Awarded Football Manager Stories
Here you can find all the previous awards given out to stories from our forums.
Story of the Month: January 2026
Owl Save You - A Sheffield Wednesday Story
A great story, simplistic story telling combined with great screengrabs. A winner indeed which has the potential to be a long term save with one club.
Story of the Year: 2025
[FM24] Stranded: Zeb's African & European Adventure
The stand out story from 2025, a fine example of a journeyman save.
Story of the Month: December 2025
'The Sicilian Project' - Palermo FC - Jacques Huber [FM26]
Another excellently written story. A great combination of superb writing and graphic images to complement it. One of the best new stories to hit Susie recently.
Story of the Month: November 2025
[FM26] An Argentine's Journey
A very well constructed story with good writing and backed up with some great screen shots. Loving every aspect of the career, very well put together by the author.
Story of the Month: October 2025
The FM26 Chronicles - The Gauthier Story
A superb story that has been created. The story has been written with a superb back story of the main protagonist as a player before now moving onto the world of football management. Excellently written and complemented well with superb screenshots, it's a deserved Story of the Month.
Story of the Month: September 2025
The Maple and the Eagle
A rarity in that this is the first SOTM going to a staff member. Matt's stories are always a good read and this is no exception whatsoever. Based in the Polish Leagues, this is a compelling story that is very hard to ignore. Well deserved in every aspect.
Story of the Month: August 2025
Jay Mann - Journeyman (FM21)
A well written effort that delivers without the need of extensive graphics.
Story of the Month: July 2025
A Scottish Pioneer in Bohemia
A really good story based in the Czechia leagues. Plenty of excellent content throughout, graphics and storytelling combined to produce a career that you wonder where it will go next. Put superbly together by a newcomer to the ranks.
Story of the Month: June 2025
International Save and Dual manage some club sides later.
This story has no graphics but it's an incredible save that never seems to end. One of the best text only stories I have ever seen, and deserving of an overdue accolade.
Story of the Month: May 2025
[FM24] ATHLETIC BILBAO (or usually mentioned as ATHLETIC CLUB?) REBUILD CHALLENGE
An incredible story with so many great features that have really impressed the panel. We love the tactical analysis on this story especially. One of the best active stories for a while.
Story of the Month: April 2025
[FM24] [EN] LLM - The Oldest Club in the World - A Carlos Dolbeth Adventure
A cracking read with plenty of content to keep you enthralled and interested throughout. Has the potential to go further indeed, it's a brilliant LLaMa save - keep up the good work with it.
Story of the Month: March 2025
[FM24] Stranded: Zeb's African & European Adventure
This is an incredible journeyman save that combines quality story telling and graphical screenshots to back it up. I have always liked journeyman saves and this goes along as being one of the best there is. A well deserved winner of Story of the Month, congratulations Zeb.