Liverpool F.C - The Road to Europe

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Great story, good to see you kept going, lots of people do about a season and stop
Just won the world cup with france and i was looking for a new team to manage, any suggestions (prefer the premier league)
great story, im enjoying reading it

Thank you

Try Tottenham. Never tried them but intending to.

How results have been since my last update...


Andy Carroll and Mario Balotelli are the starting strikers this season, while Luis Suarez will feature more regularly as a right winger, backed up by Raheem Sterling. But Mbaye Niang has sent a warning message to Carroll and Balotelli with four goals each in his last two appearances.

Reds hold Real Madrid


Liverpool held Real Madrid to a 0-0 draw at Anfield today in a Champions' League group match.

The Kop outfit, who fielded a rather strong line-up consisting of Reina, Montoya, Coates, Wilson, Enrique, Lucas, Henderson, Gerrard, Downing, Suarez and Balotelli, had their keeper to thank as Reina saved many shots from the Real attackers.

Andre Villas-Boas joins Spain


Portuguese manager Andre Villas-Boas has been employed by Spain manager Glenn Tham as coach of the national team.

Villas-Boas was offered the job immediately after being sacked as manager of Racing. The 36-year-old has already spent a year in Spain, with brief six-month spells as manager of Atletico Madrid and Racing. Tham has never made it a secret how he admires the Portuguese coach and once tried to sign him up with Liverpool as a first team coach, but Villas-Boas rejected the offer to continue a managerial career that is unfortunately not going very well - having been sacked at his last four jobs as manager with Chelsea, Wolfsburg, Atletico, and Racing.

With Tham as the new Spain manager, the national team is facing drastic staff changes, with new U23, U21, U20 and U19 managers employed, as well as new coaches, a new physio, and a new goalkeeping coach. Tito Vilanova, formerly Pep Guardiola's assistant manager at Barcelona, has joined the national team as Tham's assistant manager.

Like a sir!

Spain U21s have qualified for the U21 European Championships.

The senior squad is currently trying to do the same. We are 1st in our qualifying table with a game in hand.


We kicked off our European Championship qualifying campaign against Albania, and won 2-0. Next, we overcame resilient Armenia 3-0, but both Fabregas & David Silva got injured - ruling them out of our next European Championship qualifying match against Finland. Raul Albiol is also out of contention with an injury suffered in training.

The match against Finland is our last European Championship match for the year, with the next qualifying match in March 2015, while we are currently in October 2014. For 2014, after the Finland match we still have two friendlies against Germany and Russia, and after that no more Spain matches until March 2015 which gives me the chance to concentrate more on club football for awhile.

I privately offered 50 million in total for Thiago and Marc Bartra, but Barcelona doesn't want to sell.

Heartbreak for Stoke as Liverpool knock Potters out


Liverpool advanced to the Quarter Finals of the League Cup, beating Stoke City 3-2 after extra time in the League Cup Fourth Round.

Luis Suarez was the star of the show. The first goal came from him and, although a controversial one, was a delightful finish. Mexican striker Carlos Fierro attempted to feed the ball to Suarez but the pass was intercepted by Stoke's Junior Hoilett. However, the Canadian was pushed to the ground by Suarez and lost the ball to the Uruguayan, who in turn scored from outside the box to put Liverpool 1-0 ahead. The Stoke players called for a foul, but referee Howard Webb gave the goal.

Jelle Vossen then equalized for Stoke and justice seemed to have been served when Irish midfielder Glenn Whelan scored on the hour mark for Stoke.

However the Reds had other plans. Spanish defender Martin Montoya hit an early cross in for Luis Suarez, and Liverpool's star striker danced around the Stoke keeper to score in the 72nd minute.

With the match going into extra time, it was Steven Gerrard, who had recently recovered from injury, who scored a wonderful long-range goal to put his side through into the Quarter Finals - sparking memories of his goal against West Ham in the FA Cup Final in 2006.

October
I've come in 2nd for October Manager of the Month, with Steve McClaren of QPR winning the award and Nigel Clough of Chelsea behind me in 3rd.

We have drawn against Huddersfield in the League Cup Quarter Finals - our opponents are two divisions below us in the English league ladder and Liverpool look certain to cruise past into the semi-finals.



A rather decent month, save for the 1-1 draw against Southampton.

Current Premier League table as of November 2014

I feel obliged to laugh at Everton, but I shall not in the name of respect.

Rio Ferdinand is on the verge of getting sacked as Derby manager after single-handedly taking a team that finished in the top 10 last season to 19th place in the league. This is the former Manchester United defender's first job in management and also his first non-professional job in football.


Henning Berg of Everton is also on the verge of being sacked with the other club on Merseyside at the bottom of the table.

Do not worry we'll be champions.

November
Liverpool will play Bolton in their first FA Cup match of the season in the FA Cup Third Round.

I have got 2nd for November Manager of the Month, losing out to Nigel Clough of Chelsea, while Ben Howard, my 18-year-old midfielder, has also got 2nd in November Young Player of the Month.


November has been a great month, with the only blunder being against our fierce rivals Manchester United in a 1-0 loss.


Premier League table as of November 2014.

Henning Berg has been sacked by Everton after less than six months in the job, having been appointed by new chairman Sean Murphy to replace Paul Lambert.