West Ham United have had 63 seasons in the English top-flight overall without any silverware to show for it – only one team in English league history have played in this division more often without a title to show for it. Top-flight success has eluded the Hammers throughout their history, never finishing inside the top two positions in the English top-flight and only twice finishing within the top five (third in 1985-86 and fifth in 1998-99). But can his throwback Hammers team go one better? Perhaps you want to ride on the coattails of a team upsetting the ‘big six’ apple cart in the Premier League this season? West Ham United find themselves in an unfancied top three spot as of November’s international break, with David Moyes rolling back the years to his peak Everton days.
The 2006 Intertoto Cup trophy: big “well done for passing your Excel 2010 training” vibes. Find that man and you could send the club to their highest finish since the halcyon days of Alan Pardew in 2011-12 (fifth). The first port of call should be to find a Premier League-level striker capable of scoring 20 goals a season – the last Magpies player to do that in the top-flight was Alan Shearer in 2003-04 (22 goals) and he’s been a firm fixture in the Match of the Day studio for 15 years now. Now with theoretical unlimited funds in the transfer budget at your disposal, you can make Newcastle United a force and build a collection of the best players. Since 1973-74, Newcastle have lost three FA Cup finals (1974, 1998, 1999), a League Cup final (1976) and finished runners-up in the Premier League on two occasions (1995-96 & 1996-97) – a extensive list of near misses. The Magpies would know a thing or two about their team being the bridesmaid rather than the bride. But to be frank, no one plays Football Manager to secure secondary honours – either domestically or in Europe, and no one would want to put that at the top of their CV. The pedants amongst you who frequent Newcastle’s Wikipedia honours section will rightly point out that the Magpies have indeed won domestic silverware by winning the Championship twice since 2009-10 and a European trophy in 2006, when beating Lillestrøm to pick up the defunct UEFA Intertoto Cup title. Now this might seem like low-hanging fruit considering new owners with seemingly bottomless pockets have arrived to the north-east in recent weeks ( eagerly awaits the in-game update), but the fact is Newcastle United just don’t win games – as Eddie Howe no doubt found out himself by glancing at this season’s table when taking the job, nor do they win trophies. Win A (Meaningful) Trophy with Newcastle United Test yourself!īut before you put your heart and soul into your latest project, why not consider the real-life Football Manager challenges that we’ve picked out at The Analyst as a good proving ground to test your managerial mettle? Taking a job at a club like Liverpool, Arsenal, Barcelona, Chelsea or Bayern Munich would be easy.
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The latest edition of the extremely popular Football Manager series has been released and it won’t take many long to put in the hours of graft needed to take their hometown from relative non-league obscurity to the multiple-time Champions League winners, sifting through free agents, signing that Spanish or Italian midfielder that everybody else missed and even spotting the next wonderkid or two along the way. Another year, another chance to prove your dugout credentials (at least virtually) to all those who want to listen.
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