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[FM23] Reymersholms IK - season 33 - 2055 Not much interesting in this years intake, low CA's and personalities We did an amazing job in league and we are the champions!! Sweden was dominated by either IFK Goteborg(14x) or Hammarby IF(10x) since 2031. We did it even despite we lost our best DM before season - same scenario, ending contract, when I put him on the list the best I could get was 7mil so I decided to keep him but few weeks later Brommapojkarna doubled it so it was time to say goodbye. I retrained one of youngsters - Robert Gustavsson - to fill his spot and he did quite well. Next I need to deal with Karl-Johan Hallberg who's also complaining about playing for better team but I hope that good results will eventually change his mind. Finishing last years Europa League we were the best after league phase but in first elimination round we got to face Atalanta who are far stronger but it was pretty close battle. Another upgrade of youth facilities, maybe we will get it to the max slowly

[FM23] Reymersholms IK - season 32 - 2054 This time we're not so great with youngsters CA* but I can see a nice versatile defender Jonsson plus a decent attacker Gustavsson Solid season finishing midtable with our players developing nicely. As mentioned in previous post we won Europa Conference League, quite lucky draws with opponents not from top leagues but it's still impressive result. Thanks to that win we got a place in Europa League group stage and we're doing even better, beating such a powerhouses like Tottenham or Red Bull Leipzig. Two more games next year so full report incoming next season. Karl-Johan Hallberg doing a lot of good work got recognized Stadium expansion finished with maxed out capacity of 10800, but with our rising reputation the board also agreed to build a new stadium right away. It's expected to be around 14000 seats and it still will be one of the smallest at this level. Many clubs got their modern stadiums throughout this career. Also our youth facilities were upgraded

[FM23] Reymersholms IK - season 32 - 2054 - bonus update I think this deserves it's own post. First major trophy for Reymersholms. We absolutely crushed Europa Conference League and with a little bit of luck in final defeated Feyenoord to raise the trophy.

[FM23] Reymersholms IK - season 31 - 2053 Seems like Simon Borg will be new starting DC, he's attributes and personality is better than Anton Anderssons. There are also few attacking players with Eddie Lofstrom being the best from this intake but we are quite packed at offense so it will be harder to find suitable minutes for him now. A rather strange season, we were again in a relegation battle but at the same time we were dominant in Conference League and qualify to knock-out stage with ease. It could be better but we had to let go two of our star players right before season started. Transfers I mentioned earlier were both into last year of contract. We made a huge profit out of it, but with Jandel-Holst out our defensive line got a significant quality drop. The only upgrade I could get was a stadium expansion, but a little dissapointing, just less than 1k seats (7200 before)

[FM23] Reymersholms IK - season 30 - 2052 A fine intake with Karl-Johan Hallberg standing out - promoted to first team, rest will develope in youth team. Too bad we lack a decent center backs as I desperately need them. Fantastic season for us. Grabbing a 5th place is way above expectations, we have a chance for Conference League - depending of results of Swedish cup. This will be hard to repeat though because we lost Olof Rosen (second best DC) before season start, he wanted to leave to better team, Kalmar made a decent offer and he's gone. Same thing will probably happen at this season change with Alfred Jandel-Holst and Rudolf Kjernholm - last year of contracts and no way to convince them to stay. As for offensive side I'm not that worried, there are some youngsters ready waiting for a spot in rotation, but we'll be left with only one good DC. Next thing that bothers me more and more are our facilities. The youth facilities are being downgraded and I don't even have a chance to talk about upgrading for years. Our stadium with a capacity of 7200 is over 95% full on average but every time I ask for expansion or even building a new one I get the same response from the board - we don't have enough fanbase. We have almost 50m balance so we could easily afford it but they don't want to. "Are you winning, son?" David is retiring now at the age of 36 with 437 league apps so it's a solid number, he never made it above 3rd division so not very succesfull career.

[FM23] Reymersholms IK - season 29 - 2051 Bunch of nice potential, Adam Larsson is going into starting lineup straight away because Ville Gefvert made no progress in 3 years (he was unambitious, just changed into balanced recently) Another solid outcome, we're still far behind top clubs but at least we aspire to be a established mid-table team. We also made it into semi final in Swedish Cup so it's definetely best season in clubs history. The big problem though is Olof Rosen going into last year of contract and he still wants to leave so I consider selling him now. Same thing will probably happen next year with Alfred Jändel-Holst which will make our defence a lot weaker. "Are you winning, son?" not much changed here, still quite usefull but could be close to retirement

[FM23] Reymersholms IK - season 28 - 2050 Some nice talents, I like Lindgren a versatile offensive player and Nguyen Van Quan will get a chance at DR, my current ones lookes like they're at their peak which is only 2* so that Vietnamese kid can outgrow them We again got 29pts but this year few teams were significantly weaker so we had no problems staying above relegation zone. Our bank balance is safe and growing so the board agreed for more upgrades, training facilities twice and youth recruitment so just before the start of next season we will have max levels everywhere except youth facilities "Are you winning, son?" Davids experience got him a good amount of starting lineup apps with a nice avg rating

I know but it's only selected groups from okręgówka not all of them and the one I'm looking for is not there. The team is ŁKS Łowisko - grupa Stalowa Wola

Once I've tried the youth only save few years ago I don't even want to go back to normal gameplay After looking through all FM versions I have and lower leagues DBs I think it's best to do it in FM20 because of full structure down to tier 6 (or wait until FM25 as my team is likely to win promotion this season). If the save sticks for more than few season I can post some updates :)

Reading through this thread made me want to start a youth only career with a team from a local village I support but looks like I would have to go back to FM20 as they're in okręgówka and it's the last version I can find them playable. Good luck Rogu

[FM23] Reymersholms IK - season 27 - 2049 Yet again excellent intake with new starting DM Nice push in the second half of season to avoid relegation. Youngsters are improving, lots of upgrades, very stable finances so the future looks bright Finally next level of youth facilities but we're not even halfway through "Are you winning, son?" similar to last year but slightly more apperances

[FM23] Reymersholms IK - season 26 - 2048 Some upgrades, reputation boost and here we are with a fantastic intake, three potential starters Great start and bad form later on but it was enough to survive in top division. Key players are happier now and will be given new contracts soon. With money from TV we were able to get multiple upgrades but still no youth facilities "Are you winning, son?" Looks like there's not much left, barely playing this season

[FM23] Reymersholms IK - season 25 - 2047 Filip Olsson looks promising, nice potential and personality Playoffs again but this time we took a W and we're finally going to top division. 25 seasons is more than I expected but now the fun begins. On top of that we won our group in Swedish Cup and reached quarterfinals At the begining of the season we've upgraded our recruitment. I'm still not getting the youth facilities upgrade available and at this level it's just way to low "Are you winning, son?" Good season for David, a starting role, nice numbers

[FM23] Reymersholms IK - season 24 - 2046 Average at most, all of them will stay in u19 team for now Somethings good happening here, Utsiktens BK were dominant but there was a pretty even fight for top 3 between almost half of the teams. A great stretch of unbeaten games in late rounds gave us a playoff spot. Unfortunately IK Sirius were too strong despite us winning first game. "Are you winning, son?" David fell in rotation to being just a deep sub, he eventually left and is now a free agent

[FM23] Reymersholms IK - season 23 - 2045 Not many promising talents but I'm happy we got two DC's. Olof Rosen will be starting some games next season We got really strong start at cups group stage, we lost the 1st place to Kalmar just by one goal difference. In the league though a standard mid-table performance. I feel like being stuck here with not much room to improve currently. This is the year I'm moving our greatest scorer to bench. Eddie Nelen is 31 already, has some injury problems so I've promoted Dave Richmond who was massive in u19 team. I've decided to finally let Johan Sundstrom go. Last year of contract and not willing to sign new one, a lot of interest from bigger clubs. 35k upfront is not much, friendly game can double it, but I hope that sweet 50% clause will do the job eventually. "Are you winning, son?" Back into 3rd tier, starting almost every game but not performing too well

[FM23] Reymersholms IK - season 22 - 2044 Those previews can be ridiculous sometimes, while the actual intake looks nice. Two goalies who can be a backup for Pafiakis or maybe even outgrow him in couple of years, left defender - potentialy a starter soon, because current one is 30yo, a center back to help our depth and some nice prospects on the attacking side That was a pretty horrible season, we were struggling a lot trying to get out of relegation zone. Eddie Nelen lost some time due to injury but he was still our top scorer (only 11 this year). Some best players are complaining they want to move to bigger club. I'm still able to survive transfer windows but I can't get them on new contracts so I may be forced to sell them after next season. "Are you winning, son?" David terminated his contract with Karlstad (where he was a strater) mid season and signed with lower division IFK Haninge

[FM23] Reymersholms IK - season 21 - 2043 The preview was a little missleading, because actual intake was quite nice. Sabah and Axen will be subs next season Yet again starting good and declining in form later. We have decent starting lineup but something is not working. We might lose Johan Sundstrom soon, he's becoming way to good compared to rest of the team, some top flight clubs are showing interest and he don't want to extend his contract. "Are you winning son?" David is just a squad player now, doesn't look promising

@TeoTimish nice to see another Polish league attempt. In FM24 my hometown team is finally available for this challenge and it has a pretty good starting setup. Too bad you didn't get them promoted. Good luck

[FM23] Reymersholms IK - season 20 - 2042 That's a really nice intake. Finally I have a goalie who can replace my current one as Elliot Sommensjö is getting old. I think I'll switch them straight away, because Pafiakis is just slightly worse and he can catch up quickly. Also some decent sub for DR and two central mids + winger/striker. Next year it would be perfect to get some good DC We're feeling pretty confident right now, great start being in top3, then some sloppy games and we finish in a solid mid-table place missing playoffs just by 5 points. With the money left we upgraded training facilities again, but still can't get the youth facilities. I don't know if it's a reputation problem or just the board sucks. "Are you winning son?" David played his worst season so far, still has a starting spot but tier 3 is probably the best he could achieve. He left on a free transfer after contract expired

[FM23] Reymersholms IK - season 19 - 2041 Very nice intake, lots of 1,5*CA players and Johan Sundstrom definetely is going into rotation Another survival, I'm just happy we avoided playoffs, because you never know. Eddie Nelen just keeps on with brilliant performance, I just hope that others will become so efficient and consistent. Just around summer we got the clause buyout available for 3,2m. It was around 1/3 of his value but when going through IFK's transfer history there was only one huge sell for 15m to Liverpool, other than that they got 3-4m max so it was no brainer. Rather slim chance to get more if they sell him and that amount of money will help us immediately. So we got some crucial upgrades and most important, the board agreed to turn professional. "Are you winning son? only 15 starts in his new team so rather regressing. In his age he won't become much better, I wonder if there's a lot of missed potential or maybe that's the best he could be?

[FM23] Reymersholms IK - season 18 - 2040 Dennis Bengtsson can be useful for first team, but central midfield is already packed so I need to figure out how pack them all up. Also two DC's with a potential, I hope that they'll develop Fantastic start, but later on mostly losses which was expected. We ended at 10th place with 40 points so very solid outcome. We were also competitive in cups group stage which shows that there's some quality in our team. Eddie Nelen with another great scoring effort, he's now over 200 goals for club and still counting. One really bad news, Zeki Erol - my wonderkid was complaining whole season. He wanted to test his options at the end of contract, I convinced him to change his mind twice but he won't sign new contract until the squad gets a lot stronger and that is not going to happen now. I decided to sell him send an offer with locked 50% of next transfer clause + a friendly and IFK Goteborg agreed. After he moved to new club his value went even higher than I thought, nearly 10m. "Are you winning son?" David was still a started for Torns IF but he again wants to move to bigger club , demanded a transfer and eventualy left

[FM23] Reymersholms IK - season 17 - 2039 Yagiz Ak and Johny Almqvist will be promoted to first team and play occasionally With start like that I had the worst scenario in my head but some nice wins now and then and we climbed up to a playoff zone and eventually won against Qviding. We stay in 2nd tier for another year. Eddie Nelen yet again was our best performing player. Around 1 million prize for finishing place is making the finances healthy although board don't agree to turn professional as it will mean to high costs in their opinion. Atleast we found good use for that money and we're upgrading training facilities. I hope that reputation boost will unlock youth facilities also, I can't even ask for that now. David played another decent season in Torns IF, they again finished somewhere around lower mid-table

March 2036 What a run in FA Cup, very lucky draws as we dodged top clubs. A smooth win over Sunderland and then a thriller at Bristol, now semis vs Liverpool. Decent league outcome, ManU had a lot of trouble with their win and next game we had a goals festival against Chelsea We're getting tons of money, we sold out every game so it's about time to get some construction works at Sixways expanding to about 17k Prince Mountaro looks like a legit wonderkid as he was included in this years NXGN list at 6th place, keep going kid

Youth intake 2036 Only two players who seems like they could be in first team rotation some time in the future based on potential *. Ryan Gardner looks really well, he's fast with good technique, can be a decent winger, and of course professional personality. Llion Turner will have to work hard to earn his chance because our two goalies are untouchable at this moment

[FM23] Reymersholms IK - season 16 - 2038 Very nice that we got some depth in defence. Mikael Ahl is versatile all-around defender so plenty of playing time for him. Jonas Gustafsson also should be very handy Yes, yes, yes, finally, a promotion!! It was almost a lost case as we were down by 5 points after 28 games and we needed a miracle of Umea FC getting just one point max in those last two games and it happened. What a fantastic season. Just look at that scoring spree Eddie Nelen had, leagues top scorer with 38 goals (only in sepetmber 4 games - 13 goals). Hugo Holmgren quickly became a solid DR fixing a hole after David left. We were also great with finances, cups group stage (away game vs AIK) earned us enough to get training facilities upgrade and later we got IFK Goteborg in second round. We lost of course but ended up with almost 400k in bank account. I asked for another upgrade but trainign facilities were denied due to financial situation and youth facilites were not available "Are you winning son?" He wanted to play in better club than Reymersholms but there was not a lot interest and he chose Torns IF - a typical mid-table team from southern Division 1. He played a decent season, they finished 10th and I think he might regret his decision a little