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Dulwich Hamlet 2025-26 I was so optimistic coming into this year but just wasn't to be. Completely outclassed, couldn't score goals, conceded too many and we taste bitter relegation We fell at the second hurdle in the FA Cup to a much better team in Lincoln City FA Trophy was much the same as we were knocked out by Ebbsfleet United in the third round Not many positives but 25a Andrew Allen has really become a big part of the team straight away Mills was amongst the goals again but the fact we had to rely on such a poor player summed up our season Another good youth player from the class of 25 is winger Damarley Ryman Only way is back up. Need to have a good start. Board have given me the opportunity to rebound

Youth Candidates 2025-26 Very pleased with the intake but looks likely we'll be relegated this year. Hopefully I can hold on to my job and bring us back up

Dulwich Hamlet 2024-25 Fantastic first year with promotion. We led pretty much all year and then injuries kicked in towards the end and we lost our position at the top to Southend. Typically, it all came down to the last day at home to Southend and we managed to squeeze out a 2-1 win and seal 1st position. We did well in the FA Cup, reaching the second round before falling to Peterborough. We put up a pretty good fight though In the FA trophy we lost to a good Walsall side who were near the top in the league above Danny Mills was a massive goal scoring threat for us all season and scored a phenomenal 51 goals in all competitions Right-Back Miquel Scarlett led the team in assists but we are going to struggle to get him to sign a new deal Left-Back Jerome Binnom-Williams was also a threat from the other side and was one of best performers on the year Looking forward to next season. I expect us to stay up and maybe reach lower mid-table

Youth Candidates 2024-25 Didn't look promising at first but the class looks to be quite useful. Some much needed bodies as we face a chance of promotion in our first year

Trying again. this time with Dulwich Hamlet who have professional status. So in theory, the challenge should be a bit less harder!

Relegated on the final day. Needed to win and other results to go our way but just wasn't to be. Going to try one more time in England. Third time lucky!

Class of 26 Not a bad intake but not sure we will get to see their potential as we are in the middle of a huge relegation scrap

Enfield Town 2024-25 First season and we survived the drop. We drifted around lower mid-table for most of the season and our worst run came towards the end but fortunately we were never in any real danger of the drop. We were real crowd pleasers with over 100 goals scored and conceded! The cup games weren't priority and we went out fairly early in both the FA Cup and FA Trophy Top goalscorer on the year was Sam Youngs from the AMC spot Young full-back Freddie Stanley was fantastic creating a bunch of goals and good all round performance on the year Special mention also to our other full-back Mickey Parcell Survive relegation is the aim once again

Youth Candidates 2024-25 Jones will get game time straight away as we've playing with a greyed out keeper all season. Hoping these boys can contribute right away and keep us away from relegation.

Staying in England

Well, that didn't last long! Back to the drawing board

Coming back to this challenge after completing it in FM21 with Sannois SG.

Started a save with AC Milan. Trying to be 'semi-realistic' with regards to transfers. Trying to focus on mainly Italian players and youth where possible. I chose to close the first transfer window and go with the in game squad. Biggest transfer out was Ismail Bennacer. Newcastle paid his release clause of £43 million in January so I went out and bought Lucas Gourna-Douath from Red Bull Salzburg (£26m) as a replacement. Also bought in young Brazilian (Italian duel nationality) Centre-Back Berardo from Sao Paulo (15m) and Forward Wilfried Gnonto from Leeds (£18m). GK Maignan RB Calabria (c) CB Tomori CB Thiaw LB Hernandez DM Loftus-Cheek DM Pobega RW Chukwueze AM Pulisic LW Gnonto SC Rafael Leao First season, lead the league all the way and managed to win Serie A by 8 points. Lost four games all season, twice to Juventus, once to Fiorentina and a shock defeat at Empoli. Lost in the Italian Cup Quarter-Final to Atalanta Lost in the final of the Champions League 2-1 v Man City despite leading at the break. Onto next season, Giroud retired so will looking to back Leao up with Lorenzo Colombo who returns from a loan spell. Bartesaghi will be understudy to Hernandez and I have also bought in GK Carnesecchi for around £6m to spell Maignan when needed. Still have money to spend going into season 24-25

It has happened in every match so far but this is just an example