Football League Trophy Manager 97-98 – P11: The Curious Case of the Bald Hamster & The Missing Belgian | @KingOfTheRooks & The Blog Squad

Welcome back to a blog so dry Zak’s hamster has gone bald from boredom. What have we been feeding you? If you momentarily forgot why you existed, you can catch up here.

We left last week with Rob still top despite a few bumps and the loss of key players.

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Football League Trophy Manager 97-98 – P10: Goals Galore | @KingOfTheRooks & The Blog Squad

Hello, and welcome back to what happens when you run out of ideas. We’ll try and bring some entertainment out this week, but it’s tough up here in the Scottish third division. If you missed last week, you can peel your retinas off with a bic razor here.

The cups are back, which means little to no league action in this here episode. News just in:

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Football League Trophy Manager 97-98 – P07: Peace, Love and Getting Beat Every Week | @KingOfTheRooks & The Blog Squad

Hello and welcome back to another week of are they still here. Yes. Yes, we are. Where’s Philip though? F*** knows. If you missed last week, and you want the sensation of rubbing broken glass in your eyes, well, you can catch up here.

How did we leave the table last week?

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Return of the King: Kenny Do It Again? P04 | @KingOfTheRooks

Welcome back to the final part in our latest historic squad recall. So far so good, we’re running United to the wire. Sutton (33) and Shearer (35) are battling it out for the top scorer in the league and with at least 10 games plus cups to go, I’d hope they’ll get a few more. You can catch-up here.

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Return of the King: Kenny Do It Again? P01 | @KingOfTheRooks

Seeing as I have stolen back the Sunday slot, here’s Andrew in his new home of Wednesday. What better way to spend your hump day? He’s got a brand new idea too…

Hello, and welcome back to another series of bringing a squad back to life for an unwise crack at the Premier League of 1997-98. This time, its Blackburn Rovers. Had Kenny Dalglish not resigned as manager following the title win, and the squad had been kept together, would things have been rosier? The only way to find out. Put them back in CM9798 and see what happens! Let’s take a look at the squad.

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