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#20022 Conquering Britain (British Steel 2013)

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09 Nov 2012 08:39:10

Maiden71: You feel my pain. The scouts turn up nothing and even if they do the standard is below par. My experiences with BSN - BSP seem to be 10x better than this though, but the good players tend to only sign non-contracts or demand too high wages. Maybe find some good loans?

tbh I'm looking to dump Havant as soon as a job opens up in N Ireland. Only 2 trophies to compete for with Havant, and we have no chance in either of them.

#20020 Doing what Napoleon couldn't (Conquering Britain)

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09 Nov 2012 08:34:19

By Gendo | Permalink | On 09 November 2012 - 04:16 AM

Starting with a Second Division side? OK then, have fun!

Starting unemployed, seems you only get 3 choices..Athlone, Havant or Brechin.

Good luck btw

#18551 The British Steel Challenge 2013

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06 Nov 2012 13:54:50

By KieranA91 | Permalink | On 06 November 2012 - 12:19 PM

Think I'm going to get involved with this, fancy a bit of a challenge now the new game is out!

Link to thread: http://sortitoutsi.net/careers/view/1655/a-heart-of-steel

Might not be up straight away as I'm just setting up now.

Good luck

One bit of advice re Ramsey in the Havant side..make sure you have decent backup, as during the season and a bit I've been in charge at Havant, Ramsey has been in and out of the treatment room more than the physio.

#18448 Conquering Britain (British Steel 2013)

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06 Nov 2012 09:03:58

Also, any tips for finding players in Wales, I'm a bit frustrated with the number of abysmal strikers in the player search. (and the scout reports)

I've had the same problem with Havant in the BSP. I needed to improve several areas of my team to be able to even compete after promotion, but there was bugger all worth signing. Consequently I've only won 1 match so far this season.

#18036 The strongest Steel...British Steel

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05 Nov 2012 14:25:18

Good luck

#289376 British Steel Challenge

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02 Nov 2012 08:54:18

So we had the playoff final against Hayes & Yeading who had topped the table almost all season. A tight game but we were victorious!!

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n482/Maiden98/FM 2013/Havantpromotion2.jpg

The ironic thing was that the goalscorer Cox only played in this game because my first and second choice players for his position were injured and suspended; normally he wouldnt have even been on the bench

So that 1 down, 35 to go.

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n482/Maiden98/FM 2013/Havantpromotion1.jpg

The decision I have to make now is whether to stay at Havant or move elsewhere. I have serious doubts about whether they can compete in the BSP, and would probably be a wasted season. Besides which, I want to get into N Ireland as there's a boatload of trophies there. I'll keep one eye on the Job Centre.

#289375 British Steel Challenge

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02 Nov 2012 08:48:12

Well after an indifferent previous quarter, we wnt on a 10 match unbeaten streak to secure a playoff spot. The best result being the 5-0 demolition of Salisbury who were one of our playoff spot rivals.

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n482/Maiden98/FM 2013/Apr13results.jpg

So we finished 4th in the league and beat Billericay in the playoff semi

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n482/Maiden98/FM 2013/Apr13table.jpg

#16070 The British Steel Challenge 2013

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02 Nov 2012 08:25:52

By DanW19 | Permalink | On 01 November 2012 - 19:15 PM

I just loaded the demo up to look in Scotland and completely forgot Rangers are in division three! it would be a nice place to start however unemployed is usually funner from the start

Real men start unemployed :p

#15662 Conquering Britain (British Steel 2013)

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01 Nov 2012 16:53:32

The All Ireland Cup is the Setanta Cup on the Challenge I think?

#15453 Conquering Britain (British Steel 2013)

Maiden71

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01 Nov 2012 10:09:07

Congrats on the 3rd trophy! The Euro could be a killer, I'd be tempted to play a 2nd string side and get knocked out asap to avoid fixture congestion.

#14570 Conquering Britain (British Steel 2013)

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30 Oct 2012 09:04:56

Congrats on the first trophy

#289374 British Steel Challenge

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29 Oct 2012 14:05:38

The run of patchy form continues, bizzarley with 6 wins, 6 draws, and 6 losses in this 3 month period including the FA Trophy matches.

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n482/Maiden98/FM 2013/Jan13results-1.jpg

Getting an unexpected replay against Forest Green in the FA Trophy had an unfortunate side-effect in that I had a glut of injuries around that time (4 in those 2 games alone); at one point I had 7 first team players out in January.

Annoyingly we seem to have picked up the habit of conceding early in almost every game, in fact we went 2-0 down in 4 of the last 5 matches, eventually losing 2 of them 3-2, getting a draw against Dorchester and somehow coming back to win against Boreham Wood. We have plenty of goals for us, but our defensive record is appaulling and is something I will be looking at closely over the coming weeks.

Sitting a couple of points outside of the playoffs, so exceeding expectations, but I will be disappointed with anything less than a playoff place.

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n482/Maiden98/FM 2013/Jan13table.jpg

#289373 British Steel Challenge

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29 Oct 2012 13:45:29

(Somehow lost my initital screenshots)

Board expectations..safe mid-table position.

Had a bad start to the season, losing 2-4 to Chelmsford, then went on an 8 match unbeaten run in the league taking the September Manager of the Month award along the way.

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n482/Maiden98/MoMSep12.jpg

Form went a bit patchy after the FA Cup exit

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n482/Maiden98/Nov12results.jpg

Currently sitting 5th in the table, so not too shabby.

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n482/Maiden98/Nov12table.jpg

#14226 The British Steel Challenge 2013 (Pin Please)

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29 Oct 2012 13:36:10

I'm in

#13483 British Steel Challenge

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28 Oct 2012 09:40:58

By DanW19 | Permalink | On 28 October 2012 - 08:17 AM

I've spoken to Rob and he is going to set up a 'pinned' and 'challenge' section to the forum and once they are up I will go about creating the challenge once again

Excellent

#13156 British Steel Challenge

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27 Oct 2012 12:03:50

By DanW19 | Permalink | On 26 October 2012 - 22:55 PM

Good luck with this buddy! always a favorite challenge of mine to take part in! If Rick doesn't run the BSC thread then I will for sure

Thanks

I like this challenge.

#13155 British Steel Challenge

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27 Oct 2012 12:01:56

By Bigbillzy | Permalink | On 27 October 2012 - 04:49 AM

Brechin City is in Division 2

Yeah that was a typo, and the reason I didnt want to start with them

#289372 British Steel Challenge

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26 Oct 2012 13:48:08

After applying for every job available, I had 3 offers:

Brechin City, but I prefer to start in the bottom tier of each country and work up..Brechin are Div 3
Athlone, a wages budget of about 50p and a murray mint put me off
which left me with Havant & Waterlooville (not an easy one to chant from the terraces) in the BS South. (I'd have preferred to start in N Ireland, but no jobs available)

One decent left sided midfielder who was Italian, so he had to go, and dived into the transfer market.

more to come...

#289371 British Steel Challenge

Maiden71

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26 Oct 2012 13:33:42

I started one of these in FM12, but came a bit late to the party.

The challenge: to win every trophy in England, Scotland, Wales, Eire and N Ireland.

The rules:

No imported league expansions
Start Unemployed with Sunday League experiance
Promotion as champions, runners up or through the playoffs counts as a completed trophy

Can only use players from England, Scotland, Wales, Eire and N Ireland. If a squad comes with any players not of those nationalities, they cannot be used.

The Trophy List

England
Premiership, Championship, League 1, League 2, Blue Square Premier,Blue Square N/S, FA Cup, Capital One Cup, Community Sheild, Johnstones Paint Trophy, FA Trophy

Scotland
Premier, 1st division, 2nd Division, 3rd Division, Scottish Cup, League Cup, Challenge Cup

Wales
Premier, Welsh Cup, Premier League Cup

Eire
Premier, 1st Division, Senior Challenge Cup, League Cup, Munster Senior Cup

N Ireland
Premier, 1st Division, 2nd Division, Irish Cup, League Cup, Co.Antrim Sheild, Steel & Sons Cup, Intermediate Cup, Mid Ulster Cup

Setanta Cup

Total 2/36 trophies