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For a third year running the beast that is the British Steel returns to the challenge section for all of you that want to challenge yourself within the British Isles.

So what is the challenge: You have to win every trophy from England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland in any order you want. However you must only use British and Irish players!

With no on conquering this challenge over the last two years its proved to not be as easy as some people assume and we welcome every challenger to try and be the first!

The challenge is made a little easier by counting promotion from finishing second in the league, or via the playoffs as the title but this is your choice. Any success in Europe or with the national teams are just an added note on your history but won't count towards this challenge.

Below is a screenshot and I will add everyone who takes part to the challenge leaderboard and add your story so people can follow it easily. Once you've won a trophy be it league or cup, I will need to see a screenshot for it to count.

Rules:
  • Only use British and Irish players
  • Must start with Sunday League Reputation
  • You may start at a club or start unemployed, your choice
  • You MUST send me a screenshot of each trophy won for it to count
Below is the list of playable trophy's within the game when you load all the home nations.(Downloaded competitions and expansions are not allowed)

England
Fa Trophy, Blue Square North/South, Blue Square Premiership, Johnson's Paint trophy, nPower League Two, nPower League One, nPower Championship, League Cup, Community Shield, FA Cup, Premiership

Scotland
Challenge Cup, Division 3, Division 2, Division 1, League Cup, FA Cup, Premier League

Ireland
Munster Senior cup, Division 1, League cup, Senior Challenge Cup, Premiership

Northern Ireland
Mid-Ulster Cup, Steel & Son's cup, Interim cup, County Antrim Shield, Division two, First division, League Cup, FA cup, Setanta Cup, Premiership

Wales
League Cup, FAW cup, Premiership

All the best to all the challengers....

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British Steel 2012 Leaderboard


Gendo (35/36) - No Thread
BOWC (12/36) - Conquering Britain (British Steel 2013)
alec6247 (10/36) - British Steel Challenge
stokerino (10/36) - No Thread
crashorburn (9/36) - The conquest of Britain.algar_toon (5/36) - No Thread
jamesnorcott (4/36) - No Thread
Loscules (4/36) - FM12 - Loscules BSC
TrevKemp (3/36) - Man Of Steel
Alastairhufc (3/36) - No Thread
Maiden71 (2/36) - British Steel Challenge
WindBlob (2/36) - No Thread
Vince Gonner (2/36) - No Thread
EricTheGreat (2/36) - No Thread
MCMXC (1/36) - No Thread
Keverend (1/36) - Clever title working in the word steelKieranA91 (0/36) - A Heart of Steel
SoulLimit (0/36) - Conquering Steel (British Steel 2013)
Jackyd157 (0/36) - Doing what Napoleon couldn't (Conquering Britain)
To dare is to Do (0/36) - No Thread
Arca-33 (0/36) - Five Nations One Man
johnbhoy83 (0/36) - The British Steel Challenge
Thunder 1301 (0/36) - British Steel Challenge
jameslufc (0/36) - No Thread
emmett_srilanka (0/36) - No Thread
Comments
Vince Gonner
12 years ago
1 year ago
7
Greetings from France.

I've decided to join the Challenge.

I've taken the easy way in by managing the Rangers as a start. More update to come as soon as I get a title !
Dan
13 years ago
1 year ago
16,964
BOWC is now up to trophy number eleven as he continues to battle through!

Vince Gonner is our newest challenger and has his first ticked off winning the Challenge cup with rangers!
Martyn123
12 years ago
5 years ago
9
Keep it going!
arca-33
13 years ago
10 months ago
96
Add Me to it lads, ill be winning in no time
johnoconnor83
13 years ago
2 weeks ago
10
I fancy joining in if thats ok. I need something different to try this year and think this is ideal. Probably start with Rangers in the 3rd Division in Scotland as that should win a few trophies there. Maybe not though as that's potentially taking the easy route to glory plus i'm a Celtic man.
Dan
13 years ago
1 year ago
16,964
Will update the leaderboard with you in Arca and linking it to your thread!

Would be nice to add you to Johnbhoy if your interested! Take any route you want, the challenge is undefeated and previous years many have started at the easy route of Wales and TNS so its all to play for to be the first!
johnoconnor83
13 years ago
2 weeks ago
10
how do i print screen and save with windows 8? i'm stuck lol
Dan
13 years ago
1 year ago
16,964
Not sure, I know most it alt+f9 and it will save your screenies into a folder within sports interactive
TrevKep
16 years ago
6 years ago
31
Hello Chaps,

I'm back to give this challenge another go. Did I end up with the most trophies last time or did someone out do me?
Dan
13 years ago
1 year ago
16,964
Yes last year TrevKep you were the leader come the end with 13 from a possible 36! Lets see you do it again!
johnoconnor83
13 years ago
2 weeks ago
10
Starting off as Stirling Albion Manager in Scottish Division 3
johnoconnor83
13 years ago
2 weeks ago
10
By DanW19 | Permalink | On 31 December 2012 - 13:54 PM
Not sure, I know most it alt+f9 and it will save your screenies into a folder within sports interactive


Got it thanks. Now what programme can I use to upload screenshots rather than submit an attachment

Cheers
Dan
13 years ago
1 year ago
16,964
Good luck mate!

Try Imgur for uploading screenshots, works the best for me!
johnoconnor83
13 years ago
2 weeks ago
10
Dan
13 years ago
1 year ago
16,964
Happy new year guys! Lets hope its the year someone finally cracks this challenge!

Crashorburn becomes the first person to win a trophy this calender year!
johnoconnor83
13 years ago
2 weeks ago
10
http://sortitoutsi.net/careers/view/3702/stirling-albion-the-british-steel-challenge-2013#object_3349

a link to my updates. As I have stated before I am new to this kind of thing so the updates will be very basic until I am up and running.

cheers

John
Dan
13 years ago
1 year ago
16,964
Good luck mate, you've been added to the leaderboard!
krustycacks
16 years ago
2 days ago
13
Premium
I re-started this challenge, but I'm posting my career elsewhere.

Feel free to have a look.

http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/322764-Conquering-Britain-and-Ireland-FM13

I can't get to grips with this new setup
Dan
13 years ago
1 year ago
16,964
crashorburn goes level second place as he adds his fifth trophy!
loscules22
12 years ago
1 week ago
92
I have decided to join the challenge

I will start as Cork City in Ireland so as to try and get Munster cup out of the way as it is only playable by 3 teams.

wont be doing a thread though so i'll send my screenies to Dan
Dan
13 years ago
1 year ago
16,964
Best of luck loscules! Be good to see how you get on, nice to see you back on the forum too!
loscules22
12 years ago
1 week ago
92
By DanW19 | Permalink | On 12 January 2013 - 14:13 PM
Best of luck loscules! Be good to see how you get on, nice to see you back on the forum too!


thanks Dan, however I wont start immediately as i have my exams until the end of January so hopefully I'll start then
Alastairhufc
15 years ago
1 month ago
121
I may start this when I get FM after my exams as it sounds interesting but I have one question, if I join a club with one game left in the season and they win the league/cup does it still count?
Gendo
13 years ago
1 year ago
1,194
By Alastairhufc | Permalink | On 12 January 2013 - 16:00 PM
I may start this when I get FM after my exams as it sounds interesting but I have one question, if I join a club with one game left in the season and they win the league/cup does it still count?


This was discussed last season, too, and the answer from Rick was "yes". You could win multiple titles in one season between different leagues, and they would all count.
Dan
13 years ago
1 year ago
16,964
By Alastairhufc | Permalink | On 12 January 2013 - 22:00 PM
I may start this when I get FM after my exams as it sounds interesting but I have one question, if I join a club with one game left in the season and they win the league/cup does it still count?


Yes however a team are VERY VERY unlikely to sack a manager in the last league game if they are in with a shot for the title, maybe a little different if they had an awful season but in the cup final
Alastairhufc
15 years ago
1 month ago
121
By Gendo | Permalink | On 15 January 2013 - 17:15 PM
This was discussed last season, too, and the answer from Rick was "yes". You could win multiple titles in one season between different leagues, and they would all count.


Ah thats good then, if I am having a bad season I may have to look around, a manager could easily be poached by another club

By DanW19 | Permalink | On 15 January 2013 - 21:14 PM
Yes however a team are VERY VERY unlikely to sack a manager in the last league game if they are in with a shot for the title, maybe a little different if they had an awful season but in the cup final



I was just thinking a bigger club may come in for them but I doubt it

I just need to get these stupid exams over now
alec6247
12 years ago
1 year ago
185
Have made a start to this challenge, could be a tough one, but looking forward to it!
Dan
13 years ago
1 year ago
16,964
Alec bags three trophies in two seasons to fly up the table!
TeeJupp
15 years ago
2 years ago
9
Going to give this a go. Exams have meant any distraction is welcome.

Will start a thread once I get the game underway.
loscules22
12 years ago
1 week ago
92
just a question ... are dual nationality players allowed??

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