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14 hours ago, pheelf said:
That's awful from Linfield, I think I may have been fortunate as in my save they developed alongside us pretty well and have never been relegated. The turning point for them was making a big player sale for £7M which gave them enough money to start competing at the upper end of the table and once that happened it completely transformed them. If you could provide something similar for them it could make all the difference.
As much as Cliftonville turning professional would be good I think Linfield should be the priority as they will have more ability to sustain it. Getting that 2nd CL place and holding onto it for the long term will be hugely beneficial. Shame about Larne, did they manage to win much before Bruce left?
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Larne won the league at the first attempt in 2019/20 and runner-up 4 times in 21/22, 23/24, 24/25 26/27, Irish Cup winners in 22/23, League Cup winners in 26/27 with 2 runners-up in 18/19 and 27/28, Co. Antrim Shield winners 23/24 & 25/16 with 4 runners up.
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In 2023 Larne's Kenny Bruce scaled down funding, the club turned semi-professional in 2026 and in 2032 Kenny Bruce leaves with a consortium taking over. Linfield suffered 2 relegations in 2022 and 2025. Cliftonville have been good at being 2nd doing so 5 times with 3 3rd places and a title win. I thought they should have gone pro by now. I might leave it for another season or two before using the money to encourage growth. I think we'll get the 2nd CL place along with the 3 EL places at the end of 2032/33. Hopefully Cliftonville can use that to build on. I realise this is like 30yrs behind you, so I appreciate the replies.
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Would you still consider the save to be organic if you deliberately paid £1m for a player worth £100k from a Bluefin Sport Championship division. I'm only in 2032 but we're the only full-time club in the DBP. I was considering using a fraction of my club's £80m to encourage some sort of growth, hoping that another club will go professional. I know its a case of play my save the way I want to, but I want a clear conscience if I get even close to the objective. Would you have done something similar if you had the funds or would you feel like you're affecting the outcome too much?
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36 minutes ago, pheelf said:
The new stadium that was built with Glentoran had a starting capacity of 15,085 and was expanded to 30,170. I think you may have pulled the trigger a bit too early on asking to build a new ground. I haven't seen a new stadium have potential expansion capacity more than double its starting capacity so if my theory is correct the largest your new ground is ever going to reach is 12,500. This can be a problem as you can't build another new ground for 25 years so you are going to be stuck at a rather limited capacity until then.
If you are in for the long haul then I guess it's not that big a deal as if you can be successful the ground you build after is likely to be huge but you will need to manage the finances well as 12,500 doesn't really give you much clout financially. Considering that gate receipts are your only major source of income domestically you might find it difficult to maintain a higher wage bill so you are going to need to be good in the transfer market to make up the shortfall.
Why was it that you couldn't request to expand the stadium?
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Oh, dear. The board would expand because we didn't have enough fans (or however they put it). Then they surprise me with agreeing to the new stadium. I guess there will be a lot of ground sharing with Linfield for a while. I seem to do ok with selling players for big money, doesn't happen very often but usually it is for big money. Got £5m plus add-ons for a ST that had only been at the club for a season and a half and I only bought him for £28k. Bought him in Jan 2027, sold July 2028. We've qualified for the Champions League a couple of times and have £25m in the balance, as long as we keep doing that then we'll keep ahead of any potential money related issues
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I think you may be on to something with regards to getting a new stadium and the size of a new one. I have been unable to expand the stadium but the option to ask for a new stadium was there, so I asked simply because I could and they said yes! It is at the planning stage and it is likely to be a 6,250 seater. As you maxed out the oval first, the new stadium started out larger? I can't remember.
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Loving this save of yours and admire your perseverance with both Glentoran and Linfield. Could you answer a couple of questions for me out of experience and opinion? I started with Glentoran hoping to emulate what you have achieved. My question is this. Is it worth the money spent on reaching 10,000 seats at The Oval considering the initial size of the new one? I thinking of just saving up for a new stadium as we can play at Windsor Park for European matches. My other question is have you thought about managing 2 teams at the same time?
Thanks in advance. I hope you achieve the objective of the save.
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Thanks for fixing the information on the club page, but on the board page its been messed up a little, see Scouting. Also, what were you thnking with regards to the mascsara covered stars? Did anyone ask for it to be improved?
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One thing that I have been very happy about is players putting in transfer requests when you've told them they'll be sold and they agree. Next inbox message is the player putting in the transfer request. I'm assuming that this takes away the loyalty fee. That always bothered me on FM18 and had to pay up as well as losing an unhappy player on the cheap.
Another thing. These screenies on the club page. Are they meant to be empty?
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Thanks for fixing the dark skin.
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11 minutes ago, KUBI said:
Did you load any custom league files? This happens when there are errors in a file, like too many clubs in one division.
No custom league files downloaded. I've only downloaded a tactic, nothing else. I'll delete that and then see.
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Can anyone tell me what is wrong with this? It is there when starting a new save.
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Turning N. Ireland into a footballing powerhouse
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Yeah, definitely down to the success. I jumped straight into the Glentoran job rather than wait. I started this a bit late on 1st June, so I thought it would be better if I tried to win as much as possible as quickly as possible. Won the league in the first season and thought we're flying. Ended up finishing 6th in the following year with Larne winning that one. Cliftonville is the only other team to win it and that was an ending that would be hyped to the max. A head to head at Solitude were all we had to do was not lose. Lost 3-2. I have been letting other teams win the Irish Cup in a hope that a few hundred thousand and a spell in Europe would make a difference. Of course, we have been beat fair and square on a couple of occasions too. I can't bring myself to let Linfield win anything...ever.