End of season 3

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So its here
The last game of the season and a chance for us to cement our place in history
A chance to show exactly who we are and what we are all about to be etched into the history books
we only need this one game to go our way and we've done more than we could have ever imagined
so here we go







It took an own goal an a whole bucket load of grit and determination but we did it!
What a campaign
for a team expected to go down bottom by a mile to win the league and break this long standing record for points with 103 is astonishing
what a team
what a club
Salford City

Jack rightfully wins the League 2 player of the year this year after some exceptional performances and 32 goals to boot
Im pleased for Jack as he had been released from league 2 teams twice for "not being good enough"
what a player

Not only did we get 6 players in the team of the year
but we got super Adrian Rodrigues in there!
im so happy that my outside bet on a centre half after watching him once for Andorra paid off
what a team

the team of the year has been announced as voted for by the fans and its as expected
Moore earned his place ahead of Lewis after a fine end to the season
the rest all played their part in full this season and deserved recognition
Redshaw winning player of the year was a given
Rabbi more than deserved Young player of the year
and Lemoine was a sure fire thing for signing of the season

but then we got some bad news

Britain left the EU
and it was a hard Brexit
All players of none UK background now had to apply for permits to play in England
and if they havent played 50% of their national teams games in the last 2 years, they wouldnt be allowed in (barring some exceptional circumstances)
and even players already in the UK would have to re-apply if they moved clubs

what a terrible situation we find ourselves in

But

i always have a plan (that's what i tell myself)

We will obviously have to look to build a team around English talent, but that wont cut the mustard getting us up the leagues further
So i'm going to work my way up the international pyramid...
If we can only sign players who are internationals, we obviously cant go for Spanish or Brazilians early on so we will look to go for nations who aren't as high up and look to sign their players
as we move up, we go for better higher ranked nations
its a plan
whether it works or not, that's another thing

But for it to work we will need a solid base
so some more staff are needed
this is who we got






These 5 will certainly give our players the best chance of succeeding here at Salford
and hopefully, we might be able to nurture some talent we already have and this should hopefully stand us in a good position to progress up the leagues

in other news
i had just been pipped as the most successful team in Manchester this year!
but only by a whisker...


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