Wealdstone FC | |
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Full Name | Wealdstone FC de Portugal |
Nickname(s) | The Stones, The Royals |
Founded | 2014 |
Ground | Gordon Hill Stadium, Caelum |
Capacity | 50,000 |
Chairman | Domon Kasshu |
Manager | Clarence Seedorf |
League | Fiore Football League |
Most Recent Finish | 7th, 2014-15 |
Wealdstone FC de Portugal, in short Wealdstone, is a world football club playing in the Fiore Football League. Like Stockport the club has no relation to its English counterpart, which plays in the sixth division of English football. The chairman is Domon Kasshu, and the manager is Clarence Seedorf.
History
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Wealdstone is one of two clubs situated in Caelum, an island which formerly housed the Tower of Heaven. The original manager of the club never showed his face, only spreading false rumours about fellow Caelum club Mermaid Heel's "dirty" habits. This disgusted the Chairman Domon Kasshu and the Wealdstone Raider (who is an ambassador). Clarence Seedorf, out of a job, offered to take charge.
Despite the late start, Wealdstone finished 3rd in the Player Similarity Contest, thereby signing two marquee players.
Wealdstone made a great start to the 2014-15 Fiore Football League, going as high as 3rd. The team even upset Italian giants Inter Milan 5-2 on aggregate, advancing to the EURO Cup group stages. Battling on several fronts soon took its toll on The Stones. They began 2015 by losing 6 of their 8 FFL matches, which effectively ended their League Title challenge. The Stones finished a respectable 7th.
It was a different story though, in Europe. With a perfect record in the group stages, Wealdstone faced Zenit in the Round of 32. Wealdstone built on a thrilling first leg in Russia, in which they scored 4 away goals, to win 5-3 on aggregate. Arsenal FC was next, having finished 3rd in their Champions Cup group. Salomon Kalou's goal at the Gordon Hill Stadium the difference as the Stones won 2-1 over two legs. This set up a Quarter Final with Feyenoord. The Feyenoord fans gave Kalou a standing ovation as he led Wealdstone to victories in both legs. Kalou was equally prolific in the next two encounters, Wealdstone outclassing Young Boys Bern 7-2. This set up an all-FFL Final with Stockport. The Hatters put up a fight, but Saleh Gomaa's 86th minute strike and Kalou's goal 5 minutes into stoppage time saw Wealdstone enter the following season's Champions Cup as EURO Cup winners.
Wealdstone player Salomon Kalou won the FFL Golden Boot and also became the first ever FFL Player Of The Season. Clarence Seedorf was also nominated for the Manager of the Year award, which went to Marc Wilmots of Masr-El Mikasa.
Players
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Accurate as of 10 June 2015
No. | Name | Position(s) Played | Country |
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1 | Michel Vorm | GK | Holland |
2 | Zainadine Junior | D R | Mozambique |
3 | Bob The Builder | D, DM LC | England |
4 | Ruud Vormer | DM C | Holland |
5 | David Mendes Da Silva | D, DM, M C | Holland |
6 | Rio Ferdinand (Vice-captain) | D C | England |
7 | Bertrand Traore | AM, F RLC | Burkina Faso |
8 | Jonny Howson | M, AM C | England |
9 | Hervin Ongenda | AM, F C | France |
10 | Alan | S C | Brazil |
11 | Salomon Kalou | AM, F RLC | Ivory Coast |
12 | Jeroen Zoet | GK | Holland |
13 | Suk | AM, F C | South Korea |
14 | Kim Andre Madsen | D C | Norway |
15 | Chris Smalling | D C | England |
16 | James Ward-Prowse (Captain) | M RC | England |
17 | Hector Canteros | M C | Argentina |
18 | Tomas Martinez | AM C | Argentina |
19 | Mustafa Saymak | AM RLC | Turkey |
20 | Anas Sharbini | AM LC | Croatia |
21 | Sulley Muntari | DM, M C | Ghana |
22 | Junior Santos | AM C | Brazil |
23 | Pavel Mogilevets | DM, M, AM C | Russia |
24 | Ayala | DM, M C | Colombia |
26 | John Stones | D C | England |
30 | Postman Pat | D L | England |