XP balance: 2,546
Your Reputation in England: Good
Your World Reputation: Poor
Manager Ranking*: 24
* In the English leagues
Days as Chester manager: 1,748
Days until wedding: 105
Men's Team: 6th in EFL Championship
P31 - W14 - D7 - L10 - Goals For 58 - Goals Against 47 - Goal Difference plus 11 - Points 49
[Chester have the second most goals scored and lead the league in the number of different goalscorers.]
AOK Cup - knocked out in first round
Cheshire Cup - in Quarter Final
FA Cup - in 5th Round (versus Leeds United in two weeks)
Top Scorers (League):
- Beckton 10
- Wibbers 9
- Dazza 6
- Cheb 6
- Gabby 5
- Max Best 5
- Joel Reid 3
- Helge 3
- Zach Green 3
- Bark 2
- Lewis Lamarre 2
- Christian Fierce 1
- Cole Adams 1
- Peter Bauer 1
- Andrew Harrison 1
Top Scorers (All Competitions):
- Beckton 11
- Wibbers 9
- Dazza 9
- Cheb 6
- Gabby 6
- Max Best 5
- Joel Reid 4
- Helge 3
- Zach Green 3
- Bark 2
- Lewis Lamarre 2
- Emiliano 2
- Christian Fierce 2
- Cole Adams 1
- Peter Bauer 1
- Andrew Harrison 1
Chester Players Who Scored in the UEFA Qualifiers for Saltney:
Gabby 6
Wibbers 5
Max 2
Cheb 1
Men's Team Average Attendances
Men's Squad Value over Time (As Estimated by Max)
(Values do not include players who have been pre-sold, e.g. Christian Fierce, Wallace Wells.)
Chester FC Men's First Team Squad
[Championship CA range this season: 110 to 153.]
Players out on loan:
Future transfers/returnees:
Cool Crew:
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).
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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'
* Transfers to Saltney have been arranged.
** Max Age.
Negative PA Dragonball status is assumed. By Max.
Max Best Extended Universe: Average CA
Updated at end of season.
Women's Team: 2nd in WSL 2 (Tier 2, 12 teams)
P13 - W10 - D3 - L0 - Goals For 33 - Goals Against 4 - Goal Difference 29 - Points 33
Cheshire Cup: in the QF
Nando's League Cup: lost QF
FA Cup: in the QF
Chester FC Women's First Team Squad
[WSL 2 CA range this season: 65 to 92.]
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.
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
Perk 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, but any profit from the installations may be wiped out by Pradeep.
3G pitches: 1. Bumpers Bank (two full-size); 2. Hoole; 3. Ellesmere Port; 4. Bumpers Bank minis. 5. Winsford (under construction). Total income: ￡7,300/week (rising to 9,800 in the summer).
2x mobile kitchens: Breaking even.
Club shop (small): Exceeding forecasts.
Deva capacity: 11,400
Main sponsors/partners: Boshcard (men's shirts), Jejune (women's), Grindhog (kit and merch), Glendale (logistics), NutriBurst (food supplements), PetPride (pets).
Current war chest: ￡11.25m.
Personal Finances/Assets
Bank Balance: ￡426,000
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]: ￡3.903m
[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]: ￡1.6m
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):
￡47,200 (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: ￡-2,000 profit. (Max is renting it out on an ad-hoc basis until the families of the Brazilian players arrive.) 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) + ￡680 (flats) = ￡28,266
(￡1,469,000 yearly.)
Stake in Temps Perdu
0.14%
Potential Income
Bonuses for Saltney Town and College 1975's performance in Europa League (e.g. €450K per win, €150K per draw.)
￡500K if Newport County are promoted (￡1m to then go from L2 to L1).
￡500K if Tranmere Rovers avoid relegation.
Miscellaneous:
The attendance bonus (for winning at least one trophy every year) is now 8%.
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 is building a cool new 5,000-seater EFL-compliant stadium.
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.
Max owns four Savile Row suits, a Bayern Munich scarf, a top-of-the-line new laptop, two framed photos featuring members of the Yalley family, and a note written in spidery old-woman handwriting.