The FM22 Youth Academy Challenge

[Elsjorro]

So after completing this challenge in FM21 2 times ( England and Holland) i gave it another go. Last year i didnt update here, this year the same story. 

 

But i want my name on that Hall of Fame list. So here it goes. BIG SPOILER ALERT: I completed it. Ill update it 2 seasons at a time. Please forgive me the fact the language is dutch

 

So, we needed a new country. France seemed like a good starting point. We did the vacation thingy and the club that popped up was: Vendée Les Herbiers Football

 

So, season 2022-2023:

 

So, we begin with the transfers: Nothing to state there

 

We got rid of some players that wouldnt make minutes.

 

So, preview time:

 

 

So, 3 times a 9 seems pretty decent. Only star wise, its a very bad preview. Lets see where it takes us:

 

 

Yeah, pretty much complete garbage:

 

 

 

So, how did the first season go?

 

 

Pretty ffing decent to be fair. We get a promotion on the very last day. Look at this:

 

 

 

Pretty wild to take a 0-1 and our competition all loose points. Carneiro, by far our best player, was the man.

 

Season stats:

 

 

Banvo was a pretty decent striker for this league to be fair. He will be an important player for the next years.

So, right away i get some money and try to put it in the youth. The board accepts and we up it a point. 

 

Also, we are going pro:

 

 

 

Season 2023-2024:

 

So, first season in the Ligue 2. How did it go?

 

Pretty decent to be fair. We finished 12th with 9 points clear of regulation. Sometimes it was hard, but then there was Banvo, who scored some goals. Sometimes we got nice runs, winning from Auxerre, Pau and Rouen. Pretty happy about this.

 

Then, the moment comes: Preview time:

 

So this time, we only get 1x 9. But the intake itself has the full 5 stars. Can't wait to see what that will bring

 

 

 

ELITE TALENTS. We like to see ELITE talents. To be fair, i know what is going to happen. So let me tell u: Manceau and Atif are absolute beastssssss.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Season stats:

 

 

Banvo went absolutly crazy. 

 

Transfers:

 

 

So, at this time we have a pretty decent amount of cash. I want to get those wonderkids as fast as possible, so i went the full summer into the chairmans room and this is what the result was:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stay tuned for more seasons./

[OlivierL]

3 minutes ago, libbyshuss said:

holy moly!

Hertha Berlin just triggered the release clause for my best player. £33m! looks like they got a bargain....

What a great player !

[DazRTaylor]

End of Season Review

Season 2022/23

Brickfield Rangers

Season Summary

A season for the ages.  A completely unexpected promotion together with a good cup run meant we had an amazing campaign.

Season Details

League Table - We were never top until the end of the season, where we secured an unexpected promotion.

League Fixtures 1 & 2 - We were just so consistent.  Winning games we had no right to win.

JD Welsh Cup - A terrific cup run that was ended at the quarter final stage, going out on penalties after a draw at home to fellow JD Cymru North side Colwyn Bay.

Nathaniel MG Cup - Unlike the main domestic cup, we went out at the first hurdle.  Though just like the main domestic cup, we went out at home on penalties to another JD Cymru North side, this time Flint Town United.

Friendlies - It was a very tough pre season campaign as we won only one match.

Squad - The youth intake has raised the quality of our squad considerably.

Squad Dynamics - As lovely as you would expect.

Transfers In - None.

Transfers Out - Just the one departure, a fringe player, striker Lewis Parry, departing on a free transfer to English side Workington Town.

Youth Candidates - It was a wonderful intake, with left winger Shawn Conkleton YP23A1 looking like the best prospect out of a terrific group of players.

Finances - We did lose money this year and are in the red as a result.

Key Players

Aaron White - On the field, he was our best field, performing the midfield orchestrator role with aplomb.

Iolo Jones - The Welsh right back had a sensational campaign.

Elliott Lloyd - He was an absolute rock in central defence.

Jardel Lima Teixeira - Comfortable on either wing or up front, the Portuguese twenty three year old had a great season.

Matthew Cook - Playing the anchor role in midfield, the veteran roled back the years with his performances.

Next Season

Survival.  Anything else is a bonus.

Personal Coaching Data

Season    Reputation           Qualifications     Att   Def   Fit   GkD   GkH   GkS   Tac   Tec   Men   WWY   Ada   Det   PlK   YoK   LoD   MaM   Mot
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At start  Minimal   (0.25*)    None                 1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     4     1     1     1     4     1     1     1
2022/23   Minimal = (1.00*) ↑  National B ↑↑        5 ↑   5 ↑   2 ↑   1 =   1 =   1 =   6 ↑   6 ↑   5 ↑   4 =   1 =   4 ↑   4 ↑   6 ↑  11 ↑   6 ↑   6 ↑

Club Facilities

Season     Training Facilities  Youth Facilities  Corporate Facilities  Junior Coaching  Youth Recruitment  Club Reputation
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
At Start   Basic                Below Average     Adequate              Average          Fairly Basic       Local      (0.50*)
2022/23    Basic =              Below Average =   Adequate =            Adequate ↑       Adequate     ↑     Regional ↑ (0.50*) =

Season Record

Season     Played     Won     Drawn     Lost     Goals For     Goals Against     Goal Difference     Win Percentage
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2022/23      34        21        6        7          62              25                 +37              61.76%

Overall Career Record

After Season   Played     Won     Drawn     Lost     Goals For     Goals Against     Goal Difference     Win Percentage     Time At Club
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2022/23          34        21        6        7          62              25                 +37              61.76%             301 days

Transfer Sale Record

Date               Player                         Position               Club Sold To                 Country                   Transfer Fee
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Trophy Haul

Season     Competition Won
--------------------------
2022/23    JD Cymru North

Trophy Cabinet

League Titles
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1 x JD Cymru North (2022/23)

Cup Competition Victories
-------------------------

Career Overview

Season     Champions League    Europa League    Europa Conference League             League                   Position     JD Welsh Cup     Nathaniel MG Cup                   Achievements
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2022/23           N/a               N/a                    N/a                       JD Cymru North              1st       Quarter Final    First Round                        Promoted as champions.

Record Number of Appearances (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Appearances
---------------------------------------------------------------------
2022/23    Shawn Conkleton YP23A1                    4

Record Goal Scorer (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Goals
---------------------------------------------------------------
2022/23    Shawn Conkleton YP23A1                 5

Record Number of Assists (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Assists
-----------------------------------------------------------------
2022/23    Harry Hewitt YP23E5                     2
2022/23    Harry Peate YP23D4                      2

Record Number of Clean Sheets (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Clean Sheets
----------------------------------------------------------------------
2022/23    Mike Halliwell YP23K11                     2

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 9, 2022 by DazRTaylor

[JAwtunes]

 

Cardiff Corinthians - Season 7 (2028/29) Review

Competitions

This was by far our most successful season.  We managed to finish 2nd behind TNS, but were pushed hard by Bala Town and Connah's Quay up until the final game of the season.  Our league finish means we are now guaranteed European football again next season, which makes it three appearances in four seasons and should help bring in some much needed money.  Attendances are woeful in Wales, even for TNS, so European prize money looks like the only way to boost our finances.

We managed to beat TNS in the final of the League Cup on penalties.  It was a really tough game and they did out play us in normal time.  We tried to mark their star players of the the game but they just battered us in most of the highlights.  We did seem to pick up a winning goal with the last touch of the game but as I was celebrating like a kid on xmas morning, the screen quickly switched to the penalty takers... so I guess it must have been ruled out for offside.

Our Welsh Cup run was decent.  We made it to the Quarter Finals where we met TNS and this time lost on penalties.

Our second appearance in Europe saw us knockout Fola Esch of Luxembourg in the Europa Conference League First Qualifying Round.  We were drawn against Maritimo from Portugal (a decent professional team).  They were just far too strong for us and we lost the tie on aggregate but did manage to pick up an incredible 3-1 win at 'home' (well, at the Cardiff City Stadium in front of nearly 1,700 fan - our record attendance!).

Oh, and our reputation is now 1 star (Local) so hopefully we might see a few more fans at our games and perhaps an increase in merchandise sales (we hit £300 last season)

Premier League - 2nd (qualified for the Europa Conference League via league position)

Welsh Cup - Quarter Final

League Cup - Winners on penalties in the final against TNS

Spoiler

League

League - Player records:

Welsh Cup:

Welsh League Cup:

Players - This is how we lined up this season.

Spoiler

For the first time in several season the Young PotY and Fans PotY didn't go to a centre back.  Instead, and unsurprisingly given his incredible goal scoring record, it went to our striker (our very own E Haaland).  Robbie Gordon 28i came through in last years intake and is already breaking records and even won the young PotY award in the Welsh league after finishing as the top scorer.  I am butchering his technical attributes as I never seem to be able to train these, especially at part-time level, but thankfully his mentals and physicals aren't dipping.

Spoiler

I wanted to track Gordon (and a few others) in a bit more detail, and as I have all the visible attributes in my spreadsheet I have created a little worksheet to just look at changes season on season.  This is how Gordon developed, if that's the right word, between the end of last season and now.  I was really hoping he might put on a bit of weight and strength so I can pretend he is just a poor mans Haaland

Youth Intake

We were told to expect an Excellent 4.5star intake.  The intake came through and was described as a potential golden generation (5star).  However, the intake was the worst in about 4 seasons with no players likely to make much of an impact.

Spoiler

Intake Preview

Intake

Facilities and Youth Spend

I was disappointed in our intake as we have had two increases in our youth recruitment spend, and quite significant increases too.  We had an increase from Basic to Fairly Basic in April of last season, so a couple of months after the 2028 intake.  We then had another one (from Fairly Basic to Adequate) this season before our intake.  I think these changes have an immediate impact (pretty sure that's what I have seen from SI on this forum before). However, SI are now talking about a lead-in time for HoyD impacts so perhaps the same is true to facility and youth spend.

Spoiler

Youth Recruitment

Affiliates

Still affiliated with Undy AFC and Bangor 1876 in Wales.  Bangor finished second in the Cymru North last season and Undy 6th in the Cymru South.

Spoiler

Player Records

SUMMARY

 

WALES National Team

Currently 3rd in their WC qualifying group after just 2 games.  Amazingly they are behind the mighty San Marino (I s**t you not!!!), who have a 100% win record... so 2 wins!

Spoiler

Wales are still pretty rubbish but have managed a few decent results this season:

Wales have a group they should be competitive in.  Hopefully they will secure WC qualification.

Spoiler

Super San Marino.  Kind of wish they would add a second domestic tier as they are clearly a super power built for a good youth only save!

Spoiler

Ben Davies is still the most capped player and has doubled his goal tally this season

 

Edited September 9, 2022 by JAwtunes

[XaW]

          

XaW - Whitehawk Football Club - Season 2024/25 - Vanarama National League South

Squad | Transfers | Finances

Well, that's a very successful season, I'd say! I didn't expect us to go up on the first try, but here we are. One thing about the team though, we are a very streaky side. We can win 8 in a row and then lose 5 on the trot. So we really need to work on our consistency going forward, I think. And the intake was really poor, so I hope it can be improved next time... Due to the promotion we have had to expand the stadium, and a fair chunk is being payed by a government grant.

FA Cup: We beat Corinthian-Casuals, Chippenham Town, and Torquay United before we lost to Harrogate Town in the 1st round.
FA Trophy: We beat Bristol MF before we lost to Tonbridge Angels in the 3rd round.

U23 Team:

They only played friendlies this season. Not in a league yet.

U18 Team:

They finished 11th in the National U18 League South East this season, quite decent for mostly greys.

FA Youth Cup: They beat Sholing, Frome Town, Dartford, and Welwyn Garden before losing to Gillingham in the 2nd round.  

Youth intake:

Trophy cabinet

None

Player statistics:

Most apps for the clubs

Name			Nation		2nd Nation	Apps
-------------------------------------------------------------
Jack Beeney 25a		England		None		8
Mikey Gay 25h		England		Scotland	3
Mohamed Kamara 25c	England		Liberia		1

Most goals for the club

Name			Nation		2nd Nation	Goals
-------------------------------------------------------------
Mikey Gay 25h		England		Scotland	1

Most assists for the club

Name			Nation		2nd Nation	Assists
-------------------------------------------------------------
None

[Cheez3y]

I think its time for me to finish this years FM circle with a proper attempt of the youth challenge.

 

I decided to try the marathon again with Campinense in Brazil.

Alteast 60 games per season average. 

 

 

Spoiler

 

[JAwtunes]

9 minutes ago, Cheez3y said:

Alteast 60 games per season average

I'd still be that save when FM24 rolls around, let alone FM23!

[JAwtunes]

Pretty much sums up the welsh premier league

[darren1983]

OK well after much stopping and starting it's time for me to return home (in an FM sense, it's actually the other end of the country for me) with South Shields. Profile

[Daddy]

2025/26 Midseason Review:

I went into the season hoping to avoid relegation. While we've come back down to earth a bit after a pretty hot start. The goal is still to stay up, but if there is a chance to finish in top 5 and get some extra cash and rep why not. 

Intake Preview:

We seem to get a fair amount of Keepers thus far, so I'm hoping for some other positions to come through.

[andreidvb]

 

FM22 Youth Academy Challenge

Hitchin Town FC

Season 1 2022/2023

19th Place Vanama National League South

 

Club History

Manager profile

Season 1 Summary

 

Transfers

 

Squad

 

 

Youth Intake

 

 

 

 

[Daddy]

2025/26 Season Review: 

At the midpoint we were sitting pretty good with a chance at some European play. I had forgotten to check up on expiring contracts. I get the email to the effect of X player has six months left blah blah. Immediately followed by him getting pelted with transfer offers and now due to interest being unwilling to sign a new contract. With money still tight I felt I had to take the best I could, which wasn't great. However he was my striker and the only guy really scoring for us. Only scored 17 goals in 18 matches after that with 6 shutouts. Form and morale tanked and now the bad teams are beating us 3-0. Fortunately we were so far ahead in points that we get to stay up and get the extra money this league has.

While we were on a roll in the first half I got a bunch of stuff approved. There's also a Youth Facilities upgrade in the works. 

Youth Intake:

Some decent potential players, but a lot at the bottom weren't worth signing. I'm now desperate for a striker and none of these have striker potential.

2026/27 Season Preview:

I'm going to do some tactic tweaking to see if I can get any goals out of this group, but if we can't score I don't see how we stay up.

[libbyshuss]

Those kits are amazing! your best yet!

 

i need to get that up and going again, some of the kits you'd get were great

[br00kster]

Stop the count!

[Cheez3y]

And we start with a GG.

I would love to get a GK very early.

[Cheez3y]

Campinense Clube - Youth Intake 2022

Decent first intake.

I take Tibero in a heart beat, since our backup keeper torn his ACL and our main keeper is 35.

Also we got a Schumacher, thats always good.

 

At the time we took over, the AI generated 9 regens.

First player from Pernambuco in this intake.

 

Youth Intake Map - 2022

Spoiler

 

Youth Intake Map - All

Spoiler

 

 

Edited September 11, 2022 by Cheez3y

[Daddy]

17 hours ago, libbyshuss said:

Those kits are amazing! your best yet!

 

i need to get that up and going again, some of the kits you'd get were great

I still prefer kit basher, but this site looks pretty good for kit creation: https://fmkitcreator.com/

I played with it for a few minutes, but it didn't really click for me. 

[andreidvb]

 

FM22 Youth Academy Challenge

Hitchin Town FC

Season 2 2023/2024

11th Place Vanama National League North

 

Season 2 Summary

Transfers

Squad

Youth Intake

[Cheez3y]

Campinense Clube - Season Review 2022

 

Media Prediction // Transfers // Released

 

Upgrades/Downgrades/Misc.

National C Licence // YR - Adequate > Average // New Contract

 

Copa do Nordeste

We got all the way into the quarter final of the Copa do Nordeste.

 

Spoiler

 

 

Copa do Brasil

In the main cup the Copa do Brasil we got in the 3rd round.

This meant we got some really nice prize money, like 600k in total for all round.

 

Spoiler

 

Paraiba State Championship

After 6 years we brough finally the State Championship back to Campinense.

 

Spoiler

 

 

Serie C

And we won the Serie C and got promoted in the first try.

I kinda expect that from my previous attempt.

 

Spoiler

 

 

 

 

 

FInances are looking bad.

But this will change once we are in Serie A.

 

Spoiler

 

We got two keepers breaking in next season.

 

 

Our reputation increased to 2,5.

 

Previous Posts:

Start // Intake 2022

 

Edited September 11, 2022 by Cheez3y

[Cheez3y]

I forgot, we "only" played 57 games this season.

Edited September 11, 2022 by Cheez3y

[darren1983]

South Shields Season 2022/23 Review - Vanarama National League North

 

League - A strange season, we started Ok but couldn't really put a run of form together but as the team learned my tactic and gelled we kicked on, we were always in the top 3 or 4 but at times there was 3 points between 1st and 7th so everyone was a bit all over the place. With around 10 games to go there was a clear top 3 of us, York and Hereford and by sheer luck we all played each other in the space of a bout a week. York beat Hereford, Hereford beat us and we beat York to leave it pretty much as we were  I did think the Hereford defeat would cost us we were 1-1 when they had a man sent off just before the hour, battered them for 30 mins and then they broke from our corner and we gave away a 90th minute pen to lose. York fell away so came down to Hereford and us, they stumble with only 2 ins in their final 7 games but we only won 4 of those 7! Final day were joint top but they had a much better GD. We needed to better their result and we won1-0 away to 9th placed Gloucester and to my shock they lost 1-0 away to 18th placed Southport to give us the title and promotion. They also lost in the playoff semi final to continue their awful run in.

FA Cup -  Harsh draw away to Wrexham knocked us out early. We hung in but 2 goals in the final 10 mins wrapped it up for them

FA Trophy - Wish I could say I rotated here but Boston smashed us, we had a man sent off at 0-0 after 30 mins that didn't help and we never recovered from that

Transfers -  I inherited a big squad so was able to move a couple on to bring in some funds

Squad - Having experience of this side I knew who the key players were and got them tied down to long term new deals as soon as I took over so we should be OK for a couple season while the youth develop

Youth Intake - Our first intake isn't bad for this level but some very poor personalities so that's something I'll be looking at going forward

Brian O'Hanlon YP01A - Wide option even though he's meant to be a ST
Justin Harris YP01B - Could be a decent little box to box player for us in our system 
Oscar Wilkinson YP01C - Wide option, like his physicals for the role
Mat Brennan YP01D - Like above, a wide option that is meant to be a ST
Peter Bartlett YP01E - OK looking RB 

Career Overview

Season		League			Position	Notes
2022/23		NLN			1st		Champions, started first coaching badge

 

[XaW]

           

XaW - Whitehawk Football Club - Season 2025/26 - Vanarama National League

Squad | Transfers | Finances

Wow, that was a close call! Still, we survived, and we live to fight another day. I'm more than happy with the season overall, as I really don't think we have the squad to compete here. And the youth intakes are quite poor, so the level of kids are not really good enough. With us also losing money, I'm in a bit of a pickle here with no real way out. I have to hope for a massive cup run or something while we try to cling on here at this level.

FA Cup: We beat Stratford Town and Chelmsford City before we lost to AFC Wimbledon in the 2nd round. 
FA Trophy: We beat Maidstone United before we lost to Boreham Wood in the 4th round.

U23 Team:

They only played friendlies this season. Not in a league yet.

U18 Team:

They finished 2nd in the National U18 League South East this season. A very close call to becoming champion there.

FA Youth Cup: They beat Chesham United and Farnborough before they lost to Oxford United in the 1st round. 

Youth intake:

Trophy cabinet

None

Player statistics:

Most apps for the clubs

Name			Nation		2nd Nation	Apps
-------------------------------------------------------------
Jack Beeney 25a		England		None		48
Mikey Gay 25h		England		Scotland	34
Joe Dwyer 25b		England		None		18
Luke Jones 25e		Wales		None		15
Mohamed Kamara 25c	England		Liberia		11

Most goals for the club

Name			Nation		2nd Nation	Goals
-------------------------------------------------------------
Jack Beeney 25a		England		None		5
Luke Jones 25e		Wales		None		2
Mikey Gay 25h		England		Scotland	2
Joe Dwyer 25b		England		None		1

Most assists for the club

Name			Nation		2nd Nation	Assists
-------------------------------------------------------------
Jack Beeney 25a		England		None		3
Joe Dwyer 25b		England		None		2
Luke Jones 25e		Wales		None		2
Kevin Yates 25i		England		None		1

[libbyshuss]

Croatia

Premier Division

2046/47

Season Summary

A frustrating season. Before the season started we lost our best player Patrick Radosevic 42A for 33m - he's now 30th best player in the world apparently! If that wasn't bad enough 3 others threw their toys out the pram when I turned down offers for them, so all my time in pre-season was spent fighting fires. It sent morale plummeting.

league - we did ok, considering, but we drew far too many matches. we were still looking on track for a Champions League place when 3 dodgy results sent us crasing down to fifth with two to play. against the sides in first and second!

so obviously we won them both, had other results go our way, and stole second!

Champions League - eeep. I thought we might have chance as we got a favourable draw. Straight into the group stage with Genoa, Monaco and Manchester City. I was hopeful of picking up a couple of good results but it turns out we could barely scrape a draw and finished bottom of the table

 

Players

So how did we fill the gap left by Patrick Radosevic 42A? With Milan Ilic 42B! Turns out he's a wonderkid too! albeit one with a very small release fee of 20m and PSG sniffing around... He is interested in signing a new contract, but only with a smaller release fee!

I don't think we'll see him much longer, sadly

 

Youth

So after two terrible youth intakes I could really do with a good one. Preview was promising!

5 star golden generation promised!

Which didn't materialise but as a consolation prize two elite talents with fairly professional personalities. Lovely stuff!

 

physicals need a bit of work but there's some nice technicals in there.

 

Finances and Upgrades

So we got loads and loads of money, thanks to the Champions League. Still no sign of being allowed to upgrade our Youth Facilities though so I got a couple of affiliates in instead, including Liverpool FC of Uruguay.

We have so much money that we have this absurdity with our wages:-

lol!

Career

 

 

 

 

Edited September 11, 2022 by libbyshuss

[Daddy]

2026/27 Midseason Review:

I knew it would be tough and unless someone stepped up scoring would be a challenge. That's comes to pass, but what I wasn't expecting was the defense to be so bad. I switched to a more defensive minded tactics and I've noticed some improvement. I'm going to keep tweaking it to hopefully be able to stay up another season. 

Intake Preview:

It's nice to see so many A rated positions but man I need one to be able to play striker. Someone somewhere to score.

[XaW]

            

XaW - Whitehawk Football Club - Season 2026/27 - Vanarama National League

Squad | Transfers | Finances

We finished well clear of relegation, and I think that's the best I could hope for at the moment. We are still losing money and the intakes keeps being underwhelming, so on we go!

FA Cup: We beat Hendon before we lost to Accrington Stanley in the 1st round.
FA Trophy: We beat Bowers & Pitsea, Billericay Town, and Yeovil Town before we lost to Solihull Moors in the quarter final.

U23 Team:

They only played friendlies this season. Not in a league yet.

U18 Team:

They finished 3rd in the National U18 League South East this season.

FA Youth Cup: They beat Alvechurch and Burgess Hill before losing to MK Dons in the 1st round.

Youth intake:

Trophy cabinet

None

Player statistics:

Most apps for the clubs

Name			Nation		2nd Nation	Apps
-------------------------------------------------------------
Jack Beeney 25a		England		None		91
Mikey Gay 25h		England		Scotland	77
Joe Dwyer 25b		England		None		47
Mohamed Kamara 25c	England		Liberia		27
Liam Burns 26a		England		None		27

Most goals for the club

Name			Nation		2nd Nation	Goals
-------------------------------------------------------------
Jack Beeney 25a		England		None		9
Mikey Gay 25h		England		Scotland	5
Joe Dwyer 25b		England		None		2
Luke Jones 25e		Wales		None		2

Most assists for the club

Name			Nation		2nd Nation	Assists
-------------------------------------------------------------
Jack Beeney 25a		England		None		7
Joe Dwyer 25b		England		None		4
Luke Jones 25e		Wales		None		2
Liam Burns 26a		England		None		2
Mikey Gay 25h		England		Scotland	1

[Daddy]

2026/27 Season Review:

That was a rough season to get though. Last match of the season with relegation on the line against Grasshoppers. Down 1-0 so I crank it up to Very attacking and knock in two goals to stay up and send them down. We gave to most goals and scored the fewest. I tried all sorts of things tactically and I just couldn't get anything to get the team flowing. The main goal was to stay up and get that bonus money to keep from being too far in the hole.

The one thing I can say is the board have been generous with some upgrades and coaching courses. 

Youth Intake:

Some good talent here, and though he's fairly underwhelming overall Y27I has solid technical skills for a striker for what I need. However, the mental and physical are lacking. He has potential, but not the best personality. He's going to get plenty of playing time. 

2027/28 Season Preview:

At the end of the last season I went through all my legacy players in their late 20s and some now in early 30s. If their average rating for the year was below 6.7 I either sold them for whatever I could get or just dumped them. If that team could barely stay up, those players weren't likely to do anything to help us stay in the league after this year. I made the decision that if we're doomed for relegation let it be with the players that will hopefully develop into the future of the club. Hopefully there are younger players stepping up and their development takes off and we survive easy. Realistically I expect a bloodbath of a season.

[br00kster]

10 hours ago, Daddy said:

2026/27 Season Review:

That was a rough season to get though. Last match of the season with relegation on the line against Grasshoppers. Down 1-0 so I crank it up to Very attacking and knock in two goals to stay up and send them down. We gave to most goals and scored the fewest. I tried all sorts of things tactically and I just couldn't get anything to get the team flowing. The main goal was to stay up and get that bonus money to keep from being too far in the hole.

The one thing I can say is the board have been generous with some upgrades and coaching courses. 

Youth Intake:

Some good talent here, and though he's fairly underwhelming overall Y27I has solid technical skills for a striker for what I need. However, the mental and physical are lacking. He has potential, but not the best personality. He's going to get plenty of playing time. 

2027/28 Season Preview:

At the end of the last season I went through all my legacy players in their late 20s and some now in early 30s. If their average rating for the year was below 6.7 I either sold them for whatever I could get or just dumped them. If that team could barely stay up, those players weren't likely to do anything to help us stay in the league after this year. I made the decision that if we're doomed for relegation let it be with the players that will hopefully develop into the future of the club. Hopefully there are younger players stepping up and their development takes off and we survive easy. Realistically I expect a bloodbath of a season.

That goal difference for the bottom three is insane! Congratulations on survival.

[DazRTaylor]

I have returned to an old save as I love The Netherlands.  Why start a new game when I have one already?

Youth Candidates

Season 2026/27

SV Kozakken Boys

It was anothere good preview:

The intake did not disappoint with plenty of great talents coming through.

[DazRTaylor]

End of Season Review

Season 2026/27

SV Kozakken Boys

 

Season Summary

It was our best season to date, with a club record fifth place finish, which qualified us foir the promotion playoffs, together with our best cup run to date.

Season Details

League Table - We finished fifth and qualified for the promotion playoffs.  We were always in the top half or thereabouts.

League Fixtures 1 & 2 - We won so many games we had no right to win, we were always punching above our weight.

Promotion Playoffs - It was heartbreaking as we lost on the away goals rule to NAC Breda, after a two all aggregate scroeline over the two legs in the first round.

TOTO KNVB Beker - It was our best cup run to date as we reached the third round for the first time before getting hammered at home by top flight giants Feyenoord.

Friendlies - Despite a tough pre season campaign, the fact we only lost two games was very pleasing.

Squad - Our squad continues to improve though we are not good enough to go up just yet.

Squad Dynamics - After such a good campaign, this is rather good.

Transfers In - None.

Transfers Out - There was just the one departure, a youngster to get some first team football.

Youth Candidates - A very strong intake was topped with right winger Özgür Mutlu YP27A33 who looks like has the potential to be exceptional.

Finances - We lost money this year though we are still in the black.

Key Players

Mike van de Meulenhof - He is always reliable when called upon and our goalkeeper is called upong regularly.

Gianni Vandepitte - The central midfielder continued to develop and has become on of our most consistent performers.

Miraç Akdeniz - Our Turkish striker continues to get better and hit an impressive 23 goals in 41 appareances.

Fabian Korporaal - Our midfield anchor was our best player this season.

Paulo Roberto YP25A1 - The first regular starter from our academy, the right winger is not as consistent as I would like though he is still very young.  He broke his leg in the last playoff game and is out until Christmas.

Next Season

A repeat of this year would be great though I fear we overachieved somewhat, so a mid table finish would be good.

Personal Coaching Data

Season     Reputation            Qualifications     Att   Def   Fit   GkD   GkH   GkS   Tac   Tec   Men   WWY   Ada   Det   PlK   YoK   LoD   MaM   Mot
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
At start   Minimal   (0.25*)     None                 1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     4     1     1     1     4     1     1     1
2024/25    Minimal = (0.50*) ↑   National C      ↑    4 ↑   5 ↑   1 =   1 =   1 =   1 =   4 ↑   5 ↑   4 ↑   4 =   1 =   4 ↑   5 ↑   5 ↑   7 ↑   4 ↑   5 ↑
2025/26    Minimal = (1.50*) ↑   Continental C ↑↑↑    8 ↑   8 ↑   3 ↑   1 =   1 =   2 ↑   8 ↑   8 ↑   8 ↑   7 ↑   1 =   6 ↑   7 ↑   7 ↑  18 ↑  10 ↑   8 ↑
2026/27    Minimal = (2.00*) ↑   Continental B   ↑   10 ↑  10 ↑   4 ↑   1 =   1 =   2 =  10 ↑  10 ↑  10 ↑   7 =   1 =   8 ↑   9 ↑   9 ↑  19 ↑  12 ↑  10 ↑

Club Facilities

Season     Training Facilities  Youth Facilities  Corporate Facilities  Junior Coaching  Youth Recruitment  Club Reputation
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
At Start   Poor                 Poor              Fairly Basic          Fairly Basic     Basic              Regional   (1.50*)
2024/25    Poor          =      Poor  =           Fairly Basic =        Adequate      ↑  Fairly Basic  ↑    Regional = (1.50*) =
2025/26    Below Average ↑      Basic ↑           Fairly Basic =        Excellent    ↑↑  Good         ↑↑    Regional = (1.50*) =
2026/27    Below Average =      Basic =           Fairly Basic =        Excellent     =  Good          =    Regional = (1.50*) =

Season Record

Season     Played     Won     Drawn     Lost     Goals For     Goals Against     Goal Difference     Win Percentage
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2024/25      40        13       10       17          62              70                  -8              32.50%
2025/26      40        16        8       16          69              70                  -1              40.00% ↑
2026/27      43        23        9       11          88              57                 +31              53.49% ↑

Overall Career Record

After Season   Played     Won     Drawn     Lost     Goals For     Goals Against     Goal Difference     Win Percentage     Time At Club
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2024/25          40        13       10       17          62              70                  -8              32.50%             307 days
2025/26          80        29       18       33         131             140                  -9              36.25% ↑           664 days
2026/27         123        52       27       44         219             197                 +22              42.28% ↑         1,064 days

Transfer Sale Record

Date               Player                    Position               Club Sold To                 Country                   Transfer Fee
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Trophy Haul

Season     Competition Won
--------------------------

Trophy Cabinet

League Titles
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Cup Competition Victories
-------------------------

Career Overview

Season     Champions League    Europa League    Europa Conference League             League                             Position     TOTO KNVB Beker                    Achievements
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2024/25           N/a               N/a                    N/a                       Keuken Kampioen Divisie              15th       Second Round                       A comfortable season.
2025/26           N/a               N/a                    N/a                       Keuken Kampioen Divisie              12th ↑     Second Round =                     An improved campaign.
2026/27           N/a               N/a                    N/a                       Keuken Kampioen Divisie               5th ↑     Third Round  ↑                     Lost in Promotion Playoffs First Round.

Record Number of Appearances (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Appearances
---------------------------------------------------------------------
2024/25    Paulo Roberto YP25A1                      3
2025/26    Paulo Roberto YP25A1                     41
2026/27    Paulo Roberto YP25A1                     73

Record Goal Scorer (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                          Cumulative Number of Goals
---------------------------------------------------------------------
2024/25    Paulo Roberto YP25A1                         1
2025/26    Paulo Roberto YP25A1                         9
2026/27    Paulo Roberto YP25A1                        16

Record Number of Assists (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                        Cumulative Number of Assists
---------------------------------------------------------------------
2024/25    No one                                      0
2025/26    Paulo Roberto YP25A1                        5
2026/27    Paulo Roberto YP25A1                       13

Record Number of Clean Sheets (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Clean Sheets
----------------------------------------------------------------------
2024/25    No one                                     0
2025/26    No one                                     0
2026/27    No one                                     0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 13, 2022 by DazRTaylor

[Daddy]

3 hours ago, br00kster said:

That goal difference for the bottom three is insane! Congratulations on survival.

Thanks. It's a very tough league to breakout of the bottom. At least for me it is with this being my second attempt in Switzerland. 

[Cheez3y]

Midfielders is what we need.

[br00kster]

AEPS Aiolikos Mytilinis aka “Wind”

Season Eight Review - 2029/30

Pre-Season

Another pre-season, another spending spree by OFI Crete, a whopping £71m spent in two seasons...the division is certainly getting more difficult.

 

Greek Super League One - Main

Further baby steps were made, finishing on 52 points (up from 49 last season), cementing back to back fourth place finishes and entering Euro Cup II in the Third Qualifying Round. It's proving extremely difficult to break the top three, given their exceptional defensive records and points haul. The top six were really dominating compared to the remainder of the division.

 

 

Greek Super League One - Championship Group

A poor showing in the Championship Group saw us scrape into 4th place. A measly 12 points from 10 games, including just 1 in my final 4 games. I almost threw it away completely in the last game, holding on to a 3-3 draw with AEK.

Sixteen year old striker Psarreas had a great first season, topping the scoring charts with 18 goals. Markakis (who we managed to tie down to a long term contract) was another stand out goal contributor, providing the most assists (13) as well as finishing second top scorer with 15.

My 6'4" brick wall of a centre back Tsanis continues to be my highest rated player, this time with an impressive 7.53 over the course of the season, only a matter of time before his £2.6m release clause is activated, with him notching up 10 goals, winning Talent of the Year, Greek Player of the Year, once again finishing 3rd in NxGn and being the first Aiolikos player to be named in the Team of the Year ever. And breathe. That's a long list.

On a sad note, it looks like our talisman and long standing Captain, Koutrobilas, looks like he will leave the club on a free transfer as he doesn't believe the squad is of high enough quality. A real shame as there are no clubs sniffing around him. I still have a faint hope he will open negotiations at the eleventh hour, but I won't hold my breath. 163 games, 36 goals, 19 assists, 7.02 average rating. We will miss you. Crying now.

How our starting eleven looked at the end of the season, some glaringly obvious gaps that could do with filling.

 

Greek Cup

Once again, the draw was on our side drawing lower league opposition before meeting Olympiacos in the Quarter Final. Dominic Solanke tore us a proverbial new one, with Karaktas having an absolute mare over the two legs.

 

Euro Cup II

The season before last saw me finish 5th and straight into the Fourth Qualifying Round of the EURO Cup II, meaning I only needed to win one tie before advancing to the group stages. Sadly, despite finishing an improved fourth last season, a drop in Greece's rankings meant I only entered in the Second Qualifying Round, meaning I had a bumper pre-season as I attempted to navigate Europe's finest err... decent teams.

Having successfully beaten Norway's Viking, followed by Czech side Slavia Prague (mainly thanks to a couple of red cards in the second (home) leg of the tie), we eventually went through against Scottish side Raith on penalties thanks to some heroics from my 15 year old stand in keeper (first choice injured), who saved 3 of Raith's 4 penalties.

 

A tough group saw us drawn against another Scottish side, Hibernian, as well as Portuguese giants Porto and Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart...alarm bells were ringing as all these divisions had been selected and each team had a full squad.

I would've much preferred my compatriot's, AEK, group, but we make do with the hand we're dealt.

Much to my surprise, we advanced thanks to a 3-3 draw against Hibernian in the last game.

Stuttgart romped the group (and eventually went on to win the entire thing), however, I was surprised by how unbelievably terrible Porto were, finishing on 2 points and -14 goal difference. I thought this may be due to not having Portugal selected, but it wasn't and upon inspection at the end of the season, they could only manage an 11th place finish.

For once a bit of luck saw an easier draw against Belgian Union SG, beating them 2-1 on aggregate..

...before we were embarrassed by Spanish side Athletico Bilbao away from home in the next round. Still, this is the furthest we have got in a European competition, so baby steps.

 

Youth Intake

I am desperate for a goalkeeper. Desperate. My current number one and second choice are 2.0/1.5 star players. You can imagine my delight when Goalkeeper popped up as an 'A' in the preview.

You can also imagine my despair when I was served up another bang average youth intake. Unfortunately, this HoYD doesn't seem to be providing like he predecessor, so we will be letting his contact expire this Summer.

A few players will be brought into the first team squad, but I'm not sure any will immediately start...we'll see how they develop. A few with high Determination will hopefully develop, including our goalkeeper. Unfortunately, it seems I screenshot without their Personalities, but with our two striking options being Mercenaries, we're in for a torrid time.

 

Facilities, Finances, Transfers & Review

European competition continues to provide a decent source of income, allowing further improvements to our facilities. Excitingly, we will start the new season in our new stadium...6,641 capacity, no doubt we will be trying to expand immediately.

It also allowed us to finish the season in the black for the first time, hurrah!

Confirmation of no transfers made.

While it's tempting to join my team, I sadly had to decline Huddersfield Town's approach to join them in the English Championship. Maybe another time.

And finally our overview of progress so far.

 

UP THE WIND!

Edited September 13, 2022 by br00kster

[Daddy]

 

2027/28 Midseason Review:

I knew it would be ugly. I just hope the board considers this fighting bravely...

Intake Preview:

Please let that striker be legit.

[SkiIIs]

Season 2032/33 - Super League 1

First year in Europe straight into the Group Phase of Europa League. Seeded as 4th, we were given quite a difficult group at this stage of where we're at with Roma, Braga and Club Brugge.  After 4 games, all team were on 2 wins each with all home games ending as wins. We then lost the next two games to finish last, but it was a good first taste of Europe proper.  We earnt 5m for our experience that certainly helped.

The games in Europe really hampered the fitness of the team whilst we were playing which meant we struggled in the league. It wasnt until we were knocked out that we picked up the form and managed to just squeeze into the Championship Group in 6th place. 

We then struggled in the Championship Group with only 1 win in the 10 games and no draws.  This gets us in the second round qualification so will be an early preseason for us next year.

Fragis was entering his last year of his contract and wasnt going to renew so I was willing to cash in on him. LA Galaxy offered 8m plus 30% of sale profit but i was hoping for more so i protested it but the Board ignored my protest as per the below.  Im not sure what happened after that as it seemed the bid disappeared which was really strange.  This was the last worthwhile bid that came for him which was a tragic shame as he then decided to accept a contract in Jan to join Young Boys for free.  I really dont know what the hell hapenned! 

Finances were better this year and losses were offset by the European windfall, we were able to improve youth facilities to Good, but the board wouldnt budge on Training facilities which remain as adequate.

Youth intake.  Second one with the new HOYD was pretty decent, Roukounakis seems like a really decent talent!

Board gave an update on their stadium project.  So we're upgrading to a new stadium which will increase capacity by about 4,800 seats but we're going to have a lovely loan of 21.5m + interest of 7.5m over the next 10 years!  Not sure howe we're going to afford the extra 240k a month now given we still made a loss with 5m of European prizemoney this year.

 

[the_hdk]

AFC Amsterdam

Season 1 - 24/25

Intro

So, I finally started a new YC, I went back to FM21 as I cannot stand the bugs in FM22 still there. Started off in Netherlands and choose this time AFC, Club that I see from my office in Zuidas. Fun fact they are located in the middle of the financial district in Amsterdam South all around huge multinational offices. Their ground is worth millions and they have been offerend alot of money to sell and move but so far they have declined. If they are smart and make a move for IRL professionalization they should sell the ground, make the local gov give them new grounds and keep the money.

Small note: I made small edit to add Ajax as Rival from same town as they are both from Amsterdam.

I choose Thomas Verhaar as my manager, In RL he played for them at the end of his career and left after he became an AM at Excelsior last season. In this save he stayed and after his career and got the offer to coach the team on their adventures. Further he has the first football player to join "De Slimste Mens" game to show that they too can be quite smart. Met him IRL once on a birtday party and he was a decent bloke although I doubt he would remember me. 

The Grounds - Goed Genoeg (Literally "good enough")

Not alot to speak of. Space for 2.000 people and only 1.500 sitting.

HoYD - Willem Janssen

I could not belive my luck when I saw that he became an HoyD and he wanted to join us! The old captain of Utrecht is an Model Citizen! Still young with alot of room to imporve. Let's see if he gets better in skills.

For some reason the team bought in grey time (in seasons before promotion) 3 quite decent goalies. Our star GK Truyts sadly got poached for 425k! before I could even see him play. Still good money that was later invested in expanding the training facilities.

Speaking about the team, our first 11 had some decent players that ware signed in grey time, so before I joined.

In the starting 11 I have one regen. Gravenberch up front. And that is it from regens that might make first team from first 3 seasons intakes. Quite a decent team. Especially van Duivenbooden up front who will be our main striker. Roulaux replaced Truyts in the goal.

League

League Stats / Transfers

What a difference compared to my Scheveningen save where it took me 4-5 seasons to get into playoffs. In our rookie season...and we got PROMOTED!. In Playoffs we beat Eindhoven, Emmen and RKC Waalwijk in the final. A bit too soon I might dear so it could be we will go back down next year. The final game was a bit nervewracking.

 

Stats so far

Youth

What an diverse intake!. Love it. Israelsson does sadly look like teh only one who will make teh first team. But I will take it.

I might have to retrain him to RB as our current RB Markiet is 34 and we have nobody who can replace him in the team (literally the only RB in first team, I had to play my CB's sometimes there). Love his Work Rate and Bravery. Sadly average determination.

 

[XaW]

             

XaW - Whitehawk Football Club - Season 2027/28 - Vanarama National League

Squad | Transfers | Finances

Much of the same this season, but one big thing. We had a good cup run and got some improvements done before we have dipped into debt again. Hopefully, the improvements will show in future youth intakes!

FA Cup: We beat Havant & Waterlooville, Doncaster, and Accrington Stanley before losing to Newcastle in the 3rd round.
FA Trophy: We lost to Boreham Wood in the 3rd round.

U23 Team:

They only played friendlies this season. Not in a league yet.

U18 Team:

They finished 3rd in the National U18 League South East this season.

FA Youth Cup: They beat Aylebury United, Staines Town, and AFC Rushden & Diamonds before losing to Yeovil Town in the 2nd round. 

Youth intake:

Trophy cabinet

None

Player statistics:

Most apps for the clubs

Name			Nation		2nd Nation	Apps
-------------------------------------------------------------
Jack Beeney 25a		England		None		131
Mikey Gay 25h		England		Scotland	85
Joe Dwyer 25b		England		None		74
Liam Burns 26a		England		None		67
Mohamed Kamara 25c	England		Liberia		31

Most goals for the club

Name			Nation		2nd Nation	Goals
-------------------------------------------------------------
Jack Beeney 25a		England		None		16
Joe Dwyer 25b		England		None		5
Mikey Gay 25h		England		Scotland	5
Chris Monk 27a		England		None		4
Luke Jones 25e		Wales		None		2

Most assists for the club

Name			Nation		2nd Nation	Assists
-------------------------------------------------------------
Jack Beeney 25a		England		None		16
Joe Dwyer 25b		England		None		5
Luke Jones 25e		Wales		None		2
Liam Burns 26a		England		None		2
Mikey Gay 25h		England		Scotland	1

[the_hdk]

AFC Amsterdam

Season 2 - 25/26

 

League

League Stats / Transfers

Could not sleep at night so I finished the season quite early. Our first season in Eredivisie went quite well. 11th spot!. More than we deserved as we were around 12th-14th spot whole season. Best results are draws at home against Feyenoord, Ajax (our rival) and PSV!. Sad results are two losses against Twente and Fortuna. Only one change in our fist 11. DERVISEVIC (another se0 regen, German) replaced MARKIET, who can barley walk with Pace of 4!. Other than that we kept 10 our of the players who won the promotion. Nobody poached any of my players, although my Model Citizen HoYD was nearly poached but he decided to stay thankfully!. We did well in the cup and made it to Quarter Finals only to lose on penalties.

Training facility got upgraded. And I managed to up the Youth coaching and Recruitment. We already nearly sell out whole stadium as season tickets. Maybe next year I can ask for an upgrade..or better yet new stadium.

 

Youth

Predicted golden genaration and it kinda is. 2 4,5 stars prospects and 2 3,75 stars. I see many youngsters here who could make it to first 11 within next two seasons.

The best two are below.

 

QUAIAH who has Liberian roots seems like a decent striker in teh making. He lacks pace though.

Belgian VERSCHEUREN has potential to be our central back. Great Bravery. Everything else is mwuah but if he improves his heading, marking and tackling he could make it.

Now waiting for the league monies to update the facilities again.

 

edit: corrected outlining

Edited September 14, 2022 by the_hdk

[br00kster]

I'm enjoying this challenge immensely, but was running out of steam a bit after completing eight seasons in Greece (especially after the Summer I'd had) fairly quickly, so I wanted to start a splinter save to keep me fresh and sane. Greece isn't dead, just on holiday.

My gaze drifted further East to Malaysia, taking over...drumroll...Angkatan Tentera Malaysia (literally Armed Forces FC) aka The Gladiators in the Malaysian Premier League (second tier)

(New teams on 13th November 2022)

Armed Forces FC - Introduction

Back to square one, zero reputation, zero facilities, lacking all round.

My favourite part of this is their stadium is called Ministry of Defence. Brilliant. Let's hope it's the fortress it suggests.

After securing some staff we can see how our squad looks. Luckily, there are some decent prospects in the team, with some key positions taken care of in GK, CB and ST.

 

On a final note, this will be the music played every time an update is provided: 

 

 

 

Edited September 14, 2022 by br00kster

[Daddy]

2027/28 Season Review:

I knew it would be bad and it delivered. Fewest goals scored. Most goals given up. Was not a very fun season.

A lot of loans, though I recalled a good number to either use or because they were unhappy.

Youth Intake:

Overall a very good intake. I really wanted a striker, but the one I was given is not near ready. 

2028/29 Season Preview:

Not a lot is expected, which is good, however this late in the game cycle I don't think I'm going to stick this out if it's a bad or even mediocre season. If the young players take a step forward and dominate this league and we go up then I'll keep playing it. If it's another struggle I'll pull the plug. 

[WhiteCat33]

Mellieha Sports Club
Season 19 2040 – 41 Malta Premier League
Competitions | Squad | Transfers | Finances | Club Info

Continental Qualification

We almost blew qualification with an abysmal performance in Prague. Thankfully we had a 4 goal lead otherwise our 1-4 lost would have dropped us down earlier. Celtic did that who are a team we've faced multiple times now and have never beaten. So Euro Cup it is this year.

Spoiler

 

Euro Cup Group Stage

We drew Arsenal, which was unfortunate but also Danish Brondby & Rapid Vienna who are stronger 3rd and 4th pool picks. We had bad luck in this group stage with the first 3 matches edging against us. Of course Aresnal were always going to win the group, but I was disappointed with 3rd place after we just couldn't manage to win against Brondby.

Spoiler

 

Conference League Knockouts

Guess it was a blessing in disguise as it dropped us down to EC2 where we had a wild ride.

EC2 First Knockout: Molde FK (Norway)

Spoiler

1^st leg Home: 19 min Attard 10A gets a header goal off a short cross by our FB. That is the only real chance of the game though we dominated it. Not liking just a 1 goal lead heading to Norway.

2^nd Leg Away: We dominated possession in the first half, but neither of us had very strong chances. It took till the 72’ for them to find a goal, where we had a major defensive breakdown.  85’ though my CM Debono gets forward and finds himself alone in the box and makes the finish!

EC2 Second Knockout: Valencia (Spain)

Spoiler

1^st leg home: We played well but just couldn’t convert our few good chances that we made against them until the 89’ when we got a CM breaking through in transition. A well deserved goal and though we pushed the final few minutes to get over 2 xG we couldn’t find a second. So again we go away just 1 goal up.

2^nd leg away:  **** me they scored in 30 seconds! I even set my team to mark specifically that striker. Then Attard misses an open goal in the 16 min. Half ends with just that goal, but we start the 2^nd strong with Busuttil 15e getting a goal running unmarked out of the midfield. I sub out my pf for my young AF forward and he actually converts a breakaway to give us a lead! We actually have two more great chances where players hit the posts and then we actually get a rare corner goal with our CB captain Mallia 08j on the back post served by our vc striker Attard 10a. Very exciting end to end game in the final minutes which sees Mifsud 16a break through and get a brace! What started looking like a disaster has turned completely into a blow out our direction with a second half that opened up and we took control.

EC2 Quarter Final: Maccabi Tel-Aviv (Isreal)

Spoiler

1^st leg Away: They’ve got a nasty striker and he made us pay early with a 6’ goal. Second half doesn’t get better as my RB fails to track the fa post run and then the defensive disaster continues with my CB making a stupid unforced own goal. Just horrific defending in Isreal. We got a consolation by Mifsurd on a counter play so its not totally over for the second leg.

2^nd leg Home: We are looking a lot better and get a 21’ goal from Debono 11a from range. And then under 5 minutes later he drives to the edge of the 18 at the goal line and hits a 0 angle cross over to the far post wehre he finds Graham’s head and we have brought it level! Unfortunately even though we dominated the game with very high ratings we couldn’t’ find a winner so we go to extra time. 110’ their player is left unmarked and gets by my whole defense and scores…but then in the 119’ my CM F Fromosa gets forward and scores a long range goal to send it to penalties! We miss our first and I’m scared but our GK comes up with a huge stop on the 4^th so it goes on to sudden death. Then on the 7^th the GK again comes up huge with a stop and its down to E Graham 13c, who scored today to bring us level. Can he continue the glory?

EC2 Semi Final Rosenborg (Norway)

Spoiler

1^st leg away: Very quiet first half that ends with only a couple highlights. Second half had more chances but really a 0-0 draw was fitting for the game. My defense and CM got great ratings.

2^nd leg home: lots of early chances for us. 30’ Debono 11a gets himself a goal just left open in the box and blasts it home. 60’ we get a second by our forever mad LB wanting to leave to bigger clubs. And we hold them there and advance to our first final!

EC2 FINAL! Vojvodina (Serbia)

Spoiler

EC2 FINAL! Vojvodina (Serbia)

They have some wicked chances including a corner that is cleared by my LB from the goal line but its an Attard 10a header in the 43’ that gives us the lead! Then in the 63’ their player two foots my DM from behind and gets a straight red. But then my GK makes an awful error on a pass back giving it right to a striker and they tie it up. Thankfully Briffa our generally 3^rd striker whose been in good form comes up with a huge 89’ goal to save our buts.

 

Tree

Spoiler

Youth Academy

I had to resist instantly sacking my HOYD after this travesty of an intake. Its his 2nd season and he's out of contract at the end of this year. My plan is to just let him go month-to-month as I wait to find a better option. Only 'positive' is I've started getting a couple players from affiliates. Annoyingly Derry City sends me Irish players instead of Northern Irish, oh well.

Spoiler

Youth Intake Preview - this was the first indicator

Youth Intake - yeah...

I don’t know if I’ve ever gotten an intake this bad. Best I guess is Gordon Camilleri but he has no physicals at all so hard to see how he’ll ever break into the first team.

 

Club Infrastructure

We've maxed out our small stadium to its ~12k capacity. I'll give it a few years till I ask for the club to build a new ground. Still no Youth Facility upgrade option...

Spoiler

And Training Facilities downgraded

And we upgrade them back up

Thoughts
Its a busy time for me so I haven't been playing much. It doesn't help these intakes are just completely demoralizing. Winning the EC2 though has brought a lift to the save, which will be my final save of FM22. While winning the Champions League won't be in the cards with these kinds of intakes, my hope is to match my Slovenia success with two Europa League trophies.

Edited September 15, 2022 by WhiteCat33

[libbyshuss]

Croatia

Premier League

2047/48

Season Summary

Easily our best season yet - i love it when a plan comes together!

League - we absolutely ran away with it. It was weird though, we couldn't put together a run of more than 5 games without losing. But between those defeats we were amazing. From christmas we were around 15 points clear.

Domestic Cup - we won this too! we won the double!!!

Champions League - So this is the one! We needed to qualify for the group stage by beating Club Brugge and Sporting Lisbon, which we did quite easily winning home and away. So who did we get in the group stage? Barcelona, Liepzig and Southampton. Surely that gives us a chance? Well, yeah, but results went against us. Even though we beat Liepzig 4-0 at home and got a 1-1 draw at the Nou Camp we still finished bottom of the group. D'oh...

 

Players

Easily our best team so far. Interestingly the two best players are players that at 18/19 I couldn't see getting in the first team so sent out on loan where they really blossomed.

Nenad Bubalo 41B - I turned down a £79m offer for him from Bayern! No release clause but only 2 years left on his contract and he has no intention of signing a new one so far. Shame, as he's the best player I've ever had! 22 goals, 14 assists, 7.54 rating - all with his morale in the red because I wouldn't let him leave! 

Milan Ilic 42B - My top striker who started the season with a 20m release fee. I managed to increase that to 37.5m in August and then doubled his wages in December with the release fee removed altogether. and he's happy!!!!

Those two made the rest look ordinary and they're really not! a 3 star player is described as a leading player for this division, which is lovely!

Wonderkids

I got another one! Marincic 43C at left back suddenly popped up as a wonderkid!

 

Youth

So I sacked my HoYD after 4 disappointing intakes in a row. I now have an English HoYD, which will be interesting to see if I get more English players as a result. I also now have three afiliates giving me chances of youth players - Urugauy, Czech Republic and China!

Preview was really good! intake was really not.....

5 star golden generation!

Oh, maybe not.....

Only signed the top 3 and they all had rubbish personalities and determination. Very disappointing in the end.

Career

 

[the_hdk]

AFC Amsterdam

Season 3 / 26-27

League

League Stats / Transfers

We had an extreamly good start to the season. We ware even top of the league in round 6. We even made it to European places play-offs but we lost to Vitesse (who later lost to Heereveen). Twente relagated!. Feyenoord with 3rd championship in a row. Overal a great season. We earned around 6mln with this finnish so we can invest the money. Our striker VAN DUIVENBOODEN is gathering interest. And his 25 league goals this year make it really difficult to keep them away. I put his price tag at 10 million to scare them off, lets see. Only one change in first 11. The best regen from season 1 ISRAELSSON was retrained to be our new RB. The twins THEIJSSE have decided to retire at the end of the season so a regen will have to step in at the front.

 

In an idiot move my board decided to lower the amount of places we got from 2.000 to 1.870. At the end of the season I got another upgarde so we will be playing in stadium of AZ Alkmaar next year.

Facilities are gettign better and Youth coaching is already at max. Few more seasons to bring everything to top level but we are getting there.

 

Youth

Another golden generation!

Great intake! Love the diversity in NL intakes. Three 4.5 stars potentials. Two strikers, that we really need and a defender. We really need a goaly, backs and midfielders.

The best two from the intake:

KURZAWA already has really great finishing (14)!. Love the Determination and Work rate. Not so much his lack of ambition. Has decent speed too. Def first team material.

 

VAN DORP is more of a winger, look at his pace! 15/13. Speed monster with decent dribbling and technique. We will up his finishing to  make him a decent player.

[Shankly84]

I've never seen that kit making website before, so it had to be done...

 

Is there any way for me to add a third kit?

[XaW]

              

XaW - Whitehawk Football Club - Season 2028/29 - Vanarama National League

Squad | Transfers | Finances

A much better season this time around. The improved youth recruitment and junior coaching seems to have lead to some better intakes, and we also reached a record high league position this season. If this trend continues, we might yet succeed!

FA Cup: We beat Dorking, Dartford, and Barrow before getting pummeled by Middlesbrough in the 3rd round.
FA Trophy: We beat Cray and Wealdstone before losing to Walsall in the 5th round after a replay.

U23 Team:

They only played friendlies this season. Not in a league yet.

U18 Team:

They finished 2nd in the National U18 League South East this season.

FA Youth Cup: They beat Maidstone United, Biggleswade Town, and Eastleigh before losing to Oxford United in the 2nd round.

Youth intake:

Trophy cabinet

None

Player statistics:

Most apps for the clubs

Name			Nation		2nd Nation	Apps
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Jack Beeney 25a		England		None		170
Mikey Gay 25h		England		Scotland	115
Liam Burns 26a		England		None		111
Joe Dwyer 25b		England		None		106
Chris Soares 27b	England		Ireland		59

Most goals for the club

Name			Nation		2nd Nation	Goals
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Jack Beeney 25a		England		None		26
Joe Dwyer 25b		England		None		7
Chris Monk 27a		England		None		6
Tim Corke 28a		Ireland		England		6
Mikey Gay 25h		England		Scotland	5

Most assists for the club

Name			Nation		2nd Nation	Assists
-------------------------------------------------------------
Jack Beeney 25a		England		None		20
Joe Dwyer 25b		England		None		5
Chris Soares 27b	England		Ireland		5
Liam Burns 26a		England		None		4
Luke Jones 25e		Wales		None		2

[JAwtunes]

Competitions

2029/30 has been the most incredible season for the Corries.  We had our fair share of luck, namely TNS being busy playing European football (more on that in a minute) but we did something I thought would not be possible for a quite a few more season... we won the Premier Division!

We were in excellent form from the first game and were always within a few points of TNS at the top of the table.  The turning point came in the 28th game of the season where we travelled to England to play the Welsh Champions (TNS).  We had a fully rested and happy group of players to select from and we  managed to win 2-1 (the xG shows we were lucky and a draw would have been a fair result.  Our very next game was again against TNS, this time in the semi-final of the Welsh Cup and we lost 0-2 (this was again a close game, but on this occasion it went against us).

We qualified for the Europa Conference League Qualification Round through our second place finish in the league last season.  We played FK Zelejeznicar Sarajevo from Bosnia in the first round and were excellent, beating them 4-1 on aggregate.  We then were drawn against ND Mura in the second round (a team I am somewhat familiar with following my save in Slovenia with Inter Bratislava.  Mura were just too good for us and we lost 4-5 on aggregate.

Premier Division - Winners (qualified for the European Champions League Qualification Round)

Welsh Cup - Semi-finalists.  Beaten by TNS a few days after we beat them in the 6-pointer in the league

League Cup - 3rd Round, beaten on penalties by Llanelli Town

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Europa Conference League

League

League - player records

Welsh Cup

League Cup

Historic season for The New Saints

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TBC

Player - This is how we lined up this season

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As with last season, Robbie Gordon 28i (our answer to Haaland), was voted Fans PotY and Young PotY.  He was quite as prolific as last season but still managed to lead our attack very well and picked up plenty of goals and assists.  I have managed to break him a bit this season and his attributes have dipped a little since last season.  I think this simply comes down to his dodgy personality/MH style and the fact we're part-time and have rubbish training facilities.

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Progress

Youth Intake

I changed my HoYD a few weeks before the intake appeared and now have a chap with a slightly better personality/MH Style combo.  I am hopinh this might help in improving some of the dodgy personalities we have had in our intakes to date.  This season we were told to expect an excellent (4.5 star) intake.  When it arrived it was described as a possible golden generation (5 star).  There was one player in particular (Jay Lennie 30a) that stood out and instantly went into our first team as out starting ML.

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Intake Preview

Intake

Star Graduate

Facilities and Youth Spend

Our European games brought in about £600,000 and our board were happy to accept my proposal to improve the youth facilities again, this time from Basic to Below Average.

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Youth Facilities

Affiliates

We are still affiliated with Undy AFC and Bangor 1876, but have now also added Carmarthen Town.  Undy finished 7th in the Cymru South, Bangor finished 2nd in the Cymru North and Carmarthen Town won the Ardal SW division, so will be moving up to the Cymru South next season.

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Player Records

SUMMARY

WALES National Team

Wales finished 3rd in their World Cup qualifying group and haven't made it through to the World Cup.

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Fixtures

World Cup Qualification Group

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[uroszila]

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to play the game quicker and get through the season as fast as possible without holidaying? I'm along time Touch player and since the Touch is not available anymore on the PC, I want to get into the full fat version.

I see that a lot of you get very quickly through the season, therefore I would appreciate any suggestions you may hand to me. Thanks 🙏

Edited September 15, 2022 by uroszila

[Daddy]

2 hours ago, Shankly84 said:

I've never seen that kit making website before, so it had to be done...

 

Is there any way for me to add a third kit?

I think you would have to edit the database

 

[The7Striker]

20 minutos atrás, uroszila disse:

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to play the game quicker and get through the season as fast as possible without holidaying? I'm along time Touch player and since the Touch is not available anymore on the PC, I want to get into the full fat version.

I see that a lot of you get very quickly through the season, therefore I would appreciate any suggestions you may hand to me. Thanks 🙏

Well you can use a small DB so the game goes faster. Lets say you want to do a save in Wales, you just load that nation as payable.

The other trick is to use a skin with instant result, so you can sim games.

Edited September 15, 2022 by The7Striker

[libbyshuss]

22 minutes ago, uroszila said:

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to play the game quicker and get through the season as fast as possible without holidaying? I'm along time Touch player and since the Touch is not available anymore on the PC, I want to get into the full fat version.

I see that a lot of you get very quickly through the season, therefore I would appreciate any suggestions you may hand to me. Thanks 🙏

I use an instant result skin - it really speeds the game up

[Daddy]

17 hours ago, Daddy said:

2027/28 Season Review:

I knew it would be bad and it delivered. Fewest goals scored. Most goals given up. Was not a very fun season.

A lot of loans, though I recalled a good number to either use or because they were unhappy.

Youth Intake:

Overall a very good intake. I really wanted a striker, but the one I was given is not near ready. 

2028/29 Season Preview:

Not a lot is expected, which is good, however this late in the game cycle I don't think I'm going to stick this out if it's a bad or even mediocre season. If the young players take a step forward and dominate this league and we go up then I'll keep playing it. If it's another struggle I'll pull the plug. 

Shelving this. I'm 50/50 if I'll start a new one or just play journeyman and maybe some international until FM23 is out.