Italian Job

 FIORENTINA

DEEPDALE 15.00 20/7/2024

https://www.acffiorentina.com/en

MANAGER

Raffaele Palladino (Italian pronunciation: [raffaˈɛːle pallaˈdiːno]; born 17 April 1984) is an Italian professional football coach and former player who is head coach of Serie A club Fiorentina.

Monza
Having coached Monza's youth sector since 2019,[16] Palladino was appointed head coach of their Primavera (under-19) team on 9 July 2021.[17] After having reached the semi-finals of the 2021–22 Campionato Primavera 2 (under-19) promotion play-offs, Monza renewed Palladino's contract for a further year in July 2022.[18]

On 13 September 2022, Palladino was promoted head coach of Monza's first team following the dismissal of Giovanni Stroppa,[16] with club CEO Adriano Galliani stating his appointment to be on a permanent basis.[19] On his debut, Palladino guided Monza to their first ever top flight win, defeating Serie A powerhouse Juventus 1–0.[20] He was nominated Serie A Coach of the Month for April 2023.[21] After having led Monza to avoid relegation six matchdays in advance, on 2 June 2023, he renewed with Monza for a further season.[22]

Fiorentina
On 4 June 2024, Palladino was appointed head coach of Serie A side Fiorentina on a two-year contract.[23]





CLASS FOOTBALL SHIRT



MACS VIEW

Today we haave just lost a behind closed doors friendly to Tranmere, which should put us in good stead for a clash with Italian giants Firoentina who will be playing three games on their tour as well as us they play Bolton on Friday night and finish up at Hull
Looking forward to this and the first chorus of Lowe Out this season.
Apparently another two signings are in the pipeline, let's hope it's not sealed off before the start of the season, my season begins with this Match 1

Goals and a win

 A defeat to a Conference North club in Southport not expected although we did score, but all is well after a 3-0 win against Bamber Bridge who are a league below Southport.

Plenty of calls for the sacking of Lowe after Tuesday nights result still doesn't inspire confirence however some of the younger players are perhaps starting to make their mark

Meanwhile the summer of sport continues the Open has started at Royal Troon, 15 years since I last picked up a club rarely if ever watch it these days.

England going down the DEI route to picking their new manager seriously ditch the woke shite

Coming home

 It never was, we had some talented players but they were managed by someone who had on his CV a sacking from Middlesbrough.

Fair play to them getting to the final more by luck than being outstanding but let's face it Spain were far superior winning all seven games they played.

Next tournament is in that hot bed of football the United States with Mexico co hosts, only a matter of time until North Korea hosts it, wonder if Pak Do Ik who scored the winner against the Italians in 1966 is still alive.

We shall never know

Double dose of non league

 SOUTHPORT

Haig Avenue 16/7/2024 19.45 hrs

Bamber Bridge
17/7/2024 19.00 hrs

SOUTHPORT


BAMBER BRIDGE

SOUTHPORT

https://southportfc.net/

Southport Football Club is an association football club based in Southport, Merseyside.[1] The club compete in the National League North, the sixth level of the English football league system. They play their home matches at Haig Avenue, which has a capacity of 6,008. They are known by their nickname "the Sandgrounders".

Founded in 1888 as Southport Central, the club were members of regional leagues such as the Lancashire League, the Lancashire Combination and The Central League for many years until 1921 when they were invited to become a founding member of the newly formed Football League Third Division North. Southport held membership of The Football League from 1921 to 1978. The club's main honour whilst in the Football League was winning the 1972–73 Football League Fourth Division championship. They failed to gain re-election in 1978 and since then have been members of the Northern Premier League (1978 to 1993), the Football Conference (1993 to 2003) and then the Northern Premier League Premier Division (2003–04). Southport were transferred to the new National League North in 2004 and, since then, have played in either that division (tier 6) or the tier 5 National League. In 2017, Southport were relegated to their current division, the National League North.

Southport's best performance in the FA Cup came in the 1930–31 tournament when they reached the quarter-finals (last eight) but were then beaten 9–1 by Everton at Goodison Park. Southport had another good FA Cup run in 1965–66 when they reached the fifth round (last sixteen) and were beaten 2–0 by Hull City at Boothferry Park. Southport took part in the Football League Cup from 1960 to 1978 but never progressed beyond the first two rounds. The team reached the final of the FA Trophy in 1997–98, played at the old Wembley Stadium, but lost 1–0 to Cheltenham Town.

MANAGER

JIM BENTLEY



BAMBER BRIDGE

https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/bamberbridge/

Bamber Bridge Football Club is a football club based in Bamber Bridge, near Preston, Lancashire, England. They are currently members of the Northern Premier League Premier Division and play at the Sir Tom Finney Stadium. The club is fully owned by a community organisation that represents supporters of the club.[3]

JAIME MILLIGAN



MACS VIEW

Double non league days all squad who are fit will get a run out, last played Southport when Westley was manager usually play Brig every season
Great for fitness and hopefully finding the back of the net

NO GOALS

PNE 0 LINCOLN 1 

Zero goals as per usual, used 23 players and it sounds as it's the same crap as last year

Another newbie

Just a couple of wing backs required mind you we needed them last season as well

 Preston North End are delighted to announce Stefán Teitur Thórdarson has joined the club on a three-year deal, subject to international clearance.

The Iceland international has made the move from Danish top flight side Silkeborg IF for an undisclosed fee, and the club hold the option to extend the deal by a further year.

Standing at 6ft 2in, the versatile midfielder has earned 20 caps for his country, with one of those being an appearance at Wembley against England in June earlier this year.

Stefán said: “I feel delighted. I feel very proud for myself and my family to be joining such a big club. It’s really a dream for me.

“The Championship is one of the leagues I’ve had my eye on. To play for a club of Preston’s stature is really a privilege.

“I’m excited to join up with the team out in Spain and meet the group, meet the staff and start to get settled in.”

Stefán, 25, started his career in his homeland before making the move to Denmark in 2020.

He’s since gone on to make more than 100 appearances for Silkeborg, and during the 2023/24 season he netted 11 goals and lifted the Danish Cup.

Stefán also has experience playing on the European stage, having featured in qualifiers for the UEFA Europa League and Conference League.

Manager Ryan Lowe said: “Stefán came to our attention through our scouting department and we’ve watched him closely ever since.

“I spoke to him and made a presentation to him, showing where he can fit into our system and he was very excited about it.

“We knew there were a couple of other Championship clubs in for him too so it’s brilliant that he’s chosen us, and a lot of credit has to go to the club for that.

“I think we’ve gone above and beyond really. Peter Ridsdale has worked ever so hard to get a deal done and obviously a big thanks must go to Craig Hemmings for allowing us to spend that money.

“As people have already seen from clips on social media, Stefán’s powerful, strong and physical, and he’ll bring a different dimension to our team.”

They are in Spain

 Another new signing imminent whilst his new team mates are in Spain

LINCOLN CITY
12/7/2024 10.00am
PINATAR ARENA

WHO ARE THEY

https://www.weareimps.com/

@LincolnCity_FC



Manager

Michael Skubala (born 31 October 1982) is an English football coach who is the head coach for EFL League One club Lincoln City.

Leeds United
In July 2022, he was appointed head coach of Leeds United U21's.[5]

In February 2023, Skubala was appointed interim head coach of English Premier League side Leeds United, alongside coaches Paco Gallardo and Chris Armas, after the sacking of head coach Jesse Marsch.[6][7][8] After Leeds drew their first game away under Skubala 2–2 at Manchester United, it was announced that he would remain in charge for a second match four days later: the home tie against Manchester United.[9] The club also announced that Skubala would remain in the role while the search for a permanent manager continued,[10] and Skubala said he did not see the temporary role as an 'opportunity' for him.[11] After the appointment of Javi Gracia as head coach, Skubala was promoted to first-team coach at Leeds[12]

Lincoln City
On 13 November 2023, he was appointed the head coach of League One club Lincoln City.[13] His first game ended in a 1–0 defeat to Stevenage.[14] His first Lincoln City win came the next game, beating Leyton Orient 1–0.[15] He was nominated for the February 2024 Manager of the Month, picking up 16 points from 6 unbeaten games.[16] His unbeaten run would continue into March, taking 13 points from the next 5 games, including a 5–1, 6–0 and 5–0 win, getting him another manager of the month nomination.[17] Lincoln City missed out on a play-off place following a 2–0 defeat to League One champions Portsmouth on the final day of the season.[18]

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Bayliss was oonce of this parish, criminally underuesed by the then management also got a nasty injury which put him out for months

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Remember the 5-0 we were excellent that night

THE VIEW OF MAC

But for a missed penalty on the last day City would probably have ended up in the play offs also they were flying before the last International break scoring goals a plenty they never quite recovered but suspect they will go well this season