This season I was able to bring in a greater quality of players even though I had only gained an extra £200 of wages. In December I managed to bring some loan signings in December again from Glentoran and Crusaders ( no other clubs seem willing to loan to me.)
You may notice Paedar Toal joined and left within a month, this was my mistake. I had tried to sign Toal a season or 2 ago i thought he was quality. However he had got old and was basically useless now. I looked at an old scout report thought he was still class snapped him up only to realise my mistake and he was quickly released.
League
With the new signings I felt we had a good squad depth, our league form reflected this and coming into the last few games again I was in a duel with Carrick this time it was for 1st place and the championship. With just over 7 games left, we lost 4-2 away to Carrick. This saw them leapfrog us into 1st. With one point between us, we matched each others results and for the 2nd season running it would go down to the last game of the season. We had to play Ards away, Carrick were playing Donegal Celtic at home. ( DC were the team I had to play last game of last season.)
Ards V Chimney Corner
Carrick V Donegal Celtic
Thus with a last day thriller we had won the Championship and gained promotion to the Premiership! (Carrick won the playoff and will join me in the Premiership.)
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