Makoto Nakamura Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 I really didn't know what to call this one, the idea is simple enough. Try and win the Champions League with the club from the lowest playable league with the lowest wage expenditure. This is also a nationalism challenge so I can only sign players from the same country as the club I am managing and since we are starting in England we can only sign English players. No editor data is allowed other than the most up to date transfer update, if and when I complete England then we start a new save in the lowest league of Spain, unless somehow the club with the lowest wage expenditure isn't in the bottom league. Setup: With every save I will have the big 5 nations loaded. Since I have the transfer update I don't want there to be tonnes more signings. And we're also playing without players being added to playable teams. The European players will always stay the same but obviously the nations one will change to whichever nation I'm managing in. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 5, 2022 Author Share Posted September 5, 2022 Club One: Braintree Town Spoiler Braintree Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Braintree, Essex, England. They are currently members of the National League South, the sixth tier of English football, and play at Cressing Road. The club was formed on 24 September 1898 as Manor Works, the works team of the Crittall Window Company, from which they gained their nickname Iron. The new club took over the fixtures of the recently defunct Braintree F.C. in the North Essex League, and also took on most of the former club's players. They left the league in 1900, but returned in 1901. They won the title in 1905–06, 1910–11 and 1911–12, also winning the Mid-Essex League in 1909–10 and 1910–11. In 1911 they also joined Division 2A of the Essex & Suffolk Border League, remaining in the league until 1928. In 1921 they were renamed Crittall Athletic to be more closely identified with their parent company.[2] After winning Division Two (Western) in 1922–23 and 1923–24, they were promoted to the Senior Division of the Border League in 1925. In 1928 they joined the Spartan League, and in 1935 were founder members of the Eastern Counties League, although they also continued to play in the Border League. They won the Border League in 1935–36 and both the Border League and the Eastern Counties League in 1936–37, but then left the Eastern Counties League to join the newly established Essex County League. The new league folded after a single season (in which Crittall were runners-up) and the club returned to the Eastern Counties League. After World War II the Eastern Counties League did not resume in 1945, so Crittall joined the Eastern Division of the London League instead. After finishing second in their first season, they were promoted to the Premier Division. They were invited to rejoin the Eastern Counties League in 1947, but turned the offer down and remained in the London League, where they won the League Cup twice before returning to the Eastern Counties League in 1952. In 1954 they turned professional, but financial problems forced them to revert to amateur status and drop back down into the Border League at the end of the 1954–55 season. In 1959–60 they won the league and League Cup double. They switched to the Greater London League in 1964, and then to the Metropolitan League in 1966. They were renamed Braintree & Crittall Athletic in 1968, and after winning the League Cup in 1969–70, the club returned to the Eastern Counties League again. In 1981 all links with Crittall were severed and the club was renamed Braintree F.C., before adopting their current name a year later. They won their second Eastern Counties League title in 1983–84 and retained it the following season. In 1986–87 they won the Essex Senior Trophy and the following season they won the League Cup. In 1991 Braintree moved up to the Southern Division of the Southern League. In 1996 the club asked the FA to switch leagues to reduce their travelling. After initially being refused, they were allowed to move to Division Three of the Isthmian League, although it was an effective drop of two divisions. They were promoted as runners-up in their first season, and repeated the feat the following season. After three seasons in Division One they were promoted to the Premier Division with a third-place finish in 2000–01. They won the Premier Division in 2005–06 to earn promotion to the Conference South. The season also saw them reach the first round of the FA Cup for the first time, eventually losing 4–1 at Shrewsbury Town. Braintree qualified for the promotion play-offs in their first season in the Conference South, but lost 1–0 to Salisbury City in the final. They also reached the play-offs the following season, but lost to Eastbourne Borough in the semi-finals. In 2010–11 they finished as Conference South champions, earning promotion to the Conference Premier. The next four seasons saw the club reach the FA Cup for the first round, losing to Tranmere Rovers, Newport County, Chesterfield and Oxford United in successive seasons. In 2015–16 they finished third in the renamed National League, qualifying for the promotion play-offs. Despite winning the first leg at Grimsby Town 1–0, they lost the home leg 2–0 after extra time.[10] In 2016–17 the club reached the second round of the FA Cup for the first time after beating Eastbourne Borough in the first round; they eventually lost 5–2 to Millwall in the second round. They were relegated from the National League at the end of the season after finishing in the bottom four. The 2017–18 season saw Braintree finish sixth in the National League South. In the play-offs they defeated Hemel Hempstead Town and Dartford to reach the final, in which they beat Hampton & Richmond Borough 4–3 on penalties to earn promotion back to the National League. However, they were relegated to the National League South the following season after finishing second-from-bottom of the National League. Reserve team Braintree Town reserves joined Division One of the Eastern Counties League in 2012, remaining in the league until the end of the 2018–19 season. Try and survive, I like it. This is everybody, 15 players overall. With £300 to play with. Key Players Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 5, 2022 Author Share Posted September 5, 2022 2021/22 Pre-Season It started so well. Dejon scored 10 goals! Predicted dead last and off the pace. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 5, 2022 Author Share Posted September 5, 2022 August 2021 Maybe I shouldn't have ticked disable first window transfers. We're struggling and only Dejon is keeping us in games. Here we are spending just £102k p/a, some ay off of Hungerford down and over 7x less than Ebbsfleet! Oxford City's Cole Dasilva is on more than my entire team of 15! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 5, 2022 Author Share Posted September 5, 2022 September 2021 Oh dear, this has not started well at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbokav1971 Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 When you say "lowest wage expenditure", do you mean that you can never spend more than the 2nd lowest clubs budget? Or can you don whatever you want with wage spend now? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 5, 2022 Author Share Posted September 5, 2022 (edited) 36 minutes ago, Jimbokav1971 said: When you say "lowest wage expenditure", do you mean that you can never spend more than the 2nd lowest clubs budget? Or can you don whatever you want with wage spend now? I can do what I want with the wages but I have to try my best to stay within the budget and live within our means at the current time, slowly getting better and making progress, or getting sacked. I should probably add that I am letting the staff make the signings so I guess it's up to them how we do with our wages! Edited September 5, 2022 by Makoto Nakamura 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 5, 2022 Author Share Posted September 5, 2022 October 2021 Our FA Cup run comes to an end against National League side Maidenhead but we manage to win three games in the league to take us nine points clear of the drop! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 5, 2022 Author Share Posted September 5, 2022 November 2021 An unbeaten month! We manage to climb again in the league and we're now thirteen points clear of Chippenham Town! We've brought in some players! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 5, 2022 Author Share Posted September 5, 2022 December 2021 A massive shock here as we knock Oldham Athletic out of the FA Trophy, talk about a giant killing!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 5, 2022 Author Share Posted September 5, 2022 (edited) January 2022 A great turn-around in form sees us just a point off the playoffs with a game in hand! We also came remarkable close to beating Altrincham but they equalised in the 92nd minute and their superior fitness got the better of us in the end. A youth player brought in to provide more depth. For the first time in FM I'm actually looking for a senior affiliate, hopefully someone to send me some loanees for free! Never mind. Edited September 5, 2022 by Makoto Nakamura 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 5, 2022 Author Share Posted September 5, 2022 February 2022 Oh bother. The table is still incredibly close but we've fallen apart as we faced four of the top six this month! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 5, 2022 Author Share Posted September 5, 2022 March 2022 A slight turn around in form since we're now unbeaten in five but unfortunately just the one win after we couldn't hold onto our leads but we hold on to 13th place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 5, 2022 Author Share Posted September 5, 2022 (edited) 2021/22 Youth Candidates A slight dilemma, but I am going to sign non-English players that come through our youth system, it's just good to have a youth team now. Edited September 5, 2022 by Makoto Nakamura Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 5, 2022 Author Share Posted September 5, 2022 April 2022 Unbeaten in two months now and we manage to climb back up to 9th! Unfortunately it doesn't matter too much since all the playoff spots have now been taken but this has definitely been a great first season for us! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 5, 2022 Author Share Posted September 5, 2022 2021/22 End of Season Review A poor end to the season but with how we started the season I'm overjoyed to finish up in 10th, even Chippenham Town managed to survive!! 2021/22 Best XI Billy Johnson Johnville Renee-Pringle - Kyran Clements - Myles Anderson - Luke Pennell Matt Johnson - Sid Kerr Anesu Alexander Paul Power Dejon Noel-Williams - Joseph Chidyausiku Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 5, 2022 Author Share Posted September 5, 2022 The first thing I've done is sign a better DoF: Out with the old And in with the new. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 5, 2022 Author Share Posted September 5, 2022 2022/23 Pre-Season Poor pre-season, I'm not filled with hope. Especially since we've been moved to the North league which I think is more difficult, and there's 24 clubs now! A quiet pre-season for transfers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 5, 2022 Author Share Posted September 5, 2022 August 2022 It's very early days but that's a far better start than I was expecting! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
noikeee Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 There is absolutely no way I'd ever be able to keep up with this thread but just wanted to say I really like this idea. Champions League final by the weekend? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 5, 2022 Author Share Posted September 5, 2022 2 minutes ago, noikeee said: There is absolutely no way I'd ever be able to keep up with this thread but just wanted to say I really like this idea. Champions League final by the weekend? I do apologise for the pace that I play at. I think it puts a lot of people off! At some point the updates will definitely have to slow down. I'm glad you like the idea! Although it may be the Vanarama National Playoff Final instead! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 6, 2022 Author Share Posted September 6, 2022 September 2022 Not the best month with just one win but we will get a little FA Cup run going since we face Morpeth in the 3rd Qualifying Round! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 6, 2022 Author Share Posted September 6, 2022 October 2022 Poor. That's the 3rd time we've faced Oldham already but this was the first time we've lost to them whilst in the league we conceded twice in 1st half stoppage time and just couldn't find a way back in whilst also conceding in the 92nd minute against York City. George comes back for a 2nd season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 6, 2022 Author Share Posted September 6, 2022 November 2022 We get lucky this month with penalties giving us some valuable points and climbing right up to 8th! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 6, 2022 Author Share Posted September 6, 2022 December 2022 An unbeaten month sees us enter the playoff spots! Now we just have to stay here. An average looking intake. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 6, 2022 Author Share Posted September 6, 2022 (edited) January 2023 We're struggling again and are now only just holding on to that last playoff spot, we're having a lovely run in the FA Trophy though! We face Dulwich Hamlet in the next round. Edited September 6, 2022 by Makoto Nakamura Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 6, 2022 Author Share Posted September 6, 2022 (edited) February 2023 Out of the playoff spots and Hereford have a game in hand on us, we're still doing far better than expected though! Edited September 6, 2022 by Makoto Nakamura Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 6, 2022 Author Share Posted September 6, 2022 March 2023 No chance of the playoffs now but we have seven more points than after our 40 games last season so progress has been made! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 6, 2022 Author Share Posted September 6, 2022 2022/23 Youth Candidates Some potential here but I'm not overly hopeful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 6, 2022 Author Share Posted September 6, 2022 April 2023 An almost perfect month and now we have a game in hand over Hereford and just a point behind them! Can we snatch the final playoff spot?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 6, 2022 Author Share Posted September 6, 2022 2022/23 End of Season Review We made it! But No cigar as Chester beat us before losing to York City in the final. We've far exceeded all expectations this season, can we do it again next season? 2022/23 Best XI Billy Johnson Mickey Parcell - Kyran Clements - Myles Anderson - Thierry Latty-Fairweather Matt Johnson - Sid Kerr Massimo Giamattei Paul Power Dejon Noel-Williams - Bradley Ihionvien 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyPig86 Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 I didn't know the VNN/S was so full of southern teams that BRAINTREE would be put in the North division! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 6, 2022 Author Share Posted September 6, 2022 4 hours ago, DaddyPig86 said: I didn't know the VNN/S was so full of southern teams that BRAINTREE would be put in the North division! I wouldn't have thought it either! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 6, 2022 Author Share Posted September 6, 2022 2023/24 Pre-Season A strong pre-season against lesser sides. Another season of survival as we're predicted outside the relegation zone! Quite a few join us! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 6, 2022 Author Share Posted September 6, 2022 August 2023 A mixed start, definitely better than last season. The DoF decided to loan in a goalkeeper. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 6, 2022 Author Share Posted September 6, 2022 September 2023 A far, far better start to the season, I'd love for us to be able to keep this form up! Two more players join us and we are still within budget. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 6, 2022 Author Share Posted September 6, 2022 October 2023 We pushed Torquay close but couldn't hold them off after our early goal. Can we please turn some of our draws into wins?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 6, 2022 Author Share Posted September 6, 2022 November 2023 No, we turned our draws into losses instead. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 6, 2022 Author Share Posted September 6, 2022 (edited) December 2023 Better! Just the one defeat away to Farsley after we beat them in the FA Trophy to set up a 4th round tie against Southend. Wingers are definitely a weak point for us. Edited September 6, 2022 by Makoto Nakamura Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 6, 2022 Author Share Posted September 6, 2022 January 2024 A terribly infuriating start to 2024. Admittedly only Darlington are beneath us in the table. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 6, 2022 Author Share Posted September 6, 2022 February 2024 We're though to face Weymouth in the FA Trophy Quarter Final! Alfreton Town & Chelmsford also face each other in a quarter final match so there is definitely going to be one 6th tier side in the semis! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 6, 2022 Author Share Posted September 6, 2022 March 2024 A much better month as we face some of the weaker sides and manage to climb back up the table and almost into a playoff place! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 6, 2022 Author Share Posted September 6, 2022 2023/24 Youth Candidates Rubbish. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 6, 2022 Author Share Posted September 6, 2022 April 2024 Unbeaten and with just two games to go we are still clinging on to a playoff spot! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 6, 2022 Author Share Posted September 6, 2022 2023/24 End of Season Review We're spending a lot more on wages but we are one of just two clubs that are financially secure! Chorley suffer from back-to-back relegations and we have more playoff heartbreak but we're definitely not good enough to get promoted yet. 2023/24 Best XI Ted Collins Thierry Latty-Fairweather - Kaelan Casey - Andrew Wilson - Alfie Payne Ossama Ashley - Sid Kerr Harry Lovick Louis Beckett Dejon Noel-Williams - Jaden Williams Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 6, 2022 Author Share Posted September 6, 2022 2024/25 Pre-Season A shock loss to East Thurrock but other than that we were perfect! Predicted to be relegated though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 7, 2022 Author Share Posted September 7, 2022 August 2024 A good start but we have faced three teams predicted around the bottom of the table. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 7, 2022 Author Share Posted September 7, 2022 September 2024 Here come the draws! Please lets not get as many as last season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 7, 2022 Author Share Posted September 7, 2022 October 2024 An unbeaten month and we're through to face Gloucester City in the FA Cup 1st Round, which is a winnable tie! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted September 7, 2022 Author Share Posted September 7, 2022 November 2024 We are still a team of many draws but we're still in our favoured spot of 7th, we're through to face Solihull Moors in the FA Cup 2nd Round! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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