A fantastic season

Firstly, apologies for the sparse updates but life and moderating have taken up my time to the extent that I haven’t had the opportunity to write a proper update. So to end the wait…

Season 8 Summary

A very successful season saw my side bring home another truck-load of trophies;

Charity Shield – Winners
Premiership Cup – Winners
All Evening Cup – Winners
Goodwill Cup – Winners
Premiership – Runner Up
Gold Cup - Winners
AEFA U20 - Winners

The Gold Cup triumph was especially sweet. A final against Kyle’s Major Beef was always going to be an exciting affair. The Beef feature quality players in abundance, including Micah Richards and former Anchor-man Nedum Onouha in defence, Anderson and Gonzalez inspiring a quality midfield and the one and only Balotelli upfront. Carlos Vela proved the difference, scoring twice, as my side eased to a 3-1 victory in the biggest game in FML football.

The league was a different matter. With Pato in uninspiring form in the early season (before the swap for Vela), my side were mediocre at best, awful at worst, and the title was lost in the first few games. A 5-1 loss at home to Jannik’s AI with 5 games to play effectively handed his side the title – a gap of 6 points showing how close it was at the end of the season.


Player of the Season

There were several leading contenders for player of the season;

Carlos Vela – Some thought the deal that saw the Mexican magician join Beaulieu FC was a bad one, with Pato irreplaceable. They were wrong. While Vela didn’t score as many goals as Pato, he scored more consistently and he scored against the best sides in the gameworld – something Pato had often failed to achieve. A brilliant player, he secured the Gold Cup for The Anchor for the second time in 3 seasons.

Moussa Kouakou – The emergence of this youngster into a world class forward had gone unnoticed by some. A season of taking corners has artificially boosted his ratings, but never-the-less the Ivorian powerhouse has emerged into a really top drawer player.

Guilherme – Some questioned the re-signing of Guilherme, both over the price and the fact that Beaulieu FC already had 3 quality strikers. Guilherme slotted in at AMC and showed the world what they were missing. An average rating of above 7.5, a goal to games ratio of 0.50 and a huge number of assists and MOTM – all of this when not involved in corners, free-kicks or being a playmaker! A driving force behind Beaulieu FC’s success.

In the end, there could be only one winner, with club legend Guilherme sneaking ahead of Carlos Vela by virtue of his history with the club.