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Cup Competitions 2027-28


Community Shield


As indicated previously, we’d once again battle Manchester City in the season-opening Community Shield and for a second year in a row, we’d lose. Sergio De la Vega would be sent off on a straight red after we already fell behind 1-0 and despite battling back to level the score at two, a Giorgos Spanoudakis 78th minute strike would send City to a 3-2 win in front of a capacity crowd at Wembley Stadium.

Dover 2 - 3 Manchester City


European Super Cup

2026/27 Europa League Champions R. Zaragoza S.A.D. would provide our competition in the European Super Cup and it was a very strictly called match, with an incredible TWELVE BOOKINGS but thankfully, no red cards. Still, Mwemere Mutesa was given a yellow card for a foul inside our penalty area and Moises Garrido made no mistake, knocking in a shot from the spot three minutes into first half injury time, sealing a 1-0 win for the Spanish side, adding to our early season misery.

Zaragoza 1 - 0 Dover


FIFA Club World Cup

This competition between continental winners pitted us against Japanese side Higashlosaka Rosa in the Semi-Finals. We’d take this relative minnow for granted and they would outplay us for long stretches of the game, even taking a shocking 1-0 lead. Neil Cairney finally level the score in the 61st minute and then substitute Andy Broomes would score just before the 90 minute mark to give us a hard-earned 2-1 win.

We’d then face Club Deportivo Necaxa from Mexico in the final and get a hat trick from Chiquinho and a brace from Paul Moses in a dominating 5-0 win.

DOVER WINS THE 2027 FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP!!!


League Cup


We were ousted in the quarterfinals in last year’s League Cup and vowed to play better in the competition this year. We’d struggle in our first match, a third round game against minnows Portsmouth, needing penalties to advance. We’d get cupcake matchups in the following two rounds as well, beating Championship side Blackburn 2-0 in the 4th round then League 2’s Luton Town 4-0 in the quarterfinals.

The semifinal saw us draw Premier League strugglers Middlesbrough and again, we rolled in the two game playoff by a 6-1 aggregate to set up a Championship final matchup against Manchester City. We utilized backups throughout the competition and I felt obligated to continue with that practice in the final. Unfortunately, a 73rd minute own goal by young fullback Gabriel Scolaro gave City the lead that they would never relinquish and we’d drop a tough 1-0 decision to our main rival in the finals.

3rd Round: Portsmouth 2 - 2 Dover (Dover wins 3-1 on penalties)
4th Round: Dover 2 - 0 Blackburn
Quarter Final: Dover 4 - 0 Luton Town
Semi Final, Leg 1: Middlesbrough 0 - 4 Dover
Semi Final, Leg 2: Dover 2 - 1 Middlesbrough
Final: Dover 0 - 1 Manchester City


F.A. Cup


We concentrate much more on the FA Cup and usually play our starters throughout the competition. Once again, the luck of the draw was on our side early and we’d DESTROY League 1 minnows Swindon Town and Southend by scores of 6-0 and 7-0 in our first two rounds. Championship side Stoke City was pushed aside in the 5th Round and brought yet another Cup matchup against Manchester City in the 6th Round. We’d get the best of them here, winning 2-1 to move into the semi final against Tottenham.

That neutral site matchup at a sold-out Wembley would see us get two goals from young striker Fernando Estrada, in for an injured Paul Moses, in a 4-2 win.

We’d reach the final and face Man United in an instant classic. We’d reach full-time scoreless but then substitute striker Paul Moses went absolutely berserk, scoring an extra time HAT TRICK!! Captain Chiquinho would also score a goal as we’d score FOUR GOALS in extra time to salt away a historic 4-0 win, our second FA Cup in team history!

3rd Round: Dover 6 - 0 Swindon Town
4th Round: Dover 7 - 0 Southend
5th Round: Dover 2 - 0 Stoke City
6th Round: Dover 2 - 1 Manchester City
Semi Final: Dover 4 - 2 Tottenham
Final: Dover 4 - 0 Manchester United (extra time)

DOVER WINS THE 2027/28 ENGLISH FA CUP!!!


Champions League


We had a very reasonable draw in Champions League group play, getting Spartak Moscow, HSV and Sparta Prague.

We’d dominate in our first group stage game, destroying Prague 7-1 and would coast from there, with only a 1-1 draw against HSV keeping us from being perfect.

For the second straight year, we’d get an absolute NIGHTMARISH draw in the 1st Knockout Round. Last year we got Olympique Lyonnais and this year? How about Barcelona?!! At Camp Nou in game one, we’d get a 12th minute goal from Chiquinho to squeak by the home side 1-0 then follow it up with a dominating performance in the second leg, winning 3-1 to move forward 4-1 on aggregate!

We’d get a decent draw in the Quarter Finals, getting fellow English side Tottenham. It wasn’t even a contest, as we’d win by a whopping 6 goals on aggregate to once again move onto the semi finals of the competition.

There, we’d draw HSV, one of the clubs we faced in the Group stage and the only club to match us in the competition thus far. We had the home advantage in game one and a Jose Guzman 58th minute goal would actually stand up, as HSV would SHOCK us at Crabble Athletic Ground 1-0. This despite us outshooting them 24-3 in the match! We’d need a HUGE performance in the return leg in Hamburg and we’d GET IT! We’d get first half goals from Fernando Estrada, who kept coming up with huge performances in Paul Moses’ absence, Benedikt Raab and Chiquinho and then watched as Digao got a straight red card in the 43rd minute. Raab would score again in the second half, as we’d win 4-0 in a walk to head to our second straight final!

There, at Turk Telekom Arena in Istanbul, Turkey, we’d face Italian division leaders Juventus in the final. Unfortunately, our team didn’t show up at all in this one, giving up two early goals to Ibrahim Martins and we’d lose 2-0 in a very disappointing end to a very busy season.

Group E, Game 1: Dover 7 - 1 Sparta Prague
Group E, Game 2: Spartak Moscow 2 - 4 Dover
Group E, Game 3: Dover 1 - 1 HSV
Group E, Game 4: HSV 2 - 4 Dover
Group G, Game 5: Sparta Prague 0 - 4 Dover
Group G, Game 6: Dover 4 - 0 Spartak Moscow

1st Knockout Round, Leg 1: Barcelona 0 - 1 Dover
1st Knockout Round, Leg 2: Dover 3 - 1 Barcelona

Quarter Final, Leg 1: Dover 2 - 0 Tottenham
Quarter Final, Leg 2: Tottenham 0 - 4 Dover

Semi Final, Leg 1: Dover 0 - 1 HSV
Semi Final, Leg 2: HSV 0 - 4 Dover

Final: Juventus 2 - 0 Dover


UEFA Champions League 2027-28 Awards


- Top Goalscorer: Julio, Juventus - 12
- Most Assists: Robin Franz, Palermo - 7
- Highest Average Rating: Fernando Estrada, Dover - 7.99 (7 apps)
- Most Man of Match Awards: Ernest Do Marcolino, Porto - 4
- UEFA Champions League Best Player: Julio, Juventus - 12 apps 12 gls 3 asts 7.75 avg

We were fortunate to hold Julio off the scoresheet in the Champions League final but he did more than enough damage in earlier rounds to win the Golden Boot and Top Player awards. Benedikt Raab finished in second place for the second year in a row in the Best Player competition and young Fernando Estrada had his coming out party for us in this competition and had the best overall rating throughout the Champions League campaign.


UEFA Champions League 2027-28 Dream Team


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A weird glitch it seems, as the game seemingly forgot to name a Dream Team for this year. The game crashes every single time I try to go to the screen to see this particular year’s Dream Team. Oh well.

Another phenomenal year, with a Premier League title, a FIFA World Cup win AND an FA Cup win, along with being Champions League finalists!