Overhauling Man United...Then Travelling Europe

A sloppy game against Mexico saw us play out an eight goal thriller where we wasted the chance to win it! We slipped behind though a well known Hernandez goal before Fierro doubled the host lead. We thought back with Ince and an own goal seeing it at two a piece come half time. Second half Rooney put us three two up, before we conceded twice. But we claimed a draw in the second minute of injury time as the Ox scored!


Our Euro qualifiers kicked off in Montenegro where we claimed a three one wins thanks to a couple late goals. Tom Ince initially gave us the lead after four minutes which we held at the break. Second half we conceded with Savic before Ince netted a second and Kane went on to put the game beyond doubt in injury time!

Solid start to the Euro 2020 qualifying campaign.

Nice work Dan and congrats on picking up the CL trophy last season! Been messing around with a United save myself recently which has been fun though can't quite compare with your successes just yet

Good start to the qualifiers!

Thanks Shedender, its the start we had to get off to!

Thanks PNTaylor, I wouldn't say I've been massively successful, not yet anyway and not as much as I was expecting with a top team like United but with the Champions League win I'm hoping we are now going to crack on and push for everything! Be nice to see how your getting on!

Cheers George!




Three more league games have been played and three more wins have be made as we fight our good form and continue to fly. We narrowly beat Arsenal two one with Nico Owen and Chris Smalling netting before Arsenal netted a late consolation. We then smashed Wigan four one at the DW Stadium after being behind! Our goals came from Bowerman, Zaha, Smalling and Chalobah before we beat Cardiff two nil, early goals from Powell and Zaha secured the win.


The Third Round of the Capital One Cup was a tough tie for us as we took on Southampton at St Marys. Neither side were able to make the break through in the ninety minutes nor in extra time as we were dealt injuries to Will Hughes and Nathaniel Chalobah. It went to penalties and it was a thriller, we went on to win nine eight on penalties after eleven each as keeper Butland netted the winner for as whilst Southampton keeper Foster missed his.

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We will face Watford in the next round, its a must win for us, we are the holders of the competition and need to prove our strength within England.


We've made the start we've needed to in the Champions League as we have battled past PSG in Paris to claim the first three points in the group stage. We weren't amazing but a goal from Jones in the twenty fourth minute sent us on our way. We lost Smalling to a second booking late on but held out for the win.


We top the table but only narrowly as we are one of two teams to remain unbeaten after the opening six games of the season. We lead the way by just two points over title holders Chelsea who are the remaining side unbeaten so far. Arsenal sit third with Reading up in fourth ahead of Tottenham. Both Manchester City and Liverpool are off to struggling starts down in tenth and twelfth respectively.

Superb win in Paris chum and a solid enough start to the league season.

It was a good narrow win in Paris Sheednder, we are doing fine in every competition this far!


We faced Wales in our second qualifying game at Wembley and managed to narrowly beat them. Hughes netted the only goal of the game in the twenty fifth minute from the spot. We were the better side and unfortunately couldn't add more goals despite our many chances.


Travelling to Liechtenstein we had to be careful of under estimating the host, luckily we didn't as we completely dominated the game. We went on to win four one. Woodrow netted our first after just nine minutes with the only first half goal. Second half Woodrow made it two nil before the host pulled one back. Late substitutes Zaha and Smalling both netted in the final five minutes.


And after three games in the European qualifiers we've managed to win all three and are already walking away with the group. We sit three points clear of close rivals Wales who are on six points after three games. Sweden, Liechtenstein and Montenegro have all only played two and that could see Sweden go second if they win. The bottom two sides are without a point.


Two easy friendlies to round off the year of 2018 which has been a good year as we reached the World Cup Final, losing out to Portugal. Here we beat Isreal away from home thanks to second half goals from Manchester United players Bowerman and Rooney. We then welcomed Bosnia & Herzegovina who we smashed five nil, Woodrow, Rooney Hughes, a Begovic own goal and Robinson sealing the win!

Good start to the season with Man Utd and England

Weird to see FIFA logo as your sponsor

Thanks Johno, hopefully set the tone for the season! Haha I couldn't think what else to put!




The Semi Final saw us face Monterrey and it wasn't a brilliant Semi Final. We were pretty poor and finished with just ten men when Phil Jones was booked for a second time with eight minutes to go. Luckily we managed to advance to as Smalling netted just four minutes from time as we booked our spot in the Club World Cup Final.


Champions of the treble and we aren't even halfway through the season! It was close but we managed to come back and win this game. It was a good Final, we took the lead just four minutes before the break through Danny Welbeck however two minutes after the restart Careca levelled for Palmeiras. The Brazilian side then took the lead through a Buland own goal and going into the final five minutes seemed to be on to win it. But Danny Welbeck netted two minutes from time before Will Hughes netted a minute into injury time saw us win three two! Crowned Champions!


Old Trafford expansion complete! The Stadium now is a one hundred thousand all seater capacity stadium, the biggest in England as the extra eight thousand two hundred and thirty five seasons have been installed and successfully completed now.

Not a lot of league matches have been played from October through to the end of December, just ten to be precise but we have managed to remain unbeaten through the league this far of the season and more importantly our defensive record is just as good as we've conceded just four goals in ten games seeing us keep seven clean sheets over the past three months. Butland has been fantastic in the first half of the season as has our defence! The game at home against QPR was our first in the newly expanded stadium, drawing a crowd of over 96,000 come in.


Two more rounds done dusted and down and we are still in the Capital One Cup and even though we are double holders of the competition we haven't been fantastic. Owen and Bowerman netted to send us through against Watford before Ince and Powell netted in the Quarter Final against Wigan where we won two one.


The Capital One Cup Semi Final is to be the big Manchester Derby, the biggest game in English football and as its the Semi Final it will obviously be played over two legs, both coming in January as we will look to make it to the Final! It won't be easy though.


A trip to Burton awaits us in the FA Cup Third Round, as long as we don't underestimate them we will ease past the League One side.


Another Champions League group stage where we managed to remain unbeaten after getting off to the one nil start in Paris. We then beat Basel and Sparta Praha at home and then drew with Sparta away from home. But two more wins came to end the group stages as we smashed PSG three one and then Basel three nil away from home. Another three clean sheets came in the Champions League after our one in Paris.


Sixteen from a possible eighteen points in the Champions League group stage sees us ease through this group once again. PSG also qualify but finish nine points worse off in second place. Basel and Sparta Praha both finish on five points but its Basel who will head through to the Europa League First Knockout Round.


Atletico in the First Knockout Round, admittedly it won't be an easy tie but its probably one of the best draws we could of pictured! We have avoided the big teams such as Madrid, Barcelona, Dortmund etc. Hopefully we can ease through and with any luck retain our title.


So its Chelsea who lead the way at the end of the 2018 calender year, the current title holders will be looking to retain the title however they only sit five points ahead of us and we have three games in hand due to our CWC commitments through December. Meaning we are able to go top and move four points clear. Both us and Chelsea are unbeaten to date, Chelsea have drawn five of their nineteen games with us drawing three of our sixteen. We go head to head with Chelsea in the first league game of January, 1st January! Poor old QPR are without a win so far this season sitting bottom with just five points.

as someone said already, spend some fkin money you said you were not like arsenal, you havent won a major trophy for 3 years now. You have an enormous budget, don't spend anything cause you want to be "original" and play with only english players. Newsflash, England doesn't have that much talent that would bring you the league trophy. Only thing you spend on is the stadium. I like your passion, but I don't like your approach at all. Nhf mate

Very tough semi final draw but one I'm sure you could win if you're lucky. It looks tough in the league with yourselves and Chelsea yet to lose a game but the good thing is you've three games in hand. Good luck.

I appreciate your comments Sanka, but as for the you havent won a major trophy for 3 years now I regard the Champions League title win last season as a 'major trophy'. Secondly I never said I wanted to be 'original' at all, I'm just playing the game I'd like to play it and that is bring through English talent which is claerly working over the years.

Thanks Shedender, we currently sit in a fantastic position in the league, yes we are trailing Chelsea but our games in hand will be huge! City will be a tough ask to beat in the Semi Finals though!




Just one player joins this summer and he comes from Scottish Premier side Rangers. Matty Dowell is a twenty year old English striker and could be a huge hit here at Old Trafford. He has bags of ability and I think he could be a regular come next season.


Loads of departures for the club during January, the majority of them are on loan deals and will return to the club after they get some first team experience. The big name loan deals there are Simon Cox and new January signing Matty Dowell as they join Reading and Blackburn respectively. Two permanent deals also see Joe Rothwell join West Ham for a mear eighty thousand pounds whilst unhappy and forever crying Andros Townsend joins Cardiff for just over three and a half million.


We've continued to be brilliant in the league this season as we've played another four games and stayed unbeaten as well as keeping three more clean sheets. We firstly faced Chelsea in the battle of the unbeaten sides and it was them who slipped to a first league defeat this season as Welbeck, Ince and Powell netted second half goals to seal the win. We beat Southampton and Wigan three nil either side of drawing one a piece with Arsenal at The Emirates.


Disappointed to say the least! How we are out I will never know. In the Semi Final First Leg we welcomed fierce rivals Manchester City to Old Trafford and beat them four two with goals from Barkley, Welbeck, Smalling and Owen. However the second leg saw us blow it. We lost Luke Shaw early in the first half through a straight red card and City went on to win two nil after ninety minutes. This saw is 4-4 on aggregate and it went to extra time. It looked like we had won it when Owen netted seven minutes from time but a late Zableta goal secured City' place in the Final.


We've battled through the Third and Fourth Rounds of the FA Cup and are set for an away tie at Southampton in the Fifth Round. We beat League One side Burton three two, closer than expected but we fielded a young side with Ince, Zaha and Owen all netting before Burton pulled two late goals back to try and shock us. We beat Arsenal one nil in the Fourth Round with Barkley netting the only goal of the game in the thirteenth minute.


Chelsea continue to sit top of the table after January and have just the one defeat to their name which we sent them to. We continue to sit second, five points behind Chelsea but have four games in hand, should we win all four we could move seven points clear at the top of the table. Arsenal sit third, five points behind us and they've played five more league games than us!

sorry mate, I honestly didn't see you've won it, I must've skipped it I'm just wondering how can you control yourself not to go on a massive shopping spree :p
why did you sell henriquez? I'm honestly impressed that you managed to pull up a great team only with english players

Shame to see you crashed out of Capital One Cup against City, even you won the first leg.

How did you get the club/england logo to come up instead of text on your header?

Thats okay Sanka, I was going to say what more do you want me to win with United thats bigger than that! Its hard and I think I may change my policy soon however seeing the young Englishman grow is something I enjoy. Take Bowerman for example, signed from West Ham for seven hundred thousand pounds, now worth over twenty million! I only sold Henriquez because I wanted him to grow and he wouldn't get the time here at Old Trafford. Thanks though!

Yeah its a tough way to go out Johno, especially as we took the lead in injury time! and then still blew it! Are you on about the united/england logo at the top above the kits? just pasted it like a normal picture?




Well the new youths of tomorrow have come to the club and there isn't much talent to report to you despite our training and youth facilities being some of the best here in England. The only player likely to make it anywhere at the club and in the future is fifteen year old striker and attacking midfielder Gavin Maddox however I'm not one hundred percent sure if he will make it big time.

Cracking career so far Dan, loving the all English squad. Well done

Thanks alot EXODDUS! Means alot that your enjoying the career! Plenty more to come too!


We kicked off our first game of 2019 calender year with a game at Wembley as we welcomed Sweden, it was to be a close game but one we came out on top of. Luke Shaw gave us the lead in nine minutes but the travelling Swedes levelled before the break. Second half Harry Kane went on to net the winner half an hour from time.


The group is looking a walk in the park for us at the moment, we've played a game more than the other competitors in the group but sit twelve points clear at the top as we've won all four of our games. Wales currently occupy second place having won two of their three games whilst Sweden and Montenegro sit third and fourth, both on just three points. At the tale end of the table Liechtenstein are bottom on zero points.


A recreation of last years World Cup Final saw us welcome Portugal at Wembley where we played out a two a piece draw, however we threw away a two goal lead to end level. We lead through Phil Jones in twenty minutes before Will Hughes netted in the second half to put us two ahead. After a host of late changes we went on to conceded twice in the final twelve minutes to draw two a piece.

You perhaps should have defeated Sweden more convincingly, but still a decent one nonetheless.

We certainly were the better side and had created the most chances Shedender, just we didn't take them, as you say, three points is three points!




The second half of the season on the pitch was just as if not even more impressive than our first half! We've been brilliant through the whole season, the club have stayed motivated and have battled through every game. We've lost just the one game this season and that was away at St James Park against Newcastle. We were poor that game losing out three nil. In the eighteen games over the last four months we've kept eleven clean sheets in the league as our defence and Butland in goal have been solid, surely this was enough for the league title!?


The FA Cup saw us battle our way to the Final for a fifth season on the bounce as we were superb to battle our way there. In the Fifth Round we played Southampton away from home where we claimed a good three one win, goals from Zaha and two from Welbeck put us through. Swansea weren't any tougher in the Sixth Round either as we won three nil there, goals from Powell and Owen. The Semi Final saw us face Newcastle where Hughes netted the only goal of the game, pushing us into the Final where we'd play Chelsea. This would be a second successive season we play Chelsea in the FA Cup Final, last year they beat us...


A full ninety thousand spectators turned up to Wembley in London to watch this years FA Cup Final between my Manchester United side and Mourinho' Chelsea men. We got off to the slower start with Chelsea leading after half an hour as French defender Mbiwa put them ahead. Second half we thought back as Jones levelled for us, this put us into competition once again. The game went through to Extra Time and it would prove we had the legs here. The Second Half of Extra Time saw Bowerman net a penalty before Barkley netted three minutes later, seeing us win the FA Cup.


We've made back to back Champions League Finals! But can we win back to back European titles? We were brilliant in the First Knockout Round against Atletico winning five one in Spain and then two one at home saw us easily through! Into the Quarter Finals and we were to play English rivals Chelsea, at home we were superb, winning three nil. At Stamford Bridge we were held a little, it ended one a piece and this saw us advance to the Semi Finals! The Semi Final was to pair us with FC Bayern, our old rivals who in the first two seasons put twelve goals past me in four games. We were much better this year, a two one win at home, after being a goal behind put us in great shape as Welbeck and Bowerman scored. Second Leg we were trailing in Germany and that would of saw us go out! But a late, late goal from Danny Welbeck, two minutes into injury time, saw us reach the Final! The Final will be in the next update, and will be a repeat of last years 2018 Champions League Final with us facing English rivals Arsenal.


Premier League Champions once again! Its our first title in three years but its good to be back on top of the pile and what a season we've had! From the thirty eight league games we played this season we've managed to win thirty of them, drawing seven and losing just one, away at Newcastle in February. Chelsea battled us most of the way to the end as they lost just twice this season, and one of those times were to us. Arsenal and Manchester City both secure Champions League football next season with Newcastle, Tottenham and Stoke winning places in the Europa League. Liverpool have a poor season, finishing down in ninth whilst its heartbreak for fans and players of QPR, Swansea and West Ham who are all relegated to the Championship next season.

On your FM screenshot, you had the club/ England logo instead of the text..

Congrats on beating Chelsea in FA Cup Good luck against Arsenal!

Massive congrats on finally winning back the Premier League title and good luck in the Champions League final.

I'm not 100% sure what your on about Johno! haha! Thanks though, the FA Cup win was delightful after losing it to them last year!

Cheers Shedender, its good to have the title back, we deserved it this season and now we need to retain it, just like we are going to try and retain the Champions League title now against Arsenal.





So the Champions League Final would see us face Arsenal for a second season running. Arsenal lined up a basic four four two, with Jonny Evans at the back, Ben Davies left back and Jack Wilshere centre midfield, the only three English players to start in their side whilst we lined up with the usual full English squad and a changed four one one two two formation. Because of injuries Powell and Wellbeck were to lead the front line with Ince and Zaha on the wings. Bowerman holding central midfield with Hunter defensive.


The Final was to be held at the ninety nine thousand three hundred and ninety four seater stadium that is Camp Nou, in Barcelona, Spain and the two English clubs battled it out which saw us win by a single goal. Phil Jones netted the only goal of the game, nodding home a corner in the seventeenth minute. Arsenal picked up three bookings along the way and lost Ben Davies to a second bookable offence with thirteen minutes to go. We were Champions of the Champions League for a second successive season.



I thought I'd end this update by showing you this, the team competition screen for the 2018/2019 season and what a wonderful season it has been for us. We began the year in seven competitions and have astonishingly come away with six trophies and missing out on just on where we lost to Manchester City in the Semi Final of the Capital One Cup. But along the way this season we've claimed the FIFA Club World Cup, Champions League, Super Cup, Premier League, FA Cup and Community Shield! Its fair to say, this has been my most successful season here in charge of Manchester United!

I now understand Johno Its just the basic FM Dark Skin, it uses those logos as far as I'm aware and because im in charge of both United and England.

We faced Brazil in a friendly before our European Qualifying game and that was a close one all draw. Brazil were surprisingly ranked down in twentieth. We took the lead shortly after the restart with Welbeck netting almost immediately after the restart. But after our usual late chances, we blew the lead with Brazil netting late on.

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We then returned to European Qualifying action with us welcoming Montenegro and our walk through the group continued with this four nil win.We were ahead in two minutes as Rooney netted the only first half goal. Second half we were better, took our chances more as Woodrow netted twice and Smalling netting in injury time to secure the win.


Topping the group with ease as we are now passed the halfway point in the group and with just three games to go. We are still only three points clear of nearby rivals Wales though but we do still have to play them and that will be a big incentive to beat them!



So the new season is just a few weeks away and the board have had a quick meeting with me to discuss the budgets for the new season and well, as you guessed it the board have definitely backed us financially! Just for challenging for the title the board would give us a massive two hundred and twenty two million pounds and a wage budget of three point nine million pounds, two million pounds more than we are currently spending. If I choose to tell the board we are going to win the league they will give me a massive two hundred and seventy three million pounds for transfers and four point three million pounds for wages! Oh boy oh boy oh boy, what to do now...

Brilliant Champions league win again And winning the prem too! And amazing budgets for next season

SPEND THE MONEY!

Those transfer budgets are absolute insane, I'd actually go on a spending spree.

That's the sort of money that would allow you to buy all of your rival's top player just because you can. Weaken to strengthen!

Thanks George, its only taken six seasons but finally I have landed the CL and Prem double!

Don't know if I can afford to spend it Shedender!

Potentially KEZ but if we raid our rivals they ask for more money each time and thats hard to choose whether to pay it. But I have brought in some players to strengthen the side.




We've made some fantastic money this summer thanks to our players developing in the correct ways. Newcastle hit us with a double strike, not sure where they got their money from but they took Welsh young defender Aaron Perrett for nine and a half million before Simon Cox, English born winger who I signed but never really made it for eleven million. Italian giants Juventus then stole twenty eight year old Danny Welbeck for twenty eight and a half million pounds, I feel I've sold him at the right time and got the best money for him as we've got some great youngsters coming through. Also we sold Tom Ince for an amazing thirty two and a half million pounds, again a great deal and a player who is a rotational we couldn't keep hold of him. This saw us make over eighty two million pounds this summer!


You will be pleased I've spent money and not only that, but I've brought foreign players in! We've spent fifty eight million pounds this summer on three new faces and they are all non English! First in was attacking midfielder come striker Gabriel Iancu from Stuttgart. The Romanian set me back twenty million pounds but is well worth the money at twenty five years old. Young eighteen year old Belgian striker Alexandre Nicolas was next in the door. He is a fantastic capture for us at the age of eighteen he has a massive future and only set us back thirteen million pounds. The final signing for now saw Felipe Gutierrez sign from CSKA Moscow. The twenty eight year old central midfielder set me back twenty five million pounds, taking my spending up over fifty three million pounds this year.


Not as many loan deals as usual out of the club but there are still plenty which sees plenty of players given first team football chances and even more money into the club on a monthly basis. From the current deals we will make just short of a million pounds in each month. The big, most noticeable loan deals saw Owen Dunford, Jimmy O'Hara, Matty Dowell and Mark Ferguson move out on loan.


Pre season was a building month with our new players joining the side to. We've not been terribly busy but faced seven friendlies, coming away with four wins, two draws and just the one defeat. We also managed to keep three clean sheets which has pleased me.