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I don't know if I've done something wrong. But when I start a new game for Belgium it will say Juplier Pro league on the team selection page but when in the actual save it says Eereste Division A

 

Any ideas?

Cannot wait to see how this one pans out for you, feel like there has to be a minimum of 2 U21's from the youth system getting a chance each season whether they end up solidifying a spot or not to put emphasis on the youth movement Airdrie have always had 

@leckuno funnily enough Ayr is where I went to college. Hopefully this Ayrshire manager will do you proud

 

@r96 unfortunately it didn't quite go how i wanted , but to get there and be the only side below the Championship to make the 2nd Round i was definitely more than happy enough to make it there

 

@Dan thank you very much!

 

Hopefully I am bringing you all a gripping story to read. Any advice is greatly welcomed to try and make what I am bringing to the table better, but I am truly grateful for the praise and encouragement being given so far.

 

August 2025

 

And so the league campaign begins! Donald's venture begins with the board asking for a mid-table finish, how will and his Blue's side fair in League 2

 

Well?……

 

Shall we just say it has been a bit of  a mixed bag? A trip to Forfar we managed to pick up our first point with a 1-1 draw, before going back to Stair Park to play the side from the capital Edinburgh City and frustratingly we fell to a 1-0 loss. Hoping for better luck in the Scottish Challenge cup we comprehensively beat Stenhousemuir 3-1 which brings us to our League Cup 2nd Round tie against the Dons……

 

 

Unfortunately we were just never in it and probably in fact very lucky to keep it as low as only 3-0. However the positives to draw from this was the bumper crowd and the 35K we received even though we lost, which will surely help keep the club on a sure footing.

 

At this point Donald not overly happy with the way his strike force had been performing, he decided to dip his toe in to the transfer market for the first time and the Blue's have brought in Rangers U19's striker Jose Caleia with the hope his his clear eye for goal will propel the side forward, hoping his lack of strength and concentration won't hinder him.

 

 

With Jose coming in it made us too top heavy so Donald decided to send out Sallu Turay out on loand to his former club Auchinleck Talbot knowing he should get the minutes needed to come back and hopefully make an impact after some much needed experience

 

 

Back at it in the league the Blue's fortune now possibly worrying the fans and the board, they suffered yet another league defeat against new boys East Kilbride 3-1 

 

 

A trip back home and definetely feeling the pressure now Stranraer hosted The Bully Wee and were disappointed to have to share the spoils with a 2-2 draw the one positive being new man Jose Caleia bagged his first Blues goal

 

 

A break away from the poor league form Rangers Reserves came to town and yet again we left our shooting boots at home and the unfortunate watching 251 fans had to suffer a 0-0 bore draw

 

 

Which left the Scottish Challenge Cup new league format looking as such for the Blues sitting in a comfortable 9th spot after 2 games

 

 

 

Donald decided to tinker slightly going in to the final game of August by trying to get his side to control the game more possesively and make it more a traditional 4-4-2 and the central midfielders dropping back when out of possesion 

 

 

And my goodness it worked! Our most prolific performance to date yet it finally felt like we were firing on all cylinders with a 5-2 drubbing of poor Stirling Albion

 

 

Leading us in to the final day of the transfer window, where Donald using knowledge of players from another of his previous clubs brought in another loanee in the form of Craig McGuffie to give Mark Russell some competition down that left hand side

 

 

After wrapping up a less than busy transfer period we reflect on tough start to League 2 and looking at the table we aren't doing as bad as it seems sitting 7th after 5 games being in and around that mid-table area

 

 

But? Can we push on and build upon that first league win and make our way up towards the summit?

 

 

We shall see when we come back and catch up with Donald and the Blues at the end of October

 

 

JULY 2025

 

Donald in his first month in charge had to get grips pretty quickly with the philosophy and tactics he wished to build his team upon going in to his first season. Using his previous experiences from Lowland League and Junior football he decided to keep is a simplistic as possible and set up his side as such 

 

 

Using a slight variation on the 4-4-2 in attack and defence, hoping to build a solid foundation in the test ahead with some big games in the Premier Sports Cup against the likes of Kilmarnock and Queens Park.

 

 

And WOW!!!! what a start to management for Donald. July could not have gone any better for the Blues with a comfortable 2-0 over Arbroath, followed a win on penalties away to Spartans at Ainslie Park. We then unfortunate to lose on penalties on the return home to Stair Park against Championship side Queens Park. A completely roatated side then travelled to Broadwood Stadium to take on Cumbernauld Colts in which we only managed to come away with another 1-1 draw. This had Donald wondering whether his tactics and style of play were going to be the right fit for his Blues side until the unthinkable happened on a trip to Rugby Park….

 

 

Going in to this game it was wholly expected for Donald's side to be lucky to possibly come away with a point, however 17 minutes in striker Deryn Lang netted the first goal of the evening after a deflected cross from wide man Mark Russell landed at his feet and he cooly slotted home. Constantly under the cosh the Blue's withstood the pressure for the rest of the first half feeling proud of their 1-0 lead at half time. To the away fans amazement on the 58th minute a ball lumped out wide to James Dolan who then provided a pinpoint cross for Ryan Edgar to slot home the second, only for Kilmarnock to hit back 3 minutes later and thats when the flood gates opened, both teams going blow for blow and yet it was Stranraer who held on to come away with an emphatic 4-3 win away.

 

Going in to final group game of the Premier Sports Cup, it was looking very unlikely we would progress despite the result against Killie. However with our new found confidence we headed back to Stair Park to take on Caley Braves and then came our most comfortable win yet, an encouraging 3-0 win, but how would that leave us in the final group table?

 

We came second on goal difference but to our surprise we were one of the ‘best of the rest’ and qualified for the next round in which we have drawn

 

 

And so it will be Premiership side Aberdeen at home which will hopefully draw a bumper crowd and earn the club some money

 

 

Thank you again for reading and we will be back with Donald and the boys at the end of September to see how they got on and if he has dipped in to the transfer market at all before the window shuts

Welcome to my FM26 save, where we will be following the journey of serial Scottish Non-Leaguer Donald Forrest in his first foray in to SPFL management.

 

Born in Ayr, he would join the Honest men as a young scholar hoping to forge a career in football playing for his beloved team. However this didn't quite come to fruition due to setback after setback on the injury front he would himself plying his trade in and around the Lowland League and below finishing his career up with junior side Auchinleck Talbot. 

 

During his time at Auchinleck he would take up an interest in the coaching side of the game and eventually taking over as manager for a couple of seasons, from there he had stint with the border side Gretna 2008 before finally getting the call from the Blues

 

Stranraer FC the third oldest side in Scotland shold hopefully provide Donald the chance to propel his career in to the SPFL with the very clear goal of taking them to the lofty heights of the Scottish Premiership, a place in which they have never seen and if they're lucky bringing some of Europes finest to the Southwest of Scotland to play under the lights of Stair Park.

 

 

Join me again soon after our pre-season friendlies and the group stage games of the Premier Sports Cup where we hope to find a settled side in a promising formation to push in the right direction

 

 

Thanks for reading! I know this is probably a very rough first post, but I promise to try and get better as we go along, to give you all an enjoying read

 

I was wondering if somebody could come up with a badge for a club I want to rename from Tokyo Verdy to Sporting Tokyo in a multi club save I'm starting. 

 

The colours being the same as Sporting in Portugal 

 

Preferably style that the City group round badges are if that could also be done to Sporting Club de Portugal badge as well

This is my FM save so far and I will give a brief overview of what has gone on so far soon and will do half season reviews going forward if it would interest anybody at all

I have changed all files as outlined but I am still getting the Brazilian clubs as their 3 letter abb.

What can I say! Our first season in the world of football management couldn't have gone any better!

We arrived at Cressing Road Stadium on the 24th of June, unknown in the world of football, a nobody, being given a chance with recently relegated Braintree Town, way down in the 6th tier of the English football pyramid, turning out in the National League South.

With the board only expecting a mid-table finish, I was quietly confident we could achieve this and possibly more if we assembled a great team, as well as playing a possessive, pressing type of football, I saw this as the foundations to push us towards our targets and hopefully further.

Things were going well for us in our first 15 games, winning 8, managing 5 draws and succumbing to only 2 losses between the 3rd August to the 15th October with the highlight games being a come from behind 2-1 win against Slough and a 4-1 hammering of Dartford.

However the next 14 didn't go as I would've liked. From the 22nd of October till the 25th of January we were only able to scrape out 3 wins, falling to 6 defeats and 5 draws, and 3 of those 6 defeats came on the bounce with a 3-1 loss to Welling at home, followed by a 3-0 and 4-2 drumming away from Chelmsford and Dorking respectively.



(I need to finish this, and obviously add the picture evidence to back it up, but just giving you guys a flavour of what's gone on and some feedback would be good)

I am doing a Lollujo inspired save from his long running YouTube series Non-League to Legend, however with a slight difference.

Rather than choosing the closest team to me in either the Conference North/South, I decided to make only those teams without a manager available, hence the reason behind choosing Braintree.

So, please follow along guys, it will probably just be yearly updates, but you can follow my journey from obscurity to greatness and beyond.

Knew you'd get in to Europe ready for the new season, it will definitely test your squad with those extra games dependant on how far you go obviously.

Still got to wait another year before you get more ticket revenue in! Would be nice if you could get a European spot this season though, because what a way to open the new stadium with a night like that.

I know you may get this question a lot but how do you upload pics in to stories.

Forrest takes over Orlando CIty SC from Jason Kreis after a poor finish by The Lions coming in 18th place overall in the Supporters Shield last season.

Orlando are heading in to the 2018 season without their star man Kaka who declined his option to stay with the Eastern Conference side.

After talking to the new man in charge, this is what he had to say "It is an honor to be given such an opportunity to manage a club like Orlando. I come in to a club who didn't finish well last season, so my first aim is to build a solid foundation in and around the squad I can build upon before we try and challenge further up the table and on the playoffs, a feat this club has never achieved."