DIVISION THREE SEASON PREVIEW

Division Three possess a fresh looking line-up for season 13 with 4 new sides and 7 managers who have joined since the start of the last campaign. The result hopefully will be one of the most open, competitive seasons the division has seen so far - Will it deliver? only time will tell. Here are all the facts and figures in our Division Three preview....

THE CHANGES

There are plenty of them this season as mentioned above. Athletico Redhill were promoted whilst the other two members of last seasons top 3, Noroflknutters and Pegasus, have both been disbanded. In their place come new sides Mickey United, Paxton Town, English Egyptians and Seattle Sounders FC - all managed by new clubs. Meanwhile, Aldershot Enchants have changed their name to Aldershot 1992 under the guidance of FRoST-32 who was appointed towards the end of last season. As was Stodab who is the relatively new manager of Jurrasic Five. Man Spuds boss Scottyspud1 is also yet to complete a full season in charge leaving The Barbican, who have had a quite few months compared with their 7 opponents.

THE CLUBS

Team	Ground	Manager	Former Names	Former Managers
Aldershot 1992	The Aldershot Arena 1992, Serbia	FRoST-32	Norfolk Enchants , Aldershot Ench.	Nick Millar, Matt Sanders
English Egyptians	Cairo, London	Yoyoyousef	None	None
Jurrasic Five	Sound-wave Stadium, Hampshire	Stodab	MJH Stars, Fairfield C.A	Mark Howard, Maxt
Man Spuds	Poppy Field, Ireland	Scottyspud1	Ridgeland Fire	JesusShoes
Mickey United	East London, London	Mick14619	None	None
Paxton Town	Mersehill Park, Scotland	Tyncastle_warrior	None	None
Seattle Sounders FC	Qwest Field, United States	Jeffdailey	None	None
The Barbican	Taverner Close, Hampshire	Iamlegend0710	Legend Killers	None

CLUB HISTORY

Team	Best League Finish	Best Norfolk League Cup	Best Norfolk Trophy	Promotions	Relegations	HOF Rank
Aldershot 1992	4th NL (3)	RU (2)	SF (5)	1	3	16th
English Egyptians	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jurrasic Five	4th D3 (12)	R1 (4 times)	R2 (11)	0	0	-
Man Spuds	6th D3 (11)	R2 (12)	R2 (11)	0	0	-
Mickey United	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paxton Town	-	-	-	-	-	-
Seattle Sounders FC	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Barbican	3rd D3 (11)	QF (11)	R1 (11,12)	0	0	-

Key:
NL = Norfolk League
D1 = Division One
D2 = Division Two
D3 = Division Three
(1) = Season One

CLUB RECORDS (All Competitions)

Team	Pld	Won	Drn	Lst	GF	GA
Aldeshot 1992	214	72	44	98	307	389
English Egyptians	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jurrasic Five	63	12	16	35	51	119
Man Spuds	31	4	1	26	22	83
Mickey United	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paxton Town	-	-	-	-	-	-
Seattle Sounders FC	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Barbican	34	12	8	14	70	50

MANAGER RECORDS

Manager	Team	Appointed	Former Teams	Major Trophies	HOF Rank	Pld	Won	Drn	Lst
FRoST-32	Aldershot 1992	27/03/2010	-	0	-	3	1	0	2
Yoyoyousef	English Egyptians	05/05/2010	-	0	-	-	-	-	-
Stodab	Jurrasic Five	07/04/2010	-	0	-	3	3	0	0
Scottyspud1	Man Spuds	08/02/2010	-	0	-	11	1	1	9
Mick14619	Mickey United	16/04/2010	-	0	-	-	-	-	-
Tyncastle_warrior	Paxton Town	02/05/2010	-	0	-	-	-	-	-
Jeffdailey	Seattle Sounders FC	16/04/2010	-	0	-	-	-	-	-
Iamlegend0710	The Barbican	18/09/2009	-	0	-	34	12	8	14

HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORDS: Club

This is for all competitions and includes games played home, away and on a neutral venue

Team	Aldershot 1992	English Egyptians	Jurrasic Five	Man Spuds	Mickey United	Paxton Town	Seattle Sounders	The Barbican
Aldershot 1992	-	-	1-3 (2)	4-2 (0)	-	-	-	1-3 (0)
English Egyptians	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jurrasic Five	3-1 (2)	-	-	3-1 (0)	-	-	-	2-2 (2)
Man Spuds	2-4 (0)	-	1-3 (0)	-	-	-	-	1-4 (0)
Mickey United	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paxton Town	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Seattle Sounders FC	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Barbican	3-1 (0)	-	2-2 (2)	4-1 (0)	-	-	-	-

Key

1-2 (1) - 1 win for "Home" team, 2 Wins for "Away" team, (1) draw.

HEAD-TO -HEAD RECORDS - Managers

This is for all competitions and includes games played home, away and on a neutral venue

Manager	FRoST-32	Yoyo yousef	Stodab	Scotty spud1	Mick 14619	Tyncastle_ Warrior	Jeff dailey	Iamlegend 0710
FRoST-32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-0 (0)
Yoyoyousef	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stodab	-	-	-	1-0 (0)	-	-	-	-
Scottyspud1	-	-	0-1 (0)	-	-	-	-	0-1 (0)
Mick14619	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tyncastle_warrior	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeffdailey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Iamlegend0710	0-1 (0)	-	-	1-0 (0)	-	-	-	-

Key

1-2 (1) - 1 win for "Home" team, 2 Wins for "Away" team, (1) draw.

PRE SEASON TRANSFERS

Team	Net Spend	Cost of Squad	Transfers In	Transfers Out
Aldershot 1992	0	41,974,675	None	None
English Egyptians	0	0	None	None
Jurrasic Five	0	30,286,440	None	J. Hogue (Quit)
Man Spuds	0	7,734,600	B. Gillian (Youth) U. Teller (Youth)	E. Westmeath (Sacked) W. Fuentes (Sacked)
Mickey United	218,100	238,100	I. Dalmonte (238,100)	None
Paxton Town	700,900	700,900	H. Ik Koo (700,900)	R. Thorburn (Sacked)
Seattle Sounders FC	365,200	365,200	F. Wass (365,200) A. Christie (Youth)	None
The Barbican	0	33,743,073	C. Gaven (Youth) T. Blevins (Youth)	L. Levy (Sacked) Z.Solomon (Sacked) S. Efraimsson (Quit)

TOP KEEPERS

TOP DEFENDERS

Player	Team	Age	Skill	Save%	App	CS
N.Barrick	Jurrasic Five	29	8	72%	17	3
C.Montesin	The Barbican	33	8	67%	19	5
D.Gardner	Aldershot 1992	29	8	64%	84	16
S.Abdurrahman	English Egyptians	29	8	-	-	-
C.Staal	The Barbican	33	6	77%	11	5

Player	Team	Age	Skill	App	X11	X11 Capt
T. Taponen	The Babrican	29	12	3	2	1
R.Jensen	Jurrasic Five	22	10	54	21	1
K.Gemmel	Paxton Town	28	9	-	-	-
E.Hallam	Mickey United	23	8	-	-	-
M.Ubaid	English Egyptians	25	8	-	-	-
C.Herbert	Seattle Sounders FC	25	8	-	-	-
S.Muti	English Egyptians	23	8	-	-	-
A.Bender	Jurrasic Five	28	8	48	7	-
N.Daltrey	Aldershot 1992	27	8	95	4	-
R.Roy	Jurrasic Five	27	8	58	2	-

TOP MIDFIELDERS

Player	Team	Age	Skill	App	Pts	Gls	Ast
E.Roswall	Aldershot 1992	29	9	57	16	9	7
J.Bachmann	Mickey United	25	9	-	-	-	-
P.Herring	The Barbican	31	9	32	9	3	5
I.Floyd	Jurrasic Five	27	8	40	13	5	8
P.McNeil	Man Spuds	30	8	26	7	3	4
C.Nunez	Seattle Sounders	25	8	-	-	-	-
D.Gair	Paxton Town	26	8	-	-	-	-
J.Grainger	Mickey United	30	8	-	-	-	-
M.Kruse	The Barbican	32	8	7	4	1	3
G.Low	Paxton Town	26	8	-	-	-	-

TOP STRIKERS

Player	Team	Age	Skill	App	Gls	S/R
W.Sharp	Man Spuds	30	10	23	4	0.17
A.McCab	Paxton Town	24	9	-	-	-
L.Wallberg	Aldershot 1992	30	9	4	1	0.25
T.Kelly	Man Spuds	30	9	28	8	0.28
F.Turiel	Jurrasic Five	28	8	46	12	0.26
A.Haynes	The Barbican	32	8	24	16	0.67
J.Muslih	English Egyptians	28	8	-	-	-
T.Teale	The Barbican	29	8	10	6	0.60
C.Long	Aldershot 1992	31	7	103	32	0.31
N.Atkins	Mickey United	21	7	-	-	-

THE ODDS

Team	Title Odds	Comment
Aldershot 1992	5-1	After an encouraging end of season under the new guidance of FRoST-32, things appear to finally be on the up for Aldershot. Last season's weakness was scoring goals and they will hope the recent arrival of Laban Wallberg will correct that. They have plenty of experience with an average squad age of 32. Recorded a victory over Mickey United in pre-season.
English Egyptians	9-2	The new boys have been given a fairly balanced squad although they appear to miss a star player in the midfield. They did warm up for their debut with an impressive 4-0 win over fellow newcommers Micky United. They will be hoping that bodes well for the new season.
Jurrasic Five	4-1	Finished last season well under their new manager. They have only lost 1 of their last 10 league games but too many draws turned out to be their achillies heal last season. Young defender Ronnie Jensen continues to be the star with his valuation rising rapidly by the game.
Man Spuds	8-1	After long periods without a manager, Man Spuds now appear settled since the arrival of Scottyspud1. Last season proved a strugle with many players having missed out on form training for long periods during the previous regime. They contain a very strong strike force but have experienced a difficult pre-season results wise.
Mickey United	9-2	Mickey United are making their debut this season. The distribution of their squad in terms of quality appears to be more varied compared with the Egyptians but Julian Buchanan and young Noah Atkins could turn out to be star players this season. They have played a number of pre-season games and will be raring to go come kick off on Saturday.
Paxton Town	9-2	Another of the newcommers, Paxton Town have opened their friendly account with an impressive 3-0 win over Man Spuds. They look to have a strong core to their side and striker Alexander McCab looks like a good man to lead the line upfront. The squad doesn't appear to have many weaknessess.
Seattle Sounders FC	5-1	Seattle are the 3rd American Based team to be launced in the Norfolk League (Man Spuds were originally set up as American). Their stength may well lie with set pieces with 3 excellent dead ball specialists. The first XI looks strong. They have already pitted themselves against the Samba Boyz and put up a decent showing.
The Barbican	3-1 Fav	They are the most established and experienced side in the division so should go well. They also have one of the strongest squads and have a good balance of quick players and good headers. They finished on a good run at the end of last season and will be hoping that momentum continues. A good pre-season draw with Amazingstoke will have given them confidence.

WHO DO THE MANAGERS THINK WILL WIN THE TITLE?

6 managers voted in the forum - here are the results:

66% The Barbican
17% Aldershot Enchants
17% Paxton Town

DIVISION THREE HISTORY

Season	Champions	Runners-Up	Third
12	Athletico Redhill	Norfolknutters	Pegasus
11	Toft Monks Athletic	Boca Seniors	The Barbican
10	Carrowroad Kings	Spatula United	Colmans
9	Fulham FC	Aldershot TOON	Colmans

And thats it folks. I hope you enjoyed the preview - More coming shortly for the other divisions.

Good luck to all 8 teams/managers involved.