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So...

...where am I? I took over Woking from the Conference. Again cruising up the leagues was easy. The difference this time was I put myself as a Director to stop the unrealistic sacking for losing the opening games in the higher division (not that I did, the second season was the hardest.)

What I found was that I was not asked to take on other clubs. The fact I had achieved the unprecedented in the game no one wanted me as manager of their struggling club.

Still at least I could focus on the job in hand!

I'm getting too old for this...

Like all good things they come to an end and after 30 (handheld) years your management career comes to an abrupt end.

It came a bit too soon for me as I really thought Rochdale could have built on their Champions' League and FA Cup win and push on to win the league!

You get your own farewell message though. My retirement was heartfelt even by my closest rivals.

I have now restarted the game and will take on some fresh challenges and experiment a bit to see if I can improve on what I did last time round. Who am I kidding, you just know I am going to stick with that 5-3-2!

I was robbed!

There you are, a small club with a sugar daddy. In truth this means he will trump up about £25 million a year for you to spend. Not a great deal but enough to buy one of the World Players of the Year most seasons to help build up your squad.

There is one word of caution. If you have more than the usual amount going into the end of the season make sure you spend it. I sold a player in at the last knockings of January's window so had a healthy balance of £40 million. I thought my £millionion bonus would mean I could plan for world domination but to my horror the sugar daddy nicked £15m!

He giveth with one hand...

I'm There

I've done it! Little ole Rochdale have progressed to the Premiership under my stewardship. What I like about this game over others is the financial side.

Other games only increase you revenues by say 10% a promotion. So you could get into the Premiership with attendances of 3,000 because you started out with only 500 fans in League 2.

This game gives you a relatively competitive budget each level you climb, growing if you survive the first season.

I do confess though to using the Sugar Daddy cheat to boost funds in my first year in the Premiership. I grabbed seven new players and finished a respectable seventh.

Scout & About

While you maintain your push through the lower leagues finding good players is crucial. You are losing them hand over fist with the big club release clause but you still need the quality.

Your scout is crucial. But there is no point searching far flung lands looking for players as they either wont come or will not be good enough to get a work permit. In fact usually he wont find anyone at all.

Keep it local…UK & Ireland and snap up what you can. I had a run of good signings from the Sussex non-league side Lewes to get me out of League 1. I am now a Championship side with the big time in my sights.

The Wonder Of Youth - Part IV

Would you believe it? For years I sent out my scout with the Youth setting on with no results while at a Premier League club. I now drop down a few levels (we are League 1 after three seasons) and low and behold I get two youth signings from within the club.

The turn out to be good additions too. One is a first team regular with the other a handy sub. Both suffer from low stamina and I have to rest them on a regular basis.

I have no idea how I came to get them. All I know is I have run a tight ship with only 25 players so perhaps there is room for them in the team…

Your comments are welcome on this one.