dafuge's FM10 challenge

[spankie]

Sutton United - Championship 2014/15

It was fun and games this season at Ganders Green Lane, mostly because of a striker situation I had this season.
Last year I signed Liam Head and I though that if I paired him up with a decent target man then they should score and create goals. To that end I signed ex-Wigan striker Callum McManaman. I though that his attributes would mean that he'd be good in the air, of course just because I never actually saw him win an aerial challenge in the match doesn't mean that he didn't win any.
I finally got fed up with him when during the first half of a match two of his wayward passes ended up being intercepted and the opponents scoring. After that game I just gave up on him and transfer listed him.
Liam Head was transfer listed not long afterwards because I got frustrated with him.

That didn't leave me with many striker options, Paris Cowan-Hall was struggling for goals and the Manchester United striker I've been trying to get in on loan for 3 seasons struggled and some of his team mates didn't like him.
So I ended up getting an Italian striker with a bit of promise and a Spanish striker with a bit more promise. I knew that I needed more potency up front as I sold left back Marcos Painter for £1M to Derby. Marcos wasn't getting many games and I knew that he wouldn't be missed much. That let me buy ex-Monaco striker Terence Makengo, he's a litttle injury prone but with some luck I can manage with the odd niggling injury.

This season also saw the first instance of the chairman selling a player over my head. The player was an English U21 right winger who actually struggled with the media pressure twice during the season and so wasn't a really big loss. The chairman actually got a decent amount for him.


The League Cup wasn't much to write about, we lost 2-1 to Sheffield United in the 2nd round.
The FA Cup saw us narrowly beat Gillingham in the 3rd round and defeat Derby 2-0 AET in the 4th round replay.
That earned us a tie at home against regular EPL winners in my game Chelsea. In fron of the TV cameras we were losing 2-0 after 77 minutes but a couple fo tactic changes and more then a little luck saw Makengo score twice to take it to a replay. But Chelseas showed their real class to win 2-0 .

As for the league, I thought that we would be very lucky to finish in the top half of the table. But in fact we finished 4th and went into my first playoffs in this save.
I was really shocked that my young side managed to keep near the top of the table. We were never really close to one of the automatic promotion places, but were 3rd for a little while before a mini-injury crisis hit.

In the playoff semi we faced Wigan. Unfortunately they beat us home and away during the season and so I was expecting a very hard game and was only hoping for a draw in the first leg away. Needless to say I was shocked with a 3-0 win against a lacklustre Wigan side
The second leg was more of the same and we won without too many problems

In the playoff final we faced Derby. I was a little more hopefull against Derby as I got 4 points from them during the season. We cruised to a 3-0 lead only for Derby to pull 2 back in the last minutes of the game including a rebound from a penalty that my keeper saved in injury time. So the [url-http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc286/spankie_uk2002/2014/SuttonUtdvDerby.png]3-2 victory saw us win through to the promised land[/url]

I managed to sign a few players for the first team and a couple of players with potential who may or may not make the grade.
I don't know how many of my squad can make the step up but I've got the feeling that a few of them should do well, especially as they've now been playing together for a few years.

Dean Cronin was made captain this season and despite feeling under pressure at being made skipper at 19 he did very weel and had the highest average at the club.
Cedric Levavasseur was Cronin's defensive partner and was also the supporters player of the season. I'm not sure whay, but perhaps the fans like a bad boy and with 3 red cards Cedric qualifies for that.
Kevin Reilly will hopefully improve next season. I really hoped that he could pull the strings in midfield this season, but 32 year old Andy Dorman ended up doing most of that. They even played togeter at times during the season and having 2 attack minded central midfielder is fun in a squeaky trousers kind of way.
Ignacio could end up being a decent poacher for Sutton. The second goal he scored for us was a little odd, it was from a corner that was cleared to a lurking Reilly who hammered in a long shot that seems to clip Ignacio on the buttock.
Terenc Makengo is one of the player I'm certain will do well in the EPL as long as I can keep him fit for most of the season.

The club's finances are in a decent shape so far. At one stage we had £3M in the bank, but improved contracts for some players put a dent in that.
Also a new stadium is an even bigger drain on the finances, at about £190k a month. Hopefully a couple of season in the Premier League will mean that I won't even notivce the loan repayments.

Next season
The only real aim is survival in the Premier League. I'll also need to sign a few more English players. Hopefulyl I can sign starting defensive midfielder and a pair of winger, also another striker would be handy.

I've alreday played to the 25th of June and I've had this guy come into my U18s and my caches rate him a potential leading EPL left back.
I have just offerend him a pre-contract as I'd be shocked if I see a player with as much potential as him very often.

Season          League                     Position        Achievements
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2010/11        Blue Square South        1st         Promoted as champions.
2011/12        Blue Square Premier      1st         Promoted as champions, FA trophy winners.
2012/13        League Two               1st         Promoted as champions.
2013/14        League One               1st         Promoted as champions, JPT winners.
2014/15        Championship             4th         Promoted via Playoffs.

[kaNovi]

Kingstonian (2022/2023)

Premier League Prediction - 19
Premier League Position - 10


Table
Graph

Summary
Suprised not only the media prediction but myself by ending as no 10 in our first premier league season.
Made a couple of good signings and we played fairly well all season exept in the cups where we went out in our first round in
FA Cup and League cup. both loses where to much lower rep. teams, so that was pretty bad.
Just got the news that the stadium will be increased by almost 9000 seats which will give us a capacity of about 26000.
Furthermore we are upgrading the youth facilites for the 3rd or 4th year in a row. Im quite impressed with my board willingness to upgrade our facilities.

Squad


Kaldirim Our first and most expensive signing this year and his stats talk for himself. Great great prospect and a bargain.
Although he got injured and missed 4 months. I hope he isnt injurie prone.
Skelton Another new signing and our first English international
Alvarez Once again top goalscorer in the club and 3rd in the PL. Unbeliavable he can keep scoring with his maybee not that impressive stats

Transfers

Goals for the upcoming season:
Another midtable would be great, hopefully i can stay away from the relegation zone. I would really like a nice cup run as well

League                Season    Finished   Achievements
-------------------------------------------------------
Blue Square South     2010/11   4th       Playoff Final losers
Blue Square South     2011/12   1st       Blue Square South Champions
Blue Square Premier   2012/13   5th       Playoff semi-final losers 
Blue Square Premier   2013/14   1st       Blue Square Premier Champions
League Two            2014/15   2nd       JPT Winners, Promotion
League One            2015/16   13th      none
League One	      2016/17   2nd	  Promotion
Championship	      2017/18   14th	  none
Championship	      2018/19   12th	  none
Championship	      2019/20   5th	  Playoff semi-final losers
Championship	      2020/21   5th	  Playoff final losers
Championship	      2021/22   1st	  Championship Champions
Premier League	      2022/23   10th	  none

[dafuge]

went ahead and whipped up a new ddt, here's a mediafire link for anyone interested:

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ymjjgmyott0

What is that for?

[michaeltmurrayuk]

Excellent with promotion to League One the French based loan listed players are finally willing to join me on loan

[michaeltmurrayuk]

Ooh didnt even now the patch was out.

Wondering if i should install it after my first season in Premier League i just finished..

If you've been having issues with the match engine I would as the patched version is a lot better, the home-grown issue should also be fixed.

[dafuge]

Tooting & Mitcham United FC - Barclays Premier League - 2022/23

Last season we finished in an unexpected 3rd position and entered the Champions League for our first outing in Europe.

League Table
League Positions Graph

I was right, last season we were punching well above our weight. Despite a good start, we slid into the bottom half of the table before clawing our way back up towards the European spots. It is no big surprise that we will not be in the CL next season.

FA Cup - the highlight of the route to the final was without doubt this epic semi, but the final itself also ended in similar fashion. Finally, we have won our first cup.

Carling Cup - things were looking good until the final. That made it four cup finals in four different competitions and four losses.

UEFA Champions League - we had a tough group but a few decent result put us in a goos position, which we blew with a loss at home to Werder Bremen.

UEFA Europa League - a late goal ended our run abruptly.

Transfers - Blackmore is a talented looking youngster and Rai is a quality player but we didn't really sign enough players.

Squad - we just don't have the strength in depth to challenge at the very top. Unless we get some money into the club, this group of youngsters are going to be all we have.

Key Player Profiles:

Anderson - I was ready to sell but he's had a great season.

Rai - the new signing, who took on the 'Karner' role.

Dale Ellis - he did well but I really need a better striker.

Arie de Vries - my captain, who wants to leave. I'll cash in if he doesn't change his mind.

Stephen Agbo - a young full back who has been with us a couple of years now.

Career Overview

Season    League                   Position    Achievements
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2010/11   Blue Square South        5th         Promoted via playoffs
2011/12   Blue Square Premier      8th
2012/13   Blue Square Premier      2nd         Promoted via playoffs, FA Trophy finalists
2013/14   Coca-Cola League 2       6th         Lost in playoff final
2014/15   Coca-Cola League 2       1st         Promoted as champions
2015/16   Coca-Cola League 1       4th         Promoted via playoffs, JPT finalists
2016/17   Coca-Cola Championship   9th
2017/18   Coca-Cola Championship   6th         Lost in playoff semi
2018/19   Coca-Cola Championship   4th         Promoted via playoffs
2019/20   Barclays Premier League  16th        
2020/21   Barclays Premier League  11th
2021/22   Barclays Premier League  3rd         FA Cup finalists
2022/23   Barclays Premier League  7th         Carling Cup finalists, FA Cup winners

Next Season

My simple aim is to get back into the Champions League. We have finally got ourselves a trophy so I will be taking the cup competitions easy next season with a firm view on the league.

I'm hoping there will be investment into the stadium, which currently holds around 25000, but my finances are a bit up and down at the moment.

[Gordon Comstock]

What is that for?

the mediafire link in the original post wasn't working for me - the unique ids weren't correct for some reason.

[michaeltmurrayuk]

I may have gone a little loan crazy having brought in 10 players on loan so far - mainly to provide cover.

Though still haven't managed to find a new keeper who's interested in joining me, at least I finally got a youth keeper promoted he's even the best of this years bunch though with only half a star potential.

[roseboy64]

Into the FA Cup 4th round, JPT North Final amd 1st in January. Finally got Bouazza to sign for me. Been trying to find a RB but none available for loan that are under 23 and my transfer balance is nil after converting it to wage budget to be able to pick up some quality free transfers. So tied on points, two games in hand and superior GD. Now to try and maybe pull off an upset against WBA who I play at home in the FA Cup, continue the search for a Championship quality RB, win the JPT for my first cup or reach the final and get automatic promotion in the league to the Championship.

[fuzzrab]

In what folder are you placing the file?

this one

C:\Program Files\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2010\data\db\1000\edt

Did you install through steam?

no i installed the game from the disc. no steam updates or anything either as i dont have net at home.

This is where it needs to go

Vista - C:\Program Files\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2010\data\db\1000\edt
Steam - C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\football manager 2010\data\db\1000\edt

I put the DDT in the vista pathway metioned in the quote but when i load the game only the team Holland one is there. I tried putting it in a few other folders but had no luck there either. Some peole were having this problem at the start but managed to fix it, however they didn't post up how they done this.

[Cerneo]

the mediafire link in the original post wasn't working for me - the unique ids weren't correct for some reason.

So is it ok to use this new DDT?

I want to start my new game soon since I finished my first save.

[Gordon Comstock]

it's worked for me thus far, yes. I'll hold off on fully endorsing it before others take a look.

I'll go ahead and paste mine and the original to show some differences as well:

mine:

"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "30002707"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "7940869"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5103927"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "4002011"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5100178"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "109212"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "4000631"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "627"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5103793"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5100123"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5100159"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5100070"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "4002016"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5103651"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "670"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "8325049"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5100134"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "723"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5100139"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5100227"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "8325140"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5100217"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5103640"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5100115"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5100088"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "4001704"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5103663"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5100121"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5103681"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5100090"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "30015287"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "659"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "106580"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5100225"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5108729"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "684"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "94001831"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5100163"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5100109"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "4000389"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5103700"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5103639"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "8325039"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5100027"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "615"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "4002013"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5103634"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5100031"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5103870"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "8611092"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "653"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "578"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5103608"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5100055"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "113522"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "682"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5100053"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5103839"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5103616"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5103188"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "8601371"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5100057"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5100061"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5100066"

mediafire link

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ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì7940869î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì4002011î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì109212î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì4000631î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì627î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì5100123î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì647î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì5100223î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì5100159î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì5100070î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì4002016î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì5100161î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì5103651î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì8325049î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì5100134î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì5103801î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì5100198î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì723î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì5100139î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì5100227î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì5100217î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì5100027î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì615î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì4002013î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì5100031î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì8601343î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì5100037î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì8611092î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì653î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì578î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì106580î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì117669î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì5100055î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì90002272î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì682î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì5100053î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì5103839î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì5103616î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì5103188î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì5103840î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì5100061î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì5100063î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì5100066î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì5103640î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì5100115î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì5103635î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì5100088î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì4001704î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì5103663î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì5100121î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì638î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì5100090î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì30015287î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì657î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì659î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì5100225î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì663î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì5103637î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì684î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì5100163î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì5100109î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì4000389î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì5103700î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì5103639î
ìRETAIN_PLAYERSî ì5100149î

one noticeable difference is that the latter file has no RETAIN_PLAYERS for kingstonian, whose unique id is 670. I wonder if that mediafire link is messed up and the first link isn't?

[Gordon Comstock]

okay, that explains it - the second link in the original post is a link to last year's file, while the first link is to this year's file.

looks like I got to work on my data entry chops. daf, if you want to update the second link with the one I've posted above feel free.

[Cerneo]

Cambridge City 22/23

Table

Graph

Season Review: We won just about everything, and most of it was easy. The three games we lost were all game right before a Champions League game where I had to rest players, fad I not done that I think we would of gone defeated. Also won the Community Shield.

This will be my last report with Cambridge City since I am restarting with a new team since the new patch is out. Looking forward to a another rise to the top.

History:

Carling Cup

FA Cup

Champions League

Domestic Leagues

FA Cup Final

Carling Cup Final

Champions League Final

Club World Championship Final

Euro Super Cup

Cup Review: Won everything but the Euro Super Championship, went in thinking it would be a easy win and did not make the changes I normally would during the game and we let a goal in late.

Other than that was smooth sailing, felt some pressure in the Carling Cup to threepeat, one of my main goals for the season was to at least do that and win the FA Cup, was not counting on back to back Champion League wins.

Transfers

Squad

Finances

Players:

Ceccarelii - GK: Super GK one of the big reason for the success we had.

Araujo - DC: Remains the best player on the team, and possibly the world, all of those goals are from corners, mostly when playing weaker teams who don't have anyone that can match him physically.

Hogg - DC/R: Cemented his spot convincing me I don't need another DC.

Jose - DL: My biggest buy ever was well worth the money he just dominated the whole left side of the field all season.

Williams - DR: Would be replaced if I keep the save going.

Marconi - DM: Silent workhorse who had been good up until this season where he just was not preforming where I needed him, would be replaced if I keep going.

Ashe - MC/R/L: Solid season, really good battle with Harrop for who to start, I think its one of the reason they have developed so quickly.

Kimble - MR: Locked up his spot as the MR for a good long time.

Funnell - ML: Solid player, worth the money I paid over all, pairs well with Ashe or Harrop.

Harrop - MC/DM: Retrained him to Defensive Mid this season since Marconi was not playing well from time to time.

Tales - S: As you can see had a much better season, but Anderson is giving him a run for his money as the second choice.

Anderson - S: My very quality back up striker who keeps trying to force his way into the first team.

Saavedra - S: Another epic season probably the second best player on the team. Going to miss him in my new save.

Season        Division            Position                 Achievements
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2010/11       BSN                 1st                           Promotion
2011/12       BSP                 13th				
2012/13       BSP                 1st                     Promotion/FA T Winner
2013/14       L2                  13th                      4th Round FA Cup
2014/15       L2                  4th            Simifinal Playoffs/ 4th Round FA Cup
2015/16       L2                  1st                  Promotion/Paint Trophy Winners
2016/17       L1                  1st                  Promotion/Paint Trophy Winners
2017/18       C                   7th                       
2018/19       C                   2nd                             Promotion
2019/20      EPL                  15th
2020/21      EPL                  3rd                Carling Cup Winners/FA Cup Finals
2021/22      EPL                  1st     Carling Cup Winners/Champions League Winners
2022/23      EPL                  1st  Carling Cup Winner/Champions League Winner/FA Cup Winner

Next Season: If I ever return to the save, new DM/DR and win everything again.

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National Team 22/23: Ireland

Took them over in early January, squad over all is decent, a couple good young players and some old vets still playing well. Went on to win the Four Associations Tournament, I feel we over preformed though, really should of lost to Wales who seems to have a very strong team.

Matches to date

Four Associations Tournament

UEFA Euro Championship (Was not in charge for any of these, not sure how they will go the rest of the way)

[Cerneo]

okay, that explains it - the second link in the original post is a link to last year's file, while the first link is to this year's file.

looks like I got to work on my data entry chops. daf, if you want to update the second link with the one I've posted above feel free.

Going to go ahead and start with it then.

[pjtopor]

I ended up with a pretty good season, update to follow, but my god, the new patch kicked my ass. I was storming through everything up to March, I went to bed last night, got patched without realizing it, and next thing I knew, I was scrapping for every point. My goals for next season are going to be to put together a new tactic that actually works on the new patch. I may even have to spring for wingers!

[Cerneo]

I ended up with a pretty good season, update to follow, but my god, the new patch kicked my ass. I was storming through everything up to March, I went to bed last night, got patched without realizing it, and next thing I knew, I was scrapping for every point. My goals for next season are going to be to put together a new tactic that actually works on the new patch. I may even have to spring for wingers!

Yeah I hear its much harder to score.

[Cerneo]

Disregard...did not place in the right folder ha.

[kaNovi]

If you've been having issues with the match engine I would as the patched version is a lot better, the home-grown issue should also be fixed.

I think i will then! If i get relegated i can always blame the patch

[Soccer Manager]

this one

C:\Program Files\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2010\data\db\1000\edt




no i installed the game from the disc. no steam updates or anything either as i dont have net at home.



I put the DDT in the vista pathway metioned in the quote but when i load the game only the team Holland one is there. I tried putting it in a few other folders but had no luck there either. Some peole were having this problem at the start but managed to fix it, however they didn't post up how they done this.

If you're using the 10.2 database then the DDT file needs to go in the 1020 folder, not the 1000 one.

[fuzzrab]

If you're using the 10.2 database then the DDT file needs to go in the 1020 folder, not the 1000 one.

No i was using the 1000 database. I have downloaded and installed the new patch but i still get the same results with only the team Holland file showing. I tried putting the DDT in the edt folder in 1000, 1010, 1020 and the editor folder but with no success.

Dafuge is it ok if i start a new game on the 10.2 Db and just retain all players in England? if not can someone upload a save game saved on the 24th June please?

[Bartman]

FC United - Barclays Premiership - Season 2016/2017

Well this was a fantastic improvement on last season and it could have been so much better. I am delighted with our Europa League victory especially, elevating me to United legend status. The victory over Roma in penalties was just the pinnacle of satisfaction as a manager. Our league position was very good, sitting just inside the top 6 at fifth, however up until the final few games, we could have reached as high as 2nd. This is all very exciting news as FC United head into their third Premiership season.

League Table

Our FA Cup run was also encouraging. We reached the Semi Final but went down to a very good Everton side 3-1. Also, we reached the League Cup final but for the third time in my time at FC United, we lost a cup final. Better luck next time boys

FA Cup
League Cup
Europa League

We signed just five players going into our second Premiership season, but they all played a large part, with new goalkeeper Brad Guzan probably being the pick of the bunch. Robinho, another one of my successful free transfers, proved to be excellent despite his old age playing 30 games with an average rating of 7.1. Tim Wohlfarth was also very good, but considering the price I paid for the ex-Man Utd man I was slightly disappointed. Vanden Borre got down to the nitty gritty and did very well in our makeshift defence for the season. N'Koulou proved to be a fantastic piece of business, buying the Chelsea reserve for 6 million and then selling him 5 months later for 11 million to Man City, the largest we have received for a transfer. Considering that N'Koulou was not one of our better players in those five months, I was delighted to accept the offer.

Transfers

Caamano was again the star man for FC United, finishing atop the scoring charts for the second season in a row. He finished with 25 goals in 36 games, slightly less than his 28 from 35 last season. He was simply pivotal in our successes but his strike partner, Simon Church (who was a huge disappointment last season) came into his own and proved his potential to be a fantastic striker for our club. It's a shame Church requested to be put on the transfer list at the end of last season, as I regret not giving him his chance. He was excellent for us when I did come to use him around Christmas time, getting 14 goals in 26 games, and when considering this is a team with top goalscorer Caamano and also Arnautovic, it's a wonder Church pulled this off, a star player. I can only hope he requests to be removed from the transfer list, as I would like to keep him wearing FC United colours for a while longer.

Aims for Next Season:
With the strides we made last season, I expect nothing more than a push for a Champions League place and to hopefully give Man City, who I can only expect to win the Premiership once again, a run for their money.

Season      League                   Position    Achievements
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2010/11    Blue Square North           1st         Promoted, BSN Champions
2011/12    Blue Square Premier         2nd         Promoted
2012/13    Coca-Cola League 2          6th         Promoted, play-off winners
2013/14    Coca-Cola League 1          1st         Promoted, League 1 Champions, FA Cup Runner-Up
2014/15    Coca-Cola Championship      5th         Promoted, play-off winners
2015/16    Barclays Premiership       12th         FA Cup Runner-Up
2016/17    Barclays Premiership        5th         Europa League Winners, League Cup finalists.

[foost]

Ole, I am in the playoffs (league one)!

[Cerneo]

Ole, I am in the playoffs (league one)!

Good luck!

[Stephanie McMahon\'s Secret Lover]

CAMBRIDGE CITY - PREMIER LEAGUE - 2015/2016 - SEASON SIX

Media Prediction - Back to old ways as the press insist on us finishing rock bottom.

League - Straight forward win here although after the title was won and due to huge fixture congestion and tired players we lost a few more games than I would like. Amongst these was a record defeat of 4-2 away to Liverpool. No doubt getting revenge for us defeating them 6-1 earlier in the season. The squad was definitely down to the bare bones although we did manage to get a loan in from new parent club Juventus. Once again Marc Spellman had an outstanding season.

Europa League - I've always found European competition in FM to be a lot easier than National competitions. We easily won all our group games which included Ajax. Saint Etienne and Sporting Lisbon were easily dispatched too but then we bumped into Ajax again. Won 2-1 at home but lost 3-2 away. Thankfully the away goals rule worked in our favour. Another toughie in the semis as we were held to a 2-2 draw at home to Fiorentina but then we dominated the away leg to win 3-2 (5-4 on agg). The Final at Stade Velodrome was first Euro Final and it was against the mighty Inter Milan. Thankfully we came out on top.

FA Cup - After defeating Liverpool in the 3rd Round (thats 3 times in 6 years we've knocked them out now) it was pretty straight forward until the semi-final against Chelsea. Chasing so many titles late on the season took its toll but the semi was indeed a classic with Chelsea winning the shoot out.

League Cup - Always good to get an early Trophy under your belt. The Final was indeed sweet as we gained revenge on Manchester City who defeated us in last season's FA Cup Final.

Squad - The annoying thing this season was that during the 1st transfer window we had a transfer embargo because of a failed takeover attempt. This was following by another successful takeover by the same guy (Robert Sullivan) forcing another transfer embargo in January. This of course meant no new players coming in apart from Real Madrid midfielder Julio Alberto Alvarez. At £3m (paid for outside the transfer window) the wonder kid was a great addition to the club in January.

Well the takeover was completed in February and the new owner pumped in £5m and then cancelled our youth and training upgrades. Amazing because I don't remember us having any. Last season's big problem has now gone in that we had a capacity of just 1,900 because only seats were allowed to be used in Europe and the Premier League.

We now have a fantastic 13,477 all-seater stadium. For the new season I was given a transfer budget of just over £50m. A few new faces have come in and then promptly went out to the Olympics!!!

Season   League                Position    Achievements
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2010/11  Blue Square North     1st         Champions, Promoted, FA Cup 5th Round, FA Trophy Winners
2011/12  Blue Square Premier   1st         Champions, Promoted, FA Cup 4th Round, FA Trophy Winners
2012/13  League Two            1st         Champions, Promoted, FA Cup Finalists, League Cup 2nd Round, Johnstone's Paint Trophy Winners
2013/14  League One            1st         Champions, Promoted, FA Cup 5th Round, League Cup 3rd Round, Johnstone's Paint Trophy 2nd Round
2014/15  Championship          1st         Champions, Promoted, FA Cup Finalists, League Cup 4th Round, Europa League Qualification
2015/16  Premier League        1st         Champions, Europa League Winners, FA Cup semi-finalists, League Cup Winners

[foost]

Mm I thought you can offer a contract to players a couple of months before their contract ends. But this is only posibly when it already ended?!

// thanks Cerneo.. Was heading for 5th place for 10 games, but in the last game which I won, I just finished 3rd in the league... Number 3, 4 and 5 all 80 points lol

[foost]

@ Stephanie McMahon\'s Secret Lover:

Well, well, well done! TBH almost unbelievable! Congratz

Do you have a screenie of your finances? I seem to struggle real hard atm to sign great players cos of the wage

[Stephanie McMahon\'s Secret Lover]

I'll put up a finance screen later tonight. I may have been given £50m to spend but the balance was only about £25m so we are now £12m or so in the red.

[foost]

Playoff Semi Final vs Sheff Wed

First away; winning 0-2!!
2nd leg; ...omg luck is with me

[Rattlesnake_85]

Now that 10.2 has arrived. Im going to have another go at this challenge and I promise to stick with it this time .

Just a quick question since the patch has been applied the .ddt has gone.
Do I just re-apply the one in the Original post?

Thanks

[foost]

read above or page 36 Rattlesnake.

Just won promotion!!! I love winning vs MK Dons, hate them!

[Cerneo]

read above or page 36 Rattlesnake.

Just won promotion!!! I love winning vs MK Dons, hate them!

Well done, good luck next season.

[foost]

Well done, good luck next season.

I need it, my players really overarchieved this season. Great players want to join, but can't sign them because of my wage budget... Thinking of letting players go for money so that I will get some wage available :s


//

screenie of the final vs MK Dons

[stevio11]

Right,time to go again tonite when I plot Carshaltons rise up the Blue square premier and destory our hated rivals AFC Wimbledon

[Rattlesnake_85]

Sorry but I must be having a blonde moment... Am I right in thinking that Its the alternative link in the original post that I should download?

[foost]

Suppose so, but dont know for sure... Sorry. Hope dafuge will reply soon

[Terra21]

Well just started my game with Kings Lynn, had the save game for a while but since upgrading my PC started the challenge heh.

Lying Mid-Table atm but having a good FA Cup run, currently up against Hereford in the First Round of the FA Cup.

[Cerneo]

http://community.sigames.com/showpos...postcount=3601

Thats what I am using for 10.2, seems to be working fine.

[Rattlesnake_85]

Thanks for the replies foost, cerneo

Dafuge could you confirm, which .ddt to download for 10.2

Thanks

[Bartman]

Just had an absolute cracker of a result! Bit gutted it came in the League Cup though. Title push is inevitable

FC United 5 - 1 Chelsea

[radicell]

Hi, guys. I'm starting to play FM2010, and holidaying for this already. This is gonna be epic.

[Terra21]

Ack, lost 2-1 against Hereford in my 1st Rnd FA Cup match to a 86th minute goal

Didn't get that much money from the run, would of liked a League 1 team away from home, but there's always next year.

[foost]

Terrible! I hate Sheff Utd sooooo damn hard... Had 2 trials, and they were awesome good premier in the future... hoppa gave them a contract, but at both players Sheff Utd stepped in... GRRR

[kaNovi]

It took you 19 years to settle in your home country? Guess he will never settle in Kingstonian

[foost]

LOL! That is just to funny

[ssestig]

I've just been told by my board that there isn't enough room to expand my stadium, bare in mind Nantwich's Stadium is in the middle of the countryside and looks like this yes the only stand I have is one that takes up a third of one side of the pitch

Compare this to Marine who in FM08 I got it expanded past 50,000

The field to the left belongs to the secondary school down the road that I used to go and the green space above the ground as the picture shows it is a 3G astro.

[hamilton162]

Fantastic work SMSL You've gone and done a Mikael and won your league in every season from the beginning! Spellman has the potential to complete the Danny Roberts challenge if you keep on going with the save after you complete the challenge!

[kaNovi]

Fantastic work SMSL You've gone and done a Mikael and won your league in every season from the beginning! Spellman has the potential to complete the Danny Roberts challenge if you keep on going with the save after you complete the challenge!

Seems pretty weird with those stats

[dafuge]

okay, that explains it - the second link in the original post is a link to last year's file, while the first link is to this year's file.

looks like I got to work on my data entry chops. daf, if you want to update the second link with the one I've posted above feel free.

Looks like I just accidentally posted the wrong link from my mediafire uploads, it is fixed now.

[dafuge]

Thanks for the replies foost, cerneo

Dafuge could you confirm, which .ddt to download for 10.2

Thanks

The FM10 one, both links should have been to the same file. They have been fixed now.

[MikaelS]

done a Mikael and won your league in every season from the beginning!

Done a Mikael

Hehe I never knew my game was that famous

[godemand]

It seems like the data update in the new patch has changed the teams reputations. For those interested these are the teams with a reputation below 1000 in patch 10.2.

Isthmian League Premier Division

Waltham Abbey           700
Bognor Regis            800
Cray                    800
Billericay              850
Margate                 850
Aveley                  850
Hendon                  900
Harrow                  950
Ashford (Middx)         950

Southern League Premier Division

Didcot                  550
Stourbridge             600
Brackley                600
Halesowen               650
Evesham                 650
Rugby                   650
Bashley                 650
Leamington              700
Hemel Hempstead         750
Swindon Supermarine     750
Clevedon                800
Banbury                 900
Chippenham              950

Northern League Premier Division

Durham                  500
Stocksbridge            650
Ossett Town             700
Frickley                750
Matlock                 750
Whitby                  750
Buxton                  800
North Ferriby           800
Retford                 850
Ashton Utd              900
Worksop                 900
Marine                  950
Hucknall                950
Burscough               950

Time to start a fresh game

[fathooker]

Hello does anyone know how to get Nuneaton to expand the ground as the board wont let me. Trying to win the premiership and start to complete the challenge when you cant pay premiership wages is proving difficult.

Thanks

[Rattlesnake_85]

The FM10 one, both links should have been to the same file. They have been fixed now.

Thanks for clearing that up

[Rattlesnake_85]

New Problem

The .ddt file dafuges_challenge10 appears in C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\football manager 2010\data\db\1000\edt
But when I load up game it doesn't appear in preferences. Its just the Holland one.

[Stephanie McMahon\'s Secret Lover]

Seems pretty weird with those stats

I have to agree. Although he does have highish attributes in the right areas he doesn't strike me as being that good. The thing is my AssMan (always useless of course) insists that he is a good Premier Division player playing at his potential.

Never been impressed with scouts or any staff for that matter in FM.

[michaeltmurrayuk]

It's been an interesting start to life in League One - the other teams have quite literally decided to stamp their mark on my players by hacking them down also having to play twice a week isn't helping.

Luckily the loan rules only apply to Domestic loanees - so I could actually field a full team of loanees with my French based ones not counting towards the loan limit and some of them are even counted as Homegrown

On the plus side Everton have just thrashing me 5-0 in the Carling Cup, but I earned ~£200K from the game this time so we are now out of the red and I may actually be able to sign some players.

[michaeltmurrayuk]

New Problem

The .ddt file dafuges_challenge10 appears in C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\football manager 2010\data\db\1000\edt
But when I load up game it doesn't appear in preferences. Its just the Holland one.

If you are using the 10.2 Database it needs to go in: \Football Manager 2010\data\updates\update-1020\db\1020\edt

[ssestig]

Have you seen my reply about Nantwich Michael?

[Rattlesnake_85]

If you are using the 10.2 Database it needs to go in: \Football Manager 2010\data\updates\update-1020\db\1020\edt

You my friend are a life saver Been trying to start a new game with the new patch all day.

[michaeltmurrayuk]

The field to the left belongs to the secondary school down the road that I used to go and the green space above the ground as the picture shows it is a 3G astro.

Meh as if schools need that much space, the Liverpool council were quite happy to kick people out of their homes in FM08 so I could expand my stadium

Who's silly idea was it to build a new ground in 2007 with no expansion space

[ssestig]

Nantwich Town obviously. Not sure Gus Crazy would be too impressed if IRL if his school/college has to move due to the fact you want an expansion for Nanny Town.

Some people

[Rattlesnake_85]

Finally get to start the challenge again with 10.2 patch. I really hope that I can complete this for the first time with the mighty Pilgrims.
Say Hello to Drew Rattlesnake_85 the new Manager at Boston United. On accepting the Managers role at newly promoted Boston, Drew called his close friend 'Holiday Manager' to tell him the good news. After being on Holiday for his entire Football career, Manager told Drew that he had got a job with British Airways as they thought his world knowledge would be useful in moving the company forward.

http://i780.photobucket.com/albums/y...e2010-2011.jpg

[fuzzrab]

New Problem

The .ddt file dafuges_challenge10 appears in C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\football manager 2010\data\db\1000\edt
But when I load up game it doesn't appear in preferences. Its just the Holland one.

Hi Rattlesnake i am having the same problem you were but not having any luck gettting the DDT to work. Would you be able to upload a save game saved on the 24th if you still have one please?

[Cerneo]

Heres a link to my save: Link Its for 10.2, has players from top clubs for every continent so 20k players loaded.

If anyone loads North Ferriby with it, please upload it.

[radicell]

I've reloaded 50 times now, and still haven't settled on a team. I've kept saves for Bradford PA, Kingstonian, and Horsham, in case I give up on reloading. Right now, however, I'm happy to keep on reloading until I get a unqiue team.

Also, Nuneaton have popped up every single time. Them b*tches.

[Cerneo]

Yeah I got Hastings as my fall back but I really want North Ferriby, no idea why just always liked the look of the badge mostly ha.

[fuzzrab]

Heres a link to my save: Link Its for 10.2, has players from top clubs for every continent so 20k players loaded.

If anyone loads North Ferriby with it, please upload it.

excellent. thanks for that Cerneo. finally going to start the challenge.

I actually started playing last night but with all plaeyrs in England retained rather than the DDT and managed to get Truro first time so hoping i can get them again.

[radicell]

The results of 100 reloads (and still going): http://i49.tinypic.com/nwlx7t.jpg

I think I'm beginning to miss the point of this challenge. :P

[kaNovi]

I have to agree. Although he does have highish attributes in the right areas he doesn't strike me as being that good. The thing is my AssMan (always useless of course) insists that he is a good Premier Division player playing at his potential.

Never been impressed with scouts or any staff for that matter in FM.

I had something similiar in 07 i think, a guy named Bradshaw.. no good stats but scored over 600 goals for me ! Its hard to drop a guy because of his stats if he keeps on scoring like that =)

[Cerneo]

The results of 100 reloads (and still going): http://i49.tinypic.com/nwlx7t.jpg

I think I'm beginning to miss the point of this challenge. :P

Same I stopped counting at 200 last night, rarest team I got so far is Hastings, if I don't get Ferriby by tomorrow I guess I will go with them.

I wanted a lower rep/facility side to make it harder this time around.

[radicell]

Yeah, I stopped counting too. Now I'm just straining to not give up hope.

Soon I'm probably gonna lose it and go with Maidstone.

[Cerneo]

Yeah, I stopped counting too. Now I'm just straining to not give up hope.

Soon I'm probably gonna lose it and go with Maidstone.

Yeah I am just about there myself.

Really the most annoying this Nuneaton showing up every reload.

[radicell]

Yeah I am just about there myself.

Really the most annoying this Nuneaton showing up every reload.

Agreed. I just whizzed by opportunities for Wealdstone, Burscough, and Boreham Wood. I'm aiming for > 1000. If Truro is possible, then anything is possible!

[Thebaker]

Agreed. I just whizzed by opportunities for Wealdstone, Burscough, and Boreham Wood. I'm aiming for > 1000. If Truro is possible, then anything is possible!

truro is 1200 so it should come up a lot now, a lot of the reps have changed

[radicell]

is this with the latest patch (10.2.0)?

[Rattlesnake_85]

Hi Rattlesnake i am having the same problem you were but not having any luck gettting the DDT to work. Would you be able to upload a save game saved on the 24th if you still have one please?

Unfortunatly I saved over the 24th with my current game, but I see Cerneo posted a link already
Happy gaming Fuzzrab.

[Thebaker]

Merthyr Tydfill League 1 2021/22

Table

Position

FA Cup - 3rd Rd
League Cup - 2nd Rd
JPT - Winners

This was a fantastic season as with my new strike force we were around the playoffs early on before taking over at the top after xmas. Huddersfield were always there abouts and a loss to them with 4 games to go meant the title went down to the last game but a 5-0 win secured the title in style.
The league cup ended in a narrow 2-1 loss at home to Premiership Bristol City. In the FA cup i was thrashed 4-1 at home by premiership Cardiff (who finished 4th in prem)
In hopefully my last JPT i again denied Huddersfield beating them 4-2 in extra time in the final.

Transfers

My championship standard keeper Orsini was sold by the chaiman at the start of the season along with Lara (history) in Jan. My strike force from last year Clifford (history) and Black were sold on.

Squad

In defence the signing of Muller was crucial as the defence tightened up with Rivera and Iddi doing well.
In midfield Moncur had a record number of assists and Rodrigues was 2nd highest scorer.
Up front Sepe started on fire before tailing off. Diaby signed in mar was rated my best striker and hit a goal a game. Lehmann was injured for 5 months of the season.

Star player - took 9 games to score his first goal and didn't stop for the rest of the season. Rated at decent prem standard and signed on a bosman in jan of last season he scored a record number of goals for my side.



Championship 2022/23

Table

Position

FA Cup - 3rd Rd
League Cup - 3rd Rd

This was a good first year in the championship and with 15 games to go i was eyeing the playoffs but a poor finish meant midtable. Scoring was no problem but i conceded too many goals.
In the league cup i went out 2-1 at home to premiership Man City. In the FA cup i was thrashed 4-0 away to premiership Arsenal.


Transfers

Noone (history) and Rodgers (history) had been good servants of the club but were in decline and let go. Clarke (history) had dropped down to 5th choice and was sold on.

Squad

In goal Gagliardi had a good first season.
The defence especially Banahene were disappointing.
In midfield Morisse formed a great partnership with Rodrigues.
Up front Diaby made a good start but faded so Amestroy and Lehmann were my main strike force and stepped up well. Due to lack of injuries last years main striker Sepe barely featured.

Star Player - Rated 5th best midfielder by my ass man and coaches, showed again how wrong they are, with his constant goal threat and good performances.

Career so far:


Season    League                       Position          Achievements
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2010/11   Blue Square South             3rd         Promoted via playoffs
2011/12   Blue Square Premier           9th         None
2012/13   Blue Square Premier           2nd         Promoted via playoffs
2013/14   League 2                      15th        None  
2014/15   League 2                      13th        JPT Winners
2015/16   League 2                      5th         Promoted via playoffs
2016/17   League 1                      13th        None 
2017/18   League 1                      14th        None 
2018/19   League 1                      12th        None
2019/20   League 1                      15th        None
2020/21   League 1                      14th        None 
2021/22   League 1                      1st         JPT Winners
2022/23   Championship                  16th        None

[Thebaker]

is this with the latest patch (10.2.0)?

yes it is with patch 10.2.0. if you look in the editor you can see the new reps

[DirtyACE]

I have to agree. Although he does have highish attributes in the right areas he doesn't strike me as being that good. The thing is my AssMan (always useless of course) insists that he is a good Premier Division player playing at his potential.

Never been impressed with scouts or any staff for that matter in FM.

Can you give some tips on how you manage to progress so fast, score so many goals? Especially how you managed to win EPL in your first season out of Championship?

[Thebaker]

i have a 23yo defender Banahene who is rated at leading championship level but has been turning in rubbish displays last season and this season (im in dec). His contrct is running out and he won't sign a new one, valued at 650K i offered him around for 1 million + 50% sell one.


Should have asked for more - nearly 60 clubs made an offer

[kaNovi]

i have a 23yo defender Banahene who is rated at leading championship level but has been turning in rubbish displays last season and this season (im in dec). His contrct is running out and he won't sign a new one, valued at 650K i offered him around for 1 million + 50% sell one.


Should have asked for more - nearly 60 clubs made an offer

Hehe, makes you think if you have made the right decision in letting him leave but usually you have

[radicell]

Okay, I've downloaded the new patch and I'm holidaying again. This should be good, with all the teams' reputations changing and stuff.

I've decided to screw all the reloading and go with Oxford City.

The Team
Manager Profile

[Thebaker]

Hehe, makes you think if you have made the right decision in letting him leave but usually you have

he's now 4th choice centre back so i want to cash in on him, last season and this in 32 league games he has averaged 6.5, and about 6.8 in cup games. there has been too many mistakes and games with a rating less than 5.

[Rattlesnake_85]

Hang on a minute. Teams reputations changing?? Why did I miss this. I just took Boston Utd as I couldn't be bothered sitting here for hours waiting for a low rep team to come up. Does this mean teams that were previously obscure are now a bit more common if you do enough reloads. If so I may do a few reloads and try and get a team that not as many people have chosen.

If any one knows what teams are likely to come up that not many people have chosen for this challenge could you let me know. Just so I can keep an eye out.

[Bartman]

Crazy stuff, just been offered the Arsenal job. So hard not to just turn round and accept. They're doing somewhat poorly but with the offer of a £61 million transfer budget I'm inclined to save the game at this point and possibly go back to it at Arsenal

[Rattlesnake_85]

After an hour of reloads finally got a different team...Hastings Utd.
Got a save on 25th June 2010 with my Holiday Manager. If any one wants me to upload it im willing. But you will have to tell me how first.

[Golden_Team]

Stephanie McMahon\'s Secret Lover

Do you use 4-2-2-2 formation all the time? Could you tell me what is your instruction for booth MCs? One is more advanced in attacking role from other one?

Sorry for poor english, i`m from poland

[Terras-FM]

Does anybody know where i can download the badges of the teams that come up? Has anbody made a download like last year?

[ssestig]

Last year's would work in this year's game Terras.

[pjtopor]

2020/2021 - Billericay Town - Barclay's Premier League

League Position - Champions
TABLE
GRAPH

Well, I've said before that I'm telling a tale of two seasons, but this season, that was more true than any before. There was one season, through to mid-March, where we were unbelievably strong, scoring for fun and dominating all competitions. Then Steam applied the patch, and man oh man, did we ever limp to the finish line. Its times like this I hate living in the US and playing this game, as I would never have applied a patch until the close season if not for Steam. Anyway, the way that close season happened took a little of the vigor away from my report, so bear with me.

Long story short, while we truly struggled through April and May, we had enough of a head of steam to only need to win one of our last 3 games to win the league. We had Man City at home, followed by Burnley and Blackburn away. The Citizens were on fire at the end of the season, and we never looked like winning a 0-2 reverse. Next up at Burnley we couldn't trouble their keeper and managed a uneventful 0-0 at Turf Moor. With those results, and Man City playing Chelsea, all we needed was a draw in our last match to end up winners. Sadly, Blackburn turned us over 2-0 at Ewood Park... but Man City saw of Chelsea to haul themselves into a tie, which we won on goal difference! Here's the tame, tame finish in the run-in.

As far as the cups, we lost to Benfica in the Best Placed Qualifying Round on the Champions League, and then went on to win all other competitions for a quadruple. Again, I'd be more excited about this if I wasn't so disgusted with my post patch form. Both the FA Cup final against Man City and the Europa League Final against Chelsea were well contested, and really, I have no idea how we won.

Europa League Final
Europa League Results

Quadruple
FA Cup Final

FA Cup results
Carling Cup Final

League Cup
UCL results
Community Shield
UEFA Super Cup

I actually spent money this season, brining in Coutinho, Nicolas Kessel and Moraga to bolster the spine of the team with some top quality. In doing so, I lost some real money, but I felt it was necessary to put us over the top in the league.

TRANSFERS

FINANCES

Highlights of the squad this season:

Manuel Rodríguez Sánchez - Rodríguez Sánchez is now a club Icon, and I can't bear to sell him.

Lasse Ikäheimo - The Finnish starlet had his best season ever.

Hans Blom - He contributed much in achieving his world-class potential.

Nicolas Kessel - The German tyro solidified the problem DM spot and is well on his way to being a world class player himself.

Marquinhos - The Brazillian had an even better season, scoring and providing in quantity.

In the run-up to the next season, I sold three longtime club servants, as they had finally outlived their usefulness, longtime captain Federico Fratus, longtime DM Victor Vega, and enigmatic striker Alberto Romagnoli. All three date back at least to our League One days, with Fratus joining us in League Two. It was sad to see them go, but I knew I'd never stop picking them so long as they were on the roster.

Just need to win the Champions League to complete this challenge, but I must say, I'm really going to need new tactics to do so.

Billericay Town
2010/2011 - Blue Square South - 2nd, playoffs - promoted; FA Cup - 3rd qualifying round; FA Trophy - 3rd qualifying round
2011/2012 - Blue Square Premier - 2nd, playoffs - promoted; FA Cup - 2nd round; FA Trophy - Final
2012/2013 - Coca-Cola League Two - 3rd, automatic promotion; FA Cup - 2nd round; League Cup - 1st round; Johnstone's Paint Trophy - 1st round
2013/2014 - Coca-Cola League One - 12th; FA Cup - 3rd round; League Cup - 2nd round; Johnstone's Paint Trophy - 2nd round
2014/2015 - Coca-Cola League One - 3rd, playoffs - promoted; FA Cup - 4th round; League Cup - 2nd round; Johnstone's Paint Trophy - 2nd round
2015/2016 - Coca-Cola Championship - 10th; FA Cup 6th round; League Cup - 2nd round
2016/2017 - Coca-Cola Championship - 6th, promoted via playoffs; FA Cup - 3rd round; League Cup - 1st round
2017/2018 - Barclay's Premier League - 16th; FA Cup - Semi Final; League Cup - 2nd round
2018/2019 - Barclay's Premier League - 2nd; FA Cup - 4th round; League Cup - Semi Final
2019/2020 - Barclay's Premier League - 4th; Champions League - 3rd place in Group Stage; Europa League - Winners; FA Cup - Winners; League Cup - 3rd round
2020/2021 - Barclay's Premier League - Champions; Champions League - Qualifying Rounds; Europa League - Winners; FA Cup - Winners; League Cup - Winners

[kaNovi]

English players are really no good in my game :/

[Cerneo]

English players are really no good in my game :/

Wow really? I had alot of talent starting around 2017 or so, I had scouts on all the youth comps and tracking the national team, problem was it was very hard to sign anyone since the AI really holds onto them tight with the new 8 player rule thing.

[kaNovi]

Wow really? I had alot of talent starting around 2017 or so, I had scouts on all the youth comps and tracking the national team, problem was it was very hard to sign anyone since the AI really holds onto them tight with the new 8 player rule thing.

Im searching and searching for english players that can be in me starting eleven and it just seems impossible to find any good players.. i cant even find talents! I have my scouts searching all over england in every division as well. I have to use alot of reserves/u18 to accomidate(i think thats the word ) the 8 HG rule..

[MikaelS]

Wow really? I had alot of talent starting around 2017 or so, I had scouts on all the youth comps and tracking the national team, problem was it was very hard to sign anyone since the AI really holds onto them tight with the new 8 player rule thing.

8 player rule?

[roberto922]

I find that English teenagers generally start with lower CAs than other nations but quite a few end up top class

[michaeltmurrayuk]

My second string that included 9 loan players has just gone to Elland Road and smashed league leaders Leeds 4-2

[michaeltmurrayuk]

8 player rule?

After the first season you need to have 8 homegrown players in your Premier League squad of 25. (Though hopefully it's broken like the Football League one where players I've signed from France count as grown in England )

[michaeltmurrayuk]

I find that English teenagers generally start with lower CAs than other nations but quite a few end up top class

It's because regens in active leagues get generated at 15/16 so they go through the youth teams in england, whereas regens in non-active leagues can get generated at 19-21 so they can go straight into the first teams.

[michaeltmurrayuk]

After just two weeks at the club the new Bulgarian Striker I have on loan already lists me and the club as favourties it's a shame he's only on a 3 month loan and is out of my price range.