Kevinho

How come Kevodia is out of the running if we won the group? Still bet I'm represented by Shrewsbury Town or someone crap like that lol.

An opening defeat? D'oh!

Here here, its ridiculous to think people can continue Sports RPing if they can't find the threads. The old situation wasn't broke, why fix it?

Height: 6'4 weight: 205lbs Name: Ted 'The Mauler' McAlpine Nation they will be representing: Kevodia

Yep, I would have thought that colour based confederations would be the way to go, as you don't want to bar access to people from smaller alliances. Plus colour confederations would keep the number of confederations manageable.

NATION: Kevodia RULER: Kevinho NATION LINK: http://www.cybernations.net/nation_drill_d...ation_ID=171439 NATIONALITY OF TEAM: England

Boycott fires Kevodia through to last 32 ahead of VolNation Clash Kevodia coach Ron Bassetson could not hide his delight at the team's qualification for the last 32 of the Alliance Cup. Kevodia may again have been a little lucky with SuperSub Thor Boycott opening his international scoring account in the 82nd minute of an otherwise nervy match against Taecam. Boycott chipped home a Dave Brunton cross with the precision of someone that had done it one hundred times before. Boycott has now been hailed a legend in the making on Kevodia's back pages, with the Sporting Gazette christening him the future of Kevodia's strike force. Meanwhile 76% voted yes for Boycott to start against VolNation in the Daily Bugle. Speaking on Boycott's goal Bassetson told the media: The lad Boycott's goal just shows what a game of two halves football can be. Taecam's forwards were really pressuring us at times and made it a difficult match but the strength of our back line was shown yet again. The lads in the dressing room will buy Theo a few shandies but thats about it for now, we'll be keeping everyone's feet on the ground. The good thing is we go into the game against VolNation, by far the best opponent we have played to date, with already having qualified for the last 32 so we are not under pressure to get points from the game. However we will still be playing at full strength to see how good our side is against them, and we will play to win. Speculation is now growing as to how far the side can actually go in the tournament, with no one having really expected Kevodia to get this far. Either way as soon they arrive back in Kevodia Bassetson and his men can expect a heroes welcome, with the team's success having come at a difficult time in Kevodia's internal affairs. The draw for the next round of the cup is keenly awaited, as is the match against VolNation, for which as many as 1,000 Kevodian supporters have traveled over to Dragonia.

Kevodia have also applied to have their best club side, Keville United FC, play in the Liga Mundo. B)

Kevodia's team were elated at sneaking through with a jammy Fred Plarp goal against Gaussia in the 87th minute, although spirits in the camp had been high after the 4-1 victory over El Duque in the first round. Meanwhile in the supporters camp, spirits were disappearing at an alarming rate with the nearest off licence to the hotel being besiged with celebrating fans, amazed that Kevodia had actually won their first competitive international. Manager Ron Bassetson, speaking to the press following the drawing of the groups said 'It looks like being a tough group, but right now we are just taking every game as it comes. Everyone is amazed to get to this stage of the competition and its amazing to be the only MHA nation in the group stage so I guess we are representing the entire alliance now.' Captain Dave Brunton agreed: 'Obviously its pretty amazing to be here, and now we have to play the world no 2s VolNation and the number 43s Victoria Avenis we get to test ourselves against some of the best players in the world. Obviously we're going to have to be at the very top of our game to beat them.' The success of Kevodia's national team in the competition has caught the country's imagination, with the national broadcaster KBC announcing that it will show as many group games as possible on TV, whether Kevodia actually play in them or not, despite this annoying all the women in Kevodia by moving all the soap operas and reality shows around the schedules. In the sporting press the build up is intense, with some pundits wondering if Kevodia could go all the way. Needless to say everyone in the camp is keeping their feet firmly on the ground, while it appears the use of the attacking Miguel formation in international competition has been vindicated. The nation awaits with excitement to see how their team fares in the group stages.

Well, he did say the 1st round draw was taking place on Jan 2....

As Kevodia has now existed for over a year, it was decided by the committee of the Kevodian Football Association (KFA) that it was about time they started getting a national squad together and participating in FIFOB events. While Kevodians have shown a penchant for trying out different religions, from Norse to Voodo, Football has provided a more consistent national pre-occupation. Footling, as the game has become known in Kevodian patois has gone from strength to strength both as a participant and spectator sport since it was introduced by foreign mercenaries in the early days, with around 100 men's teams and 50 women's teams taking part in two parallel pyramid systems. Matches in the top league, the Kevodian Spring SuperLeague typically attract crowds of around 500; the record attendance so far was in last season's KFA Cup Final when 5,568 people saw Keville United beat Bohemians 5-3 in extra time, and a record TV audience of 35,000 tuned in. The Alliance Cup the first tournament that Kevodia have participated in and the KFA managing committee and selection committee are hoping the team progresses so that the Alliance Cup will be a useful learning expirience for future cups. However despite Kevodia beating Prince Edward Island in a warm-up friendly no one is counting their chickens, and the policy will be to treat each match as it comes. Kevodian football has developed in a rather more attacking style than is common elsewhere, with many SuperLeague teams adopting variations of the attacking 3-1-2-1-3 Miguel system which emphasizes an aggressive pressing approach with short passing. Kevodia are expected to follow such tactics in their first match although team manager Ron Bassetson admitted that 'At the end of the day we might have to resort to an old fashioned route 1 approach and forget the beautiful game. Sometimes football can be a game of two halves.' Unusually, Bassetson will be assisted by a committee of three selectors to act as a sounding board, although he still has final say on who is picked. The captain will be Keville United's veteran skipper Dave Brunton, who oversaw United's League and Cup double last season. Kevodia have also brought a contingent of 500 or so traveling supporters, who have dubbed themselves Ron B's Blue and Orange army. As Dragonia is an expensive country for Kevodians to visit, the supporters were a little dissapointed to hear that the cup will be delayed slightly, although many have taken advantage of Dragonia's southern hemisphere location to grab some much needed winter sun. A pub crawl was also organised, in which an attempt was made to visit all of the Dragonian capital Doomsday's hostelries, and fans matches have been organised against teams of the fans of other countries. For the team there have been no such festivities - while Bassetson has taken his team around local sights, they have been closely chaperoned by the selectors and a no-drink before matches policy followed. The likely line-up for the first match: GK: Les Opperateur (32, Ordinance FC) DC: Frank Brunton (22, Easyville Athletic) DC: Terry Kaunas (30, Keville United) DC: Kevin Pennent (27, Keville Rovers) DMC: Jim Mallion (29, Marineville FC) MC: Rick Prodi (26, Gregston Rangers) MC: Dave Brunton (31, Keville United) AMC: Keegan Walker (27, Newchester United) FC: Maurice Halter (29, Longfar Athletic) FC: Paulo Widdle (30, Keville United) FC: Fred Plarp (26, Marineville FC) Speculation is rife on Kevodia's back pages that Ordinance's 17 year old protegie and supersub Thor Boycott might make an appearance in the second half if more pressure is needed upfront later in the game. The draw and the first match are keenly awaited by the team, hangers-on and supporters alike.