MAIRYHUFFCNUT Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 First League done as champions, need to be quicker though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sach2223 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 League champions with games remaining Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelwood Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 I love the early years of this type of save, but this is the first time I have done it while winning every game! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kieran_stutes Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Third season complete, third title! Much harder season, FA Vase run was interesting. We keep going! On 25/01/2024 at 15:35, K13eke said: 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andylamb69 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 i made these the other day if anyone would like to use them large and small crest 2d and 3d kits just home 3d isn't exact you possibly may need to edit the config file and change the team id as they don't all seem to be the same config.xml Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Kynes Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Has anyone had a takeover this early in their career? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJWills1991 Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 End of Season 3, 3rd Title! Here is a look at how it ended and a look at my Game Status. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPStafford Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 9 hours ago, kieran_stutes said: Third season complete, third title! Much harder season, FA Vase run was interesting. We keep going! You must be putting serious hours in, i thought i played a lot haha Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiberoATTACK Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 On 23/01/2024 at 20:12, LiberoATTACK said: CHAMPIONS! With 4 games to go... :-) After being ill for a few days, and then in London to watch us finally score a goal at the new Spurs stadium, finally got round to finishing Season number 2... Champions again ole ole.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackenie Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Season 2 Promotion comfortable, into the cups with the board expecting us to win the Fa Vase.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thyra7 Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Gents, first time poster here but long time FM player, both digital and real world. I started the save last week and here's my update (FM23). Standings and team info: First youth intake: Looks like the league will be mine in about 4 more wins. Looking forward to going through this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AW24 Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Very pleased with my first season! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horatio Nelson Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 I must be tactically inept - I've only won 3 of my first 7 league games in Season 1...much harder than I thought it would be, hats off to those crushing it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
K13eke Posted January 28 Author Share Posted January 28 2 hours ago, Horatio Nelson said: I must be tactically inept - I've only won 3 of my first 7 league games in Season 1...much harder than I thought it would be, hats off to those crushing it! I think it all depends on your approach. I've decided against making any transfers due to having a personal investment in the team in real life and knowing who the players are, I started out slow but once they got the hang of tactics we started flying! Currently top with 9 games to go in season 1. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
K13eke Posted January 28 Author Share Posted January 28 17 hours ago, andylamb69 said: i made these the other day if anyone would like to use them large and small crest 2d and 3d kits just home 3d isn't exact you possibly may need to edit the config file and change the team id as they don't all seem to be the same config.xml 990 B · 0 downloads Thank you so much for creating these! Will give them a whirl later on. Would you be okay if I add this download to the 1st pinned post? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZimboDood Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Started Yesterday, but forgot to post. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johancantona Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 All the way from Sweden. Lets go!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horatio Nelson Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 3 hours ago, K13eke said: I think it all depends on your approach. I've decided against making any transfers due to having a personal investment in the team in real life and knowing who the players are, I started out slow but once they got the hang of tactics we started flying! Currently top with 9 games to go in season 1. I've gone with signing players, but the lack of wingers anywhere means I'm having to play a narrow formation and I'm getting done down the flanks by literally everyone :/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAIRYHUFFCNUT Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 2nd Season and an invincible one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOUBLEALPACA Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Second season over - another league win and the finances are still not in the red! That being said, my wage budget for next season is set to £250 a week so I've no clue how to approach that! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thyra7 Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Season 1: Promoted with games to spare League Champions: Crewe & District Football League Promoted to: West Cheshire League Division 3 Quote I'll post another update once the season is officially finished. I still have 2 games left to win the Cup (AJ Cooke) and do the double. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJWills1991 Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 This is HUGE!!! for Season 4!! After Beating AFC Fylde 4-1, We Struggle and Barely Scrape this Result and Move past the Preliminaries into the FIRST Round of the FA Cup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZaaraZack Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 On 27/01/2024 at 02:45, ZaaraZack said: Tough 2nd season. Barely winning the championship.... hard to cope with players getting poached mid season and getting new players in. nonetheless back to back championship. definitely goin to struggle in level 10. 3rd season done Unexpectedly cruising through the league Winning the level 10 championship and first division cup. That makes it 4 trophies in seasons. County leagues here we come. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramboacdc Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Wow, losing my laptop to my wife wanting to play House Flipper 2 has really put me back a few seasons. Grats to those who have somehow managed to wrap up season 3! I best get the laptop set up next to the work laptop today! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thyra7 Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Season not over yet (1 game to go) but league and cup are mine. Looking forward to refining the squad over the summer in preparation for the higher division. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Kynes Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 phase two complete! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHawkins78 Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 First league title won. Unbeaten. Jack Devlin top scorer, Sam Agius 22 year old goalkeeper looks a star of the future, on to contracts now in the following season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOUBLEALPACA Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Start of season number 3 coming up - had a lot of transfer activity and really wanted to spend as little on wages as possible so the squad currently looks like this... As you can see a LOT of loan signings and a lot of players that my assistant doesn't seem to rate, but I'm quite happy as I've kept my Goalkeeper, Left Back, a Centreback, CDM and my two attacking mids and striker from last season and I've faith in them if they stay fit. As a result, finances and salary looking good... As for aims for the season, I was originally targetting a playoff finish and the media seem to have more faith than I do... excited to start the season now! Let's see what I can do with a number of players still on amateur contracts and pay as they play contracts! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramboacdc Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 back to back promotions. Undefeated all the way to the title and won it with 7 to spare Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thyra7 Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Season 1 Complete - Double Winner League: Quote Schedule: Quote Quote Transfers: Quote Youth Intake: Quote Finances: Quote 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
K13eke Posted January 30 Author Share Posted January 30 14 hours ago, Thyra7 said: Season 1 Complete - Double Winner League: Schedule: Transfers: Youth Intake: Finances: Great update! Would love to see more like this on here! We haven't taken into account anybody starting this save using FM23 from the Crewe & District league when it comes to the points. I'll award you 5 points for the league & 5 points for the cup. I'll ensure this is consistent with anybody else starting from the C&D league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
K13eke Posted January 30 Author Share Posted January 30 Good afternoon all, Some incredible progress being made again on here! There are obviously some players who are not keeping us updated on here, however I can confirm that nobody has completed the challenge yet. Here is how the leader board currently looks: Points to note: Thyra7 - This member has opted to start the challenge using FM23. AFC Crewe are in the Crewe & District league in FM23 and we haven't included them in the points system. We will give 5 points for a C&D league win. I'm going to get myself onto this leader board by the end of tomorrow! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thyra7 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 41 minutes ago, K13eke said: Great update! Would love to see more like this on here! We haven't taken into account anybody starting this save using FM23 from the Crewe & District league when it comes to the points. I'll award you 5 points for the league & 5 points for the cup. I'll ensure this is consistent with anybody else starting from the C&D league. Thanks! I understand I'm playing catch-up to mostly everyone else so I appreciate the inclusion. This is a tough but fun challenge! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJWills1991 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 End of Season 4, We Win a Treble! But Valiant made it through to the First Round of the Fa Cup unfortunately losing to Workington. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAIRYHUFFCNUT Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Another invincible season but no trophies knocked out early...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJWills1991 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 (edited) And in Season 5 We Start by Winning the J.R. Cleator Cup. Edited January 31 by CJWills1991 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicoo36 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Hello and welcome from Germany! As an expatriate, I am now also starting my career with the glorious AFC Crewe. Here's to seeing some very successful football in Crewe and celebrating our first promotion to the Staffordshire Premier Division together. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJWills1991 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Anyone else getting spammed with Championship team's wanting to Interview? im getting one nearly every 2 weeks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackenie Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 4 hours ago, CJWills1991 said: Anyone else getting spammed with Championship team's wanting to Interview? im getting one nearly every 2 weeks A season behind but had some offers from league two, they all seem to come close to each other. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackenie Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Season 3 Well, we went out of the vase first round which did not go down well, thankfully our league performance kept us in the job and we got the league cup for the double. It's interesting looking at other managers, I think I've built a team better than needed for these early seasons, just got promoted and the board expect me to win league and both cups, salary budget at £1600 which seems higher than others at this stage, possibly because I'm using most of my budget each season but we are nearly 50k in debt. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackenie Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 My odds of winning the league in this seasons preview is 1-91 and the board are only at B confidence, I genuinely think I might get fired if I don't get promoted again which is messed up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramboacdc Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 I am in season 3 but I will be taking my time this time. Mostly due to blitzing season 2 as it was just so easy that I ended up spending near 14 hours on the laptop. Turns out that is a fantastic way to cause a migraine. Also within 3 games in the new division I got turned over by a team who are now sitting pretty at the top of the league and appear to be unbeaten away in nearly a season. Got to knuckle this one down a bit and enjoy it. Currently only getting job interview offers from surrounding clubs really and using all my scouting budget has done a number on the finances. I am within wage budget but I really need to turn that ship around somehow. Every season the preview puts me as relegation fodder, so even though I may have the best coaches, scouts and physios in the league, the first goal is as always to steer of relegation and then anything after that is just a bonus. I won't be able to compete with most of you guys, as this is the first time I have ever had a save below National League South, when I tried the old Chester City challenge a few years ago. It's interesting for sure! Off to chase down top spot! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kieran_stutes Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Fourth season complete! Best one yet! Found some great players which carried us to 3 trophies, and a great FA Cup run! Onto season 5... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelwood Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Second season down. Lost a few this time but quite happy with how the season went, although most of the squad have now left ahead of level 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
K13eke Posted January 31 Author Share Posted January 31 AFC Crewe 2023/2024 Season Review Champions: Leek Town Reserves pushed us all of the way this season, however about 7 games before the end, they started to draw a few games which really opened the gap up. My AFC Crewe scored 95 goals throughout the course of the season and I'm a little gutted that we didn't make the 100. With that being said, considering we made 0 transfers, to have scored the most goals and conceded the least whilst winning the league comfortably is a successful season in my eyes. Transfers: We lost Caine Mellor near the back end of the season. This was a huge blow for us because he was on for player of the season. Shame on him more than anything because shortly after this we turned Semi-Pro and started paying players. I hope it was worth it Caine - Enjoy your amateur club! I'm still undecided whether or not to turn this into a youth save as well moving forward - What are your thoughts? Youth Intake: I'm really pleased with this youth intake. Some really strong defenders coming through, including the beast posted above. There's quite a handy GK that has also come through. If I decide to go with youth only, I'll look to integrate these players into pre-season. Summary: This has been a really positive first season. The board have agreed to improve youth recruitment, turn us semi-pro, send me away for my National C qualifications & increase our junior coaching budget. Overall we made a loss of £2224.00 over the course of the season and only lost one player. We lost a few members of staff here and there, however we have replaced and improved our staff members whenever this has happened. We won the league convincingly in the end and had a fairly decent youth intake. I've definitely adopted the more difficult route to start this challenge by opting to not make transfers - Who wants to see how far we can go using youth only? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AW24 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Very nearly bottled this one, luckily my goal difference was too good going into the last game of the season, Level 10 here we come! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetscott23 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 So Far, not too bad. Where is everyone at? anyone in prem or championship yet? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Alex Ferguson jr Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 On 26/01/2024 at 16:46, Sir Alex Ferguson jr said: Here we go! Curious to see how things play out... Keep you all posted! Update 1 - Season 1 (2023/2024) review Invincible season! League table: Youth Intake: Transfers: Finances: Star players: Let go with season 2! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJWills1991 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 (edited) At the End of Season 5, We Got dumped out Early in the FA Cup Prelims, Fighting Valiantly in the Fa Trophy and dominating in the Integro League Cup and the League. Edited February 1 by CJWills1991 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelwood Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Just stumbled across this on Twitter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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