dafuge Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 The Aim To take a small club who were previously unplayable in an unedited game from the Vanarama National League North/South to Premier League and Champions League glory. The Rules Start the game unemployed and choose the advanced setup. Like last year, you have the option of loading whatever leagues you like at the start and throughout the game. All of the boxes should be left unticked apart from 'do not add key staff' and 'prevent use of in-game editor'. It should look like this. Just like previous years, the players for the newly playable clubs need to be added which can be done using the 'advanced' option on the database size. The players from the four feeder league have to be added, which looks like this (the other two are further down). You can also add anything else you like to increase the size of the database. The extra levels of detail that you can change while in the game are up to you. Add yourself as an unemployed manager, the details are not important at all. I like to call mine 'Holiday Man'. Go on holiday until 29th May (this is when the promoted clubs are decided), save the game then go on holiday until 25th June (this is when the promoted clubs are revealed). Repeating these steps will give you a new set of clubs to pick from. Retire your 'Holiday Man' manager allowing him to finish his career unbeaten. Add a new manager, the personal details are completely up to you but I would expect people to use their own true nationalities and languages spoken. Choose one of the new clubs promoted to the Vanarama North or South to manage. A quick way to check the new teams is to find the 'England Overview' screen, then the 'season summary'. Just above the FA Cup summary you should find a list of the nine newly promoted teams. Coaching badges must be set to 'None', with past playing experience set as 'Sunday League Footballer'. The coaching attributes are completely up to you. They should appear in this list which shows the reputation of the possible clubs. The reputation should act as a difficulty level. The lower the reputation, the harder your game should be. Reputations from FM21: Isthmian League Premier Division Bishop's Stortford 1850 Bognor Regis 2100 Bowers & Pitsea 1550 Brightlingsea 1700 Carshalton 2000 Cheshunt 1750 Corinthian-Casuals 1600 Cray 1850 East Thurrock 2000 Enfield Town 2000 Folkstone 1950 Haringey Borough 1950 Hornchurch 2050 Horsham 1900 Kingstonian 2450 Leatherhead 1950 Lewes 1900 Margate 2050 Merstham 1750 Potters Bar 1550 Wingate & Finchley 1650 Worthing 2050 Southern Football League Premier Division Central AFC Rushden & Diamonds 1600 Alvechurch 1600 Banbury 1750 Barwell 1850 Biggleswade Town 1900 Bromsgrove Sporting 1500 Coalville 1800 Hednesford 2000 Hitchin 2000 Leiston 1800 Lowestoft 2100 Needham Market 1850 Nuneaton Borough 2350 Peterborough Sports 1600 Redditch 1900 Royston 1850 Rushall 1900 St. Ives 1750 Stourbridge 2000 Stratford 1750 Tamworth 2250 Southern Football League Premier Division South Beaconsfield 1600 Chesham 2250 Dorchester 1950 Farnborough 2100 Gosport 2200 Harrow 1850 Hartley Wintney 1500 Hayes & Yeading 1850 Hendon 2200 Kings Langley 1850 Merthyr Town Met Police 1950 Poole 2100 Salisbury 2250 Swindon Supermarine 1650 Taunton 1700 Tiverton 1850 Truro 2300 Walton Casuals 1550 Weston-super-Mare 2100 Wimbourne 1650 Yate Town 1450 Northern Premier League Premier Division Ashton United 2150 Atherton Collieries 1800 Bamber Bridge 1900 Basford 2000 Buxton 2000 FC United 2250 Gainsborough Trinity 2100 Grantham 1900 Hyde Utd 2000 Lancaster 1950 Matlock 1900 Mickleover 1900 Morpeth 1950 Nantwich 2050 Radcliffe 1850 Scarborough Athletic 2100 South Shields 2150 Stafford 1900 Stalybridge 1950 Warrington 2150 Whitby 1950 Witton 2000 It is now up to you to manage this club all the way to the Premier League title and UEFA Champions League crown. The challenge is complete once you have won both competitions, this does not need to happen in the same season. You may not move clubs unless you are sacked. If you get sacked, you can either take over a newly promoted club that satisfies the original criteria (check the club's league history), or just start again. Any form of international management is not allowed, until you have completed the challenge. Assigning parent clubs and loaning players is completely up to the player, although it should be noted that on occasions a parent club can lend players which will make the first season or two slightly less of a challenge. It is completely up to you how you play this one. Personally, I like to assign a parent club for financial benefits but never take any players on loan from them. To sign a player, you must be able to scout them, this doesn't mean you have to, just he must be accessible to your scouts. If you have a foreign player on a free transfer who is willing to come on trial, you do not need to be able to scout them, as long as you have them at the club on trial so you can get a coach report on him. If an agent offers you a player, you can sign him without scouting him. No external utilities such as scouting programs should be used and the database should be unedited (with the exception of cosmetic changes which cannot be discussed here). Should SI release a data update, this would be allowed but any other data updates are not. Use of save game editors is strictly banned, whatever the reason. Ticking that box at the start should see to this. Rules for this Thread Player naming is allowed. General discussion on tactics is allowed, although people should not refer to downloaded tactics. They are not banned, but I would expect the majority of people to avoid them. When you join the challenge, post a screenshot of your manager's profile on the 25th June like this. Progress of your club should be documented using this thread, we want to hear the story of your club all the way through. Please keep us updated, even if you are doing really badly. At the end of every season, could everyone post some kind of season review, including at least a screenshot of a league table and the clubs transfer page. If you give this a title in bold it makes it a bit easier to pick out. How to Post a Screenshot While in FM, press Alt and S A picture will be saved to a screenshots folder, in the FM22 folder in your documents Upload the image to an image hosting website such as Imgur Post the direct Url to the image here. Enjoy 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faramir Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Thanks for getting the Challenge posted so promptly! Definitely in this again, but not having luck finding a club yet (aiming for a lesser club or at least Needham Market again). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter G Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 I think I may be too hopeful for Bowers and Pitsea to pop so will have to try another club. Are Corinthian-Casuals hard coded as Amateur? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gersdude123 Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Going to Give this challenge a go again really enjoyed trying it at the back end of FM21. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter G Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Lots of reloads so far, still waiting for Bowers and Pitsea or Corinthian Casuals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted October 22, 2021 Author Share Posted October 22, 2021 4 minutes ago, Peter G said: Lots of reloads so far, still waiting for Bowers and Pitsea or Corinthian Casuals. Best of luck with that, I'm guessing it might take a while Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter G Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 I have a hunch I could be here a while. So far I think I've done around 15-20. Had Hornchurch and Met Police come up as back-ups Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post G_D_K Posted October 22, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 22, 2021 (edited) Not entirely sure If I am going to run this again this year ---- I'm actually (relatively) close to finishing the challenge in FM21, and if I manage, I might look at something else....but, then again, I might come back with another team Regardless, here is another batch of teams for those who do not want to holiday. As usual, the goal is to find 75% of the playable teams, which means, of course, all of the high rep teams, many of the mid-rep (say, 1800-1900), and a few of the lower rep teams. (I'm pasting the saves below I have, and will slowly get them linked into the appropriate mediafire save file for you to download. # in () at end of each line is number of distinct teams found. Teams are listed in bold the first time they show up on the list. Good luck, and have fun! PS --- if you find a save you like but with a setup you don't (too many players, too few players) you can always download the savefile, load it up, then use the Add/Edit league feature to add new leagues, make leagues playable that are view only, or make them view only if they are set playable. This will tailor the size/speed of the sim to your liking. FM22 Dafuge Holiday Batch 1 52 leagues/16 nations 17k players Save 1: Weston-Super-Mare, Lowestoft, Poole, Chesham, Worthing, Nuneaton Boro, Salisbury, Stalybridge, Hitchin (9) Save 2: Gosport, Lowestoft, Tamworth, Farnborough, Enfield Town, Kingstonian, South Shields, Gainsborough, Merthyr (17) Save 3: Truro, Salisbury, Tamworth, Barwell, East Thurrock, Chesham, Ashton Utd, South Shields, Poole (22) Save 4: Truro, Salisbury, Tamworth, Chesham, Worthing, Nuneaton Boro, Basford, Ashton Utd, Folkestone (24) Save 5: Merthyr, Poole, Tamworth, Lowestoft, Chesham, Margate, Warrington, Lancaster, Salisbury (27) Save 6: Salisbury, Truro, Tamworth, Hendon, Hornchurch, Hednesford, Scarborough Athletic, Nuneaton Boro, Merthyr (31) Save 7: Poole, Merthyr, Tamworth, Bognor Regis, Worthing, Nuneaton Boro, FC United, Ashton United, Lewes (34) Save 8: Salisbury, Truro, Stourbridge, Tamworth, Kingstonian, Worthing, FC United, Scarborough Athletic, Stafford (36) Save 9: Salisbury, King's Langley, Farnborough, Poole, Merthyr, FC United, Nuneaton Boro, Basford (37) Save 10: Truro, Hednesford, Hendon, Merthyr, Kingstonian, East Thurrock, Poole, Nuneaton Boro, Dorchester (38) Batch 2 91 leagues/31 nations 17k players (Only UK&I leagues playable, all other loaded leagues view only -- this kept the # players loaded to 17K. Feel free to add more leagues and or change some of the loaded leagues to viewable if you prefer a more robust European experience). Save 21: Salisbury, Tamworth, Hendon, haringey, Farnborough, Stalybridge, Hyde, Kingstonian (40) Save 22: Gosport, Kingstonian, Hitchin, Weston-super-Mare, Nuneaton Boro, Hyde, Warrington, Witton (41) Save 23: Harrow, Hednesford, Whitby, Chesham, Leatherhead, Nuneaton Boro, East Thurrock, Warrington, Scarborough Athletic (44) Save 24: Truro, Merthyr, Tamworth, Kingstonian, Carshalton, Nuneaton Boro, Farnborough, Buxton, Salisbury (46) Save 25: Truro, Weston-super-Mare, Redditch, Needham Market, Worthing, Hendon, Warrington, Matlock, Kingstonian (49) Save 27 Merthyr, Needham Market, Basford, Chesham, Enfield Town, Nuneaton Boro, Folkestone, Warrington, Gainsborough (50) Batch 3 91 leagues/31 nations /125k players (all loaded leagues playable -- use if you are not in a hurry -- or change leagues to view only as desired) Important note on this batch -- it seems I neglected to check the database size on the seed that created these saves and, as a result, the English leagues were not loaded down to VNN/VNS level. If you want any of the unique teams in this batch (41-45), I have uploaded a pseudo-fix... I went in and, using the add league function, readded the VNL and VNLN/S as playable leagues. However, in order to actually have those loaded, you have to sim forward one more year (to June 25, 2023). Alternatively, I will try to ensure that the 7 unique teams in this batch are also present in other saves. Apologies for the issue, and thanks to @deadfncatfor bringing this to my attention. The 7 unique teams in this batch will be shown in bold&italics in any saves further down this list. Save 41 Truro, Weston-Super-Mare, Biggleswade Town, Stourbridge, Kingstonian, Bognor Regis, Morpeth, Worthing (52) Save 42 Truro, Rushall, Hendon, Salisbury, Kingstonian, Nuneaton Boro, Bognor Regis, Warrington, Scarborough Athletic (53) Save 43 Met. Police, Truro, Lowestoft, Redditch, Kingstonian, Hornchurch, Ashton Utd, Grantham, Dorchester (54) Save 44 Salisbury, Merthyr, Redditch, Coalsville, Chesham, Enfield Town, FC United, Gainsborough, Truro (55) Save 45 Hendon, Lowestoft, Hednesford, Farnborough, Weston-super-Mare, Kingstonian, Bamber Bridge, Nantwich, Chesham (57) Batch 4: 29 Leagues/14 Nations (top two leagues playable, lower leagues viewable from assorted countries) 65K players Save 51 Hayes & Yeading, Lowestoft, Worthing, Farnborough, Warrington, Nuneaton Boro, Folkestone, FC United, Nantwich (58) Batch 5 All UK&I + all continents (Players w/ international and continental rep) 56k players Save 61 Gosport, Royston, South Shields, Hendon, Buxton, Nuneaton Boro, Kingstonian, FC United, Haringey (59) Save 62 Tiverton, Redditch, Kingstonian, Hendon, FC United, Nuneaton Boro, Carshalton, Warrington, Leatherhead (60) Save 63 Chesham, Lowestoft, Hendon, Salisbury, Hitchin, Merthyr, Mickelover, South Shields, FC United (61) Save 64 Gosport, Merthyr, Hednesford, Kingstonian, Cray, Nuneaton Boro, Truro, Scarborough Athletic, Rushall (62) Batch 6 21 Leagues/9 nations + continental/international rep players (70k player database) Save 71 Truro, Harrow, Lowestoft, Hornchurch, Horsham, Nuneaton Boro, Tamworth, Basford, Gainsborough (63) Batch 7 UK&I only (25k players) Save 101 Hendon, Biggleswade Town, Bognor Regis, Chesham, Pool, Nuneaton Boro, Whitby, South Shields, Leatherhead (63) Save 102 Truro, Lowestoft, Leiston, Hendon, Kingstonian, Farnborough, Warrington, Nantwich, Gosport (64) Save 103 Gosport, Truro, Coalville, Farnborough, Kingstonian, Nuneaton Boro, Salisbury, South Shields, FC United (64) Save 104 Hendon, Rushall, Tamworth, Truro, Merthyr, Farnborough, Morpeth, Mickleover, Margate (64) Save 105 Gosport, Stourbridge, Coalville, Hendon, Kingstonian, Enfield Town, Hyde, Grantham, Worthing (64) Save 106 Merthyr, Poole, Tamworth, Stratford, Kingstonian, Enfield Town, South Shields, Buxton, Hyde (65) Save 107 Truro, Tamworth, Stratford, Merthyr, Salisbury, Chesham, Warrington, Bamber Bridge, Bishop's Stortford (66) Save 108 Salisbury, Stourbridge, St. Ives, Hendon, Worthing, Kingstonian, Buxton, Basford, Chesham (67) Save 109 Gosport, Hitchin, Banbury, Warrington, Hendon, Kingstonian, Merthyr, FC United, Leatherhead (68) Save 110 Merthyr, Poole, Tamworth, Needham Market, Kingstonian, Bognor Regis, Radcliffe, Stalybridge, Dorchester (69) Edited November 8, 2021 by G_D_K 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter G Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 I gave up in the end. Will use my Met Police save. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lola 10 Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Has anyone managed to get Swindon supermarine yet? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazRTaylor Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 10 hours ago, Peter G said: Lots of reloads so far, still waiting for Bowers and Pitsea or Corinthian Casuals. Good luck with that. Had Bowers and Pitsea once…which was two years ago and never seen them since, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_987 Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 15 hours ago, lola 10 said: Has anyone managed to get Swindon supermarine yet? Haven't seen Swindon Supermarine or Bowers and Pitsea.. up to about 50 attempts. Most rare I have seen so far are Leiston and Coalville. Most common Kingstorian, Tamworth, Nuneaton Borough, Chesham, FC United, South Shields, Scarborough, Warrington. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faramir Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 Decided to go with Kings Langley this time (Thanks G_D_K for the saved files - you were getting clubs that I couldn't generate in my attempts). Off we go with the Semi-Pro club from Northwest of London and Watford. I haven't played them in any previous versions, although I know they were played in the FM 21 Dafuge Challenge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted October 23, 2021 Author Share Posted October 23, 2021 I had a save with them a few years ago, liked them very much Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superowl90 Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 DAFUGES CHALLENGE 22- FC United Of Manchester Decided to go with FCUM this year as i've never tried it with them, Wish me luck ! Here is my manager profile Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter G Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 What is the rule on affiliates? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted October 24, 2021 Author Share Posted October 24, 2021 2 minutes ago, Peter G said: What is the rule on affiliates? On 22/10/2021 at 08:21, dafuge said: Assigning parent clubs and loaning players is completely up to the player, although it should be noted that on occasions a parent club can lend players which will make the first season or two slightly less of a challenge. It is completely up to you how you play this one. Personally, I like to assign a parent club for financial benefits but never take any players on loan from them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter G Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 They rejected my request anyway Never played with attributes off before, makes it a lot more interesting and difficult Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter G Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 I've made a decent start so far. Much better than expected. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superowl90 Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 Season 1 Overview Another great start to the challenge as for the first time ever i have breached the 100 point mark on my way to the VLN title. We signed a fair few players for free but with a wage which helped us to the title. We started off with a 4-5-1 system due to the amount of half decent wingers already in the squad. We had a dip in form slightly about 2 thirds into the season. To combat that we reverted to my favourite formation of 3-5-2 which i will be carrying forward into next season. I will be letting a few players go that won't fit into the system and or have decided we are suddenly not good enough for them lol. Here is the league table And my top scorer this year was a man named Cedric Main who will be leaving us for an overseas team who offered him 1.6K in wages a week which i couldn't even dare to offer at this stage of the game I'm hoping i can get enough decent players in to build on this seasons fantastic efforts and push for a play off position but it all depends on who i can attract to the club in this off season 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiokenDojo Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 (edited) Edit: My save bugged out. Unable to continue the save. In my first season, in 20th place halfway through season. 4wins, 3draws, 8lost. Looks like my time will be spent managing Tamworth, aka "The Lambs" for my first challenge in Football Manager! Edited October 30, 2021 by KaiokenDojo Update about my save. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gersdude123 Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 3 hours ago, KaiokenDojo said: Looks like my time will be spent managing Tamworth, aka "The Lambs" for my first challenge in Football Manager! Good luck with the save can't wait to see how you do with Tamworth 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezisaram Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 I'm in this year, going for Hednesford Town as every year. https://imgur.com/a/gUXNZTe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faramir Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 (edited) Well, the good part in taking King's Langley is that the squad makeover was easier than usual. The best player in the squad, SC Harry Crawford, couldn't be re-signed and went to Finn Harps. I only kept a handful of players from the previous regime- mostly because they already had contracts through 2023- and I couldn't find any takers for them. Overall, I was pretty happy with the offseason signings. The key players I believe will be Aaron Maguire (GK Under-21 Capped Irish), Zach Awe (DC Under-21 Capped Nigerian, but English as well), Franklin Domi (DL Under-21 Capped Albanian, also English as well), Henry Jeffcoat (DR), Ossama Ashley (MC), Jordan James (MR), Tristan Abldeen-Goodridge (SC), Tyler Roberts (SC) and Yoane Zohore (SC). This is a lot better group than I am used to having on a first season of the Challenge, but I will wager we struggle early on due to how many new players we brought on. Still, I expect us to do Ok in the VNS. I fully expect to add at least one or two midfielders as we are weak there (after getting outbid for several choice MCs off the free list). Edited October 25, 2021 by Faramir no reason for two pics of squad 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crowy Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 HEDNESFORD TOWN 2022/23 Start Up Stuff: Manager Profile ~ Leagues Loaded Club: Overview ~ Facilities ~ Squad ~ Season Preview ~ Finances So I've decided to run the Dafuge Challenge alongside the Ultimate FM Challenge this year, it is something I wanted to do last year but due to restrictions through work etc I wasn't able to give any of them a proper attempt. As I won't be working for the next 18 months or so I don't want saves to become stale so have decided to rotate between the two. In terms of my attempt at this challenge I have only loaded UK & Ireland leagues for this challenge, I will only be able to sign UK & Irish players for this save. I've added all players with the nationality to this database to hopefully give me a fair shot at it as I go through my career. I think early on in this save it will be easy to only sign these nationalities but makes it more difficult towards the end of the challenge. If there are any screenshots I've missed or any mistakes I've made in my start up feel free to point them out to me. Apart from that, good luck all! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadfncat Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 On 23/10/2021 at 05:24, G_D_K said: Not entirely sure If I am going to run this again this year ---- I'm actually (relatively) close to finishing the challenge in FM21, and if I manage, I might look at something else....but, then again, I might come back with another team Regardless, here is another batch of teams for those who do not want to holiday. As usual, the goal is to find 75% of the playable teams, which means, of course, all of the high rep teams, many of the mid-rep (say, 1800-1900), and a few of the lower rep teams. (I'm pasting the saves below I have, and will slowly get them linked into the appropriate mediafire save file for you to download. # in () at end of each line is number of distinct teams found. Teams are listed in bold the first time they show up on the list. Good luck, and have fun! PS --- if you find a save you like but with a setup you don't (too many players, too few players) you can always download the savefile, load it up, then use the Add/Edit league feature to add new leagues, make leagues playable that are view only, or make them view only if they are set playable. This will tailor the size/speed of the sim to your liking. FM22 Dafuge Holiday Batch 1 52 leagues/16 nations 17k players Save 1: Weston-Super-Mare, Lowestoft, Poole, Chesham, Worthing, Nuneaton Boro, Salisbury, Stalybridge, Hitchin (9) Save 2: Gosport, Lowestoft, Tamworth, Farnborough, Enfield Town, Kingstonian, South Shields, Gainsborough, Merthyr (17) Save 3: Truro, Salisbury, Tamworth, Barwell, East Thurrock, Chesham, Ashton Utd, South Shields, Poole (22) Save 4: Truro, Salisbury, Tamworth, Chesham, Worthing, Nuneaton Boro, Basford, Ashton Utd, Folkestone (24) Save 5: Merthyr, Poole, Tamworth, Lowestoft, Chesham, Margate, Warrington, Lancaster, Salisbury (27) Save 6: Salisbury, Truro, Tamworth, Hendon, Hornchurch, Hednesford, Scarborough Athletic, Nuneaton Boro, Merthyr (31) Save 7: Poole, Merthyr, Tamworth, Bognor Regis, Worthing, Nuneaton Boro, FC United, Ashton United, Lewes (34) Save 8: Salisbury, Truro, Stourbridge, Tamworth, Kingstonian, Worthing, FC United, Scarborough Athletic, Stafford (36) Save 9: Salisbury, King's Langley, Farnborough, Poole, Merthyr, FC United, Nuneaton Boro, Basford (37) Save 10: Truro, Hednesford, Hendon, Merthyr, Kingstonian, East Thurrock, Poole, Nuneaton Boro, Dorchester (38) Batch 2 91 leagues/31 nations 17k players (Only UK&I leagues playable, all other loaded leagues view only -- this kept the # players loaded to 17K. Feel free to add more leagues and or change some of the loaded leagues to viewable if you prefer a more robust European experience). Save 21: Salisbury, Tamworth, Hendon, haringey, Farnborough, Stalybridge, Hyde, Kingstonian (40) Save 22: Gosport, Kingstonian, Hitchin, Weston-super-Mare, Nuneaton Boro, Hyde, Warrington, Witton (41) Save 23: Harrow, Hednesford, Whitby, Chesham, Leatherhead, Nuneaton Boro, East Thurrock, Warrington, Scarborough Athletic (44) Save 24: Truro, Merthyr, Tamworth, Kingstonian, Carshalton, Nuneaton Boro, Farnborough, Buxton, Salisbury (46) Save 25: Truro, Weston-super-Mare, Redditch, Needham Market, Worthing, Hendon, Warrington, Matlock, Kingstonian (49) Save 27 Merthyr, Needham Market, Basford, Chesham, Enfield Town, Nuneaton Boro, Folkestone, Warrington, Gainsborough (50) Batch 3 91 leagues/31 nations /125k players (all loaded leagues playable -- use if you are not in a hurry -- or change leagues to view only as desired) Save 41 Truro, Weston-Super-Mare, Biggleswade Town, Stourbridge, Kingstonian, Bognor Regis, Morpeth, Worthing (52) Save 42 Truro, Rushall, Hendon, Salisbury, Kingstonian, Nuneaton Boro, Bognor Regis, Warrington, Scarborough Athletic (53) Save 43 Met. Police, Truro, Lowestoft, Redditch, Kingstonian, Hornchurch, Ashton Utd, Grantham, Dorchester (54) Batch 4 29 leagues/14 Nations (65k players) Save 51 Hayes & Yeading, Lowestoft, Worthing, Farnborough, Warrington, Nuneaton Boro, Folkestone, FC United, Nantwich Save 44 Salisbury, Merthyr, Redditch, Coalsville, Chesham, Enfield Town, FC United, Gainsborough, Truro (55) Save 45 Hendon, Lowestoft, Hednesford, Farnborough, Weston-super-Mare, Kingstonian, Bamber Bridge, Nantwich, Chesham (57) Batch 4: 29 Leagues/14 Nations (top two leagues playable, lower leagues viewable from assorted countries) 65K players Save 51 Hayes & Yeading, Lowestoft, Worthing, Farnborough, Warrington, Nuneaton Boro, Folkestone, FC United, Nantwich (58) Batch 5 All UK&I + all continents (Players w/ international and continental rep) 56k players Save 61 Gosport, Royston, South Shields, Hendon, Buxton, Nuneaton Boro, Kingstonian, FC United, Haringey (59) Save 62 Tiverton, Redditch, Kingstonian, Hendon, FC United, Nuneaton Boro, Carshalton, Warrington, Leatherhead (60) Save 63 Chesham, Lowestoft, Hendon, Salisbury, Hitchin, Merthyr, Mickelover, South Shields, FC United (61) Save 64 Gosport, Merthyr, Hednesford, Kingstonian, Cray, Nuneaton Boro, Truro, Scarborough Athletic, Rushall (62) Batch 6 21 Leagues/9 nations + continental/international rep players (70k player database) Save 71 Truro, Harrow, Lowestoft, Hornchurch, Horsham, Nuneaton Boro, Tamworth, Basford, Gainsborough (63) the #43 save here is only loaded to League 2 fyi. 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G_D_K Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 6 hours ago, deadfncat said: the #43 save here is only loaded to League 2 fyi. Thanks. It looks like the entire batch was saved that way... I made a temporary fix for those that want those teams specifically, and I'll try to add more saves featuring those teams unique to that series for those that don't want to holiday another year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazRTaylor Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 I am enjoying a youth academy save at the minute but will definitely be trying this again soon. With either FC United, Kings Langley or Wingate & Finchley (if I can get them). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gersdude123 Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Think I might give this another try this year see were it takes me too can't wait to see what success i will have with whatever team i decide to pick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Spiral Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 I'm not sure when I last played a Dafuge challenge, more than 5 years probably. But I'm gonna give it a try, my most successful career ever was with Tonbridge Angels (on 2011 maybe?). Let's see how this goes... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Here goes this years attempt. Newly appointed manager of Royston! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oohlala111 Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 never fully got into FM21 so I didn't do anything with this but hopefully once the full game is out, I'll be giving this a go! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazRTaylor Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 (edited) So with my youth academy challenge save ending prematurely, I am ready to try this again. Club Introduction Royston Town The Manager This is me. Personal Coaching Data Season Reputation Qualifications Att Def Fit GkD GkH GkS Tac Tec Men WWY Ada Det PlK YoK LoD MaM Mot --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- At start Minimal (0.25*) None 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 Club Facilities Season Training Facilities Youth Facilities Youth Level Corporate Facilities Junior Coaching Youth Recruitment Club Reputation ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- At Start Poor Poor 0 Basic Basic Basic Local (1.00*) Season Record Season Played Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Goal Difference Win Percentage ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Overall Career Record After Season Played Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Goal Difference Win Percentage Time At Club ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transfer Sale Record Date Player Position Club Sold To Country Transfer Fee --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trophy Haul Season Competition Won -------------------------- Trophy Cabinet League Titles ------------- Cup Competition Victories ------------------------- Career Overview Season Champions League Europa League Europa Conference League League Position F.A. Cup League Cup Achievements ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edited October 28, 2021 by DazRTaylor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Spiral Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazRTaylor Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Lol this is over before I even get going. Loss after loss as my signings just didn't gel. Back to the drawing board. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faramir Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 A very successful season in many ways. We managed to finally gel roster and tactic-wise midseason and went on a blistering pace. That allowed us to clinch the top spot in the VNS with four matches remaining. It wasn't surprising that clubs came calling for DC Zach Awe in the January transfer window and the Chairman wasn't about to turn down the Watford offer, but they loaned him back to us for the remainder of the season and that gave us both the continued fine backline play (Awe was runner-up to SC Danny Mills for VNS Player of the Season and was Young Player of the Season) and some financial security. GK Aaron Maguire is an amazing keeper to have at this level and I see the dreaded WNT next to his name as the bigger clubs come sniffing around. Our consistent backline of Awe- Michael Forbes- Henry Jeffcott- Franklin Domi (with occasional appearances by Skipper Jorrell Johnson and Chris Forino-Joseph) was dominant in supporting Maguire. Our MC tandem of Charlie Cooper and Ossama Ashley was one of the best in VNS. We had difficulty getting our SC corps going early in the season (due to injuries and inconsistency), but Yoane Zohore wound up our leading scorer with 17 goals, supported by Tyler Roberts (13) and Tristan Abldeen-Goodridge (9). Late season signing Dylan Parker chipped in with a couple, but looks to be a key SC for us going forward. Our wingers were nothing to write home about, but Adam Wedd chipped in with 5 goals (mostly on headers) and Jordan James had 7 assists . Cooper had 9 goals, 13 assists and Ashley had 2 goals, 9 assists. We (well mostly Awe) was dangerous on corners as he potted 10 goals on the season. Concerns for next season as we move to the VNL are finding some impact help on the wings and more depth. Zohore was signed to a new contract, but we are almost sure to lose him on January 1st (as his WP was not approved)- it was still worth it to sign him for the first portion of the season. I would love to loan Awe again, but haven't been able to explore that yet with Watford. Trying (desperately) to keep Maguire is a key item on the agenda, though Tom Smith is his backup and not half bad for this level. The rest of the key players are all signed through next season- but would really like to get them under 2-year contracts, something not allowed to me yet. Overall, I am encouraged about our chances in VNL and especially because we won't have to go through a half-season of both bedding the tactic and also bedding all the arriving players as happened for this first season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Spiral Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Pre-season done, learnt a lot about my team and think we have a good chance of survival. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gersdude123 Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 1 hour ago, DazRTaylor said: Lol this is over before I even get going. Loss after loss as my signings just didn't gel. Back to the drawing board. you tried the 442 it seem's to always work in the lower leagues Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Spiral Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Happy with my start to the season, sitting comfortable upper mid-table. I'm playing possession heavy football which isn't always recommended down here but it seemed to be working. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crowy Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 HEDNESFORD TOWN 2022/23 Manager Profile: Crowy - 2023 Key Players: Ben Guy ~ Ben Kanida ~ David Robson ~ Jephte Tanga ~ Kit Elliott Squad: Overview ~ Match Stats | Youth Intake LEAGUE TABLE RESULTS: National League North I ~ National League North II | FA Cup | FA Trophy Overall a good solid season we had a poor start as I was switching tactics every game and decided you know what, I like a 5-2-3 WB formation and haven't created one since Nuno took over at Wolves a few years ago and decided that is the foundation I'll be building this save on tactically. We added a good run in the FA Cup too which helped with finances very much otherwise we'd be in much more debt. So in to the play-offs we headed after a solid ending to our season, and then the unthinkable happened, I was 4-1 up with 15 minutes to go and lost 6-4!? Blyth have some how smashed us every time we've played this season they even beat me in the FA Trophy on top of that! As far as first seasons go though I'm happy with that showing and I have a good first team to potentially build upon if the right players are available, just before the end of the season too I signed Rob Harker, who still hadn't found a club on paper he looks decent hopefully he can perform next season. CAREER PROGRESS (Click to View) CAREER STATS (Click to View) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oohlala111 Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 1 hour ago, Anti Spiral said: Happy with my start to the season, sitting comfortable upper mid-table. I'm playing possession heavy football which isn't always recommended down here but it seemed to be working. great start! for what it's worth, as a Buxton fan, we play on a 3G pitch and do actually try to play a passing game on the ground so that might be why it's working out so well for you - either that or you just have the golden touch 😉 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superowl90 Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 SEASON 2 Review BACK TO BACK CHAMPIONS !!! Either this years FM is easier or I've done extremely well. We got home on the back of a 30 game unbeaten streak in the league with some great signings, had 4 players on 11 goals for top goalscorer and not one of them wanted to resign with us We did nothing in the cups which helped us manage fitness levels. We turned pro as soon as we achieved promotion to league 2 Now i am not thinking we are gonna pull up any trees in league 2 but we have a bank balance of over 1M and i have been given a budget of 500K to strengthen in league two so hopefully we can bring in some players to fight to at least stay in the division 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Spiral Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 thanks rafa very cool Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faramir Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Season 2 Kings Langley- 1st season in VNL Out: Evan Khouri - loaned from Grimsby, no need for him this season Josh Jenkins- loaned from Bristol Rovers, didn't impress Kyle Connolly- free transfer Jake Bunyan- free transfer Khalid Simmo- free transfer Chris Forino-Joseph- free transfer In: Zach Awe!! DC (Watford loaned him back this season) Elian Quesada-Thorn D/WB/M/AML (free transfer from Arsenal) Tim Iroegbunam MC (free transfer from Aston Villa) Mauro Bandeira DM/MC (free transfer from Arsenal) Danny Imray D/WB/M R (free transfer from Crystal Palace) Taylor Foran DC (free transfer from Arsenal) Levi Laing DRC,DM (free transfer from West Ham) Sam Unwin AMR (free transfer from Burnley) Jed Mair DC (superb looking 16 year old that hadn't played for a club yet- good job Scouts!) Summary: We are overloaded in center defense, but Foran and Laing are breakthrough prospects so not due a lot of playing time to start. Our center midfield is very solid with Cooper, Ashley, Iroegbunam an Bandeira. We should get better wing play from Quesada-Thorn and Unwin, but our depth is spotty with Wedd and Jordan James. We didn't bring in a new SC, but I am happy to start with Parker, Zohore, Abldeen-Goodridge and Tyler Roberts. No worries on our keeper tandem of Aaron Maguire and Tom Smith. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Spiral Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 -- Up to 50 points now, outside chance of play-offs but the important thing is we are safe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gersdude123 Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 hey guy's is it worth starting this on the beta or wait till full game is out encase any bugs appear during it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oohlala111 Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 16 minutes ago, Gersdude123 said: hey guy's is it worth starting this on the beta or wait till full game is out encase any bugs appear during it I'm personally waiting til the full game is out cause I've spotted a few things on my beta save that would really annoy me in a long-term save, but lots of people start during the beta phase every year with great success so it's up to you really 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gersdude123 Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 (edited) 43 minutes ago, oohlala111 said: I'm personally waiting til the full game is out cause I've spotted a few things on my beta save that would really annoy me in a long-term save, but lots of people start during the beta phase every year with great success so it's up to you really was thinking that myself just not sure to start or wait will probably just start it, what is the bug you have found in it Edited October 29, 2021 by Gersdude123 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faramir Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 I'll be honest, the reason I like starting in Beta stage is the AI hasn't been tuned tightly yet (on keeping good players), so my squad at this point is a long ways ahead of where I expected it to be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly386 Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 started as Scarborough Athletic 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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