The FM24 Youth Academy Challenge

[the_hdk]

2 minutes ago, KingKCrush said:

Thank you very much! Yes I used FC 12 kits templates and GIMP for that. It took me quite a while to get used to it but once you know how to use it, you can produce phenomenal jerseys.

awesome job. good luck in Romania

[KingKCrush]

vor 12 Minuten schrieb the_hdk:

 

Transfer History

Season three. We got into play-offs just to draw and lose as Fujieda was higher in the league. Biggest improvement are our youth facilities. Up to exceptional both! Training went up one too. But we are broke now as they decided to build a new stadium that is going to cost us 220k per month...so we will stay in red for a while.

KANDA def broke into first team and had a major year untill he tore his calf muscle to be out for a few months. Still he improved up to 4 ability stars and mightbe our best player. INADA got to play alot in the midfield and went up to 2,5 star. One more retirement so we will need play ready youths soon.

Italy with World  Cup!

Poaching continues, our olfd AM become a manager in J3. For some reason poached staffs do not show in transfer history for staffs. Bug?

 

New Stadium!

Did not expect that one....also it will take a while...2030..so we still have a while to play in Nagoya. 15k is nice. Fastest new stadium I ever got in FM I think.

YASUDA 26 Intake

Now that is an intake! 5 elites...and two with high abilty! 3,5 and 4 stars! NICEeeee! Player pictures ware added again at end of season as I needed to generate them.

 

SHIBATA, 3,5 star from teh get go. Not bad. AMAZING Finishing (16!) Already. Needs to work on his Physicals...but otherwise we might have struck gold.

And MISAWA. More of a winger. Very pacy (14/15). Will play form the side. Both dudes will get some games next seaosn already.

Are we ready for J1? No...not even close.

 

Holy Moly what a Youth Intake. You will have a lot of fun with these guys!

[Koetzer]

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The northernmost available team for this challenge (predicted bottom in a view-only 4th tier, so it took LOTS of reloads to make them promoted), based in Hammerfest far beyond the Arctic Circle.

Yes, that's the whole squad, not enough even to fill the first eleven (could be even worse if three players, including the only GK, weren't signed before the season update). Survival is hardly possible, but let's see  

Key players: Øigarden | Balto | Mienna | Svarups

We also have the first youth preview, nevermind the ratings - any player will be useful for now, hope they arrive before the season start in April.

 

@darren1983 restart date for Norway is January 13.

[hubwub]

I just got my main GK back then my reserves GK is injured and just now my U20 GK is injured. THIS GAME. I feel like I'm rotating through who isn't injured for GK.

[XaW]

Good luck in Hammerfest @Koetzer! Lucky for you the intake usually comes before the season starts in Norway, so you'll at least have a full squad by then!

[Atrux]

oof poor Les Herbiers. 11th vs 13th.

[Coxbox]

First Upgrade in India, I did try and get a coaching badge but they rejected it my Bhutanese Fitness coach even has one. 







The start of the season has been ok so far



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So the finances might be fun we have plenty of sponsorship but £3 for a season ticket and what I believe is pence for a match ticket. I worked it out as £250 per game at the turnstiles.  I do get £450 for every win  in the League 

 

Edited October 25, 2023 by Coxbox

[fries]

Vanarama National League

2025/26 (season 2)

Season Summary

The second season, and the first in the National League. The primary goal was just to avoid relegation. And we succeeded. We were never in danger and ended 11th in the league.

In the FA Cup we lost in the fourth qualification round to the National League South side Billericay. More embarrassing, we lost to a lower league side Enfield Town in the FA Trophy.

The topscorer of last season, Mills, declined in his abilities. However, he was my only striker and managed to score 19 goals in the season. He will retire this summer.

Wigthwick is on paper my best player now. He also does not want to renew his contract. In January, the Serie A team Bari offered him and Bosman contract. I tried my best to at least get some value out of him which started a bidding war from Championship clubs. In the end, I had a bid of about 1 million £ with a transfer date after the season. But in the end, he chose to go to Italy for free

Eze, who is also a newgen from the holiday season developed very well. His contract runs 2 more years but he is already angry I declined a few bids from Championship clubs.

Unfortunately, the players of the 2025 intake have not developed much. Baxter, Morrow, and Low have improved the most. But only small steps. I hope they will breakthrough next season.

The youth intake preview looked very good with 5 stars and a few A's.

The intake gave me a lot of players with 5-star potential. But most importantly two first-team-ready players in Asante and Frederick. They are both strikers which is very important as my only striker Mills will retire. Also, Gent, Morris, and Moreno look decent with okay personalities. I hope a handful of this intake will play an important role on the first team next season.

Asante is my new first-choice striker. He is very strong with 15 strength at only 16 years old.

No transfers of significance.

Finances and Upgrades
I once again managed to upgrade both my junior coaching and youth recruitment twice this season. Both are now considered excellent! The finances look great, so I hope we can afford it in the long run.

I also managed to gain a few badges and I am currently studying for the continental B license.

Next season
Next season I hope I can develop a few of my youngsters. I see no change of promotion and I think we will stay out of relegation danger.

[fries]

Ouch - I don't hope this will destroy the club financially. I am also afraid it is too early and we will be bound to a too small stadium in the future. 

 

EDIT:

Is this a potential bug? The club is now close to administration.

This is going to be tough!

Edited October 25, 2023 by fries

[Coxbox]

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10 minutes ago, fries said:

Ouch - I don't hope this will destroy the club financially. I am also afraid it is too early and we will be bound to a too small stadium in the future. 

 

EDIT:

Is this a potential bug? The club is now close to administration.

 

My first thought was why does Dulwich need a new stadium it should be good for another level at least.  Best Case scenario you might get a tycoon takeover 

[Vlach]

Ostbahn XI

 

Ostbahn XI  is a club is the 4th tier of Austria, located in the 11th district of Vienna (Simmering), nearby a railway track going towards the east (originally towards the east of the Habsburg empire, especially Hungary). Therefor the name: Ostbahn = east-railway; XI for the district.

It was always my desire to manage this club in FM. Its the club where I grew up close by, went there a few times watching games as a kid in the 70s with my grandfather before he died, and where some classmates later played. And watched as teenager unforgettable concerts staged on the playing field. Now I am living almost 1000kms away, but to this day Ostbahn XI is for me the epitome of a small football club. And full of memories of places nearby.

Only the first team gets promoted into the Regionalliga, there the first team gets promoted to the 2nd Austrian League. It will be a tough way up.

 

Long term goals:

1) Become best club of Simmering

2) Go up into premier division

3) Become best club of Vienna

4) Become best club of austria

5) Succeed in Europe

( and additional wish: help built nation of Austria to a level where it might reach an international final)

 

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Technical information: Since there is no editor and no costume league files for FM24 is loaded and holidayed a game in fm23 with an Austria-File until June 2026. Waited until Ostbahn XI got promoted, This I then imported into FM24. I can only hope thats within the rules of the challenge.

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Besides that I want to thank Cleon / "View from the Touchline* for my copy of FM24, which i won in a contest from them on Twitter.

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First i will need some staff, there are no coaches or assistants, just a scout and a physio. At least the financial situation is ok, therefor I should be able to hire some folks.

Also most of the players are amateurs, i will try to sign them part-time, in the hope that the training helps. Even the part-timers have only one-year contracts, and seem reluctant to do extensions.

The team itself - it should be strong enough to not get relegated. In fact comparing with some other teams of the league this squad should be able to reach a top half finish easily ... but there are no backups for some positions ... two/three or more long-term injuries could become disastrous.

 

No u18 players are in the u18 team. 

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Best players are probably:

 

Goal - Christoph Feleki

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All our three goalkeepers are roughly the same atm - will see how this turns out

Defense - Julian Buchta

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Should become the cornerstone of our defense hopefully 

 

Midfield - Mateo Zetic

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quite fast, and its claimed he has great potential.

 

Attack - Alexander Eder

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Good striker attributes for the league - i hope he will live up to them

 

As tactic for the start i will choose a quite basic 4-2-3-1, because i feet it fits the available players best. Additionally i will try as an alternative a 3-5-2, because in general we seem to lack options at the fullback positions and might use some of the wingers as wingbacks. With that few players i will anyway try to retrain some to cover for injuries.

 

Edited October 25, 2023 by Vlach

[Neo_Geo]

Can anyone remember what poster created that really awesome checklist of goals for this challenge? Want to try tracking minor successes as I suspect the long slog in England will need a bit of good cheer to keep me going.

[Sizeman21]

3 hours ago, Koetzer said:

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The northernmost available team for this challenge (predicted bottom in a view-only 4th tier, so it took LOTS of reloads to make them promoted), based in Hammerfest far beyond the Arctic Circle.

Yes, that's the whole squad, not enough even to fill the first eleven (could be even worse if three players, including the only GK, weren't signed before the season update). Survival is hardly possible, but let's see  

Key players: Øigarden | Balto | Mienna | Svarups

We also have the first youth preview, nevermind the ratings - any player will be useful for now, hope they arrive before the season start in April.

 

@darren1983 restart date for Norway is January 13.

Woah, what a cool team. 😎

 

Keep us updated on your progress. Eager to experience your challenge.

[Winski]

 

Hopefully I'm not jinxing it now, but take a look at our pre-season and our first 3 matches of the new season! Unbelievable. It's good fun to be at this club right now! We are scoring goals, goals, goals. The match engine of FM24 is absolutely great and a real joy to watch sometimes.

[HanziZoloman]

vor 2 Stunden schrieb fries:

Wigthwick is on paper my best player now. He also does not want to renew his contract. In January, the Serie A team Bari offered him and Bosman contract. I tried my best to at least get some value out of him which started a bidding war from Championship clubs. In the end, I had a bid of about 1 million £ with a transfer date after the season. But in the end, he chose to go to Italy for free

Nooo 

[heutheo]

Start of career

 

Manager

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Starting in Slovenia this time just because of vibes. The club is called FC Drava Ptuj, located in Ptuj a small town with a population of 18k, near the river Drava hence the name. I can tell that many of you have heard from a similar club before and yes you're right. The club NK Drava Ptuj was once a solid first league team in Slovenia but in the 2010/11 season the club was unable to pay for the license and was dissolved after. Biggest success was a 0:2 loss on aggregate against croatian team Slaven Belupo in the 2005 Intertoto Cup. The successor club was formed as a youth club in 2004 and after all the dissolving sh*t it became the main club. We have the 4th biggest stadium in the 2. SNL with a capacity of 2,207 which can be expanded to 4,000. Every pother facility is basic as expected for a semi-pro club.

Now the problem is, in Slovenia you can't play under 17s in the first team, don't know how bad this will hit me. I have other problems. Another rule is, that you have to start 2 under 21s in every league game, won't be a problem in the future but for now I have excactly 0 (in words zero) under 21 year olds in the club, besides our beloved grey players. So I'm basically playing with 3 subs in 2 stoppages.

Football wise it's going average for now, started good, now bad, classic home team. Update will follow unless I get fired.

Start of the year a takeover took place, but I think the following screenshot can explain my feelings about this quite good:

Looking at all the Japan enjoyers here, I am a bit jealous. 

My goal this year is to create fancy Power BI reports of my Youth Challenge(s) so that all the hard work I get paid for was worth it.

[Coxbox]

Well everyone this is going well so far, both Delhi clubs are at the top  Delhi Football Club and mine Delhi FC. I do think that once the good foreign players retire or leave things will be harder.



Not sure we can afford let's hope the sponsorship keeps us afloat.




*Edit* 

End Of Season Update.

Season

League Position

W

D

L

GD

PTS

Average Player Rating

End Balance

Training

Youth

Junior Coaching

Recruitment

24/25

3

14

5

5

30

47

Felix Chidi 7.49

- £123,766

Basic

Basic

Average

Basic

1st Youth Intake
First Team Candidates 

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Chhangte Fernandes-Balanced 

 

Nitesh Singh-Balanced

Raman Biswas-Balanced

4/5* Potential Candidates 

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Roshan Sen - Unambitious 

Vincent Basumatary - Balanced


Vincent Kumar - Unambitious 


Abhishek Malsawmzuala - Fairly Professional 

Harpreet Singh - Fairly Determined


Aaron Singh - Resilient


Shankar Lepcha - Fairly Sporting


 

Needs work 4/5* Potential 

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Biswajit Chandra -Balanced 


Shankar Costa - Professional 


Mahesh Thakur Fairly Ambitious
 

Dipak Patil - Low Determination

 

Let me know what you think so far, in India, you have to have two U22 players in the match squad, and 1 must be in the starting 11. You have to have a minimum of 3 Goalkeepers registered too. My plan is to sell my two backup GKs' and replace them with the two 15yr old ones as they are not any worse :D, I will be keeping most of the players who have Determination, Teamwork and Work Rate, so hopefully they will Develop a little, also would be nice to lower the wage budget some of our squad players and fillers are just not any good. One of the issues of India is you have really good foreign players who are older but then the national talent is poor. 
 

Edited October 26, 2023 by Coxbox

[kdavva74]

It's very difficult in Japan to get a team that's actually eligible for J3-League promotion. Considering the developers have chosen not to give academy teams to a lot of clubs so it's more realistic to Japanese football, I'm hoping that they also match the fact that corporate owned clubs like Honda FC, Tokyo Musashino United and Marayasu Okazaki cannot get promoted.

[WhiteCat33]

FM23 Barbados YAC: Road View FC

2042 Season 20 – BFA Digicel Premier League

Start Post | Season 1 |Season 2 | Season 3 | Season 4 | Season 5 | Season 6 |Season 7 | Season 8 | Season 9 | Season 10 |Season 11 |Season 12 | Season 13 |Season 14 | Season 15 | Season 16 |Season 17 | Season 18 |Season 19 |

 

League Performance: CHAMPION

Actually a contest this year with BDFSP finally returning to form. I sim a lot of matches, but that one loss was a legitimate defeat to BDFSP, albeit a rotated squad due to continental matches.

Cup Performance: CHAMPION

 

North American Champions League:

 2041: 2nd Round Knockout Santos Laguna (Mexico)
1st match: Away

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We prepared ourselves for a defensive battle and they struck immediately with a 3’ goal. We stuck to our game-plan and though they had a goal disallowed we made it into the break just down the 1 goal. Then in the 60’s I made my main subs switching out a slower striker for my young Clive Jones who found the space and got us the equalizer in the 79’! Of course, then my CD tripped one of their strikers in the 83’ gifting them a penalty so we lost 2-1. Still a fantastic effort for our first test against top opponents.

2nd Match: Home

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I rested the starters and a week later we hosted our first Mexican team in Barbados. Only change was to give Clive Jones the start and boy did he reward me with an 8’ goal!! However, 17’ their striker breaks through to take us down a peg. Then an end-to-end ball over the top by their GK sees their striker beat our defense to get them up 2-1 on the night. Then again my defenders lose their striker on a ball over the top and they get a 3rd goal. The game puts both these goals on my GK who is down to a 5.7 rating for the night. 85’ Carrillo pulls one back for us, but they get the win due to our defensive mistakes.

Rest of NACL Tourney:

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2042: Caribbean Group Stage
Draw: A harder group than last year as we don’t have the super easy clubs from Puerto Rico & Cuba.

Matches:

Starting with a loss in Jamaica meant it was only an outside chance of advancing. We had some unlucky injuries before the final match against Defence Force losing our WB-L our quick AF & BBM. Still did well to draw them 1-1 at home, but we needed a big win to even have a chance at advancing. 

Squad:

 

Transfers:

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Best XI:

FM Screenshots:

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Overall

Season

Excel Tables:

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Head Coach:

 Nothing of note

Club Improvements:

Hoarding has yielded results as we got the board to agree to a youth facility upgrade!! I have trash training facilities and am prioritizing getting the youth program up.

Youth Academy:

HOYD:

Same

Youth Intake Preview:

Youth Intake:

Our patience has been rewarded with what looks to be a good intake with a surprise pure Italian player! Not sure how he made his way to Barbados, but we are happy to welcome him.

Top Players:

E Mastrantoni (Italian): CD - He is a CM-D to me with his good passing, speed and lack of height. Honestly not the best attributes but workable for sure. And I mean, come-on an Italian-Barbadian!

Omani Gilkes: AMC. I really like the look of this playmaker. No flair points towards DLP vs AP, but I'm fine with that. Honestly is better suited for us moving forward against stronger oppositions.

Abiola Grant: ML A fast winger!! Sure he can't defend, so we have a lot of work to do, but having a second-half speed sub to attack the wings could be very helpful.

R Applewhaite: CD. Grow 2 more inches and he could make it into our next-generation back 3.

D Brathwaite STC: He doesn't have a future for us in the NACL as he'll never be quick enough, but once I develop him he will make another team happy in the Caribbean/USA

Excel Tables:

 

Barbados National Team:

 

Road View Internationals:

Barbados Main:

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Barbados Youth:

Just did Main squad, so didn't have all the youth players this year.

Barbadian’s Around the World:

English Academy Players:

There are 11 Barbadian Players in England and almost all of these players generated here. There are a few playing at higher levels, including 2 at Arsenal, 1 at a Premeir League Crystal Palace, and then two in the Championship. 

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In other news Arsenal released Luther Samuel so I wouldn't have gotten anything had I kept the clause.

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MLS Academy Players:

 

Trinidad & Tobago
The 2nd best league generates rarely a Barbadian, but a good number have moved over for the higher salaries and quality of play.

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St Lucia
I loaded St Lucia (for some reason) and interestingly their league doesn’t have domestic registration requirements so they will bring in lots of players form around the Caribbean. Currently 107 Barbadians play here, but only a handful probably generated here.

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Jamaica
This is where the vast majority of foreign Barbadians are appearing in my database. There are 27 Partially Barbadian players Under 18, and 75 total Barbadian players playing in Jamaica. Unfortunately, domestic clubs aren’t yet capitalizing on these players.  

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Canada:

 Canada actually generates a lot of Caribbean players and for Barbadians it seems more than in the MLS (with the Canadian MLS teams generating Barbadians more often).

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Caribbean International Performance:

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Statistics Manager:

Out of curiosity I wanted to see how high of CA Santos Laguna has with their current players. Considering I can scout this team naturally with the club I consider this okay to pull. What I saw didn't surprise me that the majority of the first team is between 100 - 120 CA with their star players in the 130s-140s. This points that while Carrillo (115 CA) wouldn't be their star striker he could still get minutes on this team and is the level of player we are targeting for this save. The fact our offense was able to put up 3 goals against this team is encouraging.

Summary

I was shocked how well we played against Mexican opposition. Even if this year's NACL group stage didn't go as well, we finally are getting good intakes combined with a facility upgrade and stars who are staying at the club. Next couple years will be a little rocky as we transition to my new defense including a new GK.

 

 

 

Edited October 26, 2023 by WhiteCat33

[kdavva74]

[c19jf]

I think I'm going to try this challenge for the first time this year. Are we allowed to use instant result through like a skin for example? Just was feeling that before I get my first intake might be a little rough to play out all the matches (or even for the first little bit). Also any tips for starting out? Was going to go into England

[hubwub]

Club Atlético Los Andes - Primera Nacional - 2024

CLUB: PROFILE | FACILITIES | HONOURS | BOARD VISION | SUPPORTERS | FINANCES

MANAGER: PROFILE | ATTRIBUTES

We've done it. We won our first season in Primera Nacional. It went to the Championship Playoff Match against Club Social y Deportivo Madryn. We win off a 90+3 goal. I'm glad that it didn't go to penalties.

 

SQUAD

Youth Academy

I messed up on the naming and didn't fix it.

The players that I'm watching out for are Fernando Sarra 24A, Darío Pérez 24B, and Martín Córdoba 24C.

 

[Vakama2619]

20 minutes ago, c19jf said:

I think I'm going to try this challenge for the first time this year. Are we allowed to use instant result through like a skin for example? Just was feeling that before I get my first intake might be a little rough to play out all the matches (or even for the first little bit). Also any tips for starting out? Was going to go into England

I don't think theres any rules against that, and looking at how fast some of the other saves go I feel like some people do use Instant Result

[buachuta]

Is there any skin with instant result available yet?

[dondagz]

FM24 Hitchin Town F.C 

Season 25/26 Update

Season two started the same way most seasons start with me...brilliant. But it didn't last long. Getting two points in 12 games between October and December left us in 20th place with one point clear of relegation. Our right winger went from prime Messi to prime Djemba Djemba...but, but but. Star youth intake from last year Ben Wallace finally became a man, scored 15 goals in the second half of the season and helped us stave clear for one more year. The statues are being built already. Young work horse midfielder Daniel Idiakhoa was probably our best player all year round, bossing the midfield and contributing to goals. Our defence is a lot worse than last year, I'm guessing playing a 16 year old attacking playmaker in DM doesn't help.

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F.A Cup- Picked up easy wins in the first two qualifiers. Drew National League Scunthorpe in the fourth qualifiers and we smashed them. League one Oxford UTD in the first round at home next. Leading 1-0 till the 70th then they equalise. We hold on for a replay away and that sweet sweet money. Got bopped 6-0, doesn't matter 100k in the coffers means we can finally improve some facilities. Youth recruitment and Junior coaching saw a bump and hopefully the future of this save is somewhat secured.

F.A Trophy- Lost to Chester, but they got promoted so it was expected.

 

Youth Intake:

Forgot to grab screenshot but was an excellent intake. Here are the stars of it. 

Re-training to play Inside forward on the right cos Ben Wallace will be our striker for years to come.

 

With goal kepper injuries, he's going to come in very handy.

Facilities:

 

Summary: In theory we shouldn't be any worse than this season, so onward and upward. Still some decent money left so should be able to improve youth setup again this year

 

[DazRTaylor]

Youth Candidates

Season 2027/28

Bury

We once again received a cracking preview:

The intake was even better than last year with quality all over the pitch.

Edited October 28, 2023 by DazRTaylor

[Neo_Geo]

9 hours ago, buachuta said:

Is there any skin with instant result available yet?

Here's wannachup instant result skin

Edited October 26, 2023 by Neo_Geo

[the_hdk]

4 hours ago, Vakama2619 said:

I don't think theres any rules against that, and looking at how fast some of the other saves go I feel like some people do use Instant Result

I def use instant result for 90% of games. only play the fun ones oir ones I think i can make an impact on...or finals.

[HanziZoloman]

wow @DazRTaylor how do you do that? What kind of HOYD do you have?

[DazRTaylor]

17 minutes ago, HanziZoloman said:

wow @DazRTaylor how do you do that? What kind of HOYD do you have?

Not a very good one.  Remember these star ratings are in relation to my players, not the world.  There are no wonderkids here.

[Neo_Geo]

Spent a whole year with a grey keeper, first intake get a decent potential not so great current ability keeper and 6 games into the season....

When the first update drops I think its safe to say SI will have addressed the GK injuries 

[libbyshuss]

7 hours ago, kdavva74 said:

I'm hoping that they also match the fact that corporate owned clubs like Honda FC, Tokyo Musashino United and Marayasu Okazaki cannot get promoted.

they haven't, I'm FC Honda. Although the club's renamed Machida Corriente and has new non-corporate owners. and is based in a new city.

So in a way it's kinda realistic despite not being realistic?

[XaW]

So while I do want to complete England this year, I have more important goal. My hometown club of Follo has been one of my go-to clubs the recent years, but there is now an issue. No, the club is not folding, or anything like that, but they will be come ineligible for this challenge next year! The good part of this is that they are getting promoted, and not just only, they are dominating!

There is one game left of the season, and they are undefeated! If they win at home to Oppsal in the final match this Sunday, they will be the invincibles! So I need to do it this year, or I'm losing my chance of bringing glory to Follo in this challenge! Also a small thought to @Koetzer seeing how well Hammerfest are doing in real life...

If anyone is wondering about why they have a neon pink 3rd kit (which is their away kit in real life, but in FM they have a black one, so to avoid kit clashes, I made one of that too), that started as a one-time kit when they played against Rosenborg in the cup to as a way of marking their support for the pink ribbon movement to help spread awareness about brest cancer. It turned out to be very popular, so they kept it as it became part of the club's identity. Also, the sponsor is Kondomeriet, which is the biggest sex shop chain in Norway, so guess we won't be short on lube either!  I've written the story about Follo before, so I won't go into much details, but they are my local club and pretty much the only club I go to games for in Norway, even if I can't make many after getting a toddler in the house. So I have a very soft spot for the club, and I'm really happy they are getting promoted in real life, even if it saddens me that I won't be able to use them for this challenge next year!

Anyway, I really want to complete it this year, and I hope I can! Wish me luck!

[Neo_Geo]

3 sure things in life, birth, death and @XaW loading up another Follo save 

Best make sure you get it done in this version of the game based on how they are doing IRL

[XaW]

4 minutes ago, Neo_Geo said:

3 sure things in life, birth, death and @XaW loading up another Follo save 

Best make sure you get it done in this version of the game based on how they are doing IRL

Indeed!

I need to get this done now! Haven't completed this challenge since FM19, so it's about time too! 

[Neo_Geo]

This version of the game is not for the light hearted.

Guess who A. Bibbo is?

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Grey keeper that replaced my injured keeper 

 

[DazRTaylor]

End of Season Review

Season 2027/28

Bury

Season Summary

It was an excellent campaign as the league title and promotion to the fifth tier was secured.  We were good in the F. A. Cup too.

Season Details

League Table - Once we went top we never looked back and secure the title with two games remaining.

League Fixtures 1 & 2 - We were so consistent throughout and were a goalscoring machine.

F. A. Cup - We made it through to the first round proper before losing a tight game at home to FC Halifax, who play in the division above.

F. A. Trophy - Another exit at the second round stage, the round where we enter the competition as a poor performance at home saw us crash out at the hands of Gloucester City, a fellow tier six side.

Friendlies - No big scalps were claimed this year as we endured mixed fortunes during pre season.

Squad - We are definitely improving and we have some players with high potential.

Squad Dynamics - Much better than last year.

Transfers In - None.

Transfers Out - Two players were allowed to join other clubs on free transfers and a handful of youngsters departed on loan to gain some much needed match experience.

Youth Candidates - It was another exceptional intake with striker Tommy Ashman YP28A17 being the obvious highlight.

Finances - We made another large profit which has enabled the club to turn fully professional.

Key Players

Kieran Baker - The elsh right back was once again our most reliable defender.

Liam Cross - He appears to have settled into the team after whinging about my team talks.  He enjoyed a terrific season.

Luke Hall - Our best winger, he was an assist machine and even scored fourteen goals too.

Abimbola Obasoto - I moved him from right wing to left wing and it has revolutionised his game.  So much better.

Carl Bell - The teenager has made one of the central midfield slots his own.

Next Season

I just want to survive.  Anything else is a bonus.

Personal Contract

Season     Contract Start Date     Contract Expiry Date     Pre Tax Wage     Post Tax Wage
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
At start          25 June 2026             30 June 2027         £750 p/w          £600 p/w
2026/27         2 January 2027             30 June 2028         £775 p/w ↑        £600 p/w =
2027/28         4 October 2027             30 June 2029         £800 p/w V        £625 p/w ↑

Personal Coaching Data

Season     Reputation            Qualifications     Att  Def  Fit  GkD  GkH  GkS  Tac  Tec  Men  SeP  WWY  Ada  Det  PlK  YoK  LoD  PeM  Mot
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
At start   Minimal   (0.50*)     None                 1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    5    1    1    1    5    1    1    1
2026/27    Minimal = (0.50*) =   None       =         4 ↑  4 ↑  1 =  1 =  1 =  1 =  4 ↑  4 ↑  4 ↑  1 =  5 =  1 =  4 ↑  4 ↑  6 ↑  5 ↑  4 ↑  4 ↑
2027/28    Minimal = (1.00*) ↑   National C ↑         6 ↑  6 ↑  1 =  1 =  1 =  1 =  6 ↑  6 ↑  6 ↑  1 =  5 =  1 =  5 ↑  5 ↑  7 ↑  6 ↑  6 ↑  6 ↑

Club Facilities

Season     Training Facilities  Youth Facilities  Youth Level  Corporate Facilities  Junior Coaching  Youth Recruitment  Club Reputation
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
At Start   Great                Great                  2       Basic                 Adequate         Average            Local   (1.00*)
2026/27    Great =              Great =                2 =     Basic =               Excellent   ↑↑   Good        ↑↑     Local = (1.00*) =
2027/28    Great =              Great =                2 =     Basic =               Exceptional  ↑   Exceptional ↑↑     Local = (1.00*) =

Season Record

Season     Played     Won     Drawn     Lost     Goals For     Goals Against     Goal Difference     Win Percentage
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2026/27      50        23       10       17         110              91                 +19              46.00%
2027/28      51        35        7        9         155              76                 +79              68.63% ↑

Overall Career Record

After Season   Played     Won     Drawn     Lost     Goals For     Goals Against     Goal Difference     Win Percentage     Time At Club
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2026/27          50        23       10       17         110              91                 +19              46.00%             300 days
2027/28         101        58       17       26         265             167                 +98              57.43% ↑           659 days

Transfer Sale Record

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

Trophy Haul

Season     Competition Won
--------------------------
2027/28    Vanarama National League North

Trophy Cabinet

League Titles
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1 x Vanarama National League North (2027/28)

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

Career Overview

Season     Champions League    Europa League    Europa Conference League             League                             Position     F.A. Cup                    League Cup        Achievements
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2026/27           N/a               N/a                    N/a                       Vanarama National League North        7th       Third Qualifying Round          N/a           Lost in promotion playoffs first round.  F. A. Trophy second round.
2027/28           N/a               N/a                    N/a                       Vanarama National League North        1st ↑     Second Round           ↑        N/a           Promoted as champions.  F. A. Trophy second round.

Record Number of Appearances (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Appearances
---------------------------------------------------------------------
2026/27    Sam Berry YP27I9                          6
2027/28    Sam Berry YP27I9                         53

Record Goal Scorer (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                          Cumulative Number of Goals
---------------------------------------------------------------------
2026/27    No one                                        0
2027/28    Sam Berry YP27I9                             10

Record Number of Assists (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                        Cumulative Number of Assists
---------------------------------------------------------------------
2026/27    Jordan Baguley YP27B2                       1
2027/28    Jordan Baguley YP27B2                       8

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

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Clean Sheets
----------------------------------------------------------------------
2026/27    No one                                     0
2027/28    Stuart Kennedy YP27J10                     1

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 26, 2023 by DazRTaylor

[the_hdk]

1 hour ago, libbyshuss said:

they haven't, I'm FC Honda. Although the club's renamed Machida Corriente and has new non-corporate owners. and is based in a new city.

So in a way it's kinda realistic despite not being realistic?

did you do that yourself?  teh renaming?

[darren1983]

1 hour ago, XaW said:

Indeed!

I need to get this done now! Haven't completed this challenge since FM19, so it's about time too! 

I really want you to complete it with them so best of luck!

[libbyshuss]

22 minutes ago, the_hdk said:

did you do that yourself?  teh renaming?

no, i just booted it up, holidayed, chose the first team

only when I looked into it did I notice it was a rebadged FC Honda.

not sure why

[libbyshuss]

Japan - Honda FC/Machida Corriente

Season 3 - Division J3

 

Objectives: Get some youth players in that first team, see how far we get, prioritise improvements

Season Summary

An odd season where we were really inconsistent, maybe due to the average age of the first team plummeting. I played around 4/5 newgens in the first team each game and they developed really well! To get into the play-offs we needed to beat the teams in 1st, 2nd and 16th in the final three games of the season, and we did it in style!

So we went into the playoffs in really good form, really high morale, easy stuff, right?

d'oh! so another season in J3 it is, but the way our youth players are developing it shouldn't be too long

Youth

Managed to get another couple of improvements, which is nice. We should start seeing some amazing intakes soon! This one didn't seem like it, although with 9 elite talents you'd hope some come good

Clearly not a hlaf star/poor intake but I'm not sure what number it is. None of them really stand out, the personalities aren't great, and the best CA is for a DM which I don't tend to use. Although I'm always open to change....

Career

Surely we're ready to push for promotion? I'm not sure what to do about my striker though - he'll be 32 next season and spent this season sulking. I have two decent looking youths in the reserves waiting for their chance..

[Vipertitan]

First youth intake preview 

Edited October 26, 2023 by Vipertitan

[fries]

20 hours ago, fries said:

Ouch - I don't hope this will destroy the club financially. I am also afraid it is too early and we will be bound to a too small stadium in the future. 

 

EDIT:

Is this a potential bug? The club is now close to administration.

This is going to be tough!

This stupid new stadium is not worth it!

[OlivierL]

22 hours ago, Neo_Geo said:

Can anyone remember what poster created that really awesome checklist of goals for this challenge? Want to try tracking minor successes as I suspect the long slog in England will need a bit of good cheer to keep me going.

i don't think that you are talking about my list but this is what i used last FM:

Spoiler

 

Edited October 26, 2023 by OlivierL

[Neo_Geo]

8 hours ago, OlivierL said:

i don't think that you are talking about my list but this is what i used last FM:

  Hide contents

 

Thanks, I'm not sure it was the one I remember from before but I like it, may look to use this as the basis of one going forward. 

[hubwub]

47 minutes ago, OlivierL said:

i don't think that you are talking about my list but this is what i used last FM:

  Reveal hidden contents

 

I like this a lot.

I have some questions:

- How did you calculate increased reputation in Europe?

- How do you see dynamic youth rating in the game?

[OlivierL]

1 minute ago, hubwub said:

I like this a lot.

I have some questions:

- How did you calculate increased reputation in Europe?

- How do you see dynamic youth rating in the game?

i had a skin that showed both on a profile page or information screen (it also showed x/20 for youth facilities, coaching etc, no stars). other option is having a in game editor to check this (like JImbo is doing in hier career topics ).

[hubwub]

1 minute ago, OlivierL said:

i had a skin that showed both on a profile page or information screen (it also showed x/20 for youth facilities, coaching etc, no stars). other option is having a in game editor to check this (like JImbo is doing in hier career topics ).

What was the name of the skin?

[Atrux]

Well that's not going to end well is it?

Oh god last hope before the end?

Edited October 26, 2023 by Atrux

[Atrux]

27 minutes ago, Atrux said:

Well that's not going to end well is it?

Oh god last hope before the end?

And we lost the last game, got relegated and the club decided to extend my contract. But not for long as they decided, I'm not the right coach for mission promotion.