[FM13] Whitehawk Down

GreyedOutMan · March 30, 2015

Whitehawk | Season 2045/46 | Barclays' Premier League (Predicted: 8th)

Table | Positions Graph | Squad | Finances | Transfers

Quick note: to aid planning, I've started giving notes to the players I consider my first XI so they each have a yellow box. It just helps me pick them quicker. I will change them for the next season only AFTER the screenshot, so the yellow boxes refer to the end of the previous season, not the start of the new one.

On the eve of the start of the season, I got the hardest possible draw for the Champions' League: Atletico Madrid. I felt it likely we would have to settle for the group stages of the Europa League. We had the better of the chances in the first leg, but couldn't get the goal. 0-0 isn't the worst result in a home first leg, but I would have liked a lead. Ten minutes into the second half at Estadio De Madrid, I had it. Laurito gave us the all-important away goal. Defend, defend, defend. Ten minutes later, he doubled our lead and it was all but over. I couldn't quite believe it.

I was right not to. Ten minutes later, it was 2-2. Yes, the away goals meant we were still going through but we were very much on the ropes after two goals in a minute. But we held on. And four minutes before the end of normal time, Lovell made it 3-2 and the group stage had its fourth English side. I had an instant £7.5m plus the promise of so much more. Dreamland. Fourth seed, so it was always going to be a challenge. I got a pretty tough group: Athletic, Roma and Shakhtar. Shakhtar were the team in my sights, needless to say. My ambitions were simply to finish third and have a crack at winning the Europa League. To keep the report flowing, I'm going to put the cup runs here!

Cup Runs.

An initial defeat to Roma was both unlucky and not disastrous as Shakhtar lost at home to Athletic. It was all on the games with Shakhtar, anyway, but we did need to match their other results where possible. In between the first and second games we were the victims of a major C1C shock, losing at home to L2 side Cambridge, one of the worst performances of my tenure. However, I had bigger fish to fry - starting with about the biggest game in Whitehawk's history against Shakhtar at home. This was the game I absolutely had to win to stand a chance of finishing third. It took just 20 seconds to get the perfect start, with Laurito feeding Lovell who couldn't miss from about 3 yards. We totally dominated the first half, with 14 shots to 1 and 58% possession. I was worried we had let the best period of the game pass us by, but a wonder-goal from Favier made it 2-0 and the last 25 minutes was comfortable. But in the next game, it looked like everything was about to change. We came from behind to lead 2-1 against Athletic. But then, with 20 minutes left, Lovell fed Zardes and it was 3-1. We were top of the group! A 3-0 win AWAY at Athletic followed, keeping us top with just two games remaining. At half-time in the last home game of the group, we were 2-0 up and the group was essentially wrapped up. I wasn't expecting it, I was really hoping to move down into the Europa League, but I wasn't about to throw the match! To qualify for the knockout stages in our first season with a game to go is quite awesome. A topsy-turvey game in Donetsk ended 3-3 but we topped the group with 13 points.

Winning the group meant I felt I had a golden chance to make it to the Quarters. However, the group phase was bizarre: City finished above Barcelona, Spartak above Milan and Lyon above Bayern, so I was likely to get a tougher draw than you'd expect, with Sparta Prague the only real "easy" tie possible. We ended up with Milan. The holders! Still, a trip to the San Siro was an exciting prospect. And up front for them was Federico Segundo, formerly of Whitehawk. He got two goals in twelve games before leaving for Newell's for a massive loss, but has done much better for Milan in the three years since his £10m move, scoring 42 goals in the league up to the end of 2045.

Before that, we made some decent progress in the FA Cup. We made it to the fifth round for the first time since 2039, got a decent draw against Bolton and got an away draw to Leicester in the quarters before playing the game. A trip to Wembley seemed on the cards at last. A Simpson masterclass got us to the quarter-final. Could he contribute to a win at the San Siro, too? It seemed not. Old boy Segundo terrorised my defence, scoring one and assisting another, as Milan sprinted away from us to lead 3-0 at half-time. We held our own in the second half, but the damage was done. With the league reaching a climax and the FA Cup providing a chance of a Wembley trip, I was always going to rest players in the second leg.

A win against Liverpool away put our league campaign back on track. I then had a relatively esy run from early-March through to late-April: I knew I needed to get a Champions' League spot nailed down in that time or not at all because I faced United, Arsenal and Chelsea in the final four games. I promptly forgot to rest players against Milan, got a credible draw and arguably could have won the game quite easily - we had 18 shots to their five. It certainly made me feel better despite not eventually winning. But it was the visit to the King Power that was at the forefront of my mind. Wembley was the reward. And we savaged the foxes. 30 shots to ten. The victory margin should have been higher than 3-1. And Forest beat City to make our chances of winning the Cup slightly better. But we did inevitably draw Man Utd in our first ever Cup Semi-Final. West Ham, Southampton and Nottingham Forest were the three possible final opponents at the time the draw was made,so it did feel very much like the United game was the FA Cup Final.

Going into the United game, our league form was pretty good, with just one defeat in twelve and seven wins. However, a Champions' League place looked beyond us: five games to go and eight points behind Arsenal in fourth. Not impossible, but I wanted to ensure Europe through the cup if possible as even the Europa League wasn't likely as the team facing either Whitehawk or Man Utd in the FA Cup Final were going to get the extra Europa League place. But we went into this semi-final without either of our first-choice keepers, and for the first time I didn't have a proper third choice: it was a youth player from my own intake who is never going to be a Premier League player. But after 57 minutes, there hadn't been a single noteworthy threat on his goal, and in fact there hadn't been a single highlight despite 12 Whitehawk shots, 5 on target. But then, from a free-kick 22 yards from goal, Simpson - who I was about to substitute because he was having a shocker - bent the ball into the United goal and we were 33 minutes from the final. An own-goal 20 minutes from the end threatened to make it comfortable. We had only beated United twice and not for four years: was it going to be this straightforward? No. Pepe "brought down" the ex-Whitehawk Bernardo Navone and United had one back from the spot. But we held out and flooded the pitch at full time. We'd be back at Wembley for the final! Eyre had acquitted himself well, with a 7 rating and only conceding one. Forest in the final.

Back to the Cup Final shortly, but first to the league. As I said, we were on good form up to that point. Seven wins in eleven meant a decent shot at a Europa League spot through the league and the glimmer of hope of another Champions' League place. First up was a Cup Final dress rehearsal with Forest! Their talisman, one Piergiorgio Teti, another formerly of Brighton's biggest team (yes, Albion, read it and weep!). Within seven minutes, we were 2-0 up. By half-time, despite being pegged back to 2-1, we were two goals ahead again. 3-2 the final margin, but we had beaten our Cup Final opponents. Next up? Our Semi-Final opponents United! We led twice, but a late United equaliser meant just a 2-2 draw which left us with 6th place out of our hands again. On top of that, two further injuries made our persistent injury crisis all the more problematic. We played terribly at Everton and lost 2-0 and that guaranteed no CL footall next year. But it also put Europa League football badly in jeopardy. We were fighting Swansea again for sixth place, and immediately following the Everton defeat, Sunderland did us a massive favour and beat them 3-1 at The Liberty Stadium, putting qualification back in our hands. Just. But then we got HAMMERED at Henry Park, 3-0 down at half-time and ending up losing 4-0. It wasn't the best way to prepare for the Cup Final, and meant that a final day visit from Chelsea was likely to be absolutely must-win. However, of course, a win at Wembley would render the Chelsea game almost meaningless.

The FA Cup Final

Lovell and Laurito (46 goals between them) were both injured, so it was Zardes and Ralph who started up front. Other than that, it was a first-choice team - although Favano came in for Manoel who needed a rest, he is just as good and I would probably have plumped for Favano anyway. Zardes repaid my faith with an opener in the 14th minute. Teti hit the bar for Forest four minutes later, and on the half-hour, the scores were level after Miranda's great save only parried it to Kriushchenko. But five minutes before the break, a dodgy penalty meant Teti put us behind from the spot. Teti then made it 3-1 with fifteen minutes to go and my dreams were over. It was unacceptable, to be honest.

Suddenly it was all on the Chelsea game. Man Utd beat Arsenal in the C1C final so sixth WAS enough for a Europa place. Southampton hosting Swansea, and Chelsea coming to the Tsakiridis. Shades of last year. After 34 minutes, Simpson gave us a chance with a fantastic long-range free-kick. Laurito doubled our lead just before half-time with a screamer from 25 yards. Ten minutes after oranges, Chelsea halved the deficit with a header from a decent cross. With half-an-hour to go, it felt that our lead was about as solid as a Jellyfish. It was made worse when John Reed was sent-off for a second bookable offence. It got worse: Swansea took the lead at Southampton. It felt like the end of our European dreams. Our goal was also taking a peppering from Chelsea. However, we then caught them napping on the break, and suddenly all eyes were on St Mary's. Could Southampton put us back in Europe? Two Swansea goals in the last ten minutes put me out of my misery. Still, I was pleased with the impressive final day win, even if it ended up meaning nothing. Southampton paid for their failure to do a Middlesbrough with relegation (it's amazing how similar the ending was this year, just didn't go the way I needed it to!).

Obviously, I'm pretty gutted. The only team in the top 8 not to make Europe, as it turned out. Unlucky, yes: we got five points more than we did when we first qualified for the Europa League. But the truth is I should have been far closer to Arsenal than Swansea this year. Only got myself to blame.

Estimated Values give a good estimation of where we are in the grand scheme of things. Reputation seems to take a while longer to catch up. The Champions' League season has really seen us step up in this indicator and really we should be in Europe every season from here on, to be honest.

Key Players

Pepe - only signed in January, but already one of our most influential players.

Philip Stokes* - another great signing, 38 key tackles this year shows his importance to the defence.

Alejo Laurito - all change up front this year but with similar results. Laurito got 23 despite missing large amounts of the season.

Vinny Lovell - our top scorer and equal leading assister.

John Reed - also got twelve assists and sixty key passes: a key member of our attacking quartet.

Simon Simpson - eight goals made him our third top scorer and also made twelve assists. Sixty-one key passes too.

(*= fans' player of the year)

The team of the year.

The historical best XI.

Key Records Broken

Highest Gate Receipts: [/b]£771k[/b] v Atletico Madrid, Champions' League Best Placed Playoff, 23rd August.

Most Games Without Conceding: 5 - 4th November to 29th November

Valete (Or, key departures and their career stats)

KASPER RASMUSSEN

A sad day indeed. The second half of my legendary Scandi centre-back pairing is no more. The time was right, with so many players coming through, and to get £10m for a 29 year old isn't bad. He and Hermansson are both club legends: two of the five players to have that honour. All of them centre-backs. Oh...and the one icon? Also a DC!

APPS: 374, GLS: 27, ASSTS: 7, MoM: 70, AvR: 7.69

ANTONIO GRGIC

I have a lot of goalkeepers now, and I needed to offload one. They're all about the same ability and though Grgic was probably marginally the best, he had the highest wage by a country mile. To accidentally lose my back-up a week later was a stupid oversight.

APPS: 178, CONC: 209, CLN: 65, MoM: 0, AvR: 6.88

MARQUINHOS

Dratted minimum-fee release clauses. £28m is a lot of money but Marquinhos was just turning into a really fantastic player.

APPS: 126, GLS: 7, ASSTS: 3, MoM: 9, AvR: 7.28

PAUL ZARDES

He was one of the reasons we got to the Champions' League in the first place but suffered terribly this season, scoring just once in the league although he did score three in three in the domestic cups and two in the Champions' League. Not sure why he suffered so much in the league this year, but I felt the time was right to cut and run with him: I have so many young strikers coming through.

APPS: 61, GLS: 37, ASSTS: 17, MoM: 8, AvR: 7.39

PIRULITO

Another career that was short and promised more than it delivered. Came in with 5* potential but hasn't really fulfilled that and went backwards this season after briefly looking like the real deal last year. I got a good offer for him and couldn't turn it down.

APPS: 57, GLS: 7, ASSTS: 15, MoM: 1, AvR: 7.14

Targets for 2045/46

Europa League Semi-Final after 3rd place CL Group finish. EXCEEDED - we topped the group - although I still would have preferred a Europa League run!

Champions' League place again next year. FAILED - in fact I didn't get into Europe at all!

A Wembley final. SUCCESS - although we were pathetic in that final. Still, it's a start.

Targets for 2046/47 - my top one will be a fairly attainable one, then one tougher one, and one "ideally" target.

European place - this is a must.

Champions' League again would see us become a financial giant.

Go one further and win a trophy.

Season      Division              Position     Points    Achievements
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[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10012541&viewfull=1#post10012541"]2014/15[/url]     Blue Square South         12th      59       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10014205&viewfull=1#post10014205"]2015/16[/url]     Blue Square South          7th      66       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10021040&viewfull=1#post10021040"]2016/17[/url]     Blue Square South         13th      58       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10030455&viewfull=1#post10030455"]2017/18[/url]     Blue Square South          4th      70       Lost in Playoff Semi Final.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10033072&viewfull=1#post10033072"]2018/19[/url]     Blue Square South          4th      74       Promoted via playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10046905&viewfull=1#post10046905"]2019/20[/url]     Blue Square Premier       19th      50       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10049068&viewfull=1#post10049068"]2020/21[/url]     Blue Square Premier       20th      51       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10062408&viewfull=1#post10062408"]2021/22[/url]     Blue Square Premier       13th      65       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10064465&viewfull=1#post10064465"]2022/23[/url]     Blue Square Premier       12th      65       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10066608&viewfull=1#post10066608"]2023/24[/url]     Blue Square Premier       15th      60       FA Trophy Winners.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10080053&viewfull=1#post10080053"]2024/25[/url]     Blue Square Premier        7th      70       Giantkilling (FAC - Sheff Utd, L1).
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10081623&viewfull=1#post10081623"]2025/26[/url]     Blue Square Premier        5th      76       Promoted via playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10086352&viewfull=1#post10086352"]2026/27[/url]     nPower League Two         18th      58       Closer to playoffs than relegation in first season!
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10091252&viewfull=1#post10091252"]2027/28[/url]     nPower League Two          5th      74       Two giantkillings (C1C - Brighton, CH and FAC - Orient, L1), Promoted via playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10092665&viewfull=1#post10092665"]2028/29[/url]     nPower League One          6th      70       Playoff Finalists.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10095210&viewfull=1#post10095210"]2029/30[/url]     nPower League One          4th      74       Promoted via playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10096734&viewfull=1#post10096734"]2030/31[/url]     nPower Championship       17th      56       New stadium planned.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10099774&viewfull=1#post10099774"]2031/32[/url]     nPower Championship       13th      61       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10102032&viewfull=1#post10102032"]2032/33[/url]     nPower Championship       16th      55       Moved to Tsakiridis Arena (17.430)
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10104521&viewfull=1#post10104521"]2033/34[/url]     nPower Championship       11th      70       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10118304&viewfull=1#post10118304"]2034/35[/url]     nPower Championship        9th      65       Took Liverpool to a replay in the FA Cup.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10130243&viewfull=1#post10130243"]2035/36[/url]     nPower Championship        6th      71       FA Cup Quarter Final, Promoted via Playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10132607&viewfull=1#post10132607"]2036/37[/url]     Barclays Premier League   17th      36       Survival on goal difference.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10142756&viewfull=1#post10142756"]2037/38[/url]     Barclays Premier League   15th      43       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10144860&viewfull=1#post10144860"]2038/39[/url]     Barclays Premier League   13th      44       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10168702&viewfull=1#post10168702"]2039/40[/url]     Barclays Premier League   14th      44       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10170590&viewfull=1#post10170590"]2040/41[/url]     Barclays Premier League    6th      59       Qualified for the Europa League!
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10241046&viewfull=1#post10241046"]2041/42[/url]     Barclays Premier League   15th      42       One win from qualification in the Europa League groups.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10247878&viewfull=1#post10247878"]2042/43[/url]     Barclays Premier League   17th      38       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10252346&viewfull=1#post10252346"]2043/44[/url]     Barclays Premier League    8th      52       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10253944&viewfull=1#post10253944"]2044/45[/url]     Barclays Premier League    4th      69       Qualified for the Champions League!
[url=""]2045/46[/url]     Barclays Premier League    7th      64       Finished top of CL group; FA Cup Runners-Up.

GreyedOutMan · March 30, 2015

Clubs don't do it in real life.
Nice turn around to get into the Champions League.

No, I know - but I bet they do it behind closed doors. The truth is that it wouldn't be financially viable to do it in a stadium as costs would exceed income. But it's the only way to get players playing semi-competitively - and I like the idea that they are playing in Europe even if it's not competitive. The money is a drop in the ocean but useful...I'd do it without it, anyway.

GreyedOutMan · April 1, 2015

Whitehawk | Season 2046/47 | Barclays' Premier League (Predicted: 7th)

Table | Positions Graph | Squad | Finances | Transfers

Not a goal for or against in our first two games was an odd start to the season. Simpson scored our first of the season 13 minutes into Sunderland's visit, the third game, and it opened the floodgates. We won 6-3! We followed that up with a narrow win at Henry Park, and six games in, unbeaten and with four consecutive wins, we were third. Some tougher games halted that run, but we held up through the first half of the season. After that, we fell away a bit in mid-January onwards, with a tough run of games breaking our long run of never going more than one game without winning from early November through to mid-January. However, a tough run of just three points from four games was ended with a dogged victory over Chelsea at Tsakiridis. Realistically, we were now out of the title race, but I felt confident of getting a Champions' League place now. But we kept it up. By the time I got to April, I was on a run of one defeat in eighteen games in all competitions and sitting fourth in the table, a point ahead of Bolton with a game in hand. Ten points behind Chelsea, I felt the title was a long shot, but I did feel third wasn't impossible. Four of the five games in April were games I expected to win, and then Liverpool away and United at home before two more winnable games. The sky was the limit: and if I could pull it off and win them all I knew that the title was not impossible. But then we lost at home to Derby. It was a pretty poor performance, and it did for our title hopes. What would happen in the final five games....???

Cup Runs. Getting to the C1C Quarter-Final was an opportunity, and we held out until just before half-time, more than holding our own. But then we had to chase the game and got a hammering in the second half. But we did better in the FA Cup, reaching Wembley for the third time in two years. Our opponents were Chelsea, who were Champions elect at the time. Wasn't going to be easy, and Simpson missing a golden chance to give us a 1 goal start after just 43 seconds wasn't the best omen. Though we had more (and better) chances in the early exchanges, Chelsea dominated possession and their opening goal in the 19th minute wasn't unexpected. We pushed and pushed and had the better of the rest of the game, but it wasn't to be two finals in a row, despite a valiant effort from our midfield.

So attention turned to the league. Five games to decide our fate. Before it started, Derby beat Arsenal opening up a real chance for us to grab third if we did well. Going 1-0 down to a free-kick after 78 seconds at Watford wasn't the start I had in mind. But some fantastic passing (must have been about 30 passes) half-way through the first half got us back on terms. We didn't create much after half-time, a long shot from Romanenko was our best opportunity, and Watford had a couple of golden chances. In the end, terrible result though it was, we were lucky to get a draw. It was a missed opportunity to go third at least temporarily and pull away from Liverpool and Bolton. But it was Liverpool up next. A chance to make amends. And we took the lead fifteen minutes in. We held onto our lead for over an hour, before Liverpool grabbed a deserved equaliser ten minutes from time. But we weren't to be denied. I went for it, and ten seconds before the end of regulation time, a corner found Stokes and we had a four-point cushion in fourth place. Next up was Man Utd. Theoretically, we still had a chance of the title but an eight point deficit to United meant even beating them wouldn't give us any real hope of pulling it off, especially with Chelsea just a point behind them. But Arsenal were still just a point clear in third, and our first ever 70-point haul was very much on the cards.

Oddly, for the United game, the pressure was far more on United than me. They were just a point ahead of Chelsea, whereas I was four ahead of Bolton. And sure enough, an early goal from Dominguez gave us a half-time lead. Five minutes into the second half, Laurito doubled our lead with a header from a free-kick. Unbelivably, Lopes fed Simpson on the hour mark and he buried a third goal. We were in dreamland! At full-time, I felt that a miracle could happen. Luckily, I was put out of my misery later that day: Chelsea's 3-0 win over Middlesbrough confirmed it was impossible for us to win the league. Oh well: I wasn't really expecting it. Two points from the final two games would confirm Champions' League football; finishing third meant relying on Arsenal dropping points. They did. Straight away, in fact: they played at Everton the next day and Everton got an 85th minute equaliser to put third place in our hands. But I had to win those final two games. Fulham taking the lead sixteen minutes in at Craven Cottage didn't fit the plan. Nor did an injury to Favier before half-time. We laid into Fulham from the start of the second half, peppering the goal with shots. But three injuries meant we played the last 12 minutes with ten men, and we didn't create another chance in that time. It left us relying on another Arsenal slip-up to get third, but I still knew that fourth place was guaranteed if we could win our final match. And then it got better: Man City won at Henry Park by THREE goals to nil! Two of them scored by that man Duarte Rego, doing his job for me still. It meant that I needed a win still for the Champions' League - anything else would leave us with Europa League football if Liverpool and Arsenal both won - but all we needed to do was beat Forest at home for third place. The whole table was close, with the title, Champions League football and relegation ALL unclear (although because of Chelsea's cup win, Bolton were in fact guaranteed a Europa League place, and Sunderland couldn't catch them).

I did realise that Chelsea were playing Arsenal, so clearly that meant our 4th place finish was more likely, but I still needed to win to secure third. I'm not going to talk about what happened, but we are in the Champions' League...

Estimated Values give a good estimation of where we are in the grand scheme of things. Reputation seems to take a while longer to catch up. Top six place is cemented, another year of CL football now should see us move into the top 4 in this list.

Key Players

Pepe* - a great Brazilian defender! The least realistic thing I've seen on FM!

Philip Stokes - what an awesome player. Just one mistake leading to a goal all season!

Manoel - although he did play at centre-back a few times, it's great to finally see a full-back on this list. It might be a first.

Julien Favier - huge step up this year, our best passer and he is still improving.

Vladislav Romanenko - really starting to see my youth policy paying off: Romanenko stepped up this year.

Simon Simpson - fifteen assists was almost twice as much as anyone else.

Alejo Laurito - twenty-six goals. The highest goalscorer in a season since Agustin got 31... ELEVEN YEARS AGO![/size]

(*= fans' player of the year)

The team of the year.

The historical best XI.

Key Records Broken

Highest Transfer Fee Paid: £27,000,000 for Alessandro from A.C. Milan, 17th January.

Highest Average Attendance: 16,822

Valete (Or, key departures and their career stats)

DUARTE REGO

A very difficult choice, this one. I had to think very carefully and I might regret it. But I had spent more than I had wanted over the summer and so I decided to let him go when I got an offer of £24m: twice his value. He only got 1 goal last year, after all. I was amazed to get that much money.

APPS: 134, GLS: 47, ASSTS: 23, MoM: 7, AvR: 7.11

Targets for 2046/47

European place - this is a must. SUCCESS

Champions' League again would see us become a financial giant. SUCCESS

Go one further and win a trophy. FAILURE - although I wasn't far off this year, another semi-final and the highest points tally I've had.

Targets for 2047/48 - my top one will be a fairly attainable one, then one tougher one, and one "ideally" target.

Stay in the Champions' League

More than this year's 72 points

Win a trophy

Season      Division              Position     Points    Achievements
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[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10012541&viewfull=1#post10012541"]2014/15[/url]     Blue Square South         12th      59       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10014205&viewfull=1#post10014205"]2015/16[/url]     Blue Square South          7th      66       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10021040&viewfull=1#post10021040"]2016/17[/url]     Blue Square South         13th      58       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10030455&viewfull=1#post10030455"]2017/18[/url]     Blue Square South          4th      70       Lost in Playoff Semi Final.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10033072&viewfull=1#post10033072"]2018/19[/url]     Blue Square South          4th      74       Promoted via playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10046905&viewfull=1#post10046905"]2019/20[/url]     Blue Square Premier       19th      50       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10049068&viewfull=1#post10049068"]2020/21[/url]     Blue Square Premier       20th      51       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10062408&viewfull=1#post10062408"]2021/22[/url]     Blue Square Premier       13th      65       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10064465&viewfull=1#post10064465"]2022/23[/url]     Blue Square Premier       12th      65       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10066608&viewfull=1#post10066608"]2023/24[/url]     Blue Square Premier       15th      60       FA Trophy Winners.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10080053&viewfull=1#post10080053"]2024/25[/url]     Blue Square Premier        7th      70       Giantkilling (FAC - Sheff Utd, L1).
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10081623&viewfull=1#post10081623"]2025/26[/url]     Blue Square Premier        5th      76       Promoted via playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10086352&viewfull=1#post10086352"]2026/27[/url]     nPower League Two         18th      58       Closer to playoffs than relegation in first season!
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10091252&viewfull=1#post10091252"]2027/28[/url]     nPower League Two          5th      74       Two giantkillings (C1C - Brighton, CH and FAC - Orient, L1), Promoted via playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10092665&viewfull=1#post10092665"]2028/29[/url]     nPower League One          6th      70       Playoff Finalists.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10095210&viewfull=1#post10095210"]2029/30[/url]     nPower League One          4th      74       Promoted via playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10096734&viewfull=1#post10096734"]2030/31[/url]     nPower Championship       17th      56       New stadium planned.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10099774&viewfull=1#post10099774"]2031/32[/url]     nPower Championship       13th      61       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10102032&viewfull=1#post10102032"]2032/33[/url]     nPower Championship       16th      55       Moved to Tsakiridis Arena (17.430)
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10104521&viewfull=1#post10104521"]2033/34[/url]     nPower Championship       11th      70       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10118304&viewfull=1#post10118304"]2034/35[/url]     nPower Championship        9th      65       Took Liverpool to a replay in the FA Cup.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10130243&viewfull=1#post10130243"]2035/36[/url]     nPower Championship        6th      71       FA Cup Quarter Final, Promoted via Playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10132607&viewfull=1#post10132607"]2036/37[/url]     Barclays Premier League   17th      36       Survival on goal difference.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10142756&viewfull=1#post10142756"]2037/38[/url]     Barclays Premier League   15th      43       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10144860&viewfull=1#post10144860"]2038/39[/url]     Barclays Premier League   13th      44       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10168702&viewfull=1#post10168702"]2039/40[/url]     Barclays Premier League   14th      44       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10170590&viewfull=1#post10170590"]2040/41[/url]     Barclays Premier League    6th      59       Qualified for the Europa League!
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10241046&viewfull=1#post10241046"]2041/42[/url]     Barclays Premier League   15th      42       One win from qualification in the Europa League groups.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10247878&viewfull=1#post10247878"]2042/43[/url]     Barclays Premier League   17th      38       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10252346&viewfull=1#post10252346"]2043/44[/url]     Barclays Premier League    8th      52       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10253944&viewfull=1#post10253944"]2044/45[/url]     Barclays Premier League    4th      69       Qualified for the Champions League!
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10256322&viewfull=1#post10256322"]2045/46[/url]     Barclays Premier League    7th      64       Finished top of CL group; FA Cup Runners-Up.
[url="http://2046/47"]2046/47[/url]     Barclays Premier League    4th      72       FA Cup Semi-Final, highest PL points tally.

GreyedOutMan · April 1, 2015

Arsenal's front two makes me laugh!

Nobby_McDonald · April 2, 2015

I've just noticed that every time you won promotion, it was through the playoffs.

GreyedOutMan · April 3, 2015

Yep - I've only ever won the FA Trophy....

GreyedOutMan · April 3, 2015

Whitehawk | Season 2047/48 | Barclays' Premier League (Predicted: 6th)

Table | Positions Graph | Squad | Finances | Transfers

After a busy summer of wheeling and dealing (the old "buy low, sell high"!), I was given PSG in the CL qualifiers. Since my game started, aside from winning the competition in 2021, they have never failed to qualfy for it and only twice failed to get through the group phase. So my task was to prevent them reaching the Champions League proper for the first time in 35 years! Some lovely interplay just before half-time in the PdP led to Laurito hitting the post, but I really wanted that away goal. 9 minutes from time, PSG hit the post themselves and should have scored after some cataclysmic defending. But just 3 minutes from time, Laurito fed an onrushing Favier and we had our away goal. As they didn't score, it wasn't really an away goal as such, but a 1-0 lead going back to Brighton was more than enough. Meanwhile our league season had started dramatically. A defeat at home to Sunderland had been followed by another away at Middlesbrough. We were on the ropes and with United at home after PSG, three defeats on the spin seemed likely. But first, to finish the job against PSG. I decided to play on the counter, knowing they had to score. But then, just before half-time, Vera and Miranda were involved in a mix-up and suddenly it was all square. I had to be cautious, still - another away goal would be really problematic. But with 24 minutes left, I decided I couldn't risk it: I had to get myself a goal so that if they scored, I wouldn't be totally out of it. We went a bit more attacking, and a few minutes later were given a gift when PSG's left winger earned himself a second yellow. But with time running out, the worst happened: a direct free kick 22 yards from goal, straight into the top corner. We had six minutes to get two goals for a place in Europe. It wasn't going to happen. I was gutted. And Favier was out for a month afterwards too. But I decided to make the best of it: I was determined to win the Europa League now.

Cup Runs. Back to the league shortly. A penalty three minutes before the end of extra time against Lyon felt like the moment to progress, but Alessandro missed it, before slotting away the first in the shootout just two minutes later. Tuti saved their first, but Lovell then missed his own to put things back in the balance. But Tuti was inspired, saving a second penalty straight afterwards. But we missed our fourth penalty, too - and with the momentum on Lyon's side, the match was effectively sudden-death. Indeed, Pepe missed our final penalty, and Tuti couldn't make it three saves in five; our Europa League run was over. With such a poor start in the league, despite a bit of a recovery, it seemed the only way back to Europe next year was to win the FA Cup; and we had Chelsea next with a team that was knackered from 120 minutes against Lyon. We were dogged, and despite flagging players, we totally dominated the game, hitting Chelsea on the break again and again, and the goal we got with 12 minutes to go was totally deserved. Unfortunately, we were pegged back by a scrappy goal barely a minute later. We then just shut up shop; even at home, with the fitness levels what they were, I didn't feel confident going for the winner and I settled for a replay. In that replay, we matched them stride for stride despite ceding possession to them: indeed at half-time in extra-time, the only thing that could split us statistically was goals. They scored just before the turn around and I had to chase it for the final fifteen, and we couldn't create even one chance. Valiant, but unfortunately all for nothing and my chances of Europe looked slim...

Because in the league, zero points from the first three games didn't do us any favours when it came to securing European football for next year, either. However, the club was taken over in January and it seemed to galvanise the team. I let a few old stagers go for big money, and some of the players who had been chomping at the bit for action stepped up and we turned round some terrible form by winning at Old Trafford. When we met Lyon, we were on a massive unbeaten run. After that, it rather fell apart, and by the time we lost to Chelsea and only had the league to fight for, Europe was gone. It's been a really frustrating season, and I'm not happy. But we will turn it round.

However, with a couple of youth infrastructure improvements, I got a decent intake. Although I feel Castaneda is overrated, he's without doubt the best player we have produced.

Estimated Values give a good estimation of where we are in the grand scheme of things. Reputation seems to take a while longer to catch up. Safely ensconced in the top six now, further evidence of our massive underachievement this year.

Key Players

Pepe* - improved from a high starting point. 5th best average rating in the league this year and equal top in Player of the Match awards.

Philip Stokes - we have a new awesome centre-back partnership. 47 key tackles was almost twice as many as Pepe and he made one fewer mistake leading to a goal, too.

Manoel - really nailed down the left-back slot this season, and saw his predecessor depart as a result.

Julien Favier - yes: this list has a familiar ring to it. Favier had another good year. He's still only 22!

Vladislav Romanenko - I'm realising that this list is going to be identical for the first six! Romanenjo has reallky made it now. Will stay in our side for a long time, I think.

Simon Simpson - contributed to 27 goals and made a massive 83 key passes; 65 in the league which was seven more than anyone else. Genuinely one of the best in the world, now.

Agustin Lopes - finally a difference. Highest passing ratio of any regular player, Lopes has to go down as one of my better signings.

(*= fans' player of the year)

The team of the year.

The historical best XI.

Key Records Broken

Highest Gate Receipts: £800,000 v PSG, Champions' League Playoff, 28th August.

Valete (Or, key departures and their career stats)

JOHN REED

Had one amazing season, but actually even that one wasn't that great. He was a good player but I have better.

APPS: 85, GLS: 5, ASSTS: 18, MoM: 3, AvR: 7.28

PEDRO PERALTA

Included here simply because he was a perfect example of opportunism. He was a decent player but not really up to the standard I needed. But I picked him up on a free, and sold him just under a year later for over £8m to Derby. Good stuff.

APPS: 16, GLS: 6, ASSTS: 1, MoM: 1, AvR: 7.02

MARINHO

Ditto only better. Picked him up on a free last year. Loaned him out for full wages PLUS £1m. Sold him a year later for a cool £10m. Didn't play for me once. He's 27 and would never get anywhere near my first team.

APPS: 0, GLS: 0, ASSTS: 0, MoM: 0, AvR: 0

AUBIN TANOH

Had a bit of an emotional attachment to this guy. Only 23, has 52 caps for Nigeria. Was never really good enough on paper, but actually turned out to be my best performing right-back in a long time, and possibly ever. But I have better options now and managed to move him on to Swansea for £9.5m, having signed him for under £1m four years ago. Decent penalty taker too, so I'll need a new one of them.

APPS: 136, GLS: 6, ASSTS: 10, MoM: 0, AvR: 7.18

LUCIANO FAVANO

Back-up left back sold for £24.5m. What a coup.

APPS: 155, GLS: 4, ASSTS: 11, MoM: 6, AvR: 7.15

ALEJO LAURITO

Took a step backwards this year so I cashed in on him.

APPS: 145, GLS: 66, ASSTS: 24, MoM: 11, AvR: 7.14

VINNY LOVELL

Yes, another striker leaves. He just didn't live up to my expectations of him, so I sold him on for an enormous profit.

APPS: 141, GLS: 56, ASSTS: 26, MoM: 10, AvR: 7.12

STUART MORGAN

Did ok, and probably could have got some money for him, but just decided to let his contract run down and he left for the blue half of Merseyside on a Bosman.

APPS: 65, GLS: 1, ASSTS: 5, MoM: 2, AvR: 7.28

MAX LIEBBRANDT and ALONZO RALPH

Both included here simply because of the huge profits for so little game time. Leibbrandt was signed for free, loaned out for £1m plus full wages last year and sold on for £10m. Decent but not outstanding. Ralph cost me £8k just two and a half years ago, spent one year at Forest for a loan fee of £500k, and has now been sold off for another £10m. This offsets some of the big money signings I've made that haven't worked out.

Targets for 2047/48 - this has been a terrible year in Whitehawk's history.

Stay in the Champions' League FAILED - a really poor season this year.

More than this year's 72 points FAILED - at one point I thought I wouldn't even get half of that!

Win a trophy FAILED - got close, taking Chelsea to a quarter final replay in the FA Cup. It could have happened.

Targets for 2048/49 - my top one will be a fairly attainable one, then one tougher one, and one "ideally" target.

Back in Europe. Any Europe.

Champions' League place.

Win a trophy.

Season      Division              Position     Points    Achievements
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[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10012541&viewfull=1#post10012541"]2014/15[/url]     Blue Square South         12th      59       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10014205&viewfull=1#post10014205"]2015/16[/url]     Blue Square South          7th      66       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10021040&viewfull=1#post10021040"]2016/17[/url]     Blue Square South         13th      58       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10030455&viewfull=1#post10030455"]2017/18[/url]     Blue Square South          4th      70       Lost in Playoff Semi Final.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10033072&viewfull=1#post10033072"]2018/19[/url]     Blue Square South          4th      74       Promoted via playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10046905&viewfull=1#post10046905"]2019/20[/url]     Blue Square Premier       19th      50       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10049068&viewfull=1#post10049068"]2020/21[/url]     Blue Square Premier       20th      51       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10062408&viewfull=1#post10062408"]2021/22[/url]     Blue Square Premier       13th      65       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10064465&viewfull=1#post10064465"]2022/23[/url]     Blue Square Premier       12th      65       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10066608&viewfull=1#post10066608"]2023/24[/url]     Blue Square Premier       15th      60       FA Trophy Winners.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10080053&viewfull=1#post10080053"]2024/25[/url]     Blue Square Premier        7th      70       Giantkilling (FAC - Sheff Utd, L1).
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10081623&viewfull=1#post10081623"]2025/26[/url]     Blue Square Premier        5th      76       Promoted via playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10086352&viewfull=1#post10086352"]2026/27[/url]     nPower League Two         18th      58       Closer to playoffs than relegation in first season!
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10091252&viewfull=1#post10091252"]2027/28[/url]     nPower League Two          5th      74       Two giantkillings (C1C - Brighton, CH and FAC - Orient, L1), Promoted via playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10092665&viewfull=1#post10092665"]2028/29[/url]     nPower League One          6th      70       Playoff Finalists.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10095210&viewfull=1#post10095210"]2029/30[/url]     nPower League One          4th      74       Promoted via playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10096734&viewfull=1#post10096734"]2030/31[/url]     nPower Championship       17th      56       New stadium planned.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10099774&viewfull=1#post10099774"]2031/32[/url]     nPower Championship       13th      61       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10102032&viewfull=1#post10102032"]2032/33[/url]     nPower Championship       16th      55       Moved to Tsakiridis Arena (17.430)
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10104521&viewfull=1#post10104521"]2033/34[/url]     nPower Championship       11th      70       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10118304&viewfull=1#post10118304"]2034/35[/url]     nPower Championship        9th      65       Took Liverpool to a replay in the FA Cup.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10130243&viewfull=1#post10130243"]2035/36[/url]     nPower Championship        6th      71       FA Cup Quarter Final, Promoted via Playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10132607&viewfull=1#post10132607"]2036/37[/url]     Barclays Premier League   17th      36       Survival on goal difference.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10142756&viewfull=1#post10142756"]2037/38[/url]     Barclays Premier League   15th      43       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10144860&viewfull=1#post10144860"]2038/39[/url]     Barclays Premier League   13th      44       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10168702&viewfull=1#post10168702"]2039/40[/url]     Barclays Premier League   14th      44       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10170590&viewfull=1#post10170590"]2040/41[/url]     Barclays Premier League    6th      59       Qualified for the Europa League!
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10241046&viewfull=1#post10241046"]2041/42[/url]     Barclays Premier League   15th      42       One win from qualification in the Europa League groups.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10247878&viewfull=1#post10247878"]2042/43[/url]     Barclays Premier League   17th      38       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10252346&viewfull=1#post10252346"]2043/44[/url]     Barclays Premier League    8th      52       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10253944&viewfull=1#post10253944"]2044/45[/url]     Barclays Premier League    4th      69       Qualified for the Champions League!
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10256322&viewfull=1#post10256322"]2045/46[/url]     Barclays Premier League    7th      64       Finished top of CL group; FA Cup Runners-Up.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10258136&viewfull=1#post10258136"]2046/47[/url]     Barclays Premier League    4th      72       FA Cup Semi-Final, highest PL points tally.
[url="http://2047/48"]2047/48[/url]     Barclays Premier League   11th      45       None.

GreyedOutMan · April 6, 2015

I posted an update here but then my computer crashed and I was back in January 2049. 48/49 report to follow shortly.

GreyedOutMan · April 6, 2015

Whitehawk | Season 2048/49 | Barclays' Premier League (Predicted: 9th)

Table | Positions Graph | Squad | Finances | Transfers

For the second season in a row, our first few fixtures were really hard: I had City, Liverpool and Chelsea away as well as Arsenal at home all in the first six league matches. That also meant a Christmas programme of United, City, Chelsea - albeit all at Tsakiridis. But it meant that we only got X points from our first X games including a total battering at Anfield where we were 6-0 down before half-time, and once again it looked like we were on a hiding to nothing for the rest of the year. We ended up with just one points from our first six matches. But then we woke up - rather earlier than last year. However, whilst our 14 game unbeaten run was impressive, this season also saw us become draw specialists, as that run included 9 draws. But in late January, we went on another unbeaten run which included far more wins: indeed, in the run of 12 games unbeaten, there were only 4 draws, and 1 of them was in the cup. The defeat was too, but we then lost in the league for the first time in over three months. Unfortunately, the timing was bad: it ended our faint hopes of a European place. But after the horrific start to the season when we had such a tough run of games, I'm fairly happy with the 9th placed finish.

Cup Runs. Pretty devastated to lose that Wembley semi-final with Everton, as a victory would have guaranteed European football next year.

Estimated Values give a good estimation of where we are in the grand scheme of things. Reputation seems to take a while longer to catch up. Stuck in sixth for a while now.

Key Players

Nicola Terni - only 20 but really stepped up at the end of the season and became a key player, ending up with the highest average rating in the squad. He and Matamala should make a decent partnership next year.

Mejdi Ghodhbane - impressively replaced Favier who had been such a great servant to the club.

Ian Clarke-Gleave - is going to be a top top striker for me. 24 goals and ten assists! Not bad for a 21-year old.

Victor Hugo Rocchiccioli - an expensive signing from United, but he has paid it back with 22 goals. Not too shabby, and with ICG, he should be half of a very impressive partnership for years to come.

Vladislav Romanenko - Not his best season but still made 81 key passes, and at 23 he can still improve.

Simon Simpson* - involved in a massive 32 goals this season, and made 85 key passes. A stunning player, and his amazing mentals have convinced me to do all I can to hold on to him as he can do a job for me for a fair few years yet. But he is agitating for a move....STOP PRESS! He's agreed to stay.

(*= fans' player of the year)

The team of the year.

The historical best XI. Simpson finally inducted. The first new inductee for a very long time.

Key Records Broken

Youngest Player: FRANCIS BURDEN - 15y329d v Everton (Wembley) - and watch this space. Potentially a very good striker from my youth academy.

Youngest Goalscorer: FRANCIS BURDEN - 15y343d v Sunderland (A) - he actually got a brace on his full debut originally but then my game crashed (it's been happening a lot lately, I'm now saving more often), and he had to wait another game to get his first.

Most Assists: 21 - Simon Simpson, beating a 27-year-old record previously held by Soloman Sambou!

Valete (Or, key departures and their career stats)

I had a massive shake-up in January. Mainly due to the fact my finances were a total mess and I needed to get some cash in. I sold three players who had a combined wage of over £15m a year, as well as Paolo Weir who I signed in the summer for £55k but sold in January for £6m. So as well as saving £15m a year, I brought in over £60m in transfer fees.

MIGUEL

Always a short term option, but provided vital cover for 18 months, and did well in his only full season. Had to cut my losses though.

APPS: 46, GLS: 1, ASSTS: 2, MoM: 1, AvR: 7.17

JULIEN FAVIER

Did amazingly well and it was a bit of a wrench to lose him but I got a £30m bid from Swansea and I had no choice, really.

APPS: 201, GLS: 19, ASSTS: 21, MoM: 8, AvR: 7.29

PHILIP STOKES

I wish I'd had this guy from an earlier age but he was 30 in March so I had little choice but to take Arsenal's cool £20m! A great defender, though.

APPS: 172, GLS: 7, ASSTS: 1, MoM: 12, AvR: 7.55

PEPE

I wish I hadn't had to sell him but the money meant I really needed to.

APPS: 144, GLS: 7, ASSTS: 6, MoM: 29, AvR: 7.74

MANOEL

Again, £15m was more than I could afford to turn down, unfortunately. Especially with two really promising left-backs in our ranks.

APPS: 130, GLS: 4, ASSTS: 4, MoM: 10, AvR: 7.42

AGUSTIN LOPES

Yes, yet another. But I got £25m for him and finally my finances were sorted.

APPS: 219, GLS: 5, ASSTS: 13, MoM: 7, AvR: 7.32

Targets for 2048/49

Back in Europe. Any Europe. FAILED but close.

Champions' League place. FAILED

Win a trophy. FAILED - but we should have got to the final.

Targets for 2049/50 - my top one will be a fairly attainable one, then one tougher one, and one "ideally" target.

Back in Europe. Any Europe.

Champions' League place.

Win a trophy.

Season      Division              Position     Points    Achievements
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10012541&viewfull=1#post10012541"]2014/15[/url]     Blue Square South         12th      59       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10014205&viewfull=1#post10014205"]2015/16[/url]     Blue Square South          7th      66       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10021040&viewfull=1#post10021040"]2016/17[/url]     Blue Square South         13th      58       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10030455&viewfull=1#post10030455"]2017/18[/url]     Blue Square South          4th      70       Lost in Playoff Semi Final.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10033072&viewfull=1#post10033072"]2018/19[/url]     Blue Square South          4th      74       Promoted via playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10046905&viewfull=1#post10046905"]2019/20[/url]     Blue Square Premier       19th      50       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10049068&viewfull=1#post10049068"]2020/21[/url]     Blue Square Premier       20th      51       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10062408&viewfull=1#post10062408"]2021/22[/url]     Blue Square Premier       13th      65       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10064465&viewfull=1#post10064465"]2022/23[/url]     Blue Square Premier       12th      65       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10066608&viewfull=1#post10066608"]2023/24[/url]     Blue Square Premier       15th      60       FA Trophy Winners.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10080053&viewfull=1#post10080053"]2024/25[/url]     Blue Square Premier        7th      70       Giantkilling (FAC - Sheff Utd, L1).
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10081623&viewfull=1#post10081623"]2025/26[/url]     Blue Square Premier        5th      76       Promoted via playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10086352&viewfull=1#post10086352"]2026/27[/url]     nPower League Two         18th      58       Closer to playoffs than relegation in first season!
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10091252&viewfull=1#post10091252"]2027/28[/url]     nPower League Two          5th      74       Two giantkillings (C1C - Brighton, CH and FAC - Orient, L1), Promoted via playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10092665&viewfull=1#post10092665"]2028/29[/url]     nPower League One          6th      70       Playoff Finalists.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10095210&viewfull=1#post10095210"]2029/30[/url]     nPower League One          4th      74       Promoted via playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10096734&viewfull=1#post10096734"]2030/31[/url]     nPower Championship       17th      56       New stadium planned.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10099774&viewfull=1#post10099774"]2031/32[/url]     nPower Championship       13th      61       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10102032&viewfull=1#post10102032"]2032/33[/url]     nPower Championship       16th      55       Moved to Tsakiridis Arena (17.430)
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10104521&viewfull=1#post10104521"]2033/34[/url]     nPower Championship       11th      70       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10118304&viewfull=1#post10118304"]2034/35[/url]     nPower Championship        9th      65       Took Liverpool to a replay in the FA Cup.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10130243&viewfull=1#post10130243"]2035/36[/url]     nPower Championship        6th      71       FA Cup Quarter Final, Promoted via Playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10132607&viewfull=1#post10132607"]2036/37[/url]     Barclays Premier League   17th      36       Survival on goal difference.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10142756&viewfull=1#post10142756"]2037/38[/url]     Barclays Premier League   15th      43       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10144860&viewfull=1#post10144860"]2038/39[/url]     Barclays Premier League   13th      44       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10168702&viewfull=1#post10168702"]2039/40[/url]     Barclays Premier League   14th      44       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10170590&viewfull=1#post10170590"]2040/41[/url]     Barclays Premier League    6th      59       Qualified for the Europa League!
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10241046&viewfull=1#post10241046"]2041/42[/url]     Barclays Premier League   15th      42       One win from qualification in the Europa League groups.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10247878&viewfull=1#post10247878"]2042/43[/url]     Barclays Premier League   17th      38       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10252346&viewfull=1#post10252346"]2043/44[/url]     Barclays Premier League    8th      52       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10253944&viewfull=1#post10253944"]2044/45[/url]     Barclays Premier League    4th      69       Qualified for the Champions League!
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10256322&viewfull=1#post10256322"]2045/46[/url]     Barclays Premier League    7th      64       Finished top of CL group; FA Cup Runners-Up.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10258136&viewfull=1#post10258136"]2046/47[/url]     Barclays Premier League    4th      72       FA Cup Semi-Final, highest PL points tally.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10261625&viewfull=1#post10261625"]2047/48[/url]     Barclays Premier League   11th      45       None.
[url="http://2048/49"]2048/49[/url]     Barclays Premier League    9th      54       FA Cup Semi-Finalists.

Nobby_McDonald · April 6, 2015

Still only won the FA Trophy.

GreyedOutMan · April 6, 2015

Yes, thanks for that!

GreyedOutMan · April 7, 2015

Whitehawk | Season 2049/50 | Barclays' Premier League (Predicted: 8th)

Table | Positions Graph | Squad | Finances | Transfers

For the second season in a row, we had a really tough start: City away, followed by Chelsea at home, and Liverpool and Arsenal following in the next five games. We ended up getting only five points from our first seven, which made my stated aim of European football a tough ask. But towards the end of the season, things really picked up and at the end of the season, we were on a huge unbeaten run, including...

Cup Runs. What a way to reach my second FA Cup final!!

For the final, I did put on a suit! Red tie and all! I even found Abide with Me and the National Anthem on YouTube! The team could feel my nerves and although we dominated the first half, it took until the 44th minute for us to find the breakthrough. Criniti, who had been oddly picked out as the key man at the start of the game, found the net and we went into half-time with a goal lead. But the second half saw a reversal; Liverpool put us to the sword and within 21 minutes had an equaliser. Rocchiccioli was underperforming to I had to call on Francis Burden who had been scoring a fair few goals particularly off the bench lately. And with eight minutes to go, a break saw the other substitute, Turksen, feed the youngster and we had the lead again. I was so nervous, but my players didn't seem it: Liverpool didn't have a single chance after the second goal!

HOW LONG'S IT BEEN SINCE WHITEHAWK WON A TROPHY???? I couldn't resist. I had been watching YouTube reruns of Arsenal winning the Cup last year and thanks to Nobby's comments, I felt very similar to the way I did that day! A deserved victory, too, taking the pressure off the rest of the season.

In fact, it ended my season. There had been a slight chance of Champions' League qualification, but a Man City win the day after the Cup Final meant this was beyond us, and with Europa League football now secure, there was nothing really to play for on the last two games of the season.

Estimated Values give a good estimation of where we are in the grand scheme of things. Reputation seems to take a while longer to catch up. Very close to overtaking Liverpool now....a decent Europa League run might just do it.

Key Players

Nicola Terni* - it's amazing how I keep churning out these top class defenders..

Nicolas Matamala - and another: this is a partnership that can last.

Victor Hugo Rocchiccioli - in order to facilitate Burden's development, I often took Rocchiccioli off when he had scored a goal, which probably cut ten goals off his tally for the season That he still got 26 is extraordinary.

Mejdi Ghodhbane - so vital to the side; he is now probably better than his countryman, Favier.

Francis Burden - really only here to highlight his development. He's looking like becoming a legend.

Simon Simpson - I so nearly had to sell him last year. So glad I didn't: 16 goals and a further 16 assists. What a season from the Aussie.

(*= fans' player of the year)

The team of the year.

The historical best XI. SS still the only current player in this side.

Key Records Broken

Most Games Without Losing: 21 - 29th January to 11th May (final day of the season defeat to the Champions!)

Valete (Or, key departures and their career stats)

JUAN RAMON MIRANDA

Improved last year but he has been very inconsistent for me so I decided to move him on.

APPS: 134, CONC: 156, CLN: 49, MoM: 1, AvR: 6.93

ALESSANDRO

One of the big flops of this save. Cost £27m and never really did much, I could only recoup £8.5m but better than nothing.

APPS: 54, GLS: 16, ASSTS: 10, MoM: 2, AvR: 6.98

ANGEL LOBO

Had to pinch myself when I received a £32.5m bid for him. He's good but he has never been first choice. Bought for £2.2m, more than covering the loss on Alessandro! Admittedly, he's done well at Chelsea, but on the left wing. I've never used wingers here.

APPS: 64, GLS: 4, ASSTS: 6, MoM: 2, AvR: 7.13

GERMAN VERA

Again, a massive profit here as I bought Vera for £3m in 2045 and have now sold him for £24m. He was first choice for three years but only averaged over 7 in the league for one of them...and it wasn't the last one.

APPS: 115, GLS: 1, ASSTS: 13, MoM: 2, AvR: 7.10

Targets for 2049/50

Back in Europe. Any Europe. SUCCESS as it turned out, I wouldn't have got there via the league, so it was a Europe playoff, that final!

Champions' League place. FAILURE but...

Win a trophy. SUCCESS - I would trade a Champions' League place for that FA Cup!

Targets for 2050/51 - my top one will be a fairly attainable one, then one tougher one, and one "ideally" target.

Europa League Quarter Finals at least.

Champions' League place.

Title challenge.

Season      Division              Position     Points    Achievements
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10012541&viewfull=1#post10012541"]2014/15[/url]     Blue Square South         12th      59       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10014205&viewfull=1#post10014205"]2015/16[/url]     Blue Square South          7th      66       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10021040&viewfull=1#post10021040"]2016/17[/url]     Blue Square South         13th      58       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10030455&viewfull=1#post10030455"]2017/18[/url]     Blue Square South          4th      70       Lost in Playoff Semi Final.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10033072&viewfull=1#post10033072"]2018/19[/url]     Blue Square South          4th      74       Promoted via playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10046905&viewfull=1#post10046905"]2019/20[/url]     Blue Square Premier       19th      50       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10049068&viewfull=1#post10049068"]2020/21[/url]     Blue Square Premier       20th      51       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10062408&viewfull=1#post10062408"]2021/22[/url]     Blue Square Premier       13th      65       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10064465&viewfull=1#post10064465"]2022/23[/url]     Blue Square Premier       12th      65       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10066608&viewfull=1#post10066608"]2023/24[/url]     Blue Square Premier       15th      60       FA Trophy Winners.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10080053&viewfull=1#post10080053"]2024/25[/url]     Blue Square Premier        7th      70       Giantkilling (FAC - Sheff Utd, L1).
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10081623&viewfull=1#post10081623"]2025/26[/url]     Blue Square Premier        5th      76       Promoted via playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10086352&viewfull=1#post10086352"]2026/27[/url]     nPower League Two         18th      58       Closer to playoffs than relegation in first season!
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10091252&viewfull=1#post10091252"]2027/28[/url]     nPower League Two          5th      74       Two giantkillings (C1C - Brighton, CH and FAC - Orient, L1), Promoted via playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10092665&viewfull=1#post10092665"]2028/29[/url]     nPower League One          6th      70       Playoff Finalists.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10095210&viewfull=1#post10095210"]2029/30[/url]     nPower League One          4th      74       Promoted via playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10096734&viewfull=1#post10096734"]2030/31[/url]     nPower Championship       17th      56       New stadium planned.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10099774&viewfull=1#post10099774"]2031/32[/url]     nPower Championship       13th      61       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10102032&viewfull=1#post10102032"]2032/33[/url]     nPower Championship       16th      55       Moved to Tsakiridis Arena (17.430)
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10104521&viewfull=1#post10104521"]2033/34[/url]     nPower Championship       11th      70       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10118304&viewfull=1#post10118304"]2034/35[/url]     nPower Championship        9th      65       Took Liverpool to a replay in the FA Cup.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10130243&viewfull=1#post10130243"]2035/36[/url]     nPower Championship        6th      71       FA Cup Quarter Final, Promoted via Playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10132607&viewfull=1#post10132607"]2036/37[/url]     Barclays Premier League   17th      36       Survival on goal difference.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10142756&viewfull=1#post10142756"]2037/38[/url]     Barclays Premier League   15th      43       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10144860&viewfull=1#post10144860"]2038/39[/url]     Barclays Premier League   13th      44       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10168702&viewfull=1#post10168702"]2039/40[/url]     Barclays Premier League   14th      44       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10170590&viewfull=1#post10170590"]2040/41[/url]     Barclays Premier League    6th      59       Qualified for the Europa League!
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10241046&viewfull=1#post10241046"]2041/42[/url]     Barclays Premier League   15th      42       One win from qualification in the Europa League groups.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10247878&viewfull=1#post10247878"]2042/43[/url]     Barclays Premier League   17th      38       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10252346&viewfull=1#post10252346"]2043/44[/url]     Barclays Premier League    8th      52       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10253944&viewfull=1#post10253944"]2044/45[/url]     Barclays Premier League    4th      69       Qualified for the Champions League!
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10256322&viewfull=1#post10256322"]2045/46[/url]     Barclays Premier League    7th      64       Finished top of CL group; FA Cup Runners-Up.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10258136&viewfull=1#post10258136"]2046/47[/url]     Barclays Premier League    4th      72       FA Cup Semi-Final, highest PL points tally.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10261625&viewfull=1#post10261625"]2047/48[/url]     Barclays Premier League   11th      45       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10265710&viewfull=1#post10265710"]2048/49[/url]     Barclays Premier League    9th      54       FA Cup Semi-Finalists.
[url="http://2049/50"]2049/50[/url]     Barclays Premier League    7th      65       FA CUP WINNERS!

GreyedOutMan · April 8, 2015

Not going to give too much away about the state of my save, but business as usual in the Asian Player of the Year Award!!!

GreyedOutMan · April 8, 2015

Whitehawk | Season 2050/51 | Barclays' Premier League (Predicted: 8th)

Table | Positions Graph | Squad | Finances | Transfers

Yet another tough start to the season saw our opening domestic fixtures read: Man Utd (Community Shield); Liverpool, Sunderland, Newcastle, Chelsea, Fulham, Man City, Man Utd. Phew. Those first seven league games yielded eleven points: not half back. They included a bizarre 4-4 opening day draw at Anfield in a game we should have won, a 1-1 draw at home with Man City and defeats to Chelsea and United. But other than that, we won every single game in August, September and October in all competitions. Some real consistency against all but the absolute elite. Then it was off to Henry Park. I felt really confident that we could beat this team that included three Whitehawk stalwarts from years past in Rego, Pituca and Stokes. Simpson missed a gilt-edged chance on the break soon after half-tme, and it indicative of how the game had gone: we had ceded possession but countered quickly, only to squander too many chances: despite having only 45% possession, we had taken five shots to their two but got none on target. We continued in that vein, and by the hour mark had taken eight and still not hit the target. It was inevitable that with their first real chance, Pituca set up Hernandez and we trailed. Romanenko came on and gave us some impetus. With 13 minutes left, Simpson had the ball in the net only to have it chalked off for offside. With just over a minute to go, Burden was through on goal but fluffed his lines: the pressure got to the kid, I fear, and we lost the game despite having fourteen shots to their four. That we got the same number of shots on target should tell its own story. 20 points from 11 games, though. Not half bad.

November was a little more complex. It started (in the league anyway), with that defeat at Henry Park. A comfortable, first-half demolition of Derby followed, but then a high-flying Middlesbrough side held us to a draw at TA. Luckily, I had a dire Spurs side to play next, with eight points from their first thirteen games. Despite only sealing the win with a 2nd goal in the dying moments, it was very comfortable really...30 shots, of which 16 on target...yes we should have scored more, but a win's a win. Then it was Stoke away and Burden scoring a first half hat-trick and a near perfect team performance in a 5-1 win, before a big cup game...

I recommend you read on before you look at the Cup Runs screenshot as it was a big year for Cup football. We won the Community Shield after just three penalties: United missed all three, we scored all three to secure our second major trophy. The Europa League Group Stage was done and dusted after just four games which was nice as it meant some fringe players could get some game time; not that it seemed to make any difference: Francis Burden knocked them in, scoring a hat-trick in the first half despite not a single first-choice player being on the pitch. We ended up with 18 goals and 18 points from our six group games with just one goal conceded. But it was in the Capital One Cup that I realised how good this team could be: a quarter final win against City during which we totally dominated: 56% possession, 16 shots to their eight, more shots on target too...it was wonderful.

So, back in the league, we entered December with nosebleeds, looking down on most of the league in second place. Ten points behind runaway Champions-elect, Man Utd, but still looking very good, and a Champions' League place seemed a formality. But then City beat United 4-1. It meant they pushed us down into second temporarily but it made me think United could be fallible...meanwhile we just kept winning. And winning well. We scored five three times in a month from 25th November to 18th December. Meanwhile I managed to offload Romanenko, who had been superceded in our first team, for a princely £27m despite his picking up an injury during the negotiations which kept him out for the rest of the season! Result!

A disappointing end to our winning run against Everton saw the deficit back to ten points at the half-way stage. But we were still second, two points ahead of City and five ahead of Arsenal and Everton in 4th and 5th. I knew our mid-season run against all the big teams would be the killer for our title ambitions if we couldn't pull off some stunning results, but I didn't feel that it would be a killer for our 2nd place credentials, as eleven of our final twelve games were games I felt we should win. And a late equaliser for Liverpool on Boxing Day made my job of trying to keep up with United that much harder. But we still kept winning games, and on 10th January came the crunch game at City. They dominated the opening exchanges and got a penalty in the 32nd minute. But Leloudas, who was about to be replaced by a big-money signing, saved it and it felt like a turning point. Indeed, six minutes into the second half, Rocchiccioli pounced on a shocking backpass to tap the ball past the City keeper and we had a lead to defend. We did so, in fact, with consummate ease, and we had our first ever win at McAvoy Arena (we never won at the Etihad either). Now, it didn't feel like a battle for second even though the chasing pack weren't far behind. I was convinced this was now a title challenge. We'd lost 1 game in sixteen in all competitions, and the gap had closed to six points thanks to Chelsea's 5-1 thumping of United. Our own victory over Chelsea a few games later felt even sweeter as a result.

We made it to Wembley for the third consecutive time possible in the Capital One Cup Final. The problem was that fixture congestion was starting to take its toll, with the team still in four competitions. The final was between the first and second legs of the first knockout round of the Europa League...and though I retained my unbeaten record, we couldn't get a priceless win against United, despite having eighteen shots to their six. Another draw with Bolton had us back ten points behind United and it looked like we were fighting for second place. But we were still in three cup competitions and it took its toll, as my grip on the FA Cup was loosened in a replay by Sheffield Wednesday. It wasn't the biggest shock of the day: League Two's Kidderminster beat Man City, too! We fared better in Prague, winning 3-1 in the first knockout round. The return leg was a bit of a formality, but in between that, it was time for my third successive trip to Wembley.

On went the suit, and by half-time, we were one up. Simon Simpson, who has fast been turning into a legend recently, with the opener. Six minutes into the second half, he put us into seventh heaven with a second. On came Francis Burden for a taste of Wembley once again. But when Goni tussled with Hernandez of Arsenal in our box, and Hernandez was given a second yellow for diving, it felt like it was to be our day once again. With 15 minutes to go, Simpson wrote his name into Whitehawk folklore: a hat-trick at Wembley to secure a second successive piece of major silverware for the boys from East Brighton (for those of you who don't know, the blue half of Brighton is in the North-West).

Five consecutive cup games wasn't the best preparation for Arsenal's visit, but with the knowledge that we had an 11 day rest before Everton came calling in the Europa League, I had to go all guns blazing. Having beaten them so comfortably a week earlier at Wembley, I felt quietly confident. But old boy Stokes put Arsenal 1 up before half-time, and we had a fight on our hands. In first half-stoppage time, though, Rocchiccioli drew us level. Despite dominating most of the rest of the game, a penalty and a late break whilst we chased a point converted by another old-hawk, Duarte Rego, meant that our lead over Arsenal was cut to three points with eight games to go, and our deficit to United in first extended to ten once again. It was our first league defeat in three months.

The previous defeat had been to Everton, whose preparations for the Europa League game were somewhat dampened by conceding a 3-1 lead at home to Liverpool in a fifth round FA Cup tie and facing a replay at Anfield just three days later. They also had a visit to Chelsea between the two legs, so I felt that could only be a good thing. They lost the FA Cup replay 2-1 having once again been ahead. Despite being off form, I had a feeling about Francis Burden on the 9th March, but once again it was Simon Simpson who gave us the lead shortly after half-time. I wanted a clean sheet to take to Goodison, so switched to a more defensive style, but just to prove my hunch correct, Burden doubled the lead shortly afterwards anyway. With 15 left he added a third, and when Rocchiccioli made it four-nil, the tie was essentially over. I was going goal-crazy: this was early March and already, Simpson, Burden, Clark-Gleave and Rocchiccioli had 77 goals between them! Unfortunately, United were matching me stride for stride, and had actually scored 24 goals MORE than me at this stage.

After a bizarre second leg with Everton where were were 3-0 up (7-0 on aggregate) after an hour and contrived to lose 4-3 on the night, focus needed to turn back to the league. One last push to try and overhaul United. The problem was that a trip to the North-East to play Middlesbrough was follwed by a trip to Moscow, before coming back to Brighton to play three home games against Spurs, Spartak and Stoke. Those were, it seemed, the crucial games. Win all of those and I felt I was in with a chance, despite playing every three days for the rest of the season. We could only get a draw in the first in that run; once again I felt that wat probably it and second place was all I could hope for. So when we were 3-0 up inside half an hour against Moscow, I went all out to get as many goals as possible, knowing that rested legs in the home leg would be good for us. From that position, winning 5-3 was a bit of a disappointment, but I still felt that we could rest most of the first team for the second leg. Rocchiccioli's brace took him to 30 for the season!

A draw at home to Spurs took our 2nd place destiny out of our hands. To be honest, with any chance of the title long gone, I'd have swapped second for a Europa League triumph, provided we finished third. We went into the second leg knowing that if we avoided conceding three, we would be through. An early goal settled any remaining nerves, and in the end we ran out 8-3 aggregate winners. Our toughest test yet was coming up against Atletico Madrid, the highest ranked team left in the competition, but Stoke and Norwich were more immediate obstacles. The wonderfully named Barry Carroll gave Stoke the lead and it was doubled before half-time. Burden halved the deficit early in the final 20 minutes, but we couldn't do more than that and the title was officially United's. Worse, Everton's 5-1 victory over Arsenal the previous day had been in vain: 2nd was once again out of our hands. Luckily, before Norwich, Stoke did us a favour and it was back in our own hands, and with four to go, we sat two points ahead of Arsenal and seven from Chelsea in third.

Burden increased his growing reputation still further by coming off the bench to grab the elusive winner at Norwich, and then it was time to take on the might of Atletico Madrid. My first choice XI were all fully fit and raring to go. Within two minutes, Matamala had headed us in front from a Simpson corner. An away goal! Then, four minutes before half-time, a Simpson free-kick (yes, the guy is involved in everything!) gave Clark-Gleave a second! We were in Wonderland! When Atletico were reduced to ten men with 28 minutes to go, I went for the jugular. On came Burden, up went the attacking mentality, followed by overload, but unfortunately this time it backfired, and Atletico had one back. We left feeling slightly disappointed - but I had to remind myself that I'd just won 2-1 in the away leg in Madrid, and had one toe at least in the final!

Fulham did me a favour on the last weekend of April and beat Arsenal meaning five points from my final three games would secure second. Three came at home to Swansea in a routine win with goals from Clark-Gleave and Rocchiccioli (taking it to 92 goals in the season from our four main goalscorers). That win secured a top-3 finish for the first time in our history. Bolton then beat Arsenal the next day and second place was secured.

With the league season over, all eyes were on TA to see if I could make it to my first ever European final. We couldn't have asked for better preparation: knowing the league was sealed, not a single injury to a first-team player and two away goals. Surely, nothing could go wrong? It seemed not: that man Simpson scored a scorcher of a free-kick in the tenth minute to put the tie more or less beyond the reach of Madrid. Of course, I shouldn't have typed that: Within four minutes, they were level on the night. We knew now that we had to at least draw the game. The rest of the match was cagey in the extreme, neither side willing to risk too much. Madrid had a really good chance in stoppage time at the end, but we clung on for dear life and we were in the FINAL!.

For your pleasure: our CUP RUNS this year. At the end of the domestic season, Sheffield Wednesday were the only team to have knocked me out of anything! I'm fairly sure that's the most cup games I've ever played in any save in just one season! It all added up to 63 games in all competitions this year!

With one missing, of course...

EUROPA LEAGUE FINAL

Braga had beaten Valencia 3-0 away to secure a 5-0 aggregate win. I couldn't take them for granted in what was my third final in two years. I had to endure watching United beat Arsenal to do the double, knowing that we weren't really that far from winning four this year. I won the manager of the year award before the game which was a nice bonus. But then it was off to the Parc Des Princes in Paris. We were not quite favourites with the bookies, but the BBC were calling it for us!

Within nine minutes we had the ball in the onion bag, but Clarke-Gleave's opener was chalked off for offside. It was a sign of things to come, however, as four minutes later, we were ahead through the same striker. After 23 minutes, Clarke-Gleave was the toast of Gay Paree with a second goal. Simpson scored after 27 minutes and we started to enjoy ourselves. Rather too much, really. We started the second half sloppily and Braga got one back and missed a good chance for a second. But Rocchiccioli settled any nerves from the penalty spot and Braga's second was a mere consolation goal as Rocchiccioli added two more to score a hat-trick in the final! Burden had a good chance to put a real gloss on the scoreline but it was nonetheless an amazing scoreline on a wonderful night for Whitehawk.

Estimated Values give a good estimation of where we are in the grand scheme of things. Reputation seems to take a while longer to catch up. Liverpool vanquished. Now time to crack the top four!

Key Players

Nicola Terni* - continues to impress, with 33 key tackles despite missing more games than any other defensive player in the first XI.

Nicolas Matamala - Tsakiridis/Finney, Rasmussen/Hermansson. Now it's Matamala/Terni.

Ricky Webb - not a first-teamer, but stepped in at both right back and centre-back often when needed and did a great job.

Mejdi Ghodhbane - the best points per game ratio of any regular player, Ghodhbane is just awesome! Julien who?

Francis Burden - 17 goals despite not being a first-choice. Burden is on the rise, I tell you!

Isaac Turkson - at £1.7m, he must be the biggest bargain I've ever got (new regens apart)?

And then the holy trinity:

Simon Simpson - just gets better with age. involved in 39 goals this year.

Ian Clarke-Gleave - wow. 24 goals, the same number as Simpson. Made his England debut, but probably won't play too much, especially with his Whitehawk place under threat from Burden.

Victor Hugo Rocchiccioli - probably the best big-money signing I've made on this save, although it wasn't mega money. Fewer league goals and generally weaker in the league this year, but was awesome in the cups, scoring seventeen goals including 12 in 11 starts in the Europa.

(*= fans' player of the year)

The team of the year.

The historical best XI. Simon Simpson takes his rightful place as part of the first XI here. Someone please explain how Pituca is behind William Miller despite almost twice as many goals in about 2/3rds the number of games?

Key Records Broken

Highest Transfer Fee Paid: £44m for Ricardo from Corinthians on 20th July. A big gamble.

Highest Transfer Fee Received: £38m for Enzo Criniti to Man City on 25th June. See below.

Highest League Position: 2nd in Premiership

Most Goals in a Season: Victor Hugo Rocchiccioli - 34 (Beating Carl Fenton-Goss's 31 in 2023)

Valete (Or, key departures and their career stats)

VLADISLAV ROMANENKO

Did a great job for me but has been superceded by younger models. I made £20m profit on him too, despite him being OUT FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON at the time!! Haha!

APPS: 238, GLS: 21, ASSTS: 43, MoM: 14, AvR: 7.28

ENZO CRINITI

£38m for a fringe player, you say? £30m profit? And he's 27? Let me think about that...

APPS: 70, GLS: 16, ASSTS: 21, MoM: 11, AvR: 7.52

Targets for 2050/51

Europa League Quarter Finals at least. MASSIVELY EXCEEDED: a first European final AND WE WON IT!

Champions' League place. SUCCESS with ease.

Title challenge. SUCCESS - I'm giving myself this one. I know we were a long way behind United in the end but we had a chance for a long time, and you can't call second place NOT a title challenge, can you?

Targets for 2051/52 - my top one will be a fairly attainable one, then one tougher one, and one "ideally" target.

Champions' League Quarter Finals at least.

Realistic title challenge sustained until mid-April at least.

Major trophy (FA Cup, Champions' League or Premier League).

Season      Division              Position     Points    Achievements
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[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10012541&viewfull=1#post10012541"]2014/15[/url]     Blue Square South         12th      59       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10014205&viewfull=1#post10014205"]2015/16[/url]     Blue Square South          7th      66       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10021040&viewfull=1#post10021040"]2016/17[/url]     Blue Square South         13th      58       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10030455&viewfull=1#post10030455"]2017/18[/url]     Blue Square South          4th      70       Lost in Playoff Semi Final.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10033072&viewfull=1#post10033072"]2018/19[/url]     Blue Square South          4th      74       Promoted via playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10046905&viewfull=1#post10046905"]2019/20[/url]     Blue Square Premier       19th      50       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10049068&viewfull=1#post10049068"]2020/21[/url]     Blue Square Premier       20th      51       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10062408&viewfull=1#post10062408"]2021/22[/url]     Blue Square Premier       13th      65       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10064465&viewfull=1#post10064465"]2022/23[/url]     Blue Square Premier       12th      65       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10066608&viewfull=1#post10066608"]2023/24[/url]     Blue Square Premier       15th      60       FA TROPHY WINNERS!
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10080053&viewfull=1#post10080053"]2024/25[/url]     Blue Square Premier        7th      70       Giantkilling (FAC - Sheff Utd, L1).
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10081623&viewfull=1#post10081623"]2025/26[/url]     Blue Square Premier        5th      76       Promoted via playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10086352&viewfull=1#post10086352"]2026/27[/url]     nPower League Two         18th      58       Closer to playoffs than relegation in first season!
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10091252&viewfull=1#post10091252"]2027/28[/url]     nPower League Two          5th      74       Two giantkillings (C1C - Brighton, CH and FAC - Orient, L1), Promoted via playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10092665&viewfull=1#post10092665"]2028/29[/url]     nPower League One          6th      70       Playoff Finalists.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10095210&viewfull=1#post10095210"]2029/30[/url]     nPower League One          4th      74       Promoted via playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10096734&viewfull=1#post10096734"]2030/31[/url]     nPower Championship       17th      56       New stadium planned.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10099774&viewfull=1#post10099774"]2031/32[/url]     nPower Championship       13th      61       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10102032&viewfull=1#post10102032"]2032/33[/url]     nPower Championship       16th      55       Moved to Tsakiridis Arena (17.430)
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10104521&viewfull=1#post10104521"]2033/34[/url]     nPower Championship       11th      70       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10118304&viewfull=1#post10118304"]2034/35[/url]     nPower Championship        9th      65       Took Liverpool to a replay in the FA Cup.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10130243&viewfull=1#post10130243"]2035/36[/url]     nPower Championship        6th      71       FA Cup Quarter Final, Promoted via Playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10132607&viewfull=1#post10132607"]2036/37[/url]     Barclays Premier League   17th      36       Survival on goal difference.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10142756&viewfull=1#post10142756"]2037/38[/url]     Barclays Premier League   15th      43       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10144860&viewfull=1#post10144860"]2038/39[/url]     Barclays Premier League   13th      44       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10168702&viewfull=1#post10168702"]2039/40[/url]     Barclays Premier League   14th      44       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10170590&viewfull=1#post10170590"]2040/41[/url]     Barclays Premier League    6th      59       Qualified for the Europa League!
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10241046&viewfull=1#post10241046"]2041/42[/url]     Barclays Premier League   15th      42       One win from qualification in the Europa League groups.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10247878&viewfull=1#post10247878"]2042/43[/url]     Barclays Premier League   17th      38       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10252346&viewfull=1#post10252346"]2043/44[/url]     Barclays Premier League    8th      52       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10253944&viewfull=1#post10253944"]2044/45[/url]     Barclays Premier League    4th      69       Qualified for the Champions League!
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10256322&viewfull=1#post10256322"]2045/46[/url]     Barclays Premier League    7th      64       Finished top of CL group; FA Cup Runners-Up.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10258136&viewfull=1#post10258136"]2046/47[/url]     Barclays Premier League    4th      72       FA Cup Semi-Final, highest PL points tally.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10261625&viewfull=1#post10261625"]2047/48[/url]     Barclays Premier League   11th      45       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10265710&viewfull=1#post10265710"]2048/49[/url]     Barclays Premier League    9th      54       FA Cup Semi-Finalists.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10267780&viewfull=1#post10267780"]2049/50[/url]     Barclays Premier League    7th      65       FA CUP WINNERS!
[url="http://2050/51"]2050/51[/url]     Barclays Premier League    2nd      75       Community Shield Winners. CAPITAL ONE CUP WINNERS! EUROPA LEAGUE WINNERS! Highest PL points tally.

Bilbo Baggins · April 10, 2015

A shame about the CL final. So close to getting that elusive Premier League title, the wait must be killing you?

GreyedOutMan · April 10, 2015

I'll get there, eventually. I'm enjoying this save more than any FM save I've ever had. Seriously. It's brilliant. So many twists and turns. Yes the odd season has been frustrating (47/48) or even downright disastrous (41/42 and 42/43) but I've had some amazing seasons too: the promotion years, 2040/41 and the Europa League qualification, 2044/45 and CL qualification, winning the Cup in 2050 and the Europa League in 2051. Winning the CL would have been amazing, but it can wait. Would feel odd winning that before the league anyway to be honest. I don't feel I'm far away now, I just hope I can do it before Simpson retires.

HotChocolate · April 10, 2015

Absolutely brilliant read so far.

Hope to see you clinch the league soon :thup:

GreyedOutMan · April 10, 2015

Absolutely brilliant read so far.
Hope to see you clinch the league soon

Really appreciate that! Keep reading, keep commenting!!

GreyedOutMan · April 10, 2015

Apologies everyone. Been so caught up in the game recently, which i've been enjoying more than any FM save, that I totally forgot to save, and eventually that's always going to bite yer bum.

The worst thing is that it will look like I've cheated because the last time I saved was when I got to the CL final last year. I assure you, the events of the next six months meant that this is not really any consolation, even if I win it second time around. It was going really well. But re-vamped season report will be a while. Once I've lost so much of a save, it takes me a while to get back into it. I really hope that I will, but I'll be taking a bit of a break now.

Keep reading, I will be back!

Bilbo Baggins · April 11, 2015

Look forward to it.

Nobby_McDonald · April 13, 2015

You've won more than the FA Trophy.

GreyedOutMan · April 14, 2015

I hope to add the Champions' League to both domestic cups and the Europa League when I return to the game, then it will be just the league to get the lot!

GreyedOutMan · April 22, 2015

Right - closing on two weeks since I played this game and I'm starting to miss it, so when I get a bit of time, I intend to play the end of the last season again. Hopefully, soon, you'll see a new end of season post in which, hopefully, we'll win the CL final this time. I should point out that my enjoyment of the save means I'd much rather recover the data and play on having lost the final, but as that's not going to happen and that really bummed me out because I hate re-playing games I've already played on FM, I feel justified in winning it a second time round if I can.

Bilbo Baggins · April 22, 2015

Fingers crossed for you, you deserve it! Will you be watching the final on full highlights?

GreyedOutMan · May 1, 2015

Right, a bit of a work crisis delayed me a bit, but I'm gonna play it tonight. I think I'll watch the final on extended highlights.

GreyedOutMan · May 2, 2015

Whitehawk | Season 2051/52 | Barclays' Premier League (Predicted: 5th)

Table | Positions Graph | Squad | Finances | Transfers

An excellent start to the campaign saw us win twelve of our first fourteen games, which overlapped with an 18-game unbeaten run from late October through to mid-February: defeats to Chelsea bookended it. We only lost this year to four different teams in the league: Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal and Bolton in August. Big wins against United, Liverpool, City and Arsenal this season saw us really establish ourselves as a top-four side. Oddly, despite getting eight points more than last year, we finished one place lower, in third.

Our CUP RUNS this year.

With one missing, of course...

CHAMPIONS' LEAGUE FINAL - Old Trafford

Athletico Madrid posed a rather different challenge to Braga in the Europa League Final last year. It was at Old Trafford, a place we play at once a year. But we had a LOT of injuries: four first choice players out and a couple more who would have played in their absence, too. Which made it all the stranger that by half-time we had 17 shots to their zero. But for all that, there hadn't been a single highlight. However, 13 minutes into the second half, the pressure paid off: with the shot count for Atletico still on zero, Simpson put us in the lead. Old boy Piergiorgio Teti, the defensive midfielder inexplicably playing up front for Madrid, had a golden opportunity to make our lives harder, but a good save from Roger put us just five minutes from the Champions' League title, and with minimal fuss, our second consecutive European trophy was in the bag.

What a night!

Estimated Values give a good estimation of where we are in the grand scheme of things. Reputation seems to take a while longer to catch up. We are now richer than Man Cheaty!!!!

Key Players

Nicola Terni - not as good as last year but still a stunning defender.

Nicolas Matamala - the third duo is still going strong!

Mejdi Ghodhbane - has converted so he can play DM now, too. Very helpful. And he's a great player, too!

Marcelo Smith - bit of a gamble for a fair chunk of cash, but Smith has done a great job for me.

Isaac Turkson - 65 key passes: he's now the second most important player in this side, probably.

Simon Simpson* - 35 assists and 21 goals. 66 goals in which he had a pivotal hand. Amazing. 98 key passes too.

Victor Hugo Rocchiccioli - 30 league goals is, I think, a first in this save. 41 overall isn't a record, but it's amazing.

(*= fans' player of the year)

The team of the year.

The historical best XI. Simon Simpson takes his rightful place as part of the first XI here albeit in the wrong place. Rocchiccioli inducted on the bench. Someone please explain how Pituca is behind William Miller despite almost twice as many goals in about 2/3rds the number of games?

Key Records Broken

Most Goals in a Season: Victor Hugo Rocchiccioli - 41

Most League Goals in a Season: Victor Hugo Rocchiccioli - 31

Most Goals in a Match: 5 - Victor Hugo Rocchiccioli

Most Assists in a Season: Simon Simpson - 35

Highest Transfer Fee Received: £38m - Enzo Criniti to Manchester City, 25/6/51

Highest Average Attendance: 17,097

Valete (Or, key departures and their career stats)

IAN CLARKE-GLEAVE

Went to United for £23m in the summer. Did well but never a world-class player.

APPS: 163, GLS: 63, ASSTS: 41, MoM: 7, AvR: 7.20

Targets for 2050/51

Champions' League Quarter Finals at least. MASSIVELY EXCEEDED - winning it at the third attempt is amazing.

Realistic title challenge sustained until mid-April at least. SUCCESS - just about, although we never looked likely to win it.

Major trophy (FA Cup, Champions' League or Premier League). SUCCESS - see first target!

Targets for 2051/52 - my top one will be a fairly attainable one, then one tougher one, and one "ideally" target.

Retain the CL.

Win the league.

Win two trophies (not including the Super Cup).

The stadium's capacity is to be increased by 6,640 seats from January and the training facilities will be improved.

Season      Division              Position     Points    Achievements
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10012541&viewfull=1#post10012541"]2014/15[/url]     Blue Square South         12th      59       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10014205&viewfull=1#post10014205"]2015/16[/url]     Blue Square South          7th      66       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10021040&viewfull=1#post10021040"]2016/17[/url]     Blue Square South         13th      58       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10030455&viewfull=1#post10030455"]2017/18[/url]     Blue Square South          4th      70       Lost in Playoff Semi Final.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10033072&viewfull=1#post10033072"]2018/19[/url]     Blue Square South          4th      74       Promoted via playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10046905&viewfull=1#post10046905"]2019/20[/url]     Blue Square Premier       19th      50       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10049068&viewfull=1#post10049068"]2020/21[/url]     Blue Square Premier       20th      51       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10062408&viewfull=1#post10062408"]2021/22[/url]     Blue Square Premier       13th      65       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10064465&viewfull=1#post10064465"]2022/23[/url]     Blue Square Premier       12th      65       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10066608&viewfull=1#post10066608"]2023/24[/url]     Blue Square Premier       15th      60       FA TROPHY WINNERS!
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10080053&viewfull=1#post10080053"]2024/25[/url]     Blue Square Premier        7th      70       Giantkilling (FAC - Sheff Utd, L1).
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10081623&viewfull=1#post10081623"]2025/26[/url]     Blue Square Premier        5th      76       Promoted via playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10086352&viewfull=1#post10086352"]2026/27[/url]     nPower League Two         18th      58       Closer to playoffs than relegation in first season!
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10091252&viewfull=1#post10091252"]2027/28[/url]     nPower League Two          5th      74       Two giantkillings (C1C - Brighton, CH and FAC - Orient, L1), Promoted via playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10092665&viewfull=1#post10092665"]2028/29[/url]     nPower League One          6th      70       Playoff Finalists.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10095210&viewfull=1#post10095210"]2029/30[/url]     nPower League One          4th      74       Promoted via playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10096734&viewfull=1#post10096734"]2030/31[/url]     nPower Championship       17th      56       New stadium planned.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10099774&viewfull=1#post10099774"]2031/32[/url]     nPower Championship       13th      61       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10102032&viewfull=1#post10102032"]2032/33[/url]     nPower Championship       16th      55       Moved to Tsakiridis Arena (17.430)
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10104521&viewfull=1#post10104521"]2033/34[/url]     nPower Championship       11th      70       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10118304&viewfull=1#post10118304"]2034/35[/url]     nPower Championship        9th      65       Took Liverpool to a replay in the FA Cup.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10130243&viewfull=1#post10130243"]2035/36[/url]     nPower Championship        6th      71       FA Cup Quarter Final, Promoted via Playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10132607&viewfull=1#post10132607"]2036/37[/url]     Barclays Premier League   17th      36       Survival on goal difference.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10142756&viewfull=1#post10142756"]2037/38[/url]     Barclays Premier League   15th      43       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10144860&viewfull=1#post10144860"]2038/39[/url]     Barclays Premier League   13th      44       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10168702&viewfull=1#post10168702"]2039/40[/url]     Barclays Premier League   14th      44       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10170590&viewfull=1#post10170590"]2040/41[/url]     Barclays Premier League    6th      59       Qualified for the Europa League!
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10241046&viewfull=1#post10241046"]2041/42[/url]     Barclays Premier League   15th      42       One win from qualification in the Europa League groups.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10247878&viewfull=1#post10247878"]2042/43[/url]     Barclays Premier League   17th      38       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10252346&viewfull=1#post10252346"]2043/44[/url]     Barclays Premier League    8th      52       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10253944&viewfull=1#post10253944"]2044/45[/url]     Barclays Premier League    4th      69       Qualified for the Champions League!
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10256322&viewfull=1#post10256322"]2045/46[/url]     Barclays Premier League    7th      64       Finished top of CL group; FA Cup Runners-Up.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10258136&viewfull=1#post10258136"]2046/47[/url]     Barclays Premier League    4th      72       FA Cup Semi-Final, highest PL points tally.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10261625&viewfull=1#post10261625"]2047/48[/url]     Barclays Premier League   11th      45       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10265710&viewfull=1#post10265710"]2048/49[/url]     Barclays Premier League    9th      54       FA Cup Semi-Finalists.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10267780&viewfull=1#post10267780"]2049/50[/url]     Barclays Premier League    7th      65       FA CUP WINNERS!
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10269658&viewfull=1#post10269658"]2050/51[/url]     Barclays Premier League    2nd      75       Community Shield Winners. CAPITAL ONE CUP WINNERS! EUROPA LEAGUE WINNERS! Highest PL points tally.
[url=""]2051/52[/url]     Barclays Premier League    3rd      83       CHAMPIONS' LEAGUE WINNERS! Highest PL points tally.

GreyedOutMan · May 4, 2015

Whitehawk | Season 2052/53 | Barclays' Premier League (Predicted: 4th)

Table | Positions Graph | Squad | Finances | Transfers

A good season, and one which saw us mount an outside challenge for the title but we were always second best, if truth be told: and unfortunate though it was that the maths fell that way, the manner of Chelsea's securing the title, a 3-0 win against us with all the goals coming in the first twenty minutes, was telling. A narrow defeat to Arsenal then seemed it would cost us second place on goal difference, although if we had played as well in the first half as the second at Sunderland, things might have been different: we scored six in the second half including a sixteen-minute, four-goal salvo from new arrival Xavi Molet - the reason for signing him will become apparent shortly. As it was, we went into the last day, playing United, needing to better Arsenal's result or get a six-goal swing with the same one. However, within five minutes, Stoke's ageing (35yo) former Whitehawk AND Arsenal striker, Pituca, gave the Potters the lead. Within half an hour, Whitehawk were 2-0 up against United. Was it going to be a fairytale ending?

At half-time we were 3-0 up with a Molet hat-trick and Stoke were still leading Arsenal. Throughout the second half, I was expecting to see Arsenal get a few goals but they never did, and we had our second 2nd place Premier League finish. Thanks, Pituca!

Our CUP RUNS this year. Rather disappointing: no major trophy for the first time in four years. The Capital One Cup semi-final defeat was particularly tough to take: Rocchiccioli, on what I felt would be one of his final performances for the club as he had agreed to leave (see below), hit the post with a couple of minutes to go, with Whitehawk leading 3-1, and Sp**s got their second goal, which saw them through on away goals, in the 122nd minute of the game! Tough. Our defeat to Championship side Exeter in the FA Cup was simply pathetic. As for the Champions' League - we were simply outclassed by Barcelona in the first leg, and an early away goal for Barcelona made the second leg a formality, nice though it was to get a late winner and say we did actually beat them in one game.

In January, a first: Simon Simpson was named World Player of the Year: the very first Whitehawk player to be awarded this honour. About time, too. He did manage 23 goals and 21 assists in the calendar year from midfield! In that month, we also lost Hugo Rocchiccioli - a victim of my own idiocy, as I just didn't notice his contract running out. But I did replace him with a decent player from Barcelona in Manel Lao, and I couldn't resist going for this bloke, who I overpaid for purely for comedy value!

Estimated Values give a good estimation of where we are in the grand scheme of things. Reputation seems to take a while longer to catch up. Still got a little way to catch United, while Chelsea's lead over Arsenal is eye-watering.

Key Players

Nicola Terni* - improved again, this is fast becoming the best DC partnership I've had...

Nicolas Matamala - who's better? I don't know!

Mejdi Ghodhbane - his versatility makes him so useful. He's a great player, just as good as any MC I've ever had.

Francis Burden - I'm loving having a home-grown star. He'll break CFG's record at some point: question is how soon?

Isaac Turkson - the leading key-passer again, great from the Ghanain.

Simon Simpson - fair bit of injury from the ageing Aussie, but Simpers is still the best player in the side, and this year the best in Europe, too. The first Whitehawk player to win that accolade.

Victor Hugo Rocchiccioli - so annoyed to lose him, he was on course to be an all-time legend - would almost certainly have surpassed CFG's goalscoring record. I did drop him for a while when I found out he was going but I eventually decided I might as well make good use of him: but his goal tally must be taken in the context of a significant chunk of games missed. Made it to 100 league goals.

(*= fans' player of the year)

The team of the year.

The historical best XI. Rocchiccioli's contribution ends here, just seven short of CFG's figure. Please someone explain to me why he's not in that first XI? It makes no sense!

Key Records Broken

Highest Attendance: 24,070 v Norwich, 14th January (filling out the expanded capacity at the first attempt, of course).

Highest Gate Receipts: £1,110,000 v Inter, 12th March (broken twice)

Most Games Won in a Row: 11 - 12th May (last season) to 25th September.

Highest Average Attendance: 19,742, beating 17,097 from 2051.

Highest Average Rating: 7.98 - Simon Simpsonm beating Pelle Hermansson's 7.93 in 2038.

Valete (Or, key departures and their career stats)

VICTOR HUGO ROCCHICCIOLI

Annoyed to lose him after such a good season. He was a great player for me and had at least seven more years left in him.

APPS: 237, GLS: 161, ASSTS: 57, MoM: 25, AvR: 7.36

Targets for 2051/52

Retain the CL. FAILURE but a semi-final isn't bad.

Win the league. FAILURE and I'm disappointed to be as far behind as we ended up.

Win two trophies (not including the Super Cup). FAILURE - I should have said not including the Club World Cup Final, which we also won. Disappointed not to win something more.

Targets for 2052/53 - my top one will be a fairly attainable one, then one tougher one, and one "ideally" target.

Within 8 points of the title.

Chance of the title on the last day.

Win the league.

In January, the capacity of the ground was increased to 24,070 - but immediately the board agreed to another significant expansion to 32,251, to be completed in November. New stadium requests are now being considered but rejected. Might not be far off.

Season      Division              Position     Points    Achievements
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10012541&viewfull=1#post10012541"]2014/15[/url]     Blue Square South         12th      59       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10014205&viewfull=1#post10014205"]2015/16[/url]     Blue Square South          7th      66       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10021040&viewfull=1#post10021040"]2016/17[/url]     Blue Square South         13th      58       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10030455&viewfull=1#post10030455"]2017/18[/url]     Blue Square South          4th      70       Lost in Playoff Semi Final.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10033072&viewfull=1#post10033072"]2018/19[/url]     Blue Square South          4th      74       Promoted via playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10046905&viewfull=1#post10046905"]2019/20[/url]     Blue Square Premier       19th      50       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10049068&viewfull=1#post10049068"]2020/21[/url]     Blue Square Premier       20th      51       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10062408&viewfull=1#post10062408"]2021/22[/url]     Blue Square Premier       13th      65       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10064465&viewfull=1#post10064465"]2022/23[/url]     Blue Square Premier       12th      65       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10066608&viewfull=1#post10066608"]2023/24[/url]     Blue Square Premier       15th      60       FA TROPHY WINNERS!
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10080053&viewfull=1#post10080053"]2024/25[/url]     Blue Square Premier        7th      70       Giantkilling (FAC - Sheff Utd, L1).
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10081623&viewfull=1#post10081623"]2025/26[/url]     Blue Square Premier        5th      76       Promoted via playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10086352&viewfull=1#post10086352"]2026/27[/url]     nPower League Two         18th      58       Closer to playoffs than relegation in first season!
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10091252&viewfull=1#post10091252"]2027/28[/url]     nPower League Two          5th      74       Two giantkillings (C1C - Brighton, CH and FAC - Orient, L1), Promoted via playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10092665&viewfull=1#post10092665"]2028/29[/url]     nPower League One          6th      70       Playoff Finalists.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10095210&viewfull=1#post10095210"]2029/30[/url]     nPower League One          4th      74       Promoted via playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10096734&viewfull=1#post10096734"]2030/31[/url]     nPower Championship       17th      56       New stadium planned.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10099774&viewfull=1#post10099774"]2031/32[/url]     nPower Championship       13th      61       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10102032&viewfull=1#post10102032"]2032/33[/url]     nPower Championship       16th      55       Moved to Tsakiridis Arena (17.430)
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10104521&viewfull=1#post10104521"]2033/34[/url]     nPower Championship       11th      70       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10118304&viewfull=1#post10118304"]2034/35[/url]     nPower Championship        9th      65       Took Liverpool to a replay in the FA Cup.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10130243&viewfull=1#post10130243"]2035/36[/url]     nPower Championship        6th      71       FA Cup Quarter Final, Promoted via Playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10132607&viewfull=1#post10132607"]2036/37[/url]     Barclays Premier League   17th      36       Survival on goal difference.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10142756&viewfull=1#post10142756"]2037/38[/url]     Barclays Premier League   15th      43       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10144860&viewfull=1#post10144860"]2038/39[/url]     Barclays Premier League   13th      44       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10168702&viewfull=1#post10168702"]2039/40[/url]     Barclays Premier League   14th      44       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10170590&viewfull=1#post10170590"]2040/41[/url]     Barclays Premier League    6th      59       Qualified for the Europa League!
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10241046&viewfull=1#post10241046"]2041/42[/url]     Barclays Premier League   15th      42       One win from qualification in the Europa League groups.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10247878&viewfull=1#post10247878"]2042/43[/url]     Barclays Premier League   17th      38       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10252346&viewfull=1#post10252346"]2043/44[/url]     Barclays Premier League    8th      52       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10253944&viewfull=1#post10253944"]2044/45[/url]     Barclays Premier League    4th      69       Qualified for the Champions League!
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10256322&viewfull=1#post10256322"]2045/46[/url]     Barclays Premier League    7th      64       Finished top of CL group; FA Cup Runners-Up.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10258136&viewfull=1#post10258136"]2046/47[/url]     Barclays Premier League    4th      72       FA Cup Semi-Final, highest PL points tally.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10261625&viewfull=1#post10261625"]2047/48[/url]     Barclays Premier League   11th      45       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10265710&viewfull=1#post10265710"]2048/49[/url]     Barclays Premier League    9th      54       FA Cup Semi-Finalists.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10267780&viewfull=1#post10267780"]2049/50[/url]     Barclays Premier League    7th      65       FA CUP WINNERS!
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10269658&viewfull=1#post10269658"]2050/51[/url]     Barclays Premier League    2nd      75       Community Shield Winners. CAPITAL ONE CUP WINNERS! EUROPA LEAGUE WINNERS! Highest PL points tally.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10305143&viewfull=1#post10305143"]2051/52[/url]     Barclays Premier League    3rd      83       CHAMPIONS' LEAGUE WINNERS! Highest PL points tally.
[url=""]2052/53[/url]     Barclays Premier League    2nd      83       Tsakiridis Arena Expanded (24,070), Super Cup Winners, Club World Cup Winners.

Nobby_McDonald · May 4, 2015

Bringing home trophies left right and centre now.

GreyedOutMan · May 4, 2015

Indeed - the big one eludes me though (for now). I've just had a pretty amazing CL group phase, though (details will follow in the report but this won't be for a while I fear, busy week ahead again).

GreyedOutMan · September 27, 2015

Hey all. Considering a brief revival of this thread ahead of FM16's release but will only do it if I'll get readers. Would anyone be interested?

nie jem frytek · September 27, 2015

Yeah, but only if you're finally going to win the league.

GreyedOutMan · September 27, 2015

I'll do my best, can't promise anything!!

Nobby_McDonald · September 27, 2015

I might be.

gcah2008 · September 27, 2015

After finding this story today, it would drive my OCD insane if you didn't win the league. You've done everything else.

Getting a new stadium that is named after YOU would also be nice, too.

dllu · September 28, 2015

Seeing as you've never won a league (promoted five times via playoffs), it would almost ruin your perfect score if you did now...

GreyedOutMan · September 28, 2015

Haha that is true. 2051 was the first time I ever finished higher than 4th in any league!!! But I'm back on it now. It won't be quick but i'll get through a few more years before moving on to FM16 - and if that crashes like 15 did, I'll stick with this.

Cocu · September 30, 2015

Oh, yes please. I love Whiteh in fm15!

Maw74 · September 30, 2015

Yeah come on........... you can do it (hopefully).

Nobby_McDonald · October 1, 2015

You've got to do it...

GreyedOutMan · October 3, 2015

Right. Won't have masses of time in the next few weeks but going to give it one last bash now. Just started the 54-55 season.

GreyedOutMan · October 3, 2015

£113m he cost, but I think he could be the catalyst...

gcah2008 · October 3, 2015

Looks like he is worth every penny, if I'm honest. He could be the difference between title challengers and dominating the league. Nice buy!

GreyedOutMan · October 3, 2015

Took Sargin all of 61 seconds to open his account for me!

Nobby_McDonald · October 4, 2015

£113,000,000 on one player. Sweet bloody Jesus.

deltablue · October 5, 2015

The sky is the limit with that guy!

Nobby_McDonald · October 8, 2015

The sky is the limit and Sky money has paid for him.

GreyedOutMan · October 9, 2015

Haha nice one. Going to blitz this game tonight. First EoS report in ages coming up soon.

GreyedOutMan · October 9, 2015

Once again my failures allowed Chelsea major success this year. We had a disappointing season although Sargin's signing improved us, and after a disastrous January, we lost on the 6th of February for the last time in the league. I have high hopes for next year.

Our CUP RUNS this year. We were 22 minutes from a second Champions' League Final but lost out to Barcelona despite a valiant effort to get another goal that would have won us the tie. A good run. An extra time Wembley defeat to Chelsea hurt, especially as they won the league with a record points tally of 99 and CL too, thanks to a 93rd minute equaliser and a 104th minute winner!

Estimated Values give a good estimation of where we are in the grand scheme of things. Reputation seems to take a while longer to catch up. I've decided to put every club in here for some global context. Chelsea are now worth nearly THREE times us! That's scary!

Key Players

Nicola Terni* - bona fide legend ofthe club now.

Nicolas Matamala - the overshadowed best mate.... yet he was selected in the PFA Team of the Year ahead of Terni.

Mejdi Ghodhbane - injury plagued season but still did well when he was available.

Francis Burden - a 40 goal season aged just 22. He won the Young Player of the Year award. He can only get better and it's exciting...

Gokhan Sargin - especially in partnership with this guy! What a signing! I knowhe cost a lot but still! And signing in January gave him time to settle and start scoring regularly. He will do even better next year.

Isaac Turkson - Africa's greatest. By a wide margin. Named in the PFA Team of the Year.

Simon Simpson - the evergreen SiSi! The most assists despite missing a large number of games due to injury and lack of fitness.

Ricardo - so consistent at right back and does a job at centre back when required too. Named in the PFA Team of the Year.

(*= fans' player of the year)

The team of the year.

The historical best XI.

Key Records Broken

Biggest Win: 9-0 v Leyton Orient (H), Capital One Cup, 22nd September

Highest Transfer Fee Paid: £113m for Gokhan Sargin from Real Madrid

Highest Transfer Spend in a Year: £154m

Highest Average Attendance: 34,104

Valete (Or, key departures and their career stats)

None this year.

Targets for 2054/55

Win a major trophy for the first time in three years. FAILURE although we were close.

Win the league. FAILURE - but I have high hopes for next year.

Win two trophies or more. FAILURE - and if we win the league there's a decent chance we'll win two.

Targets for 2055/56 - my top one will be a fairly attainable one, then one tougher one, and one "ideally" target.

Win a major trophy for the first time in four years.

Win the league.

Win two trophies or more.

The board are now keen to build a second new stadium - so time to start saving again after my splurge on Sargin!

Season      Division              Position     Points    Achievements
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[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10012541&viewfull=1#post10012541"]2014/15[/url]     Blue Square South         12th      59       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10014205&viewfull=1#post10014205"]2015/16[/url]     Blue Square South          7th      66       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10021040&viewfull=1#post10021040"]2016/17[/url]     Blue Square South         13th      58       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10030455&viewfull=1#post10030455"]2017/18[/url]     Blue Square South          4th      70       Lost in Playoff Semi Final.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10033072&viewfull=1#post10033072"]2018/19[/url]     Blue Square South          4th      74       Promoted via playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10046905&viewfull=1#post10046905"]2019/20[/url]     Blue Square Premier       19th      50       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10049068&viewfull=1#post10049068"]2020/21[/url]     Blue Square Premier       20th      51       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10062408&viewfull=1#post10062408"]2021/22[/url]     Blue Square Premier       13th      65       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10064465&viewfull=1#post10064465"]2022/23[/url]     Blue Square Premier       12th      65       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10066608&viewfull=1#post10066608"]2023/24[/url]     Blue Square Premier       15th      60       FA TROPHY WINNERS!
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10080053&viewfull=1#post10080053"]2024/25[/url]     Blue Square Premier        7th      70       Giantkilling (FAC - Sheff Utd, L1).
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10081623&viewfull=1#post10081623"]2025/26[/url]     Blue Square Premier        5th      76       Promoted via playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10086352&viewfull=1#post10086352"]2026/27[/url]     nPower League Two         18th      58       Closer to playoffs than relegation in first season!
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10091252&viewfull=1#post10091252"]2027/28[/url]     nPower League Two          5th      74       Two giantkillings (C1C - Brighton, CH and FAC - Orient, L1), Promoted via playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10092665&viewfull=1#post10092665"]2028/29[/url]     nPower League One          6th      70       Playoff Finalists.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/319243-dafuge-s-FM13-challenge?p=10095210&viewfull=1#post10095210"]2029/30[/url]     nPower League One          4th      74       Promoted via playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10096734&viewfull=1#post10096734"]2030/31[/url]     nPower Championship       17th      56       New stadium planned.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10099774&viewfull=1#post10099774"]2031/32[/url]     nPower Championship       13th      61       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10102032&viewfull=1#post10102032"]2032/33[/url]     nPower Championship       16th      55       Moved to Tsakiridis Arena (17.430)
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10104521&viewfull=1#post10104521"]2033/34[/url]     nPower Championship       11th      70       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10118304&viewfull=1#post10118304"]2034/35[/url]     nPower Championship        9th      65       Took Liverpool to a replay in the FA Cup.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10130243&viewfull=1#post10130243"]2035/36[/url]     nPower Championship        6th      71       FA Cup Quarter Final, Promoted via Playoffs.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10132607&viewfull=1#post10132607"]2036/37[/url]     Barclays Premier League   17th      36       Survival on goal difference.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10142756&viewfull=1#post10142756"]2037/38[/url]     Barclays Premier League   15th      43       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10144860&viewfull=1#post10144860"]2038/39[/url]     Barclays Premier League   13th      44       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10168702&viewfull=1#post10168702"]2039/40[/url]     Barclays Premier League   14th      44       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10170590&viewfull=1#post10170590"]2040/41[/url]     Barclays Premier League    6th      59       Qualified for the Europa League!
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10241046&viewfull=1#post10241046"]2041/42[/url]     Barclays Premier League   15th      42       One win from qualification in the Europa League groups.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10247878&viewfull=1#post10247878"]2042/43[/url]     Barclays Premier League   17th      38       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10252346&viewfull=1#post10252346"]2043/44[/url]     Barclays Premier League    8th      52       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10253944&viewfull=1#post10253944"]2044/45[/url]     Barclays Premier League    4th      69       Qualified for the Champions League!
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10256322&viewfull=1#post10256322"]2045/46[/url]     Barclays Premier League    7th      64       Finished top of CL group; FA Cup Runners-Up.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10258136&viewfull=1#post10258136"]2046/47[/url]     Barclays Premier League    4th      72       FA Cup Semi-Final, highest PL points tally.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10261625&viewfull=1#post10261625"]2047/48[/url]     Barclays Premier League   11th      45       None.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10265710&viewfull=1#post10265710"]2048/49[/url]     Barclays Premier League    9th      54       FA Cup Semi-Finalists.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10267780&viewfull=1#post10267780"]2049/50[/url]     Barclays Premier League    7th      65       FA CUP WINNERS!
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10269658&viewfull=1#post10269658"]2050/51[/url]     Barclays Premier League    2nd      75       Community Shield Winners. CAPITAL ONE CUP & EUROPA LEAGUE WINNERS! Highest PL points tally.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10305143&viewfull=1#post10305143"]2051/52[/url]     Barclays Premier League    3rd      83       CHAMPIONS' LEAGUE WINNERS! Highest PL points tally.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10306972&viewfull=1#post10306972"]2052/53[/url]     Barclays Premier League    2nd      83       Tsakiridis Arena Expanded (24,070), Super Cup Winners, Club World Cup Winners.
[url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/415925-FM13-Whitehawk-Down?p=10406257&viewfull=1#post10406257"]2053/54[/url]     Barclays Premier League    2nd      82       Tsakiridis Arena Expanded (34,860), Capital One Cup Finalists. 
[url="http://2054/55"]2054/55[/url]     Barclays Premier League    3rd      73       None (for the first time in a long time!).

Lenzar · October 9, 2015

What's making Chelsea so strong? Do they have three new Messis?

GreyedOutMan · October 9, 2015

Well when your front two is Kandemir and Carvalho, you're going to be pretty strong. They also have a couple of old Whitehawks - Angel Lobo who was a late bloomer and is now one of the top midfielders around, and a 35 year old Antonio Grgic (remember him?!), who ain't half bad. But I would suggest Kandemir and Carvalho are a big part of it....

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