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| A career in numbers |
It has been an emotional week at Borgis FC as the club celebrated on Thursday the seventh-year anniversary of the managerial reign of Adam Moran. The 24-year-old was in tears as the 'This Is Your Life' style party unfolded inside the Borgis Arena with 5,000 fans huddled inside.
It truly was a night to remember as players past and present joined Moran for drinks on stage as the club paid homage to their longest serving manager.
It was seven years ago that Borgis FC named 17-year-old Moran as its new manager after an up-and-down two-year spell under the stewardship of Helloor. The fans loved Helloor after he established a form of fierce, attacking football at the club and were sad to see him leave. This provided Moran with a tough start but he soon won the fans over after establishing his own brand of football, which helped develop some of the players into the legends that they are today.
Two of those legends were first up to meet Moran on stage on Thursday. The club's most decorated players in Lasse Lindell (279 apps) and Charlie Connely (272 apps) were met with rapturous applause as they congratulated their former manager. It was then time for Moran to have his say:
"Wow I really am lost for words and that doesn't happen often. Of course this is all made up in my head and I am congratulating myself right now but that won't stop me from doing it anyway (wasntme).
Seven years! I started on the 21st May 2008, and just 4 months later in my real life I started an actual job at Boots The Chemist. Who would have thought that seven years later I'd still be managing Borgis FC and that now I'd be a manager at Boots. It's weird to actually think about it, and how time has flown by. I have loved playing this game and continue to do so, perhaps the only thing I'd change in the seven years was that I'd learned how to play properly a lot earlier.
I mean sure, I'm still not 100% there now and consider myself way behind most people on here. But when you look at my career early on, I really was clueless. The club was floating around division 6 from when I arrived in season 17 all the way to season 29, and all of a sudden you see a huge spike in success. This is when I started to actually understand the game properly. That's not to say it wasn't through a lack of trying early on.
I just enjoyed the simple things. For one, writing press releases - as you can probably tell. But then it was things like developing players and creating stories. I felt a connection with the players I had. In terms of competitiveness I really thought I was challenging teams but I didn't even understand tactics and what it meant in certain circumstances, which is why I played 4-4-2 defensive every match for a long time. It's not something I'd chose, it's something I didn't notice or change. It's easy to look back and say why didn't I do my research or hey, that's pretty dumb, but I was happy playing the game how I did.
So it's because of facts like that, that I am quite proud of my 'achievements'."
Mr Moran's career statistics then flashed on the big screen.
25 seasons in the Xtreme League as Borgis FC manager
349 league matches
168 wins = 48.1% win ratio
79 draws = 22.6% draw ratio
102 losses = 29.2% loss ratio
4 divisional titles
After this the club's 'Greatest XI' came on stage to thank Moran. With Peter Gabriel's Book Of Love booming around the stadium, the scenes were reminiscent of the finale of Scrubs as JD looks back over his memories.
Moran then took the mic for the last time to say thank you.
"I have to thank you all for putting up with me for so long. I thank the players and fans for being part of this club. I'd also like to thank the managers I've come to know over the years. HaydockClaret of Haydock Clarets XI, teams such as Black Fighters and Wigan Roamers whom I have met on so many occasions. And then of course we have Dwong Athletic and my fiercest foe: Valiant City. I only know him as Thirdway, but he has been my biggest rival for some time and long may that continue.
And then there's Fabby. I look up to him as a reporter, respect him as a manager, and admire him as friend. It's a shame that he ruined my anniversary game by beating me and subjecting my best striker to a horrific knee injury. But hey, Bananagate was always going to come back to haunt me.
And so we come to the final round of the season: my 25th season and it will be my 350th league match. We, like our opponents Tooncity, are playing simply for DV. The real match will be played out at the top of the table between Vilarense and Chadsmoor FC. Good luck to both teams and may the best man win.
And that is it from me. I once very nearly quit as manager of Borgis FC. But as I made my emotional farewell presser I got this feeling in the pit of my stomach which told me I couldn't walk away. And since then I don't think it would be possible to ever walk away. So here's to the next seven years!"
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2015-05-27 16:51
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