The Luke Henderson Story

Well that is a remarkable turnaround. WInning the league is massive and despite some luck with the draws in the FA Cup you took advantage as all great teams do! Congratulations on the treble!

#099 - What next

02/08/2036 -- Okay. The alcohol level has dropped down a bit now and the new season is starting to begin already. But first I will do a small summarize how my players performed during last season. We know already they’ve collected three cups, which is great for sure. Both for me, the club and themselves as well. But how do they performed personally? We’ll find out.

As already said the last month of the season wasn’t really great to be honest. A lot of players lost their form when the end was near, but at the end it was just enough for winning the league. To be honest with you I’m pretty satisfied with the current squad. In fact I don’t even think about buying new players for next season. My only wish is a world-class centre back, but their isn’t just anybody. Apparently modern football in the game has changed radically. Almost every high valued centre back isn’t very tall, can’t even jump and the key technical defensive skills (heading, marking and tackling) aren’t great either most of the time. No, all world class defenders right now seemed to be far more technically (passing, first touch), having mental skills (flair, vision for instance) and physical skills (agility and acceleration) which are not needed in defensive situations in the very first place. I don’t like it at all. I prefer to have the old days centre backs. Like a Jaap Stam for instance. And the few I’ve got are not really world-class. Godden’s development has stocked, Grieco is very good, but slightly beneath world-class level and the same counts more or less for Valenta and Guittard. Although Guittard is still young and maybe can develop himself into a worldy. I refuse to go for tiny, technical center backs. It’s just not my thing.



Awuni will be my starting keeper next season when he has recovered from his injury. Purton has to accept his role as a back-up goalkeeper and I prefer to have a third keeper next season after last season made clear having only two decent goalkeepers can be really dangerous. The wing-backs did well again. Adams is still developing himself, although he has no longer a five star potential sadly. But he is definitely good enough to become a starting player. Don’t forget he is still only 19-years old, so it can only be better in the future! I’m still satisfied with Bredewolt as a left back, with Gigel Dan being a solid back-up option. Also Mballa is decent as back-up player, although he wants to play more, which I can’t promise him.

Our midfielders are still great. Alexander-Spence did well in his first season, although he faced a serious injury at some point, being two months off. MacDonald recovered a little bit after his terrible first year and the players who were already here when I joined the club (Kenneh, Gasser, Sauer and Ashby) are still doing bits as well. I gave Reyes a good amount of games this season I would say, but he is still not happy. If a good bid is coming in he can leave. The same counts for Flavien Peter. He had a terrible season again and I’m pretty much done with him. If somebody wants to pick him up: please do so! What is going on with these French guys? They should be insane if you see their attributes, but it doesn’t sort out in either way…

The other wingers are just amazing. Because of the bad performances of Peter newbie Wilshaw played a lot more games then expected and he did very well! Also Tetteh did his job, although not as good as last season. At the right hand side of the pitch both Yeboah and Tocci are brilliant. It doesn’t matter which one of them I use as a starting player, 9 out of the 10 times I can count on both of them. Which is pure luxury for a manager for sure. Our strikers are doing well also. Sometimes Cordner has a period of draught, but sometimes he can score a goal in ten successive matches as well. If he can balance it just a little bit more he is from a world-class level. Martínez and Gautier are very good either, but just not constant enough yet.


2025/2036 pre-season view
So, nothing huge is going to happen for sure. Nobody is allowed to go, only Reyes and Peter if a serious bid is coming in (which isn’t the case until now). We have getting rid of a few guys in our under-23 squad, but that doesn’t harm the first squad at all. The only thing I want is a second reserve goalkeeper, but I couldn’t find anybody yet. I have done the pre-season period already. It was okay, but definitely not breath-taking. A couple of players joined us halfway because of the European Championship (which was won by France by the way), which is not ideal. We played against a couple of big teams, but our field play doesn’t looked great until now. Maybe I have to consider to use a new tactic after four seasons having the same now. But not before we have played the first couple of matches in the league. I still have enough faith in my current tactic. Underneath I have shown the pre-season results, the transfer overview and the squad for next season, which is literally exactly the same as last year, the only difference being everyone a year older now and collected more international appearances.








What about me and our expectations
I have reached my main goal now, winning the Premier League. I’m not that kind of manager who wants to win another one, and another one, and breaking all the records and such kind of stuff. It doesn’t interest me actually. My interest is mainly focussed for developing my own youngsters and see how they evolve during their career. Although the game doesn’t allow me for doing that as much as I wanted. I’m with Spurs now for four years and although I’m not entirely done yet there is not much more to win anymore. It would be nice to win the Community Shield in the next match, but I doesn’t sleep any worse if we don’t. The only main target I have is winning some European silverwork. Most likely that has to be the Champions League, because that’s the cup we are qualified for and finishing third in the group stage and so joining the Europa League is highly unlikely because we are to good for it probably.

So, what next? My contract is running out within a year and I will give it one more try for winning the Champions League. Winning the league a second time would be really nice, but it’s definitely not a main target for me (although the board is expecting it for sure!). If I’m winning the Champions League I will leave Spurs for sure and searching for another challenge (I already have one in mind). If not I will consider my options at the end of the season. I’m getting older now you know! Underneath I have shown my full profile, my statistics and my career overview until now. I’m pretty delighted so far how it goes, despite the fact this version of Football Manager is pushing my patience to the limits (and even beyond) quite frequently!










Note: Thanks Scott and TheLFCFan! Hopefully next season will be just as succesfull again.

Hopefully the next step is glory in the Champions League like you hope!

#100 - Tough start

04/11/2036 -- We actually can take penalties! And because of that our first silverwork this season is already added to our trophies cabinet. We have won the Community Shield against Liverpool. The match was almost an exact copy of the season opener two years ago, when Liverpool beat us after penalties and after we scored a late equalizer. This time the equalizer was even later on, with Martínez fumbling the ball in after a chaotic situation in front of the Liverpool goal. Awuni immediately saved the first penalty kick shot by Liverpool and thereafter we didn’t miss a single shot. So, I’ve also won the last trophy in England that I hadn’t won so far. I’m very pleased, especially because we faced some luck again. Suddenly the games love me apparently. I think it’s because of that negative update a week ago, I’m sure of it ha-ha!

But in the league it isn’t as smooth. Although the schedule was really really tough so far. All our away games were against the better clubs in the league already (only the Charlton Athletic match wasn’t, but he, they were our affiliated club for so many years, so we give them a little present), which we did quite well but not spectacular. We played a draw against Arsenal, lost against Chelsea after they scored a 90+4th minute free kick with their goalkeeper scoring a 8.10 (which says enough I think) and we beat Liverpool at Anfield with 3-1. At home we lost points against Leicester City, which wasn’t needed, but also in this match their goalkeeper was above average and so avoiding us for scoring a goal. We are fifth currently, but the gap with Manchester United is huge already, mainly because they are absolutely on fire currently.





We are doing well in the Champions League so far, with two wins and a draw. If we win the other game against Legia Warsaw qualification for the next round is pretty much secured I guess. As you probably know winning the Champions League this season is my main goal, so hopefully we can finish first in the group, and so creating a possibility for having a slightly better draw in the first knock-out round. In the League Cup we are already eliminated. Derby County beats us after penalties. But, I’m not really disappointed about it. It wasn’t a main target for me and the board as well. Actually I’m just happy, because we don’t have to play so many games now!

Last minute transfer
I thought transfer business was done, but apparently not. In the last few days of the transfer window suddenly Real Madrid came in with an offer. They wanted Flavien Peter. Please, take him, take him! He performed awful last season and the pre-season period wasn’t his best either, so that doesn’t bode well at all. Basically he was written off by me already. With a one-year contract left and not willing to extend it either from both sides, it was a perfect moment to get rid of him. And they even want to pay £52,500,000 for him as well! Slightly less then we paid for him four years ago, but I’ll definitely take it. It’s sad he didn’t show his skills that much. Given his attributes he should be a very good player but it doesn’t sort out in either way, sadly. I didn’t buy or even looked for a replacement yet. I want to go further with Tetteh and Wilshaw, the youngster did amazingly well last year.

A tough start domestically this season but after some tough early games you will surely have some much easier games coming up. That home game against United is already looking like a very important match, lets hope you can get the points needed.

Bit of a slow start in the league but the aim is Champions League success, of course. A good start on that front.

#101 - We like draws I guess

31/01/2037 -- Our defensive line is brilliant, but the lack of scoring goals is hurting us way to often currently. My strikers are missing so many chances, I think none of them has scored in two consecutive games so far. And when one of them is not playing for five matches or so he is complaining and if I play him, than he is not scoring as well. So yeah, it’s not going great to be honest. Thanks to our brilliant defensive line (not because of our goalkeeper!) we concede barely a goal and so avoiding losing many games. At some point we had a streak of fifteen matches without conceding a single goal after Norwich ends it, quite remarkable I would say. And these defenders are not even world-class remember! But because of all the draws we are not competing for the league title either. Chelsea(!) and both sides from Manchester are very close to each other, having a 7/8 points gap with us. We had a solid gap with the number five position a few weeks ago, but because of all the draws that gap has become much tighter now, with Leicester following us by only three points.

It might be possible our tactic is not as great anymore, although defensively I have no reason to change something yet. I don’t like it to change a tactic halfway the season. Hopefully my players will pick up some form again at a certain point, most of them are not playing great to be honest. But my main target isn’t the league, this year I want to battle for winning the Champions League and so far we did alright. We handled to win our last game against Olympique Lille and because of that we finished first in our group. Close, but I’m happy with it. In the next round we are facing Dutch side Ajax, famous for their world-class youth academy. In normal circumstances we should win this, but we can’t underestimate them at all. Last season they reached into the semi-finals.

Our run in the League Cup was already over, but now we are also eliminated in the FA Cup. We had some bad luck with the draw for playing against Manchester City at their place, but I’m not really disappointed about it. I have won this trophy twice already, and now we can set focus for the Champions League even more and maybe recovering ourselves a bit in the league, ending up with something that looks like a battle maybe.








Winter transfer window
I couldn’t find a new centre back again (although it’s not really necessary currently given our solid defensive line) and I didn’t attract a third goalkeeper as well. No, we have signed another guy. Not because we need him, but because we have too much money in the bank and I don’t want to pay a bunch of it for taxes at the end of the season. One of my scouts found this guy last season already, but they were asking a ridiculous amount of money. Until Arsenal came in with a bid and from then on there was no way out anymore. I had to battle with them and we end up with a bid of around £48,000,000 for a 19-year old attacking midfielder from Championship side Barnsley. Englishman Graham Teraud is a really good player already I would say. I’m not sure if I will stay at Spurs next season, but at least they have a new solid player now! I loaned him out immediately to Barnsley again (as a part of the deal) to give him enough playtime because I have too many good midfielders currently.




Note: It's not really going better TheLCFFan, although we did win the Manchester United game! You are right Scott, hopefully we can beat Ajax in the next round! The winter transfer window is almost closed now, so we could prepare ourselves for the final phase of the season. I come back to you if we have reached the semi-final of the Champions League if not then I will complete this season immediately most likely.

Good luck against Ajax. Your defence have been amazing. Seriously impressive.

Great form in the Champions League!

#102 - One draw to many

24/05/2037 -- Ouch. This wasn’t the plan at all. Since the last update our run of form wasn’t very well, but it was even getting more worse all the way till the end… At some point the board invited me for a chat. Twice. And again at the end of the season. That isn’t a good sign at all, but I convinced them to keep faith in me. Look what I have done last year my American friends! I didn’t want to be the second Claudio Ranieri after his astonishing performance with Leicester all the way back in 2016. At the end they agreed with me, but they are truly disappointed about the performances last season, especially during the second half of it. So do I.

After the Manchester City loss in the FA Cup we scraped a win against Arsenal, beat Sheffield United away and played a draw against Manchester City, the upcoming league winners. Not bad at all to be honest, but our field play isn’t very solid at all. After the draw against Ajax in the first knock-out round of the Champions League and the horrendous loss against Stoke City away I was done with it. We need to change something. I don’t like it but there is no other choice anymore, we are going to change the tactic. We have practiced this new tactic over the last year in secret, and now the time is right to reveal it. It sorted out amazingly well immediately against Birmingham City, but it was just a coincidence apparently.



The return match against Ajax was just terrible. We were the better team for sure, but the lack of scoring goals hurts us again. My strikers are barely scoring a goal this season. They need twenty shots on target or so for scoring only one goal. That isn’t good enough at all. Especially not for a club like Tottenham. Ajax wasn’t great either to be honest, but they were absolutely clinical in front of the goal, scoring two goals from their only two chances. Although one of them wasn’t even a chance… Martinez gave us a little glimmer of hope with scoring the equalizer in the 90th minute, but it was too late already. Eliminated by Ajax… That was not expected at all. So, suddenly there is not much more to play for anymore. Winning the league is definitely not realistic at this point, finishing fourth will be a tough mission already in the first place…

Our new tactic isn’t working, but there is no way back anymore. We have to use it till the end of the season. And our results followed the pattern more or less the same as we did before. Win some, lose some and playing a draw (just one to many at the end for qualifying ourselves for the next season Champions League). Except Gasser none of my players was in a great form and that kept us away for having a solid run of results. As said the board had a chat with me at some point but I survived all the way till the end. Liverpool manager Tuchel didn’t, and he is even competing in the semi finals of the Champions League. And what about poor Pep Guardiola! He brought Chelsea back into the best four, but it wasn’t good enough apparently. For the umpteenth time the great Pep has sacked again. Truly devastating…







So, at the end we finished fifth. Nothing to be proud of for sure. It was a terrible season, although it was starting great in the early days with celebrating the Community Shield win. Most of the players didn’t performed great. Mainly because of the lack for scoring goals. My three strikers in the first place, but also the wingers (especially Yeboah) and the central midfielders didn’t score enough goals. I still have faith in most of the players, but for some reason it hasn’t sort out in either way last season. The new 5-2-1-2 tactic doesn’t seem very promising until now, so I think a completely new tactic to be build is needed.




What next?
I have to tell you a little secret. Normally I will do a full squad review but that isn’t needed at this point. Because I’m leaving Tottenham Hotspur within a week. My contract is ending, we performed terribly last season and I have won all the English prizes at least once during the last five seasons. I’m done with that American board, I’m done with the terrible youth intake every year (last march as well again…) despite having state-of-the-art facilities and I’m done with all the money were it’s all about, especially in England. Although I have earned a shitload of money myself over the last few years, which I’m very grateful for. I have some future plans with it!

I’m 59-year old right now, if I want to do one more challenge outside the British Isles then I have to do it now. Actually, I signed a new deal by another club yet! Two months ago already and nobody doesn’t know anything about it. I saw my end was coming closer at Spurs because of the bad results, so when I take a look at the job market the one and only job I wanted was available. Could you believe? Coincidences are really existing apparently! It looked like it just had to be like this. So, I applied immediately for the job without even discovering their current situation, players and finances and that kind of stuff. Of course they invited me for a chat soon afterwards. My reputation is almost world-class level, so yeah, they can’t ignore me, isn’t it? Ha-ha! After some negotiations about the staff, my wage and the main goals for the upcoming seasons (which I couldn’t argue about to be honest, and they are really tough for sure, maybe even unrealistic I would say), I signed a three year deal. As usual I’m not revealing my new club yet, but it will become clear very soon! I will do a Tottenham overview next time (with a quick view how Hearts and Spartans performed over the last five years as well) and the next update thereafter I will immediately jump in the newest episode of this remarkable career! Underneath I’ve shown my career statistics so far, the new club I’m joining is greyed out.

A disappointing season after such an impressive one the year before but a new move will bring some fresh life to you as a manger. Excited to see who you will be going too.

You built a legacy at Tottenham, but nothing can last forever. A move is the right option, and I'm looking forward to seeing who it is

Loving this story, very much what I would like to do in my next one but i never build up the courage to leave my players behind who i fall in love with haha.

Super interested to see where you end up!

That was pretty disastrous I wonder who the new club you've joined is though? Hopefully you can win the ultimate prize there instead.

#103 - The big summarize
30/05/2037 -- Okay, before we dive completely into my new club I will do a summarize about the past few years with Tottenham just as I did before with Spartans and Hearts. At the end I will take a look how both of them performed over the last few years as well, it's always fun to me to see what they did without me. But first we’ll start with my very first season at Tottenham!

1st year, Spurs finished 5th in the Premiership
The managers before had letting me down with a big mess at this club. So, the very first thing to do for me was some sweeping. A lot. In the first transfer window I get rid of a whole bunch of players who are just average and average is definitely not enough for a club like Tottenham who wants to compete with the big boys. We generate over £160,000,000 but only loaned one guy in from Manchester United. I’m just a miser you know!

Despite this big cleaning operation we achieved quite well. I mean, we didn’t win something, but at least we made some kind of a connection again with the giants in the league, which is definitely a step in the right direction for the upcoming seasons. We finished fifth and so qualifying ourselves for the Europa League. We missed Champions League football by six points, but that happened earlier before. All thirteen seasons before this one to be precise. So I achieved definitely not more worse then all the other managers before me did. The player I want to highlight this year is Stavros Georgiou, the man we hired from Manchester United. Although he didn’t play a lot you could already see this guy is a future prospect. Throughout the years I made a few attempts to sign him for Tottenham, but in the meanwhile he became to important for Manchester. He is now one of their key players and you can see immediately why.






2nd year, Spurs finished 4th in the Premiership and won the FA Cup
My third trophy after so many years! And for Spurs as well. We are definitely on our way. Winning the mighty FA Cup is a sign to me and all the clubs fans that we could assign something with this guys for the long term. I can redesign the squad to my own ideas for how to play football more and more and at the same time the squad is starting to begin more ‘English’. Just as it should be to get familiar with the roots of this club and country. Although, that’s my opinion.

We did slightly better in the league and finished fourth. For the very first time in many years Spurs is qualified for Champions League football through the league. A very good performance I would say. The new players get in touch with the club and the tactics I prefer to use and that is reflected to the average ratings of the players. The best player this year was Nohan Kenneh. One of the ten(!) players who was already here before I joined Spurs and who stayed until the end. He is a very reliable defensive midfielder who can play football as well! He took care for a decent amount of assists and key passes throughout the years and capable for scoring a goal as well. But he is 34 years old now and is starting to decline. I gave him the exact amount of twenty appearances this last season for which his contract is automatically extended with one more year. Now the next manager can decide what he wants to do with Kenneh.






3rd year, Spurs finished 4th in the Premiership
We did slightly better than the year before in the league (scoring more points), missed the Community Shield after penalties and reached into the final of the Champions League (and were even pretty close for winning it), which I definitely not expected! Although we didn’t win any silverwork progress is still visible I would say, despite the fact our signings this year weren’t the greatest. None of them performed exceptional, not even acceptable to be honest. It was one of the early signs to me this is not my cup of tea. Smashing cash all over the place and just hope it sorts out at some point. In all my honesty I have to conclude I’m not the best manager for finding players who are arrived already. Peter, Reyes and Macdonald performed all very disappointingly throughout the seasons and also expensive guys like Cordner and Alexander-Spence most recently didn’t push us any further up the road significantly. I’m more like a manager with a good sense for attracting youngsters who needs to prove themselves rather than buying a superstar already I guess.

This year there was not really a player who achieved amazingly better than anyone else. So, let’s take a look for a player we sold at the start of the season. I’m quite interested how Calvin Smith performed at Barcelona. He was our right fullback for many years, but he wasn’t really good in my opinion. He barely took care for an assist or key pass; he did just nothing. I was quite surprised by the time Barcelona wanted him. But he is not there anymore. After three years he moved back to England again to join Chelsea. He never became a key player at Camp Nou, not really surprising to me actually. Now the Chelsea fans can enjoy Smith, although I think it’s above his skills again to perform on this level of football… He must have a damn good agent I suppose.






4th year, Spurs finished 1st in the Premiership and won both the League Cup and FA Cup
My best year for sure. Just everything felt into place. We won the league after one of the most excited season endings ever I would say. We ended equal on points with Liverpool after they played a draw on the very last day, providing Spurs the first league title since 1961(!) with a goal difference of only three! Beside of that we did won both the FA Cup and League Cup as well and we possibly could have won the Champions League if we didn’t face an off-day against Italian side Napoli in the return game in the semi’s. I’m a legend now at this club. It should be!

Many players achieved amazingly throughout this season, almost everyone ended in green figures for their average rating. But the best of them was our Italian right midfielder Guglielmo Tocci. He scored 14 goals and took care for thirteen assist in 42 matches, from which he started only 24. Many of the goals he scored were important as well! I already wanted him in my first year at the club, but sadly he chose for Bayern Munich by the time. That marriage did not sort out properly, so after two years I could sign him yet. And he never let me down. I loved him from the very first second, although he didn’t play much over the last few months because I used another tactic which he didn’t fit it. I truly hope the new manager has some believe in him as well, he is a great player for sure. But I didn’t say it yet or the new appointed manager, 70-year old Jürgen Klopp, sold him… Italian side Udinese took him over for a very low amount of money I would say. He was worth twice as much when I left Tottenham! Anyway, I hope he is doing alright in his home country.






5th year, Spurs finished 5th in the Premiership and won the Community Shield
You should almost forgot we actually did win a prize this season after such a poor period, especially the second half of the season. It seemed all spirit has flown away from the players and the tactic we use. Nothing seems to work anymore and at the end I was pretty much done with it as well. The relationship between Tottenham and Henderson isn’t working anymore, maybe because I stayed together just to long with the same players. Maybe I should have signed at least one new guy every season, but I didn’t this year. Just because I had faith in my own players, but they all letting me down this last season sadly…

None of the players achieved amazingly. My strikers barely scored a goal, there was nobody who performed constantly on a high level for a longer period than only a few weeks and none of the players was remarkably better than somebody else. So, who for god sake do I have to pick for doing a highlight? I just don’t know. Maybe it’s better highlighting nobody if none of them deserved it right? Or wait, maybe one guy. No, not myself, because I have showed my own profile before quite frequently. Although it passed my mind for a sec, ha-ha!

Let’s talk about Ronnie Adams. My toddler who I loved so much when I bought him for a ridiculous amount of money when sixteen, and who developed himself quite well the first few years, but last year he shared in the malaise as well. I send him to the bench for a longer period for the first time in his career and it seemed he isn’t developing himself anymore. I truly hope he can do something more the next few years because he’s still only twenty, but I’m afraid he isn’t going to make it. He is good, really good, but I’m asking myself now if it’s good enough for taking part to join a big club like Tottenham. I’m curious how he will evolve over the next few years, but I will not be surprised at all if the new appointed manager is selling him immediately to be honest.






What about Hearts?
Throughout the last five years when at Spurs I frequently looked how Hearts performed, but it wasn’t as good as I was hoping for. Celtic and especially Rangers are doing bits and there is still no space for the other clubs to achieve something. The Scottish Cup is probably the best they could get with a little bit of luck. But even that wasn’t given to Hearts, although they reached into the final in 2034. The only achievement they did is winning the League Cup again just a few months ago. It was their first price since 2027 (ten years ago now) when I handled to win the League Cup as well.

In the league the results are changeable over the years, but it seems like they are gradually losing connection with the best clubs again. I’m a bit said about it. When I left I laid down a very solid base to build further onwards, but it doesn’t sort out in either way, sadly. When I did an overview for Hearts five years ago I highlighted six players. One of them being Lee Saunders, probably the best talent I had in my whole career until now. He moved to Manchester City by the time and I’m very curious how his career evolved over the last few years, so we’ll take a look again!





Well, apparently he couldn’t prove himself enough for staying in Manchester. After only one-and-a-half year he moved back to Scotland again and joined Celtic, were he is still playing currently. A bit disappointingly though, I think he can do better than playing for a big club in a minor competition. He proved himself already whilst with me at Hearts. Maybe he thought he could win some silverwork, but he didn’t count on the big resurrection of Rangers. They have won five from the last six league titles. Poor Lee… But, he is still a very good striker. I think he should move on for joining a decent club in a major competition. He is definitely capable for doing so.

What about Spartans?
Back to the old days. The good days. When money was less more important. When things were just simple. Lead a training two or three times a week and play a match Saturday afternoon. No big pressure. If you win we drink a beer afterwards, if we loss we drink a beer as well. Just like that. Nothing changed since then. Spartans achieved quite well during the years in the Scottish championship, but getting promoted wasn’t given to them. The club is to tiny and being not full-professional is still a big thing they have to struggle with. So it was quite remarkable to see they actually reached into the play-offs three seasons ago, although they were eliminated immediately in the first play-off round. But soon sfterwards things were running into big troubles. Only a year later Spartans relegated back into League One and the future doesn’t seemed so bright anymore. They had to build a whole new squad again but luckily they could compete with the best clubs immediately. The first year back in League One they ended third, but unfortunately couldn’t win the play-offs. But last season Spartans finished second and so gaining promotion directly. Back to the level they belong fore sure I would say. Hopefully they can avoid relegation again next season and so building further for a more stabilized future. Last time I showed you my legends Ashmore and Griffiths whilst overthere, but they were retired already. All other players are retired or gone as well, so there is nobody left to show you. It’s twelve year ago now when I left Spartans you know!

But there is something going on with Spartans. Something huge. They have a new board. Me. Luke Barra Henderson. Last year I bought a stake of 30% already and now I’m the new owner of Spartans for 100%. Former Chairman Craig Graham is 88 years old now and sold the club to me to enjoy his last years. I paid nearly £9,000,000 for it in total. That seems a lot, but it also includes the property of the Edinburgh Academical grounds, the long time intended spot to move the club to which was owned by Graham as well. Although I own Spartans right now and will take all important decisions, I’m not in daily charge with it as long as my career as a manager is taking place. But I have one main target with the club for the short term. Turning Spartans into a full professional side at the end of this season if they not getting relegated again. If they survive than we can finally achieve something with this club for real. I will put one-and-a-half million into the club every year, which hopefully will result in promoting to the Premiership one day. I’m filthy rich because of the Tottenham job (and at my new job my wage isn't as bad either) so I think the time is right now to do something back for Scottish football!


Note: Thanks guys for the ongoing support! I never expected this career is taking so long to be honest. Usually I never play longer then ten seasons or so. The real players are removing from the database more and more and I loss connection with the game slightly throughout the years because of that. But I like this career pretty much, although it isn't as succesfull as I was hoping for, but that isn't the most important thing to me.

What you are saying is so damn right Griffo! I understand completely what you mean. Leaving a club which is carrying your own shape so much at some point, and having a couple of players you really love (Adams and Tocci in my case) is pretty hard for sure! But try to achieve something at a new place is just attracting me a little bit more these days. Next time I will present my new challenging club, I can tell you now it isn't on the British Isles anymore!