Day 1 - The Beginning of a Challenge

History

Twenty Eleven FC's 8th ever season, the Club's 2nd ever in Division 6 has started off with a relative whimper. 4 points from 9 in the League, being thrashed in the FA Cup, while thrashing another team in the Newcomers challenge, lead to some surprise amongst the club's 300 odd supporters.

Fixtures

However, actually playing 2 real teams in the Newcomers Challenge, and beating them has been a bit of a shock. We've never gotten past the 3rd Round, and each time we have reached it because of some kind of luck. This is made even better considering we beat a team in Division 6 of the French leagues as well. I would be a very happy bunny if we made the fourth round.

The seasons started off with the League's only relegated club - Stannington Cardinals. They have a Player Value (TPV) of £3,164,010, which meant we were against it. We lost 5-0, and this suggests my defence is quite weak, however my defence is a work in progress.

This followed with a 1-1 Draw against Leonah, who had a TPV of at least £1 million. This shows the quality  the team is up against, and shows how fantastic the players are to be able to compete against such riches.

Followed by our first win of the season, against AC Helledie United, and even they have a TPV, twice as much as ours. We won 5-3 after coming back from 3-1 down. It shows once again how weak our defence is at present.

Followed by the Cup Games - a 5-0 Thrashing of a Division 8 team, followed by a narrow 1-0 win against Rapid Paris (A French Division 6 Team) showed that maybe we will have some luck this season. However a 6-0 Defeat against a very strong Division 5 Side in the FA Cup left the players smarting.

We are currently 10th in the league, and the highest placed newly promoted team. It shows how high-quality the rest of the League is, especially considering the standard of the teams in the relegation places. I have concerns about staying up this season. 12th has only ever been our target, but I can only hope for that I feel.