Any in-game personal recognition for amazing achievement?

[ivanro]

I've been playing FM (CM) for more than 20 years now, but rarely have I ventured beyond five seasons with a club, let alone a decade or more.

So this is something that I've been wondering for a while: Is there some sort of in-game personal recognition after I bring continuous, sustained glory to my club for a good long while? Or if I overachieved beyond wildest dreams?

For example, I'm currently playing Liverpool, in fifth season now, and in the past four I've won four league titles and three champs league title, plus countless smaller trophies. If I keep this up for another five years, then at the end of my tenth year with Liverpool - if this were real life - then I'm sure I'd be getting my own statue. Or a stand named after me. Or a street or two.

Or in another game, I brought Wycombe (predicted to struggle against relegation) to be promoted every year until we reach premiership, and stay there respectably for a many years. If this were real life, I'd be getting a key to the city or similar recognition.

Or if I brought a small country to the World Cup for the first time, I might get a stadium named after me.

Stuff like that.

For those of you (or SI) who have ventured for decades as a manager in the game, any of the above or something similar happening? If it does, then what is it? If not, then SI definitely needs to consider it, SI can even get creative with their in-game recognitions to be 'unlocked', I think it would create an even greater atmosphere for gamers.

(I understand there's manager ranking in the game based on trophies won, but it's all statistics and numbers, many times things intangible like above samples are much more satisfying.)

(And no, I don't consider Steam achievements or badges or whatever they're called to be the same.)

Thanks.

[Scoham]

You can have a new stadium named after you.

[goranm]

You get named a club favourite, icon or a legend, depending on your success. You can see all club favourites, icons and legends in the Club Information/General tab. In the media you will then sometimes see yourself referred to by the press as a club favourite, icon or a legend.

[ivanro]

37 minutes ago, goranm said:

You get named a club favourite, icon or a legend, depending on your success. You can see all club favourites, icons and legends in the Club Information/General tab. In the media you will then sometimes see yourself referred to by the press as a club favourite, icon or a legend.

Yes, this has been there for like forever, but I just felt it's not enough. It's just, too, bland.

I guess when I go Home and click on My Profile, I want to see something more shallow like having a statue built for me, or a stadium named after me, or a knighthood, or an honorary citizenship. Or maybe a wacky fun label or two: "longest serving manager at any one club in the top flight in the country" or "the only manager to win five league titles in a row" or "most emotionally loyal manager (for having always appealed his players' red cards)", and so on.

I understand SI is trying to make as much real life-like simulation as possible, but it's still a game and having fun in a game should always be top.

[ivanro]

58 minutes ago, Scoham said:

You can have a new stadium named after you.

Really? Is this true?

Wow! How to achieve that?

[goranm]

21 minutes ago, ivanro said:

Really? Is this true?

Wow! How to achieve that?

It's possible, I've had that several times in previous versions. You have to ask the board to build a new stadium - it might be difficult to get them to agree to that, especially if the current stadium is in good condition and not very old. Once they agree, they might name it after you. I've had it named after me every time a new stadium got built, but I've also seen the AI clubs with new stadiums named after players, or just something like New Anfield.