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(FM23) – The Kings of København (4) – BK FREM Posted on 15 Nov 2022 by CoxieFM Season 2022/23 The greater metropolitan area of Copenhagen is home to the capital of Denmark and to major football clubs like FC København and Brøndby IF. But could BK FREM become “The Kings of København”. CoxieFM has been set this challenge. Last episode: The Kings of København (3) Off The Pitch I want to start off by saying to the chairperson, thank you for my second qualification badge of this series and now I am National B licensed. Buzzing to say the least, onwards and upwards… New Deal – I announced it on twitter the other day. I was only contracted for this season; however, I must say I am above all expectations this season and it’s well deserved me getting another two years at the club and can’t wait to see how we progress in this series. The standard not so good youth intake preview… Transfers Out Two players came to me wanting to leave the club and were not getting any game time. So, I transfer listed both and they left on free transfers that helped reduce the wage bill by £350 per week, which isn’t a lot, but it helped out as I wanted to extend a couple of players contracts who are playing out of their skins. Like I said to the previous players, good luck and don’t come back to score against me because I have seen that many times in FM saves. Transfers In The Strength of the Wolf is in the Pack… Loaned in not one, not two but three players in from Wolverhampton Wanderers for the rest of the season and the best thing is that I am not paying a single penny in wages or in monthly fees.. I am a Walsall fan and wanted to raid the mighty Saddlers, however they wanted player wages so I drove across the black country to Dingle village to raid a premiership side and it was a bonus that they didn’t want money. So after that season is finished I will be raiding them again and possibly looking at other premier league clubs. From left to right – Lee Harkin (FOR) 19 years old, Justin Hubner (CB) 19 years old & Dylan Scicluna (MID) 18 years old. Also, believe that one or all three players are out of contract at the end of this season too. On The Pitch January 2023 So, 80 odd days have passed since our last match before this long ass winter break, and I decided that I would arrange at least four friendlies as that funny enough none of our players went to the world cup in Qatar. The first three games were against sides in the league above our and the last one was a non-league club so I could play some of our fringe players to assess on their fitness and performance. FC Helsingør were first to visit the Valby Stadion and we raced to a two-nil lead, but I must remember it’s not a race it’s a marathon and there forward bagged a hat-trick condemning me to a 3-2 defeat. There were a lot of positives in this match. So, we roll onto the next match, and it was against AC Horsens and youthful winger Salieu Drammeh came off the bench, did a bale like run and slotted home to give us the 1-0 victory. February 2023 The last of the top clubs we faced ended in a 2-2 draw and it was us that came from two nil down to rescue the draw against HB Køge with goals coming from Salieu Drammeh who I swear only scores in friendlies and Emil Schou with the other goal. A much-rotated side face København KFUM and unfortunately it ended in defeat, however not fussed in was a much-needed run out for some players Aleksandar Lazarevic and Lee Harkin were on the scoresheet. It couldn’t have started any worse in the league which ended in defeat to at the time 2nd placed Kolding IF, but we made up for it in the next game by beating Brabrand IF 3-0 in front of our fans. Lucas Lodberg, Johannes Houborg and then Rasmus Gronne sealed it from the spot and secured our spot in the next league phase. March 2023 The month of March, we managed to continue our unbeaten run to three matches following the two draws in this month of fixtures against one side in the preliminary phase and another trying to get into it. They were against Thisted FC and Skive IK which ended 2-2 and 1-1 respectively. Johannes Houborg scored a brace in the 2-2 match and Lee Harkin scored his first for the club in the 1-1 match, which really should have been his like 5th or 6th goals in like four matches, the amount of times he was offline was unreal. April 2023 I’ll tell you another thing, I have noticed lately and pull up a chair….YELLOW CARDS, Jesus…At least six players get booked minimum in each match. Anyone else, or is it just my save? It was 3rd against 2nd in the league and boy, we bullied them and took their place in the league in the 4-0 win over B.93 with Lee Harkin getting a double, Mathias Bonde from the spot and with Isak Tannander coming off the bench to seal it late on. However, some bad news came out of this game with a bad injure to Jakob Skovgaard. In our last, we beat on paper one of the better sides in the league by 3-1. Esbjerg fB scored first, and numerous changes happened at halftime, a firm word was spoken, and the boys hit back to score three. Johannes Houberg, Lucas Lodberg and Salieu Drammeh, and yes it was his first goals of the season too. League Table We head into the next phase of the league in a good position and only two points off 1st place. the next 8 matches will determine if we stay in this league or get promoted into the league above. *(I got ahead of myself, a little and you will notice that B.93 and FC Roskilde still needed to play each other and yes B.93 of course won and go into the next phase level on points with us)

(FM23) – The Kings of København (3) – BK FREM Posted on 13 Nov 2022 by CoxieFM Season 2022/23 The greater metropolitan area of Copenhagen is home to the capital of Denmark and to major football clubs like FC København and Brøndby IF. But could BK FREM become “The Kings of København”. CoxieFM has been set this challenge. Last episode: The Kings of København (2) On The Pitch October 2022 We welcome B.93 to the Valby Stadion, who have one of the league’s worst disciplinary records and yes of course they did not disappoint as they were reduced to 10-men on the 46th minute mark, but Johannes Houborg has already scored the only goal of the game by then to give us a 1-0 win to help us keep up the pressure on the teams at the top of the league. A superb goal from Jakob Skovgaard did send us to the top of the league for a brief time against Skive IK in a game that ended 2-2 with wing back Chirstian Bramsborg scoring in his first start of the season, and I think it was his first start as well. Esbjerg fB, when produced one of the best comes back’s I have seen in recent FM’s. At half-time, I would have said the game was dead and buried with us 3-1 up at half-time, thanks to goals from Oliver Andersen, Johannes Houborg and Isak Tånnander but I was completely wrong on suffered a 4-3 defeat. With that defeat meant we dropped from top spot in the league down to 4th place. That’s how tight it is at the top end of the table. We, then travelled to the Riisvangen Stadion to face Aarhus Fremad, hello my friend we meet again, and we did have the last laugh, thanks to in-form forward Johannes Houborg brace in the 2-1 win. Even though, I wasn’t going to sign anyone at the start, but Houborg has been brilliant for us seen arriving on a free transfer and bagged ten plus goals in the league so far. November 2022 We move from 4th to 3rd in the league, as we try to keep up with the top two in this preliminary phase of the league and it was helped by a 4-0 victory over FC Roskilde. Lukas “In the” Corner scored first of this match before goals from Lodberg, Houborg and Gronne sealed the win. Typical, result next in the league as we face a club that have one of the worst defences in the league and yes, I am thinking that we would score many goals against them, oh no I was wrong…. not only didn’t we scored, and we went on to lose the game 2-0 and to make thing worse for us was experienced midfielder Mikkel Andersson got himself sent off with a bad tackle after 52 minutes so we will be having words later Mr Andersson… However, so after we were back to winning ways in the next game before the winter break by beating AB 3-1 at the Valby Stadion, thanks to Johannes Houborg brace before Aleksandar Lazarevic, who I had actually thought he’d forgotten where the goal was. Must have visited lost property to find his boots. League Table So, we are heading into the winter break after playing 14 games and we find ourselves in 3rd place, four and six points before 1st and 2nd place respectively. There are only six games left to play for in the preliminary phase and we are currently in a good position to qualify for the promotion phase, but we need to keep in touch with at least 2nd place if we want to get promoted this season. Final Words Still over the moon with our performance so far this season and hope it will continue after the winter break as we push for the promotion phase of this league campaign and hoping I can bring in a new face or two during this off season to help us. Thank you once again for reading this blog… In the meantime, please feel free to leave a comment with any feedback and questions and don’t forget to check out all the other blogs on here and you can follow me on Twitter here. See you next time and thank you for reading.

(FM23) – The Kings of København (2) – BK FREM Link: (FM23) – The Kings of København (2) – BK FREM – CoxieFM (wordpress.com) Season 2022/23 The greater metropolitan area of Copenhagen is home to the capital of Denmark and to major football clubs like FC København and Brøndby IF. But could BK FREM become “The Kings of København”. CoxieFM has been set this challenge. Last episode: The Kings of København (1) On The Pitch July 2022 Two weeks had passed before we first kicked a ball in preseason, where we faced three Danish non-league clubs before ending the five-game preseason campaign in Denmark against two sides, who are in our division, just to see how we get on against fellow clubs from 2. Division. I could not have asked for a prefect start as the BK Frem fans sang the praises of the players at Valby Stadion as we scored six past FC Udfordringen in the 6-0 win with Aleksandar Lazarevic scoring a hat-trick on his first game for the club. We, then followed it up with another comfortable win over Boldklubben af 1973 Herlev, where yet again Lazarevic was on the scoresheet with a brace in the 4-1 victory. It was three wins out of three with another 4-1 win, this time against Ballerup-Skovlunde Fodbold again at Valby Stadion. A brace from Lukas Corner aka new nickname Lukas “In the Top” as both his goals found the top bins. Awesome efforts to be fair and this would be the time for me to learn, how I put highlights into a blog. Anyone knows, drop me a DM. Following the three wins against lower league clubs, we faced the first of two sides in our league and first up was FC Roskilde, who have a cool club badge, check it out, anyway back to the game and they inflicted our first defeat in preseason by two goals to one. Our final game was 4-4 draw against fellow blogger @TractionFM (go check his work out) side Aarhus Fremad. The game can only be described as six minutes of madness… August 2022 My first competitive game was in the Sydbank Pokalen in the first-round tie against Vanløse IF, who are in the league below us, and we emerged victorious in the 2-0 win. Always happy when you win our first game in charge at a new club and a bonus is not getting knocked out at the first hurdle of cup competitions, that’s normally in the second round, oops… Just to give you people a quick overview of how Danish 2. Division works before I get started his that it is split into two phases. The first phase is preliminary phase 11 teams play 20 games and if we are lucky and finish in the top six, we then play another 10 games in the promotion stages for a chance to win promotion if you finish 1st or 2nd in the league. However, if we are unlucky and finish 7th and below, we enter the relegation stage where you play 8 games instead of 10 games and if you finish rock bottom then bye, bye your relegation and possibly sacked. Just a late add on to the post – The league is a bit skewed this season because Jammerbugt were relegated due to bankruptcy. Normally there are twelve teams in the league. Top 6 plays for promotion. Bottom 6 plays for relegation. So, let’s get into the league games… The first match was against my mates’ team Aarhus Fremad at the Valby Stadion, and we came back from behind twice to draw 2-2. Then revenge is sweet as we handed FC Roskilde their first defeat of the season and we got our own back as they beat us in preseason. However, they were the better side, so we FM’d them. Unbeaten in three games, you say…I do, I say in a seven-goal thriller against HIK. New signing Johannes Houberg, who you will meet in the off the pitch section scored a brace on his debut in the 4-3 win. However, unfortunately we ended the month in defeat. Not in the league but in the second round of the Sydbank Pokalen to non-league club Holbæk B&I 3-2 in extra-time. We had twice led the game and both times pegged back straight away, but they had the final laugh in the final minutes of extra-time which knocked us out of the competition. I am slightly gutted; however, it means we can just concentrate on the league. September 2022 The month started badly with another defeat and our first in the league at home against Kolding IF and yet again in the final minutes of a match to lose 2-1 in front of the fans. I haven’t used this phase yet and it was normally a phase I did in the beta when we used to lose but this time, I can finally say we bullied AB as we moved into 4th place in the league by beating them 4-1, thanks to four different goalscorers in a much-rotated squad due to a couple of injuries and then we go on the bully Brabrand IF at their ground to send our fans home happy and smiling after coming back from two nil down to win the match 4-2 with inform Aleksandar Lazarevic brace. What is it with the last game of the month ending in defeat? This time, we were reduced to ten-men following right back Casper Lykke naughty challenge on the 76th minute, which at this point we were hanging onto a point but then in the 93rd minute, Thisted Fodblod defender scored with the last touch of the game to make 3-2 on the night. League Table BK Frem currently sit in the third in the table after seven games. I know it’s still early days, however we are playing above expectations so far as many have tipped us to be in the relegation stage come the end of this preliminary phase. However, I feel we are good enough this season to at least finish in the top six by the close of play of this phase. Oh, by the way cough….we are above Aarhus Fremad mate. Remember it’s a marathon not a sprint lol…. Off The Pitch Transfer News Outgoing’s Two players who were on amateur contracts have departed the club and they were (RB) Don Darryl and (CB) Oliver Thers who both played for the BK Frem II team. I wish them both luck in the future and hopefully never scored against us. Incoming’s I brought three players in but all three I didn’t bring in straight away. I only have roughly £700 per week to work with in the wage budget and I did have a few players in on trial during the preseason window who were all at least four-star current, however most of them wanted about six-seven pound per week which to blow all that on one player was never an option as that I wanted to fill in depth in at least three areas and they were as follows Gustav Lindén (GK) I need a backup goalkeeper who’s potential was more than two stars which I had beforehand and found Lindén on the books of FC København on an amateur contract and brought him in. Definitely, not a starter but a decent backup and would have said I’d use him in the cup but we are out of that competition already. Ethan Amundsen-Day (CB) Whilst raiding FC København for a GK, I came across this little gem of a defender, and I managed to bring him in on a season long loan and he goes straight into the starting line-up and a star for the future and definitely one I’d like to keep on at the club for next season. Started off strong so far in the league. Johannes Houborg (FOR) Signed after the season started to be honest and needed another forward to help Lazarevic with the goals as the others weren’t chipping in. Brought in on a free transfer and he’s already a four-star current ability and chipped in with goals too. Final Words Not a bad start to life in the depth of Danish football to be fair. Gutted that we didn’t play any of the big clubs in the club to get some money out of the competition but at least now, we can just focus on our league performance, Thank you once again for reading this blog… In the meantime, please feel free to leave a comment with any feedback and questions and don’t forget to check out all the other blogs on here and you can follow me on Twitter here. See you next time and thank you for reading. CoxieFM

(FM23) – The Kings of København (1) – BK FREM Posted on 5 Nov 2022 by CoxieFM Aims & Objectives, The Staff, The Squad & The Tactic… Welcome to the first post from my new FM23 save titled ‘The Kings of København’ where I aim to take 2. Division in Denmark to Champions League glory. If you missed the last entry, you can catch up on it here. Caveat – I did the screenshots on the players and staff during the BETA period, so current/potential may differ as I won’t start this save until full release on the 8th of November. Aims & Objectives Here is a recap of the aims and objectives I will be use as a baseline but will look to re-evaluate as the series goes on. My aims and objectives for the first five seasons. 1st Season – To not get sacked and finish in the top half 3. Division. 2nd Season – Win promotion from 3. Division and get into 2nd round Sydbank Pokalen (Danish Cup). 3rd Season – Remain in the 2. Division and build a squad for the next season. 4th Season – Become an established 2, Division team and be competitive in the Sydbank Pokalen (Danish Cup). 5th Season – Finish in the top half 2. Division. My aims and objectives for season six to season 10. 6th Season – Win promotion from 2. Division. 7th Season – Remain in the NodicBet Liga and build a squad for the next season and get into the latter stages of the Sydbank Pokalen (Danish Cup). 8th Season – Become an established NodicBet Liga team. 9th Season – Finish in the top half NodicBet Liga and remain finishing in the latter stages of the Sydbank Pokalen (Danish Cup). 10th Season – Win promotion from NodicBet Liga and get into 3F Superliga. (Top tier in Denmark). My aims and objectives for season 11 to season 15. 11th Season – Battle regelation and survive. 12th Season – Finished out of the Relegation stages. 13th Season – Become an established 3F Superliga team. 14th Season – Win the Sydbank Pokalen (Danish Cup) and finish in the Championship group in 3F Superliga. 15th Season – Win the 3F Superliga. My aims and objectives for season 16 onwards. Continue to dominate Denmark. Win European competition. But if it goes wrong then, not to fear FM Fans, by titling the series “The Kings of København” works in my favour as that there are roughly about 10 football clubs in the Danish capital across the tiers of football, so the story can continue but ideally this is a one club save…But you never know!!! CoxieFM Boldklubben Frem (BK Frem) have today confirmed the appointment of CoxieFM as the club’s new manager. It’s official, I have taken by first managerial post of FM23 to start the long road to the Champions League trophy begins now… (Yes, for my sins I do support Walsall FC (English League Two side) and I am a season ticket holder too). BK Frem booked their place in the 2. Division by winning promotion from the 3 as runners-up. Division last season. The club are currently enduring a ten-year barren spell, having not won a competition since 2012. We do have history and have won the Danish top division six times and finished runners-up nine times. The board expectation this upcoming season is to avoiding finishing bottom of the 2. Division and be competitive in the Sydbank Pokalen. The supporter’s vision is to remain in the 2. Division this season, so I have it all to do with this one-year contract at the club. Finances status seems okay for this level of football, and we have a transfer budget of nearly £8K, which I was surprised about. We will have to work I am starting the series off with no coaching badges and Sunday league footballer experience only. The Staff Me and my BK Frem staff for the start of this series, and I am currently on the most money even though I have no coaching qualifications. I am hoping once I start, I’ll be requesting my first coaching badge. I, also have space for the following position at the club; First Team: 1x Coach (General/Fitness), 1x Chief Scout,2x Scout & 1x Head Physio. U19s: 1x Coach (General/Fitness/GK). The Squad BK Frem We have only 18 players in the first team and only have one first team GK. So, on looking at the BK Frem II GK’s, I will have to look at bringing in a backup GK, more likely on loan if I can help it. That is not the only position, I need to at least bring on about six more players (2xDef, 2x Mid & 2xFor) in on loan/free transfers or maybe, take the chance and promote players from BK Frem II/U19s. We do have decent potential in this club, so I am not worried and hoping for a good start to the series. BK Frem II On first look at the BK Frem II side, there is one player Salieu Drammeh being moved into the first team straight away and will try and change that amateur contract too. There are also four other players that I will be checking up on as the season goes on and they are Lukas Corner, Isak Tannander, Valdemar Frahm and Rasmus Fugl. BK Frem U19 Only two midfielders’ make up our U19 side. I am not worried at the moment but will probably have to rely on either newgens or the odd player/players being released from higher divisions clubs like I mentioned above. The Tactic KISS…Keep It Simple Stupid….CoxieFM!! I have been using this tactic in my BETA save as PSV, so why not import it for this series and after putting the players in the starting XI, it looks like I should be fine to use this. I might see what players are available to bring in as that in the RB, LB, AML and TF are about as are all under three stars. Recruitment Focus I have never managed in Denmark before, so I am going to be scouting all positions in my tactic, but I might tweak the current ability to two stars +. But looking above in my best XI, I’ll defo look to strengthen the forward line and bring in a TF and possibility FB and IF, if I can stretch the wage budget. Other Nations I’ll be on a laptop and will be load up these eight leagues with a large database. Also, to note I always play my FM saves with prevent use of the in-game editor ticked too. Final Words Thank you once again for reading this blog… In the meantime, please feel free to leave a comment with any feedback and questions and don’t forget to check out all the other blogs on here and you can follow me on Twitter here. See you next time and thank you for reading. CoxieFM

The Kings of København – Introduction Welcome I’d like to say a massive “Thank You” for stopping by and taking the time out of your day to visit my FM contents page and the first blog of many for FM23. So, over on twitter I made the announcement that I would return to the blogging scene following a short break and announced that I would be adventuring off to Denmark and taking over the reins as @BKFREM_official manager in a save called “The Kings of København” when FM23 is released… In this introduction, I will be covering. Aims & Objectives Squad 2022/2023 Stadium BK Frem History The Golden Era The Ups, Downs & Bankruptcy Notable BK Frem Stars The Fans Shout-Outs Final Words So, without delay, let’s begin… Aims & Objectives I have set out some aims and objectives for my time in Denmark which I will use as a baseline and will look to re-evaluate as the save/series goes on. My aims and objectives for the first five seasons. 1st Season – To not get sacked and finish in the top half 3. Division. 2nd Season – Win promotion from 3. Division and get into 2nd round Sydbank Pokalen (Danish Cup). 3rd Season – Remain in the 2. Division and build a squad for the next season. 4th Season – Become an established 2, Division team and be competitive in the Sydbank Pokalen (Danish Cup). 5th Season – Finish in the top half 2. Division. My aims and objectives for season six to season 10. 6th Season – Win promotion from 2. Division. 7th Season – Remain in the NodicBet Liga and build a squad for the next season and get into the latter stages of the Sydbank Pokalen (Danish Cup). 8th Season – Become an established NodicBet Liga team. 9th Season – Finish in the top half NodicBet Liga and remain finishing in the latter stages of the Sydbank Pokalen (Danish Cup). 10th Season – Win promotion from NodicBet Liga and get into 3F Superliga. (Top tier in Denmark). My aims and objectives for season 11 to season 15. 11th Season – Battle regelation and survive. 12th Season – Finished out of the Relegation stages. 13th Season – Become an established 3F Superliga team. 14th Season – Win the Sydbank Pokalen (Danish Cup) and finish in the Championship group in 3F Superliga. 15th Season – Win the 3F Superliga. My aims and objectives for season 16 onwards. Continue to dominate Denmark. Win European competition. What’s if you get sacked at any point…. Well FM Fans, Titling the save/series “The Kings of København” works in my favour as that there are roughly up to 10 football clubs in the Danish capital across the tiers of football, so the story can continue but my initial idea is a one club save…But you never know!!! Squad 2022/2023 The club photo at the start of the 22/23 campaign and once the game is released, I will be posting an updated on the first team, youth teams and staff members to see if the squad has changed after this photo was taken. At first look at the squad from the photo, there are only 20 players on the books and going off the FM22 research I did on the club itself; I will have to look at bringing in a few players to bolster the squad. Top left: Therapist Oliver Brøgger, Head Coach René Henriksen, Mikkel Andersson, Lucas Lodberg, Frederik Balslev, Oliver Andersen, Lucas Balck, Philip Herslov, Therapist Kasper Henriksen, Goalkeeper Coach Emeka Andersen Centre from left: Transition coach Torben Clausen, Mohammed Youssef, Pablo Basarte Gaspar, Rasmus Fugl, Valdemar Frahm, Emil Schou Jørgensen, Rasmus Grønne Jensen, Kristoffer Dirksen, Frederik V. Kristensen, Team leader/material man Sven Kurzweg Bottom left: Isak Tånnander, Christian Bramsborg, Goalkeeper Rasmus Wedege, Goalkeeper Sebastian Sørensen, Oliver Møller-Jensen, Matthias Andersen, Jakob Skovgaard Larsen. Not present: Assistant coach Christoffer Balle, Assistant coach Jesper Fleckner, Therapist Johnny Vilstrup, Magnus Davidsen Stadium Valby Idrætspark Is the home ground of BK Frem and it has hosted a total of nine Danish FA-recognized internationals too. The capacity of the stadium is around 12,000 (4,400 seats). Valby Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark BK Frem History Now, let’s get to know the club… Boldklubben Frem was founded July 17th, 1886, as a cricket club bearing the name Fremskridtsklubbens Cricketklub (Cricket club of the Progress Club). The club was founded by left wing political activists and the club has always had ties to workers and unions. On the 9th of December 1887, football was introduced, and the name changed to Boldklubben Frem, sifted at Fremskridtsklubbens (The Ball Club Forward, founded by the Progress Club). The “founded by” part disappeared at some point in time and the club became Boldklubben Frem with the nickname BK Frem or just Frem. Football in Denmark at the time was primarily based in Copenhagen and all the clubs played their matches in Østerfælled. In 1905, the club moved to its new surroundings at Vesterbro. Now a days it’s a part of central Copenhagen but back then it was the outskirts of Copenhagen and both opponents and the press hated it as the trams didn’t go all the way the Frem’s pitch and had to walk from the last stop to the pitch. In 1942, the club moved to Valby Idrætspark where it’s still located although it was only their practice ground in the beginning since it played their matches at the national stadium København Idrætspark like many clubs at the time. Since 1965, the club has played its home games at Valby Idrætspark or Valby Stadion. One of the founder members of Dansk Boldspils Union (DBU) which is the Danish FA in 1889 and won the first national championship in 1923 albeit the “league” structure was totally different back then. Frem won the Copenhagen championship and thus participated in the national playoff which they won against AGF from Aarhus and from 1927 a true Danish league was created. The Golden Era The 1930’s and 1940’s was the best period in the club’s history with championships won in 1931, 1933, 1936, 1941 and 1944. Since then, the club hasn’t won the championship but won the Danish Cup in 1956 and 1978. From the inauguration of the Danish championship in 1927 to 1980 the club play in the best league of Denmark in all seasons except from 1961 to 1963. Frem’s squad of the 1943–1944 championship-winning season. The Ups, Downs & Bankruptcy From 1980 until 1993 it was a bit up and down but in 1991-92 the club surprised most of football Denmark when they won bronze. Unfortunately, the next season the club was relegated and on top of that the club went bankrupt and was force relegated to the fourth tier known as Danmarksserien then. Since then, the club has struggled to adapt to modern day football with a lot more professionalism and a lot more money. They bounced back and was promoted to Superligaen in 2003 but they only managed one season and was relegated again. The next years was tainted by overspending to get back to Superligaen and in 2010 the club went bankrupt for the second time. This time getting force relegated to the fifth tier in Københavnerserien. The club got promoted to years in a row winning first the Københavnerserien (fifth tier) and then Danmarksserien (fourth tier) and got back in the 2. Division (third tier) which was divided in two; West and East. In 2020-21 the club ended 7th in 2. Division East and since East and West the division was split into 2. Division and 3. Division the club was “relegated” to 3. division (fourth tier). Last season the gained promotion through second place after FC Roskilde. From 2010 and until earlier this year the club has been an amateur club but now a private limited company has been established with shares sold to both fans and investors in a new attempt to rise in the ranks. Let’s just say that you have an easier job in FM that we do in real life. Notable BK Frem Stars Sophus “Krølben” Nielsen Sophus played for Frem in 1904-06, 1907-1910, 1912-1921. He was the first superstar and played 137 times and scored 111 goals. Sophus also played for the Danish national team where his record was 20 matches and 16 goals. At the Olympics in 1908, he scored a record breaking 10 goals against France in a game that Denmark 17-1! A record that wasn’t broken until 2001 when Archie Thompson scored 13 goals in Australia’s 31-0 win against American Samoa. In 1911, he played for Holstein Kiel in Germany where he scored a ridiculous number of goals. He scored 72 goals in 18 matches!!! Sophus “Krølben” Nielsen Pauli Jørgensen Soon after Sophus “Krølben” the next and probably the biggest superstar ever of the club came Pauli Jørgensen. He was probably also one of the first superstars in Danish football and he was well known throughout the whole country. He debuted in 1925 and played until 1942 when he retired in fury. In the quarterfinals of the Danish Championship FREM had drawn 2-2 against B. 1909 from Odense and the rematch ended 0-0 and it was decided that the winner would be found on a draw instead of playing more. Pauli played 297 matches for FREM in total and scored 288 goals. On the national team he was just as good. He played 47 matches, 44 goals from 1925 to 1939. He was on the team winning the national championship in 1931, 1933, 1936, 1941 and after his retirement he went on to be the coach of FREM and was the coach for 1944 championship team. The VIP lounge at Valby Stadion is named after him. Pauli Jørgensen in action. (Far left) “Lange” John Hansen One of the clubs most talented players in the 1940’s. From 1943 to 1948, he played 86 matches scoring 81 goals. “Lange” translate to long meaning tall but it mostly a reference to his outstanding aerial abilities as he scored a lot of headed goals. He was a part of the Danish national team that won bronze at the 1948 Olympics including four goals against Italy in a 5-3 win. This win pathed a wave of transfers from Denmark to Serie A. John ended up at Juventus where he was a big success. From 1948 to 1954 he played 187 matches and scored 124 goals and winning the Serie A twice and was named Serie A top scorer in 1951/52 season with 30 goals. He also played one season for Lazio before heading back to Denmark to play for Frem from 1957 to 1960 making his total for the club to 115 matches and 113 goals. John Hansen at Juventus Ole Mørch Debuted in 1967 and played his last match in 1980. Played in 346 matches and scored 109 goals. He later became a coach with Frem winning bronze in 1991-92. After Frem’s bankruptcy, he went on to coach other clubs like AB with who he won the Danish Cup in 1998 and bronze in 1998-99 season. He later returned to FREM and got them promoted to the Superligaen for the 2003-04 season but was fired after only 9 games into the season with 11 points. Ole is still a member of the club and is still coming to the home games at the age of 74. Ole Mørch at BK Frem Per Wind Is the club’s record holder for most matches played. From his debut as a 17-year-old boy in 1973 until 1993 he played 589 games before retiring. However, in 1998 due to quarantines and injuries Per made a remarkable comeback at 43 years old and played his final match taking his total to 590 matches. Like Ole, he’s still a member of the club and is still around for home games from time to time. Wind in 2008 The Fans There are two fan groups. One official, one unofficial… The official one is BK Frem Support. The oldest official supporter group in Denmark founded in 1986 when the club turned 100. Isn’t as big as it used to be but are still standing strong and usually arranges bus trips for all away games. Mostly consists of people who have been around for years and are perhaps struggling a bit to get new younger members which leads us to the unofficial fan group. The unofficial fan group is called Paulis Rødder. Named after Pauli Jørgensen. Rødder has a double meaning. It can be translated to roots and rascals. The roots of FREM are Pauli and the fans are the rascals. The group arose after the bankruptcy in 2010 and have been located behind one of goals at the stadium ever since. Unlike BK Frem Support there are no board and no membership to be paid. No one and everyone are the leaders. They are the most vocal at home games and does banners and so on. Both groups are highly appreciated by both the club itself and usually all the opponents as well as they are known to clean up after themselves when the match is over. Especially the opponents are used to fans cleaning up and putting all garbage in bags. BK Frem fans Shout-Outs First shout-out goes to @ryancelticdaft, who when I tweeted for “FM23 I want to try and avoid the following countries as that I have played/blogged fm20,21,22” and suggested BK Frem and then the club responded saying “Do It” which made my mine up there and then. Second shout-out to Jimmy over from @BKFREM_official page on twitter, who DM’d me with information and that help me in writing parts of this blog. The third and final shout-out goes to @CustomFMGFX, who made the thumbnail for this blog series as that I normally do my own but mine didn’t/wouldn’t have done the club justice, so my guy stepped in. But then that wasn’t it… CustomFMGFX then tweeted “Snazzy BK Frem kit recreations for @Coxie84 who will be managing them in #FM23!” – So, FM Fans go check the socials, follow and if you need a thumbnail or kits then drop a DM, always happy to help out a fellow FM creator!! Home & Away kit for FM23 Final Words Hope you enjoy this introduction blog, and I am looking forward to getting this save underway when FM23 is out. I will probably look to start this during the beta version or when the game is fully released. In the meantime, please feel free to leave a comment with any feedback and questions and don’t forget to check out all the other blogs on here and you can follow me on Twitter here. See you next time and thank you for reading. CoxieFM