AFC Wimbledon/Canada (Football Manager 2009)
 

My NHL dynasty is on hiatus because FM kicks too much ***.

Anyhow, you may remember my short running of Canada through the World Cup Qualification process. In that case, I had an, uh, illegal copy of the game that crashed. I took the logical next step and purchased FM 2009, so that won't be an issue. However, I also do want to run a club team, so I picked AFC Wimbledon.

I will run this primarily between the next two posts (no one really posted in my Canada one anyways, but just in case lol). I will list the roster/schedule for both Wimbledon and Canada, and edit it as needed. I will now provide some info on both teams.

AFC Wimbledon
Founded: 2002
Status: Semi-pro
League: Blue Square South
Fierce Rival: MK Dons (formerly Wimbledon FC)
Other rivals: Kingstonian, Hamtpon & Richard, Bromley, Fisher
Estimated Value: $700 thousand (US)

AFC Wimbledon was in the Combined Counties League all of five years ago, but they have climbed their way up to respectable status. AFC plays in a small, 3,000 seat stadium. They are one of the better teams in the Blue Square, and could move up to Blue Square Premier after this season.

For those of you who don't know the details of low-level British football, the system goes like this:

Blue Square North/South --> Blue Square Premier --> League II --> League I --> Championship --> Premiership

Canada
World Ranking: 81st
Star Players: Dwayne De Rosario, Julian De Guzman, Rob Friend
Fierce Rival: United States
Other Rivals: Scotland, Mexico, Honduras
Stadium: BMO Field (20,163)

Canada, located in the CONCACAF region, are currently the 5th ranked team in the region, going into the second phase of the World Cup Qualification.

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AFC Wimbledon

Roster
Starting XI
GK: Jos Noorlander (23)
DL: Tien Dung Nizam (25)
DC: Adrian Hayward (22)
DC: Gavin Hoyte (25)
DR: Ignacio Bautsita (20)
MC: David Barker (21)
MC: Andrew Mattews (21)
ML: Matthew Hayes (23)
MR: Dave Walsh (20)
ST: Javier Barrera (21)
ST: Miguel Angel Gomez Lopez (18)

Subs
GK: Giuseppe Manzoni (21)
D: Les Jervis (18), Russell McLaughlin (20)
D/M: Roberto Carlos Andrade (20)
M: Christian Suarez (19), Alpaslan Altigan (20)
F: Miguel Gomez (20)

Not Dressed
D: Enrique Recalde (20), Russell Byrne (22)
M: Mario Paredes (19), Neil Thorpe (19), Andy Hargreaves (19), Mario Arriola (19), Jacob Mellis (24)
F: Ismael Rey (22), Scott Mackie (21), Raul Perez (19)

Long Term Injured
None

Age as of July 20th, 2015
* = on loan

Schedule
7/21/2015 - at Montreal Impact - W 6-0
7/22/2015 - at Toronto Lynx - W 2-0
7/29/2015 - at Barnsley - W 2-0
8/1/2015 - at Boston United - W 6-0
8/5/2015 - at Portsmouth - W 1-0
8/8/2015 - at West Brom - L 2-1
8/11/2015 - at Charlton - D 1-1
8/15/2015 - at Reading - L 2-1
8/20/2015 - Motherwell (TV) - W 1-0
8/23/2015 - at Fulham (TV) - D 1-1
8/29/2015 - Manchester City - L 2-0
9/3/2015 - at Motherwell (TV) - W 4-0
9/6/2015 - at Arsenal - L 2-0
9/20/2015 - Everton (TV) - D 0-0
9/24/2015 - Juventus (TV) - W 3-2
9/27/2015 - at Reading - L 1-0
10/30/2015 - at Bolton - W 2-1
10/4/2015 - Norwich (TV) - W 2-0
10/8/2015 - at Charleroi (TV) - D 1-1
10/11/2015 - Southampton - W 1-0
10/24/2015 - at Bolton - W 2-1
10/29/2015 - at Belenenses (TV) - W 2-0
11/1/2015 - at Charlton - W 2-1
11/4/2015 - West Ham - D 3-3
11/7/2015 - at Chelsea - W 3-0
11/12/2015 - at Juventus (TV) - L 2-1
11/15/2015 - Manchester United - W 3-1
11/18/2015 - Milwall - W 1-0
11/29/2015 - at Tottenham (TV) - D 0-0
12/5/2015 - Liverpool - D 1-1
12/10/2015 - Charleroi (TV) - W 5-0
12/13/2015 - at Middlesbrough - D 1-1
12/16/2015 - Leeds - W 2-0
12/19/2015 - Hull City - W 1-0
12/26/2015 - Belenenses (TV) - D 1-1
12/30/2015 - at Newcastle - W 2-1
1/2/2015 - Aston Villa
1/6/2016 - Fulham
1/9/2016 - Arsenal
1/13/2016 - at Arsenal
1/16/2016 - at Manchester City
1/20/2016 - at Sunderland
1/23/2016 - Arsenal (TV)
1/27/2016 - Arsenal
2/6/2016 - at Everton
2/14/2016 - at Norwich (TV)
2/25/2016 - A.C. Milan (TV)
2/28/2016 - Reading
3/3/2016 - at A.C. Milan (TV)
3/6/2016 - Charlton
3/19/2016 - at Southampton
3/26/2016 - Bolton
3/30/2016 - at West Ham
4/3/2016 - Chelsea (TV)
4/9/2016 - at Manchester United
4/16/2016 - Tottenham
4/24/2016 - at Hull City (TV)
4/30/2016 - at Liverpool
5/7/2016 - Middlesbrough
5/14/2016 - Newcastle
5/21/2016 - at Aston Villa
5/29/2016 - Sunderland

Gray = Friendly
Black = Barclay's Premiership League
Blue = FA Cup
Red = EURO Cup
Green = League Cup

Past Seasons
2008-2009: 21-13-8 (Blue Square South Champs)
2009-2010: 22-11-13 (Won Blue Square Premier Playoff, Conference League Cup Champion)
2010-2011: 20-19-7 (3rd Place in League Two)
2011-2012: 25-15-6 (2nd Place in League One, Quarterfinals of FA Cup)
2012-2013: 27-12-7 (Won Championship League Playoff)
2013-2014: 13-9-16 (11th in Premiership)
2014-2015: 17-13-8 (6th in Premiership, EURO Cup, Semifinal of FA Cup)

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Canada

Men's National Team

Roster
Starting XI
GK - Asmir Begovic (28)
DL - Stephen Carbonara (29)
DC - Nana Attakora (26)
DC - Dejan Jakovic (30)
DR - Michael Simpson (22)
DMC - Julian De Guzman (34)
ML - Marcel de Jong (29)
MC - Atiba Hutchinson (32)
MR - Matthew Hayes (24)
ST - Rob Friend (34)
ST - Brian McIntosh (28)

Subs
GK - Brian Edwards (31)
D - Andre Hainault (29), David Edgar (28)
M - Matthew Hayes (23), Frank Johnson (21), Iain Hume (31)
F - David Hoilett (24)

Age in parenthesis from January 1, 2016

Schedule
4/1/2015 - at Sudan - D 1-1
6/11/2015 - El Salvador - W 2-0
6/14/2015 - Mexico - L 1-0
6/17/2015 - Trinidad & Tobago - W 3-0
6/21/2015 - Honduras (QF) - W 2-0
6/24/2015 - Mexico (SF) - L 1-0
6/28/2015 - Costa Rica (TP) - W 1-0
7/4/2015 - Spain U-20 - D 0-0
7/7/2015 - New Zealand U-20 - W 2-0
7/10/2015 - England U-20 - L 4-2
7/16/2015 - Uruguay U-20 (R16) - W 3-2
7/19/2015 - Spain U-20 (QF) - L 2-0
9/16/2015 - Ukraine - D 1-1
10/17/2015 - Iceland - W 3-2
2/3/2016 - Costa Rica U-23
2/5/2016 - Trinidad & Tobago U-23
2/7/2016 - United States U-23
2/17/2016 - at Hungary

2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup
2015 U-20 World Cup
2016 U-23 Olympic Qualifiers
Friendly

Current World Rank: 32

Past Events
2009 U-20 World Cup - Group Stage (D 1-1 Italy, L 2-1 Mexico, L 2-0 USA)
2009 Gold Cup - Third Place (L 2-0 USA, W 1-0 Cuba, W 1-0 T&T // W 4-0 Panama // L 2-1 USA // W 4-1 Costa Rica)
2010 World Cup - Group Stage (L 1-0 England, D 0-0 Croatia, D 1-1 Uruguay)
2011 Gold Cup - Third Place (L 2-0 Mexico, W 2-0 Cuba, W 3-0 Guatemala // W 1-1 (5-4 pen) Costa Rica // L 4-0 Mexico // W 2-1 Panama)
2011 U-20 World Cup - Round of 16 (W 4-0 Solomon Islands, D 1-1 Colombia, L 3-1 Germany // L 3-0 Brazil)
2012 Olympics - Fourth Place (D 2-2 Germany, W 2-0 Senegal, L 2-1 Japan // W 4-2 Argentina // L 3-1 France // L 2-0 Brazil)
2013 U-20 World Cup - Round of 16 (D 0-0 Holland, D 0-0 USA, W 1-0 Sudan // L 2-0 Argentina)
2013 Gold Cup - Quarterfinal (W 2-0 Costa Rica, W 2-0 Guatemala, W 2-0 Haiti // L 2-1 Mexico)
2014 World Cup - Group Stage (D 1-1 Colombia, D 0-0 Germany, L 2-0 Portugal)
2015 Gold Cup - Third Place (W 2-0 El Salvador, L 1-0 Mexico, W 3-1 T&T // W 2-0 Honduras // L 1-0 Mexico // W 1-0 Costa Rica
2015 U-20 World Cup - Quarterfinal (D 0-0 Spain, W 2-0 New Zealand, L 4-2 England // W 3-2 Uruguay // L 2-0 Spain)

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Good luck with this. I followed your Canada one and am disappointed I'll never find out how Canada fared in the World Cup final after you qualified.

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Thanks. Hopefully we'll find out here.

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7/13/2008 - 7/19/2008

AFC Wimbledon

7/13/2008
AFC Wimbledon acquires MC Matty Collins on a full season loan from Swansea City

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7/16/2008
Friendly vs Sutton United

Sutton United - 0, AFC Wimbledon - 2

Scoring
AFW: Jon Main 9' (1-0 AFW)
AFW: Anthony Finn 34' (2-0 AFW)

Cards
None

Match Stats
Shots: 14-1 AFC Wimbledon
SOG: 5-1 AFC Wimbledon
Possession: 66-34 AFC Wimbledon
Fouls: 8-4 Sutton United

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Canada
7/16/2008
Canada moves up to 78th in the FIFA World Rankings

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7/20/2008 - 7/26/2008

AFC Wimbledon

7/21/2008
AFC Wimbledon signs D Jack Stewart to a two year contract worth $42,000 per annum. However, Stewart must obtain a work permit, and as such will not join the squad until July 25th at the earliest

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7/22/2008
Friendly at Kingstonian

Kingstonian - 0, AFC Wimbledon - 1

Scoring
AFW: Danny Kedwell 48' (1-0 AFW)

Cards
None

Match Stats
Shots: 11-2 AFC Wimbledon
SOG: 2-0 AFC Wimbledon
Possession: 56-44 AFC Wimbledon
Fouls: 13-2 Kingstonian

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7/25/2008
D Jack Stewart's work permit application was turned down. AFC Wimbledon are appealing the decision, that will be made on July 30th.

AFC Wimbledon have been given 14-1 odds to win Blue Square South. This is 7th in the division

Friendly vs York City

AFC Wimbledon - 3, York City - 1

Scoring
AFW: Jon Main 44' (1-0 AFW)
YOR: Dominic Brown 69' (1-1)
AFW: Mark Gradosielski 73' (2-1 AFW)
AFW: Dean Mason 90+4' (3-1 AFW)

Cards
YOR: Niall Henderson (Y)
AFW: None

Match Stats
Shots: 13-4 York City
SOG: 3-3
Possession: 54-46 York City
Fouls: 5-3 AFC Wimbledon

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7/26/2008
AFC Wimbledon has received offers to become a feeder club to Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United. AFC Wimbledon has chosen to approach Chelsea. Chelsea will pay AFC Wimbledon $59.16 thousand per annum and Wimbledon will be able to accept players from Chelsea on loan if the deal is accepted.

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Canada
N/A

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7/27/2008 - 8/2/2008

AFC Wimbledon

7/28/2008
Chelsea has agreed to adopt AFC Wimbledon as a feeder club. As such, AFC Wimbledon will get some pretty good players on loan that they would otherwise not be able too.

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7/29/2008
Chelsea has loaned AFC Wimbledon D Patrick van Aanholt. The 17 year old from the Netherlands, who is injured for a month, will easily be the best player on AFC Wimbledon when he starts playing.

D Michael Haswell broke his collarbone in training. He will be out for up to two months.

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7/30/2008
D Jack Stewart had his application for a work permit turned down by British authorities. As such, Stewart will not be joining AFC Wimbledon.

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Canada
N/A