Purchasing Property In The Premiership

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Game: FIFA 13
Mode: Manager Career
Difficulty: Legendary
Sliders: Orion's
Half Length: 15 Minutes
Financial Strictness: Strict
Currency: Euros
Europe In 1st Season: Check

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MEET THE MANAGER: BRIAN MCDERMOTT



PLAYING CAREER

Born in Slough, Berkshire, to Irish parents. His father hails from County Sligo and his mother comes from County Clare. McDermott joined Arsenal as an apprentice in January 1977, signing professional forms with the club in February 1979. He was a regular in Arsenal's reserve team, finishing as top scorer in the Football Combination in 1978–79, before making his début as a substitute against Bristol City on 10 March 1979. He did not properly break into the Arsenal first team until the 1980–81 season, notching 45 appearances (14 as sub) in all competitions in that season and 1981–82.

Unable to match his goalscoring rate at the top level, he featured much less in the 1982–83 and 1983–84 seasons and was loaned out twice by the Gunners: once to Fulham in 1983 and then to IFK Norrköping between April and October 1984, where he was named Sweden's Player of the Year. McDermott secured a permanent move to Oxford United in December 1984, having made 72 appearances (44 starts, 28 as sub) for Arsenal, scoring 13 goals.

McDermott's later career included a loan spell at Huddersfield Town, before stints at Cardiff City, Exeter City and Yeovil Town.

COACHING AND MANAGERIAL CAREER

After management positions at Slough Town and Woking, McDermott joined Reading as Chief Scout in September 2000, taking over from Maurice Evans. McDermott also became the under-19s and reserve team manager, before taking over as caretaker first team manager following the departure of Brendan Rodgers on 17 December 2009.

McDermott's first game in charge was a 1–1 draw at Bristol City with Simon Church grabbing a 90th minute equaliser for the Royals.

On January 2, 2010 McDermott's Reading took on Premier League side Liverpool in the FA Cup third round, taking the lead through Simon Church before Steven Gerrard equalised for Liverpool. The game ended in a 1–1 draw, earning the Royals a replay at Anfield on 13 January, during which Reading came from 1–0 down to win 2–1 after extra time thanks to a penalty from Gylfi Sigurdsson in stoppage time after 90 minutes and a header in extra time from Shane Long. This was McDermott's first victory in charge of Reading and the first ever for the club at Anfield.

The Royals went on to beat Premier League side Burnley 1–0 thanks to a late strike from Gylfi Sigurðsson to secure a place in the FA Cup fifth round.

On 27 January 2010 McDermott signed a 12-month rolling contract to become Reading's full-time manager. After that he led the Royals on a four-match winning streak in the league and into the quarter-finals of the FA Cup for the first time in 83 years after a 3–2 win over West Bromwich Albion. McDermott was nominated for Manager of the Month for February and won it in March.

McDermott oversaw another exciting FA Cup run in 2010-11, with victories over Premier League clubs West Brom and Everton before narrowly losing to eventual FA Cup winners Manchester City. In the Championship, the Royals recovered from a poor start to finish in 5th and secure a place in the Play-Offs. After a goalless first leg at the Madejski Stadium, Irish striker Shane Long scored twice in a 3-0 win at Cardiff to give Reading a trip to Wembley for the Play-Off Final on 30 May 2011, where his team lost 4-2 to Swansea City, managed by his old colleague, Brendan Rodgers.

The following season, on 17 April 2012, McDermott guided Reading to Premier League promotion with a 1-0 win against Nottingham Forest after a superb run of 15 wins in 17 games. On 14 May 2012, McDermott was named as the League Managers Association Championship Manager of the Year at the League Managers Association Awards.


Source - Wikipedia

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MEET THE SQUAD



GOALKEEPERS


1 - Adam Federici
21 - Alex McCarthy
31 - Mikkel Andersen
41 - Stuart Taylor
42 - Jonathan Henly

DEFENDERS


2 - Chris Gunter
3 - Nick Shorey
5 - Alex Pearce
6 - Adrian Mariappa
8 - Mikele Leigertwood
15 - Sean Morrison
17 - Kaspars Gorkss
23 - Ian Harte
24 - Shaun Cummings
32 - Nick Arnold
34 - Angus MacDonald
35 - Michael Hector
45 - Ryan Edwards
46 - Matt Partridge
47 - Pierce Sweeney

MIDFIELDERS


4 - Jem Karacan
11 - Jobi McAnuff
12 - Garath McCleary
16 - Jay Tabb
19 - Hal Robson-Kanu
20 - Danny Guthrie
25 - Jake Taylor
26 - Brynjar Gunnarsson
37 - Jordan Obita
38 - Charlie Losasso
40 - Lawson D'Ath
43 - Josh Webb

STRIKERS


7 - Pavel Pogrebnyak
9 - Adam Le Fondre
10 - Noel Hunt
14 - Jimmy Kebe
18 - Simon Church
27 - Karl Sheppard
29 - Nicholas Bignall
33 - Jason Roberts
36 - Gozie Ugwu
39 - Brett Williams
44 - Dominic Samuel

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UNITED COMPLETE MASCHERANO MOVE



From one often-injured backline to the next goes Javier Mascherano as Barcelona and Manchester United complete a 23 million Euro transfer of the converted centerback. The move will likely come as a huge surprise to Barca fans as starting centerbacks Gerard Pique and Carles Puyol have failed to remain healthy over the past couple of years. Mascherano converted from a midfielder to a respectable centerback, and now he'll be the fall-back option for United in case of yet another Nemanja Vidic injury.

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BARCELONA NAB HIGHLY COVETED COUTINHO



Barcelona have made a big move today to bolster their young midfield yet again by agreeing with Inter on a transfer of the young and talented Philippe Coutinho. The deal is said to be worth 17 million Euros.

The 20-year old Brazilian joins a surplus of very talented youth with Barcelona. The team already has Sergio Busquets, Andres Iniesta, Alexandre Song, and Cesc Fabregas who are all young and share the central midfield. Coutinho could still serve as a valuable transfer should a slew of injuries hit the Catalan side as well as in Copa Del Ray matches.

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Nice! I'll be following along

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looks great! keep it up! will be following!