Season 29 Week 8 processing...

Premiership

Watford 19 +16
Charlton 17 +7
Man City 16 +10
Aston Villa 13 +4
Plymouth 12 +1 Champions
Liverpool 12 -2

France

Nantes 22 +27 Champions
Paris 22 +16
Lille 18 +3
Monaco 17 +15

Germany

Schalke 24 +13
Cologne 21 +11 unmanaged
Dresden 16 +10 unmanaged
Gladbach 16 +9
Bayern 14 +12

Schalke dominating the competition as usual with bayern's chances ended this week...

Dutch

Ajax 22 +19 Champions
Genk 22 +15
Liege 18 +7
Rotterdam 15 +9
Mechelen 15 +8

Serie A

AC Milan 22 +20
Ancona 16 +7
Inter Milan 16 +1 Champions
Juventus 15 +4
Lazio 13 +6
Napoli 13 +4

English Central League ( Reserve League )

Spurs 16 +14
Arsenal 16 +6
Man City 15 +4
Charlton 14 +7
Wednesday 14 +0

Scotland

St Johnstone 21 +16
Celtic 21 +15 Champions
Rangers 18 +14
Inverness 15 +21
Aberdeen 15 +8

Turning into an unusually good season for Rangers maybe...

Spain

Barcelona 24 +26
Real Madrid 21 +18
Zaragoza 18 +10
Atletico Madrid 15 +9
Real Betis 15 +5

MLS

Cosmos 22 +19
Harrisburg 19 +13 Champions
NewYork City 18 +16
TampaBay 18 +11
Chicago 18 +8

Not much in it really...

Yugoslavia

Dragovol 21 +23
Maribor 21 +10 unmanaged
Red Star Belgrade 20 +15 Champions
Zagreb 17 +14

Veteran Champions Cup winners Dragovol back to their best after a long time in the doldrums...

Transfers now...

Fairly quiet on the transfer front this week with a few minor moves but nothing major, although next week may see a few big moves...

Coaching & Finances now...

Printing now then I'll send out the email turns tomorrow providing the weather stays good...

Champions Cup tables

Group One
Man City 10 +7
Liverpool 6 +0
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Juventus 4 -3
Bayern 3 -4

Group Two
Watford 10 +9
Ajax 5 +0
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Man United 4 +0
Valencia 3 -9

Group Three
Charlton 8 +8
Gladbach 6 +0
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Benfica 4 -2
Inter Milan 4 -6

Group Four
Plymouth 8 +3
AC Milan 6 -1
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Schalke 4 +0
Paris 4 -2

with 2 games and six points still to play for...

Europa Cup tables

Group One
Real Madrid 9 +1
Chelsea 6 +5
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Newcastle 4 -3
Marseille 4 -3

Group Two
Barcelona 10 +5
Fulham 9 +7
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Roma 4 -2
Anderlecht 0 -10

Group Three
Arsenal 7 +5
Atletico Madrid 7 +2
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Nantes 7 +2
QPR 1 -9

Group Four
Genk 9 +6
Aston Villa 9 +6
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Shelbourne 6 +2
Panathinaikos 0 -14 reality manager

Copa Libertadores tables

Group One
Tachira 9 +4
Fluminense 7 +3
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River Plate 5 +1
Penarol 1 -8

Group Two
Argentinos 9 +5
Catolica 9 +1
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Botafogo 6 +1
Strongest 0 -7

Group Three
Corinthians 7 +4
Defensor 7 -1
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Vasco 5 +1
Cruzeiro 3 -4

Group Four
Santos 12 +7
Sao Paulo 6 +3
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Coritiba 6 -2
Blooming 0 -8

You guys are so prolific at signing youth players we are almost out of free slots in the active player database so I am amending the retirement criteria slightly to help free up a few more slots.

Protected players at managed clubs will retire at 40 ( instead of waiting until the EOS ).
Unprotected players at managed clubs will retire at 37 ( instead of waiting until the EOS ).
Over30s at unmanaged clubs will now retire as soon as they hit 31 ( instead of 33 ).

This will come in effect on turn 9 ( next week ).

Paul Hemmings wrote:

You guys are so prolific at signing youth players we are almost out of free slots in the active player database so I am amending the retirement criteria slightly to help free up a few more slots.

Protected players at managed clubs will retire at 40 ( instead of waiting until the EOS ).
Unprotected players at managed clubs will retire at 37 ( instead of waiting until the EOS ).
Over30s at unmanaged clubs will now retire as soon as they hit 31 ( instead of 33 ).

This will come in effect on turn 9 ( next week ).

Whoops..... 

Email turns all sent out...

A stock market crash in Italy has erroneously affected clubs that were over the old limit of 9999pence in Germany, Spain and Brazil, so I have corrected share prices at Schalke, Barcelona & Santos as a result.

I'll track down this annoying bug next week.

Thanks to Andy for his excellent as usual feedback.