Amici benvenuti! It’s Friday in CM97/98 world and my group of outsiders find themselves 2nd in Serie A and still in the Coppa Italia and UEFA Cup. So let’s see what this week brings…
Up first is a trip to France for the 2nd leg of our UEFA Cup 4th round tie with Bordeaux. Hofland has formed a solid partnership with Okoronkwo and he shows that he is just as handy at the opposite end as he heads in from a corner to give us a half time lead. The 2nd half is quiet, but we consolidate our lead and prevent Bordeaux from having a single shot at goal in their own back yard.
Happy Monday! Matt’s collecting Man Utd youngsters again so let’s see how he’s getting on
Hello and welcome back to my Monday blog, where I’m giving the young players that didn’t make the grade at Manchester United a fresh chance of glory in the red, white and black, guided by some veterans keen for a last hurrah. There’s familiar names in our squad and a few unknowns.
At the end of part 1, despite succumbing to a hatrick by the Divine Mullet (Mark Hateley), we are sitting pretty at the top of Division Three, spearheaded by the goals of David Brown.
Our action picks up in late October and that man Brown seals a thrilling encounter with 3rd place Barnet with a late, late header.
Good morning! A big happy new year from all of us at cm9798.co.uk. Luckily, our blogger contracts have rolled over to 2021 so Matt is here to take you back to Wales for a new season.
A Happy New Year to you all. 2020 had it’s ups and (mainly) downs but we’re still here, playing CM9798 and blogging away. Time to embrace a fresh start and throw away the Bounty’s in the tub (no one will eat them anyway), stick Michael Buble back in the freezer and ring in the new year.
Our fresh start is life in the Premier League – we made it out of Division One via the playoffs at the second time of asking and my Welsh lads are keen to make their mark on the big time, plus this season ends with Japan 2002 and I aim to get Wales there.
Last time out, our promotion celebrations were tempered by the vultures circling on some of our brightest and most talented young players.
Just before the end of season update, John Toshack bid for David Parry to join his Welsh revolution at Aston Villa. Tosh had already robbed me of Mark Cross in the summer break and Parry has the dreaded Big Club Release clause, so hitting reject only hopes to increase the transfer fee really…..
Hola! and welcome to the finale of season 3 with the Basque Boys. We won’t be defending our Copa Del Rey crown, but we’re 4th in the league and in the Cup Winners’ Cup Final. 3rd spot is still achievable, and if we can secure that and win our 1st European title, that would be a great season. Let the story continue…
We begin at home to Deportivo. It’s 2-1 at half time after Etxebe’s 9th and 10th goals of the season with a Kanu goal for Depor in between. Etxebe isn’t finished and gets his hat trick after the restart and adds a 4th just past the hour. He seems to do better in a 2-3-1-2-2 so this may be something to look at, but the other end where I have concerns.
Merry Monday! For one final time this year, we’re off Wales to see if Cardiff can finally make it to the Premier League. See you in 2021 Matt!
It’s Monday, we’re mid-table, we’re in Division One – it can only mean time for the end of season run in to see if’ll be holding out for a hero or stage a convincing turnaround (bright eyes) in form to reach the promised land of the Premier League.
Maybe it’s too early on a Monday for Bonnie Tyler song lyric puns?
Why not start with some 4th round FA Cup action to distract us from our league gloom?
Well, what about that then? A convincing demolition of the baggies if ever I saw one. Drinks on Queen Street tonight boyo.
Peter might well be the most educated man I know. That or he just makes all of this up. He’s certainly got Alloa reading well having finally won the SPL last week. What will the new season bring?
“When people cease to believe in God,” G.K. Chesterton once wrote, “they come to believe not in nothing, but in anything.” Christopher Hitchens added “When people cease to trust the word of authorities, they often become not more sceptical, but more credulous. A truly hard-headed person could object that those who believe in God or in the benign ways of government were already prepared to believe in anything.” But there is one thing you now have to believe in is the well-nigh unbelievable truth that Alloa are the reigning Scottish Champions.
Yes, the ultimate Alba silverware is shining brightly in the Rec trophy…shed, operating a strict two-in-two-out policy as half of the wooden shack is taken by the groundsman’s lawn mower and kettle.
First bit of business out of the way and I don the perm and await the backlash on the stadium steps. No one turns up so I slip off to the pub for a quick pint…
Hola compañeros gerentes! We’re back in Bilbao for another feast of Friday football. The Basque Boys currently sit in 4th place in La Liga, 2 points behind 3rd-placed Valencia, but 17 points behind Real Madrid in 2nd, so 3rd place is realistically the best we can hope for. Let us continue…
We begin with a visit from Sevilla, who after finishing 8th last year following promotion, are struggling in 18th currently. We start well and after a string of chances we take the lead on half an hour through Laslandes’ 24th league goal of the season. Sevilla have the better of the 2nd half, but it’s a repeat of the score the last time we played them.
It’s a big welcome back to Nathan as he embarks on a new save. Last week we had the tragic news that the world had lost one of the greatest players ever to play the game. Here, Nathan pays homage to a legend with a new save in Naples…
Hello Everyone and welcome to my new blog save. As I am sure you are all well aware we lost one of the greatest (perhaps the greatest??) footballers to ever play the game when Diego Armando Maradona sadly passed away at the age of 60. He was both loved and hated, sometimes both at the same time, who lit up any stadium he graced. Whilst his off field life wasn’t exactly brilliant on the pitch I don’t think anyone could argue with his raw, natural talent.
When I was growing up the only two players thought of as the greatest of all time were Pele & Maradona. Although I had never seen Maradona play he was the player my dad told me was the greatest ever, as well as being a massive cheat. The game that sums this up better than any is of course the infamous game against England at the 1986 World Cup Finals. The “Hand of God” was one of the most blatant bits of cheating ever seen but Maradona’s 2nd goal in that game is considered the best ever at a World Cup Finals.
Happy Saturday! Philip is back in Belgium as Beveren look to build on their great start to season two.
Hallo allemaal!
Hier zijn we weer! Last week we couldn’t have had a better start with 7 straight victories. We are leading the league; Club Brugge and Anderlecht are following closely.
Just like a Red Shirted Star Trek officer on a recently deunionised USS Enterprise, we’re up for whatever punishment those in authority deem necessary for the continuation of their decadent and self-indulgent righteousness of expanding the human seed throughout the universe. In this case, planet Kilt is occupied by the authoritative FA and their adroit actions to ensure their darling Rangers continued domination. No toupee wearing corset squeezed stuttering smooth talker can. Steer. Them. Off. Course.
But what’s this? Has the Scottish FA and Rangers’ loveboat sailed and sunk? Or is this dalliance a myth on the scale of playing Classical Gas after midnight conjuring up the Cuca from beneath the floorboards to scuttle and scratch under the bed at night. Do not bend down or make eye contact with those flaming eyes should you be foolish enough to investigate. What you should turn your eyes to is the league table which shows the horror of Rangers’ appalling start to the season, losing three games already. Celtic have joined us in celebration by putting as much daylight between us as possible, least those brown paper envelopes be couriered by a new postal company.
