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Title: 5th International Invitational Friendly tournament : GROUP A
Post by: Brian Clough on July 29, 2013, 05:38:17 PM
Group     Academy level           Age limitations*
B         Very Bad/Bad/Okay               U23
A         Good/Very Good/The best       U21
* 2 overage players may start; one additional over-age player may come on at 45'

Group B Table, fixtures, and results are found here: http://forum.gokickoff.com/index.php?topic=15509.0 (http://forum.gokickoff.com/index.php?topic=15509.0)

GROUP A

Club                                                                   Pld   W  D   L   GF        GA     GD     Pts    Warnings
(http://www.gokickoff.com/images/nation_flag/198.png) Mean Machine (29585) (http://www.gokickoff.com/team_overviews.php?club_id=29585)7   4   3   0    6      0      +6      15 (http://ludobet.com/img/icons/yellowcard.png)
(http://www.gokickoff.com/images/nation_flag/175.png) Sopelana C.F. (50354) (http://www.gokickoff.com/team_overviews.php?club_id=50354) 7   4   2   1    13      4      +9      14
(http://www.gokickoff.com/images/nation_flag/125.png) Sloga Stari Bar  87708 (http://www.gokickoff.com/team_overviews.php?club_id=87708)7   4   1   2    12      4      +8      13
(http://www.gokickoff.com/images/nation_flag/198.png) Manchester of the South Utd (138516) (http://www.gokickoff.com/team_overviews.php?club_id=138516)7   4   0   3    8      5      +3      12
(http://www.gokickoff.com/images/nation_flag/142.png) Shah Faisal Abad FC (156227) (http://www.gokickoff.com/team_overviews.php?club_id=156227)7   3   2   2    7      6      +1      11
(http://www.gokickoff.com/images/nation_flag/62.png) Roostophe Rovers (40012) (http://www.gokickoff.com/team_overviews.php?club_id=40012)7   2   1   4    3      14      -11      7
(http://www.gokickoff.com/images/nation_flag/62.png) Pile of Shite 22746 (http://www.gokickoff.com/team_overviews.php?club_id=22746) 7   2   1   4    2      5      -3      7
(http://www.gokickoff.com/images/nation_flag/198.png) Bossaray (128272) (http://www.gokickoff.com/team_overviews.php?club_id=128272)7   0   0   7    2     14      -12      0       

Fixtures and Results:
Home team not necessarily listed first; should be held in the stadium with the highest potential revenue.

14 August
Mean Machine 0 - 0 Sloga Stari Bar
Bossaray 0 - 1 Pile of Shite
Manchester of the South Utd 1 - 0 Shah Faisal Abad FC
Sopelana CF 5 - 1 Roostophe Rovers

17 August
Bossaray 0 - 1 Sloga Stari Bar
Manchester of the South Utd 0 - 1 Pile of Shite
Sopelana CF 0 - 0 Shah Faisal Abad FC
Mean Machine 0 - 0 Roostophe Rovers

19 August
Manchester of the South Utd 1- 0 Sloga Stari Bar
Sopelana CF 0 - 0 Pile of Shite
Mean Machine 0 - 0 Shah Faisal Abad FC
Bossaray 0 - 1 Roostophe Rovers

26 August
Sopelana 1 - 0 Sloga Stari Bar
Mean Machine 2 - 0 Pile of Shite
Bossaray 1 - 2 Shah Faisal Abad FC
Manchester of the South Utd 2 - 0 Roostophe Rovers

2 September
Mean Machine 2 - 0 Bossaray
Manchester of the South Utd 1 - 3 Sopelana CF
Sloga Stari Bar 1 - 0 Pile of Shite
Shah Faisal Abad FC 2 - 0 Roostophe Rovers

9 September
Mean Machine 1 - 0 Manchester of the South Utd (http://www.gokickoff.com/team_match_detail.php?match_id=6750498)
Sloga Stari Bar 4 - 2 Shah Faisal Abad FC (http://www.gokickoff.com/team_match_detail.php?match_id=6750473)
Sopelana CF 4 - 1 Bossaray (http://www.gokickoff.com/team_match_detail.php?match_id=6750675)
Roostophe Rovers 1 - 0 Pile of Shite (http://www.gokickoff.com/team_match_detail.php?match_id=6750667&tab=2)

16 September
Sopelana CF 0 - 1 Mean Machine  (http://www.gokickoff.com/team_match_detail.php?match_id=6753536)(http://ludobet.com/img/icons/yellowcard.png)
Bossaray 0 - 3 Manchester of the South Utd (http://www.gokickoff.com/team_match_detail.php?match_id=6753597)
Sloga Stari Bar 5 - 0 Roostophe Rovers (http://www.gokickoff.com/team_match_detail.php?match_id=6753531)
Pile of Shite 0 - 1 Sharh Faisal Abad FC (http://www.gokickoff.com/team_match_detail.php?match_id=6753997&tab=2)



The rules
- Easy tackling only! Using default tackling will give a "yellow card" warning; do this a 2nd time during the duration of the league and a 2nd such warning will be issued, and a 1 goal penalty will be assessed in the match. If "hard" tackling is used, it counts as a "Straight red card" and the 1 goal penalty. If a second "red card" (or 2 "yellow cards") is received during the tournament, it amounts to a 2 goal penalty and so on.

- No more than 2 overage players may start a match or be on the pitch during the first 45 minutes. A 3rd overage player may be subbed on at or after halftime (45') but no more than 3 may play in a match at any given time*. The first additional overage player that is used will result in a 1 goal penalty** and a warning; use of more than that will result in a 2 goal penalty OR the number of goals to force a loss, whichever is smaller and a "red card" unless the team lost the match anyway, in which case only a yellow card will be issued. You are responsible for checking your opponent's lineup. Report infractions by posting in this thread.

- If multiple simultaneous matches are arranged due to the exploitation of the existing bug (http://forum.gokickoff.com/index.php?topic=6425.0), the average of both teams' scores (rounded to the nearest whole number) will be recorded.

- Matches are held in the stadium that maximizes revenue. This is calculated by the following equation: stadium capacity x (1 + level of stadium quality x 0.125)
where very bad = 0, okay = 2, very good = 4 and so on.
If a match is arranged incorrectly a "yellow card" warning will be issued.

- If you accept a friendly match with a club other than your assigned competitor, or fail to arrange/accept a friendly invitation, then it counts as a forfeit (loss) with a 3 goal penalty**, and a "red card" issued to the team failing to arrange the match in a timely manner. Teams can accept the forfeit as early as 12:00 UTC the day before the fixture by posting their situation in the thread so they may arrange an alternate friendly match, so make your friendly arrangements EARLY. However, if the manager posts a sincere apology after the first "red card" warning they receive, it will be reduced to a "yellow card". Any additional "red cards" cannot be changed.

-Accumulating 2 "red cards" or 5 "yellow cards" through the duration of a tournament will result in responsible club being DISQUALIFIED and not being approved for friendly tournaments/minileagues for the following 2 seasons. If you were disqualified from this tournament in the past 2 seasons (third (http://forum.gokickoff.com/index.php?topic=7824.0) or fourth rendition (http://forum.gokickoff.com/index.php?topic=12795.0)) , your registration will not be approved.

-if a team is disqualified from the tournament through warning accumulation, their remaining matches are optional at the discretion of the opponent. If you are scheduled to play a disqualified team, you may choose not to play them and you will be given a 1-0 win (goals credited to the winning team); or you can play them and the result will stand.

* automatic substitutions made due to injury do NOT count toward this; overage players may be substituted for overage players without penalty.
** goal penalties are accrued as negative goals (goals are not awarded to opponent for YC infractions while 1 goal is awarded for RC infractions), which may result in a negative goal difference (GD)

3 points will be awarded for each win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss.
Tiebreakers for teams level on points
1.   Head to Head result; no away goal rule
2.   Goal Difference
3.   Goals scored
4.   Club Rating (lowest first)
Title: Re: 5th North American Friendly tournament
Post by: BosSaray on July 29, 2013, 05:44:43 PM
I am in , as every year thanks  :-\
Title: Re: 5th North American Friendly tournament
Post by: Drifter on July 29, 2013, 05:54:45 PM
 :-\ Several defeats to Mean Machine youth.  Team moral very low.  Hibury cup seems just in reach and yet so far away again this season.  What is a manager to do accept throw the team into even more competition. 

 :) Hibury youth will take the field in the U S A and try to do what they did last year in the Undertakers under 21 cup.  Lets hope for a better performance than was had list time we entered this cup.
Title: Re: 5th North American Friendly tournament
Post by: DJNRxx on July 29, 2013, 09:38:00 PM
Do we have to be premium? If not I'M IN!

(x) Team name: ?Atletico Soccer?
(x) Team manager: DJNRxx(Nikola Radeski)
(x) Youth facilities: Very Bad
Title: Re: 5th North American Friendly tournament
Post by: perrito on July 30, 2013, 02:23:47 AM
Hello friends, I wish you the best in this new Noth American Friendly tournament Brian, and I hope it will be a sucess like the others that you made. This time My team is getting older, So I got some new players to changed over 30 year old player, so I have on my main team 9 main players sub-21 1 player sub-22. The others ones are older.   :o  :)

So like my main players are mostly sub-21 and now I am not a premium user, so I don't have the chance to make they get recover faster, so I have to play with them the league matches, so now my other team is the older one, so they have to play friendly matches.   >:(  Like rules said that teams with very good academy should play with under sub-21 players this time I have to see the tournament on the bench.  :'(

I really enjoy this tournament and I wish all players te best and that they could make great friends like the ones that I make in this past tournaments. I will follow this one, and best luck to all, hope one day  to come back and play again .... Thanks friends....
Title: Re: 5th North American Friendly tournament
Post by: Brian Clough on July 30, 2013, 02:46:16 AM
@ DJNRxx Anyone can join, premium or not

@ Perro - My friend, the tournament does not start until 3 days after the new season, so you should have up to 7 new youths with your squad by then. Also, remember up to two overage players may play the entire match, so even with your 9 youths, you could still play.
 :)
Title: Re: 5th North American Friendly tournament
Post by: jemseed on July 30, 2013, 03:32:37 AM
Manchester of the South Utd (138516)
Good Academy

 :D
Title: Re: 5th North American Friendly tournament
Post by: BosSaray on July 30, 2013, 05:00:14 AM
This year I have a good academy   :)
Title: Re: 5th North American Friendly tournament
Post by: BosSaray on July 30, 2013, 05:03:28 AM
Team number is 128272   ;)
Title: Re: 5th North American Friendly tournament
Post by: The Korean Football Club on August 02, 2013, 03:08:29 PM
It is a good tournament, support Brian Clough.  :'(
Title: Re: 5th North American Friendly tournament
Post by: Roostophe on August 07, 2013, 03:30:30 PM
Roostophe Rovers (40012) - Very Good

Wasn't sure about joining initially, but I'll have enough players come the new season. Hopefully my upgraded academy will finally give me a striker this time around. It gave me 3 goalkeepers last season.  :'(
Title: Re: 5th North American Friendly tournament
Post by: Sopelana on August 07, 2013, 04:36:03 PM
Sopelana C.F. (50354)

Academy level: The best

I would like to join on group A.

Thanks Brian!!!.
Title: Re: 5th North American Friendly tournament
Post by: Mubashar on August 07, 2013, 07:44:02 PM
Shah Faisal Abad FC (156227)
This year I will have Good Academy.
Previous players from OK academy or bought.
I have read the rules and will abide by them. Thanking you Brian in anticipation.
Title: Re: 5th North American Friendly tournament
Post by: johnblasa on August 07, 2013, 10:29:55 PM
Team Name: Artica Sport (ITA) ID: (19223)
Academy Level: Bad
Manager: JohnBlasa (2134)
Title: Re: 5th North American Friendly tournament
Post by: SKENDERBEU.F.C.REAL on August 08, 2013, 08:22:13 AM
TEAM : REAL.F.C.SKENDERBEU(112108), academy okay, training and fitnnes good
Title: Re: 5th North American Friendly tournament
Post by: blahblah on August 08, 2013, 08:32:24 AM
In again please:

Pile of Shite 22746 Good
Title: Re: 5th North American Friendly tournament
Post by: panjcof on August 08, 2013, 12:34:25 PM
Sloga Stari Bar  87708
Very good academy  ;)
Title: Re: 5th North American Friendly tournament
Post by: Brian Clough on August 12, 2013, 06:58:54 AM
14 August Fixtures:

Mean Machine v Sloga Stari Bar
Bossaray v Pile of Shite
Manchester of the South Utd v Shah Faisal Abad FC
Sopelana CF v Roostophe Rovers

Please make arrangements for your matches!  :D


GROUP B start will be delayed until 17 August in hopes to get 2-3 more teams in the next day or two. Schedule will be posted 14 August
Title: Re: 5th North American Friendly tournament
Post by: Brian Clough on August 14, 2013, 01:37:05 AM
Sadly no new teams joined Group B, so these teams will each play each other twice. All scheduled maches have been posted!
 8)
Title: Re: 5th North American Friendly tournament
Post by: blahblah on August 14, 2013, 03:20:07 PM
Is the Friendly thang working?

I am stuck with my last Friendly showing as my next one, so I can not invite etc.....
Title: Re: 5th North American Friendly tournament
Post by: Brian Clough on August 14, 2013, 11:04:15 PM
Group A Standings UPDATED
 :)
good luck to everyone!

@ blahblah  are you still having this problem?
Title: Re: 5th North American Friendly tournament
Post by: blahblah on August 15, 2013, 09:05:23 AM
Thankfully not, I have sent an invite as the one I received is for me to be at home....
Title: Re: 5th North American Friendly tournament
Post by: jemseed on August 16, 2013, 01:04:55 AM
Quote from: blahblah on August 15, 2013, 09:05:23 AM
Thankfully not, I have sent an invite as the one I received is for me to be at home....

blahblah, our match should be at your stadium since it is both bigger and higher quality than mine

Quote from: Brian Clough on July 29, 2013, 05:38:17 PM
- Matches are held in the stadium that maximizes revenue. This is calculated by the following equation: stadium capacity x (1 + level of stadium quality x 0.125)
where very bad = 0, okay = 2, very good = 4 and so on.

I hope blahblah responds soon - only 4 hours remain
Title: Re: 5th North American Friendly tournament
Post by: blahblah on August 17, 2013, 07:19:07 PM
Glad I did? lol
Title: Re: 5th International Invitational Friendly tournament : GROUP A
Post by: Brian Clough on August 18, 2013, 01:21:57 AM
***Updated***

I have split group B table and fixtures into a separate thread for convenience. This thread is found here: http://forum.gokickoff.com/index.php?topic=15509 (http://forum.gokickoff.com/index.php?topic=15509)

Cheers to everyone, we are doing a fine job of arranging matches!
Title: Re: 5th International Invitational Friendly tournament : GROUP A
Post by: Brian Clough on August 19, 2013, 09:59:24 PM
***3rd gameweek UPDATED***

 ;D
Title: Re: 5th International Invitational Friendly tournament : GROUP A
Post by: Mubashar on August 20, 2013, 04:10:42 AM
Only 2 goals scored this game day. 2 games without goals and 2 in 1-0.
Title: Re: 5th International Invitational Friendly tournament : GROUP A
Post by: Brian Clough on August 26, 2013, 05:46:24 PM
***UPDATED through gameweek 4***

more goals this week!
no warnings issued!
 :)
Title: Re: 5th International Invitational Friendly tournament : GROUP A
Post by: Mubashar on August 27, 2013, 06:51:56 AM
Quote from: Brian Clough on August 26, 2013, 05:46:24 PM
***UPDATED through gameweek 4***

more goals this week!
no warnings issued!
 :)

No warning after 4 match days. 4 matches and 8 goals, and I earned first win. A beautiful week it is.
Title: Re: 5th International Invitational Friendly tournament : GROUP A
Post by: Brian Clough on September 02, 2013, 09:47:12 PM
*** UPDATED ***

no warnings issued  8)

Title: Re: 5th International Invitational Friendly tournament : GROUP A
Post by: Brian Clough on September 09, 2013, 08:42:07 PM
*** UPDATED THROUGH GAMEWEEK 6 ***

no warnings issued  8)

Only one week left! Thanks everyone!
Title: Re: 5th International Invitational Friendly tournament : GROUP A
Post by: panjcof on September 11, 2013, 02:57:34 PM
Quote from: Brian Clough on September 09, 2013, 08:42:07 PM
*** UPDATED THROUGH GAMEWEEK 6 ***

no warnings issued  8)

Only one week left! Thanks everyone!
you are welcome Brian... Fantastic tournament really  8)
Cant wait for the next one  :)
Title: Re: 5th International Invitational Friendly tournament : GROUP A
Post by: Mubashar on September 11, 2013, 05:10:22 PM
Quote from: Brian Clough on September 09, 2013, 08:42:07 PM
*** UPDATED THROUGH GAMEWEEK 6 ***

no warnings issued  8)

Only one week left! Thanks everyone!
Yeah. going really well. I preferred it over my league.
Title: Re: 5th International Invitational Friendly tournament : GROUP A
Post by: Sopelana on September 16, 2013, 11:08:15 AM
Congrats to Brian A group winner!!!!!.

If you make again tournament I would be very proud of taking part on it. Thanks Brian for do it!!.

Enjoy playing GKO!!!.
Title: Re: 5th International Invitational Friendly tournament : GROUP A
Post by: Brian Clough on September 16, 2013, 05:58:20 PM
*** UPDATED ***

Warning issued
Mean Machine (http://ludobet.com/img/icons/yellowcard.png) 1 goal penalty assessed for using an extra overage player at 45' :-[

Despite my mistake (and the 1 goal penalty), Mean Machine managed to climb to the top of the group...this is the first we have won after 5 seasons of tournaments!
 :D

What a great tournament! With only 1 point separating the top 5 spots, respectively, the level of competition seems very good  8) Those of you on the bottom, please come back next season, there is only one direction to go, up!

Again thank you everyone for helping make the best friendly tournament yet! The real winners are our youths, who have gotten some good experience and much training!

Please join us again next season...watch for an announcement in late October for the 6th Mean Machine Friendly Invitational Tournament!

Title: Re: 5th International Invitational Friendly tournament : GROUP A
Post by: Roostophe on September 16, 2013, 09:36:08 PM
Well, I had my arse handed to me in several matches and scored just three goals, but I'll be back next season regardless of my youth team's quality.
Title: Re: 5th International Invitational Friendly tournament : GROUP A
Post by: Mubashar on September 18, 2013, 05:02:47 PM
Quote from: Brian Clough on September 16, 2013, 05:58:20 PM
*** UPDATED ***

What a great tournament! With only 1 point separating the top 5 spots, respectively, the level of competition seems very good

And I am one of those 5. You can not imagine how much Happy I am. In real world, a Pakistani Manager can not even imagine of such achievement.
Title: Re: 5th International Invitational Friendly tournament : GROUP A
Post by: Mubashar on September 18, 2013, 05:07:09 PM
Congratulaion Mean Machine for winning the tournament. I think you are the only one who did not lost a match although you drew first two.  :)
And
Thanx a lot for arranging such a splendid event. Looking for the next.  ;D