How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

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UD Las Palmas
Los Amarillos

August 2014

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"><table class="osdyn" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="575"><tbody><tr class="masthead"><td colspan="4">Aug 23, 2014 - SD Ponferradina vs UD Las Palmas</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="61%">TEAM</td><td align="right" width="12%">1</td><td align="right" width="12%">2</td><td align="right" width="15%">SCORE</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>SD Ponferradina (0-0-1)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td class="active" align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>UD Las Palmas (1-0-0)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td class="active" align="right">3</td></tr></tbody></table>

Araujo 54'
Nauzet (PEN) 60'
Nauzet 64'

UD Las Palmas opened the Liga Adelante season on the road at SD Ponferradina and used 3 goals in a span of 10 minutes to get a 3-0 win. Most of the chances in this game would come from Las Palmas. The first was in the 34th minute when Sergio Araujo hit the post with a header. Araujo wouldn't be denied though, and the Argentine striker opened the scoring in the 54th minute when he beat Ponferradina goalkeeper Francisco Prieto with a shot into the left corner. Defender Lucas Domínguez would then take down Nauzet in the box in the 60th minute and a penalty was awarded. The Spanish midfielder stepped up and converted his chance to double Las Palmas' lead to 2-0. Nauzet was not finished as he scored on a shot from the top of the box in the 64th minute. Yuri and Cristian Fernández combined for two shots for Ponferradina in the 68th minute, but Las Palmas goalkeeper Casto was up to the challenge to keep a clean sheet.

MotM: Nauzet

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Araujo 16'
Valerón 28'
Momo 49'

UD Las Palmas' Estadio Gran Canaria opener was a success as Paco Herrera's team triumphed over visitors Sabadell FC 3-0. The opening goal came in the 16th minute when Valerón supplied Sergio Araujo with a pass, and the striker beat Sabadell goalkeeper Nauzet for his second goal in as many matches. 12 minutes later Las Palmas got another goal as Javi Castellano sent a cross into the box that Araujo headed off the post. The ball bounced straight to Valerón, and the 39-year-old veteran tapped a shot into an open net. Shortly after halftime, Momo made it 3-0 with a shot past Nauzet after the goalkeeper made an original save on Momo's first attempt. Javi Hervás had Sabadell's first quality attempt in the 54th minute, but his header sailed over the crossbar. Valerón was denied a brace in the 59th minute when his shot rang off the post. Las Palmas goalkeeper Casto would make saves on Antonio Hidalgo and Collantes in the 62nd and 68th minutes to keep his second clean sheet in as many games.

MotM: Araujo

Las Palmas Player of the Month



ST Sergio Araujo, 68 Ovr, Argentina, 22 years old

Sergio Araujo, a striker on loan to Las Palmas from Argentine club Boca Juniors, earned the club's Player of the Month award for August as he scored 2 game winners in the month. Araujo had the decisive strikes against SD Ponferradina and Sabadell FC, both 3-0 wins for Las Palmas who now sit atop the Liga Adelante table.

Liga Adelante Table
1. UD Las Palmas - 6 pts
2. Real Betis - 6 pts
3. Real Zaragoza - 6 pts
4. CA Osasuna - 6 pts
5. Sporting Gijón - 6 pts
6. Racing Santander - 4 pts
7. CD Numancia - 4 pts
8. Real Valladolid - 3 pts
9. CD Lugo - 3 pts
10. CD Leganés - 3 pts
11. CD Tenerife - 3 pts
12. Girona CF - 3 pts
13. SD Ponferradina - 3 pts
14. Sabadell FC - 3 pts
15. RC Recreativo - 1 pts
16. AD Alcorcón - 1 pts
17. RCD Mallorca - 1 pts
18. UE Llagostera - 1 pts
19. CD Mirandés - 0 pts
20. Deportivo Alavés - 0 pts
21. Albacete - 0 pts
22. FC Barcelona B - 0 pts

Liga Adelante Top Scorers
1(t). Rubén Castro (Real Betis) - 3
1(t). Cedrick (CA Osasuna) - 3
2(t). Óscar (Real Valladolid) - 2
2(t). Velasco (CD Leganés) - 2
2(t). Nauzet (UD Las Palmas) - 2

Liga Adelante Clean Sheets
1(t). Iván Cuéllar (Sporting Gijón) - 2
1(t). Casto (UD Las Palmas) - 2
2(t). Riesgo (CA Osasuna) - 1
2(t). José Juan (CD Lugo) - 1
2(t). Biel Ribas (CD Numancia) - 1

Manager's Thoughts
A great way to open the Liga Adelante season as we dispatched of SD Ponferradina and Sabadell FC by equal 3-0 margins. Our scoring attack was dangerous as Sergio Araujo and Nauzet both have 2 goals in 2 games. Valerón showed that despite being 39, he's still got a lot of quality football left in him. Casto didn't face a ton of shots in goal, but when he did, he was a rock keeping 2 clean sheets. Currently we sit in 1st place in the table, which would be automatic promotion. However, the season is very young and 4 other sides also have 6 points through 2 matches, so we need to keep playing quality football.

Las Palmas Youth Academy
The following player has not been signed:

UNK Diego Gonzalez, 43-57 Ovr, 59-79 Pot, Spain, 16 years old

Training Ground Injury
After the win against Sabadell FC, we got some bad news as it was revealed left back Christian Fernández suffered an ACL injury in training and will be out 4 months while he recovers. Fernández provided quality depth in supporting our starter, Dani Castellano, so someone will need to step up in his absence.

September 2014 Fixtures
9/3 - at Albacete
9/6 - vs Real Valladolid
9/13 - at Real Zaragoza
9/20 - at FC Barcelona B
9/24 - vs Real Betis
9/27 - at CD Leganés

September is a busy month for us as we have 6 matches, with 4 of them being on the road. We have big showdowns with 2nd place Real Betis and 3rd place Real Zaragoza with the Betis match at home and Zaragoza away. However, we also face the bottom two teams in the Liga Adelante table, Albacete and FC Barcelona B. I'm shooting for 5 wins and 1 draw, with the draw being on the road at Zaragoza. That would give us 16 of a possible 18 points and likely keep us at the top of the table. I realize this is a high projection, but I have confidence in our squad and believe we can get the job done.

[Keano16]

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[SIZE=4]UD Las Palmas
[B]Los Amarillos

Terrific start! Two 3-0 wins and two clean sheets is impressive. Keep it going and promotion should be well doable. Valeron has still got it! How is Araujo to play with? I was looking at bringing him in next season.

[texasbum06]

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Portsmouth FC
FIFA 15 - Season 1

Pompey's March to the Top

February 2015

F.A. Cup Replay
Nottingham Forest 1 - 2 Portsmouth FC
NOT - Antonio 21'
POR - Barcham 21', 100'
MOTM: Cropper

Grimmer dribbled down the right side of the box and and took the ball to the end line before picking out Barcham in the box for a far post shot. Lansbury sent a ball over the top of the defense for Antonio to go one on one with the keeper and beat him on the near post. Barcham got the ball ahead of the defense on the counter and just as the keeper came out to him he slipped the ball under him for the deciding goal in extra time.

Portsmouth FC 0 - 0 York City
MOTM: Ingham

The possession remained fairly even between the two sides, but Portsmouth saw the better chances throughout the game more than doubling York City's shots on goal. Ingham was up to the task in goal for York City though and kept the score even to earn a point.

Portsmouth FC 1 - 0 Oxrod United
POR - Pack 56'
MOTM: Pack

Pack got the ball at midfield and went on a huge solo run down the field and took the ball into the right side of the box before firing it back across to the opposite corner for the only goal of the match.

Tranmere Rovers 0 - 2 Portsmouth FC
POR - Barcham 9', Tubbs 45'
MOTM: Ertl

Barcham dribbled down the left wing and cut the ball back towards the center and used his right foot to fire a shot past the keeper. Ertl found Tubbs up the middle with a long through ball and he went through on goal and fired a shot to the far post to double the lead.

F.A. Cup Round of 16
Burnley FC 1 - 3 Portsmouth FC
BUR - Taylor 26'
POR - Fogden 13', 90', Pack 90'
MOTM: Pack

Fogden attacked down the right side of the box and faked a shot to get around the defense and cut the ball inside and fire a shot inside the far post. Taylor got the ball on the left side and cut it inside and hit it across the goal into the top right corner. Barcham attacked down the left side of the box and sent a low ball across for Fogden to tap in on the far post. Barcham sent a corner into the box and Pack was able to rise above the defense and head it past the keeper and into the net.

Portsmouth FC 4 - 1 Mansfield Town
POR - McCallum 57', 79' (PEN), Atangana 72', Butler 90'
MAN - Oliver 68'
MOTM: McCallum

McCallum took away a terrible pass from the defender and went through one on one with the keeper to beat him on the far post. Oliver got the ball down the middle and was able to slot it past the keeper into the bottom left corner. Atangana got past the defense on the right side of the box and fired a shot that was kept out and fell right back to his feet and he was able to put the second one into the back of the net. McCallum converted a penalty using a hesitation and then hit it perfectly into the top left corner. Butler got the ball off a throw in and took a touch past the defender and fired from outside of the box perfectly into the top right corner of the goal.

Southend United 0 - 3 Portsmouth FC
POR - Fogden', Barcham 58', Tubbs 84'
MOTM: Hollands

Hollands found Fogden on the right side of the box and he placed the ball across the goal to the far post to beat the keeper. Barcham dribbled the ball in from the left wing and got to the middle of the box before firing into the top right corner. Hollands broke free down the right wing and sent a low ball into the box for Tubbs to slide and tap in.

League Table



Youth Academy

Manuel Hahn - 15 yrs old, Germany, RM, 59-63 OVR, 83-89 Potential, Winger
Matt Rhead - 16 yrs old, England, ?, 37-43 OVR, 70-82 Potential, ?
Tafari Makasi - 17 yrs old, England, GK, 46-50 OVR, 73-81 Potential, Goal

Keeper

Monthly Highlights

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Manager Comments

F.A. Cup - We were able to win the replay against Nottingham Forest with an extra time goal to advance to the round of 16 of the F.A. Cup. We took on struggling Premier side Burnley afterwards and we knew they could be dangerous since they play in the top division. We took care of business though and saw ourselves through to the quarter final. We will now face Cardiff City with a chance to move into the semi-final. We are beyond excited to be playing this late into the cup, and we hope we can go one step further still.

Andy Barcham - Andy has been outstanding so far this season. He leads all scorers in the league with 19 goals, and his form is a huge part of what makes our attack so dangerous. He has really been the most instrumental player in our success as a club so far this year.

League Lead - Despite our lead dropping five points, we still have a commanding lead over the rest of the competition. It is hard to imagine us not winning the league at this point, but we still need to maintain our focus or else we could become part of the biggest collapse in recent history.

[Keano16]

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Portsmouth FC
FIFA 15 - Season 1

Pompey's March to the Top

March 2015

Spoiler

F.A. Cup Replay
Nottingham Forest 1 - 2 Portsmouth FC
NOT - Antonio 21'
POR - Barcham 21', 100'
MOTM: Cropper

Grimmer dribbled down the right side of the box and and took the ball to the end line before picking out Barcham in the box for a far post shot. Lansbury sent a ball over the top of the defense for Antonio to go one on one with the keeper and beat him on the near post. Barcham got the ball ahead of the defense on the counter and just as the keeper came out to him he slipped the ball under him for the deciding goal in extra time.

Portsmouth FC 0 - 0 York City
MOTM: Ingham

The possession remained fairly even between the two sides, but Portsmouth saw the better chances throughout the game more than doubling York City's shots on goal. Ingham was up to the task in goal for York City though and kept the score even to earn a point.

Portsmouth FC 1 - 0 Oxrod United
POR - Pack 56'
MOTM: Pack

Pack got the ball at midfield and went on a huge solo run down the field and took the ball into the right side of the box before firing it back across to the opposite corner for the only goal of the match.

Tranmere Rovers 0 - 2 Portsmouth FC
POR - Barcham 9', Tubbs 45'
MOTM: Ertl

Barcham dribbled down the left wing and cut the ball back towards the center and used his right foot to fire a shot past the keeper. Ertl found Tubbs up the middle with a long through ball and he went through on goal and fired a shot to the far post to double the lead.

F.A. Cup Round of 16
Burnley FC 1 - 3 Portsmouth FC
BUR - Taylor 26'
POR - Fogden 13', 90', Pack 90'
MOTM: Pack

Fogden attacked down the right side of the box and faked a shot to get around the defense and cut the ball inside and fire a shot inside the far post. Taylor got the ball on the left side and cut it inside and hit it across the goal into the top right corner. Barcham attacked down the left side of the box and sent a low ball across for Fogden to tap in on the far post. Barcham sent a corner into the box and Pack was able to rise above the defense and head it past the keeper and into the net.

Portsmouth FC 4 - 1 Mansfield Town
POR - McCallum 57', 79' (PEN), Atangana 72', Butler 90'
MAN - Oliver 68'
MOTM: McCallum

McCallum took away a terrible pass from the defender and went through one on one with the keeper to beat him on the far post. Oliver got the ball down the middle and was able to slot it past the keeper into the bottom left corner. Atangana got past the defense on the right side of the box and fired a shot that was kept out and fell right back to his feet and he was able to put the second one into the back of the net. McCallum converted a penalty using a hesitation and then hit it perfectly into the top left corner. Butler got the ball off a throw in and took a touch past the defender and fired from outside of the box perfectly into the top right corner of the goal.

Southend United 0 - 3 Portsmouth FC
POR - Fogden', Barcham 58', Tubbs 84'
MOTM: Hollands

Hollands found Fogden on the right side of the box and he placed the ball across the goal to the far post to beat the keeper. Barcham dribbled the ball in from the left wing and got to the middle of the box before firing into the top right corner. Hollands broke free down the right wing and sent a low ball into the box for Tubbs to slide and tap in.

League Table



Youth Academy

Manuel Hahn - 15 yrs old, Germany, RM, 59-63 OVR, 83-89 Potential, Winger
Matt Rhead - 16 yrs old, England, ?, 37-43 OVR, 70-82 Potential, ?
Tafari Makasi - 17 yrs old, England, GK, 46-50 OVR, 73-81 Potential, Goal

Keeper

Monthly Highlights

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Manager Comments

F.A. Cup - We were able to win the replay against Nottingham Forest with an extra time goal to advance to the round of 16 of the F.A. Cup. We took on struggling Premier side Burnley afterwards and we knew they could be dangerous since they play in the top division. We took care of business though and saw ourselves through to the quarter final. We will now face Cardiff City with a chance to move into the semi-final. We are beyond excited to be playing this late into the cup, and we hope we can go one step further still.

Andy Barcham - Andy has been outstanding so far this season. He leads all scorers in the league with 19 goals, and his form is a huge part of what makes our attack so dangerous. He has really been the most instrumental player in our success as a club so far this year.

League Lead - Despite our lead dropping five points, we still have a commanding lead over the rest of the competition. It is hard to imagine us not winning the league at this point, but we still need to maintain our focus or else we could become part of the biggest collapse in recent history.

Good month, again. Congrats on getting through the FA Cup games. Burnley, being a Premier League side, was a good win. The gap at the top is still huge at 15 points. I guess you can focus on the FA Cup now.

[Keano16]

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Well guys, I won't be on here for 3 weeks because I'm going to Irish College and there's no phones or anything allowed there. See ya then and I look forward to catching up on everyone's careers!

[_ChicoBass]

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[center]Portsmouth FC
FIFA 15 - Season 1

Pompey's March to the Top

March 2015

Wow man you have become the dark horse of the FA Cup! I'm not gonna say much about it because I don't want to jinx it but best of luck! How are those prize monies stacking up? And what the hell happened to Wimbledon??? They were at the top of the table consistently and after the January window their season went down the drain.


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EDIT: Oh and by the way I really enjoy your highlights videos. It was a great idea and quite unique as nobody else does that. I was surprised not to see any free kick goals scored this month since that has become your trademark! I think my favorite goal has to be the very first one on the video. Your teammates movement and your vision to pick up on it immediately resulted in a really nice goal. Did you just hold the pass button for that one or did you use the ground cross buttons? I still haven't been trying ground crosses as much as I should.

[_ChicoBass]

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Well guys, I won't be on here for 3 weeks because I'm going to Irish College and there's no phones or anything allowed there. See ya then and I look forward to catching up on everyone's careers!

Feels like everybody's leaving :'( what is Irish college by the way? Is it a 3 week school program or something else?


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[_ChicoBass]

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[SIZE=4]UD Las Palmas
[B]Los Amarillos

August 2014

I like the scoreboard you use in your match summaries. Something different from what we all do. On my phones app they show as just a bunch of letters and numbers but when I opened your post in web view I was like "ahhh okay I see what he's doing" lol. Well, a perfect start to the season with two big 3-0 wins that surely have the press placing you as the team to watch out for this season. Shame to see you will have a player out for 4 months but at least he wasn't a starter. How old was that player? I hope he wasn't too old because I hate it when a player begins to decrease in stats while he's out for an injury. Watch out for Barcelona B. They may be at the bottom of the table but they have some great individual talent that can cause damage.


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[Simppu12]

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Feels like everybody's leaving :'( what is Irish college by the way? Is it a 3 week school program or something else?


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If I recall correctly it's like regular school/college but it's in Irish or Gaelic, I'm not sure right now which language it was. I could be mistaken, though.

Also, have a nice Irish college, Keano!

[_ChicoBass]

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The squad is looking awful! On paper, anyway. I wanted to make it difficult for myself and that's exactly what i've done.

Because Athlone Town expect me to finish above the relegation spots (and because EA are rubbish) i'll probably get fired straight away if I don't avoid relegation. I have no idea what i'll do then!

The debt steers me away from transfers with actual money and it forces me to do more free transfers (vast majority of lower league transfers are free in real life so why not?) and get more loans/pre-contracts on players who have £750 wages. I've also got no transfer scouts so I have no idea how good people are. (once again, I promise i won't cheat and look on sofifa or something)

The only thing i'm not decided about is if I should try and keep the team irish or if i should buy players from different nations...

I'd say keep it Irish! You're the only Irish team in the English division you gotta represent! At least that's what I would do lol completely up to you though. As you said most of the lower league transfers are free and there will be a lot of expiring contracts. To find the most players with a $750 wage you're gonna have to stick with players from League 1 and 2. I'm not sure how much the players from the Irish leagues get paid but all of the players in league 2 will be getting $750 and most of league 1 as well. Without GTN scouts you won't be able to see their value/wage but a little trick is that during the transfer window click on a player and go to "approach for loan" and the next screen will show you their wage even if you have not scouted them. After that you can either send the loan offer, or just back out and try getting them on a permanent or future deal. Check if John Egan has a $750 wage. From what I can remember he was one of my Irish players at AFC Wimbledon and he did well. At Wimbledon I only signed UK players. It seems like you have set yourself up for failure, but that's what this career is all about! Getting knocked down and kicked by the Irish FA with nowhere to go and being reborn in the English system!

Nice one! Your first player in the 80's! Great to see that he got into the National Team too. Your youth players are also growing very well. Some of your best players (Ovr wise) are not even 20 yet. Tell me, how are their physical stats growing?

Mexico now; Not the best international break to have before a World Cup but at least it prepares you a little for going a man down. If that ever happens in the World Cup. Of course I have to be happy with Ireland winning though! [emoji14]



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I knew that of all the people here you would enjoy that defeat to Ireland! I gotta I'm surprised though. I underestimated them and came out with the B-Team and they beat me up good.

Vinuesa Ramos (77 OVR) and Martinez (75 OVR) have grown everything except their physical stats. No growth in physical at all. Romeu (78 OVR) has shown growth in all physical stats except reactions. His highest growth in physical is a +5 and his lowest is a +2. I don't mind that he hasn't grown in reactions though since it's already a 78 stat. I think Vinuesa Ramos and Romeu were promoted at the same time but Romeu has been a good starter at RB while Ramos has been with the B-Team and has been inconsistent. Ramos is supposed to be one of my top players because of his overall but he's inconsistent and I find his game very one sided with extremely high defensive stats and not much else.


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[jamiec47]

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God ****ing damn it. My internet connection went and I lost all of my update! I'll try my best to recall everything and make it up to scratch

[texasbum06]

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Wow man you have become the dark horse of the FA Cup! I'm not gonna say much about it because I don't want to jinx it but best of luck! How are those prize monies stacking up? And what the hell happened to Wimbledon??? They were at the top of the table consistently and after the January window their season went down the drain.


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EDIT: Oh and by the way I really enjoy your highlights videos. It was a great idea and quite unique as nobody else does that. I was surprised not to see any free kick goals scored this month since that has become your trademark! I think my favorite goal has to be the very first one on the video. Your teammates movement and your vision to pick up on it immediately resulted in a really nice goal. Did you just hold the pass button for that one or did you use the ground cross buttons? I still haven't been trying ground crosses as much as I should.

Thanks man! I noticed Wimbledon slipping as well, it made me a little sad. I was looking forward to moving into League One with them next season!

As far as money, here is how it has stacked up in all competitions so far:
J. Paint Trophy - £6,239
Capital One Cup - £13,258
F.A. Cup - £298,349

That first play was with the grounded cross. It's one of my favorite ways to score is to dribble down to the end line and try to pick out a player with it. That play in particular lined up really well since I saw him move towards the inside and sent the ball there rather than just across the face. The strike afterwards was perfectly inside the far post too.

I'm glad that you like the highlights! I thought it would be a good idea and I'm glad that some of you guys have liked it.

[sportsfreak96]

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[texasbum06]

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Portsmouth FC
FIFA 15 - Season 1

Pompey's March to the Top

March 2015

Shrewsbury Town 1 - 1 Portsmouth FC
SHR - Vernon 84'
POR - Pack 90'
MOTM: Hollands

Vernon got the ball on the right side of the box and used a touch to fake out a defender and fire a shot on the near post that hit off of the keeper and deflected in. Pack lined up a free kick in the 90th minute and with a last chance effort curled it over the wall and away from the keeper into the top left corner for the equalizer.

Portsmouth FC 2 - 0 Luton Town
POR - Wallace 19' (PEN), Hollands 82'
MOTM: Hollands

Wallace converted from the penalty spot into the top left corner for his first goal since returning from injury. Hollands intercepted the ball at midfield and pushed it ahead himself on a solo run that ended with him striking the ball from the right side of the goal across the keeper and inside the top left corner.

Northampton Town 0 - 3 Portsmouth FC
POR - Olufemi 44', Barhcam 63', Tubbs 90'
MOTM: Barcham

Olufemi got the ball outside of the box and fired a right footed shot that curled across the goal and into the top left corner. Barcham attacked up the middle and got space to place his shot perfectly to the bottom right off the post and in. Barcham ran free down the left wing and he sent a low ball into the box for Tubbs to tap in from in front of goal.

F.A. Cup Quarter Final
Cardiff City 1 - 1 Portsmouth FC
CAR - Jones 14'
POR - Barcham 59'
MOTM: Marshall

O'Keefe found Jones on the left side of the goal and he made a good turn inside and placed the ball inside the bottom right corner. Barcham dribbled to his right and used some quick touches to get around his defender and then strike the ball to the bottom left corner for the equalizer.

F.A. Cup Quarter Final Replay
Portsmouth FC 2 - 0 Cardiff City
POR - Pack 15', Barcham 24'
MOTM: Cropper

Wallace sent a corner into the box and Pack was able to get above the defense and head it back inside the near post for the lead. Hollands dribbled down the middle and found Barcham running into the box on the left side and he struck it first time to the far post to double the lead and send Portsmouth through to the semi-finals.

Portsmouth FC 2 - 0 Carlisle United
POR - Westcarr 8', Barcham 12'
MOTM: Fogden

Fogden dribbled in from the right wing and sent a cross into the box for Westcarr to dive and get his head on it and direct it into the back of the net. Fogden played Barcham in on the left side of the box and he took a touch before slotting it past the keeper on the far post.

AFC Wimbledon 1 - 2 Portsmouth FC
WIM - Moore 23'
POR - Hollands 33', Tubbs 45'
MOTM: Hollands

Akinfenwa found Moore on the left side of the box and he struck a hard shot past the keeper to open the scoring. Pack played it to Hollands and he dribbled around the defense and fired a shot from the right across the keeper and into the top left corner. Tubbs went to turn with the ball and had it poked away but recovered it to hit a well placed shot into the top right corner.

League Table



Youth Academy

Manuel Hahn - 15 yrs old, Germany, RM, 59-63 OVR, 83-89 Potential, Winger
Matt Rhead - 16 yrs old, England, CM, 39-43 OVR, 73-81 Potential, Attacker
Tafari Makasi - 17 yrs old, England, GK, 48-50 OVR, 75-81 Potential, Goal Keeper

Monthly Highlights

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Manager Comments

F.A. Cup - The match against Cardiff was evenly matched, and Barcham game through for us to force the replay. In the replay we took control early and never relented until the final whistle blew. Now we move on to the semi-final to face Aston Villa as we continue to ride this amazing cup run. We knocked them out of the Capital One Cup earlier this year before losing to Chelsea so we know it is possible for us to win this if we play it right.

League Play - We are only 2 wins away from securing the league title for ourselves. At this point it seems nearly impossible for us to not take home the title, but I will feel much better when we are lifting it at the end of the year.

Andy Barcham - Andy is competing for the Golden Boot right now. He is tied at the top with 20 league goals. His goals have really carried us through many games this year, and we really hope he can finish strong and take the award for himself.