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Mid-season '19/20
We've played none of our own players, all the players used so far we've got on free-wage loans. We're basically a feeder team for any player that fancies playing a game for free.
Cups
Dundela are a league above & Glentoran two leagues above us so unsurprising we crashed out of the first two cups, despite leading for 66 mins against Glentoran.
We're still in the Intermediate Cup as we squeezed past Warrenpoint's reserves then our goalkeeper scored his penalty & saved their 10th to win 9-8 on pens after an intense game against Newington.
We have performed like a different team altogether in the Steel & Sons Cup and have wound up facing non-league Brantwood in the final on Xmas day!
It's all or nothing for the £10k prize money!!!League
A mix bag of results, but we're improving. Ignoring a horrible Newington result, it's a platform to build on.
In the 3rd game, a player who left us in the summer transfer window (probably upset at our erratic signing of loanees) drummed in a hattrick as Limavady show their class.
We've lost a few impact subs to unhappy managers recalling players due to lack of game time.
To appease the chairman we've gotta try to reach the playoff spot, but maybe a domestic cup to put in his cabinet will keep him happy?0 -
Pre-season '19/20
More cuts.
We're in a ton of cups, but none offer prize money until the quarter final stage at least & I don't see us getting close to that stage.
Pre-season friendlies
Us v ThemShots: 124 - 24
Clear Cut Chances: 8 - 3
Goals: 16 - 4
Conversion Rate: 13% - 17%
More drastic action has been taken.
If we use players on part-time contracts, we have to pay them each individually almost the same amount of prize money we'd receive IF we also win the game; inevitably making a loss each game. Upon signing a few loanees to soften the blow to the bank balance I realised that the standard of loanee available surpassed the quality we could attract in to the club part-time. Checking the league rules opened the floodgates when I realised we could play any number of loanees in the match day squad. That meant our final friendly consisted of a full squad of 22 loanees.
Winning on borrowed players?
Limavady are the team to beat and with our loanee acquisitions we're all the way up in second in the promotion odds!
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Pre-pre-season'19
£150p/w to spend on wages & I'm on £75p/w.
No pressure!!!
We have one of each integral staff role:
Ass Man £50p/w
(GK) Coach £50p/w
Scout £20p/w
Physio £20p/wWhich comes to a total of £215p/w (43% over wage budget, yikes!)
Doesn't look like we'll be able to pay any players any time soon...
We're able to offer up to £150 appearance fee within our part-time contracts but personally I've set a limit to £40 app fee for any potential signing (and minimal other add-ons too). I don't imagine we'll receive any substantial gate receipts this season & prize money for a win in the league sits at £45 per match & only £1.5k for being crowned champions. The rate at which we are forecast to deteriorate financially has caused me to take some drastic action:
Former NI International & by far our most experienced player has an agreement of £300 app fee & we simply cannot afford to fork out two weeks of the overall club salary for one player for one appearance so Braniff has been released. At 36 I am not too sad to see him go but it may be a while before we see technical stats on a Distillery player like this again.
Our best overall player (imo, not in cruddy assman ratings) also won't agree an app fee below £75 & falls victim to the same sword.
We will be taking advantage of loans where we are not required to pay wages. We'll have as many loans in as Chelsea has out. Okay maybe not that many, but LOANS! Let's see who wants to play in the NI 3rd division for no money..
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Champions League 1963/64
Distillery 3 - 3 Benfica
Benfica 5 - 0 Distillery
Euro Cup Winners Cup 1971/72
Distillery 1 - 3 Barcelona
Barcelona 4 - 0 Distillery
Intertoto Cup 2005 & 2008
Europa League 2009/10
2019/20 ?
Bluefin Sport Premier Intermediate League
(Northern Irish 3rd Division)It's not been the best decade. Time to try & restore the mighty Whites!
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Supat Rungratsamee vs. Daniel Braathen
Goal:
Win every domestic league in Europe (by any means necessary)Rules:
Cannot manage any team that has won the domestic title historically
Signings must come through the scouting centre
Staff must come through job advertisements
Can only move to the next country with a domestic league title securedPoints System: Points are gained by any of the following
Competition reputation value (from the editor) divided by final position
Career earnings divided by 5200 (meaning 100k p/w would give 100 points in a season)
Wins against each other are a bonus point
Goals scored against each other are each worth one-tenth of a point tooThe battle begins in the lowest rated European league:
Crimea
Season Preview
Adhering to the first rule of not taking over any team that has won the Crimean Premier league in the past, the following teams are eligible:
Kafa & Okean Kerch are currently looking for a manager.
Both men have applied for both vacancies.
FC KAFA
£230 p/w until Jun 2020FC Kafa offered £100 p/w more personally & ~1k p/w in wages more than Okean Kearch
The previous manager left for Ukraine after driving the team to promotion
His exit sparked a mass exit, with players moving on to Georgia, Ukraine, Russia & other teams in the Crimean Premier League
There's a lot of work to do to with no staff and only 8 players on the books!
OKEAN KERCH
£130 p/w until Jun 2020Approached as a second choice as their finances weren't enough to secure their main target, Braathen
The previous manager was sacked midway through last season due to poor results & the caretaker didn't do enough to get the main job full time
O.K. have a full squad but were also effected by hefty departures to Russia after last seasons disappointment
We have an extremely capable Assistant Manager, but no other staff and have to manage a tight wage budgetPre-Season
Staff
We managed to employ average coaching staff - our odds stack against us with who wants to join!
I'm happy the scouts are better than average as we will be heavily reliant on these guys
We have a physio which is the only factor ensuring we are not bottom of the league in that respect
Signings
15 signings made, including 7 on deadline day!
None outTactic
Friendlies
A nil-nil against the u20's showed us exactly the dire situation we were in pre-signings
We won the only other friendly we were able to organise 2-0 v much lower opposition
Very little learned & match fitness some way offStaff
We've brought in a new team of top (for Crimea) coaches & scouts
The scouting team is the best in the country
I don't know if we have a physio or just a med kit
Signings
2 signings made as we look for cover
4 more leave the club against our will to move to "more ambitious" clubsTactic
Friendlies
A 7-1 win against the U20's with Oliynyk getting 5 is hugely encouraging
Another 3-1 win in the only other friendly organised
Some way off match fitnessCrimean Premier League
Simple league set up:
8 teams
28 games
1 relegation spotA great start!
We were strongest from the off and should've made this embarrassing for TSK-Tavria
A poor result
We started terribly & with a GK and two strikers as the only options to turn to on the bench, we had no way to effect the game
A stalemate in a game we dominated
Finishing is our problem from the first two games
An even draw as we are reduced to only two subs as loanees aren't allowed to play their parent club
We need some squad depth
Okean Kerch vs FC Kafa
SpoilerA huge win for Braathen in the first clash between the managers
A fiery affair with a sending off a piece
0-0 in a tentative first half until an explosion of activity after the break
I would say 1-0 to Braathen, but we have a points system for a reason!
Manager Team Competition Pts Career Earnings Goals v Opponent Points Supat Rungratsamee Okean Kerch 0 £875 2 0.22 Daniel Braathen FC Kafa 0 £1.6k 5 1.530 -
Hey man, love this so far! I play in a pretty similar way - currently working my way through Europe rather than the World - I'm glad I'm not the only crazy one attempting something like this though haha
You should include an overview at the bottom of your end of season posts to summarise your journey
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December 2019 - February 2020
I decided to approach the board about ensuring we increase our chances of producing the best players through our youth ranks. We do not have enough budget to upgrade our facilities, but the board did agree to increase the Junior Coaching budget & also set up an affiliate link with Kafa in the Crimean lower leagues.
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Majority defensive players, including 3 full backs & two who can play CB. We have tried to strengthen the depth of Ball Winning Midfielder in the squad too and brought in players that can cover on the wing and up front whose playing time is dependent on the form of our "best" player Oliynyk among others. Both Gazzaev & Kusaev were signed from our new affiliates.
Out
We also lost two key players from the first half of the season who will be very much missed. Their loss also explains what may have seemed like an overkill of signings above.
Crimean Super Cup
The Crimean Super Cup consists of the Crimean Premier League's 8 teams split into two groups, where the top two from each group (after playing each other once) progress to a single-leg knockout semi- & then final. We are not expected to progress beyond the group.
Group A
Outclassed in the first game. The new signings in the squad didn't come near to making a mark.
Krymteplytsya vs. Okean Kerch
A draw thanks to our new CB driving in a header in an otherwise stale game.
Okean Kerch vs. Gvardiets
This result keeps hopes of progress from the group alive, but only just. We either need to beat Yevpatoria & Krymteplytsya beat Gvardiets by a combined goal difference of 4 OR we need to beat Yevpatoria & Gvardiets beat Krymteplytsya by a combined goal difference of 5. A tall order.
SpoilerOkean Kerch vs. Yevpatoria
Gromov's 88th minute goal got us through to the semi finals after Krymteplytsya did us a favour in beating Gvardiets.
Group Standings
Semi-Final
SpoilerSevastopol vs. Ocean Kerch
We held our nerve on penalties with 5 out of 5 converted to set up our first chance of silverware!Final
SpoilerOcean Kerch vs. Kyzyltash Bakhchysaray
We didn't turn up. No tactical change would seem to have any effect. Highly disappointing to get this far and lose in the manner we did, but this cup run has been encouraging.
Squad Overview
- New signings Aliev & Danishevskiy are both considered key players.
- Osmanov's form has dropped off.
- Smetanin has started very well at CB, although we will be hoping his training rating starts to improve.
- Yegorov & Gusev have also been capped at U21 level by Russia & we should give them an extra chance to shine as the Russian scouts will probably (definitely) have better JPA than my scouts.
- Anton Vinogradov is the squad's overachiever so far, but Igor Pakhomov also deserves a mention for featuring in the most games of all & turning in an average rating way ahead of his current ability rating.
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November 2019
Another red card cost us any chance of a comeback against TSK-Tavria, then we put Kyzsch Baskyfdcds (sp?) to the sword with our biggest win and most convincing performance of the season. Sevastopol showed their class before we finished off the pre-winter break with the same results we started the season with. The 3-3 with Yevpatoria was a magnificent comeback after an abysmal opening quarter of an hour.
Games 12-16
TSK-Tavria vs. Ocean Kerch
Ocean Kerch vs. Kyzyltash Bakhchysaray
Ocean Kerch vs. Sevastopol
Yevpatoria vs. Ocean Kerch
Ocean Kerch vs. Berkut
League Table at the mid-season break
What we've learnt about the squad so far:
- We have been heavily reliant on defenders who are not highly rated. Specifically Igor Ivanov who has a low average rating to couple with his low current ability rating. We will be looking for a left-back in the upcoming transfer window.
- Olexandr Oliynyk has not been performing up to his expectations. 15 apps with 3 goals & 3 assists is a poor return so far, maybe he is past his best? This is reflected by his training rating. Can we rely on Sekret & Osmanov up front instead?
- Anton Vinogradov has, quite unexpectedly, been the star of the squad. With the 2nd highest average rating so far the CM(A) has been called up by Russia's U21 squad 4 times already this season which is the only reason he has not featured in all 16 games.
- Vladislav Gromov, Artur Gerasimov & Igor Khorin (two of our summer signings) have been identified as the 3 worst performers from the first half of the season and we will be looking to strengthen in the areas they have featured to phase them out of the squad.
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October 2019
Yevpatoria were too strong for us this time of asking, but a strong month otherwise. My only worry is that we are not convincing in our wins. We've only one by more than a one-goal margin once so far this season. Maybe I shouldn't be complaining about wins?
Games 8-11
Okean Kerch vs. Yevpatoria
Berkut vs. Okean Kerch
Okean Kerch vs. Krymteplytsya
Gvardiets vs. Okean Kerch
After the 3rd win, we jumped from 4th to 1st in the league which shows how tight things are at the moment! We press on - November is the last full month before a winter break where we start playing competitive football next in February and only return to the domestic league in March!
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September 2019
A month where the aim was to settle on a formation and core squad. Looking through our results this month, we went unbeaten in the games that we didn't go down to 10-men in. So next month we are looking for less red cards. We ended the month with a smash-and-grab win against TSK-Tavria and managed a hard fought draw against Sevastopol, two solid results against who I consider to be the top two teams in the league.
Games 3-7
Krymteplytsya vs. Okean Kerch
Okean Kerch vs. Gvardiets
Kyzyltash Bakhchysaray vs. Okean Kerch
Okean Kerch vs. TSK-Tavria
Sevastopol vs. Okean Kerch
After the first 7 games, we have now played each team in the league once. We sit 4th, one-quarter of the way through the season, but there's plenty to build on.
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August 2019
We lost one of our two best midfielders to a swift non-contract deal swap & I was made suddenly aware of the fragility of the squad. A few bad results or any other reason for unhappiness could lead to a mass exodus that we cannot do much about. Luckily we could convince other players who had been offered contracts from other clubs to stay.. for now.
Out
From our initial squad overview, I did not need to wait for coach reports to tell me that we were thin in all defensive areas. So as soon as a couple of half decent scout reports were sent to my inbox, I decided to bring the players in. We also brought in a high-potential forward before and I must say I am very happy with my scouts first few foray's into the market.
In
Pre-Season
We have developed a couple of very similar tactics. One for attacking & one for counter-attacking. They will start similar, but as we adapt each to their individual needs I imagine they will diverge to be two completely separate tactics. Anyway, from the same original tactic at the start of pre-season we have developed both of the below.
Tactics
We started our campaign against Yevpatoria who were one of the ineligible clubs in Crimea, meaning they'd won the league in the past 4 seasons. Last season they finished 4th and off the pace of the front runners, but I still knew it was going to be a tough place to start. We relied on a 91st minute equaliser to get anything from the game, which was more than I was expecting!
Game 1
Yevpatoria vs. Okean Kerch
Our second fixture was against newly promoted Berkut. As an unknown I was happy we could overcome them for our first victory.
Game 2
Okean Kerch vs. Berkut
The end of August was also the end of the Transfer Window. With our scouts struggling to produce many scout reports with much information in time, we gambled on a couple of attacking midfielders & a goalkeeper. The GK will be going straight into the first team!
In
But we also lost a couple of starters who performed well in the first two games & will be missed.
Out
Hopefully we can push on in the league & gauge our core first team squad.
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With promise of a good changing room atmosphere and a mid-table finish, we have landed our first job!
Okean Kerch
Squad Overview
Key Players
I have offered all of our youngsters non-contract, pre-contract deals to take them off of the fixed wage budget & Oliynyk is the only other player being paid a wage and as the best player in the club, we will be looking to keep him here and build our attack around him.
We have no backroom staff, so I have immediately put out ads for each of the main roles we are looking for, with emphasis on ensuring we get scouts in as soon as possible so that we can start to identify transfer targets for the upcoming season.
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6th Apr '19
FK Inkomsport Yalta have sacked their manager.
5 points adrift with 7 games left.
If I get the job, it's going to take a miracle to stay up.
But we are ignored.
1st Jun '19
Okean Kerch sack their manager.
TSK-Tavria claim another title, meaning the list of eligible teams does not change.
In the off-season, we are offered our first interview with Okean Kerch.
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Crimea
The Crimean Premier League is made up of 8 teams and has only been running since the 2014/15 season.
In this time 3 teams have won the domestic title.
This leaves us with 5 possible teams eligible for management:Crimean Premier League
FK Inkomsport Yalta
Gvardiets
Krymteplytsya
Kyzyltash Bakhchysaray
Okean KerchSevastopol
TSK-Tavria
YepatoriaI will be taking any opportunity from any of the 5 teams to get into management, but will be expecting the team to be considerably under performing in the league & desperate for them to hire someone with a no coaching experience or qualification.
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The Manager:
No coaching qualifications
No previous experience
CM03/04 Wonderkid with a point to proveSupat Rungratsamee
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I would like to thank Claassen, Loki Doki, TheFMEditor85, Lollujo & the real life Supat Rungratsamee for creating the platform & inspiration for my fun.
Objective: Win each European domestic top division title with a team that has not won the competition previously, starting in Crimea (lowest rep nation) up to Spain (highest rep nation).
Chance of objective completion: Definitely zero.
Some extra rules:
- Signings can only be made through the Scouting Centre (attribute masking is on).
- I will also not look at attributes for any players at all (including my own players). Starting XI selection will be based upon attribute analysis screen, scout/coach reports, training rating, form etc.
- I will not be spending any money. Every signing will be a freebie. And I'll try to sell when it is realistic to do so.
- Staff can only be signed through applications to Job Centre ads.
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Great progress guys!
I'm doing a spin-off version of this challenge. Difference being I have started with Full Qualifications & International Experience but am attempting to achieve the list of accolades using only teams that have never won them before! Obviously the longer the challenge continues, the smaller the number of teams available will become, so it will be continually harder & harder to grab titles & cups.I've started in Spain with Real Zaragoza & after promotion to La Liga and then a mid-table finish I moved to Celta de Vigo and almost won the league in the first season but we capitulated in the last 4 games to drop to 3rd. This season we are looking good, top of the league after 10 games and needing a single point to qualify for the Round of 16 in the Champions League from a group of us, Juventus, Spurs & Zenit.
I doubt I'll get as far along the journey as most of you guys, but the stories and reading here keeps me motivated!
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@shaunvamos ah, you must have a much deeper squad than what I'm dealing with at Dulwich Hamlet where one-star current ability would get you a spot on the bench! With such high determination, hopefully you'll see those two become solid backup's at least so you can justify keeping them around.
@chocolatecoatedballs that's unfortunate, do you have any decent cover at RB? How far off of a youth intake are you? & it'll definitely be interesting to see what sort of deal your board can cut for the 40% of next sale on Pereira with Vit. Guimaraes.
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@theBlackPrince & @chocolatecoatedballs - sad to see your best players leaving!
@shaunvamos what an intake!!! Three solid stars in the making there. Have you got long term plan's for Sasinka & Pribyl, are they far off featuring from the bench?
@Muttley84 Be positive! You have a team full of wise old tutors and a solid number of youngsters to work with there. Once you've signed a scout/coach, how are the current / potential abilities looking for the youth team?
(Apologies if you're on Tablet/Mobile as I don't imagine the below will be in any legible format.)
I created a quick lookup in Excel to sort my squad's performance by Intake Year. Once the season's progress, this will hopefully be a quick way of analysing which year's intake was the strongest / most influential. It's not going to help me make any decisions, I just found it interesting & thought I would share.
Season Intake NoOfPlyrs Apps Subs Gls Ast ChC PoM Pas % Tck DrbPG Shot % Yel Red Av Rat --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18/19 '09 1 48 0 5 14 26 1 67% 0.89 1.55 40% 1 0 7.02 '10 1 48 0 1 3 13 3 56% 1.59 0.16 29% 4 0 6.70 '11 1 37 8 1 1 5 1 60% 2.05 0.16 50% 2 0 6.66 '16 1 45 1 1 6 12 0 79% 3.03 0.45 32% 7 0 6.90 '17 6 59 90 7 8 33 0 67% 1.78 0.45 37% 3 0 6.68 '18 3 7 9 2 0 3 0 75% 0.60 1.43 38% 1 0 6.68 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Youth 13 244 108 17 32 92 5 66% 1.78 0.57 38% 18 0 6.75 Other 8 284 24 66 38 119 16 66% 0.95 0.93 36% 9 0 6.92 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Total 21 528 132 83 70 211 21 66% 1.39 0.74 37% 27 0 6.83 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2 -
1 hour ago, vikeologist said:
I’m not going to be that lucky.
What's your media prediction for League Two this season? & do you rate your chances in the Checkatrade Trophy?
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Dulwich Hamlet - Vanarama South - 2018/19
Youth Intake
Three decent players. We had no decent AMC or DL so very welcome additions to the squad, along with a ST who could provide adequate backup.
Competitions
Overall a steady campaign - no complaints.11th
Player Stats
With 3 strikers on 20-goals each, it's clear our problem is at the other end of the pitch! We struggled with injuries across the end of the season which is why we dropped off of a push for the play-offs.
Affiliation Proposal
The question now is, to affiliate or not to affiliate? What are the benefits / drawbacks of setting up a Senior Affiliate in a YAC save?
EDIT: I've accepted the affiliation with Barnsley and will hopefully benefit from their 'Good' Training & Youth facilities over the next few Newgen dates (although I have a save-file prior to acceptance in case someone advises me against this or it's against the rules?!.) I've also signed a new contract with a few bonuses as personal targets for the next two seasons and as part of the negotiations managed to get some Data Analysis facilities at the club too!
Year League Pos FA Cup FA Tro Corp Train Data Yth Fac Yth Lvl Jnr Coach Yth Rec 17/18 Basic Basic None Basic 4 Adequate Fairly Basic 18/19 VNS 11th 3rd Q. 1st R. Basic Basic None Basic 4 Adequate Average**One thing I have noticed though is that the Data Analysis Facilities hasn't changed after the Completion Date of the works. Anyone have any idea what might be wrong?
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@GylfiAsCharged Mahammadu Faal has been incredible for me in fm18 this first season. He managed to unlock the double-hattrick achievement for me too! Hopefully you'll see similar results from him at Kingstonian.
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Dulwich Hamlet - 2018/19 - Vanarama South
One-third of the way through our first campaign, I have settled on a flat 3-5-2 formation. We have been on the right side of some really intense games in what has become a we-can-score-one-more-than-you tactic, but how long we can ride this luck remains to be seen.
Formation
We have become reliant on Mohamed Mohamed and Pat Davie who have both been solid so far in central midfield. Ali Corbett (our best prospect) has a lot meaner competition for places at centre-back, so has featured more from the bench. I have also been using Goalkeeper Ronnie Shaw in the cup games, but I am not convinced he will prevail into anywhere near a first team contender.
Youth Prospect Progress
High Scoring Results
We were knocked out of the FA Cup in the 3rd Qual Rnd and have the FA Trophy to contend with whilst we try to keep up our good form to battle for a Play-off spot in the league.
Vanarama South
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Hey guys,
I'm following you all whilst attempting this challenge myself, albeit on FM18. I've holidayed a season and chosen to accept the job offer from Dulwich Hamlet over Hednesford due to their slightly better starting facilities.
Manager
After a career eclipsed by fictional fame, ex-Championship Manager (03/04) legend Supat Rungratsamee has hung up his boots early to try to make a name for himself in football management.
Dulwich Hamlet
Squad
We have a thin, but decent squad. There's a notable gulf in talent between the starting XI and the available backups, so hopefully we can avoid too many injuries. Ali Corbett is the stand-out youngster from the previous youth intake and a very decent backup at Centre-Back.
We don't have much of a backroom staff to boast about at the moment, so that'll be the first task before I start to look at a tactical approach and each individual's training & development.
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(FM20) Building an Empire - Phase Three
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Posted · Edited by Motlhen
End of Season '19/20
An excellent group of players that we won't be able to afford to pay without promotion!
We made no transfers in in the winter window, but more subs were recalled from their loans with us due to lack of playing time. We had brought in a total of 42 loans at the start of the season and are down to 24. We still would not play any of our own players for the remainder of the season as financially we are making a slight loss even without forking out for appearance, goal & clean sheet fees every match.
Cups
Not sure why the 'p' is on their side. Shoddy journalism! ^
It took a nail biting penalty shootout after a stalemate game (with us missing a pen in normal time) then their goalkeeper missed the 20th pen of the shootout for us to win 7-6 on pens.
Our first silverware way earlier than I was hoping!!! & the all important £10k prize money to help the bank balance.
We caused a HUGE upset by dumping 2nd in the premier league Linfield out of the main domestic cup in NI. Our loanees did us proud! We went 2-0 up before a late consolation made stoppage time nervy. We held on to face another premier league team in Warrenpoint in the next round. Albeit in the relegation zone, we should have struggled but an incredible performance saw us take the lead 4 (FOUR) times before adding a cherry on top for 5-3. These two wins got us into the Quarter Final and a lovely £1.5k for our troubles. Unfortunately our run ended in the QF with us almost scalping our 3rd prem team, but mid-table Larne were too much for us in ET after we pegged them back from 2-0 up in normal time. Gotta be proud with the cup run.
Our Youth Intake produced one gem from a rough bunch. So good that I may even consider paying him £20/game to play next season, if we can keep a hold of him.
League
We progressed superbly to reduce the gap to Banbridge from 7 points at the midway stage of the season to only ONE on the final day.
Final day fixtures:
An 85th minute Ward strike in a nervy affair won us the league on the final day!!!
Both Banbridge & Portstewart losing their nerve in tricky ties against 4th & 5th respectively.
The first time we sat on top of the pile was the final day.
Another £1.5k in the bank from prize money too.
21 Loanees will be going back to their clubs with NI 3rd Division medals
More Cups
There's just so bloomin' many in NI
A huge victory, to come from 2-0 down to win 4-2 in the final and complete a treble-winning season was glorious.
£16k prize money too.
I can't be happier with this squad... and now they're all leaving as their loans are up. [Insert expletives here]!!!!!!!!!!