Matt Wills returned to the blogging arena last week with his Potless FC concept. He’s put together a team of decent players who never managed to win a cup, can he put that right? Here’s part two…

Hello, and welcome back to my new blog, taking a team of 90’s stalwarts who never won a major title, in a team that has never won a major title (you can catch up with Part 1 here).

I left you in part 1 on a run beyond my expectations with a front two of Beppe Signori and Stan Collymore scoring for fun. We’ll start back with league action and something of an oddity for us, a clean sheet, as we beat Barnsley 1-0. Shaw, he won’t let you down.

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Matt Wills is back with a new blog! What’s next in line for the man who brought Cantona out of retirement and got England’s class of 1990 back together? Over to Matt…

New Years Eve 2019. The wife and kids are in bed and I fire up CM97/98 to see in the new decade as I’ve promised Dave a new blog.

This will mean I’m in my 4^th decade with this game, I can scarcely believe it.

I played it (unwisely) during my A-Levels when first released and then again for a year or two in 2004/05, before picking it back up again in 2017 and doing some blogging for Dave, after reading his excellent stories.

Those of you who have followed some of my other blogs will know I love to tinker with the editor and loosely rewrite history, whether it’s bringing Cantona out of retirement to win the treble with Utd in 99 or giving the heroes of Italia 90 another crack at glory, I always find I’m drawn to a strong theme.

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