Season 3 - summary

I had a great run of results as Carlise manager, with a star striker called Gary Madine getting me a bagful of goals. I got to the playoff final, losing to Blackpool. However, optimism is high for Season 4.

Season 3 - Notts Co/Carlise

The 3rd season ended with promotion to League 1 with Notts Co. We finished 3rd! I managed to sign more quality players now that I had gained promotion.

Kevin Thornton (Leeds)
Adam Drury (Norwich)
Mark Davies (Wolves)
Jaime Peters (Ipswich)

All were free transfers. The first 3 games were all defeats, but I managed to put in a good string of results to get County to a mid-table position. Then, I got linked with the Carlisle job. They were a team lower than County in League 1.

I decided to take the job, because I had taken Notts Co. all I could do with no money. Carlise already had a decent set of players, but they had money to spend as well. However, I didn't want to rush spending my money, so I looked into the loan market and free agents list.

Sam Jerome
Jordan Rhodes
(both on loan from my old Stoke team)
James Beattie (loan from Sheff U)
Matty Ritchie (loan from Portsmouth)
Martin Albrechsten (free transfer)