FM20 British and Irish Steel Challenge

[iamnobody]

When you have no transfer money and no wage budget in a semi-pro league with part-time contracts, I find the first season is about survival while you play with the deadwood someone else brought in.  After last season I ended up bringing in 9 players and getting rid of 5.  I also switch tactics to a flat 4-4-2.  The media said I would end up 8^th.  Here is how to year went

·         President of the club stepped down.

·         New President got rid of our debts (we were over 100k in the red), but no new money for wages and no transfer money (still). 

·         Finished 2^nd in the league

·         Had three players break the record for league goals.

·         Had the top scoring team by almost 20 goals

In the home match in the promotion match against the 9^th play in the Irish Premier Division we tripped our attendance record from 541 to 1479.  The saw us win 1-0 and in the return leg we won promotion to the Irish Premier League after winning in penalties 7-6.  Talk about a heart attack of a game. 

 

[Zilla Blitz]

9 hours ago, NoNonsenseFM said:

It's taken 2 weeks but I have a new job. I'm off to England with FC United of Manchester in the National League North

That'd be a fun team, especially because you can combine it with trying to take down Man U.

Good luck!

[iamnobody]

I love that in my first league match in the Premier Division in 7 years my team set an attendance low.  208 showed up to watch the season opener.

[Zilla Blitz]

Year 1: 2020-21 Summary
Season Review | Table | Manager Profile 

Season Notes
I started with Nuneaton Town in the Vanarama National League North at the beginning of the 2020 season. We were slated for relegation as a newly promoted team, but had a handful of decent players on the team and over £4k in wage room. We started out the season horribly and sat in 21st place after 18 matches. But our reinforcements started clicking and led us on a long charge through the middle of the season that saw us rise to 7th place. We hung on to that playoff spot for the back third of the season, but got eliminated in the first round of the playoffs. We’ll be back next year.

Scoreboard
England: 0/12
Scotland: 0/7
Ireland: 0/8
Northern Ireland: 0/10
Wales: 0/5
European/World: 0/5
International: 0/3
Total: 0/50

At a Glance

Video Playlist

[Zilla Blitz]

Year 2: 2021-22 Summary
Season Review | Table | Manager Profile

Season Notes
Nuneaton Town’s board challenged the team to make the playoffs, but the team exceeded expectations in every way. New signings blended well with returning players, and victories came in bunches. In the second month, Nuneaton reached first place, which it held for the remainder of the campaign. By the end, the team set league records for wins and points, and topped the campaign off with a surprising FA Trophy Cup win to earn the double. The two accomplishments give us our first two points in the British & Irish Steel Challenge! Woot! Progress! Only 48 more to go!

Now new challenges await, as the club must navigate the tricky waters of promotion, and will go from big fish in a little pond to little fish in a big pond. Onward to Season 3! 

Scoreboard
England: 2/12 (National North 20-21, FA Trophy Cup 20-21)
Scotland: 0/7
Ireland: 0/8
Northern Ireland: 0/10
Wales: 0/5
European/World: 0/5
International: 0/3
Total: 2/50

Year-By-Year

Season 2 Wrap Up Video

 

Edited January 10, 2020 by Zilla Blitz

[alan_strong1983]

I have tried this on previous editions of the game and is always a fun challenge that I am yet to complete. 
 

will be starting my career tonight determined to complete it this year

[Zilla Blitz]

Year 2: 2022-23 Summary
 Table | Manager Profile

Season Notes
Consecutive championships, woot! Although our Cup success was off from the previous year, we can only be thrilled with gaining promotion to League 2 and to be going professional. 

We picked up a number of awards in the post-season. I received the National League Manager of the Year award, which added a bit of gold to my reputation stars. Yassine En-Nayeh picked up National League Player of the Year. Jack Bearne also go National League Goal of the Season (for a goal that really didn’t strike me as being all that exceptional).

But there is hardly a day of rest of us, as the day after our clinching match against Macclesfield Town, the board approached me about going professional, which will officially take place on June 12. We’ll have a lot of work to do in the off season. We’ll need to switch everyone over to full-time contracts, find new and improved players for League 2, expand our stadium seating, and hopefully pry some money out of Chairman Jimmy’s hands for an increased wage budget. Initial projections for a wage budget would put us second to last in wages in the National League, which would be a huge challenge in trying to stay up.

It promises to be a busy summer!

Scoreboard
England: 3/12 (National North 21-22, FA Trophy Cup 21-22, National 22-23)
Scotland: 0/7
Ireland: 0/8
Northern Ireland: 0/10
Wales: 0/5
European/World: 0/5
International: 0/3
Total: 2/50

Year-By-Year

Season 3 Wrap Up Video

 

[Zilla Blitz]

Oops! I signed a Belgian player by mistake and played him, so I'm out. No worries, I'm thinking that at the pace I'm going I never would have made it anyway. Fun times, though. Good luck to any who give it a go!

[kahuna399]

I have only just discovered this, going to give it a go, pray for me

[kahuna399]

So this is it, Wish me luck

[kahuna399]

First Season done and I'm delight to knock 3 trophies off my list. Going to resign now and see if there is any obvious moves i can secure, but with sunday league rep it may not be so easy to pick up a club that was built for success like bangor....

[kahuna399]

Next stage of the challenge is to try and knock the Cymru South off the list and nearly have wales done, Llantwit Major is the place we shall attempt this

[goalfartlek]

Decided to try this challenege  and went on holiday for the first year to change the landscape a bit before applying for jobs. 

Despite having been turned down by Oxford City in the Vanarama National League South, for some reason Ireland decided I was the man for the job so my first job will be an international one.

 

[NoNonsenseFM]

Apologies for the radio silence in here. I started the thread and due to work and personal reasons I've gone quiet. Things have picked up now so I'm back and going to give this challenge a restart

[NoNonsenseFM]

A new start!

[Gonner]

I have started a thread with this Challenge, over here : https://community.sigames.com/topic/521753-fm20-conquering-the-british-isles/

 

I have used part of your presentation for the trophies (thanks!), although I have noted one small mistake, the Northern Irish Charity Shield is no longer played. But to keep the numbers of trophies at an even 50, I have decided to count the Irish Champions Cup twice, with an Irish or with a Northern Irish team !

[fmguy1]

Hi, I want to do this kind of save  for fm22, why's olympics not on competitions list?

[vikeologist]

22 hours ago, fmguy1 said:

Hi, I want to do this kind of save  for fm22, why's Olympics not on competitions list?

Apart from other possible things, Great Britain can't enter a men's team for the Olympics.

[fmguy1]

On 26/10/2021 at 09:45, vikeologist said:

Apart from other possible things, Great Britain can't enter a men's team for the Olympics.

Seriously? The women's can

 

[vikeologist]

23 minutes ago, fmguy1 said:

Seriously? The women's can

 

Yes. There was one men's team for 2012, when London was the host, but the individual football federations won't allow it for men ever again. 

[dartfm]

Looking to do this on FM22 has anyone got a full updated list of trophies, or know the best way to find them all so I don't miss any

[fmguy1]

On 09/11/2021 at 18:20, dartfm said:

Looking to do this on FM22 has anyone got a full updated list of trophies, or know the best way to find them all so I don't miss any

Just the ones on this list except the NI supercup