The purpose of this section of the website is to build up an all-round picture of my involvement of all forms of PBM football. Broadly speaking, my teams can be divided in to three camps:
- Teams that were once active but are not presently.
- Teams that were once active and are now again.
- New teams, currently active.
TEAMS THAT WERE ONCE ACTIVE
There are six of these:
1. Hamilton Harriers. Were originally active in the Pole Star Alliance. Sherwood Games got locked out of their own league, so I moved them to the Apex League. That league was then discontinued, so I gave up!
2. Rushden & Emeralds. Originally in one of the North Star Alliances. When I quit Sherwood Games, I took them to the Apex League (that's right, the one that was then discontinued...)
3. Curry Crusaders. I entered them in the debut season of the Trident League, primarily to have a team of players loosely based around items on an Indian restaurant menu!
4. The Paq. Defence? What defence? My original all-out attacking team that always played either 3-2-5 or 3-3-4.
5. Dumbarton Town. A team relegated from the top flight of the None League, who I took on to try to take back up again.
6. Miami Celts. I competed with them for 2 1/2 seasons in the Will Scarlet premier League.
THEIR RECORDS
| Honours | PLD | W | D | L | Record Win | Record Loss | |
|
Miami Celts Hamilton Harriers |
WSP.1C, WSP.3 PSA3.1C, PSA2.1C, AL.C |
73 71 |
37 53 |
25 15 |
12 3 |
5-0 vs Hucknall Sports 4-0 5 times |
1-5 @ Inter Derby 0-3 twice |
| Rushden & Emeralds | AL.C | 76 | 36 | 24 | 14 | 4-0 vs Wayne's Wanderers | 0-3 @ Maida Vale Athletic |
| Curry Crusaders | TL1.2nd | 30 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4-0 twice | 0-4 @ Southport |
| The Paq | NSA1.3rd | 47 | 25 | 9 | 13 | 5-0 twice | 0-3 three times |
| Dumbarton Town | NL2. 1P | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 5-1 vs Manchester Albion | 0-3 twice |
PSA = Pole Star Alliance, AL = Apex League, TL = Trdent League, NSA = North Star Alliance, NL = None League.
| % Win | % Lose | % Draw | Agg. Points | |
| Hamilton Harriers | 74.65 | 4.23 | 21.13 | 245.07 |
| Rushden & Emeralds | 47.37 | 18.42 | 31.58 | 173.68 |
| Curry Crusaders | 46.67 | 10.00 | 43.33 | 183.33 |
| The Paq | 53.19 | 27.66 | 19.15 | 178.72 |
| Dumbarton Town | 63.33 | 16.67 | 20.00 | 210.00 |
I should point out that all of the above teams, who played in the 1990s, were part of a traditional league structure. In other words, there was no Premier League, the top division was Division 1.
"Aggregate points" is a calculation which converts the team's entire record in to an equivilant points tally over 100 games. The maximum is therefore 300.
TEAMS THAT WERE ONCE ACTIVE & RETURNED
There are three of these, all noticeably less successful than the teams listed above:
1. Goodhead F.C. Originally played in the None League Division 3. In their third season, were promoted to Division 2. Now active with an all-new team in the Watnall League Division 1.
2. A.C.Altrincham. Originally played in the North Star Alliance Division 4, the team has returned in the Apex League P1 Division 3. They were promoted as Runners Up in their first season.
3. Ghoul Town. Originally in the None League Division 4, the team returned in the Apex League P1 Division 3.
I was not remotely impressed with Apex, which seemed to have regressed since the 1990s, where as Soccer Star has evolved and is now a far better game. For this reason I quit Apex after only one season back and increased my investment in Soccer Star.
NEW TEAMS - CURRENTLY ACTIVE
Swinfen Hall - Will Scarlet Premier League
Bromsgrove Rovers - Will Scarlet Premier League
Oakland Raiders - British Supreme Premier League
Queen of Spades - Major Oak Alliance Premier League
Queen of Hearts - Major Oak Alliance Division One
Queen of Clubs - Major Oak Alliance Division One
Hundon Harriers - Opal Elite League Division Two
Belvoir Vale - North Star Alliance Division Two
Abbey Park - Elizabethan League Division Three
Godhead - ML Division Four
It is worth noting that three of the above teams hold all-time records in PBM football for me.
My heaviest defeat of all time was "achieved" by Queen of Hearts FC in my first game there, losing 0-5 at Tyldesley Panthers, since equalled by Belvoir Vale losing 1-6 at home to Rockwell Rangers.
Godhead have my biggest ever win, 6-0 at home to Bot92104. This result was then equalled by Belvoir Vale winning 6-0 at home to Sinjuns Too.