End of Season 1

As Bruce Buffer would say

IIITTTTTTTTS

TIIIIMEEEEEEEEEEE!

the Fa Trophy final is here and the boys are ready for their first taste of wembley, as 

am i

we are ready, we've had a month off and are suitably rested but match fit and raring to go

and, in what could be seen as risky or even to some, careless

we have a 35% fit Jack Redshaw on the bench!

he took some persuading mind you...

he might be banged up and playing on a suitable amount of painkillers, but Cassidy is cup tied, and a 35% Redshaw is better than Dudley on the bench (sorry Dudley)

We hopefully wont need him, but just in case we do, he's there

another 2 people missing are Gus mufuta who picked up a knock and Shepherd who broke his foot in the final game of the season and was sent back to Solihull at the end of his loan

Thanks Shepherd, it was a pleasure!

but anyway, over to the announcer at wembley

"so this is how the mighty Salford City line up today!"

In Goal number 1 Max Crocombe 

number 2 Ronaldo Jones

number 3 Ibou Touray

Number 4 and Captain Liam Hogan

Number 5 Carl Piergianni

Number 6 Lois Maynard

Number 7 Danny Livesey

Number 8 Ben Chapman

Number 9 Jake Beesley

Number 10 Mike Phenix 

and number 11 Emmanuel Dieseruvwe

And we are under way at wembley

let's see what the first half has in store...

Wrexham are good

they're the best we've come up against this year by a mile

we've been on the backfoot all half and Wrexham rightfully hold the lead

I question the boys on whether they actually want to win, they respond with an almighty roar and head back out

75 minutes in, and its still 1-0

we are getting into the midfield but it just isnt sticking up top

"Jack"

"yes boss"

"put down the crutches lad, you're going on"

"aye, just let me get this cast off first"

in life, sometimes, you have to sacrifice the ones you love...

78 minutes in and Big Burge bangs in the Equaliser!

90 minutes gone - Extra Time

3 minutes into extra time and the inevitable happens, redshaw has to come off with what could be anything at this point

but he did a job

Thanks Jack, ill see you in A+E

120 minutes gone

its still 1-1

and that means 1 thing

Penalties

i've only ever let Jack and Livesey take them, and theyre both off the pitch through injury

this will be interesting

Emmanuel up first

lets cross everything and hope!

*sigh*

you just can't ever miss 4 penalties and expect anything

4-1 to wrexham and they lift the FA trophy

the boys are gutted but im proud

they were expected to make round 2 at best this year and nearly won the whole thing at the same time as getting promoted.

come here lads, lets go on the lash

in other news

Manchester had a good year didnt it...

FC united join me in the Vanarama National

and united won the Fa cup Champions league double with City winning the premiership

what a city

what a year

END OF SEASON AWARDS

Manager of the year

I'll take that

although, York played a blinder this year, if they'd have come up, he would have won it 100%

Who else

35 in 32 and 46 in all competitons

Jack Redshaw ladies and gents

Dont agree with this one

Phenix should have won this hands down

better average rating and more assists with only 5 less goals

but Djabi did score a Playoff final hat-trick so, you know

well done and all that 

*pfft*

Jack won player of the year, I'd have expected Phenix but the fans love goals

Cassidy won goal of the season with a 20 yard volley, BEAUT

Did everyone forget about burge? Nilsen won signing of the season...

and Emmanuel won young player, easy choice that one.

The stats speak for themselves

46 goals

27 assists

and Chapman was a good little player on the sly

what a season

And finally this made me smile

Redshaw even won top goalscorer in the FA cup despite only making round 1

nice little stat to tell the grandkids that one

Thanks for following me this season everyone

lets hope the Vanarama national has some nice surprises for us next season

see you next season!