So, here I am, Steve Martin, a former footballer who played in the lower food chains of English football, trying to forge a career as a football manager, without any kind of coaching badges.
Out of desperation, I went to Oceania, the bottom fodder of the football world, to start my career.
After applying for a few jobs, a newly promoted team of Kiribati, an island nation in the central Pacific Ocean, were the first one to approach me.
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Betio Town Council, or BTC for short, is a Kiribatian club, based in Betio, the largest township of Kiribati's capital city, South Tarawa. Apart from that, I could not find a single thing about the club, apart from the fact that they won the League 2 times before. Guess what? Football manager has no idea too.
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As usual, I completed the meeting with the President, and then waited for the meeting with the assistant manager. But to my surprise, the chairman just bade goodbye without even calling the assistant! I took a look at the staff list, and found out the President and I are the only staff of the club. Not all, a quick look at the squad left me flabbergasted, as I saw I only have 13 players in the whole club, with only 1 goalkeeper and no striker!
With 3 months left for the transfer market to open, I have to play more than half of the league matches with only 13 players!!
PS: I hate using greyed out players. :cool:
Oh God, where have I put myself into??!! :eek:
The facilities? Pathetic, as expected.
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Funny thing is, despite being a Sunday league footballer, with low reputation, as soon as I became the manager of BTC, my reputation skyrocketed to National. I guess in this small island, a coaching badge less English Sunday League former footballer is a big deal.
Out of desperation, I went to Oceania, the bottom fodder of the football world, to start my career.
After applying for a few jobs, a newly promoted team of Kiribati, an island nation in the central Pacific Ocean, were the first one to approach me.
Betio Town Council, or BTC for short, is a Kiribatian club, based in Betio, the largest township of Kiribati's capital city, South Tarawa. Apart from that, I could not find a single thing about the club, apart from the fact that they won the League 2 times before. Guess what? Football manager has no idea too.
As usual, I completed the meeting with the President, and then waited for the meeting with the assistant manager. But to my surprise, the chairman just bade goodbye without even calling the assistant! I took a look at the staff list, and found out the President and I are the only staff of the club. Not all, a quick look at the squad left me flabbergasted, as I saw I only have 13 players in the whole club, with only 1 goalkeeper and no striker!
With 3 months left for the transfer market to open, I have to play more than half of the league matches with only 13 players!!
PS: I hate using greyed out players. :cool:
Oh God, where have I put myself into??!! :eek:
The facilities? Pathetic, as expected.
Profile 1
Profile 2
Funny thing is, despite being a Sunday league footballer, with low reputation, as soon as I became the manager of BTC, my reputation skyrocketed to National. I guess in this small island, a coaching badge less English Sunday League former footballer is a big deal.
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