The Retirement Academy – Part 25: Ruud Boy

Well hello there! We only won the bloody Cup Winners Cup! That’s the good news. We are however 30 points off Feyenoord, who have already managed what we wanted to achieve by overhauling Ajax and they even went down to the 2nd tier first just to rub our noses in it.

Still, it’s a new season and the Micker didn’t retire. You’re still thinking about the bad news aren’t you?

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The Retirement Academy – Part 24: Penalty Points

Good day! It’s time to wrap up another season of the Retirement Academy where our mix of young and old are up to 9th after a ropey start. We’re also still in the Cup Winners Cup but we’re not exactly serial winners, so I won’t be expecting European football from that route. Can we just string together a few results to disturb the top 5?

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The Retirement Academy – Part 21: Happy Hour

Ahh the end of Season 7, the most finely poised of the seasons. Granted we are nowhere near achieving our aim of overhauling Ajax at the top of this infernal league but we are above PSV, so that’s a start. I’m not even sure the gap to Ajax is getting smaller year on year but nevertheless, we are still in the hunt for a European place next season either by league position or, if you will suspend reality for a minute, winning either the Pints Cup or the UEFA Cup. I won’t hold my breath.

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