[FM10] Stopsley Utd - The FM Era!

[Maw74]

"A shock home defeat as we lose out to Aston Villa in the LC Semi's.

A game in hand on Spurs but ground to make up after a couple of defeats."

"A very tough close battle with Spurs and it's another title secured.

We have the CL & FA Cup Finals to come and a chance to gain cup revenge on Aston Villa."

[Maw74]

Champions League Final

"No joy as we slip to a narrow defeat to Inter Milan"

FA Cup Final

"FA Cup winners and sweet revenge on Villa"

Player Stats

Full Transfer Round Up

[Maw74]

"Only 22nd richest, just a little bit behind the Bayern Scum."

"Will Leeds really be good enough to stop us clinching a 5th title in a row?"

"We got off to a great start picking up some more silverware and winning all our games in August.

Any doubts about Leeds Utd's ability to challenge for the title were blown away as were we

as we slump to a heavy home defeat, another defeat followed in the league but we bounced

back with another strong month of results in October to lead Leeds by two points."

"A massive couple of months, our form has been outstanding with eleven wins and three draws from our fourteen games.

November was good but December was amazing as we won all eight games including a nine goal thriller against Man City."

[Maw74]

"It's a tough battle for the title with 5/6 teams still in contention. Some very poor results including Leeds

completing the double over us and also the drubbing at the hands of lowly Northampton. Fulham beat us in the

League and also knocked us out of the League Cup as we lost out in the Semi-Finals for a second year running."

"We suffered another couple of defeats but again we finished strong with four wins and a draw in

our last five games to secure the title for a fifth year in a row. Our Champions League run came

to a end at the Quarter-Final stage as we were hammered by Bayern Munich ."

FA Cup Semi-Final & Final

"A sweet result anyway but always extra special for a Spurs fan to get this kind of result."

"We retain the trophy."

[Maw74]

Player & Team Stats

Best XI's

A Stopsley Utd Legend

[Maw74]

"Josh Carrington's goal was enough to secure some early silverware and it was a great opening couple

of months to the season. We faught back from 2-0 down to get a point at Old Trafford and then

won ten games in a row before hitting a blip in October, well hopefully it's only a blip."

[Maw74]

"Our great form has continued as we suffer just the one league defeat during

November and in December we won all of our league games and secured a place in

the knockout rounds of the Champions League where we will face German side Schalke."

[Maw74]

"We had a lot of tough close games but despite a couple of defeats we are still in a great position

to successfully defend the title, In the FA cup I mixed things up by giving some key players a rest.

We scraped through against Ipswich and then were taken to a replay by Sheff Wed, we nearly messed

things up after leading 5-1, Velásquez came off the bench to earn us a replay against Man Utd.

We led the replay until injury time and went on to lose 3-2 in a penalty shoot-out.

In the Champions League we came back from Germany with a good 1-0 lead but the second leg wasn't

going well when they took the lead on 61 minutes, the big worry was them getting another would have

given us too much to do, anyway with the tie close to going into extra-time Velásquez struck on

92 minutes to put us through to the Quarter-Finals to face another German side, we have had some big

tussle's with Bayern and last season they beat us 1-0 and 5-0 at the same stage last season.

The first leg we were at home again but this time we travel to Germany for the 2nd leg having kept

a clean sheet and with a narrow lead, will it be enough though?"

[Maw74]

"We secured our 6th PL title in a row and it's our 24th title overall."

"In the Champions League it went to a penalty shoot-out against Bayern and we finally

came through to win it 9-8. It didn't look good after a 2-0 home defeat to Saint-Etienne

in the semi-final but a superb display in the 2nd leg saw us come through 5-3 on aggregate."

"We met Inter in the final for a 4th time, the game turned both ways and it looked set

to go into extra-time but we suffered heartbreak in injury time. It is now 2 wins each with

Inter winning the last 2 finals between us."

[Maw74]

Player Stats

Best XI's

Paulista Retires!

822 Games & 339 Goals in all comps for Stopsley Utd

"He was our record signing at the time and proved to be more than worth it.

Despite his age in the last few seasons he was a player I wanted to keep around and

still capable of making a worthy contribution on the pitch, I tried to get him to stay in

football after hanging up his boots but no joy on that front. "

[Maw74]

"A bit late posting this but here is what happened at the last Euro's."

"The England manager was sacked after England went out at the group stage."

"I applied and get appointed for a 2nd spell."

"Here are the World Rankings at the start of my 2nd spell in charge."

"Lol bias? you bet, not the last time I get this message."

"My first game was a friendly against Belgium and it ended in a stalemate.

Looks like we have a bit of a problem against Belgium, the qualifiers got of well

though the wins over Israel and Latvia were far from easy going.

We then had another friendly with Belgium and we drew another blank as they snatched a late

winner, the qualifier against Northern Ireland should have been a far bigger margin.

Big news came before our top of the table clash with the Czechs, in a moment of pure bitterness

I dropped John Shepherd from the squad, the reason being he had recently scored in the CL final

for Inter Milan against my Stopsley Utd side. We were 2-1 down after 17 minutes and it looked

like we were going to slip to our first defeat of the qualifiers or at least drop some points.

Herbert dragged us level on 86 minutes and then 4 minutes into injury time England and Stopsley

captain Matthew Mee was put through to score a dramatic winner."

[Maw74]

Transfers

Results

Premier League Table

Pushed all the way by Tottenham but we secure another Premier League title.

We miss out on the trophy as Villa triumph in shoot-out.

Tottenham knock us out of League Cup.

Another great tie with Bayern and a great comeback.

More shoot-out misery as we lose to the Hammers.

Udinese pegged us back to take it to extra-time but we lifted the trophy to be

Champions of Europe, added bonus that it was at the home of the Gooners.

Premier League Summary

Awards

Cup Winners

Best XI

[Maw74]

Transfers

Results

Premier League Table

A dominant season as we secure a 26th Premier League title.

First trophy of season as we thump West Brom at Wembley.

We were outclassed by Barcelona in Monaco.

West Brom knock us out of League Cup.

Comfortable wins as we win the Club World Championship.

We suffer shoot-out agony in the Champions League Final.

We really shouldn't have lost it though.

We finish season by winning FA Cup for the 11th time.

Premier League Summary

Awards

Cup Winners

Best XI

Best XI - Overall

[Maw74]

I have just completed my 48th season on this game and it will be getting updated.

I have 6 seasons to update and it has been a while since I played some of those.

I want to get 50 seasons completed then after that, well not sure at the moment.

[Maw74]

Transfers - £55m Spent with Velkov being the biggest signing at £35m.

August 2051

Some early silverware and a run of clean sheets in the league.

September 2051

Thrashed by Man Utd in the League Cup but more clean sheets everywhere else.

October 2051

A short month but a lot of goals for us.

November 2051

Stoke finally breach our defence in PL but we still ease to victory.

December 2051

Some closer games but a great month.

January 2052

Another unbeaten month takes the run to 14 games.

February 2052

The unbeaten run went to 18 games then we suffer 3 defeats in a row. went out of the FA Cup

to Man Utd and as good as out of the Champions League after a shocker against Marseille.

The month ended with our first defeat in the Premier League as we go down to 3-2 Man City.

March 2052

We bounce back in great style but we simply had given ourselves far too much

to do against Marseille, though we actually did have enough chances in the 2nd leg.

April 2052

A perfect month as we ease to our 27th Premier League title.

May 2052

Two wins to wrap up the season but we are left to rue that 3 game blip.

League Table

Best XI

Matthew Mee should surely be in the eleven.

[Maw74]

Transfers - £29.5m spent on 3 players

August 2052

We start by lifting the Community Shield for a 17th time.

September 2052

A shock defeat to Sheff Utd in the PL and another early exit in the League Cup.

October 2052

Unbeaten this month with some good wins and a draw with Arsenal.

November 2052

A great month as we win all 7 games and stretch our unbeaten run to 13 games.

December 2052

The unbeaten run goes to 18 games and then we lose on the final day of the year.

January 2053

5 wins from our 6 games with a draw against West Brom.

February 2053

6 wins from 7 games but a disappointing defeat to Arsenal.

March 2053

Won all 5 games this month making it 9 wins in a row.

April 2053

A busy month with 8 games, we won 7 and the draw with Spurs turned into a win

as we came through 3-0 in a penalty shoot-out to set up a final against Manchester City.

We have also made it through to the final of the Champions League where we face Real Madrid.

May 2053

A couple of league defeats but with the title won I rested players. We suffered defeat in the Champions League Final,

we have won this competition 10 times and this is the 9th time we have been runners-up. We needed to bounce

back against Man City and we did as 2 early strikes were enough for us to lift the FA Cup for a 12th time.

League Table

Best XI

New Stadium - Same name though.

Liam Darville - 26 years as assistant manager then just 3 months as manager.

[nie jem frytek]

This have to be the oldest active thread here!

Sir, You are a champion.

[Maw74]

This have to be the oldest active thread here!

Sir, You are a champion.

Thanks.

Have started a number of games on versions 11, 12, 13 and 14 but always come back to this, my first FM and my favourite.

[Maw74]

Transfers - Stopsley Spending Spree = £131m

August 2053

Arsenal beat us 4-2 on penalties to take the Community Shield after a 0-0 draw.

Cambridge then beat us in the opening league game but we then hit form with 3 good wins.

September 2053

We go out of the League Cup early yet again.

October 2053

2 defeats in the PL this month and it has been a mixed start for us.

November 2053

A much better month and nice to thump Man Utd.

December 2053

The great form continues and we thumped Arsenal.

January 2054

We take unbeaten run to 17 games until we suffer a narrow defeat at Man City.

February 2054

A great month and on another unbeaten run.

March 2054

The only games we lost were in the Champions League, the narrow defeat to Schalke

didn't matter as we were comfortable winners on aggregate. In the Quarter-Final we have

a lot of work to do if we are to progress after losing 2-0 away to Inter Milan.

April 2054

We lift the Premier League trophy for a 29th time. We are through to face Coventry City in the FA Cup Final

but we couldn't progress in the Champions League after losing out to Inter Milan despite a 2nd leg win.

May 2054

Rested players for the FA Cup final but the Liverpool result was still a shocker.

A comfortable win in the final as we lift the trophy for a 13th time.

League Table

Best XI

This is from Season 43 >>> Ricky Gayle & Matthew Mee don't get on.

I have no plans letting go of either player, I don't care if players don't like each other when they perform like these.

The funny thing is I got Matthew Mee to tutor Ricky Gayle after this and there were no problems with that.

Mee is our Captain and Gayle is Vice-Captain, will they still be with us when this update gets to Season 49?

[Maw74]

Transfers - The biggest deal was our Number 1 keeper going for £25m.

August 2054

Man Utd take the spoils in the Community Shield but a great start for us in the

league as we take 10pts from a possible 12 in the opening month of the season.

September 2054

6 wins from 6 this month including a close thriller against West Brom.

October 2054

A shock home defeat to Sheff Wed and another early exit in the League Cup.

November 2054

Only 1 goal conceded this month but that was enough for Ipswich to deny us a 100% record.

December 2054

Only a narrow defeat suffered in a game that no real importance to us.

January 2055

We are on a 12 game unbeaten run and Man Utd will visit us in a FA Cup replay.

February 2055

We go out of the FA Cup on penalties but twice we should have seen the game out. We gained some quick

revenge straight away but in the last game of the month Sheff Wed completed the double over us.

2 defeats in the Premier League and both to Sheff Wed, they must wish they could play us every week.:o

March 2055

A good solid month with progress past Zaragoza and a 1st leg lead against Villa.

April 2055

The Premier League Title secured again and we ease past Villa in the Champions League but

a disaster in the 1st leg away to Barcelona left us too much to do though we gave it a good go.

May 2055

Our 30th title was already won and we celebrated at Everton's expense.

League Table

Best XI

[Maw74]

Transfers - Jerez turns out the to be the best signing.

He can cover LB & RB positions and at £4m has proved to be a real bargain.

August 2055

Early trophy lifted as we see off Ipswich with ease at Wembley.

A great start in the league as we win 3 of our opening 4 games.

September 2055

We make it 2 months unbeaten and progress in the League Cup.

October 2055

Our great start stretches to 16 games unbeaten.

A big win in the CL and further progress in the League Cup.

November 2055

The run goes to 17 games unbeaten with another big win against Anderlecht.

The run ends after a late late strike by Holland as Leeds beat us 3-2.

December 2055

We grab a late victory against Arsenal to book a place in the League Cup Semi-Finals.

Stoke then inflict a surprise defeat on us and we lose for just the 2nd time so far this season.

Another defeat followed in the Champions League but we had already qualified anyway.

We close out the year in great form and with 4 clean sheets and some big wins.

January 2056

A much changed side left it late but came through safely against Doncaster.

We battered Man Utd in the 1st leg of the League Cup and we should be going to Wembley.

West Brom bring us back down to earth as they take away all 3pts after a 3-2 win.

Newcastle had a far less enjoyable visit though and will have nightmares about Cabral.

February 2056

We just can't beat Sheff Wed lately, not even when we go 3-0 ahead.

We progress to the Quarter-Finals of the FA Cup and gain a great advantage over Marseille

in the Champions League that should make a place in the next round a formality.

Our trip to Wembley didn't end in glory as Leeds triumph in the League Cup.

March 2056

We beat Newcastle to set up a Semi-Final against Ipswich in the FA Cup.

A 7-3 aggregate win against Marseille puts us through to face Frankfurt in the Champions League.

We then got some sweet revenge over Leeds by thumping them 5-0 in the title battle.

We suffered a very disappointing loss at lowly Crystal Palace and after a 2-1 defeat away

to Frankfurt we have work to do if we are gonna progress in the Champions League.

April 2056

We took control of the 2nd leg early and win through 6-3 on aggregate against Frankfurt.

In the FA Cup Semi-Final a late goal from Ipswich took it to extra-time and penalties and we lost out.

An early goal and a late strike gave us a good 2-0 lead to take to Italy for the 2nd leg against Inter.

We led 3-1 on aggregate at half time of the 2nd leg and the away goal proved vital as we go through to the final.

The 3-1 defeat to Man City in the Premier League takes the title race down to the final 2 games in May.

May 2056

Wins against Stoke and Ipswich saw us clinch our 31st Premier League title.

Real Madrid took an early lead but Velkov levelled from the spot and Foster netted the winner.

It's our 11th triumph in 20 finals.

Our Champions League & Premier League Honours

League Table

Best XI

[Mark Heath]

Incredible career you've had with Stopsley. I used to live in Luton, so nice to see an old local team doing well. Do you have any goals you're trying to achieve? You can't be far off being the most successful team of all time now.

[Maw74]

Incredible career you've had with Stopsley. I used to live in Luton, so nice to see an old local team doing well. Do you have any goals you're trying to achieve? You can't be far off being the most successful team of all time now.

Only goal I have at the moment is to complete 50 seasons, not sure what I will do after that.

I'm currently having a few problems with the game in season 49, game froze when we were 3-1 down against Man Utd and that resulted in having to replay the previous 5 games and results were not as good as first time, not too concerned/bothered about that but it's just annoying when you have to do that though and second time against Man Utd again went 3-1 down and lost by that score.

As a result of this I set the game to save every week, good job because later in the season it froze again, this time we were 6-2 up against Arsenal, but thankfully it was only that game that I had to replay, Have now encountered a 3rd problem this season and that was a crash dump.

Hopefully I can get through the remainder of the season without any more problems.

[Maw74]

Transfers - 9 players in but more money coming in rather than going out.

August 2056

A comfortable win against Ipswich as we lift early trophy and another trophy soon after with a 3-2 victory over Genoa

September 2056

October 2056

What a shocker this game was.

November 2056

December 2056

Our 3rd trophy of the season thanks to this narrow win.

On Boxing day poor Man City were battered.

January 2057

In the League cup we had a good 3-1 lead after the firts leg.

We then extended the lead to 5-1 in the second leg but Spurs stunned us.

February 2057

March 2057

April 2057

May 2057

We faced Palermo in their first CL final and they won.

League Table

Best XI

[Maw74]

Transfers - 14 players in, all deals under £4m, total spent £28.5m.

August 2057

Stopsley Utd v Arsenal (Community Shield)

September 2057

October 2057

Stopsley Utd v Sheff Wed (League Cup, 4th Round)

November 2057

December 2057

January 2058

February 2058

March 2058

April 2058

Stopsley Utd v FC Bayern (Champions League, Quarter-Final, 1st Leg)

FC Bayern v Stopsley Utd (Champions League, Quarter-Final, 2nd Leg)

Arsenal v Stopsley Utd (FA Cup, Semi-Final)

Palermo v Stopsley Utd ((Champions League, Semi-Final, 1st Leg)

Stopsley Utd v Palermo (Champions League, Semi-Final, 2nd Leg)

May 2058

Frankfurt v Stopsley Utd (Champions League, Final)

League Table

Best XI

A quick update of season 49 and another defeat in a CL Final.

It was our 22nd final and we have now lost the same number as we have won.

[Maw74]

Final League Table

Community Shield

Europa League Final

Best XI (Season)

Best XI (Overall)

Club Honours

Club Records

THE END!

New Stopsley Utd game on Football Manager Classic 2015

[Murrayzoster]

What a career! How come you have ended it? Do you continue to play the save file?

[Maw74]

What a career! How come you have ended it? Do you continue to play the save file?

Thanks, I just haven't been playing it much lately and fancied a new challenge on the latest game, I will be keeping the save and the game installed so maybe one day I could come back to it.