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Your Reputation in England: Good

Your World Reputation: Poor

Manager Ranking*: 17

* In the English leagues

Days as Chester manager: 1,840

Days until wedding: 13

Men's Team: 4th in EFL Championship

P46 - W24 - D8 - L13 - Goals For 85 - Goals Against 60 - Goal Difference plus 25 - Points 80

AOK Cup - knocked out in first round

Cheshire Cup - Winners

FA Cup - Quarter Final (new record)

Top Scorers (League):

Wibbers 15 (pens 4)

Colin Beckton 13

Cheb Alloula 11

Gabby 7

Darren 'Dazza' Smith 6

Joel Reid 5

Lewis Lamarre 4

Zach Green 4

Max Best 4

Calabash 'Bark' Barkley 4

Pascal Bochum 3

Helge Hagen 3

Peter Bauer 2

Roddy Jones 1

Andrew Harrison 1

Christian Fierce 1

Cole Adams 1

Top Scorers (All Competitions):

Wibbers 19 (pens 4)

Colin Beckton 15

Cheb Alloula 11

Darren 'Dazza' Smith 9

Gabby 8

Joel Reid 6

Lewis Lamarre 5

Max Best 5

Zach Green 4

Calabash 'Bark' Barkley 4

Pascal Bochum 4

Helge Hagen 3

Peter Bauer 2

Christian Fierce 2

Emiliano Ferrari 2

Roddy Jones 1

Andrew Harrison 1

Cole Adams 1

Youngster 1

Own Goals 1

Chester Players Who Scored in the UEFA Qualifiers for Saltney:

Gabby 6

Wibbers 5

Max 2

Cheb 1

Men's Team Average Attendances

23-24

24-25

25-26

26-27

27-28

2,287

3,362

5,244

7,965

10,559

Total attendance (league, major cups, playoff): 274,545

Men's Squad Value over Time (As Estimated by Max)

23-24

24-25

25-26

26-27

27-28

0.28m

3.1m

18.2m

42.4m

87.9m

(Includes players who have been pre-sold for the summer 28 window.)

Chester FC Men's First Team Squad

[Championship CA range this season: 110 to 153.]

No.

Name

Pos

Age

Wage

CA

PA

CA +/-

1

Ian Swan

GK

26

4000

127

127

14

13

Owen Elmham

GK

36

9800

146

164

12

25

Rainman

GK

21

900

95

99

21

2

Helge Hagen

D LR

19

7000

124

185

31

3

Cole Adams

DL

21

3500

136

147

25

19

Lewis Lamarre

D DM AM L

27

9800

141

156

24

4

Peter Bauer

SW DC

27

5000

131

166

30

5

Zach Green

DC

28

5000

138

139

25

24

Christian Fierce

DC

31

5000

120

120

6

29

Fitzroy Hall

DC

26

4000

118

118

6

18

Nasa

DR

22

1400

114

150

31

22

Roddy Jones

DR

17

3000

100

184

32

14

Youngster

DM, MC

22

7000

142

181

24

16

Vincent Addo

DM RC

20

2000

115

169

38

12

Magnus Evergreen

D,DM,M

30

3500

134

-2

26

20

Wallace Wells

AM FL

18

2000

80

145

30

23

Cheb Alloula

DM AM LR

22

2000

153

168

15

21

Joel Reid

M LC

26

5500

138

138

16

11

Dan Badford

MC

19

1750

121

-1

29

6

Andrew Harrison

M RC

26

3000

121

121

19

15

Bark

RM

21

3000

127

130

25

77

Max Best

Omni

27

9900

26

Pascal Bochum

F RLC

22

4200

135

135

9

10

Wibbers

F RLC

20

7000

142

185

30

7

Colin Beckton

S

35

2000

136

187

21

9

Gabriel

S

23

7000

138

161

25

Players who will depart: Ian Swan; Zach Green; Christian Fierce; Wallace Wells; Joel Reid; Andrew Harrison.

Players out on loan:

17

Banksy

GK

19

[1100]

93

155

24

27

Adam Summerhays

DL

19

[1200]

102

137

23

8

Thomazella

DC

21

[1400]

107

178

30

Alfie Clitheroe

MC

19

[1100]

90

133

15

Future transfers/returnees:

Sticky

GK

33

[1000]

122

122

14

Tony Herbert

DC

22

[3300]

116

150

19

Lucas Cook

S

21

[2000]

99

142

24

Deals Done:

Marek Masarik

GK

37

Free

141

165

Leo Los

AM RC

22

£6m

142

161

Matt Rush

DR

21

£3.5 + £3.5m

124

180

Definitely not the bomb squad:

28

Emiliano Ferrari

AM C

19

2000

100

170

11

CA growth is since the first day of pre-season training - after the summer declines - or since the player joined the first team squad (e.g. transfer deadline day).

Wages in brackets indicate that other clubs are picking up that particular tab.

Colin (2K), Sticky (2K), Peter (1K), and Magnus (750) are paid separately for their coaching work. Cheb is paid much more than what's listed here, but by Bayern Munich.

Selected Young Players, AKA 'Dragonballs'

Name

Club

Position

Age**

PA

Ludo Peeters

Bruges*

MC AMC

17

196

Engelbert Kornek

Odra Opole*

S

17

180

Jardel

Connah's Quay

MC

17

179

Charlie Cullen

Saltney

MC

16

170

Jack Knapper*

Chester

MC

13

-2

Jael Kamga

Watford

GK

18

-1

Peter Brown

Saltney

AM R

15

-1

* Transfers to Saltney have been arranged.

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** Max Age.

Negative PA Dragonball status is assumed. By Max.

Max Best Extended Universe: Average CA

Club

Nat

Yr 1

Yr 2

Yr 3

Yr 4

Saltney Town

WAL

36.7

46.1

66.9

97.8

College 1975

GIB

25

50

54.9

95.2

Bruno's Magpies

GIB

-

44

46

70.1

Lions FC

GIB

-

28

44

54

West Didsbury

ENG

19.8

25.7

39.1

63.5

Connah's Quay Nomads

WAL

-

-

-

46

Flint Town United

WAL

-

-

-

42

Tempsford FC

ENG

-

-

-

11.3

Tier Changes

Tempsford FC promote from tier 11 to tier 10.

West promote from tier 6 to tier 5.

Newport County promote from tier 5 to tier 4.

Tranmere remain in tier 3.

Under 18s

FA Youth Cup Winners!

Women's Team: 2nd in WSL 2 (Tier 2, 12 teams)

P22 - W19 - D3 - L0 - Goals For 55 - Goals Against 9 - Goal Difference 46 - Points 60

Cheshire Cup: Winners

Nando's League Cup: lost QF (new record)

FA Cup: lost QF (new record)

Chester FC Women's First Team Squad

[WSL 2 CA range this season: 65 to 92.]

No.

Name

Pos

Age

Wage

CA

PA

CA +/-

1

Haley Goodhew

GK

31

4000

137

160

22

13

Queenie

GK

20

400

85

94

21

25

Babs

GK

16

43

72

19

23

Dafina

DLC

18

400

87

118

22

20

Tanwen

DC

18

400

82

106

18

5

Femi

DC

29

800

105

121

18

4

Meghan

DC

20

1000

107

169

18

6

Victoria Rose

DC DM

23

1000

105

174

27

12

Amy Shone

DRC

17

400

70

105

26

21

Fioled

MLC

18

400

84

122

23

7

Dani Smith-Smithe

M, AM RLC

20

1000

110

177

23

17

Kisi Yalley

AM RLC

19

800

101

143

24

14

Mari Hughes

MC

18

400

87

110

23

8

Charlotte

MC

25

850

101

101

15

19

Jenni Fairbrother

MC

17

400

45

123

33

11

Saffron Walden

MC AMC

17

800

85

-2

20

15

Sarah Greene

MRC

20

1300

111

167

19

18

Taz Murphy*

MRC

17

400

46

133

32

27

Devi Payed

MR

15

44

149

26

16

Alwen

FC

18

400

89

101

25

10

Meredith Ann

F RC

18

1000

100

200

32

9

Angel

S

20

1000

98

155

19

22

Kit Hodges

S

24

1200

112

123

17

CA growth is since the first day of pre-season training - after the summer declines - or since the player joined the first team squad (e.g. transfer deadline day).

Asterisked players were found with the Feedback Loop token active.

Players leaving: Angel.

Notable Awards

EFL Championship Manager of the Season: (Either Max+Sandra or Stefan Sommer, depending on who wins the playoff final...)

EFL Championship Young Player of the Season: William B. Roberts

EFL Championship Team of the Season selection: Cheb Alloula

EFL Goal of the Season: Max Best versus Luton Town

EFL Environmental Award: Chester FC

WSL 2 Manager of the Month (Oct; Nov; Jan; Feb; Mar; Apr): Jay Cope

WSL 2 Young Player of the Season: Meredith Ann

WSL 2 Golden Gloves Award (Most Clean Sheets): Haley Goodhew

WSL 2 Top Scorer: Kit Hodges

WSL 2 Team of the Season: Haley Goodhew, Meghan, Dani, Meredith Ann, Kit Hodges

Fans' Player of the Season: Wibbers

Fans' Player of the Season: Sarah Greene

Who Dares Win?

Max Best has a lifetime men's league management record of 133-34-36 ; win percentage of 65.5

Sandra Lane has a lifetime (English) men's league management record of 63-27-20 ; win percentage of 57.3

Max Best has a lifetime English leagues management record of 125-34-36 ; win percentage of 64.1

Max Best has a lifetime overall record as a manager in men's competitions of 170-35-46 ; win percentage of 67.7

Sandra Lane has a lifetime overall record as a manager in men's competitions of 78-27-28 ; win percentage of 58.6

For comparison, Thomas Frank's win percentage at Tottenham was 26.9% in the Prem, 34.2% in all comps. Tottenham paid Brentford £6.7m in compensation to acquire Frank. Arsène Wenger won 919 out of 1702 matches across four clubs, giving him a career win percentage of 53.67.

Playdar Token Slots in Use

1. Daily Use 3 (three uses per day)

2. Feedback Loop (potential future bonus XP)

3. Maximum Age (currently set to an upper age limit for new finds of 18)

Panopticon: Installed Squads

Squad Lists

Nat

Chester Men

ENG

Chester Women

ENG

College 1975

GIB

Bayern Munich

GER

Chester Boys 18s

ENG

Bruno's Magpies

GIB

Saltney Town

WAL

Stuttgart

GER

Tranmere Rovers

ENG

Newport County

ENG

Perk Shop

Perk

Cost

Description

Playdar 3

1500

Increase token slots from 3 to 4.

Bibliotekkers 1

1000

Adds 20 match reports from next opponent.

Panopticon Squads

2000

Adds real-time squad data.

xG

2000

Adds expected goals data to in-game stats.

The Stattoo Parlour

3000

Adds Team Stats; Player Stats; Referee Stats.

Match Archive

22000

Adds every match report since the curse was acquired.

Forex for Dummies

1000

Convert financial data into any currency.

Wet Wet Wet 2

1010

10 day forecasts (currently 5).

More Playdar tokens are available in the Playdar section but are not listed in the main shop.

Chester FC Kingdom Building

Solar plus batteries plus air source heat pumps (recent investment of 500k) has reduced energy costs at the Deva/Bumpers to virtually zero, for now.

2x mobile kitchens: Breaking even.

Club shop (small): Exceeding forecasts.

Anka What?! (the club's music venue): Making a slight loss.

Seal Studios: Generating 550-600k in revenue, profits go to the women's team.

Chester Chompers: breaking even.

Pitch Rentals

Bumpers Bank (two full-size)

Hoole

Ellesmere Port

Bumpers Bank minis (7x7s)

Winsford (under construction)

Total rental income: £7,300/week (rising to £9,800 in the summer).

Main sponsors/partners:

Boshcard (men's shirts)

Jejune (women's)

Grindhog (kit and merch)

Glendale (logistics)

NutriBurst (food supplements)

PetPride (pets)

Deva capacity: 11,400 (1,300-capacity West Stand will be demolished, new PetPride Stand will have 6,000 seats, new total 16,100)

Current war chest: £12.25m.

Expected war chest after all sales go through (Zach, Wallace Wells etc) and Matt Rush and the two Slovakians arrive: £16.5m.

Personal Finances/Assets

Bank Balance: £506,000

Weekly Wage: £9,900

Max's Yearly Personal Sponsorship Income: £50,000 (BoshCard); £200,000 (Soccer Supremo); £50,000 (Chester Zoo); £50,000 (Ganymede, niche shampoo).

This 350k is going to West Didsbury and Chorlton AFC.

£250,000 (Jive football boots - Max received

half

of this for the second half of the current season).

Max's Private Clients: £700/week (Ziggy 0; Youngster 700).

This money is going to Tempsford FC.

Max is paying Aff's mum £770/week as a full-time carer for his mum.

REM (Ruth/Emma/Max Agency)

Total Profit: £10,897 per week (up from £6,079 at the end of last season, which was up from £1,054 compared to the season before)

Max's Share: £5,448 (up from £3,040, which was up from £527).

Max has been putting some of this into the stock market, as per MD's advice.

Divisions: REMSA (Chelli); REMU (Briggy).

Maxterplanalytics UK

[Cash]: £2.980m

[Bonds]: £900k at West Didsbury producing 8%.

[Enough graphics cards to make Star Citizen almost playable.]

[Other assets]: One all-electric mini that runs like a go-kart.

[Costs:] Pradeep and Spectrum's wages. All-you-can-eat Monster Munch. Keyboard cleaning fees.

Maxterplanalytics Gib

[Cash]: £1.56m

Gibraltarian FA

7 years of low-cost rent in an apartment in the national stadium, plus the chance to buy the apartment at a reasonable rate during that period.

(The stadium is complete and the flat is finally habitable).

Cashed Out (Non-Football Assets):

£51,000 (in shares)

Best Chestern Hotel: £4,950 monthly profit (mortgage is interest-only). 1.8m value, 14 flats, 900k mortgage. (

This income is going to Tempsford FC.

)

Big Mama House: £1,089 monthly profit. (Rented to Brazilians.) 850k value, 3 flats, 765k repayment mortgage will be paid off in 2047.

Total Weekly Income

£9,900 (basic wage) + £11,538 (sponsors) + £5,448 (REM agency) + £700 (Youngster) + £1,394 (flats) = £28,980

(£1,506,960 yearly, up from £726,440)

Stake in Temps Perdu

1.39%

Prize Money Arriving Soon

€450K - Prize money for Saltney Town winning one league stage match (they lost the other seven). Max has agreed to keep this in the club to finance future transfers and infrastructure upgrades.

€450K - Prize money for College 1975 winning one league stage match (they lost the other seven). This will go towards transfers and wages across the Conspiracy.

£500K - Newport County were promoted (Max will get £1m if he can guide them from L2 to L1 next season).

£500K - Tranmere Rovers avoided relegation.

Miscellaneous:

The attendance bonus (for winning at least one trophy every year) is now 10%.

Max owes £0 to Mateo for the West Didsbury loan. Max owns one measly share in West Didsbury and Chorlton AFC. It's just ceremonial. Nothing to see here. West's cool new 5,000-seater EFL-compliant stadium is nearing completion.

Max does not own Saltney Town FC. That is owned by Two Taps Limited, a company based in South Manchester. Ditto West. Ditto Tempsford FC.

Saltney has fully repaid Henri's syndicate, whose investors more than doubled their money. Eventually.

The Brig and Briggy have uncovered [zero] refereeing conspiracies.

Max owns four Savile Row suits, a Bayern Munich scarf, a very fast laptop slash fingerprint magnet, two framed photos featuring members of the Yalley family, a note written in spidery old-woman handwriting, and a UEFA Pro Licence.