The Club Career Road Trip Draft

RULES
1. You will draft 11 players including a keeper.

2. After your first pick, each subsequent player must have played for a club based a country which shares a political border with a country in which the previous player played.

To clarify the mouthful above, an example:

Diego Maradona played for clubs in Argentina, Italy, and Spain, so if you pick him first, you may use any of those countries as a starting point. If you choose Spain, you can pick a player who played for a club in Portugal, Andorra, or France (i.e. the three countries bordering Spain). You then repeat this process for all your remaining picks. Please note each link should be to your previous player, not to the player you drafted first.

FYI, please note overseas territories, exclaves, etc. which can also be used to link countries, e.g. French Guiana, Kaliningrad.

3. You may not use the country to make a link more than twice. So in the example above, you could go from Maradona to Player X based in France, then go back to Spain for Player Y, but from then on you would no longer be able to use a Spanish club to make a link.

4. You are allowed one plane ticket for the duration of the draft to travel between countries not linked by a political border.

5. Where clubs were based in defunct countries, we will use the country where that city would be located in the present day. For example, Dynamo Kyiv which was previously located in the Soviet Union would be treated purely as a Ukrainian club.

6. For the purposes of this game, the constituent countries of the United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales) are treated as separate countries.

7. There will be a three hour pick window with an amnesty from 12-8 AM in your timezone.

8. Full career evaluation applies.

Spoiler: Draft Order

There were 9 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

1. Michaelf7777777
2. Enn
3. UltraSurs007
4. Sjor
5. Minty
6. The Doc
7. Hashtag55
8. prolifik
9. Arsenal Tone

IP:
Timestamp: 2021-09-27 23:17:48 UTC

Clock starts tomorrow at 12 PM GMT.

 

@Michaelf7777777 -

Enn

UltraSurs007

Sjor

Minty

The Doc

Hashtag55

prolifik

Arsenal Tone

 

Michaelf7777777 - Lionel Messi (France)

Enn -

UltraSurs007

Sjor

Minty

The Doc

Hashtag55

prolifik

Arsenal Tone

 

Starting where?

 

The country for the subsequent pick should share a border with your previous pick.

That country should be one where your player played at club level. So for Cruyff you can start with either Netherlands, Spain, or USA because those are the countries where his clubs were based.

 

Michaelf7777777 - Lionel Messi (France)

Enn - Diego Maradona (Argentina)

UltraSurs007 - Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)

Sjor - Franz Beckenbauer (Germany)

Minty - Ronaldo (Brazil)

The Doc - Johan Cruyff (Netherlands)

Hashtag55 - Paolo Maldini (Italy)

prolifik - Pelé (USA)

@Arsenal Tone

 

Michaelf7777777 - Lionel Messi (France)

Enn - Diego Maradona (Argentina)

UltraSurs007 - Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)

Sjor - Franz Beckenbauer (Germany)

Minty - Ronaldo (Brazil)

The Doc - Johan Cruyff (Netherlands)

@Hashtag55 - Paolo Maldini (Italy)

prolifik - Pelé (USA), Alessandro Nesta (Canada)

Arsenal Tone - Romário (Spain), Luís Figo (Portugal)