sc91 Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 I've recently come back from a trip to Cyprus, and I am all inspired to rekindle my love with Football Manager. Whilst I was over there, I managed to snag a look around the APOEL Nicosia stadium, rather impressive. After seeing all this, I could only think of one thing, a long term save in these leagues with my favourite challenge, the youth challenge. What this means is that I will be starting at the lowest available level for the Cypriot league in the edit I have, this so happens to be the Cypriot Third Division, two levels below the top tier of football. The challenge will be obviously that the signing of players will be prohibited, only the signing of staff will be permitted. With that being noted and the power of random (and a choice of the coolest names available), the club of choice for this is; SPARTAKOS! Now, usually this is where someone will give you a run down of the club, it's history and traditions. However, the honest truth with this club is that even the internet can't give a clue to who they are, other then they're based in the coastal town of Larnaca and sometimes play on a weekday. Even their facebook page just had a few pictures of grass, thus here are the clubs page per FM. Yeah, that tells you absolutely nothing at all. Great, thanks again SI! Right, lets get this gravy train rolling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc91 Posted May 8, 2015 Author Share Posted May 8, 2015 Progress Career Overview Season League Position Achievements ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2014/15 Cypriot Third League 1st Promotion! - Winner of Cypriot Third League 2015/16 Cypriot Second League 2nd Promotion! - Winner of Cypriot Second League 2016/17 Cypriot First League 11th Relegation! Next Season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc91 Posted May 8, 2015 Author Share Posted May 8, 2015 September/October/November 2014 Straight into the nitty gritty! As there were no transfers to be made, every player at the club was signed up to a contract, we played a few friendlies but all we could attract to the lovely Cypriot coast was a few pissed up Brits and a couple overweight Russians, thus, there is no need to show that part of the action, and concentrate on what really matters, the league! Flying high! The boys (kids..?) have hit the ground running, winner of the league goes up automatically, then it's a play-off ding-dong with the three below and three teams above to see who goes up. If we keep it up we fancy our chances. Our form indicates that it could happen, fingers are crossed, legs are crossed, dicks are.... yeah nevermind. However, it really has been down to two individuals. Savvas Christou - Absolutely lethal in front of goal, the three time formeer u-21 Cypriot international has been a sensation, what he was doing down at this level, god knows, but he has been a brilliant presence up front for us and continues to lead the line with brilliance. Alexis Panagiotou (YP0a) - One of the few players that appeared at the start of the club, and this lad has bbeen the pick of the bunch, playing dominant in the midfield, potentially could go on to feature for the club for the forseeable future. Going forward, I have a feeling this could be a sensational season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc91 Posted May 9, 2015 Author Share Posted May 9, 2015 December/January/February 2014/15 Hohoho! What a run of form that has saw us take the title by February, albeit that the season only runs till the end of March, one can only assume this is to coincide with the tourist season? Nevertheless we continued in a great vein of form and managed to storm our way to the championship. We will be playing our football in the 2nd tier next season, though I'm worried when this will be a big step up. It looks even better on a picture. Going to frame this as my background. First bit of silverware. We are absolute goal machine currently! Stellios Kittos - An absolutely surprising player, been a relevance at the back and also managed to contribute goals as well, brilliant. Dimitris Konstantinou - Didn't think this lad would amount to much but oh boy, how he has proved me wrong, sensational turn of form that has proved me to be a fool! Bring on March, the youth intake and the finish to the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc91 Posted May 9, 2015 Author Share Posted May 9, 2015 Looks amazing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc91 Posted May 9, 2015 Author Share Posted May 9, 2015 Youth Intake 2014 Tavos Savva (YP1a) Nikos Charalabous (YP1b) Dimitris Dimosthenous (YP1c) Giorgos Konstantinou (YP1d) Charis Konstantinou (YP1e) Christoforos Ioannu (YP1f) Loukas Dimitriou (YP1g) Kostas Konstantinou (YP1h) Antonis Efstathiou (YP1j) Giannis Ioannou (YP1k) Pabos Chatziaros (YP1l) Rafael Markou (YP1m) Petros Zeniou (YP1n) Great intake, some potentially great players for this level. Looking forward to developing them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 That is an insane intake! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc91 Posted May 9, 2015 Author Share Posted May 9, 2015 That is an insane intake! I'm hoping it's not the poor standard making it look better but I was over the moon! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Great to see another youth career. They used to be commonplace a few years ago but not so much since. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc91 Posted May 10, 2015 Author Share Posted May 10, 2015 Great to see another youth career. They used to be commonplace a few years ago but not so much since. Agreed I used to love reading them, the whole concept of developing the talent from within is one that excites me, as I find it far too easy these days to sign a good few newgens and start running riot! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc91 Posted May 10, 2015 Author Share Posted May 10, 2015 March 2015 Final fixtures, played alot of the youth... except that's probably a normal game . Finished off the season with a traffic light effect, win loss and draw. Still a lovely way to finish up the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc91 Posted May 10, 2015 Author Share Posted May 10, 2015 Spartakos 2014/15 Season Review Cypriot Third League Prediction - 8th Actual - 1st Cypriot Cup n/a didn't enter A picture says a thousand and words, and this has been a sensational season. We stormed to the top of the league and never looked back as the rest fought it out for the remaining three promotion spots, albeit that I thought these were play-off places, appears it's the top 4 that go up automatically, so it makes it feel slightly more special that we have been able to go up as Champions! The team had something of a ruthless edge to them, clinical infront of goals with high determination running throughout the team, thoroughly impressed with the way proceeding have gone. Squad Rating Transfers Top 3 Players of the Season Nikolas Markou (YP0f) - Consistency was the key, providing a potent outlet on the left side of the midfield as he became an everpresent in the side. Dimitris Konstantinou - The surprise of the season perhaps? He was generated at the start of the game and I didn't expect him to actually amount to something, certainly not our top goal scorer. Stelios Kittos - The old man at the back, he was brilliant all season and I hope he can make the step up. Overall, a great season which I hope we can follow up with an equally great one next season, I feel it's important that we can try and make it to the top tier as soon as possible as the lower echeleons don't seem all that impressive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClemB Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 Great season Keep this up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 Storming start Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc91 Posted May 10, 2015 Author Share Posted May 10, 2015 Great season Keep this up. Much appreciated buddy. Storming start It has certainly been, I think the promise of an all expenses night on the strip was the incentive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc91 Posted May 11, 2015 Author Share Posted May 11, 2015 Spartakos 2015/16 Preview Cypriot Second League Prediction - 13th Expectation - 10th Cypriot Cup Prediction - Enjoy Expectation - Enjoy Hoping to just survive the league this year and continuing building up a healthy set of youth to take on the big boys at the top... the media doesn't fancy us at all . Sadly we got some bad news. Stellios Kittos decided to retire and shortly after our goalkeeper Zoltan Nagy also decided to call it a day, albeit at the end of this season, as such I am left with a dilemna as to whether to promote my youth keeper at such an early age or leave him in the reserves to learn his trade a tad bit before thrusting him into the limelight, gut feeling says Nagy will serve us well. We had this lovely message appear as well. Woooo! Played a fair few friendlies to try and get a grip on where we could fit in the league, but also to try and build the lads confidence up. Overall, I am quite satisfied with the state of the events. Onwards to the season ahead and fingers crossed for survival. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Jesus, that is a lot of friendlies. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc91 Posted May 11, 2015 Author Share Posted May 11, 2015 Jesus, that is a lot of friendlies. It's a hell of a long break, need to keep them away from the temptations eh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc91 Posted May 12, 2015 Author Share Posted May 12, 2015 September/October/November 2015 A tier up and a step up in quality, but the young lads have not only adapted to the new surrounding, they're practically running wild! Can't quite believe the way the team has performed, some of the performances have been very lucky, mind. I run out of fingers when counting the amount of goal line clearances we've had or the amount of times the offside trap have saved us, is that a sign of a good team? Who knows. Irregardless, any fears of relegation have been wiped away! Long may it continue! Quite a few one goal differences. Highlighting the teams determination, or the fact the average age of backline is 17 ? Dimitris Konstantinou - What a man he is. Quickly becoming one of my favourite FM players, and hes a newgen, seems to have an uncanny ability to stick it in the net despite his somewhat lacklustre attributes, very happy! Can't argue so far... hopefully we can maintain it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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