The streets of Cornwall hosted the biggest party the county had ever seen as Truro City legend Perran Trevelyan and his team paraded the Premier League trophy around its towns and villages. The Truro board celebrated the success by launching brand new home and away kits with gold trim and local sponsors. Homegrown heroes like... Continue Reading →
Cornish Crusade | Part 18 | Truro City In The Champions League
Little Truro City came so close to pulling off the greatest fairytale story in English football as they came 2nd to Newcastle United in the Premier League in 2041. That meant they secured not only the club's first taste of European football in its third season in the top tier, but went straight into the Champions League.
Alphabet Challenge | Part 33, Club 16 | Exciting Attack Inspires Zürich Excellence
After overseeing a massive firesale of around 40 players and signing zero replacements in his first six months in Switzerland, Trebor Mahtal led his young FC Zürich side to an unexpected second place in Raiffeisen Super League. He now faced the dilemma of whether to continue putting faith in homegrown youth or bolster the squad with additions.
Alphabet Challenge | Part 31, Club 15 | Free-Scoring Valencia
Valencia CF came so close to an unexpected Spanish title in Trebor Mahtal's first full season, only losing out to Real Madrid on the final day of the 2049/50 campaign. A summer of change was around the corner, but Trebor Mahtal was positive about his young side's future.
Alphabet Challenge | Part 30, Club 15 | Pushing Real Madrid All The Way
Half a season in Spain had seen Valencia CF finish in a fairly distant 4th position in LaLiga and just fall short in the Conference League Final. And manager Trebor Mahtal now had his eye on improvements to close the gap on Spain's big three.
Alphabet Challenge | Part 24, Club 11 | Big-Spending Juventus Chase First Scudetto In 25 Years
Juventus enjoyed an improved campaign after Trebor Mathal cleared out the old boys and brought some young talent into the Old Lady. But the Zambian was keen to keep improving a squad that lacked in certain areas to close the gap to Italy's elite.
Alphabet Challenge | Part 19, Club 8 | Inheriting The Best Footballer In The World
Mahtal was now just over one-quarter of the way through his Alphabet Challenge, having added A to the previous success at clubs beginning with E, L, P, S and U. He was also approached by Inter Milan and, intriguingly, Neuchatel Xamax but chose to head to England.
Wonderkid Factory | Part 17 | Bundesliga Battle Built On Defence
The homegrown stars of 1. FSV Mainz racked up consecutive Bundesliga titles and showed their ability to compete with Europe's best in an exciting 2038/39 campaign. Now, Roberto Lazaró was looking to make it three in a row as he mulled over this being his final season in football management.
Wonderkid Factory | Part 16 | The Jürgen Klopp Park Era Begins
The small city of Mainz, on the outskirts of Frankfurt in western Germany, wasn't accustomed to throwing huge parties. But you wouldn't have known it as seemingly the entirety of its 220,000 population took to the streets to celebrate their heroes lifting 1. FSV Mainz's maiden Bundesliga title in 2038. The city's streets flowed with Pilsner and the parties went on for what felt like weeks.
Wonderkid Factory | Part 9 | Valencia’s Best Title Shot So Far
Roberto Lazaró joined in the Champions League celebrations for a few days before returning to work to start plotting how to close the gap to the mighty Real Madrid and Barcelona, who'd shared the last 7 Spanish titles.
