Hello everyone!
I want to share my save history. I know I do not qualify for the challenge completion since I have no proof I was following the rules of it. And I was using several downloaded tactics. I did tweak them to suit my team, but still.
I am sharing the story as one might still get some useful information from it, since it feels like this year FM doesn't rely that heavily on tactics, more on pure squad strength. It took me longer than usual to get to win UCL and PL.
I started with a holiday man and after the season picked Tamworth as one of the teams just promoted to Vanarama North. After spending 2 years in Vanarama North, I could win the promotion to Vanarama National.
It took me another 5(!) years to promote into Sky Bet League Two. This is when I realized that this year FM is not about OP tactics
Long story short, I reached Premier Division in 2038
2047/2048 is the first year I could get the title, reach my first UCL final and win it. Two of my best central midfielders were injured before the game, so I was not expecting much. Lucky last minute's crossbar saved me from going into extra time and got me the UCL title.
Here are the manager stats
My best player (yes, he is slow ):
and the squad:
I don't know now if I should continue with the save, kinda sad that UCL's won from the first try.