Meet the Manager: Ken Brackstone

If you are from Piggy certainly you know Ken. He is the manager of the team Menagerie wich is playing in Conference 7 for the 9th season in a row. Always a manager very hard to beat, has won 1 Elite Cup in one of the most competitive servers around. Also is runner-up of ICC last season.

Hello, who are you?
Ken Brackstone, 19 years old, Southampton.

Wich team/teams and in wich server are you managing?
I have two teams on Piggy. Menagerie is my main team in 7-1-1 which I've had since I started on Piggy, and my reserves team; Honeyduke, which I am slowly building up conference 5 from 5-3-4.

How long are you playing SL?
Ooh well, I think I must've started SL on the Talksport server in January 2003. Then I packed up & moved to Piggy in the middle of June 2005. So I've been playing SL for 5 & a half years.

What was your biggest moment in SL?
DEFINITELY winning the Elite Cup three seasons ago. I'd been on SL for 5 & a half years and it was my first official cup I'd won! And considering the amazing teams there are on Piggy, it definitely felt good. This, very closely followed by winning SmoggerLand XV - one of the biggest private leagues on Piggy.

Who´s your biggest rival in SL?
All the teams on SL are rivals, especially in big forum private leagues where we all play each other. But if I had to choose, it'd be Harrys Ammers: Geezer. (My rival in 7-1-1, stopped me from winning the title many many times!)

What is your favourite team in real life?
Southampton! (I've also got a soft spot for Reading)

Do you have any hobbies?
Am a fitness/gym fanatic, but I also love music, singing, reading, socialising, films & TV, shopping, and of course the obvious, playing Sundayleague!!!!

What does attract you more on SL ?
Definitely the exitement of checking results in the morning/3.30pm, screaming when I've won, throwing a strop when I've lost... all adds to the fun of it! And I think its the attraction of being my own manager of MY own team, controlling transfers, setting tactics, choosing the players, training them up... Its the nearest I'm gonna get to managing a football team!

What are you expecting of SL08?
I hope it isn't too difficult! But MAINLY, I'm hoping there is some sort of function where I don't have to keep picking out my team for rainy/snowy weathers. My default formation is 4-5-1, and can be quite annoying when 2 or more afternoon tactics require me to change to the rainy weather formations, as they can take up a lot of time! So if I can change the formation with the team already defaultly set up, I'd absolutely love it!

Thanks a lot Ken. From now on Ken will be our reporter on the Piggy Server. He will tell us everthing about whats happening on that server.
Other reporters will be nominated soon. If you are interested to be the reporter on your own server gives a word and we will see what we can do for you.