The FM22 Youth Academy Challenge

[JLAB]

Beira-Mar – Season 12 – 2033/34 Season Preview

If there was one thing that I was terrified about going up to the Liga Portugal Bwin, it was what our odds were going to be in the top flight of Portugal. It started at 1000-1, which for me was a promising sign since I could work with that. Then it dropped down to 2000-1 and I honestly looked at these odds and realised that we were probably going to be going down despite our best attempts to stay up this season. Our squad was that poor.

Then I got this message from the president, and I decided, you know what? If we're going to go down, I'm going to make sure that our backroom staff is going to be upgraded to be the best it can be. We're going to be making money, why not use it?

So I signed Frank Lampard as a coach, hoping that his model citizen personality will help the players develop better personalities going forward. Consider this to be an experiment to see how this goes moving forward.

In more good news, we've managed to convince the president to improve our junior coaching and youth recruitment. If we are only going to be at the top level for one season, I will 100% make sure that we will get as many things sorted as possible.

We also have the 5th biggest stadium in the division and the 6th biggest stadium in the entire country, so I'm also hopeful that our gate receipts will provide us with some good revenue moving forward.

So we have a lot of things going against us, but we also have a lot of things going for us. In my latest video we played our first game of the season and we also looked at the squad and compared it to the standards of the Liga Portugal Bwin.

JLAB's YAC with Beira-Mar Part 73

[XaW]

1 hour ago, Sn00gle said:

Can someone help me I can't find in new FM how you can see the list of the new intake exept this KEKW

I pick mine from the squad screen. I just use the filter to show only the youth candidate team.

[JLAB]

I pick mine from the Under 19s and filtered it to show only the youth candidate team. @Sn00gle

[andreasloesnes]

FC United Season 2: 2023/24

Finished way above expectations this season again, but unfortunately couldn't manage to win the playoffs. Hoping to do one better next season and gain promotion!

Other than the league we didn't manage to do as well as last season's cup runs, ending with 4th qualifying round in the FA Cup and semi-finals in the FA Trophy.

Another great intake, filling out the squad nicely. 

Managed to upgrade our training facilities, junior coaching and youth recruitment due to last season's achievments in the cup. 

[andreidvb]

LOCHORE WELFARE FC 

 30+ seasons  in the Scottish Lower leagues 

 

Even though I am struggling badly to promote again from the 7th tier of Scottish Football after being relegated a few seasons back from the 6th tier, I still want to continue this save but it is giving me a lot of headaches.

At the moment, we are one one of the top 7th tier sides, constantly finishing in the first places, general performance is looking good every season, but somehow we seem to be missing on promotion  each time

 

SEASON 28 2049 - 2050

2nd PLACE - EAST OF SCOTLAND FIRST DIVISION CONFERENCE A (SCOTTISH 7TH TIER)

 

SUMMARY ( lost promotion on the final round of the season)

SQUAD

TRANSFERS

YOUTH INTAKE

 

SEASON 29 2050 - 2051

4TH PLACE - EAST OF SCOTLAND FIRST DIVISION CONFERENCE A (SCOTTISH 7TH TIER)

 

SUMMARY:

Squad

Transfers

Youth intake

 

SEASON 30 2051 - 2052

5th PLACE - EAST OF SCOTLAND FIRST DIVISION CONFERENCE B (SCOTTISH 7TH TIER)

 

SUMMARY

SQUAD

 

TRANSFERS

YOUTH INTAKE

 

SEASON 31 2052 - 2053

3rd PLACE - EAST OF SCOTLAND FIRST DIVISION CONFERENCE A (SCOTTISH 7TH TIER)

 

SUMMARY

SQUAD

TRANSFERS

 

YOUTH INTAKE

[libbyshuss]

Club Social y Deportivo Muñiz

Argentina

Primera C (Tier 4)

2023/24 (season 2)

Season Summary

A season of ups and downs. We started with 6 wins from the first 7 to go top and then ony on once in the next 14 games. After the winter break we recovered a bit and put tpgether a few good results, although we tended to draw rather than win, but with two games to go we were 6th. The best thing about Argentina tier 4 is the top club gets promoted and the next 8 all qualify for a promotion play-off so we were looking good. So obviously we lose our last two games, with the team who beat us on the last day of the season leapfrogging us and pushing us out the playoffs down to 10th on goal difference. Bah.

Cup - Through to the first round proper but a tough draw saw us go straight out

 

Players

Pretty much the same team that got us promoted. They struggled at times but in general showed they're good enough to stay up. The squad was a lost smaller this season as well which didn't help at times, being there are more games in C.

 

Youth

I'm slowly replacing those expensive squad players with cheap youth. None have mad the break through to the first team yet but there's definitely a couple of definitely maybes for next season.

This years preview looked pretty good

Always happy to see a 5 star preview! of course, that doesn't men the actual intake will be 5 star, and it wasn't.

down to 4 star at intake! And not a huge amount of deth either, But those two elite prospects look good. I like the personalities and i like the determination. The first team have such an awful collective determination rating its embarrassing. I've been fining the arse of them as well but to no avail. I had plety of opportunities this season as well. It saves a bit of money as well.

Finances and Upgrades

So this is where it gets messy. I've managd to halve our weekly wage bill but we're still losing money hand over fist. The debt is now standing at 1.2m. So what do the board do?

 

Hopefully it pays off in the long run. We're currently sharing a stadium so it will be nice to have our own one. A massive 1690 capacity as well!!!

 

Career

So, it's gonna be a slog here in Argentina. THe main issue is still the debt. I need to clear that before i can think of upgrades but there's no signs of it going any time soon yet. 

 

Kits

I decided being in South America that Jurassic Park would be good sponsors. It looks pretty good!

 

 

Edited January 21, 2022 by libbyshuss

[XaW]

XaW - Brickfield Rangers - Season 2030/31 - JD Cymru Premier

Squad | Transfers | Finances

This was quite the strange season for us. We started horribly, and at a time it looked like we were going down. After 10 games we were in 10th place with only a single win to our name. At that point I changed tactics...again, and it seemed to work. We slowly rose up the table, and just about sneaked our way into the Championship group again. This time we held our own much better towards the big teams, and even managed to catch Caernarfon to finish in a record high 5th place. We also managed to beat Caernarfom and then Gap Connah's Quay in the European playoffs to make sure we head into Europe next season. Really happy with this change up, and it bodes well for next season.

We had fewer stand out players this season, but Mark York 23a was a rare light for us, once again.

Welsh League Cup: We lost to Ruthin in the 2nd round.
Welsh Cup: We beat Llanrhaeadr, Holywell, Colwyn Bay, and Bangor City before we lost to TNS in the final. Close, but no cigar. 

Youth intake:

A very good intake again, so the improvements are really giving back.

Kieran Berry 31d is a very nice addition, since we were a bit thin at central midfield.

Ilias Mavridis 31e is a very nice striker. Quick and good finishing should let him score loads for us.

Mitch Palmer 31g looks like a very good defender.

Pace is not common for us, so a quick winger is a very nice addition.

Trophy cabinet

JD Cymru North - 1 (2025/26)

[Sanno11]

Denbigh Town F.C - Season Summary 2033-2034

Squad | Finance | Transfers | Facilities

JD Cymru Premier

 

Well this season didn't exactly go to plan, but there is no real harm done. I think the goal difference demonstrates we were unlucky this season. I cannot put it down to anything in particular, we have been lucky in holding onto the best players in the squad so far. Just one of those seasons I suppose. Seeing TNS as strong as ever doesn't make me any more enthusiastic. I will admit, I considered stopping this season and finding a new challenge, but I am not quite ready to give up on the dream 

 

Euro Cup II

I was really pleased with how we dispatched Partick Thistle, I have the Scottish leagues loaded so, they were fairly strong. Anderlecht were of course much too strong for us. But over the two legs, we created enough chances that the score line flatters them.

 

Youth Intake

A really poor intake and the first one in years that gave me nobody that headed straight into the 1st team. This was a big part of the doom and gloom about continuing. We are desperate for some centre backs.

Mike Czerniak (34a)

Graham Brewerton (34b)

 

Club Overview

The money from last seasons appearance in the Euro II group stages got us another boost to our youth facilities and our junior coaching.

[JLAB]

Well, this hurts. I know I can't accept this, but even so...

[JLAB]

Double checking so I don't make a mistake. I can't accept the loan back, right?

[XaW]

Bah!

[XaW]

20 minutes ago, JLAB said:

Double checking so I don't make a mistake. I can't accept the loan back, right?

Correct, no loans. You can set the transfer date to the end of the season, in order to keep him as long as possible. That's what I try to when I have to sell someone I want to keep.

[JLAB]

11 minutes ago, XaW said:

Correct, no loans. You can set the transfer date to the end of the season, in order to keep him as long as possible. That's what I try to when I have to sell someone I want to keep.

Yeah, it was a release clause being activated, so I had no control over that sadly.

[Makoto Nakamura]

2060/61 End of Season Review

No Europe for us next season but we managed to stay up again!

 

  

    

Overall Best XI

2060/61 Best XI

Gavin Ballard (YP24n)

Joel Kinsella (YP33d) - Jacob McIntyre (YP26k) - Daryl Fyvie (YP31i) - Marcus Hinks (YP34a)

William Garcia (YP32a)

Kai Stuart (YP32e) - Kieran McCluskey (YP35d)

Paul McGregor (YP31g)                                                                    Ryan Skinner (YP31h)

Gino Carere (YP30d)

[Makoto Nakamura]

Improvements!  

[XaW]

1 hour ago, JLAB said:

Yeah, it was a release clause being activated, so I had no control over that sadly.

Yeah, then you are out of luck. Unless you have a contract extension clause, that seems to counteract release clauses, at least I think it did for me once.

[Makoto Nakamura]

With Marcus being in the last year of his contract and it being deadline day I decided to offer him out.

I am very happy with that! We're really going to struggle to stay up now but the money will help us for sure!

What do you mean?!

Edited January 21, 2022 by Makoto Nakamura

[LazyBandit]

My time in Switzerland has come to an end as the board decided they were tired of barely finishing above the relegation zone and sacked me. I had high hopes for that save, but oh well, time to go again.

VFR Wormatia Worms Season 1 (2022/23)

My second go at it brings me to  Southwest Germany and to VFR Wormatia Worms. Founded in 1908, the club has only been as high as the 2. Bundesliga, most recently in 1981. We start in the German Regional Division Southwest, the fourth tier of German football.

Starting Squad

Not a bad starting squad, albeit a bit thin in some areas. A few of our players are apparently good enough for the 3rd division, so we we'll have to lean on them. I fell this is a good point to build from and I think we can have a pretty decent season.

Final League Table

This was an incredible year for us. Originally predicted to finish 13th, 5th is way higher than I thought was possible. We found ourselves playing a positive, attacking tactic and scored goals for fun at some points. However Elversberg were far superior to any other team in the division. With them promoted and only a 5 point difference between 2-5, I think we can really challenge for the title next year.

Intake Preview

For our first intake I'd say this is pretty good. A pretty good distribution of positions is nice.

Youth Intake

I wasn't expecting to get players who could immediately compete for starting spots, but this isn't a bad first intake. Some decent potential players and good personalities are nice to see. A good distribution of nations is always welcome too. Not all players from this intake were signed.

Hüseyin Yılmaz - Jake Walton - Manuel Almsick - Pauli Kivimäki

We added 8 countries in this years' intake.

Countries: 8/227 (3.52%) - Intake Map

Conclusion

I feel this was a very good start to my save with Die Bachbutzer. Unfortunately I wasn't able to convince the board of any upgrades. We started the season at almost $1m in the bank, but now find ourselves almost $400k in the red. Therefore getting promoted as fast as we can is important, and I feel we have a real good shot at it next season.

[Sn00gle]

thank you very much @JLAB and @XaW <3

 

[DazRTaylor]

Youth Candidates

Season 2023/24

FC Isle of Man

Another preview that didn't fill me with excitement:

I need not have worried though as the intake was superb, with every player going straight into the squad.

[JLAB]

Beira-Mar – Season 12 – 2033/34 Our First Top-Flight Games

The season we were told to expect was nothing but doom and gloom, so when we only got knocked out of the Allianz Cup by Tondela at home after conceding a late equaliser, and then managed to steal a point away from home at a tycoon-backed Tondela when we got battered, I knew that we could be doing really well. But our biggest result so far was getting a last-gasp winner at him to Vizela, who have in past 13 seasons been fighting for Europe. Things could not have gone any better for us

If you had told me that after 2 matches I would be 4 points clear of the relegation zone already, I would have taken that with glee. It gives me hope that we can actually be competitive in the top-flight against some of the not so strong teams. We just need to make sure that against the weaker teams we pick up points, and hope that against the likes of Sporting CP, Porto, Benfica and league champions Braga we can steal some points.

If you want to see how we managed to have such a great start to the league season, my latest video shows you our performances.

JLAB's YAC with Beira-Mar Part 74

[Makoto Nakamura]

An A rated goalkeeper and striker?! Yes please!  

[Sn00gle]

    

Ruch Chorzów - 2022/23

Squad - League - Finances - Transfers 

I start with one of the biggest clubs in Poland, which is back on track after bankruptcy. Fast and fun season, we lost a bit towards the end and almost made the playoffs. This will be a short update In the recruitment we got a potentially nice DL and a forward. Plus a half-Greek DMC who I will try to turn into a DC and potentially sell for some $$ (I wont even try to say hes name I think I should give him a nickname maybe Meme or Money?). Fun fact I've got Lars Bender as u18 Manager and I give him to get intake as he is insane and better then my HOYD KEKW.

Spoiler

 

Spoiler

[Makoto Nakamura]

We have our first full Scotland international!  

8-0 after 33 minutes!

Edited January 22, 2022 by Makoto Nakamura

[XaW]

XaW - Brickfield Rangers - Season 2031/32 - JD Cymru Premier

Squad | Transfers | Finances

A good season for us, even if we are quite far behind TNS. I'll take 2nd any day here in Wales, and it means we go into Europe again next season. That seems the to be the only way to make money here, and I need to save up some to go professional. I think we need to do so to challenge TNS. TNS reached the Europa Conference group stage this season, so they will have loads of cash already.

Quite a few players stood out this season, but the most impressive one is Ilias Mavridis 31e. I took a chance on him as our main striker and he really delivered. Mark York 23a got pulled back into a more supportive position, but still did well for us. Also, Jay Beck 30k became our starting goalkeeper this season and had a good season where he added 12 goals in addition to some good goalkeeping.

Welsh League Cup: We beat Llandudno Junction before we lost to Gap Connah's Quay in the 3rd round.
Welsh Cup: We beat Colwyn Bay, Cardiff Dracs, and Caernarfon before we lost to TNS in the semi final.

Europa Conference League: We beat Sloboda Tuzla of Bosnia Herzegovina and Desna Chernihiv of Ukraine before we lost to Mladá Boleslav of Czechia in the 3rd qualifying round.

Youth intake:

Not as good as the last intake, but still some nice talents.

Mike Dutton 32d is a very nicely rounded midfielder.

Trophy cabinet

JD Cymru North - 1 (2025/26)

[Makoto Nakamura]

2061/62 Youth Candidates

Oh. My. God. What a star we have on our hands here! He is straight away the 2nd best player in the team!

[libbyshuss]

Club Social y Deportivo Muñiz

Argentina

Primera C (Tier 4)

2024/25 (season 3)

Season Summary

A pretty devastating season to be honest!

League - We were immense for the most part. We started like a rocket, winning game after game. 11 wins and 2 draws in our first 13. Then we drew a couple and started winning again. We didn't lose until our 22nd league game of the season! By the time we lost again to Central Cordoba there were only 7 games of the season left to play and the table looked like this:

I'll be honest, at this stage I thought the title was ours. We'd only lost 2 in 29, were playing well and not looking at all in danger. But injuries, tiredness, smug complacency all caught up with us and in those final 7 matches we only won once leaving the final table looking like this:-

4th! after going 21 games unbeaten! I was gutted. Particularly as those 3 who overtook us practically won all their last 8 or 9 games. and that when I checked the title winning side last season got 61 points. and the ones before that got 63. I was 4th with 70!! 

I'm not sure what we could have done though. we were really struggling to put out a fit side in those final few games

So, into the play-offs! bizarrely we were awful in the home legs of both the quarter and the semi, losing them both, only to stage unlikely comebacks in the away legs. The less said about the play-off final the better.

Cup - Now this was fun! all the way to the 4th round where we drew.....

We were the home side but the match was played at a neutral venue. The attendance was ridiculous but doesn't count as a home gate - i love the number of away fans to home fans though!

 

Players

Our first youth pull player is in the first team! And then the second! they did good, and they help with determination and work rate too. which is nice.

Youth

Another good preview and mediocre intake. I really need a HOYD who can actually gauge player potential properly. My current one has a rating of 3 for judging player potential!

 

Again the 5 take preview became 4 star on intake. Which is ok I guess, it could have been a lot worse.

Two elite talents aren't to be sniffed at I guess and they both got decent determination/personalities too. Shame I don't play with a DM but Pizzicanella looks easy to get to natura at MC

 

Finances and Upgrades

The real success of the season. The cup run and decent league finish gave us some extra dosh (although the Boca game wasn't quite as lucrative as I'd hoped it stil gave us 150k or so) and the board chipped in £375k to help with costs

We also sold a player. A bit sad as he'd just broke into the first team but we need the cash! The real thing though is that 50% add on. With any luck that'll pay off down the line sometime....

So in the end we went from 1.2m in the red to only 200k in the red. Another season like that and I might get an upgrade or two through!

Career

Not sure i'll get a first haf of a season like that again for a while....

Edited January 22, 2022 by libbyshuss

[Makoto Nakamura]

2061/62 End of Season Review

Seven points from the final three games sees us qualify for the Conference League again!!  

  

     

 

Overall Best XI

2061/62 Best XI

Gavin Ballard (YP24n)

Joel Kinsella (YP33d) - Max Gunn (YP26d) - Daryl Fyvie (YP31i) - Ryan Whelan (YP27b)

William Garcia (YP32a)

Kai Stuart (YP32e) - Kieran McCluskey (YP35d)

Paul McGregor (YP31g)                                                                    Ronan Gilbert (YP28f)

Gino Carere (YP30d)

[jepze]

      

Jepze - UJA Maccabi Paris Métropole - Season 2029/30

We're still in the 5th tier after another season, where we were in the top of the league in most of the season, but we finished in a 5th place. There were some good perfomance, but we still played a lot of games, where we just couldn't find each other and lost some stupid points. Hopefully we can be a more stable team in the next season and get closer to an promotion. Our team is developing and our team. We still need a better goalie and some wingers, otherwise we have some good players on the other starting positions. The depth of the team is still bad, but i'm trying to give one player each season a starting place, so he can develop a lot faster. In the cup, we just got to 5th round again.

Squad | Transfer | Finances

This youth intake was not special, and there wasn't any good in it...

Spoiler

Manager statistics

[The Gold Guard]

OFK Beograd - Year 21 (2042/43)

League | Squad | Season XI | Overall XI

I have returned from holiday and glad to be back on here to keep on my journey!
I cannot explain the dopamine hit I got from turning on FM after 30 days away from it.

Despite that I guess I have been a bit rusty and was totally disoriented from what was going on with my team.
You can't get into the Champions League without winning the league so we need to pick it up on that front.
I haven’t touched anything tactically but sentimentally no one in the squad was safe. A blank canvas to work with and a fresh start.

Transfers | Finances | New Stadium

I got some great youth prospects coming through so I’ll be slowly, slowly transitioning them in.
This unfortunately means I have to let some players move on. Not bad profits, however.
This also was a landmark season as we finally managed to get a new stadium approved! 

Youth Squad | Preview | Intake | Youth Continental

Enter the golden age of OFK Beograd. Youth Champions of Europe! What an insane achievement. Wasn’t an easy run either.
I feel like Greece in 2004. Hopefully a taste of what will come in the future. First team next please!

This intake is excellent. I have an absolute baller who can slot straight into the backline. Much needed.
The depth looks solid as well but most will be going out on loan when they come of age. I am very excited for this next chapter into this challenge. 

Notable Prospects:

Aleksandar Majstorovic (43A) | Andrej Ivanov (43B) | Ivan Gojkovic (43C)

Healthy Crops: 

Ljubisa Stojanovic (35C)

Of course we will start with the bad news. Red Bull Salzburg came in with an offer I can’t refuse.
It is time to say farewell to my favourite player so far to work with. I’ll miss ya Ljubo and will be watching from the screen in my Belgrade penthouse.

Feda Krsmanovic (40B)

Hard to knock this guy off his goalkeeping throne.
Definitely happy with his work in-between the posts and hope to have a good reign with him.

Vlada Joksimovic (40A)

The class of ‘40 is making me proud already.
We are going to bounce back in style because of players like this coming through. 

Svetislav Mitrovic (40C)

Another one.
Future’s looking good, am I right?

 

[aldojags]

Great to see an update from you @The Gold Guardand what a year 2040 was for you, those are some fantastic talents!

[WhiteCat33]

Nogometni Klub Pobrezje: 2033/34 – Slovenian 3^rd League: East (Season 10)

Season Review: https://imgur.com/a/UcbAcIT  

Performance: 1st - Champions

Another 3rd League trophy for the cabinet. Beltinci was a challenge, but we were able to hold the form together and just crushed everyone on goal differential. We are in much better shape heading back up to 2nd league.

Squad

Youth Academy

Youth Intake: For the first time we have a top talent instead of all elite, so the team is getting better.  All Slovenian’s this year

Took 5 but only 2 CMs are exciting, rest are because we are still light on our defensive positions so took best one of each.

 

Nogometni Klub Pobrezje: 2034/35 – Slovenian 3^rd League: East (Season 11)

Season Review: https://imgur.com/a/56AqGVX

 

Performance: 8th

Comfortable midtable finish that never had us at risk of relegation. Now i can confidently say we have arrived at the vanilla start level of a Slovenian club. Still trying to get the club to go professional, but no dice so far. Probably will take a few years at this level.

Squad

Youth Academy

YI Preview - The highest rated I've seen this save. 3 A strikers?!

Youth Intake

 Holy crap we got a sick youth intake for this level, for once the preview didn't disappoint. It was so good I took 12 of the 16 players and will be tossing a lot of my current backups as this step up is significant.

He will be our new GK when he ages up

Going to retrain to a CAM for sure I’m stoked to have a free kick specialist. 15 flair he should be able to nail some

First Slovenian U-21 is our way too good striker; I’m assuming I’ll lose him next year when the contract goes out as he has no interest of signing.

Excel

[DazRTaylor]

End of Season Review

Season 2023/24

FC Isle of Man

 

Season Summary

An excellent season, with the league title and the promotion to the ninth tier that comes with it, together with a decent cup run.

Season Details

League Table - We were always in the top two and never looked back.

League Fixtures 1 & 2 - After winning our first four league games, we were never in trouble and promotion was never in doubt.

F. A. Cup - A good cup run as we made it through three rounds before losing away to sixth tier side Nuneaton Borough in a replay.

F. A. Vase - We played dreadfully in losing on penalties away to Letchworth Garden City Eagles in the first qualifying round.

North West Counties League Cup - We made it all the way to the quarter final before losing at ninth tier outfit Runcorn Town.

Pre Season Friendlies - A mixed bag with four wins and four losses.

Squad - That youth intake has injected so much quality into the squad.

Squad Dynamics - Team cohesion isn't good, largely down to the recent influx of players.

Transfers In - None.

Transfers Out - None.

Youth Candidates - Attacking midfielder Stephen Hartshorn YP24A17 is the diamond in a wonderful group of players.

Finances - Thanks to a good cup run and high attendances, we have made a small profit and our bank balance continues to grow.

Key Players

Tyler Woods - It was another goal feast from the striker.

Freddy Anderson YP23A1 - Now fully trained in central midfield, he had a tremendous campaign.

Leif Stokkeland YP24J26 - What a start to his career from the newly graduated Norwegian left winger.  Some extraordinary performances.

Osian Davis YP24B18 - The Welsh central midfielder has hit the ground running.

Stephen Hartshorn YP24A17 - He graduated as an attacking midfielder but is being retrained in central midfield.  He arrived as the best player at the club.

Next Season

I think we can push on for another promotion.

Personal Coaching Data

Season     Reputation               Qualifications    Att   Def   Fit   GkD   GkH   GkS   Tac   Tec   Men   WWY   Ada   Det   PlK   YoK   LoD   MaM   Mot
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At start   Minimal       (0.25*)    None                1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     4     1     1     1     4     1     1     1
2022/23    Minimal     = (0.50*) ↑  National B ↑↑       6 ↑   6 ↑   3 ↑   1 =   1 =   1 =   6 ↑   6 ↑   6 ↑   4 =   1 =   4 ↑   4 ↑   6 ↑   5 ↑   6 ↑   6 ↑
2023/24    Minimal     = (0.75*) ↑  Continental C ↑↑    8 ↑   8 ↑   4 ↑   3 ↑   1 =   1 =   8 ↑   8 ↑   8 ↑   4 =   1 =   7 ↑   7 ↑   8 ↑  12 ↑   8 ↑   9 ↑

Club Facilities

Season     Training Facilities  Youth Facilities  Youth Level  Corporate Facilities  Junior Coaching  Youth Recruitment  Club Reputation
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At Start   Poor                 Poor                   0       Adequate              Basic            Limited            Obscure     (0.50*)
2022/23    Poor =               Poor =                 0 =     Adequate =            Average ↑↑       Fairly Basic ↑↑    Obscure   = (0.50*) =
2023/24    Poor =               Poor =                 0 =     Adequate =            Excellent ↑↑↑    Good ↑↑↑           Obscure   = (0.50*) =

Season Record

Season     Played     Won     Drawn     Lost     Goals For     Goals Against     Goal Difference     Win Percentage
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2022/23      41        22       11        8          91              55                 +36              53.66%
2023/24      48        35        7        6         119              42                 +77              72.92% ↑

Overall Career Record

After Season   Played     Won     Drawn     Lost     Goals For     Goals Against     Goal Difference     Win Percentage     Time At Club
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2022/23          41        22       11        8          91              55                 +36              53.66%             301 days
2023/24          89        57       18       14         210              97                +113              64.04% ↑           673 days

Transfer Sale Record

Date               Player                    Position               Club Sold To                 Country                   Transfer Fee
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Trophy Haul

Season     Competition Won
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2023/24    North West Counties League Division 1 South

Trophy Cabinet

League Titles
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1 x North West Counties League Division 1 South (2023/24)

Cup Competition Victories
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Career Overview

Season     Champions League    Europa League    Europa Conference League             League                                         Position     F. A. Cup                  Carabao Cup          Achievements
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2022/23           N/a               N/a                    N/a                       North West Counties League Division One South     3rd          N/a                         N/a              Dropped out of promtion places on the last day of the season.  F. A. Vase second qualifying round.  North West Counties League Cup first round.
2023/24           N/a               N/a                    N/a                       North West Counties League Division One South     1st ↑     Second Qualifying Round        N/a              Promoted as champions.  F. A. Vase first qualifying round.  North West Counties League Cup quarter final.

Record Number of Appearances (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Appearances
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2022/23    Freddy Anderson YP23A1                    5
2023/24    Hamish Norris YP23E5                     47

Record Goal Scorer (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                          Cumulative Number of Goals
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2022/23    Freddy Anderson YP23A1                       3
2023/24    Hamish Norris YP23E5                        15

Record Number of Assists (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                        Cumulative Number of Assists
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2022/23    Hamish Norris YP23E5                        2
2023/24    Freddy Anderson YP23A1                     11

Record Number of Clean Sheets (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Clean Sheets
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2022/23    No one                                     0
2023/24    Frank Kidd YP23C3                         12

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 23, 2022 by DazRTaylor

[Makoto Nakamura]

Looks like we have another great intake coming!  

[DazRTaylor]

Interesting...

[Makoto Nakamura]

Alan is 2nd!

[Makoto Nakamura]

2062/63 Youth Candidates

No massive stars but we have a lot of promising players coming through! I see a lot of this class reaching the first team!

[DrJones]

Truro City 2022/2023

The main target for the season was survival and we managed to achieve that pretty easy. The big problem is our defence. Our goalkeeper is absolute crap and two of four defenders should not be allowed to enter a football pitch. It is safe to say that we are going to be in this division for a while.

Squad

The strikers Neal and Rooney were amazing, other than that fairly average.

Youth Intake

Mr Stubbs will enter the starting XI right away, the other guys will have to improve a little bit more.

Come on you white tigers!

[Makoto Nakamura]

2062/63 End of Season Review

If this were any of the previous seasons then we'd be looking forward to Europa League football next season, but since we fell down to 7th in the rankings it means we'll be back in the Conference League again.  With only one year left on his contract we will also have to sell Kieran McCluskey in the summer transfer window.

  

     

Overall Best XI

2062/63 Best XI

Alan Stevenson (YP39a)

Grant Martin (YP36c) - Joel Kinsella (YP33d) - Daryl Fyvie (YP31i) - Ryan Whelan (YP27b)

Max Gunn (YP26d)

Kai Stuart (YP32e) - Kieran McCluskey (YP35d)

Grant Bain (YP34h)                                                                    Ryan Skinner YP31h)

Gino Carere (YP30d)

[Makoto Nakamura]

No no no!!  

He'll be going mid-season and with Kieran having to leave we'll have no star players left.  

[JLAB]

Beira-Mar – Season 12 – 2033/34

Our great start to the season made the next two 6 games feel like I was crashing back down to earth again. I had expected this after we were told that we would be playing Porto, Benfica and then Braga in consecutive matches, but it didn't make the run of for feel any better. So when we suddenly went to Gil Vicente and smashed them 4-1, it was a shock even to me.

With just 2 wins so far this season, it's not been the best start to the season, but it was still better than I had been prepared for. Sitting 5 points clear of both the relegation and the relegation playoff zones, we had created a gap for ourselves and it was a nice feeling to know that as long as we didn't lose 5-6 games in a row, we could survive.

As to how we ended up changing things around? My latest video reveals all. Can we pull of the upset and survive this season?

JLAB's YAC with Beira-Mar Part 75

[JAwtunes]

Izola - Season 9 (2030/31) Review

We were unable to defend our league title and ended up in a disappointing 4th place. Our form was generally good and out xPts were far higher than what we achieved, unlike last season.  Our goalkeeper had an absolute stinker and was dropped for a backup who was barely 2nd division level when he came in to the starting line up.  We made our first cup final and lost on penalties to Olimpija - again having outplayed them for most of the game.  Despite the disappointments it is nice to see we're capable of playing well and just need to be more clinical and need a reliable keeper.  Roll on season 10...

On the pitch

First Team

Spoiler

League

xG Table (under scored and over conceded - not sure whether I should be happy or not.)

Spoiler

Cup

Europe

Off the pitch

Youth intake - described as a 4.5 star intake in preview ('excellent')

Preview and HoYD

Spoiler

 

Top u19 prospects

SUMMARY

 

 

Edited January 23, 2022 by JAwtunes

[JAwtunes]

5 hours ago, DazRTaylor said:

Interesting...

That looks like half the population of Douglas and ~sixth of the total population.  Love it 

[Makoto Nakamura]

This is going to be another exciting one!

[Makoto Nakamura]

2063/64 Youth Candidates

Lots of potential again!  

[Makoto Nakamura]

2063/64 End of Season Review

We're down to the Championship. The players just aren't good enough for this level now and I'll explain more about that later on.

  

    

Herein lies the issue, the quality of our current best xi according to our recruitment team:

Ross McHattie - 20 yo - 3.5* CA (League One standard) 4.5* PA (Potentially Championship standard)

Joel Kinsella (YP33d) - 23 yo - 4* CA (Good Championship player) 4.5* PA (Close to full potential)

Robbie Rae (YP33f) - 23 yo - 3.5* CA (Great player for this team) 4.5* PA (Decent Premiership player)

Blair Grant (YP41e) - 15 yo - 2.5* CA (League Two standard player) 5* PA (Could improve a lot)

Ryan Whelan (YP27b) - 31 yo -  2* CA (Leading Highland-Lowland Leagues) 2* PA (Unlikely to improve)

William Garcia (YP32a) - 24 yo - 3* CA (Good League One player) 3.5* PA (Could improve slightly)

Kai Stuart (YP32e) - 25 yo - 3* CA (Decent League One player) 3* PA (Good League One player)

Ciaran Jack (YP39f) - 17yo - 4.5* CA (Championship standard player) 4.5* PA (Could improve a lot)

Grant Bain (YP34h) - 22 yo - 4* CA (Good Championship player) 5* PA (Good Premiership player)

Rab Hart (YP36j) - 20 yo - 2.5* CA (League Two standard player) 3.5* PA (Potentially Championship standard)

Gino Carere (YP30d) - 27 yo - 3.5* CA (Leading League One) 4* PA (Unlikely to improve)

So there we have it, not one player is anywhere near good enough for this level so now we go back down to the Championship and build a better team.

 

Overall Best XI

2063/64 Best XI

Alan Stevenson (YP39a)

Grant Martin (YP36c) - Joel Kinsella (YP33d) - Robbie Rae (YP33f) - Ryan Whelan (YP27b)

William Garcia (YP32a)

Kai Stuart (YP32e) - Ciaran Jack (YP39f)

Grant Bain (YP34h)                                                                    Ryan Skinner YP31h)

Gino Carere (YP30d)

[Daddy]

2029 Midseason Review:

Really managed to settle in even with having to rotate around with the Sudamericana. Top 4 finish isn't impossible, but I suspect will drop into the 5-8 range and spend another year in Sudamericana. 

A marked improvement from the previous year. Against VDG we lost 1-0 at home and gave up a late goal on road to draw 1-1. A little unfortunate and that ended our shot at winning the group. Rotated out the last game since it didn't mean anything and wound up with a draw. Definitely pointing in the right direction.

prize from from Sudamericana and a Saudi team coming out of the blue to hit a release clause gave me the funds for an upgrade.

2029 Youth Intake Preview:

I keep getting strong strikers, which I'll never complain about, and solid goalies. I could really use the GK to come up as a wonderkid. Above average goalkeeper puts us into title contention. 

[andreidvb]

LOCHORE WELFARE FC 

 30+ seasons  in the Scottish Lower leagues 

 

 

We managed to finally win promotion back to the Scottish 6th tier in SEASON 35 and in SEASON36 we retained our 6th tier status

 

 

 

SEASON 32 2053 - 2054

6th PLACE - EAST OF SCOTLAND FIRST DIVISION CONFERENCE A (SCOTTISH 7TH TIER) 

Summary

Squad

Transfers

Youth Intake

 

SEASON 33 2055 - 2056

8th PLACE - EAST OF SCOTLAND FIRST DIVISION CONFERENCE A (SCOTTISH 7TH TIER) 

 

Summary

Squad

Transfers

Youth Intake

 

SEASON 34 2055 - 2056

1st PLACE - EAST OF SCOTLAND FIRST DIVISION CONFERENCE A (SCOTTISH 7TH TIER) PROMOTED

 

Summary

Squad

 

 

Transfers

Youth Intake

 

SEASON 35 2056 - 2057

14th PLACE - EAST OF SCOTLAND PREMIER DIVISION (SCOTTISH 6TH TIER) 

 

Summary

Squad

Transfers

Youth Intake

Edited January 24, 2022 by andreidvb

[XaW]

XaW - Brickfield Rangers - Season 2032/33 - JD Cymru Premier

Squad | Transfers | Finances

We are the champions of Wales! But I'm not the champion of screenshots...I have no idea how I managed to screw that up.  Anyway, we had a great season and at a point it looked like we were walking away with the title, but towards the end we got a bit jittery. From having a 10 point lead of TNS we suddenly found them only 3 points behind us going into the final day, and they also had the superior goal difference. So we probably needed to pick up a point in the final match, at home to Bangor City. We dominated the game and won it 2-0 in a very controlled fashion to claim our first ever domestic title. Of course, this also means we are going into the Champions League next season! And with TNS having reached the group stage of the Europa Conference League, we might have a shot at something similar. At least I hope we can get in loads of money and go professional!

This was a stunning season and loads of players stood out. Ilias Mavridis 31e were our top scorer again, and he is really developing into a great player. Siôn Wyn Peagram 30j had an amazing season on the wing where he assisted on an unprecedented scale, as well as scoring some important winners. In goal, Jay Beck 30k had another strong outing and continued his scoring streak by getting another 8 goals. The defense is our weakest part of the team, but Alec Weaver 31h are showing very promising signs.

Welsh League Cup: We beat Cefn Druids, Gap Connah's Quay and Cardiff Met Uni before we lost to Bala Town on pens in the semi final.
Welsh Cup: We beat TNS, Newtown, and Cardiff Dracs before we lost to Llandudno in the semi final.

Europa Conference League: We beat Akademija Pandev of North Macedonia and Željezničar Sarajevo of Bosnia Herzegovina before we lost to FC Midtjylland in the 3rd qualifying round.

Youth intake:

One cracking talent, and a few more promising ones.

Stuart Jennings 33a is a huge talent, and I've signed him down for as long a contract as I could, and I will increase it if possible. An amazing talent for us.

Brett Parrish 33b is a very tidy player. Nicely rounded, but not any extreme attributes.

Full backs with anything resembling pace is considered a unicorn at this level, apparently. Phil Evans 33e is one of those.

Trophy cabinet

JD Cymru Premier - 1 (2032/33)
JD Cymru North - 1 (2025/26)

[burnToest]

Quick Question: How can I set up a Google Sheet for the continents/nations that the Youth Academy Players come out of. Is there a template?