break at 5 - 0. Southend held the ball, with a clear 59 percent possession rate.

A header from Brad Lockhart connected with a corner kick after 47 minutes, and the ball ended up with Tom Widererberg of Southend who shot the 5-1 goal. Southend managed to reduce a bit later to 5 - 2 as Andy Moore finished off a well played combination from the left, carving through the defensive box. In the games 59:th minute Southend´s Amos Cilly head butted an opponent nastily and so the referee sent him off immediately. A lovely rush by Southend's Andy Moore pastElias Gustavsson could have resulted in a goal, but the finish was just outside. The visitors replied in the games 77:th minute, scoring the 5 - 3 goal, as Andy Moore broke through from the left, easily lobbing the ball over the home teams keeper. Southend showed some good morale and were, in the 79:th minute, able to reduce the score to 5 - 4 as Björn Askenbom got past the home sides full backs straight in front of the goal. Some brilliant football from the visitors right wing resulted in a 80:th minute levelling of scores as Southends Pedro Briones equalised to 5 - 5. The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Southend, with an impressive 67 percent possession of the ball.

After the regular 90 minutes, the agony of overtime followed. Southend had a good opportunity to score the lead goal but the home team goaltender Rickard Åkesson saved Björn Askenbom´s shot headed for the top corner. A badly positioned defensive formation on a free kick in the 109:th minute led to Southend´s Rini van de Beek giving the visitors the lead 5 - 6. This put an end to extra time, making Southend the winners. The most dominating kelvedon player was without a doubt Rickard Åkesson. Jamie Sinclair on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Southend player was without a doubt Woo Wai-Son. Pedro Briones on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 5 - 6.</span>

Matt

 

[Barmy Army]

Just signed up, looks like a lot of fun, and a lot of work&#33;

Problem is now having to wait 4 or so days for a team&#33;&#33;&#33;