Our first season with Valencia after six years of glory in Sporting was an unprecedented success, wrapping up third place in La Liga and winning the Europa League.
The Journeyman | Vamos Valencia: Part 5 – Season 1 Reflection
Aswijan Assignment | Part 11: Truly Dreadful Form
At the mid-way point of Zagora Athletik's first ever season in the Aswijan top tier, things were going much better than expected. After not winning any of our first 8 matches, we'd picked up 14 points from the next 8 games to climb out of the relegation zone.
The Journeyman | Vamos Valencia: Part 4 – Unexpected Success
Valencia went into the final ten games of La Liga in 2025/26 locked in a four-way battle for the final two Champions League places with Espanyol, Villarreal and Atletico Madrid.
Aswijan Assignment | Part 10: Transfer Record Smashed!
Zagora Athletik came into a first season in the big time of Aswijan's Liga Regale knowing they faced an absolutely massive task if they were to avoid relegation.
The Journeyman | Vamos Valencia: Part 3 – Neymar Is On Fire
Last time out, we'd made a superb start to life in Valencia by winning eight of our first ten matches and only trailed a goal-crazy Real Madrid and Barcelona. And our form was near enough totally reliant on a free-scoring 33-year-old Son Heung-Min playing as a makeshift striker.
Aswijan Assignment | Part 9: Season 2 Reflection
Our second season in Aswijan ended with the unbelievable achievement of Zagora Athletik securing promotion from Liga Principale at the first time of asking. And that meant we would be competing in the top tier of Aswijani football, Liga Regale, in 2021/22.
The Journeyman | Vamos Valencia: Part 2 – Nice One Sonny, Nice One Son
In the first part of our new adventure in Valencia we picked up a big opening day win and introduced you to our brand new squad, and new signing Neymar.
Aswijan Assignment | Part 8: End Of Season Madness
With 6 games remaining in our first season in Liga Principale, Zagora Athletik sit in 4th place and in the middle of a tight battle for the final two playoff places. And things were about to get a bit crazy.
The Journeyman | Vamos Valencia: Part 1 – Old Boys and an Ageing Superstar
Last time out, I explained my decision to, with rather a heavy heart, move on from my six seasons with Sporting and explore pastures new by embarking on the start of a Journeyman save.
The Journeyman | Saving Sporting: Part 24 – A New Beginning
As I mentioned in the previous post and as you may have been able to tell from the brevity of it, I was getting a little tired of life in Portugal with Sporting Lisbon. We'd had a great time of it, winning six successive titles and becoming the second most successful manager in the history of Portuguese football.
