Today is an historic day. Saturday the 8th September 2007 saw Thornhill F.C. win their first game ever in the Blue Square South division. Star man Evo was suspended following a rash sending off in the previosu game, he also received a two week fine for his actions. Facing the prospects of a game without the star player I kept with the same radical formation as in previous games and let the AssMan choose the team.

This was a great game which saw Thornhill record a 3-1 triumph over St. Albans. While following this result the team reamains bottom of the division this may just be the sign of some improvements. Let us hope that players like Jordan Ashley and Jamie Bell can continue in this new found form. This is where I want the post-match Press Conferences that we will get in FM09, they will provide me with a platform to hail my team as future superstars, which they will be.

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After a frankly crap pre-season the team arrive at Hayes and Yeading for the first game of the Blue Square South league of losers. As I expected we start off with a bang, the banging of the drum from the supporters who should already be calling for my head. We lost 3-0 and there were very few positives to take out of the match. Well that we didn’t lose by more is one, oh and nobody got injured. Surely a bonus eh?

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At the end of my last update from my job as manager of Thornhill F.C. I was struggling to find a new right back to cover for my injured youngster known as Nick Jackson. Unfortunately I failed to sign anyone before my next friendly, away to Hemel Hempstead. I don’t know what a team of the majesty of Thornhill F.C. is doing visiting this slum in a pre-season friendly, but what I do know is that my team can’t play football for shit.

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After spending an hour or so in the Editor of Football Manager 2008 I have created a new team known as Thornhill F.C. (incidentally I live in an area of Cardiff called Thornhill. Shocking.) This will be the story of Thornhill, their highs and lows through the football season of 2007/2008. (I have to use FM08 for this as there isn’t any FM09 available at the moment.)

Thornhill are starting off in the Blue Square South division which is pretty much the last division before complete football nothingness and the lowest level league in the English system I can go. The game is being started with all the English leagues playable, the Scottish Premier League and First Division and the Welsh Premier League. With a ‘large’ database and a start date of July 2007 I get ready to take control of Thornhill.

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