Mr_Demus Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Our change of tactics and altering of playing style has really paid off this season. More on that in my season update (currently about half way through) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityAndColour Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 GK Angus Gunn - Released in the summer but re-signed two weeks later due to lack of alternative targets. Can I ask why you released him initially? He looks outstanding even for League Two. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxi7 Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Won the Conference at the first time of asking and I mean Just won it. Holy cow, ended with a 60 yarder by Nicholls after Woking pushed their keeper up to try push them into the playoffs. Here are my transfers and current squad. http://gyazo.com/aa894cd76ffa97f176e32911c5f568f7 Squad Part One. http://gyazo.com/0404d8aeff4901c63d5a6f7661ece5d4 Part Two http://gyazo.com/8076d537eecca0890f3807c1d97b3d97 Season Division Position Achievements ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2015/16 Vanarama Conference North 1st Champions Fa Cup 2nd Qual round FA Trophy 4th Round 2016/17 Vanarama Conference 1st Champions Fa Cup 1st Round, FA Trophy 1st Round Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tristen Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 just won the conference with hereford, then kicked bournemouth (championship) out of the capital one cup and then had a visit from norwich (premier league). 2 - 3 in extra time. could've smashed my laptop. damn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxi7 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Totally screwed up my first season in football league due to FFP. Was like 3k over, had a 5 month transfer embargo had to play mostly kids. All about surviving this year. Luckily managed to release 3k worth of player wage a week before the loan deadline to bring 5 guys in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonzo1 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 I'll be posting a double update again next time i have significant access to the internet and they will be good! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted December 23, 2014 Author Share Posted December 23, 2014 Canvey Island - Barclays Premier League - 2027/28 After retaining the Premier League title, we were hoping to open up a gap between us and second. League Table - we scored our way to the title with an incredible 133 goals. Community Shield - this was revenge for last year. Capital One Cup - Watford gave us our toughest test as we won this trophy for a second time. FA Cup - Huddersfield nearly knocked us out, but we recovered to make it to Wembley. We left it late to turn on the style in the final. UEFA Champions League - Lyon gave us a shock defeat, but we showed our class to make it to the final. Just like the FA Cup final, we left it late to get the deserved win. Transfers - we made a loss here, but the players signed were brilliant. Squad - we badly need a new keeper and both full backs. Finances - we were in bad debt midseason, but the prize money sorted that out. Key Player Profiles: Alejandro Fernández - he was scoring for fun until he broke his foot. Tobias Koller - a stunning season for the supporting striker. Park Min-Ho - signed as backup, but found himself leading the line with the injury to Fernández. Didier Kouakou - a long term transfer target, signed on a free. Wellington Luís - second choice, but makes the most of his opportunities. Career Overview Season League Position Achievements ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2015/16 Vanarama Conference South 9th 2016/17 Vanarama Conference South 1st Promoted as champions 2017/18 Vanarama Conference Premier 20th FA Trophy finalists 2018/19 Vanarama Conference Premier 13th FA Trophy finalists 2019/20 Vanarama Conference Premier 1st Promoted as champions 2020/21 Sky Bet League 2 2nd Promoted 2021/22 Sky Bet League 1 2nd Promoted 2022/23 Sky Bet Championship 10th 2023/24 Sky Bet Championship 1st Promoted as champions 2024/25 Barclays Premier League 8th 2025/26 Barclays Premier League 1st League Cup winners 2026/27 Barclays Premier League 1st FA Cup winners 2027/28 Barclays Premier League 1st League Cup, FA Cup and Champions League winners Next Season The squad still has plenty of room for improvement, so if I can sign a couple of key players then I will be happy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidTJ Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 After flittering around Football Manager 2015 and spending lots of hours doing not much I have decided to try this challenge to get my first long term save going this edition. Profile Here http://imgur.com/fstEIdI Edit: Mucked up the start date (I originally went on holiday to July, not June) uploaded new profile image, though its pretty much identical. I had to do a lot of reloading to get the same team, they did decided to pay me £100 a week more which is nice Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjericho Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 We might not know your name but we know you're a United fan good luck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjericho Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Dulwich Hamlet - Sky Bet League 1 - 2024/25 League - we were on the top spots the entire season and fortunately managed to hold on to 2nd and avoid the dreaded play-offs. FA Cup - an unfortunate exit with an own goal on the last minute. Capital One Cup - Rotherham were better and deserved to win. Johnstone's Paint Trophy - poor performance, which means we reach the Championship without a good JPT run. Squad - we won promotion with sub standard strikers but they still contributed a lot, along with a great midfield. Transfers - we're having trouble attracting good players due to their wage demands. Finances - hopefully next season we'll get some income. Another season here and finances would be in the red. Career overview Season Division Position Achievements ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2015/16 Vanarama Conference South 6th 2016/17 Vanarama Conference South 8th 2017/18 Vanarama Conference South 16th 2018/19 Vanarama Conference South 7th 2019/20 Vanarama Conference South 1st Promotion 2020/21 Vanarama Conference 12th 2021/22 Vanarama Conference 5th Promotion via play-off 2022/23 Sky Bet League 2 4th 2023/24 Sky Bet League 2 2nd Promotion 2024/25 Sky Bet League 1 2nd Promotion Next season Despite back to back promotions I think we can survive if we can strengthen key areas of the squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammkeogh Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 DAFUGE: congratulations on completing the "Famous Quadruple" as well as the challenge! I see others are very close as well, best of luck to the rest of you! A little update on my challenge, after being sacked in my 2nd season at FC United, I took charge at recently promoted Kingstonian. The season started pretty well, and saw me sitting at about 8th in the VCS, but I hit a bad patch of form, about 9 games without a win now. It's early January, and the board just gave me an ultimatum: 8 points in my next 5, or I'm toast. Pretty harsh for a newly promoted team, and not exactly Hereford, if you ask me. Expect an update soon, hopefully a positive one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G_D_K Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Here's a little , while I type up my King's Lynn season 7 summary. Video of my 2nd consecutive playoff final in the Vanarama conference --- hoping for better results this year. Had fun streaming it again---a few people joined once again. Warning: the video is about 70min long! (full 3d match engine w/ my commentary). Season update will be up sometime tomorrow, most likely...soon as I can take the time to type it out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Haines Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 St Neots Town FC 2021/22 League 2 - 2nd FA Cup League Cup Johnstone's Paint Trophy Overview At the start of the season I was struggling to build on a 5th place finish in League 2 due to high wages being asked from prospective signings. As a consequence I ended with an understrength defence in relation to the ability of the rest of the squad. We did well to grind out a 2nd place finish but it was a struggle at times. A run in the FA Cup ended with a 5th round away tie at West Ham. We lost decisively but the revenue was vital meaning we have funds to spend going in to next season. The Team GK Jake Kean - experienced ex-Derby, Blackburn and West Ham Keeper signed in the summer and had a decent season. WB Peter Hayes - Young Fullback signed last summer from Waterford as one for the future. Went straight into the team. CB Mark Nutt - Club captain had a very good season. CB Declan O'Reilly - Irish Centreback signed in January from Sligo but suffered a bad injury and only played 10 games. FB Cristinel Nalati - Pacy Romanian Fullback, did well this season but should be replaced for next season. RM Fahad Rwakarambwe - Played in the Championship with Portsmouth. Converting to a wide role having signed early in the season. AP Dan Crowley - Playmaker had his best season with the club. After 4 years still a leading player in the team. DLP Emmanuel Eromoigbe - Nigerian midfielder had a good second season with the club. W Ben Everiss - Spent two seasons on loan from Chelsea before signing permanently in the Summer and did well. AF Des McDowell - Irish striker scored 32 goals and created 17 in an excellent season. DLF Dave Black - Released by Man U without playing a game. formed a great partnership with McDowell and scored 28 goals. Year League Pos. Champ.L Uefa FA.Cup Cap.One JPT FAT Achievement 16/17 Van N 12th None None 2ndRnd None None 1stRnd None 17/18 Van N 2nd None None 3rdQual None None 1stRnd Playoff Final Losers 18/19 Van N 1st None None 3rdRnd None None 4thRnd Promoted 19/20 Conf 1st None None 4thRnd None None Semi F Promoted 20/21 Lg 2 5th None None 6thRnd 1stRnd 2ndRnd N/A None 21/22 Lg 2 2nd None None 5thRnd 1stRnd WINNER N/A Promoted Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Haines Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Can I ask why you released him initially? He looks outstanding even for League Two. I was attracting a number of higher rated players in the summer and he was on high wages so I thought I would let him go. As it turned out I couldn't replace him so re-signed him. He did really well every season with me and in the end I regretted losing him as he was in the Charlton side that knocked us out of the League Cup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvertonblokesMobile Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Does anyone have an estimate on how far into the red you can get in the confrence national before going into admin? I'm currently 600k in debt and losing the relegation battle but things are turning round (like an oil tanker!) So hopefull we can stay up, but a 10 point penalty would be the final nail in the coffin! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Demus Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Hereford United - Conference National - Mooing on up Final position: 4th League Table. A weird season all in all. We were battling for playoffs all the way through, but played quite badly. A change of tactic to a flat 442 and then another change of tactic helped us on our way. We finished 4th but lost to Chester in the playoff semis. Chester, Torquay and Newport were all better than us during the season, so it was pretty deserved. The high point of our season was our 1st round proper FA Cup win against League 1 team Port Vale. Transfers. A lot of rubbish youth players out plus some highly paid backups. Once again we oversaw a lot of deals. Squad. Once again we performed sub par, and we will need to step up our game. I fear, that our finances will crumble if we aren't promoted this year. For a reason I can't figure out, Paris Cowan-Hall was again our top performer. He is only asessed at 2 stars, but is still by far our best performing player. Jamar Loza was our topscorer. The Jamaican Norwich reject banged in lots of goals in a partnership with Uche Ikpeazu. Uche returns to Watford next year, and Jamar will play alone on top (at first at least). Year League Pos. Achievements 15/16 Van N 2nd Promoted via playoffs 16/17 Conf National 11th None 17/18 Conf National 4th Lost in playoff semifinal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidTJ Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 So I have just raced through my 1st season with Ashton united, unfortunately it went horribly, my defence was the main problem and however I changed things it didnt seem to help, I aquired an attacking midfieler and tried a 442 diamond, but that failed even more than the flat 442 which i reverted back too. One of my new signings played badly enough that I had to promise the board to not play him, however due to fixture congestion I ignored them a few times. This was the straw that broke the camels back, and I was sacked in March. League Table http://imgur.com/vHfyvLi Transfers http://imgur.com/RKsLGYG (note I was sacked before any march transfers) The only remarkable thing was that we were never dead last. I intend to try to nab a job with a newly promoted side, however this may prove impossible without adding a new manager, so if no-one gets sacked part way through the season I will just start from the beginning and try again. I am sure much of the reason for the disastrous season is me just getting frustrated at players seemingly doing absolutely nothing how I wanted them to and just blasting through games, instead of fully finding out why things aren't working (I have never got to understand the new system anywhere near as much as the old sliders) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeltmurrayuk Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Just been awarded three pens against Blackburn not that they were enough to even claim a point as Blackburn won 5-3, though with a Strikeforce of Rhodes and Mandzukic they are currently walking the league. With ten games gone in the Championship we are holding our own and are in tenth place but only four points clear of the relegation places, which includes a rock-bottom Middlesbrough side who have only played five games due to being in the Europa League. On the plus side I have just snapped up two quality Strikers on free transfers one worth £4m and the other £8m Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvertonblokesMobile Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Evertonblokes Bognor Regis Season 24/25 Well it has been a tough season, after the first game which we won 5-2 we managed to go 18 games without a win! It was horrific! After that I started tinkering with tactics, managed to get some half decent moves together, then the odd point here and there. At the half way point we were 11 points from safety. I managed to get this back to 6 points with 12 games to go and thought I might pull off a great escape, but unfortunately not. As I write this I my game is holidaying the final few games for me as it had become mathematically impossible to stay up, 4 games to go and 13 points from safety, sadly the mid-season recovery could not be maintained and I am now adding yet another relegation to my CV. I believe I will be keeping my job this time though as we are going down to a playable league! One big problem for the coming season though will be our massive lack of funds. Last time I was brave enough to look we were £600k in the red. The board cut my wage budget by just over £1000 a week, so I will be releasing players and not replacing them this close season. Although to be fair knocking £1000 a week off the wage budget is not going to make a great deal of difference, I think a take over could be on the cards soon. I just hope it happens before we go into admin and get docked 10 points. I realised the problem with my team this season is they quite simply were not good enough, I checked my best player (3.5 stars) only to find out he was only a decent conference national player, my BEST player! I realised I had struggled to bring in decent players but I hadn't realised it was that bad. My target for next season is to bounce straight back up, I think we are a better side than the side that went up, plus our rep will be a little higher from the two seasons we had in the conf national, its only the finances that could scupper us this season. Summary: 15/16 Billericay - Conf South - 13th 16/17 Billericay - Conf South - 9th 17/18 Billericay - Conf South - 20th - Relegated and sacked 18/19 Margate - Conf South - 11th 19/20 Margate - Conf South - Sacked in October 20/21 Canvey Island - Conf South - 22nd - Relegated and sacked 21/22 Stamford - Conf North - 20th - Relegated and sacked 22/23 Bognor Regis - Conf South - 5th - Promoted via Play-offs 23/24 Bognor Regis - Conf Prem - 20th 24/25 Bognor Regis - Conf Prem - 23rd - Relegated Update (end of May '25) - about half my players are unhappy, I've gone £784,000 in the red, and the board have just told me I will lose my job if I don't improve player happiness in 5 months. Game on then!........ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G_D_K Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 King's Lynn Season 2020/2021 Table / Position Graph / Squad / Finances / Transfers / Manager / Lg. Records (team) / Lg. Records (ind) / Confidence / Competitions / Reputation Season Six saw King's Lynn meet a number of milestones. It started with the board's decision to turn professional, though we were still in the Vanarama Conference. This came as a total, if pleasant, surprise, and I wasted little time in signing some key players to full time contracts; the better to make use of training time now available to us. Whether or not that was a key to what would turn out to be a successful season, I am not sure...but it sure did not help. We received little more in the way of help, as our sponsorship deal has stagnated at <£20K/year despite last season's successful run in both the league and the cups. We started out a bit slow --- hovering around the mid-table point for much of the first two months---though we were seldom more than 5 points out of the playoff spots even then. I wasn't too worried, however, as we started the season without two of my key players, and I figured that we would go on a decent run of matches when they returned...and once they were back and match fit, we took off on that run. By the mid-season point, it was obvious that we were going to beat the oddsmakers predictions (a 24th placed finish....after all we had done last season!), and maybe even exceed my own board's expectations of a mid-table finish. Obvious enough that I upped the ante and took the slight salary/xfer fund increase by predicting a top half finish (I wasn't quite ready to predict playoffs). I was hoping to use the transfer funds to catch a DM or MC that had caught my eyes...but I couldn't afford the salary they were requesting, though the owning teams had thought to sell. I did pull in a couple new players mid-season, and they featured well in our 2nd half run. And it was quite a run. After crashing out of both the FA Trophy and the FA Cup in consecutive matches, we lost a total of two more matches through the last half of the season. Unlike last season, where we struggled to beat the top-5 teams in the league, we actually managed to beat most of those teams this time around---with only League winners Bury giving us problems (though we managed a 1-1 draw in that match). This propelled us into the playoff spots with a dozen or so matches to play, and we never looked to drop out of them. It was only a matter of seeding at that point (Bury had enough of a lead that I didn't think we would catch up, and we never really got close). With just a final match to play, we found ourselves in 3rd, behind Barrow by a point, but with a superior goal differential. This goal differential was important, as I was only able to get a draw in our final match (vs Chester, who ended 11th). However, a loss by Barrow put us back into 2nd place, and a top seeding match against Rochdale (whom I had another draw just a few matches before--this one a 3-3 affair which snapped my 5-match clean sheet run). Speaking of clean sheets, our defense played outstanding football, helping Goalkeeper Ellis keep a league 2nd best 17 clean sheets through the year (trailing only Bury who had 19), and conceding only 47 goals (again, 2nd in the league behind Bury's 34 conceded). We are currently on a 20-match unbeaten streak at the conclusion of our playoff matches as well. The fullback situation is still in a bit of flux, though I did sign DL Parker who put in a solid, if unspectacular, 30 appearances. He wanted to much for the next year, so I ended up letting him go and will be looking to replace him for the coming season. DCs Marriot, Whiteoak, and Carney rotated in the backfield, and DR Barnes and Ramm kept the right side of the defense in check all season long. Ramm is being tutored by Barnes, who will likely stay with the team only another season, as I will really need to get a better option on that side...or hope Ramm grows into it more fully. The midfield also received some additions, with MCs Greenhaf and Beech joining and rotating in with Turl and Thorton (my FK specialist). Fofana and Everington are still with the team, but finding little playing time with the new additions and will likely be let go in the post season. Up front, we still have the dynamic duo of Watson and van Engel, who continue to shine. van Engel had another 20+ goal season, but it was Watson who ran away with the scoring trophy (and surpassing van Engel's team goalscoring record by one in the process). Watson had an incredible 38 goals on the season, and the 34 league goals put him at the top of the league goal scoring sheet for the 2nd consecutive year. This year, at least, he was shortlisted for PoY, and probably should have won it (1st in goals scored, 2nd in PoM and AvR), but the votes didn't fall his way and he had to be content with the top goalscorer award. Sub striker Harding, my 2nd year graduate, got a few matches in, but didn't impress -- he hasn't developed hardly at all, and I think I'll be letting him go at the end of the season to make room for some of the later graduates to have a chance to make a mark on the team. If it ain't broke...don't fix it.....My preferred formation for the season was a 4-1DM-3-2 (narrow)--again--and I used it exclusively throughout the season. Solid in defense, and plenty of chances created, this tactic has been excellent throughout the challenge. The players I'm signing (or brining through the youth) fit in well, and all I need do is tweak instructions based on playing conditions and opposition. It's seldom that I've been able to exclusively use one formation for so long....but I find it hard to believe there is anything that will work better at the moment! Financially, we are doing well. We ended up making a small amount of money this season, with the bulk coming from the playoffs --- and most of that went right back into the stadium, as the board work on getting it up to standards for the next step --- League Two play! Still, we start the season with more than £500K, and my salary budget has doubled to £30K and a transfer budget of £300K. PROMOTION/PLAYOFFS Yes! League Two, here we come! 2nd season in the Vanarama Conference, 2nd year in the playoffs, 2nd playoff final.....and 1st playoff win! Thankfully, out of the "league of death", and into league football proper. The playoffs saw us face off first against Rochdale, whom we had beat 3-1 early in the season before settling for a 3-3 draw late. So, it was with high hopes we went into the away leg, and it didn't take long for Watson to make his mark on the match, scoring less than two minutes into the contest, splitting two defenders and burying the ball in the top left corner of the net. That was all the scoring in the half, as the defense strangled Rochdales chances at every opportunity. However, less than 4 minutes into the second half, Rochdale found the equalizer, with DC Marriot getting caught flat-footed and missing a crucial interception, allowing Geoff Whitbread to change the complexion of the game. It didn't stay changed long, however, as Marriott made up for his mistake in the 53rd minute with a nice header from short range and giving us the 2-1 away lead--which would hold until the final whistle. More than 2500 made it to the home match, with King's Lynn holding the 2-1 aggregate lead, which would hold through the first 45 minutes. Then, near the hour mark, Rochdale made it 2-2 aggregate, with some nifty passing leaving my backfield completely out of position. With Rochdale pressing forward for a winner, it was left to Watson, once again, to play hero, pouncing on a rebound from sub striker Harding in the 80th minute and sending the team to their second consecutive final match at Wembley. The twitch-televised final pitted King's Lynn against Barrow --- whom we had beat in both previous meetings of the season. More than 38K were in attendance as Watson (yes, THAT Watson) once again opened the scoring inside of 2 minutes -- Thorton firing in a freekick which the keeper parried to my center-back Whiteoak at the near post, who side-passed it to an open Watson. It was as easy a shot as Watson had taken all season, and he certainly didn't miss. Up 1-0, and my midfield was strangling Barrow (who were playing a 4-4-2 w/ 2 DMCs), allowing the ball hardly to cross the mid-line for the half -- and the half ended 1-0. Barrow opened the play a little in the second half, but it was King's Lynn, through Watson's 2nd of the match -- a nice shot from the 17 yard mark just in front of the D, to give us a 2-0 lead. From there, Barrow went to a heavy 4-2-4 offensive formation, and we countered by switching gears between a counter attacking and controlling style. The change of pace kept Barrow on the back foot, but they managed a consolation goal in the 86th minute (credited as an own-goal to DC Carney, but i'm not so sure it should not have be credited to Barrow's striker. A couple of really close calls (Ellis got caught well out of the net on one occasion at about the 89th minute, but the cross was (barely) dealt with --- had fullback Parker not gotten a touch on the ball, Trewick had a wide-open net in front of him). There were a couple of really bad missed shots on Barrows part throughout the match, and in the end, the clinical finish of Watson proved the difference (Watson ended w/ 4 shots, 3 on target and 2 goals --- Barrow only managed 3 shots on target out of 13 total themselves). It was over---Conference football is now in the rear-view mirror, and I can look forward to the challenge of league football next year!!!!!!!!!!!! Cup Competitions There wasn't a lot to be said of the cups this season---we took a step back in the FA Trophy losing our only match away to Met Police. However, that loss allowed us to concentrate on the league, and we only lost two matches the rest of the season, so I won't complain too much! We had at least a little success in the FA Cup, beating VCN winners AFC Telford 2-0 in the FAC 4QR (both Watson and van Engel scoring the two goals), then beating fellow VC team Alfreton in a close-fought 1-0 match (Who else...Watson securing the win!), before finally travelling to L1 Colchester. For the 3rd (or 4th?) Straight year we had a League One team to face, and we once again put up a tenacious fight, with Watson scoring a brace in a 3-2 loss. It was a tough loss, as it looked like we would once again force a home replay, but a late stoppage time goal put paid to that, and we went out in a winnable match. Parker (DL) ended up potentially costing us the win, picking up his 2nd yellow early in the second half, when the score was still 1-1. Regardless, it was a quick 3 and out for us, and time to concentrate on the League. Additional Details Team of the Season Watson, of course, led the charge this year. Best XI Inductees -- Two new players, DM/MC Turl and MC/FK Specialist Thorton newly added. Historical Best XI Fans Player of the Season: I'm not sure, but I do believe this is Watson's first Fans' player of the Year in his 6 year history..despite his other achievements! He ran away with the award with more than 2/3 of the vote! Watson eclipsed his own single-season goal scoring record, netting 38 times. He went over 100 league goals around mid-season. He also has overtaken van Engel as the club's leading goalscorer -- that despite van Engel scoring another 20 league goals this season. The tandem threat of Watson and van Engel has really propelled the team foward! A third record for Watson -- most team Player of Match awards. How he did not run away with the Vanarama Conference Player of the Year is beyond me! Top Academy Graduate S1: Robin Watson looks to be someone who will be useful in the coming years. Already potential starter material, the coaches figure that he could be useful late into our Varana Conference campaign. S2: Arran Harding should excite fans for years to come, and he will make an excellent target man. I need to work on his pace a bit to get him ready for real action, but hope to feature him in a season or two! S3: Robb Lynn --- possibly useful in a year or two. Will have to see if he develops enough...only has Vanarama North potential, and hopefully will be beyond that level soon! S4: Lee Bolton -- real possibility of using him in the next season or two....my 2nd w/ good conference potential or better S5: Colin Kean -- injury prone and slow...we'll have to see what we can make of him! S6: Scott Dunford--pretty average looking, we'll have to see if he develops at all Team, Individual, and league records A host of records were set or broken this year: (* denotes ongoing record-bold indicates record broke current season) [b][u]Vanarama Conference North+ Vanarama Conference[/b][/u] [b]Most league games without losing: King's Lynn -- 48[/b] [b][i][u]King's Lynn -- Team[/i][/b][/u] [b]Highest League Position -- 2nd in Vanarama Conference (2020/21)[/b] (Previous high--3rd in Vanarama Conference (2019/20) Most Games won in a Row -- 9 (previous high: 4) [b]Most Games without Losing -- 29[/b] (Previous high: 9 -- 2019) [b]Most games without conceding -- 5(2020/21) [/b](Previous high: 3 -- 2019/2020) [b]Highest Attendance -- 5232 (vs Wigan, FAC 1st round)[/b] -- previous record -- 3151 (2019 vs Gillingham, FAC 1st round) [b]Average Attendance -- 1491[/b] (previous high, 1116, 2018/19) [b][i][u]King's Lynn -- Individual[/i] [/b][/u] [b]Top Goalscorer -- Robin Watson --38 (2020/21)[/b] (previous record, John Lesley van Engel -- 36 (2015/16) [b]Top League Goalscorer -- Robin Watson -- 34 (2020/21)[/b] (previous record, Robin Watson -- 31--2019/20) [b]Most Assists -- Kegan Everington -- 22 (2019/20) [/b](previous record, Jackson Ramm, 20 2018/19) [b]Most League goals for club -- Robin Watson -- 126*[/b] (previous record) John Lesley van Engel (125*)[/b] [b]Most League Appearances for club -- Mamadou Fofana (282*)[/b] Highest AvR -- Ryan Cooke (DR) -- 7.55 (2015/16) [b]Most Player of Match awards -- Robin Watson -- 11 (2020/21)[/b] (previous record, John Lesley van Engel -- 10 (2015/16) [b]Youngest player -- Lewis Hatch (Striker), 16y20d[/b] Promoted from the Regional Premier Division Teams: Eastleigh, Dorchester, Colwyn Bay, Farnborough, AFC Hornchurch, Canvey Island League Winners (relegated) EPL Man City (Derby, Cardiff, Crystal Palace) Championship West Ham (Sheffield Wednesday, Walsall, Leyton Orient) League One Sheffield United (Carlisle, Bolton, Scunthorpe, Crawley) *back-to-back promotions for Sheffield Utd League Two Blackpool (York, Coventry) Vanarama Conference Bury (North Ferriby, Ebbsfleet, Margate, FC United) *League Overachievers Vanarama North Oxford City (Macclesfield, Histon, Blyth) Vanarama South Maidstone (Basingstoke, Welling, Lewes) Cup Winners English FA Cup Tottenham Capital One Cup Arsenal Jonhstone's Paint Trophy Sheffield Utd (A double!) English FA Trophy Fleetwood Euro Qualifcation Champions League Group Stage: Man City, Liverpool, Arsenal Champions League Best Placed Playoff: Chelsea Euro Cup Group Stage: Tottenham, Man Utd Euro Cup Playoff: Hull Euro Cup 3rd QR: Euro Cup 1st QR: Continental Achievements Arsenal -- Won European Super Cup (Against Inter) Arsenal -- Won Club World Championship (Against Gremio) Fulham -- Eliminated from Euro Cup First Knockout Round (by Wolfsburg) Liverpool -- Eliminated from Champions League First Knockout Round (by Bayern) Man City -- Eliminated from Champions League First Knockout Round (By Dortmund) Arsenal -- Eliminated from Champions League Quarter Final (by Bayern) Man Utd -- Eliminated from Champions League Quarter Final (by Chelsea) Chelsea -- Eliminated from Champions League Semi Final (by Barcelona) Everton -- Eliminated from Euro Cup Semi Final (By Leicester) Leicester -- Eliminated from Euro Cup Final (by AS Monaco) What's Next? What's next? League footy! We've escaped the Conference --- it took 6 seasons, but we're out. Now...to stay out! Definite need of some strengthening...still looking for L2 quality fullbacks, and maybe a DM. I'm solid up front, although I will be looking for a replacement for van Engel in short order, as he is starting to show signs of aging. Nothing terribly impressive coming through the academy, although there are one or two to keep my eyes on, so it will be left to my scouts to find replacements. I'll likely try for a rotational or youth DC as well to provide depth in that area. Still, the pressing need is left fullback, and I will need to get someone in that capacity. I think I have enough to survive, but I certainly am not ready to push to League One---so I will call the coming year the year of consolidation. Here's hoping we're as good as I think we are! Career Overview Season Team League Position(Predicted) Achievements 2015/16 Kings Lynn Vanarama North 19(21) 2016/17 Kings Lynn Vanarama North 15(19) 2017/18 Kings Lynn Vanarama North 12(22) Vanarama North Overachievers! 2018/19 Kings Lynn Vanarama North 1(20) Vanarama North Winners/Overachievers! 2019/20 Kings Lynn Vanarama Conf 5(24) Vanarama Conference Playoff finalist/Overachievers! 2020/21 Kings Lynn Vanarama Conf 2(24) Promoted via Playoffs ([url="http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=361368259"]Overachievers[/url]!), Manager of the Year Runner Up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Demus Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 I do not get this team/FM (Not sure which). Change tactics because we keep leaking goals. Go 5 games without conceding. Suddenly, the tactic is apparently broken by other teams, and we start leaking goals again. Second thing. Three games in a row vs. 2nd placed Torquay, 1st placed Dag and Red, 5th placed Macclesfield result in wins of 4-1, 3-0 and 4-1. Next game: 0-0 at hopeless Altrincham with 9 points from 24 games. I do not get this. All in all it has lead me to a point, where I am very close to a sack. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonzo1 Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Marine 2019-20 (Season 5) "The Art of Defence" League - 1st CHAMPIONS FA Cup - 1st Round FA Trophy - 1st Round After the Playoff defeat last time round we had our eyes on promotion. The board helpfully requested I win the league and I actually thought we could do it. However 6 games in with 3 wins, draws and a defeat to our name saw a mutiny in the ranks. Maguire and Tomori amongst others, came to me and said we were under performing. After 6 games i thought it was a bit harsh and told them that they should shoulder some of the blame. They didn't take it that well and refused to speak to me! Whoops! However 3 wins sent us up to 3rd and all of them said their issues had been resolved. Top plebs. A fab run for pretty much the rest of the season apart from a minor blip in Feb when we drew 4 out of 5 games, we were pretty much unbeatable in the league and only lost 5 in the league all season. Disappointing cup exits to Sutton Utd in the FA cup 1st round in a very winnable game cost us some valuable prize money. On to next season survival is the priority. Key players Chris Maguire - Another experienced winger to replace Hoskins (who has since moved upstairs to be Head of Youth). Good set pieces and goal return was crucial to our success. Fiyako Tomori - Super athletic centre back had a wonderful season. A crucial part of the best defence in the league. Axel Tuanzebe - Tomori's partner in crime at the back. Class act and the 11 goals they provided (often from a Maguire set piece) were invaluable in the closer games Connor Hunt - 19 clean sheets! (Brap!). Ace lad! Madger - Signed on a free from Liverpool. Far too good for this level but I haven't really got the best out of him and he still bossed games in midfield. I'm hopeful that all can make the step up to the Conference National. Plans from last season Promotion (Board expects us to win it) SUCCESS Striker please FAIL Maguire top scored from wide right Plans for next season Survive Striker pretty please?! History Season Level League FA Cup FA Trophy Notes ---------------------------------------------------------------- 2015/16 VCN 19th 2nd Qual 3rd Qual 2016/17 VCN 9th 2nd Qual 1st Round 2017/18 VCN 15th 1st Round 3rd Qual 2018/19 VCN 3rd 3rd Qual 2nd Round 2019/20 VCN 1st 1st Round 1st Round Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonzo1 Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Marine 2020-21 (Season 6) "The Art of Defence 2 - The Defendening" League - 1st CHAMPIONS FA Cup - 1st Round FA Trophy - Semi Final After initially planning on surviving and maybe a cheeky cup run my board ruined it by demanding a playoff place! 1 point from the opening two games scared me a little bit but a 14 game unbeaten run in the league got me into the playoff race. A brief sojourn in the FA cup drew us against Wigan in the 1st round. Paul Ince was a little mean about our chances so the draw at home against them to take them to a replay was magnificent. The financial rewards were very helpful as well. Our league run dragged us top at the mid point and we held top spot for a while but our traditional Feb disintegration happened again and let Dover back into to race. I thought we had blown our chance to win the league but Dover imploded over the last 6 games and we won 5 to win back to back promotions and titles! All the more impressive is that it was essentially the same side as last year. Can we handle the next step up on a minimal wage increase? Key players Chris Maguire - Same as last year set pieces and goals to help us out of tricky spots Mark Holloway - Top scoring centre forward with 24 league goals. Got him on loan again next year Fiyako Tomori - Another top season from our club captain Nathan Westwood - Part of last years defence but kicked on this year and was a good overlapping threat. James Yates - Almost identical to Westwood but on the right. Axel Tuanzebe - A great season for the centre back (but no goals) who is attracting interest from higher up the football pyramid. Connor Hunt - Another good season for the stopper. 15 clean sheets in the league and great performance against Wigan in the cup The lack of Wage budget means I will again have to rely on these players again to make another step up Plans from last season Survive SUCCESS Striker pretty please?! SUCCESS Plans for next season Survive Improve the squad for the professional era History Season Level League FA Cup FA Trophy Notes ---------------------------------------------------------------- 2015/16 VCN 19th 2nd Qual 3rd Qual 2016/17 VCN 9th 2nd Qual 1st Round 2017/18 VCN 15th 1st Round 3rd Qual 2018/19 VCN 3rd 3rd Qual 2nd Round 2019/20 VCN 1st 1st Round 1st Round 2020/21 NAT 1st 1st Round Semi Final Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roseboy64 Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Going to start this soon. Completed the challenge a few times in the past but not done it for the last couple versions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roseboy64 Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 So starting with FC United. Here's my profile: http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/549769266152054842/87103455E577912D4C614D4BD6B005D0E1C70784/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Demus Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Hereford United - Conference National - Mooing on up Final position: 5th League Table. A true up and down season. We played brilliantly at times, and then fell apart 3 days later. Winning against top teams but struggling against the worst teams in the division. I feared for my job at times. But we secured a playoff place on the last matchday, and we took the opportunity. We are in League 2! We also had a run in the FA trophy and reached the final. Symptomatic to our season we were clear favorites against Conference South team Ebbsfleet and we dominated the match but lost on a goal in the 93rd minute. Transfers. Several loans in. Several rubbish players out. We have managed to permanently sign George Cooper who lead the team in assists this season. Squad. We started out in one formation and finished in a flat 442, which seemed to work for us. My players performed okay, but strengthening is needed for League 2. We have a lot of players of League 2 standard but not enough to withstand 46 games. Jamar Loza was again our top scorer. 36 goals in 48 league games is more than reasonable. Curtis Nelson was our key signing. Joining from Bradford on a free transfer he stabilized our defense and in the end helped us on our way. I can't underline his importance enough. Year League Pos. Achievements 15/16 Van N 2nd Promoted via playoffs 16/17 Conf National 11th None 17/18 Conf National 4th Lost in playoff semifinal 18/19 Conf National 5th Promoted via playoffs! Lost FA trophy final Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxi7 Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Decent season, managed to survive pretty easily. Squad at the moment 18/19 Transfers Season Division Position Achievements ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2015/16 Vanarama Conference North 1st Champions Fa Cup 2nd Qual round FA Trophy 4th Round 2016/17 Vanarama Conference 1st Champions Fa Cup 1st Round, FA Trophy 1st Round 2017/18 League Two 14th JTP Round 2, League Cup Round 1, FA Cup Round 2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vipertitan Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Margate - Vanarama Conference - 2020/21 So after promotion i was wanting to try and get a formation to avoid relegation so i set about trying different formations League Table Past Positions - we were in good form at the start of the season of two half's were we were good at the start and really poor in the second half. FA Cup- We got to second round this season and got Cambridge united and got beat 4-0. FA Trophy - played Barnet fc in the first round and had reply got beat 2 1. Transfers -i know i said i was not going to buy anyone but i need re enforcements as squad was weak. Squad1 Squad2-i dunno what happend to the players they played well in first part off season then form dropped. Finances -they are still poor but managed to stay in wage budjet range of £4.07 per week. Key Player Profiles: Joe Down - poor season compared to last season but did ok played 47 games and scoring 19 times . Mark Overton - injuries kept him out of the squad for most the season but did well when he was fit. Richard Stephenson -highlight of season was solid at the back. Career Overview Season League Position Achievements ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2015/16 Vanarama Conference South 3rd play off winners 2016/17 Vanarama Conference 19th None 2017/18 Vanarama Conference 24th None 2018/19 Vanarama Conference South 6h 2019/20 Vanarama Conference South 1st Champions 2020/21 Vanarama Conference 20th None Next Season To try and avoid relegation and keep my better players fit for the long hard season a head. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted December 27, 2014 Author Share Posted December 27, 2014 Canvey Island - Barclays Premier League - 2028/29 We won the lot last season, so all we could hope for was a repeat. League Table - not quite as convincing as last season, but still a win. Community Shield - we were lucky to get this win. UEFA Super Cup - this win was well deserved. FIFA Club World Cup - as was this one. Capital One Cup - this was a bit of a shock. FA Cup - three in a row. UEFA Champions League - once again, Real Madrid got the better of us. Transfers - a decent profit with some good young players coming in. Squad - still room for improvement, but the squad is in good shape. Finances - a big loss. Key Player Profiles: Park Min-Ho - top scorer. Tobias Koller - an amazing player. Didier Kouakou - a superb winger. John Victor - brilliant yet again. Marco Meijer - a solid defender. Career Overview Season League Position Achievements ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2015/16 Vanarama Conference South 9th 2016/17 Vanarama Conference South 1st Promoted as champions 2017/18 Vanarama Conference Premier 20th FA Trophy finalists 2018/19 Vanarama Conference Premier 13th FA Trophy finalists 2019/20 Vanarama Conference Premier 1st Promoted as champions 2020/21 Sky Bet League 2 2nd Promoted 2021/22 Sky Bet League 1 2nd Promoted 2022/23 Sky Bet Championship 10th 2023/24 Sky Bet Championship 1st Promoted as champions 2024/25 Barclays Premier League 8th 2025/26 Barclays Premier League 1st League Cup winners 2026/27 Barclays Premier League 1st FA Cup winners 2027/28 Barclays Premier League 1st League Cup, FA Cup and Champions League winners 2028/29 Barclays Premier League 1st CWC and FA Cup winners Next Season The Champions League has to be our main aim. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G_D_K Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 So starting with FC United.Here's my profile: http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/549769266152054842/87103455E577912D4C614D4BD6B005D0E1C70784/ Good luck Roseboy...stop by the steam chatroom and let us know how you're getting on! Same goes fore everyone else...you can find it here Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mushtaq Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 What skin are you using maxi? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvertonblokesMobile Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Just reached a milestone. £1,000,000 in the red! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReclaimTheKop Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Am I ok to holiday for two seasons as I want to play as Truro and im struggling to get them after 1 season? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted December 27, 2014 Author Share Posted December 27, 2014 Yes, that's fine. Just be careful with the dates, I have a feeling it is a day earlier in the second season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReclaimTheKop Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 I've found a save game file earlier in the thread with Truro. It is a 3rd season save. So I'm ready to go now. Cheers!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxi7 Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Hereford End of season 18/19 - Promotion for League Two. League Table http://s1167.photobucket.com/user/21maxwell/media/a8a952d1a662fe0348ad9d7fe1666987_zpsed6b5e5c.png.html Had to ditch the attractive football for direct football for the 2nd half of the season due to our poor pitch which was terrible but bringing Higdon in as a targetman worked a treat. League cup saw an early elimination to Birmingham 1-0. The JPT saw an early elimination to Swindon on pens after a 2-2 draw. We defeated Nuneaton 1-0, then Drew 0-0 and won 1-0 vs L1 Notts County before losing 4-1 v Blackburn in round 3 of the fa cup. Transfers for summer of 2019. http://i.gyazo.com/18f746f0aae920e8448f8767bd3926c5.png Here is my squad to take on League one. http://s1167.photobucket.com/user/21maxwell/media/8b69201ea53b804149f5b9079d0362cc_zps47dcdb25.png.html http://s1167.photobucket.com/user/21maxwell/media/3f1da20e18070abc87dab6fb563899f1_zps002e3380.png.html Season Division Position Achievements ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2015/16 Vanarama Conference North 1st Champions Fa Cup 2nd Qual round FA Trophy 4th Round 2016/17 Vanarama Conference 1st Champions Fa Cup 1st Round, FA Trophy 1st Round 2017/18 League Two 14th JTP Round 2, League Cup Round 1, FA Cup Round 2. 2018/19 League Two 2nd Promoted, League Cup Round 1, JPT Round 2, FA Cup Round 3 What skin are you using maxi? I'm using Elegance by Ozo-Graph which can be found here. http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415402-SKIN-Elegance-15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjericho Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Good work so far maxi7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjericho Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Dulwich Hamlet - Sky Bet Championship - 2025/26 League - clearly these fools didn't know who we are and we stormed the league, winning it with seven (!) matches left. FA Cup - one of the very few slips we had this season. Capital One Cup - we eliminated two Premier League teams so I can't not be happy with our run. Squad - a very strong squad. Also I'm proud to have reached the top league without an influx of foreign players. Transfers - not much activity, but the players in added a lot. Finances - stable, we should get a good boost this summer. Career overview Season Division Position Achievements ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2015/16 Vanarama Conference South 6th 2016/17 Vanarama Conference South 8th 2017/18 Vanarama Conference South 16th 2018/19 Vanarama Conference South 7th 2019/20 Vanarama Conference South 1st Promotion 2020/21 Vanarama Conference 12th 2021/22 Vanarama Conference 5th Promotion via play-off 2022/23 Sky Bet League 2 4th 2023/24 Sky Bet League 2 2nd Promotion 2024/25 Sky Bet League 1 2nd Promotion 2025/26 Sky Bet Championship 1st Promotion Next season We reach the Premier League in style after three consecutive promotions. I'll try to bring in some players to see what we can do where the big boys play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvertonblokesMobile Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Evertonblokes Bognor Regis Season 25/26 Last time on Evertonblokes Bognor Regis...... Having been relegated, threatened with my job, and facing a dressing room revolt, things were not looking good for our hero! Just before the end of the season the wage budget was cut due to the poor finances, the relegation saw them cut further, and shortly into the season they were cut again. The net result was I needed to get from £7,300 down to £3,600. This was achieved in about February simply by letting anyone go who wanted to, and not signing a signed player. Even with the wages steadily dropping through the season we were still losing money hand over fist, currently we are £1,130,000 in debt, and I believe facing administration at any time, its something I have felt could happen at any time this season too. Any ideas on getting some money in would be greatly appreciated, obviously selling players isn't going to raise anything. At the start of the season we had a grand total of 15 squad players, this was supplemented by 4 loanees, one of which was immense and I am desperately hoping I can get him back next season, either on loan, or sign him on a free when his contract expires at Brighton. I wont be making any moves in the transfer window until his situation is resolved one way or another! Of those 15 players 11 of them were unhappy about the relegation, and there was nothing I could do about it, we played the whole first half of the season with most players on the pitch having a massive strop! This did not affect results though. The league went amazingly well, after 21 games we had 52 points and was clear at the top, that's on course for breaking the all time record for points in a season, which is currently 103. The second half of the season continued with great form and I started to think I was going to not only post about getting promoted, but also smashing the record. Sadly the small squad started to suffer. At the height of our powers we were 15 points clear of second spot, but at the end of Feb decided to see if we could throw it away, Farnborough started clawing it back and with 2 games to go we were only 4 points clear and in awful form. We won the penultimate game to take the title though, My greatest achievement in FM15 so far, while Farnborough lost their game, we both lost our last games to leave me 7 points clear, something I would have taken all day long at the beginning of the season, but still quite hard to take after the great form up until end of Feb. I've managed to tie the current players to contracts to the end of next season, but theres still 2 I couldn't get, one of them is a key player for my plan, I just hope they hang about on non-contract terms. Next season is going to be tougher than the last time in the conf prem, but I think I have got my tactics working well and with the lack of signings theres less chance of a massive collapse. Summary: 15/16 Billericay - Conf South - 13th 16/17 Billericay - Conf South - 9th 17/18 Billericay - Conf South - 20th - Relegated and sacked 18/19 Margate - Conf South - 11th 19/20 Margate - Conf South - Sacked in October 20/21 Canvey Island - Conf South - 22nd - Relegated and sacked 21/22 Stamford - Conf North - 20th - Relegated and sacked 22/23 Bognor Regis - Conf South - 5th - Promoted via Play-offs 23/24 Bognor Regis - Conf Prem - 20th 24/25 Bognor Regis - Conf Prem - 23rd - Relegated 25/26 Bognor Regis - Conf South - 1st - Promoted - Manager of the Year Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wavelberry Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Yes Evertonbloke. Yours is the stand out story in this thread this year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvertonblokesMobile Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Yes Evertonbloke. Yours is the stand out story in this thread this year. I don't know about that, but glad you're enjoying it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxi7 Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Good work so far maxi7 Thanks Jericho. Really enjoying this save. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjericho Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Our arrival to the Premier League is rewarded with a new stadium increasing our capacity from 6000 to 15417 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted December 29, 2014 Author Share Posted December 29, 2014 Canvey Island - Barclays Premier League - 2029/30 We had become the dominant force domestically, but Europe was proving more of a challenge. League Table - it was a comfortable win. QPR lost out due to FFP after their tycoon withdrew his funding. Community Shield - completely one sided. Capital One Cup - Brighton shocked us, but we came back to win the cup. FA Cup - we dominated every match we played. UEFA Champions League - we had a couple of shocks in the group stage, but hit form in the knockout rounds. Transfers - a huge profit was made as older players were sold in favour of younger signings. Squad - we are a right winger short of a brilliant squad. Finances - a decent profit, I just wish we could spend it on a new stadium. Key Player Profiles: Park Min-Ho - top scorer again. Iván Gorostidi - the new striker impressed. Didier Kouakou - probably our best player. John Victor - another brilliant season. Nilson - originally signed as backup, but he's a first choice now. Career Overview Season League Position Achievements ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2015/16 Vanarama Conference South 9th 2016/17 Vanarama Conference South 1st Promoted as champions 2017/18 Vanarama Conference Premier 20th FA Trophy finalists 2018/19 Vanarama Conference Premier 13th FA Trophy finalists 2019/20 Vanarama Conference Premier 1st Promoted as champions 2020/21 Sky Bet League 2 2nd Promoted 2021/22 Sky Bet League 1 2nd Promoted 2022/23 Sky Bet Championship 10th 2023/24 Sky Bet Championship 1st Promoted as champions 2024/25 Barclays Premier League 8th 2025/26 Barclays Premier League 1st League Cup winners 2026/27 Barclays Premier League 1st FA Cup winners 2027/28 Barclays Premier League 1st League Cup, FA Cup and Champions League winners 2028/29 Barclays Premier League 1st CWC and FA Cup winners 2029/30 Barclays Premier League 1st League Cup, FA Cup and Champions League winners Next Season We have another chance to win the lot next season, with a couple of new signings I think it might be possible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeltmurrayuk Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 FC United – Championship 2020/21 – Season 6 (This season took awhile to get through, mainly because I got distracted skinning...) So after four straight promotions could we make it five in a row and reach the promised land of the Premier League in record time? Well the board weren't optimistic as they expected us to go straight back down, the bookies didn't give us much of a chance either whilst the media predicted we'd finish rock bottom. Reputation - Our reputation leaps upto 2.5 stars and surprisingly is higher than Swindon, Millwall and Wolves. Transfers - We money to spend and the newly obtained ability to scout Europe I went about rebuilding my squad, bringing in some cheap and hopefully promising youngsters some freebies and smashing my transfer record several times, the first buy was Scottish Midfielder Ramsey for a record £73K, that was soon blown out of the water by the £185K I paid for highly rated young Serbian Full-Back Milikic before a new record of £240K was set signing another full-back Webb from Swindon. Saleswise I pretty much sold off all of the players who got me this far bar keeper Henderson as they just weren't good enough for this level and were unhappy being backup players, with Striker Croskery leaving for an impressive club record £850K which pretty much covered my purchases for the season, the only player I couldn't get rid of was defender Holmes who kept on moaning about wanting out but rejected every offer that came his way and then accused me of breaking my promise to sell him when there isn't much I can do if you won't accept the contract offer from anyone else? League Cup - A decent run this season as we pushed aside League One Doncaster in the First Round then beat Premiership Burnley in the Second Round to make it to the Third Round for the first time where we faced the short trip across Manchester to face rivals Man City, and with me not holding out much hope sent a weakened side who were easily beaten by a City side inspired by a 34 year old Aguero, the only thing that kept the score down was my Keeper Henderson who did his best to make up for gifting City their first goal, on the plus side we earned £500K from the tie that took us out of the red for a while. FA Cup - The less said about this the better, we needed two late goals to knock out struggling League One side Hartlepool before suffering an embrassing defeat in the Fourth Round to non-league Stockport - that match pretty much summed up how our season was going at the moment we were toothless in attack and then gifted Stockport two goals, though looking back Stockport seem to be a fairly strong side they are paying players more than I am and walked the Conference beating our record points total of 106 and scoring over 100 goals and they haven't even had a tycoon takeover so not sure where all their money has come from? Championship - We had a solid if frustrating season as we survived agains the odds and somehow managed to obtain a positive goal difference despite finishing 17th. We started the season strongly, before nose diving, but four straight wins in February pulled us away from the relegation fight and then it was just a case of waiting for us to be mathematically safe, though we didn't end the season well failing to win one of our last seven games losing five of them, but by then we were safe and I was giving youngsters a run out. Surprisingly we were never truly outmatched, only six of our 17 defeats were by two goals with the other 11 all being by just the one goal, we failed to score in nine goals whilst also keeping nine clean sheets (with five of them being 0-0 draws), the main problem we had was scoring the goals to make up for our defensive failings - in 16 games we only scored once and that only got us eight draws and zero wins - in games where we struggled to score we were normaly then undo by a defensive error at the back, but in games where we scored twice or more we won 13 times, drew three times and lost four. Though the league itself is suprisngly close if we had a little bit more quality, luck or a better run of form we could have claimed an unlikely playoff spot. And looking at the stats we around the other teams - 10% of shots generaly result in goals, with ~40% of shots on target, the problem we had was keeping clean sheets we had the second worst rate in the league. Squad and Overview Dean Henderson continued in Goal and put in some excellent performances though for the most part the best he could do was to keep the score down, he also become the player with the most League Appearances for the club beating the record of 146 appearances set by Louis Rowley and is currently on 162. At Right-Back was record signing Joshua Webb though he didn't have a great season and lost his place in the second half of the season to Michee Efete who was loaned in from new Parent Team Norwich and added some much needed quality to my defence, providing cover was my highly rated Serbian Denis Milikic who became the first player I owned to pick up the Promising tag (though he'd lost it for some reason by the time I'd taken the screenshot) and whilst a bit raw put in some decent performances but isn't really ready to be a starter yet. Down the Left was another loanee Sean Kavanagh though he didn't have the best of seasons but did take a mean free-kick, other options were limited though with Young Finn Seppo Venhanen providing cover. In the Centre of Defence was Belgian Dries Wouters who was snapped up after being released by Genk and had a solid debut season and was suprisingly named in the Championship Team of the Year, partnering him was loanee Max Bell who had another solid season, whilst cover was provided by Swedish Loanee Erik Jonsson who didn't really impress, the only other option I had was another young Fin Topias Priha who was given a run out at the end of the season and held his own. On the Right Wing I reloaned Robert Terrace who did well but couldn't recreate his excellent form of last season, with competition provided by highly rated Portuguese Winger Bruno Costa who arrived on a free after being released by Porto and this is about the only position I have any real competition at. Down the Left was highly rated Italian Zakaria Hamadi who'd been released by AC Milan but just never really got going and lost his place to Kieron Morris who had a solid season despite not really being good enough for this level. In the Centre of Midfield I snapped up another Belgian Thibault De Jaeghere who'd been released by Brugge and he brought some real quality to my midfield, finding someone to partner him was a little bit of a problem Scot Darren Ramsay was the best of my options though he did go missing in several games, another option was another Belgian Yenti Meyssen who'd been released by the other Brugge but he struggled to get going, as did Rodney Kongolo who'd been snapped up on a free after Man City released him. Upfront I brought in Montenegrin Striker Oliver Sarkic on a free from Benfica to try and add some quality upfront and he did well when called upon as my Support Striker but an early season injury cost him his place as with a lack of options I went looking for a new Striker and brought in two quality Strikers (on paper at least); Portuguese Striker Rui Pedro who arrived after being released by Porto and German Marc Brasnic who'd been released by Leverkusen however they both struggled to get going they'd either play well and score or really badly and miss everything and I never had any idea which of them would turn up, though hopefully they'll kick on next season. Best XI - Somewhat messed up as both Efete and De Jaeghere only make the bench? Fans Player - Wouters just about beats out Keeper Henderson. Academy - We finally produced a quality player, the only problem is he appeared at League One West Brom Elections - It was election season and Andy Walsh won yet again though instead of leaving me alone this year he decided to put us further in debt - We had two loans running from the stadium expansions with £640K left to pay until 28/30 costing us £33K in interest over the term and being paid back at a rate of £6.3K p/m, he converted these into one loan of £800K costing us £7K p/m until 2030 with an interest charge of £40K, he did this all to pump in a rather useless £66K into the club. Finances - Looking better and this is before the £2.5m we get from the Premier League. The board finally also got around to upgrading our Youth Category to Level 3. We also got some nice/bad news with both Blackburn and Watford failing the Financial Fair Play Rules which apparently resulted in us being awarded an extra £1m though we don't appear to have actually received it? It also seems rather pointless Watford must have been fined at least £16m for us to be awarded £830K (assuming it's spread evenly around the other sides) though thanks to that they got promoted and will earn more than that in the Premier League so it seems rather pointless, not that we have the resources to overspend by that amount anyway. Shirtsales - We finally sell enough shirts to be worth a news item with my new strikers proving popular enough to near enough cover one of their wages for the season. Manager Profile - I finally bagged the National B License though my Attributes didn't really raise that much. Goals for next season - Survive again. - Try and sign some better Defenders, could do with another option upfront, a better defensive minded midfielder and whilst I'm wishing a qaulity Left Winger. Leaderboard points (FM Mode) (My Steam Username is same as here if anyone wants to add me) (points / position) Single Game: 1,996,413 (67,491) Single Season: 758,596 (118,048) Single Season in England: 758,596 (62,986) Single Season Championship: 117,333 (21,084) Career Overview [TABLE=class: cms_table_cms_table_cms_table_cms_table_cms_table_cms_table_MsoTableLi cms_table_cms_table_ghtShadingm, align: center] [TR] [TD=bgcolor: #007ACC]Season[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #007ACC]League[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #007ACC]Position[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #007ACC]Achievements (Domestic)[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #007ACC]Achievements (Europe)[/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #007ACC]Leaderboard Points (Season / Game) [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: #007ACC]Euro C/E (Place) [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]15/16[/TD] [TD]Conference North[/TD] [TD]7th[/TD] [TD]-[/TD] [TD]-[/TD] [TD]13,793 / 13,793[/TD] [TD]-[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]16/17[/TD] [TD]Conference North[/TD] [TD]1st[/TD] [TD]Winners - Promoted!!![/TD] [TD]-[/TD] [TD]427,741 / 441,534[/TD] [TD]-[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]17/18[/TD] [TD]Conference[/TD] [TD]1st[/TD] [TD]Winners - Promoted!!![/TD] [TD]-[/TD] [TD]617,814 / 1,059,348[/TD] [TD]-[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]18/19[/TD] [TD]League Two[/TD] [TD]4th[/TD] [TD]Playoff Winners - Promoted!!![/TD] [TD]-[/TD] [TD]61,136 / 1,120,484[/TD] [TD]-[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]19/20[/TD] [TD]League One[/TD] [TD]1st[/TD] [TD]Winners - Promoted!!![/TD] [TD]-[/TD] [TD]758,596 / 1,879,080[/TD] [TD]-[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]20/21[/TD] [TD]Championship[/TD] [TD]17th[/TD] [TD]-[/TD] [TD]-[/TD] [TD]117,333 / 1,996,413[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReclaimTheKop Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Has anyone got a save with Truro on by any chance? Preferably with a large database and no added players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvertonblokesMobile Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Yes, we got a fans take over. Debts wiped out by simply taking a 1.48M loan!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjericho Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Academy - We finally produced a quality player, the only problem is he appeared at League One West Brom What do you mean he appeared at West Brom? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 I assume that means they tapped him up before he appeared in game? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityAndColour Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 What do you mean he appeared at West Brom? Was poached on intake day (or before) - will show up as FC United as his first club in his player history. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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