Balotelli sends Italy to World Cup Final - Beddows delight!

ITALY (3) ARGENTINA (0)

Balotelli sends the Doctor back to his tardis and makes amends with the Brazilian fans after Italy destroyed the host nations hopes of winning their own tournament… 2 strikes from Balotelli (and 1 from Florenzi) did it to make in 6 goals in 5 World Cup games as the incredible Italian striker leaps to the top of the Golden Boot charts…

 Balotelli shows the World his power after his 2nd goal sent Argentina crying

The whole world is asking one question what does Beddows feed Balotelli, how did he get 30+ goals out of him this season and then this incredible return in the World Cup... when asked normally he always pushes away and rebuffs the question but tonight Beddows finally answered...



"A Mario io lo do la cosa che si serve - amore e credenza... prima di ogni, e lo dico ogni partita lo dico a lui... oggi Mario ho un sensazione che lo fai un gol... e lui lo fa... sempre! E come magica... in piu lo do a lui la responsbilita di fare tutti, calcio di punzione, rigore, tutto e fatto da lui!"

Balotelli & Beddows embrace at full-time
The impending interview with Parkinson has been delayed to Italy's continued World Cup progress
In their way in the final is one Mr Greg Billington, a relegated and broken man who due to have some good players at his disposal finds himself in the World Cup Final...

Greg Billington of Malaga - A man who can't speak Spanish let alone French
Beddows said of him... "Don't get me wrong but the bloke has been managing in Spain for like 5 years and he does some good stuff helping old ladies and what not but he still cant even speak the lingo - about as intelligent as a squashed pheasant!"

Leading bookmaker FrankBet have placed the French as firm favourites at 1/1000 tomorrow with Italy at 3/1 - a fact that Beddows quickly pounced upon -

"The odds clearly go to show that Frank is trying to make up for his mistreatment of Greg in Season 3 and I will be stunned if I win as im certain many brown envelopes have already passed hands..."

"I'm only speculating but Mattia De Sciglio told me that Andrea Barzagli had told him that Giacomo Bonadventura had seen a number of dead partridge's arrive at the French hotel when there are whispers that they have already prepared the pastry for a World Cup Winning Partridge Pie to celebrate..."

One thing is for certain if Italy upset the odds and the Gods tomorrow evening there wont be any partridge in the Italian dressing room - only glorious jugs and jugs of vino (and Birra Morretti)

Season 3 Player & Manager Awards

The Top100 Player & Manager Awards were voted for by 55 of the Game Worlds managers, the shortlists below represent the players/managers who made it into the top 3 as voted for by the Managers of the Game World…

Division 1 Player of the Year

Shortlist:

Robert Lewandowski (Chelsea) Lionel Messi (Barcelona) Thomas Muller (Real Madrid)

Winner Division 1 Young Player of the Year

Shortlist:

Kingsley Coman (Juventus) Anthony Martial (Manchester United) Niguez Saul (Atletico Madrid)

Winner

Division 1 Manager of the Year

Shortlist:

Fred Dodger (Lazio) Gordon ‘Gino’ Kinnear (Liverpool) Lee Reynolds (Borussia Dortmund) Scott McKenzie (Barcelona)

Winner

Division 2 Player of the Year

Shortlist:

Mario Balotelli (Milan) Mesut Ozil (Tottenham Hotspur) Zoran Tosic (Sevilla)

Winner Division 2 Young Player of the Year

Shortlist:

Leon Goretzka (Benfica) Aleksander Mitrovic (Newcastle United) Karim Rekik (Spartak Moscow)

Winner

Division 2 Manager of the Year

Shortlist:

Stephen Beddows (Milan) David ‘The Fox’ Piero (Tottenham Hotspur) Libaan Hassan (Zenit)

Winner

Division 3 Player of the Year

Shortlist:

Carlos Bacca (Aston Villa) Lucas Lima (Genoa) Paul-Georges Ntep (Internacional)

Winner

Division 3 Young Player of the Year

Shortlist:

Samu Castillejo (PSV) Gaston Pereiro (Galatasaray) Niklas Sule (Hoffenheim)

Winner

Division 3 Manager of the Year

Shortlist:

Roberto Downinho (Internacional) Frank Hirst (Genoa) Rahul W (Aston Villa)

Winner

Division 4 Player of the Year

Shortlist:

Clint Dempsey (Lille) Andre-Pierre Gignac (Hamburger) Gylfi Sigurdsson (Villarreal)

Winner

Division 4 Young Player of the Year

Shortlist:

Vincent Janssen (AZ) Naby Keita (Sassuolo) Tonny Vilhena (Feyenoord)

Winner

Division 4 Manager of the Year

Shortlist:

Feargal Hickey (VFB Stuttgart) Andrew Kelly (Villarreal) Nick Wheels (Sao Paulo)

Winner

Division 5 Player of the Year

Shortlist:

Wissam Ben Yedder (Hertha BSC) Xabi Prieto (Olympiacos) Araujo Raffael (Standard Liege)

Winner Division 5 Young Player of the Year

Shortlist:

Abdul Rahman Baba (Celta Vigo) Bjorn Engels (Club Brugge) Gabriel Jesus (Santos)

Winner

Division 5 Manager of the Year

Shortlist:

Grant Cameron (Dynamo Kiev) James Foster (Standard Liege) Alex McLean (Olympiacos) Davy Vanendriessche (Club Brugge)

Winner

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Dortmund Season 3 Review


DORTMUND SEASON 3 REVIEW

As the dust settles on the promotion party manager Lee Reynolds is getting down to the important stuff of leading Dortmund into Division 1.

"I am fully focused and want this club to succeed after the shambles of 2 seasons ago", a determined Reynolds said.


Adding to the squad was key and Marco Reus was soon arriving from Barcelona with David Alaba moving in the opposite direction, Allan moved from Napoli along with Josip Brekalo with Arda Turan moving in the opposite direction, Michy Batshuayi moved to Juventus with Jesper Cillessen and Davie Selke coming in, Jonas Hector made the move from Cologne with Roman Eremenko and Robert Bauer moving the other way. With the squad assembled and ready pre-season went well winning 4 out of 5 games only losing to Villarreal.

Dortmund entered the season with huge optimism but facing Keano's Real Madrid at home was a daunting prospect and it proved to be losing 5-0. This was real awakening a showed how hard this division really was. James McKenzie's Chelsea were next away and a 2-1 victory, banished some of the memory of that heavy defeat. The form though in the league continued to suffer as Fenerbahce and Liverpool both defeating Dortmund and that was followed by a 2 all draw with Lazio. 4 points from 5 games was not the best start.

The turning appeared in a 3-0 success at Old Trafford, a defining moment Reynolds says in their season. "We had just come off the back of a 2-0 home defeat to Villarreal in the Top 100 Cup and confidence was low. The players were booed off and rightly so, our home form was suffering the players were feeling the pressure", Reynolds said.

Although form picked up that elusive league home win did not happen until their 6th home league game against Atletico Madrid. This was in the middle of winning run of 7 games which included Top 100 Shield, Youth Cup and World Club Cup. Dortmund had started to looked a side capable of playing at this level, which had yielded 11 wins out of 14 league games a run which took them well into the SMFA qualification places. Dortmund bowed of the Top 100 Shield though losing at home to Lazio.

Dortmund continued to do well in both World Club Cup and Youth Cup although the Youth Cup run was brought to an abrupt end as they fell foul of the laws failing to change team for the Celta Vigo tie. The World Club Cup was ended yet again by Bayern going down 2-1 in a spirited display.
The rest of the season was blighted by inconsistent form but Dortmund were in with a shout of the top 4 until the last 3 games of the season finally finishing 6th in what is regarded as a highly successful season.

Reynolds was asked can he build on this, "we have to. The 1st team squad needs to improve in terms of depth as we have the SMFA Shield too. The youth team needs a bit more quality if we can get it, so pre-season is very important"

Reynolds has set a managerial stipulation that he will walk away if this club does not make the top 10 which based on last season should look easy but many have failed to build on such a decent season before.

Brazil diventa blu... Beddows leads Italy to historic win over hosts WORLD CUP ROUND UP

It was an absolute thriller with Marco Verratti scoring a 60 yard belter to defeat the hosts and send the whole of Brazil into mourning who quickly called for Innes' head. FINAL SCORE Italy 3 Brazil 2


With Roy Keane out surely Mr David Senior is now one of the favourites to life the famous old trophy.

Youth Cup Draw (Season 4)

Its that brilliant time again - time to watch Beddows do the draw for the group stage of the SM Top 100 Youth Cup.

Will Beddows get another plum draw? Will Keane moan its rigged? Will Frank actually get more than 3 points this season?

All will be revealed.


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My Incredible Life by nick wheels

My Incredible Life by Nick Wheels



Seeing that article by old 'pop around 'Parfitt the other day reminded me that I'd promised to jot down a few of my amazing experiences during my incredible life so far.
Well, where to start - well there's the film & tv career, thats as good a place as any.
Many of you T100 types won't be aware of my past life as an absolute megastar of the entertainment industry - but, I assure you I am.




Coaching Trip

It all started when I was called up for Coach Trip, yes yours truly on Britains greatest reality gameshow. It started off well, got on with most of the contestants, had a bit of banter with Brendan, sweet as. However during the pottery challenge I was on my way to making an exact replica of Dubai's Burg Khalifa when Brendan only came along & stuck his thumb in it!  Well I went mental, put him in hospital & got myself a one way ticket back to blighty. Little did I know that this was the start of my incredible TV career.


Career Peak

I was on a visit to the fair city of Birmingham one weekend, the Mrs hit the Bullring & the Custard factory for the shopping while I had a few beers before popping down St Andrews to see my old mate Stevie Bruce. After promising him I'd read his book (like fuck would I!) I was walking back into town through the Digbeth railway arches when who did I come upon but Cillian Murphy bumming a fag off some Big Issue sellers. Cillian geez, 'ave one of my bensons mate, you're looking a bit peaky.'
And whadya know, he said he'd just had a great idea for a Brummie gangster show & he simply HAD to have me in it after that Coach Trip appearance. As for that Steve Bruce, If I ever see that pot headed bastard again I'll skin him, managing Villa indeed, what a fuckwit.


One Game of Thrones At A Time

The title gives this one away really but do you know, I was only supposed to have a small part in this TV epic and I ended up playing 3 roles! 
I was playing the young dragon along side Delores Targarden, at first she hardly said a word to me but as time went on she warmed to me until eventually we were an item. Now she plays a fiesty young woman on the telly but away from the limelight she likes nothing better than playing dominoes and collecting bottle caps. Well, when my filming was up I announced that was it for us, I was off. 'Noooaaa' she gurgles in her deep Burnley brogue, And that was it, she fixed me up with enough parts to keep me on the set, & in her bed. Them fucking bottle caps hurt like hell though.


                                                         Oh yes, I'm a face around here




You can see how pissed off the little dwarf woman is cos I got all the best lines. Plus I made Wilko Johnson wear a condom over his head for a bet.




Getting Narcoffed off with this

After 'Thrones' I was knackered & just wanted to put my feet up & watch a bit of Ice Road Truckers. No Chance! I was off to Columbia to film Narcos, something about a sherbert salesman with a big tache or something, never quite understood the plot. All I know is I had to say Medeyin' a lot in a gruff voice & sniff a lot of powder. It wasn't all bad cos that's when I met the then Sao Paulo Chairwoman, Edna Pissclams, a chance meeting that would later result in me being the fantastic manager of the Spoons, but that's another story. Mind you there's only so much Daz a man can snort & I'd had enough. I got my character killed in a lawnmower accident & headed home.


A 'Pointless' Life

When I got home a letter from the BBC was waiting for me on the mat. Shit! I thought, they've got me for the bloody tv licence again, but no, it was an invitation on to a special celeberity edition of my favourite quiz show, Pointless. I was teamed up with a chap named Beddows, didn't know much about him at the time except he managed Milan & enjoyed the writings of Barbara Cartland, Well, we blew away all the opposition, in the head to head round we got a question on Balotelli which we aced then one on world Spoons which again we stormed through, The final question was on Biscotti collections which is a little hobby of mine, Beddows wanted to answer the question on buttons but I had to overule him there. It paid off, we won £5000 and spent a lovely couple of days drinking the Hen & Chickens dry with our friends the White Stripes, Edward Scissorhands & Nana Mouskouri.


So there you have it, I hope you enjoyed your brief, but illuminating snapshot of My Incredible Life!

A sporting chance. bem-vindo a Portugal

A sporting chance. bem-vindo a Portugal




A look back to see where Sporting Lisbon and Fiorentina failed and a look ahead to next season.



Sporting Lisbon fans were jubilant when they heard of the appointment of top manager Mrmalcolm who replaced the Good Doctor Fox.

What went wrong.

Sporting Lisbon: They went from a promotion seeking side to relegation fodder in the course of 1 season. It is hard to lay the blame completely on Doctor Fox, when the previous manager Houdini Smith had done so much harm in his second season.

The sale of Rui Patricio was the direct cause of the sides relegation, with the previous sale of Carvalho not being far behind. If you combine that with the loss of Bryan Ruiz you can see where it went wrong. Not a single decent player or prospect moved in over season 3. A club that needs help for sure.

Fiorentina: The key is the keeper again. Jefferson's inexplicable loss of form and Tatarusanu's relative lack of experience, meant teams they beat last season they drew with and draws turned into losses. Next season will be equally tough as the new gaffer has understandably let some stars go inexchange for long term talent, but without a 90 rated striker , life in D2 could be interesting.

Sporting Lisbon reborn.
Starting at the back. Lodygin has put aside the differences he had with the previous boss and early indication suggest that he will soon be back onto his best form after being left out for most of next season. Fabri and Pele provide experienced back up with Posavec the youth keeper expected to challenge for a first team place.

The defensive line will see 2 new faces , Jefferson and Olivera keep there places with, Danilo and the experienced Burdisso added to the squad. Sorbon and the fantastic prospect Semedo will provide cover.

In midfield Adrien Silva can provide the anchor or offensive role, Blaszczykowski will attack down the right, and Bengtsson or Jefferson swapping on the left of midfield as needed. Andre Martins and Fernandes will be the 5th member of midfield when needed with Vazquez pushing into attack.

Slimani and Mitroglu will aim to pierce the defense of most sides.

There is still space for one more signing and some players such as Sacko and Figueirido will need to prove their worth.

Aims for the season.
Stability and growth. Top 10 is not out of the question .

Locally we already see ourselves as the best Lisbon side and expect to swap places with rivals Benfica soon, we would love to test ourselves vs Porto.

Youth cup. We have a real chance this year, with plenty of young talent coming in .


Olympiacos Press Conference

       OLYMIPIACOS PRESS CONFERENCE

This evening olympiacos officially unveiled there new manager after the departure of Alex McLean. Former besets manager the prince of Persia has agreed a 1 year rolling contract to take over the division 5 champions.



Paulo bento was asking the questions to the new manager.


PB.first of all nathan congratulations on getting the job as  Olympias's  manager could I first ask what made you apply for the job after Alex McLean departure.


NP. thank you very much Paulo I'm very happy to finally have arrived in Greece ahead of the new season. I was very happy at besiktas and thought I did a great job at that club but nothing was good enough for those annoying fans. They always wanted more.so I spoke to the chairman and made it clear I would be leaving regardless of if I got them promoted.

PB.you seem to have moved on a few players and brought some in how far away do you think you are from the team you want.

NP. first of all I never really wanted to let any players go. you must be forgetting this side just become champions so the structure is already there. But I felt I had to put my own stamp on the team. I'm hoping to work on 2 or 3 more signings if I can and then ill be pretty happy?


PB. do you feel extra pressure to achieve what Alex McLean did at the club?


NP. no I don't what Alex achieved at this club was brilliant and no doubt will go down in the clubs history but I'm not going to worry about living up to Alex. We must improve on last season and that's the plan.


PB.what are your views on division 4?


NP lets be honest this is one hell of a league and we will have to be at our very best. to achieve our targets.

PB. would you be open to giving your views on any managers in division 4?


NP there's some top managers in this league and I look forwarded to the season ahead


PB what sort of rules can you players expect this season that may be different from the previous regime.

NP the only rule I have is no betting for the players at all after a former player ended up losing his home halfway through the season after he got in over his head.

PB that's interesting if you were to put on a bet next season what would it be?

NP well tbh that's easy. my bet would be on Balotelli letting of fireworks in Stephens house. Lets be honest that's all he does is moan that manager. how those players put up with him ill never no I'm presuming being married to the owners daughter has something to do with that. if it all goes pear shaped we will see fireworks at the san sire this season I just feel sorry for Alex and the inter boys sharing that stadium must be a night mare with pictures of Stephen on every door and window.

PB wow big claims there Mr prince I will wish you well for the upcoming season



big words from mr prince this season can he improve  olympiacos  or will he forever be in the shadow of former manager Alex McLean






Round Wheels house

Linder said it was only a friendly, so it doesn’t really matter. The fact is, it does matter, and we showed that bunch of cocksure cocky cockneys how to get the job done. Beating Palace 2 – 0, easy as pie. I’ve had more strenuous evenings at home reading my book. Friendlies don’t matter my arse.




Speaking of friendlies, it reminds me of this time I was around Nick Wheels house. I was in South America on business, meeting some associates of mine in Bogota. At the time, I was looking to get into acting, and I’d been offered a role in Trainspotting. They wanted me to play Begbie.

Well you know how it is, you get asked to play a role, you need to get into character. I was told what the film was about and threw myself in at the deep end. So that’s what I was doing. I had some of my kit, but nothing to cook any skag in. Where better for some help then, than the home of the Worlds biggest spoon collection.


I popped around to Wheels museum and house of fun, and cracked on. I’ll be honest, he was a little surprised to see me there, especially with the fella’s I’d got my gear from. He also said he’d have preferred if we had called ahead, or at the very least knocked on the door and waited for him to answer rather than entering with a scousers door key through the kitchen window.


Wheels Window after Parfitt & gang gained entrance


A Scousers door key

Anyhow, me and my new buds were settling in and having a great time. And to be fair to old Wheelsey, he’s a cracking host. He didn’t want to get involved with the brown, said it’s not really his bag though. Some people like fine wine, some like aged Scotch. Some people like Havana cigars, others like skag. Mr Wheels though, he’s proper hardcore. He’s into sausage rolls. Not your basic common or garden ones though, oh no. He has cheese topped ones. He doesn’t just settle for a cheese topped sausage though. He gets stuck in with some condiment action as well. He covers them in brown sauce. I shit you not. HP all over the place. The sausage roll was wearing arm bands to make sure it didn’t drown in the stuff.




Of course he eats like a bleedin’ St Bernard too. Crumbs shooting here, there and everywhere. A couple of the lads I was with ended up shooting HP rather than their own brown as well. They were going feckin’ mental. Honestly, people were being clubbed around the back of the head, and skulls caved in. Possibly the most horrendous scene I’ve witnessed since I walked in on Nuno and Balboa with a rabbit, a blow up doll with Beddows face on it and a family sized jar of lube. What a sight that was, even DP and Frank would have been ashamed to have been caught in that little predicament.


Wheels himself was getting properly involved as well. He had shaped is sausage roll into a meaty pastry weapon and was slashing like Freddie Kruger on speed. The man was like a savage animal. Honestly, he was going more mental than a scene from Game of Thrones.

Anyhow, I didn’t get the role in Trainspotting in the end. I was that close that we even had the film posters produced, but at the last minute Irvine Welsh decided like a dick that he wanted a “proper actor” to play the role.



But I’ll tell you one more thing before I go, Nick Wheels is a mad keen collector of all sorts of stuff. Apart from spoons, he collects milk bottles, old Coco Pop’s boxes, Scalextric cars and Russian Dolls. Me though, I hate Russian Dolls. They’re so full of themselves.