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As Player/Manager
Nikos loves his chances to get on the pitch, when he does he puts
all into his game. Nikos is the youngest player/manager &
club secretary to consecutivley take a new team to promotion 4
times in succession over a period of four years, and has made
the club recognised by the Bracknell & District Sunday Football
League as a well run outfit incurring no fines over the season's
from 2002-2005.
2002-2003 was a fantastic season, with Patsalides taking the club
to the Gowrings cup final, and finishing 3rd in the league. Then
in 2003-2004, Nikos went on one better by winning the Division
2 league and taking the club into Divison 1.
In his 2004-2005 season, Nikos led BMFC to more league honours
for the second consecutive season, winning Division One and taking
the club to the Premiership of the BTDSFL.
With all the new players wanting to join the squad, Nikos made
more history for the club by setting up the Bracknell Manics Reserves
in 2005, and Nikos looked forward to his 100th league game and
his 5th year in charge as he led the 1st team into the Premiership
in the 2006-2007 season where the side made the Bracknell Sunday
League Cup Final only to lose for the second time; and also finished
mid table for the first year in the Premier Division.
2006-2007 saw a season
of woe for the side with increasing injuries, a low number
of squad players stretched between the two sides; on top of terrible
weather conditions, abandoned matches and a number of opposing
sides folding in the division. The Premiership was one of the
worse divisions in over 20 years of Sunday league football, resulting
in unsatisfied players and managers alike for the season. Injuries
were so bad, even Patsalides was seen starting in matches, in
particular one memorable
match between Rides Utd and Bracknell Manics where Patsalides
played a large part in a crucial league match and win where Manics
played a 'man down' before his groin finally ruptured to end his
footballing career.
As part of the Bracknell
Sunday League Committee, Patsalides drafted in over 10 new
sunday league sides who joined The Bracknell Town & District
Sunday Football League for the 2007-2008 season to fix the dire
Bracknell Sunday League situation of the previous year. Also sensing
despair within the ranks of his own club; resulting in last seasons
poor performance, Patsalides went on to pull a whole bunch of
new players into the club, increasing his club to 3 teams; Bracknell
Manics [1st], Bracknell Manics Reserves, and the newly Bracknell
Manics 'A'. This saw Patsalides strike a new sponsorship deal
with The Bridge, a move to a new & improved home ground and
with it came new players - Patsalides brought together over 70
players aged 16 to 58 years old to strengthen his side ready to
really push for what some have said and what is 'rumoured' could
be his final season managing the 1st side in his 2007-2008 season.
BMFC Man of
the match performances:
- [1ST] League vs Hope & Anchor - Result: Won 2-1
/more... [9th September 2007]
- League vs Crown Royals - Result: Won 7-1 /more... [06th March 2005]
Other related news:
- Patsoe
Injury Blow /more...
- Free Beer For A Year! /more... [19th July 2004]
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