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Aswijan Assignment | Part 28: Record-Breaking Season
Khaliza Unidi were once again running riot in Aswijan, leading Liga Regale and still undefeated heading into 2026 inspired largely by the brilliance of midfield prodigy Ulrich Awono.
The Journeyman | Soccerball: Part 3 – World Cup 2030 with USA
The United States of America were heading to World Cup 2030 having cruised into the Finals by dismissing the soccer powerhouses of Panama, Dominican Republic and Curacao.
Aswijan Assignment | Part 27: Double Playmakering
Two-time reigning Aswijan champions Khaliza Unidi didn’t require too much rebuilding in the summer of 2025, which was lucky as we had a pesky Club World Cup competition to play in.
The Journeyman | Vamos Valencia: Part 19 – El Sackico
After two successive titles, Valencia CF had suffered a shocking blip in form at the start of the 2029/30 La Liga campaign – even dropping to one place outside the relegation zone!
The Journeyman | Soccerball: Part 2 – Trump’s Chuffed with Team USA
We’d barely got our feet under the desk at HQ Team USA before we secured the nation’s slot at Portugal 2030. There were jubilant scenes across the US as fans took to the streets of soccer hotbeds Atlanta, Miami and New York to express their excitement at their boys reaching the World Soccer Super Bowl.
Aswijan Assignment | Part 26: Season 6 Reflection
Khaliza Unidi have just wrapped up a second successive Liga Regale title and reached the final of the Champions League for the first time. So it’s time to reflect on an exciting season in Khaliza.
The Journeyman | Soccerball: Part 1 – Welcome to Team USA
Welcome to a brand new thread of my Journeyman save that focuses on my exploits in charge of the United States of America. If you’ve been reading our Saving Sporting and Vamos Valencia series already then thank you!
The Journeyman | Vamos Valencia: Part 18 – A Shocking Start to La Liga
On the back of a second successive league and cup double, Valencia CF’s efforts to rebuild were somewhat hampered by a lack of finances. That meant putting our trust in youth while the likes of Barcelona and Real Madrid went on made spending sprees. Things were about to get a bit tricky…
Aswijan Assignment | Part 25: Battling Evil Malikiy
Khaliza Unidi were in touching distance of defending their maiden Aswijan Liga Regale title, six points clear at the top with two games in hand on Aswijan Malikiy.
The Journeyman | Vamos Valencia: Part 17 – Season 4 Reflection
Valencia CF had just secured back-to-back titles in emphatic style, undefeated and racking up 102 points. We backed that up by completing the double-double, also winning the Copa del Rey for the second successive season.
Aswijan Assignment | Part 24: Signing the Best Player on Football Manager
After winning their first ever league title in 2023/34, Khaliza Unidi had made a solid start in defending it. After 11 games, we were unbeaten and had just defeated the evil force of Aswijan’s dominant, child poaching big boys Aswijan Malikiy.
The Journeyman | Vamos Valencia: Part 16 – Tense Title Battle
With 12 games remaining of Valencia CF’s title defence, a tense title battle looked to be in store. Despite still being unbeaten we were just one point ahead of Barcelona, who just so happen to be our first opponents in this post.
Aswijan Assignment | Part 23: War With Malikiy
Khaliza Unidi had just become the champions of Aswijan for the first time, and a little work was required to strengthen for a title defence.
The Journeyman | Vamos Valencia: Part 15 – Ballon d’Or
Twelve games into a first title defence since 2004, Valencia CF were unbeaten and just one point off pacesetters Barcelona moving into November 2028.
Aswijan Assignment | Part 22: Season 5 Reflection
Khaliza Unidi became champions of Aswijan for the first time and claimed their first ever piece of silverware as we romped to the Liga Regale title in 2023/24.
The Journeyman | Vamos Valencia: Part 14 – Rebuilding for a Title Defence
Our exciting Valencia CF side were riding high on the wave of a first La Liga title in 24 years in the 2027/28 campaign. But we knew a wounded Barcelona and Real Madrid would come back fighting.
Aswijan Assignment | Part 21: Decisive Moment of Genius
Khaliza Unidi had raced to the top of Liga Regale and stayed there with 10 league matches remaining. The town was buzzing with excitement at the prospect of a first piece of silverware for the club but there was still plenty of work to be done on the pitch.
The Journeyman | Vamos Valencia: Part 13 – Season 3 Reflection
Our third season in Spain, and ninth of this save in total, was an unmitigated success as Valencia CF lifted their first La Liga trophy for 24 years. Not only that, we also won the club’s first Copa del Rey title since 2019.
Aswijan Assignment | Part 20: Incredible Scoring Streak
After 12 matches of the 2023/24 campaign, Khaliza Unidi were flying high at the top of Liga Regale and still unbeaten. That meant fans were beginning to dream of a maiden Liga Regale title and a first ever piece of silverware for the club.
The Journeyman | Vamos Valencia: Part 12 – Underdogs Title Battle
Heading into the final two months of the 2027/28 campaign, Valencia CF were tantalisingly close to their first La Liga title since 2004. But Real Betis were hot on our tails, just 2 points behind in the league and our opponents in the upcoming cup final.
Aswijan Assignment | Part 19: Dream Debuts
Khaliza Unidi had a huge blowout transfer window in the summer of 2023, with the club splashing £165 million on 19 new players. If you haven’t read about our transfer activity yet, then catch up here.
The Journeyman | Vamos Valencia: Part 11 – Battling with Betis
After 10 games of their 2027/28 La Liga campaign, Valencia CF were sitting pretty at the top of the table and a club record unbeaten run of 13 matches in all competitions.
Aswijan Assignment | Part 18: Transfer Special: A Summer Blowout!
I don’t normally write dedicated transfer special blog posts but when you have a transfer window this mad, it absolutely deserves one. In the summer of 2023 Khaliza Unidi have spent £165 million on no less than 19 new players! And they’ve brought in £37 million by selling 7 players.
The Journeyman | Vamos Valencia: Part 10 – The Return of King Cohen
Our second season with Valencia CF had gone very well, securing the club’s highest finish in the save thus far by coming in 2nd behind a dominant Real Madrid. But plenty of rebuilding was going to be required during our third summer in Valencia.
Aswijan Assignment | Part 17: Season 4 Reflection
Trebor Mahtal’s first season with Khaliza Unidi was a totally unexpected success as we somehow led the club into the Champions League for the first time in its history.
The Journeyman | Vamos Valencia: Part 9 – Season 2 Reflection
A second season in Valencia saw us lead Los Cules to an unexpected second place finish, only behind an increasingly ridiculously good Real Madrid. We’ll take a quick look back at the season just gone and our key players throughout the campaign.
Aswijan Assignment | Part 16: Ridiculous Own Goal Winner
Our first season in charge of Khaliza Unidi had gotten off to a great start with us sitting in the Champions League places. However, all of the teams around us had huge numbers of games in hand on us.
The Journeyman | Vamos Valencia: Part 8 – The Toughest End to a Season
We headed into the second half of our second season with Valencia sandwiched by Spanish giants Barcelona and the increasingly untouchable Real Madrid.
Aswijan Assignment | Part 15: Super Stengs!
Life with Khaliza Unidi had gotten off to a great start as we sat second in Liga Regale after six matches, following a summer of big sales and a club record signing.
The Journeyman | Vamos Valencia: Part 7 – Gaya the Goalscorer!
Heading into the first international break of our second season with Valencia, we were sitting pretty at the top of the league with the evergreen Son Heung-Min in top form.
Aswijan Assignment | Part 14: Welcome to Khaliza
In yesterday’s speciak Aswijan Assignment post, we saw Zagora Athletik manager Trebor Mahtal make the step up to the next level of Aswijani football by taking the reigns at Khaliza Unidi. Interestingly, Zagora replaced me with Maarten Stekelenburg!
Aswijan Assignment | Part 13: A New Assignment!
A summer of major rebuilding was looking necessary if Zagora Athletik were to stand a fighting chance in their second season in Liga Regale. That was, if we stayed with Zagora for another year.
The Journeyman | Vamos Valencia: Part 6 – Signing Sancho
We came into season two in Spain in need of a fairly substantial rebuilding effort to strengthen a threadbare squad and replace several Valencia CF stalwarts and one big-name departure.
Aswijan Assignment | Part 12: Season 3 Reflection
Zagora Athletik somehow managed to survive relegation in their first ever season in Liga Regale, despite not winning in their first 8 games and a shocking second half of the campaign.
The Journeyman | Vamos Valencia: Part 5 – Season 1 Reflection
Our first season with Valencia after six years of glory in Sporting was an unprecedented success, wrapping up third place in La Liga and winning the Europa League.
Aswijan Assignment | Part 11: Truly Dreadful Form
At the mid-way point of Zagora Athletik’s first ever season in the Aswijan top tier, things were going much better than expected. After not winning any of our first 8 matches, we’d picked up 14 points from the next 8 games to climb out of the relegation zone.
The Journeyman | Vamos Valencia: Part 4 – Unexpected Success
Valencia went into the final ten games of La Liga in 2025/26 locked in a four-way battle for the final two Champions League places with Espanyol, Villarreal and Atletico Madrid.
Aswijan Assignment | Part 10: Transfer Record Smashed!
Zagora Athletik came into a first season in the big time of Aswijan’s Liga Regale knowing they faced an absolutely massive task if they were to avoid relegation.
The Journeyman | Vamos Valencia: Part 3 – Neymar Is On Fire
Last time out, we’d made a superb start to life in Valencia by winning eight of our first ten matches and only trailed a goal-crazy Real Madrid and Barcelona. And our form was near enough totally reliant on a free-scoring 33-year-old Son Heung-Min playing as a makeshift striker.
Aswijan Assignment | Part 9: Season 2 Reflection
Our second season in Aswijan ended with the unbelievable achievement of Zagora Athletik securing promotion from Liga Principale at the first time of asking. And that meant we would be competing in the top tier of Aswijani football, Liga Regale, in 2021/22.
The Journeyman | Vamos Valencia: Part 2 – Nice One Sonny, Nice One Son
In the first part of our new adventure in Valencia we picked up a big opening day win and introduced you to our brand new squad, and new signing Neymar.
Aswijan Assignment | Part 8: End Of Season Madness
With 6 games remaining in our first season in Liga Principale, Zagora Athletik sit in 4th place and in the middle of a tight battle for the final two playoff places. And things were about to get a bit crazy.
The Journeyman | Vamos Valencia: Part 1 – Old Boys and an Ageing Superstar
Last time out, I explained my decision to, with rather a heavy heart, move on from my six seasons with Sporting and explore pastures new by embarking on the start of a Journeyman save.
The Journeyman | Saving Sporting: Part 24 – A New Beginning
As I mentioned in the previous post and as you may have been able to tell from the brevity of it, I was getting a little tired of life in Portugal with Sporting Lisbon. We’d had a great time of it, winning six successive titles and becoming the second most successful manager in the history of Portuguese football.
Aswijan Assignment | Part 7: Bonkers Cup Match
Zagora Athletik had made an unexpectedly strong start to their first season in Aswijan’s second tier, Liga Principale. Ten games in and we were way up in third in the league!
The Journeyman | Saving Sporting: Part 23 – Six In A Row
Sporting Lisbon came into 2024/25 on the back of five successive Primeira Liga titles and looking for an unprecedented sixth.
Aswijan Assignment | Part 6: Into Liga Principale
Zagora Athletik’s unexpected first season success took the club into the second tier of Aswijani football. A decent amount of rebuilding was required but nothing too major as I kept faith in the players that had earned us promotion.
The Journeyman | Saving Sporting: Part 22 – Season 5 Reflection
With a fifth successive Primeira Liga title looking pretty in the trophy cabinet at Estadio José Alvalade Século XXI (catchy stadium name) it’s time to look back on the campaign that marked half a decade with Sporting Lisbon.
Aswijan Assignment | Part 5: Season 1 Reflection
Season one in Aswijan has been a hugely enjoyable, totally unexpected success. Despite being predicted to finish 12th and with odds of around 14/1 to win the league, Zagora Athletik secured promotion from Liga Dukh at the first opportunity!
The Journeyman | Saving Sporting: Part 21 – Daniel Braganca, Sporting Legend
Sporting Lisbon had ended 2023 in wonderful fashion, going 34 matches unbeaten in all competitions and winning their opening 14 league games in their bid for a fifth successive Primeira Liga title.