[FM12] The FA Academy returns!

Last year I ran a signup that had been quite enjoyable. It consisted of a team of 25 young English stars playing as the 'FA Academy'.

Sadly, the hard drive I was running the game on broke down.

So, I have decided to re-do the challenge this year, with the same basic rules:

*A player must be eligible for England to play for the FA Academy

*A player may have other nationalites, but if he plays for them and cannot play for England, he will be sold

*The game will continue until the FA Academy has none of the original players, but I may well continue to generate to complete careers

*FA Academy will start in League One, replacing the MK Dons.

For those interested in signing up, I need the following information:

Name: (Please be sensible!)

Date of birth:

Place of birth:

Preferred Squad Number: (No silly high ones - they'll be entered but ignored!)

Other nationalities: (If you're born outside of England, you'll automatically have at least one)

Position(s): (Strongest first)

Four strong attributes:

A preferred move:

Four weak attributes:

Favourite clubs:

Disliked clubs:

Favourite people:

Disliked people:

I'd like to see a nice mix of personalities, if possible.

Signed up so far:

Players will be added by primary position, but may have others.

GK Gavin Kandenta (G_D_K)

GK Baba Ganoosh (Babaginoosh)

GK

DR Steve Duffy (duffy89)

DR Steven Kemp (Spurs + Eastbourne 4eva)

DL Alan Beattie (aldojags)

DL Lewis Davies (Minarin)

DC James Thomas (Lenzar)

DC Jake Stothard (stothy)

DC

DM Arron Balmer (toonbalmy87)

ML David Ginsberg (David Corperial)

ML Ace Willingham (18rabbit)

MR Geraint Alacarde (Larxus)

MR

MC David Akinfewa (MadDog)

MC Tom Poulsen (tomo.irons)

MC Joe McRumber (TheGreatTraveler)

MC John Harkness (Jaded)

MC Jamaal Umar (ntfbolton1972)

AM Eliott Talbott (Braumiller)

FC Omar Brown (Animosama)

FC Danny Jones (Blackwolves)

FC Brett Stephens (Brettyste)

FC Alex Shaw (mack4life)

Going to add my own player to give an example!

Name: James Thomas

Date of birth: 29.02.92

Place of birth: Southampton

Preferred Squad Number: 6

Position(s): DC

Four strong attributes: Tackling, Positioning, Marking, Heading

A preferred move: Dives into tackles

Four weak attributes: Creativity, Off the Ball, Composure, Jumping

Favourite clubs: Southampton, AFC Wimbledon

Disliked clubs: Man Utd

Name: Alan Beattie

Date of birth: 8.6.85

Place of birth: Glasgow

Preferred Squad Number: 16

Position(s): DLC, DM

Four strong attributes: Anticipation, first touch, passing, strength

A preferred move: stays back at all times!

Four weak attributes: pace, natural fitness, dribbling, aggression.

Favourite clubs: Partick Thistle

Disliked clubs: Clyde

Name: Gavin Kandenta

Date of birth: 3 jun 94

Place of birth: Michigan, US

Preferred Squad Number: 11

Other nationalities: US

Position(s): GK

Four strong attributes: One-on-Ones, Reflexes, Handling, Command of area

A preferred move: Gets Crowd Going

Four weak attributes: Accelleration, Creativity, Flair, Aggression

Favourite clubs: Cambridge, Arsenal

Disliked clubs: Man U

Favourite people:

Disliked people:

Name: Omar Brown

Date of birth: 1 Jun 97

Place of birth:Portmore, Jamaica

Preferred Squad Number: 7

Other nationalities: English

Position(s): ST, AMLRC,MLR

Four strong attributes: Dribbling,Finshing, Creativity, Flair

A preferred move: Runs will ball often, tries killer ball often, Comes deep to collect ball, get in oppostion area

Four weak attributes: Corners,Tacking, long throws,marking

Favourite clubs: Manchester united

Disliked clubs:

Favourite people:

Disliked people:

Name: Geraint Alacarde

Date of birth: 6 May 1996

Place of birth: Singapore

Preferred Squad Number: 21

Other nationalities: English

Position(s): MR, ML, MC

Four strong attributes: Crossing, Dribbling, Flair, First Touch

A preferred move: Run with ball often

Four weak attributes: Long throws, Free Kick, Corners, Jumping

Favourite clubs: Newcastle

Disliked clubs:

Favourite people: Fandi Ahmad, David Beckham

Disliked people:

Name: Danny Jones

Date of birth: 14.10.92

Place of birth: Manchester

Preferred Squad Number: 7

Position(s): ST, AMLR

Four strong attributes: Pace, Acceleration, Composure, Finishing

A preferred move: Places shots, tries killer ball often.

Four weak attributes: Aggression, Marking, Long throws, Corners, Balance

Favourite clubs: Manchester United

Disliked clubs: Barcelona, Manchester City

Favourite people: Cristiano Ronaldo, Paul Scholes

Disliked people: Carlos Tevez, Joey Barton

Name: (Please be sensible!) Arron "el chuncho" Balmer

Date of birth: 09.08.93

Place of birth: darlington

Preferred Squad Number: (No silly high ones - they'll be entered but ignored!) 6

Other nationalities: (If you're born outside of England, you'll automatically have at least one)

Position(s): (Strongest first) dm, cm

Four strong attributes: passing tackling determination Corners

A preferred move: dictates tempo

Four weak attributes: free kicks penaltys crossing agility

Favourite clubs: newcastle darlington ath madrid ac milan universidad de chile

Disliked clubs: man u arsenal spurs barcelona bayern

Favourite people: Aguero mancini balotelli pardew

Disliked people:SAF arsene wenger redknapp

Name: Elliott Talbott

Date of birth: 21.09.1996

Place of birth: Columbus, Ohio, USA

Preferred Squad Number: 26

Other nationalities: USA

Position(s): AMC - AMR, AML, FC

Four strong attributes: Decisions, Creativity, Flair, Off The Ball

A preferred move: Plays One-Twos

Four weak attributes: Positioning, Marking, Long Throws, Tackling

Favourite clubs: Leicester City, Columbus Crew

Disliked clubs:

Favourite people:

Disliked people:

Name: Baba Ganoosh

Date of birth: August 10, 1994

Place of birth: Athens, Greece

Preferred Squad Number: 1

Other nationalities: Greek

Position(s): GK

Four strong attributes: Command of Area, Reflexes, Communication, Influence

A preferred move: Gets crowd going, winds up opponents

Four weak attributes: Tendancy to punch, Eccentricity, Free Kicks, Penalty Taking

Favourite clubs: Olympiakos, Arsenal

Disliked clubs: Panathenaikos

Favourite people: Avraam Papadopoulos, Vasilis Torosidis, Ernesto Valverde, Thierry Henry

Disliked people:

Name: David Ginsberg

Date of birth: 10/15/95

Place of birth: Tottenham

Preferred Squad Number: 13

Other nationalities:

Position(s): ML/ AML

Four strong attributes: Acceleration, Crossing, Pace, & Passing

A preferred move: Hugs Line

Four weak attributes: Finishing, Heading, Jumping, & Strength

Favourite clubs:

Disliked clubs:

Favourite people:

Disliked people:

Name: Jake Stothard

Date of birth: 07/11/1993

Place of birth: Norwich

Preferred Squad Number: 11

Other nationalities:

Position(s): DC/R DMC

Four strong attributes: Marking, Tackling, Positioning, Strength

A preferred move: Marks Opponent tightly

Four weak attributes: Corners, Free Kicks, First Touch, Finishing.

Favourite clubs: Doncaster Rovers,

Disliked clubs: Norwich City, Leeds United

Favourite people: Sean O'Driscoll, Billy Sharp

Disliked people: Alex Mcleish

Name: Brett Stephens

Date of birth: 24/01/1993

Place of birth:Liverpool

Preferred Squad Number: 25

Other nationalities:

Position(s): ST/AMC

Four strong attributes:Finishing,Dribbling,Composure, Pace

A preferred move: places shots

Four weak attributes:Long throws,Corners,Free Kicks,Tackling

Favourite clubs: Liverpool

Disliked clubs: Manchester united, Chelsea

Favourite people: Rafa Benitez, Roberto Martinez

Disliked people: Sir alex ferguson

Name: Lewis Davies

Date of birth: 10th December 1985

Place of birth: Swansea

Preferred Squad Number: 2

Other nationalities: Wales

Position(s): DL ML

Four strong attributes: Pace, penalty taking, Aggression, Tackling

A preferred move: Marks opponent tightly

Four weak attributes: Influence, Shooting, Jumping, Heading

Favourite clubs: Swansea

Disliked clubs: Cardiff

Favourite people: Brendan Rodgers

Disliked people: John Terry

Name: David Akinfenwa

Date of birth: 29/10/1995

Place of birth: Dublin, Ireland

Preferred Squad Number: 10

Other nationalities: Ireland

Position(s): CM, AMC

Four strong attributes: Passing, Dribbling, Long shots, Technique

A preferred move: Likes to round the keeper

Four weak attributes: Long throws,Heading , Jumping, Aggression

Favourite clubs: Cambridge, Wigan

Disliked clubs: Man city

Favourite people: Giovanni Trappatoni, Robbie Keane

Disliked people: Thierry Henry

Always wanted to do one of these

Name: Tom Poulson

Date of birth: 21/3/92

Place of birth: London

Preferred Squad Number: 21, if taken 4.

Other nationalities:

Position(s): AMC, MC

Four strong attributes: Positioning, Stamina, Passing, Long Shots

A preferred move: Gets crowd going, winds up opponents

Four weak attributes: Long Throws, Corners, Free Kicks, Crossing.

Favourite clubs: West Ham

Disliked clubs: Chelsea

Favourite people: Paolo Di Canio, Ludo Miklosko.

Disliked people: John Terry, Didier Drogba.

Name: Ya-Pierre Dolle

Date of birth: 13-12-1996

Place of birth: Paris

Preferred Squad Number: 13 (No silly high ones - they'll be entered but ignored!)

Other nationalities: Cameroon (If you're born outside of England, you'll automatically have at least one)

Position(s): ST/DC/LW (Strongest first)

Four strong attributes: off the ball/finishing/acceleration/determination

A preferred move: shoots with power

Four weak attributes: free throws/free kicks/penalties/crossing

Favourite clubs: Real Madrid/FC Barcelona/Man City/Man United/Liverpool/AC Milan/Inter Milan/Mallorca

Disliked clubs: BSC Young Boys/Anzhi/Malaga/PSG/Marseille

Favourite people: none

Disliked people: none

Name: John Harkness

Date of birth: 12-07-1995

Place of birth: Burnley

Preferred Squad Number: 12

Other nationalities:

Position(s): AMC/MC

Four strong attributes: Acceleration- Composure- Technique - First touch

A preferred move: Gets forward whenever possible

Four weak attributes: Long throws- Marking- Crossing- Penalty taking

Favourite clubs: Liverpool- Burnley

Disliked clubs: Man U- Chelsea- Man city

Favourite people: Stevie G

Disliked people: Joey Barton

Name: Steve Duffy

Date of birth: 25-01-1995

Place of birth: Edinburgh

Preferred Squad Number: 14

Other nationalities:

Position(s): DR/WBR

Four strong attributes: Acceleration, Pace, Tackling, Determination

A preferred move: Stays on feet

Four weak attributes: Finishing, penalty taking, corners, aggression

Favourite clubs: St. Johnstone/Fiorentina/Athletic Bilbao/Las Palmas/Arsenal

Disliked clubs: Man city/Dundee/Rangers

Favourite people: Robin van Persie/Thierry Henry

Disliked people: John Terry

Name: Joe McRumber

Date of birth: 29.11.93

Place of birth: London

Preferred Squad Number: 6

Other nationalities: Colombian

Position(s): AMC, M(CL), DM, D(RL)

Four strong attributes: Tackling, Stamina, Passing, Heading

A preferred move: Tries killer pass often

Four weak attributes: Strength, Influence, Agression, Pace

Favourite clubs: Real Madrid, Chelsea, Man City

Disliked clubs: Man Utd, Barcelona, Fulham

Favourite People: Khedira, Ozil, Falcao

Disliked people: Dani Alvez, Busquets

We really need a couple of people to be able to take set pieces, guys. Otherwise we'll be poor from them.

Name: (Please be sensible!) Jamaal Umar

Date of birth: 24.04.1994

Place of birth: Bolton

Preferred Squad Number: (No silly high ones - they'll be entered but ignored!) 24

Other nationalities: (If you're born outside of England, you'll automatically have at least one)

Position(s): (Strongest first) MC, CD

Four strong attributes: Passing, Dribbling, Set Pieces, Long Shots

A preferred move: Something about trying to place shots

Four weak attributes: Heading, Pace, Marking,

Favourite clubs:Bolton, Real madrid, Newcastle

Disliked clubs:Man Utd, Barcelona, Blackburn

Favourite people:Jay Jay Okocha, Sam Allardyce

Disliked people Alex Ferguson,

We really need a couple of people to be able to take set pieces, guys. Otherwise we'll be poor from them.

Ok

Name: Ace Willingham

Date of birth: Nov 11, Age 17

Place of birth: Upton, Merseyside

Preferred Squad Number: 13

Other nationalities: N/A

Position(s): M L/R

Four strong attributes: Free Kicks, Technique, Long Shots, Corners

A preferred move: Shoots Free Kicks With Power

Four weak attributes: Marking, Tackling, Heading, Jumping

Favourite clubs: Manchester United, Juventus, Inter

Disliked clubs: Man. City, Arsenal, Liverpool

Favourite people: Michael Carrick, Nani

Disliked people: Zlatan Ibrahimović, Edin Džeko, Vincent Kompany

Name: Steven Kemp

Date of birth: 10/12/94 (I think this would make me 16, please change if not)

Place of birth: Eastbourne

Preferred Squad Number: 5

Other nationalities: N/A

Position(s): DR, DC, MR

Four strong attributes: Tackling, Marking, Acceleration, Positioning

A preferred move: Plays One-Twos

Four weak attributes: Corners, Free-Kick Taking, Aggression, Finishing

Favourite clubs: Tottenham, Brighton

Disliked clubs: Arsenal

Favourite people: Kyle Walker, Harry Redknapp, Gus Poyet

Disliked people: Arsene Wenger, Joey Barton

Name: (Please be sensible!) Arron "el chuncho" Balmer

Date of birth: 09.08.93

Place of birth: darlington

Preferred Squad Number: (No silly high ones - they'll be entered but ignored!) 6

Other nationalities: (If you're born outside of England, you'll automatically have at least one)

Position(s): (Strongest first) dm, cm

Four strong attributes: passing tackling determination Corners

A preferred move: dictates tempo

Four weak attributes: free kicks penaltys crossing agility

Favourite clubs: newcastle darlington ath madrid ac milan universidad de chile

Disliked clubs: man u arsenal spurs barcelona bayern

Favourite people: Aguero mancini balotelli pardew

Disliked people:SAF arsene wenger redknapp

edited for free kicks

I'll change Acceleration to Penalty taking.

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Name: Callum Little

Date of Birth: 06/01/1994

Place Of Birth: Northampton, England

Preffered Squad Number: 11

Other Nationalities: N/A

Position: MR/ DR

Four strong attributes: Pace, Dribbling, Crossing, Creativity

Preferred Move: Hug Touchline

Four weak attributes: Strength, Aggression, Natural Fitness, Tackling

Favourite Clubs: Norwich

Disliked Clubs: Ipswich, Colchester

Favourite People: Jak Riley (Northampton), Paul Lambert, David Fox

Disliked people: Michael Chopra, Joey Barton

Name: (Please be sensible!) Jermaine Johnson

Date of birth: 03/09/1994

Place of birth: Manchester, England

Preferred Squad Number: (No silly high ones - they'll be entered but ignored!) 9

Other nationalities: n/a

Position(s): (Strongest first) AMLC, MLC

Four strong attributes: Dribbling, crossing, acceleration, long shots

A preferred move: runs with ball often

Four weak attributes: long throws, aggresion, marking, tackkling

Favourite clubs: FC Barcelona, Manchester United

Disliked clubs: Real Madrid, Chelsea London

Favourite people: Lionel Messi, Pep Guardiola, Wayne Rooney, Nani

Disliked people: Jose Mourinho, Cristiano Ronaldo, John Terry, Didier Drogba

Name: Maciej Dabrowski

Date of birth: 5/4/1994

Place of birth: Olsztyn, Poland

Preferred Squad Number: (No silly high ones - they'll be entered but ignored!) 32 (my favourite number if its too high then maybe 7)

Other nationalities: (If you're born outside of England, you'll automatically have at least one)

Position(s): (Strongest first) RM/RAM/RB

Four strong attributes: Acceleration, Free Kick Tacking, Long Shots, Corners

A preferred move: Runs down right side (or something like that)

Four weak attributes: long throws, Jumping, Penalty Taking, Aggression

Favourite clubs: Stomil Olsztyn, Chelsea, Seattle Sounders, CS Louhans Cuiseaux

Disliked clubs: Manchester United

Favourite people:

Disliked people:

Lenzar, your inbox is full, just wanted to note that I changed positions as requested.

Not sure about Lenzar's inbox, so:

Name: Ya-Pierre Dolle

Date of birth: 13-12-1996

Place of birth: Paris

Preferred Squad Number: 13 (No silly high ones - they'll be entered but ignored!)

Other nationalities: Cameroon (If you're born outside of England, you'll automatically have at least one)

Position(s): DC/LB/ST (Strongest first)

Four strong attributes: tackling/heading/jumping/strength

A preferred move: shoots with power

Four weak attributes: /free kicks/penalties/crossing/technique

Favourite clubs: Real Madrid/FC Barcelona/Man City/Man United/Liverpool/AC Milan/Inter Milan/Mallorca

Disliked clubs: BSC Young Boys/Anzhi/Malaga/PSG/Marseille

Favourite people: none

Disliked people: none

This signup is now full, aside from one Goalkeeper.

As they missed the boat, the first of YellowLittle, joeSDL and macdab55 to create a goalie gets the last spot.

Do others want to create some staff? I was just going to use England staff but I can get an assman etc from you guys if you like.

Name: Callum Little

Date of Birth: 06/01/1994

Place Of Birth: Northampton, England

Preffered Squad Number: 11

Other Nationalities: N/A

Position: GK

Four strong attributes: One on Ones, Reflexes, Decisions, Aerial Ability

Preferred Move: None, If I have to than Avoid Weaker Foot

Four weak attributes: Flair, Penalty Taking, Aggression, Pace

Favourite Clubs: Norwich

Disliked Clubs: Ipswich, Colchester

Favourite People: Paul Lambert, David Fox, Vincent Kompany

Disliked people: Michael Chopra, Joey Barton

All 25 players are now created. After I have tested the database quickly I will get the game going later tonight.

For staff I'm just going to put some of the better known but non-employed English coaches etc, including Psyko as assman.

Going to add my own player to give an example!

Name: Vladimir Lazarevski

Date of birth: 22.4.92

Place of birth: Vladivostok

Preferred Squad Number: 23

Position(s): MR

Four Strong Attributes : Crossing, Finishing, Stamina, Pace

A preferred move: Gets Crowd Going

Four weak Attributes : Heading, Creativity, corners, penalties

Favourite clubs: Arsenal, Lazio, Vladikavkaz, Partizan Belgrade

Disliked clubs: Tottenham, Roma, Cska Moscow, Ref Star Belgrade

Favourite People: Arsene Wenget, Radomir Antic, Alan Dzagoev, Paval Mamaeev

Disliked People: Harry Redknapp, SAF

Going to add my own player to give an example!

Name: Vladimir Lazarevski

Date of birth: 22.4.92

Place of birth: Vladivostok

Preferred Squad Number: 23

Position(s): MR

Four Strong Attributes : Crossing, Finishing, Stamina, Pace

A preferred move: Gets Crowd Going

Four weak Attributes : Heading, Creativity, corners, penalties

Favourite clubs: Arsenal, Lazio, Vladikavkaz, Partizan Belgrade

Disliked clubs: Tottenham, Roma, Cska Moscow, Ref Star Belgrade

Favourite People: Arsene Wenget, Radomir Antic, Alan Dzagoev, Paval Mamaeev

Disliked People: Harry Redknapp, SAF

ah bugger, why did that only get posted yesterday...weird, posted that like 5 days ago

Awfully quiet here

Because it's only sign-up topic. However here http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/306866-FA-Academy-Game-Thread is also quiet.

Name: Teron Fong

Date of birth: 6/3/96

Place of birth: Hong Kong

Preferred Squad Number: 14 or 31(if no 14)

Other nationalities: Hong Kong

Foot: Right

Position(s): AML/C CM,AMR ST ML/R DR, WBR/L DL DM

Four strong attributes: Free Kick, Corner, Penalties, Long Shot

A preferred move: Cut Inside, Shoot With Power, Avoid Using Weaker Foot, Try To Beat Offside Trap

Four weak attributes: Heading, Jumping, Long Throw, Marking

Favourite clubs: Arsenal, NY Redbull

Disliked clubs: MC, MU, Chelsea, LA Galaxy

Favourite people: Thierry Henry

Disliked people: Samir Nasri, Emmanuel Adebayor, Arsene Wenger, Kun Aguero

Sign up finished months ago mate.