AFC Wimbledon finished 5th in the Premier League in 2031/32, marking an 11-year journey from League One strugglers to one of the best teams in England. So I thought it'd be interesting to take a look back at the club's rise.
The aggressive Crazy Gang style of play finally saw AFC Wimbledon earn their stripes as the dirtiest team in England in 2024. We racked up a record for indiscipline in the Championship while again consolidating in mid-table and amassed 50% more bookings than any other team in the country.
The Crazy Gang performed well above expectations to comfortably survive in the EFL Championship at the first time of asking. And we were slowly building an exciting young squad.
Wimbledon were promoted to the second-tier of English football for the first time. Now manager Trebor Mahtal faced a tough task to strengthen the squad for a bid at Championship survival on the thinnest of shoestrings.
An exciting new era was afoot with Bolton Wanderers all set to move into brand new stadium, the Eddie Davies Arena, as the 2029/30 season began. But our 10th season in charge of Bolton began with a flurry of big money bids for our academy product talents.
The Leeds United save had gotten off to a great start, heading into 2019 on a three-month unbeaten streak. The January transfer window saw a bit more activity, with the main outgoing seeing Kemar Roofe - who I'd decided wasn't as good as Patrick Bamford - moving to Swansea City for £5 million. We brought... Continue Reading →
My new Football Manager 2019 save sees us seize control of a sleeping giant in the form of Leeds United. The three-time English champions last won the league title back in 1992, the first season before the formation of the Premier League. They reached the semi-finals of the Champions League back in 2001 but soon... Continue Reading →
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