Welcome to the new and improved a bit of the Pink Echo yes some things have come back the pink paper plus new design for the Pink echo logo well in this issue we have for you it’s a blockbuster edition filled with everything from interview from AC Milan boss Scorpio to every teams aspect on there season also pictures so unlaced your boots and undo those case’s to a jolly good read
End of Season Review
League One
Starting with the defending
champs Arsenal who’s Managed by Hammy has continue to impress others in this
season by Winning league one by a whole 15 points gap to Manchester United and
also hitting 104 goals in this division alone and 37 goals against them, had
they gotten to the league one cup final and it was snatched away from
Macclesfield Town in a close fought final but Arsenal has got another piece of
silverware to shine in there cabinet with winning the Knockout-Cup against
Manchester United in a close fought final.
Top scorer: Reyes with 31 league goals, picture
right: Reyes pointing where he wants the ball
We come to our runner up in
league one Manchester United they finally found there manager at last after a
few bad season with previous manager’s and Phil aka Penfold (yes the one out of
Dangermouse) had a very good season with them got them runners up in the
division also being Knockout-Cup finalist to the league champs but out of the
league one cup in the first round by no other then the league champs them self
(hard luck lads) well at least there next season to come eh!
Top scorer: Rooney with 20
league goals
So that’s second place out of
the way, here’s who finished third, high flying Macclesfield Town they start
the season well with manager Sam Bradley who’s got them to the top flight a
couple of seasons ago then the board members decided to call it a day with the
last seasons Knockout-Cup winners didn’t retain there Knockout-Cup as got
knockout of the quarterfinals and in the league one cup they came out as
winners against the league champs arsenal in the final in a very high scoring
final of all time in the SFTLA history (have the board members made a good
decision of bringing in Clay half way through the season).
Top scorer: Parkin with 14 league goals
So fourth place when to
Barcelona the Spanish giants in charged by no other then Jon who previously
boss of the German side Bayern Munich takes over from women boss Clare who took
barca to top level football Jon who has lots of skills on the top flight took Barca
to finished fourth place plus reached to the quarter finals of the league one
cup only to be knockout by defending cup winners Chelsea and reached to the
Semi finals of the knockout cup to only be flatted by the league champs Arsenal
good first season all-round for Barcelona.
Top scorer: Eto'o with 17 league goals, picture right: the
Munich boss shows he had the chance for silverware this season that got took
away from him
5th placed
finishers is last season prem cup winners Chelsea had a hard season not only
for finishing fifth in the league but failed to retain the league cup due to
Macclesfield Town knocking them out in the semi final and another heartache for
the Blues boss Colin going out in the knockout cup in the quarter finals
Manchester United 4-3.
Top scorer: Gudjohnsen
with 22 league goals
AC Milan had lost their
manager in pre-season campaign, ex-manager Saif after being with Italian club
for five season and decided to quit so in comes new gaffer Scorpio and his
first season in the top flight, finishing sixth is a good place to stay in the
top division plus also to go out in the semi final in the league cup to twice
league 
champs Arsenal and to go out of he Knockout-Cup semi
final by second place finishers Manchester united.
Top scorer: Crespo
with 14 league goals
Bristol
City who finished sixth this season had ups and downs from manager Marshy who
saved he club from the drop down to the First Division with great comebacks
with pure English pride. Cup campaigns follows on as there league when with ups
and downs in the league one cup got ko’d by the twice league champs in the
quarters but that was all thou in the Knockout-Cup same team, same thing happen a
crushing blow to the city boys out in the second round this time (could next
season city find there feet in the Prem).
Top Scorer:
Roberts with 13 League goals, picture right: Roberts grabbing a goal there
7th place out the way,
forward towards the bottom Four the strugglers of the division first up Atletico Madrid falls in to a play-off place for a
last chance to stay afloat at the top end, but a disappointing end as a battle
on with Bristol city and the end of the season to keep float but managed to
stay up in the playoff battle game with up and coming Inter Milan, in there cup
campaigns thou quarter finalists in the league one cup but then getting
knockout by Macclesfield Town was a good battle to try and get past them and
also quarter finalists again in the Knockout-Cup this time by Barcelona but its
been 
a average sort of season for Madrid.
Top scorer: Torres
with 17 league goals
Next team to face the drop is
newly promoted back to top flight Liverpool managed by Nidgey Mozza, after a
very good season last season to storm there way back to the top league division
also being league division one cup holders finding there level hard this season
to stay up (try again next season lads) as far as there cup campaign goes, out
in the quarter final of the league cup by the hands of AC Milan and out of the
second round of the knockout cup by the rivals Manchester United it’s a taste
of a bitter lemon to chew on.
Top scorer: Cisse
with 13 league goals, picture right: Mr Mozza looking very moody with
his player’s performance on the pitch this season
Well finally the end of the
road for Blackburn Rovers they was newly promoted this season with under manager
Nat who got them promoted up to the top division last season for some
outstanding play and some good goal scoring but that’s last season this season
the top flight got too much for them and landed them self second from bottom of
the table all season round in the cups its was the same story dump out of the
knockout cup by Atletico Madrid in the second
round and also dump out of the League One Cup by Italian Giants AC Milan in first
round (Very hard luck there Rovers there always next year to bounce back up).
Top Scorer: Dickov with 9 league goals
A little added in for Rangers
who was managed by Gaz who got the boot by the board early on in the season and
the old firm club from the blue end of Glasgow couldn’t find a replacement and
had to forfeit all there remaining matches even cup campaigns to finish bottom
of the pack.
Well there you have it League
One season review a big hand out to Hammy for keeping hold of top division for
the second season running and being Knockout-Cup winners to make there double,
plus due to the hardship Macclesfield Town had this season not only by losing a
manager and bring a new one but gaining another trophy by getting league one
cup.
League Two
Well League Two was a little
more exciting than League One only a little a few change in managers some ups
and downs for the division but manage to pull through one, a few favourites to
win the league and one team still looking for silverware this season.
So we shall start like the
league one review kicking it off with the league two champs Boca juniors who
had a good tight end to the season as being under threat from Newcastle United
to tip the top spot but mark boss of Boca Juniors had other plans and paid off
with good team sprit, in cup form there finalists in the league two cup but in
the Knockout-Cup fell victims to the league champs Arsenal.
Top scorer: Guglieminpietro
with 7 league goals, picture right: show fans celebrating the champs
Well that’s league two champs
out the way now on to Newcastle United was tip for topping the league or close
favourite managed by boss Snakey (yes you know its me) the toon army was going
for glory on tyne side still waiting on silver and boss Snakey still on the
hunt for them a very close battle with title challenges Boca Juniors, plus there
was treats from the likes of Bradford city, rivals Middlesborugh the Teesside
of the northeast and outside chance of Italian club Roma but promotion to the
top league is enough for the boss and the toon army as far as cup campaigns
goes had a hard close running with Boca in the league two cup to go out and in
the knockout cup got ko’d by the stars of Chelsea from league one (a good luck on top flight)
Top scorer : Shearer with 17 league
goals picture right : show shearer
taking the match ball home
Third placed team who will be
going up with Boca, Newcastle is another north
east club Middlesbrough in charge by Richard who been with Middlesbrough for
some seasons now was join favourite with Newcastle United for the League Two
title, Boro had a very good start to the season and looked very strong until
the slip up when in the mid-season where things when a bit pear shaped for the
Boro they crashed out of the League Two Cup in the first round by Inter Milan
and out in the Knockout-Cup in the second round by high flying Macclesfield Town but
managed to save there bad fortune with a final promotion spot (what a good
comeback to save a bad turn to the season).
Top scorer: Hasselbaink 15 with league goals
Forth
team for a chance to go up in a playoff place to only to stay in the first
Division to a lost to Atletico Madrid. So came to the San Siro stadium hosted by inter Milan (well really
shared the stadium with AC Milan but still and nice stadium for a league two
side). Previous boss Shaf who got the team to the top division last season had
step down from the managers office and decided to go on a season long hard well
earned break from the football side of things so the NFA and manager less inter
came together and placed inter Milan in league two again for being manager less
until new manager is in charge goes by the name of Si, well inter started the
season not too brightly as seems was near the bottom and struggling but become
to pick up mid season and cup runs came along in league two cup they are semi
finalist after being beaten at home to Boca, and if you believe lighting never
strikes twice on the same pitch in a cup campaign it did in the Knockout-Cup but only
second round exit by Boca again (yes at home again how unlucky).
Top scorer: Vieri
13 with league goals, picture right: show Veron disappointed at the chance of
going up to the premiership next season
That’s fourth place out the way now
fifth place came to Bradford City was
managed by ash who got a early dismissal by the board for not getting the
results in that they wanted and they got in new Bradford boss to be a little
tricky with his tactics is Tricky the new kid on the block after a
disappointing start to the season but to miss out on a chance to go up is very
bad luck. Cup campaigns for Bradford when good for a first season effort
quarter finalist in the League Two cup on to be go out by one goal to Inter
Milan and in the knockout cup came very early exit as they faced the league
champions arsenal in the first round (unlucky in the league cup).
Top scorer: Windass 15 with league goals
Sixth
placed finishers is taken by another Italian club Roma, a very hard season for
the boss Scatty (Scattini) who has been in charged of Roma for a good few
seasons now had tough rival matches in his time with the club but nothing says
about this season as it started the season well but something happen to Roma to
end this bad (could this be something when in there pasta) cup runs went well
starting with the League Two cup as they become winners in League Two cup to
only not to claim the silverware by refusing to take it home but in the
knockout cup crashed out by Spanish giants Barcelona ( unlucky there next
season maybe ) just to add a bit more Scatty (Scattini) to be rumour of a move
back to an English club along the lines of Millwall.
Top scorer: Totti 6 with league
goals
Well now to the bottom two
starting with Juventus managed by Kiz who been with the club for a good 6
seasons there and thereabouts not a real title contender but a struggler to
say the least but Kiz's side has picked up a few shocking surprises in this
seasons campaigns became quarter finalist in the League Two cup after getting
beaten by Roma and Knockout-Cup not Kiz’s strong cup to fall a victim to a top
team in the first round by Atletico Madrid (will
we see Juventus pick up from season to improve on the next so much time will
tell ).
Top scorers: Del pierro with 5 league
goals also Trezeguet with 5 league goals
Now to the bottom team of the
all Burnley managed by Tavish unexpected to see Tavish’s side to be bottom at
the end of the season a strong management from Tavish would see a mid table
place at least but all when bad end for Burnley players came and go tactics
didn’t work as well as they should something went wrong some where (I would
blame the player for bad performance on the pitch) well enough of how they did
in the league cup are a good point for Burnley nothing comes better than a good
old cup run and League Two cup becoming semi finalist its not a bad thing but
going out of the Knockout-Cup in the first round is a bury your head in the
sand (if Burnley had any sand).
Top scorer: Blake with 7 league goals
That was league two things
did go a bit up and down in this division but a close fought battle between the
favourite to win the league two title but Boca nicked it under there noses so a
big hand for mark who claimed the title
Well there you have it all teams in end of season detail a bit if you say but on to something a little more interesting like an interview with the AC Milan boss Scorpio.
The Interview
Pink says:
Well Mr. Scorpio in charge of the Italian
giants AC Milan how was your first season in charge of them?
Scorpio says:
Well it was a season full of ups and down's to be fair. Started off
facing the mighty Arsenal and from the words I had heard I knew it was going to
be tough and it was. My boys took a beating, a nice welcome to the SFTLA and I
have had some good wins from the lads. Got to the Semis of the league 1 cup,
that was an achievement for me. Also go to the Semi finals of the Knock out
cup. But after settling it has been a race to get out of relegation which I
managed so all in all a good season for me. Finished mid table.
Pink says:
Well being new to the top flight and in a
new club its always tough but the ex manager saif who was in charge of the club
last season was there anything in the changing rooms you changed about?
Scorpio says:
To be honest I stuck with the diamond 4-1-2-1-2, that the boys had been
using before I took over.
Used it all season not much room for tinkering as it got the job done
in practice. And when it worked it worked great, got them to play a lot of
width and get in the shots where ever.
Pink says:
Want was the relationship with your top
goal scorer the on loan striker Crespo from Chelsea like?
Scorpio says:
It was a good relationship; he had no problems in competing against his
original club. We have even had talks about him staying on next season, but we
would have to see about that. His is more than welcome to stay his contribution
to the goals is what kept us mid table.
Pink says:
Well that nice to hear what will be your
next targets for the new season as new clubs are coming up with the likes of
Newcastle United and Boca Juniors heading for the premiership next season?
Scorpio says:
Well basically ill be telling the guys to have a good pre-season. And
try to hit off next season with a bang. A win to start is always nice, and I
know there are some good teams coming up, Boca Juniors only lost 3 that’s pretty
impressive. If we start on a low we will struggle to stay up. So it’s essential
we concentrate on a good start next season.
Pink says:
Ok well good luck with the pre season
there, will you be staying on with ac Milan until your contract runs outs or do
you have other plans?
Scorpio says:
We will have to see, I wouldn’t mind staying on with the club. It’s
been a good season with them, but if other jobs open up I might be tempted to
take them. But as things stand I will be sticking.
Pink says:
Next season will ac Milan be wearing new
kits in this forth-coming season or still under budget and sticking with the
old one?
Scorpio says:
It would be nice to get out of those old rags, so we will see what we
can come up with whether or not the board will let us cough up for a new strip.
Pink says:
Well I see you booked your trip out for a
well-earned holiday going anywhere good?
Scorpio says:
Yeah we have given the team some time to spend with their loved ones
and family. I will do the same until we have to start back for pre-season.
Pink says:
Thanks for being with the pink Mr. Scorpio
and good luck for next season
Scorpio says:
No problems, thanks
Well there you have it I hope you enjoyed reading this and
the pink will be back for the new season so keep your eyes peeled for you next
issue
Snakey (Pink Editor)