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Count me in again for this years challenge will update with thread shortly

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.

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.

grtz crash

Welcome aboard and good luck m8

Due of the financial problems of the club I lost nearly all decent players, the bright side about it is that I received a total of 22,46 mil for those players. Giving the club some air to breath upcoming season.

The bad side is i have to build a whole new team from scratch. Time to once again roam the free players market.

2 big names came up: James Milner and Lee Wallace. Already aged players but still good enough for my side.

Rest of the transfer were a mix of younger and little expierenced players but with decent skills.

Pre-season went smooth with ony a 0-2 loss against Norwich.



The remainder of the season was in line with pre-season giving us a, not expected, promotion spot and a place in the FA cup finals against Man Utd.





A superb season despite of the loss against Man Utd in the FA cup final (2-4)

Financial the club is doing just fine still got a Balance of 18 mil. Think we are ready to strengten the squad for a new adventure next season in the Npower Championship.

Don't expect big transfers for next season, will be roaming the free players market to bring in some extra funds for the club.

Will be the tactic for a couple of seasons now till it is financial possible to try and grab another promotion to premier league, the first time in club's history

Stay tuned
Crash

Morale stayed average. Winter transfers gave enough money to keep everyone happy I think

Hope someone comes in with money would be great to keep some players to end mid table next season

January was a month to keep fingers crossed that not all my key players were going out to a new club. With that embargo active I had no control over transfers this window.

Suprisely only 4 players left during that window but it were one by one payers I needed to stay clear of relegaton.

Wilson, Ben Amos, Mutombo and Jenkins left for a total transfer fee of 7.5mil. Still not enough to lift my embargo so no new incoming players to fill up the gaps.

Fixtures January



Fixtures February



Fixtures March[/b]



[b]Fixtures April



Hard second part of the season but we managed to avoid relegation at the end. Mission accomplised



Received more offers for players leaving me with almost no team for next season. Hope the transfer funds receiving are enough to lift the embargo so i can atleast attract some free players.

Scouting is already began to seek out players near contract end

First game in August is Against Hull for the Capital one cup 1st round.
Cups aren't a priority this season so players with need of matchpractice are given a chance to impress me.

But still my players grabbed a 1-0 win in the 1st round, an away game against sheffield Wed. is coming in the second round.

For the competition games we couldn't dream of a better start than the 6-0 win over Stevenage. we ended the month ith only one loss in the competition.

End august the second round of the Capital One cup was played, saw us losing Against Sheff Wed with 4-1.




September results:



Oktober results:




November

A black month for the club. the financial isn't turning as we hoped and PFA place a transfer embargo upon us and we saw 10 points deducted from our total due of that.

Every bid that comes now for one of my players will be accepted automaticly. Put all my scouts at work to look for free players that could join us when one of my players is sold so we don't end up with an empty team.







Sportif results are a bit better then the financial ones



December

The first outgoing transfer i couldn't stop, Deane moved for 1.9mil to Rangers FC.
I expect more players will go if i can't pay their contract extension

First transfer window passed by without losing much of my basic team. I managed to loan Flanagan and Slew again for the season
Also picked up some decent youngsters on free again.

Released all the players not needed to drop the wage total a bit.



Hope we don't sink much more in debts otherwise it could be a hard season ahead with player leaving in second transfer window.

pre-season went very well with lots of trialist in the team we managed to draw against Burnley and Rangers fc, wins against Civil Service and Dorchester and only one defeat against Rochdale

Once again we gained promotion, this time we did it the good way, by playing champion in the npower league 2.





Most of the team has a long term contract at the club so I would be able too keep the basic for next season.

Only the financial situation of the club is a bit concerning. Can't seem to get out of debt, currently have 4.2mil debts leaving the clubwith a negative balance of 2.72 milj. So next eason will be once again without transfer budget.



Maybe we getting lucky to like this season to bring some decent free players from higher league's. Maybe sell one or 2 big ones that can be replaced by equivalent ones

Board expectations fot next season are to avoid relegation. If we can keep most of the team and get the debts under control we should have a relaxed season.

Yet another season in a higher league. Once again I checked the free player market to find some improvements.

Unbelieveable but managed to contract some former Premier league and Championship players



Loaned Flanagan and Slew.

On the other side I had to let go 2 players because they didn't want a new contract with my club



Walker and Holland Retired but stayed at the club with a staff contract.

With those big incoming talented transfers the board demands to reach promotion again.


Half way the season we're still in line with that demand



So far the league cup wasn't a great succes losing in the second round against Nottingham Forest and a loss in the Johnstone's Paint trophy second round against Bolton.

For the FA cup we currently are in the third round facing Rochdale after wining against Bromley and Dartford.

Main focus is the promotion again and maybe win 2 more rounds in the FA Cup.

The Last 6 games of season 18-19 started with the FA Trophy Final against Accrington.

With a 4-1 win on neutral ground we could lift our first trophy of the season!





Now it was all focus on the remaining games to grab promotion aswell.

wins in a row gave me enough points to compete in promotion playoffs were I was to meet Stockport in the semi-final

Southport - stockport 2-1
Stockport - Southport 0-2

Yet another final were i can find Accrington as my oppenent. After winning already 3 times this season against them I got an good eye on it to make that number wins raise to 4 times.





Southport secured promotion for the second year and can be watched in the Npower league 2 next season.

Already sold a few players from 1st and 2nd who didn't fit in my plans anymore. With the transferfunds received from them I might make a bid on the 2 loanies i got this season;

Staye tuned.

Maintained all of the squad who clinched promotio last season. Loaned Lake Jak from Wolves and Lunn Danny from West ham
McCrathy we got on a free and only paid 6k for Danny Holland.

Pre season started with 3 defeats and 2 wins.



The remainder of the season was with ups and downs. There was the big 1-5 defeat against Exeter but on the other side
we reached the FA Trophy final.



In that final we are drawn against Accrington. The competion home game against them ended with a 1-0 victory for me so

I have good hopes to grab another title this year


AND we are still in the running for promotion aswell at this time 5 more games to go till the end and occupying a 7th place
only 2 points behind a playoff spot.

For the new season i dropped some youngsters in my 1st team and found myself some decent free players to raise quality in our ranks.

A big bet it is but at the end once again my youngsters proved to be superb in the lowest league.

Clinched promotion this year thru playoffs

Not that long after I resign from dag & red I received a joboffer from Southport.



The club had a distracious season and ended up relegation to blue square bet north/south.


With no transfer budget and a team in financial problems this is a real challenge to build a strong enough team and get them promoted as quickly as possible

As you see 1st team isn't that big, even going to lose powell(can't afford new contract) and Lynch ( doesn't want new contract). Hope for some free bargains on the transfer window



Stephenson has been moved to reserves due not finding a new club for him.

A very hard season brought us just above relegations.

Due to the bug I had concerning budgets I decided not to look at transfermarket this season and try to keep away from relegation with the same team who won promotion last year.

Had some big defeats at the beginning of the season that forced me to play a more defensive tactic. Goals against started to drop but with lots of draws I was still playing at the very bottom of the league.

Made a loan offer for Will Hoskins to improve my attack a bit. It wasn't very attractive football we were playing but atleast we started to win matches.

At the end of the season we even saw playoff spots coming in sight.. but I was already happy i managed to avoid relegation this season.



The big suprise came from Ireland where Athlone relegated from premier division.. what happened there?

Thought I left them with a good basis to do well for some years

Well off to a next club. I decided to resign from dag & red so some lower league clubs could afford me and with that bug it was a bit like cheating with that team

After all the succes with Athlone i'm heading towards England to grab some of the titles there.

Applied at Dag&red; in the blue square premier finding them at a 9th spot in the league.



A promotion playoff is still possible after 28 matchdays

not changing much for now at the 1st team. may grab a goalkeeper at january transfer period due to long term injury of mine and not having a decent backup.


My first game was a away match against Sutton utd where we won by 1 goal difference.

Had a good first season here at dag&Red; ending in a 3rd spot giving a playoff ticket.



Started the playoff with a away game at Gateshead. A 1-1 draw kept my chances for a playoff final real.

The second leg we hadn't much trouble and won with 3-1.

A final against York would decide which team will be paying a division higher next season. I knew it woudl be a tough game because in competition I didn't won points against them.


After 90 mins I was a step closer to promotion. I felt this could be a good moment to push forward for the next 30min.

Clearly my side was a bit fresher in extra time and managed to score 2 more goals.

Promotion is a fact!






Gave my keyplayers a contract extension for next season and already looking to bring in a extra striker and central defender.

budgets for next season seems very nice.. but i think its a little bug.

I knew it would be a close encounter this third season for grabbing the premier division title.
and so it was on last matchday we had equal piont with Shamrock(70) but they had a better goaldifference than me, so i needed to win my game and hope for atmost a drawn in the game between Shamrock and Shelbourne.

last matchday results:



YES, we did it. Managed to win the title.





Another title to tick off in Ireland. For now I've done them all but the hard to get Munster cup. Will be coming back later to finish that one off.

After 3 years it's hard to leave a team i've been building over those years but I need to head back to the job market to continue my way for the challenge.


Stayed tuned

This is the team I have at beginning of season 3:




I still have 12-13 players in 1st from the original team at the moment i took over.

Feeling a bit lucky here. Average age of my first team was 21! If they keep performing like this the team wil conquer lot of titles even when i'm leaving this club to proceed my challenge

Just one more to go with this team, Munster Senior cup is a bit harder to get caus of few playable teams in it

Didn't had much time to put updates here. But my second season ended a few days ago.

After a good start in the new league we had a serious bad streak in our games. With a few 1st team players injured i needed too call some of my youngsters in, We prepared to face a tough relegation battle, but my youngsters wouldn't let them led to slaughter without a decent fight.

One by one my youngsters proved me wrong. With a superb streak we managed to end on a 5th place in the league.






They even helped me to get my second Senior Challenge Cup win and my first Irish league cup!!







After all of this my youngsters earned a contract for next year's 1st team adn eventually the board followed by giving me an extension of my contract at the club.



Only the premier division title to win In Ireland! Hope to achieve that one next season.

With a good pre-season we couldn't wait till the competition started. After 12 games so far in a higher division I can be happy with my team standings. A 3rd place, but season isn't over yet.. only 9 points of a relegation spot and 7 from the leader.

Expectations for second season where to avoid relegation. Board gave me a 24k transfer budget and 6.8k wage budget.



First job was to try and maintain the sqaud who won the First Division title last year. I managed well, only lost 2 of my best players. Only 2 incoming tranfers needed because some players did well in the reserves last year and got promoted to 1st team:

Feeney, Gaynor and Morris.

Pulled Bermingham away from Longford, last years topscorer in the First division and Berrigan on free after scouting him last year.



The draw for the All-Ireland Cup gave us a nice fixture against Premier division champions Shamrock Rovers.



Had some friendlies against 1D teams and came out good not losing them. The only loss came in the home game against Ceske, a first division team from Czech.



All seems to be fine to start the season in a new league with this pre-season.

After the good start in June 2012 it kept going good for me. Of all remainder league games I manged to only lose once.








And if you don't lose, you make a good shot at the title. I took me till last matchday to secure the title but I did it.




Even managed to grab Manager of the month twice during that time.




For the Senior Challenge cup I kicked out some Premier league teams on the way to the final where I had to face First div team Longford.

The result:




Now I hope to maintain my squad for next season to see if we can stay at highest level and give a shot at that titel within 2 years.

Right at start there were 2 teams I could apply for Athlone Town and Shamrock rovers. I applied for both but it was Athlone who gave me a contract offer first.



I found Athlone occupying 2nd place after 12 games played. Gave me a headstart ( and mayby a little cheat??) to reach my objective of winning the First division.




June Games:

The first 2 games of the month were still without me. I got my first game away against SD Galway.



My first game ended with a 2-2 draw. Not bad i think not having got the time to watch all players perform in friendlies.

Second game was against Limerick, currently standing on the first spot in the league. We kept the game closed down and managed even to score on a counter 5 mins before full time. 4/6 excellent start.

Made me a career link aswell: The Conquest of Britain

After finding this site as a new FM player and reading some of the awesome careers and challenges. I decided to take part in a challenge .

The challenge:

Win every trophy in England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland 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, Ireland and N Ireland. If a squad comes with any players not of those nationalities, they cannot be used.

The trophy list:

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

The Manager:



I will be starting unemployed.

After reading whole this thread, I might join the competition.

I think it won't be easy for a new player of FM and not really being familiarize with British league's, but that way it won't be boring for a long time i guess.

Just one question can i use FMC or do i need to take normal play?