~Ian~ Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 The emergence of Atlantis In 2001 tremors were noticed on the coasts surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. There were no major incidents on these shores though, and very little was felt inland, so this earthquake was just dismissed as a minor one with no consequences. Days later though, the full scale of this tectonic movement was discovered. A boat transporting a shipment of cars along its usual shipping route through the Mediterranean was the first to notice it. And to be honest, it was hard to miss. A new island had emerged in the sea off the coast of Italy. Geologists, historians and geographers came from far afield to study this new island. Based on its location, geological structure and abandoned buildings, they all came to one conclusion; this was the lost city of Atlantis. For many years Atlantis had been assumed to have been a mythical island. It was mentioned in Plato’s famous works Timaeus and Critias. Plato wrote that it was a massive naval power which had conquered many parts of Western Europe and Africa around 9600 years BC, but after failing to conquer Athens, it sank into the sea. There had been two major hypotheses for where Atlantis may have been located, and these were the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. It turns out those of the latter way of thinking were correct. People flocked to visit Atlantis, and after four years of building work it was habitable for humans. People quickly moved to the island and the first 1000 people to move there were granted Atlantan nationality. Of course, like all good countries it needed a football association set up, and in 2005 the Atlantan FA was founded. Progress setting up a league was swift, and in 2006 the divisions and teams for the national league were revealed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Ian~ Posted May 17, 2009 Author Share Posted May 17, 2009 Acceptance into FIFA and UEFA A national team was also created, with the aim being to join FIFA and start taking part in competitions in 2008, in time to mount a challenge to qualify for the 2010 World Cup. Their chance came earlier than expected though. The Maltese FA had recently had a number of scandals and were running perilously close to bankruptcy, and in 2007 they decided they couldn’t carry on any longer. The country ceased all footballing operations, and pulled out of FIFA. This massively disrupted the Euro 2008 qualifying plans, as the group stages were only halfway completed. Atlantis were ready to go though, and when UEFA invited them to take over from Malta in Group C, they didn’t hesitate to say yes. Atlantan teams would also take the place of Maltese sides in European club competition. Joining the Italian league At the same time over in Italy, Grosseto had just been promoted from Serie C1/A to Serie B. The players were unhappy with the politics in the boardroom though, and by July they’d had enough of the constant managerial changes and not being paid their promotion bonuses. All the players in the team walked out. This left Serie B a team down and in a bit of a mess. There was the option of promoting a different team from Serie C1/A, but this posed problems of its own as the Italian FA didn’t think it would be fair to promote a team who hadn’t earned it. Again, Atlantis came to the rescue. The Atlantan FA chairman called the Italian FA to arrange a meeting. At this dicussion he pointed out that the Italian leagues allowed a side from San Marino to enter their league, and he enquired about the possibility of an Atlantan side filling the gap, as it would really raise the profile of the new nation and their footballing ability. The chairman agreed in principle to this, and a couple of weeks later took the plane to Atlantis to visit the proposed side. The best players from the country had all been invited to the capital city of Atlantopoli, and has all been offered contracts to sign for Atlantopoli International if they were accepted into the Italian league. When the Italian FA chairman arrived in Atlantopoli he was very impressed with the facilities and calibre of player, and within three days the contract had been signed to allow them into the league. 24 of the 26 players quickly signed up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Ian~ Posted May 17, 2009 Author Share Posted May 17, 2009 Atlantopoli International Here are the 24 players who signed for Atlantopoli International (shortened to Atlanto). Andrew Borootz Joel Josy Damian Waymouth Johnny Mark-Smith Maxim Marinovski Ryan Bergman Wobill Luman Brettney Joven Curtis Powell James Ralph Gervase Smith Leonardo De Vinchavio Davidus Solo Ruud Versulis Alex Barkley Alex King Pablo Garcia Jason Demir Tomaldinho Carlos Ferrari Andrew Jackson Fred Brookes Liam Ferguson Lucas Volman =============================================== Squad List Club Information A couple of staff members also joined to help with the running of the team. First up was the chairwoman Linda Block (CA100/PA160) Block has a good business sense and is pretty patient too, and isn’t likely to interfere with the manager’s running of the team much. Joining her as manager is fellow Atlantan Alex Dempsey (100/160), who would take charge as the inaugural manager of Atlanto. Dempsey looks to be good tactically, and is a fan of attacking football. He’s also a good motivator. Alex Dempsey The side play at The Soccer Dome, which has a capacity of 17,000. Deals were signed with other sides from the capital city of Atlantopoli to become feeder clubs, who could provide places for younger players to go out on loan to gain experience. These feeder clubs are Atlan Rovers, Atlan Pride, Atlantopoli and Little Atlan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Ian~ Posted May 17, 2009 Author Share Posted May 17, 2009 The Golden Twins As was mentioned earlier, only 24 of the 26 Atlantan players approached joined Atlanto. The best two players received bigger and better offers from Serie A clubs and instead decided to join them in order to have the best possible training to try and meet their potential. Eric Golden (130/200) was the first to sign, joining Milan, and a day later Derek Golden (130/200) signed for their city rivals Internazionale. While they’re related and living in the same city though, that’s where the similarities end. Eric is a hero, donating lots of his time to helping charities. He received top grades at school, and is one of the nicest people you could ever meet. Derek however, is not a nice guy. The bully at school, after failing his exams he was lucky a club took a chance on him or it probably would have been a life of crime. They are both exceptional footballers though. Eric Golden Derek Golden Additional information Atlanto reputation is 4600, bank balance is around 700k, training is at 12/20, youth facilities are 15/20 with a youth academy. Atlantis reputation is 3300. Starting joint bottom of the FIFA rankings. This is being run using Football Manager 2008. Medium database, top 3 Italian leagues, top 2 from England, Germany, France and Spain. Main influences on this idea are kipfizh’s Bandits (obviously, which thread here isn’t influenced by it?), brettney’s Romani nation, and DodgeeD’s STI/NTI sign-up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeeD Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 Main influence Great set up ~Ian~ and Jason Demir looks pretty good too. Can't wait to see how we do in the league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brambleten Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 Barkley is an attacking Rory Delap long throws ftw joint highest value, but still back up? something is wrong there Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettney1980 Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 Excellent backstory ~Ian~ well thought out looking forward to see how quick we can make it into Serie A. Now on to my player 4 in marking!? Ouch!! How bad is that for a CB/DM lets hope i improve that and quickly ... Oh and thanks for the mention glad i helped influence this that alone should earn me a callup to the national squad Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demon4 Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 Nice one should be interesting if anyone gets transferred Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bergtaur Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 Some rotational play and great long throws. Solid start to this one Ian! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demon4 Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 and wow im 17 and on 550 a week i love my life Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the--dud Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 Amazing signup mate! Really loving it My guy Leonardo De Vinchavio looks quite good, hopefully he'll be captain with 20 influence Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bergtaur Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 Hey Ian... any chance now that we've been loaded into the database you might spill the beans on the favorite band and how it relates?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK85 Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 wow except stamina Borootz's physical attributes look really great Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK85 Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 Hey Ian... any chance now that we've been loaded into the database you might spill the beans on the favorite band and how it relates?? Wouldn't that kill the suspension? everyone would know their PA's Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swafe Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 19 Determination Ralph will go far Excellent Threa so far KUTW Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bergtaur Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 Wouldn't that kill the suspension? everyone would know their PA's true. Didn't think of it like that, carry on! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Ian~ Posted May 17, 2009 Author Share Posted May 17, 2009 AK85 got it right, that's why I'm going to keep it quiet until the end/retirement. Not sure on the Atlantopoli squad page why some players ended up with youth contracts, on the various tests it changed each time which players got them so I guess it was just a recommended amount for the division or something like that. First games should be played this evening, updates should come tomorrow afternoon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasorazbiva4 Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 I love the start Great story, ~Ian~! Few things to point out. The map is outdated as it refers to Serbia and Montenegro and at the time of FM 08 Montenegro is already an independent country. I am excited about mu hot prospect status I would love to buy myself in a game...never done that before. And the story of the twins, I am sure it will be very interesting. Come on Erik:) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chave Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Not sure about that away strip... KUTGW Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fergysafc Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 wow them golden boys are good KUTGW Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamjerome Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 16 eccentricity :( but then buffon has high ecc. too.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denther Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Fred is backup for the first team :o Nice bit of pace though I must say the opening post is brilliant, really like it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaldinho Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Nice setup Ian, great stuff so far My player looks alright but Eric Golden will definitely be in the national team ahead of him so that's a disappointment but hopefully Golden will be stuck out on the wing. And Derek Golden looks an absolute beast already, will be interesting to see whether his attitude prevents him from becoming the best player in the world. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Ian~ Posted May 18, 2009 Author Share Posted May 18, 2009 There were no injury worries, so a full 26 man squad was chosen for the upcoming games against Turkey and the US Virgin Islands. The national team captain had to be picked, so Leonardo De Vinchavio was selected with Johnny Mark-Smith as his vice captain. Saturday 8th September Atlantis v Turkey European Championship Qualifying Group C The team were thrown in at the deep end for their first ever international game, with Turkey being very tough opposition. But Atlantis made a good start to the match, providing most of the early pressure and creating a few chances. Rustu Recber was called into action a few times. The first clear cut chance went to Turkey though, when Derek Golden lost the ball on the right. The ball was crossed to Nihat and Brettney Joven had to make a good block to divert the ball wide. After the good performance of the first half Atlantan fans would have been forgiven for getting their hopes up for an upset, but the dreams were quickly dashed. Wobill Luman’s free-kick from a safe position in his own half went horribly wrong, only going as far as Umit Karan. Karan raced through and slotted past Damian Waymouth to give Turkey the lead in the 46th minute. Moments later the scores were nearly levelled, but Recber made a good stop from Davidus Solo’s long range effort. The team continued battling for an equaliser, Fred Brookes and Pablo Garcia both shooting wide, and Joven letting his frustration get the better of him and earning a booking for a push, but ultimately it ended as a highly creditable 1-0 loss. GK - Damian Waymouth - 6 DR - Derek Golden - 7 DC - Wobill Luman - 7 DC - Brettney Joven - 7 - Yellow card DL - Ryan Bergman - 6 DMC - Leonardo De Vinchavio © - 7 MR - Ruud Versulis - 7 (69 Alex Barkley - 7) MC - Davidus Solo - 7 ML - Jason Demir - 7 (69 Pablo Garcia - 7) ST - Carlos Ferrari - 7 (69 Fred Brookes - 7) ST - Eric Golden - 6 Atlantis 0 - 1 Turkey Milestones Atlantis' first game. 14 players made their debuts in this tie. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Ian~ Posted May 18, 2009 Author Share Posted May 18, 2009 Wednesday 12th September 2007 Atlantis v US Virgin Islands Friendly This was a battle between two teams equal in the FIFA rankings. Equal in joint last place anyway, with zero points. Despite the side’s inability to keep possession of the ball very well, it was Atlantis who got the early chances. And this time around, they took them. In the eighteenth minute Alex Barkley intercepted a pass in midfield, and played the ball to Andrew Jackson. Jackson slipped it out wide on the left to Ryan Bergman, who beat his man before sending the ball into the box. Liam Ferguson controlled it first time, and while his initial shot was blocked by the keeper, he couldn’t keep hold of it and Ferguson scored at the second time of asking. Just over ten minutes later he doubled his tally, as Barkley sent in an inswinging cross from the right, and Ferguson rose highest to nod home at the near post. There would be no more goals though, and the second half was a very poor showing as the side failed to create anything. The US Virgin Islands were the team who were actually more likely to score, getting awarded a penalty when their striker burst into the area only to be tripped by Alex King, who was booked for his troubles. Luckily for him, the striker skied his shot well over the bar. GK - Joel Josy - 6 (45 Andrew Borootz - 7) DR - Johnny Mark-Smith © - 7 DC - Maxim Marinovski - 7 (67 Gervase Smith - 7) DC - James Ralph - 7 (45 Curtis Powell - 7) DL - Ryan Bergman - 7 DMC - Alex King - 6 - Yellow card MR - Alex Barkley 8 - 1 Assist MC - Tomaldinho - 7 (67 Eric Golden - 6) ML - Pablo Garcia - 7 ST - Andrew Jackson - 7 (45 Lucas Volman - 6) ST - Liam Ferguson - 8 - Man of the Match, 2 Goals Atlantis 2 - 0 US Virgin Islands Milestones The remaining twelve players have now made their international debuts. Liam Ferguson scored his (and Atlantis’) first goal. Joel Josy made his (and Atlantis’) first clean sheet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denther Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Great stuff Ian, good to see that Fred has made his debut at least One thing I would ask is could you list the line up just above the match report, just for ease of reference? Go Atlantis KUTGW Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettney1980 Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 The ball was crossed to Nihat and Brettney Joven had to make a good block to divert the ball wide. I may not be able to mark but i will block that ball ... and whoo! First Booking to me:p Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamjerome Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 clean sheet though understandably disheartened to be substituted as a goalie. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brambleten Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 a good result against Turkey, and then again against US Virgin Islands. 2 appearances for Barkley, an assist and a 7.5 average KUTGW Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaldinho Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 The line-up that won the second game should undoubtably be our first XI going forward... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the--dud Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Yey, I'm captain of the national team just as I was hoping for Obviously the captain has to play every single game? hehe Good work Ian and good work the players as well! Losing only 1-0 to Turkey is quite impressive... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK85 Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Yay for the first 45 minutes of play and a 7:thup: KUTGW:thup: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasorazbiva4 Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 The line-up that won the second game should undoubtably be our first XI going forward... I couldn't agree more with you mate. Thumbs up. P.S. Why when I choose an emoticon it goes in the title of the message instead in the post itself Can someone explain me? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK85 Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 I couldn't agree more with you mate. Thumbs up. P.S. Why when I choose an emoticon it goes in the title of the message instead in the post itself Can someone explain me? The ones at the bottom are title icons the ones at the right are smilies Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeeD Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Nice to see Jason Demir was trusted for the big match with Turkey and obviously proved his worth so there was no need for him to feature against US Virgin Isles. Good start - KUTGW ~Ian~ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chave Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 made a debut at least! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demon4 Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 will we be getting updates about our clubs form ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fergysafc Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 ST - Liam Ferguson - 8 - Man of the Match, 2 Goals not bad for a debut Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Ian~ Posted May 18, 2009 Author Share Posted May 18, 2009 will we be getting updates about our clubs form ? At the middle of the season there will be an update of Atlantopoli International's progress so far, the Atlantan club's European form, and a recap of the international team's year with bext XI, records etc. At the end of the season will be the overview of Atlantopoli International's season, individual player reports and screenshots, and a look at any new regens coming through worth following. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Ian~ Posted May 18, 2009 Author Share Posted May 18, 2009 Gervase Smith had a chest injury and so missed the October international call-ups. Saturday 13th October Hungary v Atlantis European Championships Qualifying Group C There were no positives to be gained from this match. Whichever way you look at it, it was an awful performance. For the second game in a row, a penalty was given away by the defence, this time a dreadfully late lunge by James Ralph. This time though, Atlantis was punished as Kenesei picked himself up to smash the ball in from 12 yards. He added a second before the break. It was three soon after half-time, neither Johnny Mark-Smith or Curtis Powell doing themselves any favours as they were both caught horribly out of position to let Torghelle slip through to score the third. Mark-Smith tried making amends for his error by scoring a nice free-kick with 25 minutes left, but it wasn’t enough and there was still time remaining for Halmosi to get Hungary’s fourth. Mark-Smith was lucky it wasn’t five, as Joel Josy had to make a smart stop at Halmosi’s feet after a suicidal backpass from him. GK - Joel Josy - 6 DR - Johnny Mark-Smith - 7 - 1 Goal DC - Brettney Joven - 6 DC - James Ralph - 5 (45 Curtis Powell - 6) DL - Wobill Luman - 6 - Yellow card DMC - Leonardo De Vinchavio © - 7 - Yellow card MR - Alex Barkley 7 (67 Alex King - 7) MC - Eric Golden - 7 ML - Jason Demir - 6 ST - Lucas Volman - 6 - Yellow card (67 Fred Brookes - 6) ST - Liam Ferguson - 7 Hungary 4 - 1 Atlantis Milestones Johnny Mark-Smith scored his first goal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Ian~ Posted May 18, 2009 Author Share Posted May 18, 2009 Wednesday 17th October 2007 Atlantis v Moldova European Championships Qualifying Group C Any disappointment following the previous match was quickly forgotten about after just ten minutes of this game. Atlantis took the lead after just five minutes, Alex King playing a nice one-two with Carlos Ferrari on the edge of the area, and when he got the ball back he drilled it in low to the right. And after ten minutes the lead was doubled. Davidus Solo received the ball in the middle of the pitch and spread it out wide to Pablo Garcia on the left. Spotting Eric Golden in space he passed to the Milan forward, who turned his marker and curled a brilliant shot past the keeper into the far corner. A third goal was bagged in the second half, though it wasn’t the same quality as the other two. Wobill Luman’s cross was met in the air by Ferrari, whose header deflected off his marker and looped up over the keeper before nestling in the net. It was a total fluke, but he won’t care how his first international goal went in. Bacila got a late consolation goal, but this was an easy win for Atlantis. GK - Andrew Borootz - 7 DR - Derek Golden - 7 DC - Brettney Joven - 6 DC - Maxim Marinivski - 7 - Yellow card DL - Wobill Luman © - 8 - 1 Assist DMC - Davidus Solo - 6 - Yellow card MR - Ruud Versulis - 7 MC - Alex King - 8 - 1 Goal (65 Tomaldinho - 6) ML - Pablo Garcia - 8 - 1 Assist (65 Jason Demir - 7) ST - Carlos Ferrari - 8 - Man of the Match, 1 Goal, 1 Assist ST - Eric Golden - 8 - 1 Goal (30 Andrew Jackson - 6) Atlantis 3 - 1 Moldova Milestones Alex King, Carlos Ferrari & Eric Golden scored their first goals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denther Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Hmm, the only games I've been involved in we've lost (Although I'm sure if you start me we will win ) Good win against Moldova, KUTGW Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swafe Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 my bad guys, will turn it around i promise Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brambleten Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 that's 1 win from 3 qualifiers. what does the group look like at the moment? KUTGW Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK85 Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Yay full 90 minutes of play and another 7:D KUTGW:thup: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasorazbiva4 Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Despite the difference in the ability of the opposition we can make a comparison and say that the defence line against Moldova did a better job. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chave Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 damn my weak chest... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnefc22 Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 An assist for me and an 8 rating In my debut, I got a solid 7. KUTGW Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fergysafc Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 grrr golden boy nicked my place Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristian444 Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Alex King playing a nice one-two with Carlos Ferrari on the edge of the area, and when he got the ball back he drilled it in low to the right. The boy done good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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