Category: Sholto

Since: 2008

Trophy cabinet: empty

Form
2007/08 – 11th
2009/10 – 6th
2011/12 – 9th
2012/13 – 3rd
2013/14 – 4th
2014/15 – 5th
2015/16 – 15th
2016/17 – 20th (relegated)
2017/18 – 17th
2018/19 – 21st
2019/20 – 20th (relegated)
2020/21 – 20th (relegated)

Sympathies: Manchester United

Auction XI

Auction attendance: in the pub / absent, silent bidder / absent, complete autofill

GK	Ederson	MCI	£                   0.50
DEF	Joe Gomez	LIV	£                   0.50
DEF	Andreas Christensen	CHE	£                   0.50
DEF	Jannik Vestergaard	SOU	£                   0.50
DEF	Angelo Ogbonna	WHU	£                   0.50
MID	Sergi Canós	BRE	£                   0.50
MID	Thomas Partey	ARS	£                   0.50
MID	Anwar El Ghazi	AVA	£                   0.50
MID	Wilfred Ndidi	LEI	£                   0.50
STR	Jay Rodriguez	BUR	£                   0.50
STR	Danny Welbeck	BHA	£                   0.50
			£                   5.50

Since: 2008

Trophy cabinet: empty

Form
2007/08 – 11th
2009/10 – 6th
2011/12 – 9th
2012/13 – 3rd
2013/14 – 4th
2014/15 – 5th
2015/16 – 15th
2016/17 – 20th (relegated)
2017/18 – 17th
2018/19 – 21st
2019/20 – 20th (relegated)

Sympathies: Manchester United

First transfer window

Tom Heaton	AVA	£                     0.50
Benjamin Mendy	MCI	£                     0.50
Aaron Cresswell	WHU	£                     0.50
Mamadou Sakho	CRY	£                     0.50
Eric Bailly	MUN	£                     0.50
Dele Alli	TOT	£                     0.50
Thomas Partey	ARS	£                     0.50
Callum Hudson-Odoi	CHE	£                     0.50
Miguel Almirón	NEW	£                     0.50
Shane Long	SOU	£                     0.50
Divock Origi	LIV	£                     0.50
		£                     5.50

Auction XI

Tom Heaton	AVA	£                     0.50
Benjamin Mendy	MCI	£                     0.50
Aaron Cresswell	WHU	£                     0.50
Mamadou Sakho	CRY	£                     0.50
Eric Bailly	MUN	£                     0.50
Gareth Bale (loan)	TOT	£                     0.50
Mesut Özil	ARS	£                     0.50
Callum Hudson-Odoi	CHE	£                     0.50
Miguel Almirón	NEW	£                     0.50
Shane Long	SOU	£                     0.50
Divock Origi	LIV	£                     0.50
		£                     5.50

Manager: Sholto (Wales)

Twitter name: @sholtoGH

Since: 2008

Home ground: Wetsuit Way

Training facility: The Island

Trophy cabinet: empty

Form
2007/08 – 11th
2009/10 – 6th
2011/12 – 9th
2012/13 – 3rd
2013/14 – 4th
2014/15 – 5th
2015/16 – 15th
2016/17 – 20th (relegated)
2017/18 – 17th

Sympathies: Manchester United

Darts music: Dr Dre – Bang Bang

Second transfer window – February 2019

Starting budget: £13m
Spend: £0.5m
Player sales:
Remaining budget:

McCarthy, A	SOT	£1.00
Sanchez, D	TOT	£5.00
Bennett, R (TW1)	WLV	£0.50
Sakho, M	CRY	£3.00
Bong, G	BTN	£2.00
de Bruyne, K	MCY	£36.00
Albrighton, M	LEI	£2.00
Pogba, P	MUN	£25.00
Yarmolenko, A	WHM	£7.00
Perez, A	NEW	£8.00
Ayew, J (TW2)	CRY	£0.50
		£90.00

First transfer window – October 2018

Starting budget: £17m
Spend: £14.5m
Player sales: £0.5m (Dejan Lovren to Cowley Casuals)
Remaining budget: £3m

McCarthy, A	SOT	£1.00
Sanchez, D	TOT	£5.00
Bennett, R (TW1)	WLV	£0.50
Sakho, M	CRY	£3.00
Bong, G	BTN	£2.00
de Bruyne, K	MCY	£36.00
Albrighton, M	LEI	£2.00
Pogba, P	FUL	£25.00
Yarmolenko, A	WHM	£7.00
Perez, A	NEW	£8.00
Ward, D (TW1)	CAR	£14.00
		£79.00

Auction XI

McCarthy, A	SOT	£1.00
Sanchez, D	TOT	£5.00
Lovren, D	LIV	£5.00
Sakho, M	CRY	£3.00
Moses, V	CHE	£0.50
de Bruyne, K	MCY	£36.00
Albrighton, M	LEI	£2.00
Pogba, P	FUL	£25.00
Yarmolenko, A	WHM	£7.00
Perez, A	NEW	£8.00
Niasse, O	EVE	£0.50
		£93.00

Manager: Sholto (Wales)

Twitter name: @sholtoGH

Since: 2008

Home ground: Wetsuit Way

Training facility: The Island

Trophy cabinet: empty

Kenna Index rating: 0.411 – 6th
2007/08 – 11th
2009/10 – 6th
2011/12 – 9th
2012/13 – 3rd
2013/14 – 4th
2014/15 – 5th
2015/16 – 15th

Sympathies: Manchester United

Darts music: Dr Dre – Bang Bang

Starting XI – August auction

Cech, P	ARS	£ 14.00
Dawson, C	WBA	£ 6.00
Huth, R	LEI	£ 7.00
Otamendi, N (sold TW2)	MCY	£ 8.00
Zouma, K (sold TW2)	CHE	£ 0.50
Tadic, D	SOT	£ 16.00
Dembele,M	TOT	£ 0.50
Ramirez, G	MID	£ 4.00
Sturridge, D (sold TW2)	LIV	£ 21.00
Rooney, W (sold TW2)	MUN	£ 20.00
Diouf, M (sold TW2)	STO	£ 2.00
		£ 99.00

First transfer window – Friday 7 October 2016 (10th)

No changes.

Formation: 4-3-3
Remaining budget: £1m

Second transfer window – Friday 10 February 2017 (21st)

In
Marcus Rojo – Man United defender – £12m
Pablo Zabaleta – Man City defender – £4m (from So Good They Named Him Twice)
Jack Rodwell – Sunderland midfielder – £0.5m (from Adam Johnson Fan Club)
Dieumerci Mbokani – Hull striker – £0.5m
Enner Valencia – Everton striker – £0.5m

Out
Nicolas Otamendi – Man City defender – free
Kurt Zouma – Chelsea defender – free
Daniel Sturridge – Liverpool striker – £8m (sold to Islington Sports Islam & Leisure)
Wayne Rooney – Manchester United striker – £0.5m (sold to Bala Rinas)
Mame Diouf – Stoke striker – free

Formation: 4-4-2
Remaining budget: £2m

Manager: Sholto (Wales)

Since: 2008

Last season: 4th

Trophy cabinet: empty (best finish – 3rd in 2012/13)

Sympathies: Manchester United

Darts music: Serial Killa – Snoop Doggy Dogg

Season preview in one sentence: How much 10th anniversary auction celebratory champagne must one drink before Victor Anichebe is considered a good signing?

Lloris, H	TOT	£12.00
Bertrand, R (TW1)	SOT	£3.00
Jones, P (TW1)	MUN	£0.50
Koscielny, L	ARS	£17.00
Vergini, S (TW1)	SUN	£0.50
Nasri, S (TW1)	MCY	£5.00
Oscar	CHE	£15.00
Henderson, J	LIV	£5.00
Zaha, W (TW2)	CRY	£7.00
Sakho, D (TW1)	WHU	£3.00
Jelavic, N (TW1)	HUL	£5.00
		£74.00

First transfer window – Friday 17 October 2014

In
Ryan Bertrand – defender, SOT – £3m
Phil Jones – defender, MUN – £0.5m
Vergini – defender, SUN – £0.5m
Samir Nasri – midfielder, MCY – £5m
Sakho, D – striker, WHU – £3m
Jelavic, N – striker, HUL – £5m

Out
Curtis Davies – defender, HUL – £0m
Jonny Evans – defender, MUN – £0m
Steve Taylor – defender, NEW – £0m
Besic, M – midfielder, EVE – £0m
Anichebe, V – striker, WBA – £0m
Negredo, A – striker, MCY – £0m

Remaining budget: £8m

Second transfer window – Saturday 7 February 2015

In
Zaha, W – midfielder, CRY – £7m

Out
Delph, F – midfielder, AVL – £0m

Remaining budget: £11m