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  • Proposed Youth Cup and Shield Format Season 8

    Thank you to all 42 managers who have registered their teams or their interest in entering the Youth Cup and Shield this season. That’s another 14 in less than a week. With my team Hamburg, too, that makes 43 in total. One more would make 44, of course, which would set up the possibility of…

  • How Many Points Do You Need To Avoid The Sack?

    Final issue of the ‘How Many Points Do You Need To…?‘ series. This time, how to keep your job (bottom two, positions 19 and 20, get sacked)! Division One – 34 points 34 points to keep your job in D1. 33 might be good enough. 32 isn’t. Simples! Season Div Pos Team P W D…

  • How Many Points Do You Need To Win The Title?

    Some all season stats on how many points you will likely need to guarantee winning your division… Also perhaps worthy of note, is that D1 aside, no team has won the same division title more than once. Obviously that will change as the seasons go on, but gives hope to all those trophyless teams that…

  • How Many Points Do You Need To Avoid Relegation?

    Yet another one in the ‘How Many Points Do You Need To…?‘ series…. This time, how to avoid the dreaded drop (positions 17-20) in Divisions 1, 2, 3 & 4. Division One – 40 points In Season 1, PSG were relegated with 43 points, and Dortmund with 42. Six seasons later, that looks a bit…

  • How Many Points Do You Need To Get Into The Play-Offs?

    Another in the ‘How Many Points Do You Need To…?‘ series. This time, what does it take to make the Play-offs? Division One – 52 points No Play-off places to play for in D1, of course, but there is the kudos (and a SMFA Shield qualification place) of a top ten finish. No team has…

  • How Many Points Do You Need For Automatic Promotion?

    Following on from ‘How Many Points Do You Need To Win The Title?‘ – the second in the ‘How Many Points Do You Need To…?‘ series. Division One – 70 points No promotion places in D1, of course, but let’s just see what it takes to get a spot in the top four… 70 points…

  • Top 100 Roll of Honour

    A complete list of all Top 100 trophy winners by season and competition, for teams and managers. Thank me in the comments 😉 <!–br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}–> Season Charity Shield Top 100 Cup Top 100 Shield 1 Tottenham Hotspur Real Madrid 2 Manchester United Bayern Stuttgart 3 Barcelona Real Madrid FC Porto 4 Barcelona Liverpool Bayern 5…

  • Teams with the Most Silverware

    In similar fashion to the managers with the biggest trophy cabinets, here are the TEAMS with the biggest* silverware display units. * not including The Spoon Army‘s cutlery collection. Most Trophies Bayern Munich are in a league of their own… <!–br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}–> Team Total Bayern 18 Barcelona 8 Juventus 7 Real Madrid 6 Chelsea 5…

  • Managers with the Biggest Trophy Cabinets

    Have you ever wondered who are the most successful managers at winning trophies in Top 100? You can look in the GW History section, of course, and on this blog’s History page, but I wanted a fully up-to-date including our own World Club Cup and Youth Cup trophies, which was easy to compare, too. So…

  • Youth Cup Update and Average Team Ratings

    29 managers have so far registered their teams to play in this season’s Youth Cup. All but 3 were helpful enough and/or able to register using the Google Form I made, which I’m asking managers to complete to save time for me as I’m likely to have much less time this season than last. Even…