The Murphtannian National Team (for the NS world cup and other international games)

George Murphy is the Manager of Murphtannia, he is also the manager of Domestic Giants Villa.

Murphy's History

Murphy has been manager of Villa for 2 seasons. In that time he has won the Murphtannian Premier League x2, 1 Murphtannian FA cup, 2 Murphtannian League Cups and 1 super cup.

tactics

Murphy prides himself on his fast paced attacking style of football, he uses a 4-4-2 diamond narrow with a very attacking sense (+3).

2 wings backs are employed to bomb up and down the field to provide width in the attack and will seek to cross the ball into the box.

A Defensive Midfielder sits in front of 2 centre backs, with 1 centre back covering for the other.

In-front of the DM is a box to box midfielder and a deep-lying play maker. While the BTB gets the ball and carries it up field the DLPM will get the ball and seek to pass it to a wing back bombing on or the BTB.

Finally there is a front 3 of 1 Attacking Midfielder and 2 strikers. The CAM will get the ball and seek to pass a through ball to the Advanced forward making runs behind the defence or to the Target Man who will hold up the ball, trying to make space for a pass or shot. If the CAM can't find a pass he will use his advanced footwork to move into space and pick out a pass.

The defence will normally try and pass out of the back and employ tiki taka, keeping possession and exploting passes to make space and move forward.

The Team

backroom staff

Assistant Manager - Spencer Owen - Father of Conner Owen - former Landywod lucals manager.

Coaches - GK coach - Neil Butler , Fitness Coaches - James Armstrong, George Rooney, Coaches - Shay Murphy, Steven Given, Thomas Murphy, Ian Noles, Charlotte Bail, Sophie Mcgiven.

The Murphtannia stadium

The Murphtannia stadium was first constructed in 1920, since then it has been the home of the Murphtannian national team and the stadium in which all cups finals are played.

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The Murphtannia stadium has state of the art training centres, youth facilities, lighting, flood lights, pitch quality, and anything else you can think of. It has a capacity of 100,000 people and has seen many memorable moments such as the national team lifting the British Murphtannian Championships..

Other stadiums

The main stadiums used by the Murphtannian national team other than the Murphtannia stadium are Villa Park , where the Murphtannian FA vase, Murphtannian FA cup and League semi finals are held, and Anfield. These stadiums are stacked with History and some of the finest in Murphtannia. Finally Wembley stadium can also be used however it is mostly used by the English national team. (OOC: Most Murphtannian teams played in England until our independence and annexation of the UK. However each country still has their own FA like before.)

The Fans

The Murphtannian fans are passionate and loyal. Football is a very large part of Murphtannian culture and most games sell capacity, even in the lower depths of the football pyramid or amateur football. Murphtannian fans aren't known for hooliganism and are mostly kind and respectful, until the game begins, where the banter begins. When Murphtannia wins anything parties can go on for days and everyone is given time off work.

History of the national team

For an in depth history please refer to the fact book on footballing history in Murphtannia.

For those too lazy for that here is a basic history of our achievements

Our first international game was a 3-2 friendly win over Megistos.

Murphtannia invented and hosted the First British Murphtannian Championships (Between members of the Commonwealth) in 1950, winning it in the years of 1954, 1956 and finally in 2004.

We then entered the world of international football, finishing 5th in our first world cup qualifying group stage, world cup 86, and then following that we crashed out of the group stage of our first Cup of Harmony. We then finished 7th in our qualifying group stage in the following World Cup 87, before crashing out of the group stage of the following cup of harmony.

We also made it to the round of 16 of the Gold cup, and the women's team made it to the QTR final of the Women's gold cup. Our all time leading goal scorer remains current captain and star player Murph.

We then entered the IAC 12, marking our first apprence in that competition.

All-time Stats and records (subject to change at anytime)

Name

Bridges 14 caps 0 goals 0 assists

Hayes 55 caps 0 goals 1 assists

Murphy 20 caps 17 goals 8 assists

Pilling 1 cap 0 goals 0 assists

Jason Sterling 1 cap 0 goals 0 assists

James Sterling 1 cap 0 goals 0 assists

Leafy 2 caps 0 goals 0 assists

O’Reilly 1 cap 0 goals 0 assists

Hogan 1 cap 0 goals 0 assists

Hall of fame

Oldest all time player : Tony Baldwin (Goal Keeper, 46 years old) (the oldest player to ever get a cap)

Youngest all time player: George Murphy (Striker, 17 years old) (the youngest to ever get a cap)

Record all time goalscorer : George Murphy (Striker, 17 goals) (all competitions)

Record current goalscorer (a player not currently retired): George Murphy (Striker, 17 goals) (all comps)

Record all time assist maker : Soumilya Datta (CAM, 30 assists)

Record current assist maker : George Murphy (Striker, 6 assists)

Most capped player: Lucas Hayes, 54

RP Permissions

RP scoring events Y
God mode scoring Y ( nothing too wierd)
Give Injuries Y (as long as it doesn't leave them out for more than 2 matches)
God mode Injuries N
Give Yellow Cards Y
Give Red Cards Y but please notify me via telegram
God mode other events Y