Year 6, September - 31st December - Champions league groups are drawn. Porto are drawn alongside Spartak Moscow, Tottenham and Basel. Atletico Madrid are drawn alongside Shaktar Donesk, Juventus and Fenerbache Man City are drawn alongside Barcelona, Rangers and Sparta Prague. Arsenal are drawn alongside PSG, Empoli and Olympiakos. - Olympiakos manager Ernesto Valverde comments that his team would have to stop Dave Keith should they stand any chance of winning their match against Arsenal. - Valverde's comments backfire as Dave Keith puts in a fantastic shift alongside captain Marouane Chamakh, as he scores two and makes one getting an 8.7 rating in a 4-1 win for his team. This win puts Arsenal top of group G with 3 points and a goal difference of +3. PSG are in 2nd place with their 1-0 win over Empoli. - de Oliviera gets a 7.2 rating and a goal in Porto's 2-1 win over Basel that makes them top Group A. Elsewhere in the group, Tottenham were defeated 2-1 by Spartak Moscow. - Atletico are hammered 3-0 by Shakter Donesk in their Group D opening match. Nathan Aird was one of the better players in his side with a 6.8 rating. Atletico had an uphill battle to fight from the start, when Bulgakov got an early goal in the 2nd minute, things then went from bad to worse as left back Alex Sandro got red carded. Eugene Seleznyov then completed the rout with 2 goals on the 35th and the 75th minute. Elsewhere, Juventus won 3-2 versus Fenerbache. - David Villa was the only scorer as City crashed to a 1-0 defeat at the Camp Nou, the goal came just before the half time whistle. Mark Goldberg had a good game and got a 7.4 rating, managing to position himself for 2 shots during the match (1 of which was on target). Starch came on for Edin Dzeko at half time, and despite a low 6.3 rating, had the most shots on target for his team, with 2. City are now 3rd in Group F, with Rangers top after demolishing Sparta Prague 3-0. - Porto Manager Vitor Pereira denies allegations that de Oliviera will be dropped following his 70th minute dismissal against Vit. Guimaraes, stating that he is an "important part of the team". Porto drew the match 2-2, and de Oliviera managed a 6.6 rating before his sending off. - Mark Goldberg has a magnificent game for Man City in their 4-1 win over Portsmouth in the League Cup. The Scottish AMC scored his side's equaliser on the 52nd minute, and then set up one more. He made 3 attacking runs of note and managed to complete 44 passes. Starch played 83 minutes for the team, but failed to make a single shot, and was his sides worst player with a 6.4 rating. - Alan Crosby makes a sub appearance in Hudersfield's 2-2 draw with Watford, he came on during the 63rd minute and managed a 6.4 rating. - Danny Dyer scores his side's only goal in the 6th minute in a 1-1 draw with getafe, he managed a 7.3 rating during the match. - James Sawyer is powerless as Liverpool put 3 past West Brom, all 3 goals from Brazilian Leandro Damiao. Sawyer managed a 6.3 rating in the match and was one of his sides better players on the day. - Man City manage to defeat Chelsea 3-0, helped by another fantastic performance from Mark Goldberg. The Scottish attacking midfielder scored his side's final goal on the 51st minute and assisted one another, aswell as completing 51 passes during the match. Neither Starch nor Yappalenko featured, the former an unused sub and the latter not in the matchday squad. This win takes City to 5th place with 12 points, 1 point and 1 goal behind current league leaders Wigan. - Atletico Madrid drew 1-1 with Juventus thanks to a goal crafted by Nathan Aird and scored by former Arsenal striker Theo Walcott. Nathan Aird got a 7.9 rating and the MOTM award. - Andrew Neil scored both goals for his side in a 2-1 victory over Galatasaray. He managed an 8.6 rating and the MOTM award. Dougie Wright set up one of these goals, and got a 7.4 rating. - de Oliviera gets an 6.8 rating during Porto's 2-1 victory over Tottenham at White Hart Lane. Steven Naismith scored the only goal for the home side while Behrang Safari and Walter scored for the away side. Elsewhere in group A, Spartak were defeated 3-0 by Basel. - Mark Goldberg's 45 completed passes helped his side to a 3-0 win over Sparta Prague. Xand Yappalenko was subbed on during the 89th minute and had no time to make an impact. Goldberg managed a 7.8 rating. Elsewhere in Group A, Rangers were held to a 1-1 draw at Ibrox by Barcelona, after Fabregas canceled out Yannis Tafer's 16th minute goal on the 81st minute. - Kwadwo Asamoah scored 2 to defeat Arsenal 2-1 at the Emirates. Dave Keith got a consolation goal for his side on the 66th minute, which helped him achieve his 6.9 rating. - de Oliviera, Goldberg, Sawyer, Neil, Aird and Dmitri are the only Europeans to make their countries squad for the next batch of World Cup Qualifiers. - A 0-0 bore draw between Greece and Scotland sees Goldberg and Sawyer get ratings of 6.8 and 6.6. - Andrew Neil gets a double and the MOTM award as Italy beat Andorra 4-0, Neil got a 8.8 rating. - Spain pummel Switzerland 5-0 with some fantastic performances from key players. Fabregas, Martinez and Munian got ratings of 10.0, 9.7 and 9.7 with all 3 scoring a goal (Munian got a goal from open play plus converted a penalty.) Nathan Aird played the 90 minutes and created 3 of the goals, getting an 8.4 rating for himself. Dmitri was an unused substitute. - de Oliviera came on during the 47th minute in Portugals 4-0 win over Kazakhstan. He created one goal and got a 6.9 rating - New World rankings are announced. Spain hold onto 6th place, Portugal moves up two spots to 11th while Italy drop 2 spots to 12th. South Africa move up a spot to 27th and Finland move up 7 spots to 42nd. Scotland move down two spots to 50th. Reports from North Korea state that the national team there has held onto the top spot, however everywhere else is reporting that they fell a spot to 87th. - Italy fall to a 2-1 defeat against Croatia, with Andrew Neil getting a 6.9 rating. - France destroy Scotland 5-0. Sawyer gets a 6.6 rating and Golberg gets a 6.3 rating. - Spain defeated Sweden 3-0, with Nathan Aird setting up 2 of the goals, getting a 7.7 rating. Dmitri came on during the 56th minute, but didn't do much, managing a 6.2 rating. - Starch is reported to be unhappy at Man City due to the lack of playing time. - Aston Villa boss Rio Ferdinand looks to lose his job soon if his team's results don't improve. Villa have only won once in their last 5 games - a 3-1 win over Fulham. Dmitri has scored 4 goals in 9 games so far for Villa. - Goldberg, Yappalenko, Neil and Wright all featured in a 2-2 draw between City and Wolves at the Etihad stadium. Aguero and Dzeko put City 2-0 up by the 77th minute, but Wolves fought back with goals from Beciraj and Thygesen on the 83rd and 85th minutes. Dougie Wright was MOTM with an 8.5 rating and an assist, while Neil only managed a 6.7. On the other side Goldberg got a 7.4 rating, whilst Yappalenko got a 7.2. - Wolves defeat Zenit 3-0, with Neil getting 2 goals and a 9.1 rating. Dougie Wright also featured, getting a 7.2 rating. - David McPipehelm and Jong Tae-Se both get 7.6 ratings, and the latter gets a goal as North Korea fall to a 2-1 defeat to Qatar. - Borussia Dortmund boss Ricardo Moniz has been praised by fans for his vision in wanting to bring Wolves striker Andrew Neil to the club. - Nathan Aird is the first UD talent to appear on the shortlist for the Ballon d'Or, however, he is not expected to win it. - Neil is unhappy at Wolves and wants a move to a bigger club. - Atletico Madrid manager Mihajlovic admits that he is looking to sign Andrew Neil - Aston Villa sack Rio Ferdinand!! - Chelsea Manager Frank de Boer admits interest in Andrew Neil - Villa sign Van deer Brom as their new manager. - Buzz Aldrin has stated he wishes to leave Wolves to get more first team football, and Starch has also reiterated his desire to leave Manchester City for the same reasons. - Barcelona are rumoured to be interested in signing Scottish centre back Buzz Aldrin - Buzz states that he is content with life at Wolves, but did admit that if Barcelona came calling he would be tempted to leave. - Mark Goldberg has been rewarded for his recent form with a 3 year £38.5K a week deal. - Starch issues a "come and get me" plea to Sporting Lisbon posse Domingos Paciencia. Wolves are also rumoured to be interested in signing the forward, whether as a partner or a replacement for Andrew Neil remains unseen. - David McPipehelm rejects Heerenveens offer of a new contract, wanting more wages and a better signing-on fee. The Korean has made 15 appearances for the Dutch club, with an average rating of 7.08 - Aldrin rejects new contract offer from Wolves, wanting more wages, an assurance of a more important role at the club, and a better fee for his agent (PO:Aldrin is still with the UD talent agency set up at the beginning of the game.) -Starch has stated his desire to leave the Etihad stadium as soon as possible. - Tottenham fans are said to be excited at the prospect of Andrew Neil joining their club. - Porto finish second in Group A and progress to the next round of the Champions League. They are drawn against Liverpool. - Atletico Madrid finish 3rd in Group D and fall into the Europa League. They are drawn against dutch champions Vitesse. - Man City finish second in Group F and progress into the last 16. Barcelona finish 1st and Rangers finish 3rd. City draw PSG in the next round. - Arsenal finish 2nd in Group G behind PSG and are drawn against Shaktar Donesk. - Wolves are drawn against AC Milan in the Europa League - James Sawyer's West Brom are drawn against Anderlecht in the Europa League. Club Performance The Standings of all Players teams domestically so far are...
ENGLISH PREMIER Arsenal - 3rd Man City - 2nd West Brom - 5th Wolves - 13th Hull - 11th Aston Villa - 17th
ENGLISH CHAMPIONSHIP Huddersfield - 14th Swansea - 16th
