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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
stokerino
13 years ago
1 year ago
18
Very sad face.

As I tried to pass from 31st December 2017 to 1st January 2018, the game crashed. Like this:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v166/stokerino/sadface_zps3caf05ba.jpg

Tried the save game again. The same thing happened.

Loaded up my backup save. Played through two matches again to reach the same point. The same thing happened.

Seems my British Steel Challenge is dead.
Gendo
12 years ago
1 year ago
1,194
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Not cool, mate. It's never fun to see crash dumps, and I should know. Couldn't play network games on FM12 without those pesky popups.
emmett_srilanka
11 years ago
11 years ago
3
Going to Start this challenge today.http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s576/ecurran600/EmmettCurran_OverviewInformation_zpsff974c1b.png
stokerino
13 years ago
1 year ago
18
Reset my trophy tally back down to zero please. Am starting up a new BSC, and am even bothering to try and log a career this time. Link
stokerino
13 years ago
1 year ago
18
Scratch the above.

I started up my Rangers game and spent time doing the usual assessment of my squad...trying to find transfer targets etc. etc. Eventually I'd progressed a few weeks through the pre-season, brought in 3 or 4 new players and was just about to gear up for my first friendly match against Dynamo Kyiv when BOOM, crash dump.

I could hardly believe this so began to wonder if there were potential compatibility issues between FM13 and my new Windows 8 laptop. Googling such things elicited no obvious pitfalls for Windows 8 but I did come across the concept of Steam's "Verify integrity of game cache" button, which was new to me.

It took a few minutes to run and it came up with 6 unverifiable files, which were reintegrated (or something). Curious, I loaded up my previous Notts County BSC game and tried once again to run past December 31st.

...January 1st, here I am.

On the one hand, yay. On the other hand, I was just getting into the Rangers deal. :/
kennyder
11 years ago
6 years ago
42
Game over for me

laptop crashed and lost every save of the game i had.

Dunno if i'm starting over again from scratch but if I do it will be without a career blog.
jameslufc
11 years ago
3 months ago
15
I have decided to give this challenge a go. Here is my manager screenshot, I have started unemployed.

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/ovYqvsnkjJSOUs73CCJMVVfEx2uuOYf0YZH3FmpJ.png
Gendo
12 years ago
1 year ago
1,194
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Dilemma: I signed a player who had both Scottish and Malaysian eligibility (Scottish being primary, as he was born in Edinburgh). But the boy capped for Malaysia midway through the season. Does that mean I have to now offload him since he's not technically Scottish anymore due to FIFA rules, as by proxy, this competition's rules?
dramacydal2002
13 years ago
9 years ago
75
can we see a screeny of his stats pls Gendo?
Gendo
12 years ago
1 year ago
1,194
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Alright, here is a pic of him before earning his first cap. I inadvertently saved here, but since I came to that dilemma, I guess it was a good stopping point.

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/nxJXcYH65zUt9mW2WoUDF190CeavSJ4JZkVIhlG6.jpg
https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/uVnYDZ6jxYOx6p9UyL4OjTIYAK5YQZti6WvL8M9V.png
https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/Qan8TDQS0Vc5rX05jgR52EruiY5UM5HqGq8m94wI.png
dramacydal2002
13 years ago
9 years ago
75
although his name suggests otherwise i would say he counts as british being born in scotland
Dyrim
11 years ago
2 months ago
593
By BOWC | Permalink | On 25 January 2013 - 14:39 PM
According to Dan, dual nationality players are allowed and even if England/Scottish/Welsh/Irish/N.Irish is their second nationality you are allowed to use them as long as they are not playing international football for another country!


So unfortunatly you can't play the Malaysian guy anymore
Gendo
12 years ago
1 year ago
1,194
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By Dyrim | Permalink | On 16 March 2013 - 08:22 AM
So unfortunatly you can't play the Malaysian guy anymore


Well, damn. Had dual saves in case this would happen. What a bummer.
Gendo
12 years ago
1 year ago
1,194
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Arsenal want to sign me, but I'd have to get rid of 21 players for the challenge. Not taking that risk.
jameslufc
11 years ago
3 months ago
15
My previous attempt turned out to be a disaster, so I have restarted but this time have chosen to manage Chester rather than start unemployed. Her is a screenshot of my manager profile.
https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/y0u40TAlYU22wa5B307XcbEz1UGiEIUyaOSUniAz.png
Gendo
12 years ago
1 year ago
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Well, now that I've reached the halfway point of this challenge, I thought I'd give a little insight to where I've actually traveled and what I've won:

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/28prNGFjnzGvnkw5d3bAnYCjmC2SDVbrTlPEFPu1.png

Athlone Town: Airtricity First Division
St. Pat's Athletic: Airricity Premier Division, Senior Challenge Cup, League Cup
Cork City: Munster Senior Cup
Donegal Celtic: Steel and Son's Cup, Championship 1, County Antrim Shield
Glebe: none
Aberystwyth: League Cup, Welsh Cup, Welsh Premier League
Harrogate: none
Barrow: Blue Square Bet North, FA Trophy, Blue Square Bet Premier, League Two, Johnstone's Paint Trophy, League One
Derby: Championship
Cymro
17 years ago
2 weeks ago
6,379
Gendo I'm so happy you played as Aberystwyth Town!
Gendo
12 years ago
1 year ago
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By Cymro | Permalink | On 21 March 2013 - 11:22 AM
Gendo I'm so happy you played as Aberystwyth Town!


Heh, thanks Cyrmo. They were the only Welsh team open when I wanted to make the move. Glad to give them the glory in a short amount of time, while helping myself in this challenge as well.

Anyways, took two weeks (4 in game years), but finally achieved trophy #19: the Capital One Cup with Derby.
Gendo
12 years ago
1 year ago
1,194
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Good on, dude. You're certainly keeping me interested in my save, so keep it up!
EricTheGreat
11 years ago
2 years ago
5
You can add me to this challenge, i started as unemployed and Havant & Waterlooville FC approached to sign me

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/N11ruCy6YLwdkDLlw6SIDLreaS2pMGFRYISoTgtY.jpg

and

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/Veky8fj8UueDPlLX4Rf1zriDrS5WRn3V6Gr6M3Pp.jpg
stokerino
13 years ago
1 year ago
18
Premier League won!

It's going to be a shame to resign from the club with the Champions League on offer... I'll keep a copy of the save on the side though.

Maybe Wales next?

Edit: Guess not... Instead, Ross County it is.
gawa_ram1
12 years ago
4 months ago
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By gawa_ram1 | Permalink | On 26 April 2013 - 18:21 PM
Is this ok to start the challenge guys?

Yes, good luck!
EricTheGreat
11 years ago
2 years ago
5
I ve progressed a bit, sorry for not posting often, but i have limited access to internet.

First year in Havant was great, we conquered Blue Square Bet South easily.

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/oAWLLFgjUd7D2Jeg45qobsBhE8aNd29vbwxY4nBW.jpg

Season 2013-2014 started with lots of troubles, as i had no trasnfer or wage budget available to spent. I resigned at November 2013, leaving Havant struggling at 19th positiong.

I quickly found my new team though, as Dundalk offered to hire me, as they relegated to Airtricity First Division. Tbh, i didnt expect a such a good team to relegate, so getting a promotion would be piece of cake.

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/CH7NlxCpfEibHTyqDDE4LwfhSW77tB3REJXW4BOg.png

So far, its season 2016, and i have managed to get Dundalk safe from relegation, hoping for a mid table finish or above.

Overall Challenge Progress

England (1/11): Blue Square Bet South Division
Irish Republic (1/5): Airtricity First Division
Northern Ireland (0/10): -
Scotland (0/7):-
Wales (0/3): -

British Steel Challenge (2/36)
Gendo
12 years ago
1 year ago
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By krustycacks | Permalink | On 10 May 2013 - 23:43 PM
30 trophies down, but running out of time. To old now

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


I'm 56 in 2043, and about to hit trophy #23. Now that I finally got to Scotland, I should rack those up fairly quick. I still need to go back to NI and England for the remaining 6 after that.
krustycacks
15 years ago
5 hours ago
13
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By Gendo | Permalink | On 11 May 2013 - 05:58 AM
I'm 56 in 2043, and about to hit trophy #23. Now that I finally got to Scotland, I should rack those up fairly quick. I still need to go back to NI and England for the remaining 6 after that.


Young whipper snapper

I'm 65 in 2047 nearly 66.

I have 5 in England, 1 in Scotland, 1 in Northern Ireland, 1 in Ireland left to go

I noticed though I have done mine a bit different.

I won the Setanta Sports Cup with both Irish and Northern Irish team.
Gendo
12 years ago
1 year ago
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By krustycacks | Permalink | On 11 May 2013 - 00:07 AM
Young whipper snapper

I'm 65 in 2047 nearly 66.

I have 5 in England, 1 in Scotland, 1 in Northern Ireland, 1 in Ireland left to go

I noticed though I have done mine a bit different.

I won the Setanta Sports Cup with both Irish and Northern Irish team.


I noticed the bolded part after going through your thread. I think that certainly lengthens the challenge, but in the end isn't really necessary in my eyes (and possibly Rick's when he made it) since it is the same cup won twice.

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