Hi i have decided to do a story, after reading alot of stories i have decided to do one myself. I will be doing this with Harchester United, it use to be a program on Sky 1. I use to watch it as a kid and i loved it, so i have put them in the game in the Ryman premier league. Hear is a bit of History About them.
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The Early Years
In April 1895 at the Dragon Leather Tannery in Harchester, a group of men, led by tannery owner Sean Creamer, got together to form a football club in the hope of rivalling the other local club, Harchester St. Augustine. The club was named Harchester United.
There may have been friendly rivalry between United and St. Augustine, but good sportsmanship remained throughout as St. Augustine offered United the chance to play their home matches at their own Palmerston Road sports ground. United gratefully accepted.
Between 1895 and 1898, the club had such a fantastic record in the FA Cup for an amateur side that they managed to get together funds to turn professional. The record was so great that upon an application to join the Football League, they were instantly elected to do so by the other clubs.
The first season in Football League Division Two saw Harchester United win it by a fair distance and they were promoted to the First Division. After a brief yo-yo period of several ups and downs in the next few years, they won promotion back to the First Division in 1907. However, at the end of the 1907–08 season, Palmerston Road owners Harchester St. Augustine were suffering badly and ordered United to find a new place to play so that they could sell off their ground. United moved into the new Addison Road Stadium and obtained a 100 year lease for the ground.
In 1908, London businessman Ian Mayes brought the club from owner Robert Ball, who by this time had closed down the Tannery. Mayes decided to follow the example of other football clubs and bring in a new manager who had not been involved with the club before. That man was Joseph Peterson.
Dreams And More Dreams
Steve Tomkins took over as boss and was responsible for the club's relegation at the end of 1989–90. In November 1992, former Youth Team player and die-hard Dragon Michael Jacobs took over control of the club. In December 1992, he decided to replace Tomkins as boss with the more experienced Ron Atkinson who'd left Aston Villa to take over.
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Big Ron made big changes, so much so that the reward paid off with promotion to the Premiership for the first time in 1993–94. Survival was then they key for the Dragons, and after doing so in their first season, they were relegated following a defeat to QPR at the end of the 1995–96 season.
The following year, Harchester United reached the Semi Finals of the FA Cup and were also promoted back to the Premiership thanks to the fantastic goalscoring abilities of Karl Fletcher. Big Ron wanted to improve the squad this time, but wasn't allowed funds by chairman Michael Jacobs, so he resigned from his job.
Atkinson was replaced by former PSV Eindhoven boss Ian Coates who helped keep the club in the Premiership at the end of 1997–98. Tragedy struck during that season however as chairman Michael Jacobs died of a heart attack during a training session in which he joined in with his team.
1998–99 saw new changes to the club. Millionaire building supplies tycoon Jerry Block became the new chairman and was prepared to plough millions into the club. He signed Argentine sensation Luis Amor Rodriguez and together they'd bring the FA Cup to Harchester.
However, in May 1999 following an emphatic FA Cup Final victory over Man United at Wembley Stadium, an unknown hitman attempted to shoot Jerry Block's wife Lynda Block but shot club captain John Black dead instead. Controversy surrounds the choice of such an open and obvious method of assassination and Linda Block became convinced the hitman was in fact herself from the future sent by a rogue Karl Fletcher in order to kill John Black who would following the victory betray Harchester and join Man United on a bosman ruling. Block was treated for paranoid schizophrenia and spent the summer transfer window committed to a mental institution where she ordered that Luis Amor Rodriguez be sold to Wrexham. The decision was vetoed by acting chairperson Karl Fletcher. Many speculate whether she was returned to the past in order for Fletcher to assume control of the club's assets to invest in a property development in the south of Spain. Such speculation has been challenged by Terry Kiely who played Fletcher and claimed such theories lost him work following the cancellation of the show.
Tragedy followed that September following the club's first European adventure. After knocking Ajax Amsterdam out of the UEFA Cup, four first team members were killed in a plane crash just off the coast of Dover on the way home from the game.
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Luis Amor Rodriguez quit as player/manager of Harchester United in March 2000 but stuck around as a player long enough to ensure the club fought off relegation before leaving for Boca Juniors. In Harchester United's first European adventure, they went out at the Quarter Final stage to Spanish side RCD Mallorca where former hero Karl Fletcher was plying his trade. He returned as a Dragon less than 24 hours after that match!
Murder
However, tragedy struck when deranged ex-manager Don Barker, who had killed Harchester icon Karl Fletcher hours earlier, drove his auto into the team coach, with all but four members of the Harchester United party dying in the crash or the ensuing fire. This led to new owners, Dragons Corporation. It was later revealed that new striker Casper Rose was actually the owner of that company and ultimately Harchester United.
This turn of events was only revealed after Rose had been killed. Before then however, Harchester United reached the League Cup final for the first time where they lost out to Chelsea.
Now
Harchester Last Played in 2007 win9ing the primer league, but as the game was been played there was a fire inside the stadium. A lot of the players lost there life's and the club was no more. The Club has came back from the Flames and will start all over again, the 32,000 Stadium The Dragons Liar as been rebuilt for the club true private investors. That is a little bit of information for use, i have put the kits and logo into the game as Harchester United.
The Early Years
In April 1895 at the Dragon Leather Tannery in Harchester, a group of men, led by tannery owner Sean Creamer, got together to form a football club in the hope of rivalling the other local club, Harchester St. Augustine. The club was named Harchester United.
There may have been friendly rivalry between United and St. Augustine, but good sportsmanship remained throughout as St. Augustine offered United the chance to play their home matches at their own Palmerston Road sports ground. United gratefully accepted.
Between 1895 and 1898, the club had such a fantastic record in the FA Cup for an amateur side that they managed to get together funds to turn professional. The record was so great that upon an application to join the Football League, they were instantly elected to do so by the other clubs.
The first season in Football League Division Two saw Harchester United win it by a fair distance and they were promoted to the First Division. After a brief yo-yo period of several ups and downs in the next few years, they won promotion back to the First Division in 1907. However, at the end of the 1907–08 season, Palmerston Road owners Harchester St. Augustine were suffering badly and ordered United to find a new place to play so that they could sell off their ground. United moved into the new Addison Road Stadium and obtained a 100 year lease for the ground.
In 1908, London businessman Ian Mayes brought the club from owner Robert Ball, who by this time had closed down the Tannery. Mayes decided to follow the example of other football clubs and bring in a new manager who had not been involved with the club before. That man was Joseph Peterson.
Dreams And More Dreams
Steve Tomkins took over as boss and was responsible for the club's relegation at the end of 1989–90. In November 1992, former Youth Team player and die-hard Dragon Michael Jacobs took over control of the club. In December 1992, he decided to replace Tomkins as boss with the more experienced Ron Atkinson who'd left Aston Villa to take over.
Big Ron made big changes, so much so that the reward paid off with promotion to the Premiership for the first time in 1993–94. Survival was then they key for the Dragons, and after doing so in their first season, they were relegated following a defeat to QPR at the end of the 1995–96 season.
The following year, Harchester United reached the Semi Finals of the FA Cup and were also promoted back to the Premiership thanks to the fantastic goalscoring abilities of Karl Fletcher. Big Ron wanted to improve the squad this time, but wasn't allowed funds by chairman Michael Jacobs, so he resigned from his job.
Atkinson was replaced by former PSV Eindhoven boss Ian Coates who helped keep the club in the Premiership at the end of 1997–98. Tragedy struck during that season however as chairman Michael Jacobs died of a heart attack during a training session in which he joined in with his team.
1998–99 saw new changes to the club. Millionaire building supplies tycoon Jerry Block became the new chairman and was prepared to plough millions into the club. He signed Argentine sensation Luis Amor Rodriguez and together they'd bring the FA Cup to Harchester.
However, in May 1999 following an emphatic FA Cup Final victory over Man United at Wembley Stadium, an unknown hitman attempted to shoot Jerry Block's wife Lynda Block but shot club captain John Black dead instead. Controversy surrounds the choice of such an open and obvious method of assassination and Linda Block became convinced the hitman was in fact herself from the future sent by a rogue Karl Fletcher in order to kill John Black who would following the victory betray Harchester and join Man United on a bosman ruling. Block was treated for paranoid schizophrenia and spent the summer transfer window committed to a mental institution where she ordered that Luis Amor Rodriguez be sold to Wrexham. The decision was vetoed by acting chairperson Karl Fletcher. Many speculate whether she was returned to the past in order for Fletcher to assume control of the club's assets to invest in a property development in the south of Spain. Such speculation has been challenged by Terry Kiely who played Fletcher and claimed such theories lost him work following the cancellation of the show.
Tragedy followed that September following the club's first European adventure. After knocking Ajax Amsterdam out of the UEFA Cup, four first team members were killed in a plane crash just off the coast of Dover on the way home from the game.
Luis Amor Rodriguez quit as player/manager of Harchester United in March 2000 but stuck around as a player long enough to ensure the club fought off relegation before leaving for Boca Juniors. In Harchester United's first European adventure, they went out at the Quarter Final stage to Spanish side RCD Mallorca where former hero Karl Fletcher was plying his trade. He returned as a Dragon less than 24 hours after that match!
Murder
However, tragedy struck when deranged ex-manager Don Barker, who had killed Harchester icon Karl Fletcher hours earlier, drove his auto into the team coach, with all but four members of the Harchester United party dying in the crash or the ensuing fire. This led to new owners, Dragons Corporation. It was later revealed that new striker Casper Rose was actually the owner of that company and ultimately Harchester United.
This turn of events was only revealed after Rose had been killed. Before then however, Harchester United reached the League Cup final for the first time where they lost out to Chelsea.
Now
Harchester Last Played in 2007 win9ing the primer league, but as the game was been played there was a fire inside the stadium. A lot of the players lost there life's and the club was no more. The Club has came back from the Flames and will start all over again, the 32,000 Stadium The Dragons Liar as been rebuilt for the club true private investors. That is a little bit of information for use, i have put the kits and logo into the game as Harchester United.
