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We'll start with Beverley Town ...

SACAVENENSE END OF SEASON 1 - 2024/25 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Portugal Championship (League): Finished 9th of 14, one place above the relegation zone Portuguese Cup - knocked out at the first time of asking - Second Round A mixed start to the season, but it started to go south as injuries racked up and we dipped in and out of the relegation places. Just after midway though we put a run together which gave us hope of a play-off spot but a second injury (this time season ending) to our 'keeper meant we fell away. Finished 9th, 1 place above the relegation spots, but never in any danger of going down, 16 points clear of 10th and 8 points off the play-offs. Youth intake was described as a "golden generation" but we'll wait and see. Definitely a couple of decent players there including a good back-up 'keeper. Finances are a disaster, lost around 420K so far and we're only in April.

Looks good.

I spent some time re-rolling hoping to get Marske, Workington, or Whitby. Eventually Whitby appeared but no Marske or Workington yet unfortunately.

Info looks good. We need to change the league logos though - it's a long time since the leagues were sponsored by BetVictor. The Southern Central and Southern South use the same logo.

The minimum number of seats required at each step ... this is 2022/23 rules. For clubs where capacity/seating etc is not known, just set it to the minimum for the step.

Yeah, reset date for Portugal is 29th June. Not sure when the 20 promoted teams are decided but I had a save on 10th June (after the last game of the season) which generated the same 20 teams when I ran it forward a coupe of times, Did the same on May 1st and got different teams so it's between 1st May and 9th June. Currently with Sacavenense in Portugal Championship Group C. Reasonable start but the number of injuries is horrific ... this is from the first 6 weeks of the season with low/medium intensity training. One of the injured is my goalkeeper (Tomas) meaning a 2 youth star 16 year old is currently between the sticks. I assume it's accurate but I was surprised at how many teams are professional at this level of Portuguese football. 5 in my division of 14. I'm quite enjoying Portugal but I did roll Whitby Town yesterday when looking for English options (I wanted Marske, Workington or Whitby) so might move over there at some point.

Ahh ok, thanks - I was interpreting "You're allowed to keep any player that starts under contract, you can extend their contracts as often as you like" as only applying to players who have fixed contracts with end dates. I didn't think it applied to Amateur contracts. That is good news though and thanks for clarifying.

Having just returned to this save I'm not sure what I do in this circumstance. Apologies in advance if this has been covered elsewhere. All my players are on Amateur contracts, barring a couple of younglings. Daniel Pinto, amongst others, is in the middle of negotiating a (semi) pro contract. Current Contract Negotiated contract So, as per the parameters of the save, do I: 1 - have to withdraw from these contract negotiations, or 2 - can I let them play out and just accept the outcome (signs or rejects) with no further intervention I'm making the assumption that in no way can I change the current contract offer or re-negotiate it should he reject. Thanks.

Normally go with Hornchurch but the kits are wrong and that annoys me so will wait until the pre-editor is out to change them. Got a save for Berwick Rangers ready then saw someone else doing that save so have decided to go where I've never gone before - Portugal. Game resets on 29th June. Not sure exactly when the 20 promotions are decided but I had a save on 10th June (after the last game of the season) and ran it forward a couple of times but this generated the same 20. Did the same on May 1st and got different teams so it's between May 1st and June 9th. Anyway, rolled a random number between 1 and 20 and ended up with ...

Barrow Town - Season 2 - 2023/24 Winners of the United Counties League Premier Division North - 20 points plus a Trophy Awful cup performance (only played 6 cup ties all season): Fell at the first hurdle in the FA Cup (Extra Preliminary Round) Managed 1 win in the FA Vase before being knocked out on penalties in the 1st Round Managed 2 wins in the United Counties League Cup before being knocked out in the 3rd Round ---- Summary

I need to go for longer walks ... Season 1 summary.

Barrow Town - season 2022/23 Winners of the United Counties League Division 1 - 15 points plus a Trophy. Knocked out in the 5th Round of the FA Vase on penalties. Knocked out in the 2nd Round of the League Cup. --- I think we need to find a way of making this challenge harder, especially in the lower leagues. It's a real shame that all this effort is put into producing such a good database yet managers only ever seem to spend 1 season at each level before getting promoted. As I have said before, I never use the player search ("Players in Range") so consequently my player pool is reduced by around 95% because I can only ever use players my staff has found/recommended. And when you have scouts with 2 or 3 judgement ability (these are employed using job adverts, not "Staff Search") you get all sorts of players recommended. So, in my case, it takes time to get the squad right, but once there it is still relatively straightforward to win promotion.

I'm good too ... and my save is at the same stage as @caragreg i.e. still in the first season.

Mid-season progress report has Barrow leading the UCL Division 1 and still in both cups. We struggled at first, but that's generally down to the fact I don't use the staff search (for added realism) so it took me 4 weeks to get my coach in via a job advert. We had also played 3 friendlies before I knew the ability and potential of any of the squad. Once I'd hired a couple of scouts - I don't use the player search either (or "Players in Range" as it is now) - we started to improve the squad but because the scouts judgement is around 3 it's a bit of a revolving door of signings and releases. Not uncommon for Amateur clubs but I suspect our 28 signings to date is a little more than you would expect. Hopefully a more settled side for the remainder of the season.