Futera FC 2010/2011 Season Review

The first Season (2010/2011) of the Futera FC project was as exciting and interesting as expected. The Red Shields were steered to a comfortable 8th placed finish by the Virtual Managers in Division 2. Numbers on the Virtual Managers LIVE Platform soared throughout the season as people from across the world heard that they could manage their own REAL LIFE Football Team at the 'click of a button'.

The Season started well for Futera who didn’t record their first defeat until they were beaten by three goals at the Regional Ground in late October. However, it took them three months & the Christmas Break to recover. A convincing 5-1 win over Markyate on January 23rd extinguishing the dark cloud that had been hanging over the Futera FC players & Virtual Managers alike.

Probably the strongest performance of the season from the Virtual Managers came during the Futera FC V Brache Green Man game on the 6th March. With Futera trailing 3-2 a wise decision from the Virtual Managers regarding the formation was made. The change saw Jack Magill get the support he needed within the Brache final third setting up a thrilling finale. Futera scored twice within stoppage time via Magill and Ramos and the Virtual Managers rejoiced!

The next fixture saw Futera edge past Magnum but they would only go on to record one more point during the 2010/11 campaign. An inexcusable performance at the hands of ruthless Offley Moat Reserves saw Futera concede 8 goals, 6 of which came before the interval. General Manager Alkesh Lalji labeled the performance “Horrendous” and promised better in the Red Shield’s penultimate encounter against Co-Op Sports. Lalji and the Virtual Managers produced a battling performance earning a hard fought draw in response to the crushing defeat that had occurred 7 days previous.


25 points from 22 games will never win you a Division. You don’t have to have the knowledge of Sir Alex Ferguson or Vicente del Bosque to be aware of that. But in our first season the Virtual Managers, Players, Staff & Fans alike can take a certain amount of pride from that modest 8th place finish in the surroundings of a division that contains a lot of strong teams.


Striker Jack Magill earned the prestigious title of ‘Futera FC's top Goal Scorer’ racking up an impressive 12 Goals. To boot the former Luton Town man was handed the player of the season award as voted for by the Virtual Managers.


On the subject of awards, Gooners was named Virtual Manager of the Season by his peers and no one could disagree. The VM from Singapore was nothing short of inspirational to the Futera FC playing staff who can’t more speak highly of his well considered tactics and his words of encouragement.


Lets hope next season we can build on what we have learnt and bring in our first silverware or even promotion. Come on the RED SHIELDS!


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