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I am back after a year long absence from these parts (and playing FM in general tbf). This save will be played on the recent update of FM19. Inspired somewhat by ManUtd1's big journeyman I've had this idea for a save planned for a while. The aim of it is to win the Champions League with a team that hasn't won it before from "every" country in Europe. I say every with brackets as I won't be using any extra files on this save so I will "only" be doing it for the 34 countries available on the game. I guess I could do 35 if you include the Liechtenstein side, but I won't have to worry about making a decision on that for a very long time. As I often like to do on saves on FM I will start off with Arsenal and then work my way around the rest of Europe from there. I'll be starting the game with the top leagues from England, Spain, Germany and France all loaded, then will take one away and add another as I complete one. So when I win the CL with Arsenal I will take England off and add Italy, then take the next off and add Portugal, Turkey, Russia, etc and so on.

Welcome to the start of my new FM19 story, Part of the Furniture. In this one club challenge, I attempt to take Torquay United from the lowest playable division in non league to legendary status! In this episode, it's our first day at the club. Check it out below:- If you enjoyed this episode, LIKE the video & SUBSCRIBE to the channel for daily FM19 content. New episodes of FM19 Part of the Furniture, on Tuesday, Thursday & Sunday, with new content from my other FM19 story, The Head Coach on Monday, Wednesday & Saturday at 4.30pm. Thanks for watching!

Taking football manager 2019 down to level 11 FA Cup redone to include Preliminary rounds, proper prize money added. TV money added. FA Competitions gate reciepts shared 50% each. FA Trophy redone to include preliminary rounds, proper prize money added. FA Vase added, proper prize money added. 1000 teams entered from Level 9-11 FA Trophy & FA Vase Finals played on the same day but at different times like in real life. Small amount of prize money added to the top 3 teams at Levels 7-11 Northern/Southern & Isthmian League Cups Added. Local Cups added down to Level 11 Playoffs at Level 7 & 8 done correctly. Minimum stadium requirements added in at Level 7-9 All promotion/relegation done down to Level 11. Boundaries added for all leagues down to Level 11. Awards added down to Level 11. Full long names added for teams down to level 11. Maximum wage per week added in at Level 7-10. Any feedback is welcome. Level League(s)/Division(s) 1 Premier League 20 clubs – 3 relegations 2 EFL Championship 24 clubs – 3 promotions, 3 relegations 3 EFL League One 24 clubs – 3 promotions, 4 relegations 4 EFL League Two 24 clubs – 4 promotions, 2 relegations 5 National League 24 clubs – 2 promotions, 4 relegations 6 National League North 22 clubs – 2 promotions, 3 relegations National League South 22 clubs – 2 promotions, 3 relegations 7 Northern Premier League Premier Division 22 clubs – 1-2 promotions, 3 relegations Southern League Central Division 22 clubs – 1-2 promotions, 3 relegations Southern League South Division 22 clubs – 1-2 promotions, 3 relegations Isthmian League Premier Division 22 clubs – 1-2 promotions, 3 relegations 8 Northern Premier League Division One West 20 clubs – 1-2p, 2r Northern Premier League Division One East 20 clubs – 1-2p, 2r Southern League Division One Central 20 clubs – 1-2p, 2r Southern League Division One South 20 clubs – 1-2p, 2r Isthmian League Division One North 20 clubs – 1-2p, 2r Isthmian League Division One South Central 20 clubs – 1-2p, 2r Isthmian League Division One South East 20 clubs – 1-2p, 2r 9 (All divisions run in parallel) Combined Counties League Premier Division – 20 clubs Eastern Counties League Premier Division – 20 clubs Essex Senior League – 20 clubs Hellenic Football League Premier Division – 19 clubs Midland League Premier Division – 20 clubs North West Counties League Premier Division – 20 clubs Northern Counties East League Premier Division – 20 clubs Northern League Division One – 18 clubs Southern Combination League Premier Division – 20 clubs Southern Counties East League Premier Division – 20 clubs Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division – 20 clubs United Counties League Premier Division – 20 clubs Wessex League Premier Division – 20 clubs Western League Premier Division – 20 clubs 10 (All divisions run in parallel) Combined Counties League Division One – 19 clubs East Midlands Counties League – 20 clubs Eastern Counties League Division One North – 19 clubs Eastern Counties League Division One South – 19 clubs Hellenic League Division One East – 13 clubs Hellenic League Division One West – 13 clubs Midland League Division One – 19 clubs North West Counties League Division One North – 20 clubs North West Counties League Division One South – 20 clubs Northern Counties East League Division One – 20 clubs Northern League Division Two – 20 clubs South West Peninsula League Premier Division – 19 clubs Southern Combination League Division One – 18 clubs Southern Counties East League Division One – 18 clubs Spartan South Midlands League Division One – 20 clubs United Counties League Division One – 20 clubs Wessex League Division One – 19 clubs West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division – 20 clubs Western League Division One – 20 clubs 11 Anglian Combination Premier Division – 16 clubs Bedfordshire County League Premier Division – 16 clubs Cambridgeshire County League Premier Division – 16 clubs Central Midlands League Premier Division North – 16 clubs Central Midlands League Premier Division South – 16 clubs Cheshire League Premier Division – 16 clubs Dorset Premier League – 16 clubs Essex & Suffolk Border League Premier Division – 16 clubs Essex Olympian League Premier Division – 16 clubs Gloucestershire County League – 16 clubs Hampshire Premier League Senior Division – 16 clubs Hertfordshire Senior County League Premier Division – 16 clubs Humber Premier League Premier Division – 16 clubs Kent County League Premier Division – 16 clubs Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division – 16 clubs Lincolnshire League – 14 clubs Liverpool Premier League Premier Division – 16 clubs Manchester League Premier Division – 16 clubs Mid-Sussex League Premier Division – 16 clubs Middlesex County League Premier Division – 16 clubs Midland League Division Two – 16 clubs North Riding League Premier Division – 16 clubs Northamptonshire Combination League Premier Division – 16 clubs Northern Alliance Premier Division – 16 clubs Nottinghamshire Senior League Senior Division – 16 clubs Oxfordshire Senior League Premier Division – 16 clubs Peterborough & District League Premier Division – 16 clubs Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Premier Division – 15 clubs Somerset County League Premier Division – 18 clubs South West Peninsula League Division One East – 16 clubs South West Peninsula League Division One West – 16 clubs Southern Combination League Division Two East – 16 clubs Spartan South Midlands League Division Two – 16 clubs Staffordshire County Senior League Premier Division – 16 clubs Suffolk & Ipswich League Senior Division – 16 clubs Surrey Elite Intermediate League – 16 clubs Thames Valley Premier League Premier Division – 16 clubs Wearside League – 16 clubs West Cheshire League Division One – 16 clubs West Lancashire League Premier Division – 16 clubs West Midlands (Regional) League Division One – 16clubs West Riding County Amateur League – 16 clubs West Yorkshire League Premier Division – 16 clubs Wiltshire Senior League Premier Division – 16 clubs York League Premier Division – 16 clubs England Level 11 Leagues & Data Updates.fmf

Afternoon all. It's been a while, I hope all is good here on FMCU. After a bit of a break from FM as part of my efforts to deal with the black dog, I'm back in a position to enjoy the game once again. In order to ensure the pesky mutt doesn't keep turning up at my door, I've had to make a few changes in my lifestyle, the most important of those (at least for me) is to sort my sleep pattern out. Considering my main FM time used to be between 10pm and 1am, that means I need to change the way I play the game to help me get a good night's sleep each night. As a result, I'm embracing technology and the iPad, so I can find time here and there during the day for a game or two, without having to get out the way of the family to play on my usual system. It therefore looks like my days of playing full-fat FM have come to an end, at least until the kids are a bit older! I've been stuck on FM13 for a long time, and despite starting saves on FM15 & 16 I never really got into them, mostly because my computer found the games a real struggle. That means FM19 is brand new to me, so this will be a real learning experience. I shall however be using the cross save function on Touch, and so far on the technical side, things seem to be moving along just nicely. OK Withnail, so what is the plan with the save? Simple enough. While I normally find myself playing in a smaller football country, the restriction of only being able to use three nations has made we think I need to play in more mainstream leagues, and with Germany now being officially recognised on the game, it seems the ideal place to play. The goal is simple enough - to remove Bayern from their position of dominance, and then grind them into the muck. I shall be starting in the third tier, but I am happy to move on when it is the right time to do so, and I'll even cross borders into France or Holland for a while in order to attract the attention of bigger German clubs if required. While I have no intention of managing other German sides with a recent tradition of success in order to beat Bayern, I won't rule it out if they are in a weak position or if I'm getting to the end of the 30 year period (which is the career limit on the iPad) without having achieved my goal. Game details: FMT19 Leagues loaded from Germany (3.Liga and above) Holland (Keuken Kampioen Divisie and above) and France (French National and above) The manager As ever in my saves, it's Johan Andersen. This time, the Norwegian is 38 years of age, and with German heritage. He spent most of his playing career with Celtic, who are his favourite club, and he can also speak Dutch and French if he is required in future. Andersen was a solid holding midfield player, and he likes his sides to play at a high tempo and on the front foot, without having possession for the sake of possession.

The Graham Taylor Career Journey Hello and welcome, as I try to emulate the managerial career and footballing philosophy of the former England Manager, Graham Taylor. Taylor at the age of twenty-eight, became the youngest manager ever to be appointed by a club in the Football League, when he took over Lincoln City halfway through the 72/73 season, saved them from relegation, whilst finishing a credible tenth in the old Fourth Division. The previous summer, at twenty-seven, he became the youngest man to become a qualified FA coach, after his own professional football career in the Fourth Division had been cut short prematurely by a hip injury. Graham Taylor had a very clear vision for how his teams should play. It should be a direct, fast paced style of play combined with the high pressing and counter pressing game, combined with lots of shots on the opposition's goal. His vision worked and by the 1975/76 season he had led Lincoln City to the title, setting records along the way for games won (32) and goals scored (111) in a single season. He spent the following season in the Third Division with Lincoln City, finishing 9th, before he got a call from Watford's chairman Elton John offering him to drop down a division and take over the club. After accepting the position, Taylor propelled Watford up the table with three promotions in four seasons and getting them to a F.A cup final at Wembley. He also went on to manage Aston Villa, leading them to second place in the 1st Division, before taking the England job, which ended in failure to qualify for the 94 World Cup in the U.S. So for this save I’ll start unemployed with a National A coaching badge, and a past playing experience of regional level professional footballer. After reading his self-penned autobiography, I also intend to use the high intensity tactics he used throughout his career, and see where it takes me. I also want to get a job in League Two, since this was the division where he started his managerial career. The aim of the save is to get my first team promoted and secured in League One within four seasons. Then try start all over again with a League Two side, achieving three promotions in four seasons with them, and if I can, getting them to a cup final along the way. Another aim is to be offered the England job. In the next post I'll update you on whatever League Two club is willing to hire an inexperienced 29 year old Taylor.

Introduction: The sole purpose of this fie is to expand the US/Canadian experience for Football Manager as close to real life as reasonably possible. And if I do say so myself, I believe this file is the most realistic USA expansion for any version of Football Manager. There are a lot of different ways to enjoy this DB file. Take over your local NPSL or USL2 club (like my Emerald Force SC). Start with at the youth level, including the MLS academy teams. Do a Caleb Porter and build a college powerhouse before taking on the professional game. You can even make like Marc Dos Santos and start in one of the Canadian leagues (including the new Canadian Premier League). Or, just start in MLS while the pyramid below helps develop players for your dynasty. Here are the specifics: UNITED STATES Major League Soccer: All default rules are still in place (salary cap, allocation money, contract types, All-Star Game, Drafts, etc). In 2019, as by default, FC Cincinnati joins the league (as is the case in real life). Expansion draft still occurs. The big addition here is the 2020 expansion where Beckham's Inter Miami franchise joins the league along with Nashville, as is happening in real life. Some liberty was taken with the Nashville franchise, as they have not announced their branding yet. I simply "promoted" Nashville SC from USL Championship. The teams join the league as normal, however the expansion draft for 2020 does not seem to take place. FM obviously realizes that expansion is happening because it shows on the calendar, however it never actually occurs as it does for the 2019 expansion. It's apparently a hard-coding issue. Also included is the recently announced changes to the playoffs, starting in 2019. Seven teams from each conference now qualify for a chance to win the MLS Cup, up from six. (*3.17 CHANGE NOTE - I have now included a version of the file that sets all playable clubs in the USA to "Professional". This is not entirely accurate, but it does seem to help overcome the hard-coding issues that make it difficult to sign players at the lower levels). United Soccer League Championship: The league plays in 2018 with the same 33 teams from real life. In 2019, FC Cincinnati leaves the league to join MLS. Penn FC, Richmond Kickers, and Toronto FC II "relegate" to USL One. Austin Bold FC, Birmingham Legion FC, El Paso Locomotive, Hartford Athletic, Loudoun United FC, Memphis 901 FC, and New Mexico United all join the league for the 36 real life teams for 2019. In 2020, Chicago and Oakland join for 38. The 7 expansion clubs can be chose from USL League One at the beginning of the game. United Soccer League One: The league does not schedule any matches in 2018, however you can choose the clubs which do not play in other leagues at the beginning of the game (Chattanooga Red Wolves, Forward Madison, Greenville Triumph, Lansing Ignite, North Texas SC, Orlando City B, and the Rochester Rhinos) It also starts with the 7 expansion teams that join USL in 2019 so you can start with one of them and build the squad. League begins play in 2019. NPSL Pro: Does not schedule any matches for 2018 or 2019 and begins play in 2020. You can pick Cal United, Cal FC, or Oakland Roots in the beginning. In 2019, the NPSL Founders Cup generates with the 11 teams set to play in the NPSL Pro Division competing in the same format as it is set to in real life. National Independent Soccer Association - This league begins play in 2019. In real life the NISA will run on a Fall-Spring calendar, but this cannot be done in the FM editor when the rest of the nation runs on a Spring-Fall calendar. NCAA: All 209 teams and 24 conferences are included. Set up to mimic real life as much as FM will allow. 21 of 24 conferences have tournaments, with all 24 conference champions gaining automatic bids to the NCAA Championship Tournament. Players selected for the MLS Superdraft will come from the NCAA. US Soccer Development Academy: This is where newgens are generated in USA in FM. Activating the division means that the youngsters will get meaningful matches. This league matches real life as much as possible, but in reality the league runs on a fall-spring schedule and FM doesn't allow one division in a nation to run fall-spring if the rest of the leagues run spring-fall. Also now included is the Generation Adidas Cup, giving MLS Academy teams competition against each other and foreign youth squads. United Soccer League Two: Setup to reflect real life for all 2018-2019 changes. FC Tucson and South Georgia Tormenta play in USL2 in 2018 before joining USL1 in 2019. National Premier Soccer League: Also setup to function in 2018-19 as in real life. Chattanooga FC, Detroit City, Miami FC, Miami United, Milwaukee Torrent, New York Cosmos, FC Arizona, and ASC San Diego all play in NPSL in 2018 before moving to NPSL Pro in 2019. CANADA: Canadian Premier League: Now that I know all of the rules, I have been able to recreate the CPL as it will function in real life. The league plays a 10-match Spring Season, an 18-match Fall (Autumn) Season, with the winner of each plays for the overall championship. If one team wins both the Spring and the Fall, the team with the second best record overall plays in the two-legged league championship. My file will record the winners of each half of the season, and the overall champion. I have also gotten the squad rules as close as I could to the real life rules (23 players, 7 foreign player maximum, and at least three U21 domestic players in the squad). Second Division: League1 Ontario and the PLSQ are recreated as close as possible to real life, including league cups. Third Division: Pacific Coast Soccer League, Canadian Soccer League, and the CSL Second Division. Canadian Championship: Is set to function as in real life. The six teams that participated in the tournament in 2018, with the CPL teams joining the other six real life teams in the 2019 edition. Starting in 2020 the L1O and PLSQ champions join the 7 CPL teams, the Ottawa Fury, and the 3 Canadian teams from MLS in the correct format. ADDITIONAL FILES FOR THE CONCACAF CLUB COMPETITIONS: Apparently modifying MLS in the editor causes the default CONCACAF Champions League to go haywire, so I rebuilt it. It functions better with the CONCACAF League and CFU Club Championship competitions which I also rebuilt. If you do not include these files with my USA-Canada expansion, the Champions League will not select the proper teams. For the Concacaf League and the Concacaf Champions League to function properly, you will need to drop the Mexico and Costa Rica leagues files into the "editor files" folder. These competitions have been modified to ensure that the correct clubs qualify for continental play. -Competitions included: CONCACAF Champions League, CONCACAF League, Leagues Cup GRAPHICS FILE: Also included is a graphics file which contains logos for all American and Canadian teams. It also includes kits for all US teams and the CPL teams. Screenshots: KNOWN ISSUES: -For whatever reason, the expansion draft does not happen for the 2020 or 2021 expansions. As best as I can tell, this is a hard-coding issue pertaining to MLS expansion. The expansion draft does still occur for FC Cincinnati. -Some NPSL and USL2 clubs won't fill their squads. Some teams will always have only gray players. I've tried different things, but for now there seems to be no way around this. My guess as to why this is the case would be because in FM, clubs in the USA do not develop new players. All new domestic American players come through the Academy system whereas clubs in other countries' have a yearly youth intake. I can't say for sure why some semi-pro clubs don't just go sign free players, but I'd say it's related to the unique US youth system in FM. -NCAA teams will not function exactly as they should in real life. FM sees the teams as amatuer U23 clubs. Their squads are usually automatically populated which I would suppose is because the SuperDraft pulls from them. -Professional clubs from USL2, and the Division 3 competitions will sign players from the NCAA and Academy leagues. I have done what I can to minimize this phenomenon, but it is unfortunately unavoidable and unrealistic. The somewhat good news is that it will happen less frequently as the game progresses after the professional clubs have filled their squads. DISCLAIMER: I have NO idea how this file will mesh with other database files. If you have an issue, by all means report it and I will try to make it compatible but I can make no promises on that. DOWNLOADS: USA Expansion 3.24 - http://www.mediafire.com/file/zacf3690c3ie97w/USA_Expansion_3-24.rar/file -----There are now two options for the USA Expansion file: #1 Standard - The standard version of the file leaves all club status' and reputations "as is". #2 Pro - the pro version sets all clubs statuses to professional, which helps with the lower level clubs in signing players and acquiring loans. DO NOT PUT BOTH FILES IN THE EDITOR DATA FOLDER. The file will not load up if both are included. Canada Expansion 1.9 - http://www.mediafire.com/file/x3zx188b6e2q5qq/Canada_Expansion_1.9.rar/file Concacaf Competitions 3.23 - http://www.mediafire.com/file/pfk6bksc2338k95/Concacaf_Comps_3-23.rar/file (IMPORTANT NOTE - You will NEED these files or the correct teams will not qualify for the Concacaf Champions League. It also includes files for Costa Rica and Mexico, which you will also need to sort out qualification for the Champions League and Concacaf League) Graphics files 3.23 (place in "Football Manager 2019>graphics" folder): http://www.mediafire.com/file/9evhxci35mrbj41/USA-CAN_Expansion_Graphics_3-24.rar/file MLS in FM19 Video Guides Part One (League Format): Part Two (Squad Breakdown): Part Three (Player Acquisition): ADDITIONAL FILES ----------MLS Club Continental Competitions CONCACAF in the Copa Sudamericana - CONMEBOL used to invite teams from North America to compete in the Copa Sudamericana. That deal ended when CONCACAF changed the format of the Champions League and started scheduling matches in the fall when the Sudamericana was played. Now that the Champions League has returned to playing all of their matches in the spring, there has been some discussion of allowing North American teams in the Sudamericana again. I remember playing in Sudamericana with the older versions of FM and it was a lot of fun, so I built this file that sends the CONCACAF Champions League winners and runner-up to the Sudamericana. Pan-Pacific Championship - This revives a now-defunct preseason friendly competition that used to pit the champions of MLS Cup against the champions of Australia, Japan, and South Korea in a one-leg knockout competition. There is a third place match so two matches are guaranteed. International Champions Cup - This recreates the summer friendly competition that is played mostly in the United States in real life. This version plays the entire competition in the US and adds the MLS Supporters Shield champion as well as the Libertadores champion, who has been invited in the past. DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.mediafire.com/file/yqfd92sdc1tm3ui/MLS_Continental_Comps_3-23.rar/file ----------Central American & Caribbean Leagues This file adds the national leagues for Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico. These are actually updates on claasen's files from the past (so I will remove them if he so wishes but he has apparently taken a break from the scene and did not update these himself so I went ahead and did it). I added these to increase the MLS playing experience by adding some continental leagues and expand the player pool for acquisitions. Also included is the Central American Club championship competition. There are also files for the Champions League and CONCACAF league that adjust how teams are drawn from Costa Rica. The CCL and CL in this file are different from the versions included with the MLS download so you will need to remove those and add these files if you intend on running Costa Rica DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.mediafire.com/file/45s787pifb26nwz/Central_American_Leagues_3-23.rar/file ----------International Competitions These files add some international competitions to enhance the North American experience. Like all of the others, you can pick and choose which ones you want. USA January Camp - When I managed the US national team it always bugged me that I couldn't schedule friendlies in January because in real life they hold a camp for the domestic players (and guys who play in Spring-Fall leagues like Scandinavia). So I created this file to add the camp. The US will play two matches against nations chosen randomly from a list of countries that have played against in January in the past. Pan American Games - This is a real life youth competition for U22 teams from North and South America. It helps to prepare the national team programs for Olympic Qualifying. Central American & Caribbean Games - Real life U21 competition for Latin American national teams (No USA or Canada) Central American Games - U20 Championship for the 7 Central American Nations: Copa Nuevo Mundo - In 2016 the USA hosted the Copa America. After the tournament was a huge success, there was talk about creating a new competition held every four years for the top national teams from CONCACAF and CONMEBOL. This is is that competition. I call it the Copa Nuevo Mundo (Cup of the New World). It consists of 16 teams (8 from CONCACAF, 8 from CONMEBOL) held every four years in the United States. DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.mediafire.com/file/unzx850c77651h4/International_Comps_3-23.rar/file

I’ve decided what my main save is going to be once the FM19 Winter Update is available. I’m going to do a Director of Football Challenge with Derby County. I’ve never done the Director of Football challenge before so I’m excited as it’s going to be something different for me. Derby County owner Mel Morris is going to bring back Rams legend Igor Stimac as Director of Football and Igor will have responsibility for all transfers in (senior and youth), all transfers out (senior and youth), as well as contract renewals. That worries me a little. Igor was an amazing player for the Rams, an inspirational captain and leader, but his non-playing career hasn’t been that impressive. I’ve not looked what his attributes are in FM but imagine they’ll reflect his non-playing career so far. With a lot of senior players out of contract in June 2019 that could be very interesting. The only change I’m going to make to Igor in the pre-game editor will be to mirror the owner’s non-player tendencies that relate to club philosophies so that owner and Director of Football are looking to achieve the same thing. On the other hand, the Rams do have some exciting young players coming through so I’m looking forward to that as youth development is one of the club philosophies. Wish me luck, I think I may need it...

Travel back to 1978 with Pelé, Cruyff, George Best, Beckenbauer, Eusébio, Gerd Muller, Carlos Alberto, Bobby Moore, Gordon Banks, Teófilo Cubillas, Hugo Sánchez, and more. 6 points for a win, tied games go to shortened sudden-death OT & PKs, and playoff semis are best 2 out of 3. DOWNLOAD GRAPHICS If the above link doesn't work: NASL, Players, Continental comps *change your game language to English (US) for full effect* Screenshots:

Hi All, I thought I'd post my videos on my FC United of Manchester save. Starting in Vanarama North. I am posting recordings so that any mistakes you spot or suggestions it would be much appreciated (if it interests you that is). I will post ins and outs and players and edit this first post later if there is any interest. First game away at stockport who are predicted to push for promotion: I have added links to things i've spotted and notes in the description.

I had so much fun playing the Sir Alex Ferguson Challenge in FM17, I figured I would do it again in FM19 before the name game is released. If your not familiar with the challenge you sim till November 6th and take over the team that's in 19th place and guide them to glory. For this save I got the Wolverhampton Wolves. Rules You must always have a player produced by your club's academy in every match squad. You MAY sign permanently NO MORE THAN 11 players in a season, and ONLY 8 PERMANENT signings may feature in the first-team that season! Sir Alex never signed more than this ever in a season. You MAY NOT ever do transfer business of any kind with your main rival. (Liverpool/United have not exchanged a player since 1964.) [Phil Chisnall to Liverpool] You MAY NOT edit the game in any way other than cosmetic enhancements. No editor, no edited databases. A relegation is immediate challenge over at any time. A sacking is immediate challenge over at any time. International management is NOT allowed at any time. Milestones Win the FA Cup within 4 seasons - Ferguson won his first cup, the FA Cup vs Crystal Palace in 89/90 18/19 Season Win the Premier League within 7 seasons - Ferguson won his first Premier League in 92/93 Win a Premier League/FA Cup double within 8 seasons - Ferguson won his first Double with United in 93-94 Win Three Premier League/FA Cup Doubles within 13 seasons - Ferguson's Treble Included His Third League/FA Cup Double Win the Premier League/FA Cup/Champions League Treble within 13 seasons - Ferguson Won the Infamous Treble in 98/99 Achievements Premier League (13) FA Cup (5) League Cup (4) Community Shield (10) UEFA Champions League (2) UEFA Europa League (1) (Replaces the Cup Winners Cup) ** UEFA Super Cup (1) FIFA Club World Cup (2) (One Replaces Intercontinental Cup)

I flirted with the idea of starting a career in India with the Indian Arrows which I thought might have made for an interesting build a nation type save but owing to issues with league reputations in Asia I've decided to have another try in N. Ireland. I was also encouraged to start in N. Ireland due to the massive developments which have happened over the last year which I feel will really help in building the standard of football in the nation. Having a tycoon owned Larne & newly professional Crusaders will prove very helpful and hopefully, before too long, we might start to see a domino effect of clubs improving and turning professional which should make my task of building the nation easier. Game Setup I've gone with a large database with all international players having been added. I decided to load up all the leagues from the UK & Ireland in addition to having the top divisions from the best 5 nations in Europe which I hope will provide a good challenge. I had to use the editor to make some slight alterations to the database in order to have a working reserve and youth league system with generic formats being added. Outside of that I also added club and competition badges which are provided in the megapack from fmscout.com. Manager Attributes I made my avatar as poor as possible with an emphasis on the determination attribute which I hope will make the board more forthcoming when it comes to granting requests. Due to ticking the 'Prevent control of teams with managers in place' box I'll be starting unemployed and will have to wait until a vacancy opens. So what club decided to give me my start in management? I have to admit to being a bit surprised by this in that I didn't really have to do much to get the job. I applied purely speculatively but they don't appear to be a very ambitious board by allowing a complete rookie to take the reigns. Provided I can get the club into the top half they'll be happy and all I needed to do was to agree to the philosophy to sign young players which is pretty much my playstyle anyway. As they have gone out on a limb by hiring me I will be doing everything I can to repay that faith. History A team with an illustrious history filled with massive success with the club having won an impressive 137 domestic trophies since their foundation in 1882. Recent times have however been comparatively barren with their last competition win being in 2015 with the Irish Cup and their last top-flight win coming in 2009. They are the 2nd most decorated team in N. Irish football behind their deadly rivals Linfield. They hold the highest attendance for any club to have played in N. Ireland with a massive 42,000 spectators watching their clash with Rangers back in 1966. Their record in European competitions hasn't been very good with them never having made a group stage in their history but they do have a famous quarter final appearance in the Cup Winners Cup in 1974 which ended in defeat against Borussia Monchengladbach. They have on occasion managed to give some comparative European giants a bloody nose such as the 1-1 draw in 1966 with Rangers in the Cup Winners Cup with the next season bringing 2 draws with Benfica in the European Cup which is quite impressive given that Benfica went all the way to the final that year. They have even managed a 1-0 victory in the first leg against Arsenal in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1969 which was especially impressive given that the Gunners eventually went on to win the competition. Modern times have however been less glorious with quick eliminations often as a result of heavy aggregate defeats. The financial situation has also become increasingly problematic in recent times which has led to crumbling infrastructure and a lack of investment. They have the potential to be a great club but really need money to turn around their fortunes and start to rebuild the club. Trophies Won Club There are some encouraging aspects to the club. The number of rivals should help boost attendances should I be able to bring a level of success to the club. The reputation of the club is among the best in the country which is also a nice boost as it should make finding players that would be willing to play for us easier. I am a bit unsure about the personality of the squad as loyalty isn't something that is critical at this point as I seek to turn the club into a selling one. Facilities Long gone are the days in which the club could fill the stadium with over 40,000 people. The lack of investment is clear to see here with a lot of work needed to bring the facilities even up to a standard which would be good for the DBP. Hopefully, I can take a page out of @smp20's book and try to get an affiliation with Queen's University to share their great training facilities as that would be a neat little solution to this problem. There are some positives though as the stadium potential expansion capacity is 10,000 so at least we should get a nice big new stadium if we can bring a bit of success to the club in Europe. In addition, being located in Belfast should prove very helpful in building the fan base. Squad Positives - We have some quality players for the DBP with Curtis Allen ST considered a star player for the level. He is also considered by the coaches to be consistent and a big game player which is excellent especially for a striker. There are also a number of high potential young players who I'm hoping to develop. Negatives - A lack of defenders is troubling given that I want to play 4 at the back. There is also no players in either the Reserves or U18s which look anywhere near being ready for 1st team football. Our main GK Elliott is getting on a bit which is not a big problem except for the fact that my coaches think is declining as a footballer which means he'll need to be replaced sooner rather than later. Finances Two very bad things here. We are over our wage budget which means that we are going to need to sell before we can buy. The club is also quite poor which means no ability to invest and even less likelihood of the board deciding to increase budgets. At least the true extent of Glentoran's financial situation isn't there as they hold no debt in game. Starting Conditions We still have a good chance of making the top 6 if we can get the ball rolling quickly which should be possible as my first game in charge is away at Newry City. It gets a lot more tricky after that however with an away trip to Windsor Park to face Linfield followed by a home game against Crusaders. A baptism of fire for sure but if we can get through those games with a positive set of results I will be feeling more optimistic about meeting the target of a top 6 finish. Career Objectives The ultimate aim of my time at the club will be to become dominant domestically, win the Champions League and build a sustainable wealthy club to act as an engine for other teams in N. Ireland. This will be a save where I could be moving clubs as I did in FM18 as I seek to build the league into a top European competition. It could be a long journey, let us begin.

FM Data Update X 2019 19.3 + Realname Fix * Fully 19.3 Clean database ! * All changes from V1 to V6.1 that are missing in the 19.3.5 standard database have been added again V11Demonstrated in the editor that the update has been completely re-created based on the 19.3.5 patch of Sports Interactive no database copy of the older 19.1 patch! no old data from the previous one.The First ( Transfer ) Data Update for Football Manager 2019 in Europe based on 19.3 ( 5 March) The database V10 has been completely rebuilt at 19.3.5. Data & Transfers Update V9/V10 : Download link V9 (Season 2018-2019 19.3.4 ( click here ) for the download FM Data Update X V9 -19.3.5 ( Season 2018-2019 ) Download link V11 ( Season 2019-2020 19.3.5 15/9/2019 (Click here ) for the download FM Data Update X V11 Final 15/9/2019 *Do not combine FM Data Update X V9 and V11! select 1 of them to choose !!!* [ Realname Club & League Fix Final V11] Download link [Realname Club & League Fix 15.9.2019 V11 ](click here ) for the download FM Data Update X Realname & Club Fix V11 CONTACT INFORMATION For technical support contact : prealnamesfm2015@gmail.com. 80+ New added youth players: Naci Ünüvar (Ajax) ,Xavi Simons (PSG), Levi Skyum (Feyenoord) ,Olivier Dewaele (Anderlecht), Andrea Bonetti (Juventus), Karamoko Dembelé (Celtic), Noah Ohio (Manchester City), Levent Gundogan ( Manchester United) ,Christian Rasmussen ( Ajax ), Nils de Wilde Anderlecht), Sergej Vintonji ( Partizan Klub ), Youssoufa Moukoko ( Dortmund ).... 34+ Realife agents Mino Raiola, Jorge Mendes, Pinhas Zahavi, Rodger Linse, Sören Lerby, Perry Overeem, Rob Jansen, Marko Pantelic, Ali Dursun, Aleksandar Bursac, Frank Trimboli , Milos Malenovic ( Agent ).. Official club and league names (FCP -> FC Porto, Euro Cup -> UEFA Europa League and of course the Champions League & Youth League license !! Database errors corrected from the American competition to the Dutch and of course the top competitions! Media resources exclusive: FoxSports, Ziggo, AD, Telegraaf, de Gelderlander, Ajax showtime, VI, Sporza, Voetbalzone, Gazet of Antwerp ,Mundo Deportivo, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Tuttosport and 15 others present in new update! License Fix: Andrés Iniesta (Vissel Kobe), Lukas Podolski (Vissel Kobe), Fernando Torres (Sagan Tosu) Raúl González Blanco trainer (Real Madrid) added to the database. General Changes : Corrected Awards and Trophy names , Updated team captains, vice captains , Promotion / relegation to leagues that have already finished the season. Step 1 : Download FM Data Update X Data 2019 FMF & Realname Club & League Fix LNC 1) Put the FMF (FM Data Update X 2019 FMF) file in the following folder: (User) / My Documents / Sports Interactive / FM 2019 / editor data Note: Do not combine the FM Data Update X 2019 with other updates. Make your choices between the 2018-2019 V9 or 2019-2020 V11 season and place it in the editor folder Step 2: Now go to the following folder: (Windows) \ Program Files (x86) \ Steam \ steamapps \ common \ Football Manager 2019 \ dates \ db \ 1930 \ Open the folder '' LNC 'then' 'all' 'delete the following files from the folder LNC: fake.lnc, lic_dan_swe_fra.lnc, nleague.lnc Note: Now place the [Realname Club & League Fix ] download files in this folder ---> '' LNC ' Step 3: After the "edt" folder, delete '' fake.edt '' and then open the '' DBC '' folder, then delete: brazil_kits.dbc, forbidden names.dbc, Licensing2.dbc, Step 4: Start up Football Manager 2019 now and load a new game

So the BETA is out, and I've been looking at this year's league structure, it's going to be a tough one but I'm looking at doing the database once again. Every database I have done has seen the Mid Sussex League be the lowest one, this year it's different as it only goes to Level 17 but I'll be looking at getting to 22 elsewhere in the Country!

Another day, another journeyman career thread. Game details: England (Championship & above), France (National & above), Germany (all), Italy (all), Netherlands (all), Portugal (all), Serbia (all), Spain (all) FM19.3.5, no databases added What happens now? Going to have to find a job. Shocking, i know. No badges, no previous experience. Every league, every club is an option. Usually, i avoid managing big and filthy rich sides since i enjoy building clubs up but i'm open toward spending 250m on one player as manager of, let's say, United, Real or PSG. Meet the manager:

Hi guys, Having trouble with one of the domestic cups in my created Nation in Europe, which forced me to move from Basic to Advanced Rules. The cup is supposed to run similar to the World Cup but only in the month of December: 64 teams in 16 groups playing Sat-Wed-Sat-Wed for the group stage and early KO rounds, every game in neutral venues. All other competitions in the nation are on a break throughout December for the tournament to run. However, the competition always overruns because the games spread themselves out instead of being played at the same time on the same day like normal competitions. There are no fixture clashes I can see and dates have been adjusted for the final group games of European tournaments. Is there any way to enforce that games in each round should be played at the same time?

Hi guys, Created a new nation and trying to recreate the World Cup and Main Continental Cups and their qualifiers. However, none of the cups are running (except the Copa America equivalent) because the Qualifier competitions can't find any teams. In Qualified Teams I'm currently using 'Get Best National Teams', selecting a Continent, and entering the number of maximum teams. I've tried many variations, both in the competition Qualified Teams and within Stage 0 and nothing seems to be working. The error I get while testing rules is "Wrong number of qualified teams (1) found for competition (16)" - which means the host nation is working in the main competition, its just the qualifiers that aren't. Tested this in game and none of the qualifiers even start. Haven't played in a few years but have experience with Advanced Editor from earlier FMs so not totally clueless but I'm a bit stuck with this! If anyone knows how to make created competitions use international teams I'd really appreciate the advice!

As title says, has anyone taken charge of a team in the lower leagues eg not in the top 2 divisions ? What team did you choose and how did you do ? Got any tips to pass on ? Thanks

The Frenchman Who Made Vietnam Cheer We've all heard of French Indochina, of the Sino-French and Independence wars, and of course of the Vietnam wars that started in the 50s, taking away the lives of millions and millions of innocent civilians. France has, admittedly, played an important part in every single intervention in Vietnam, and still has to this day a strong influence on the country's economy, political instability, and whatnot. What if its influence grew past the negativity it has always had a connotation to? What if France sent one of its brightest young minds to make Vietnam rejoice the socio-cultural infatuation it should have always had? Say no more, phắm. The hero of our story, a young 22 year-old who was set to become France's greatest football star until he tore his ACL (you know how it goes), initially came to Vietnam as a tourist, but had some issues at the border that forced him to stay there indefinitely, don't ask any more questions, I didn't think that much about Alphonse's story. Oh, right, his name's Alphonse, as French as it gets, pretty cool, right? Alphonse had to find a job that would pay the bills in order to, well, survive, and turned to football, his only education. Few weeks later, he penned a manager contract with the legendary Phù Đổng FC, founded in 2015 with the slogan "Sports is life". One of his objectives as manager of this small Hanoi-based club; to make it the Asian powerhouse it should have always been. In fact, his list of objectives goes a bit deeper than that. I present to you, the 16 Commandments of Alphonse Levallois. Now, more information on this youth-only career update and our chosen team, the great Phù Đổng FC, will follow in the next post.

Hungerford Town - Against All Odds With 3 months left before FM2020 is released I would like to post a career with one of the smallest clubs in the English League system I will try to get the team up in the better leagues - with all the problems and limitations a small club meets in this process. I will be playing FMT on my ipad and I hope you will read my career posts and give a comment if you feel like it ———————— The sports journalists did not believe what they were hearing. Hungerford Town FC, last season saving their position in the Vanarama National League South in the last round, had hired a totally unknown Dane as a new manager - me 😀 The former manager, Ian Herring, had resigned in protest against the impossible working conditions - something that I should find out more about later on. Hungerford Town is set to embark on its third season in Vanarama National League South - which by itself is a performance in a small town of 5,800 residents between Swindon and Reading and with its only "fame" in the form of a massacre that took place in the city in 1987. The club was among the relegation favorites and one of the reasons was the very modest squad. I was presented to a total squad of 16 players including three players at the age of only 17 years old and a long-term injured player! Except from three players, they were all new to the club after a massive replacement during the summer break. The club had two very qualified players on loan from Birmingham - 19-year-old goalkeeper Michael Luyambula (Congolese) and 19-year-old central defender Josh Martin, but otherwise the squad had only a few players with sufficient level such as 22-year-old English-Nigerian right-back Marvel Ekpiteta, 28-year-old left wing / striker Romone Rose and a talent in 19-year-old right-winger Tommy Ouldridge. And that was it! The squad was especially deficient in relation to left wingers as well as lack of width in attack, central defence and left back. The rest of the squad did not appear to be at league level and also without the potential to reach it in a short time. Only five players had a contract with fixed salary while the rest played on contracts with match bonus etc. So there was a task in getting both a better and a broader squad, but without the big budget. However, the Board increased the salary budget from £1,636 to £1,687 per week by giving the board the promise that I could save the club from relegation Last season, the club finished one point above the relegation line after a 1-0 win over East Thurrock in the last match A draw in that match and Hungerford would have been relegated. This would be Hungerford's third season in row in VNS. Best result was sixth place in 2016/17 where Hungerford as newly promoted was close to the playoff places. The facilities were not flashy either. Our home ground, Bulpit Lane, with seating for 2,500 spectators had been our home ground since the foundation in 1886, but was not at league level. Nice but not up to date. Training facilities and youth department are at the same low level. So there was a lot to work on 👍 On the positive list, I mentioned that I had been favored by a good assistant manager, Kevin Watson, who had played 400 league games himself, including in the Championship for Swindon, Reading and Colchester. However, Kevin Watson was out of contract which could make his career with us unnecessarily short. Let the season begin oleDk

Football Manager 2019 time! And I'm going for Pentagon Challenge (again). People have done it in the past, same old rules, credit to whoever first came up with this hardcore challenge. I'm not sure when I last did it (like in 2015 or something), but I don't have it saved, so here goes a new version in 2019. Aim Win the 5 continental trophies (European Champions League, South American Champions League, Asian Champions League, African Champions League, North American Champions League) in one save. I'm also going to make this even harder by adding the World Cup. Rules No adding new managers. No in game editors. Attribute masking to ensure you actually scout people. Start unemployed, Sunday-League experience, no coaching badges. The bars are up to you. Database, I'm going large and adding as many leagues as possible. I do suggest that you add the lower divisions, Asian, African and North American leagues first and add the top divisions, European leagues, and so on later. *Custom Database for adding more leagues is allowed Have fun!

Have had this issue repeatedly over the past few FM's, no matter what DoF it is, what player it is or anything, they will always fail at trying to offer a contract to a player who's a free transfer. (I can approach to sign them and offer a contract and they are completely willing to join) Also there's no given reason as to why it fails either The DoF works perfectly on players who need to have a transfer bid and then get offered a contract just not freebies

Andrea Pirlo, one of the best and smartest playmakers in history, returns to San Siro to start a new era for Rossoneri. Beautiful legend, isn`t it? Big history, big ambitions, big expectations... let`s see where we go. Global aim - is predictably become №1 in the world. But on the way for this glory we should achieve a lot of short- and long-term goals. Some of them: 1) Champions league every season. This is what the fans want and this is crucial for many aspects such as finances, marketing, reputation etc. 2) Build strong verticale u18--u20--main squad. What i mean. Strong coaching team, unified tactical system for all levels. And i`m a fan of "manageriable" rosters. No more then 25 players in u18 and u20 squads and no more then 23 players in senior squad. 3) Attractive football (of course with DLP in the system ) . I`m not a fan of gegenpressing, "all in attack" or something like this but i prefer the rule "best defending is attacking". When you are with ball it`s reduces chances for opponents. But at the same time plug and play tactics are not for me too. I have nothing against parking the bus if its really needed and will help us to win the match. 4) Preference to Italian players. It`s not a rule but ideal picture for me is strong Italian core alongside with quality players abroad. 5) Very long term i think - become CL most times winner (now Real - 13 times). So let`s start: Season 2018-2019 "Transitional" Why transitional? Cause this season is time for everyone in the club including players and the staff to show their skills and abilities. No transfers, no loans, no staff moves. And i will decide who suits our high standarts and who will leave the club. to be continued...

Hello and welcome to my first (and possibly only) FM19 career on this site. The team I've chosen is RB Leipzig, and this will hopefully be a more light/humorous save. Aim: To win the Bundesliga at least twice. To win the Champions League at least once. To weaken Bayern Munich as much as possible. My manager: I am a relative novice at FM, so this save could go anywhere... but hopefully with Leipzig, or else the title may be a problem...

All summer transfers and changes have been corrected and added to Football Manager 2019 until September 3rd. This means all summer transfers have been added into our update, making it the most complete transfer update in the FM community. Transfer highlights: Alphonse Areola > Real Madrid Thierry Correia > Valencia Chicharito & Bono > Sevilla Nacho Monreal > Real Sociedad Maxime Gonalons > Granada Keylor Navas, Mauro Icardi & Sergio Rico > Paris-Saint Germain Jean-Kévin Augustin, Wissam Ben Yedder & Tiemoué Bakayoko > AS Monaco Stanley Nsoki, Kasper Dolberg, Alexis Claude-Maurice, Hichem Boudaoui & Adam Ounas > OGC Nice Renato Sanches > Lille Jonas Martin, Joris Gnagnon & Raphinha > Stade Rennes Dereck Kutesa, Dario Maresic & Anastasios Donis > Stade Reims André Silva & Bas Dost > Eintracht Frankfurt Patrik Schick > RB Leipzig Kwang-song Han > Juventus Ante Rebic > A.C. Milan Alexis Sánchez, Cristiano Biraghi & Romelu Lukaku > Internazionale Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Chris Smalling & Nikola Kalinić > AS Roma Fernando Llorente & Hirving Lozano > Napoli Rachid Ghezzal, Bobby Duncan, Pedro, Franck Ribéry & Dalbert > Fiorentina Matteo Darmian > Parma Falcao, Taylan Antalyali, Mario Lemina & Florin Andone > Galatasaray Luiz Gustavo, Mevlüt Erdinc, Adil Rami & Zanka > Fenerbahce Mohamed Elneny & Abdoulay Diaby > Besiktas Marcos Senesi > Feyenoord Van Hau Doan, Joey Veerman & Alen Halilovic > Heerenveen Greg Taylor, Jeremie Frimpong & Lee O'Connor > Celtic Ryan Kent > Rangers Wesley Hoedt, Steven Defour, Kevin Mirallas > Antwerp Yannick Bolasie & Fernando > Sporting CP Nicklas Bendtner > FC København Yevhen Konoplyanka > Shakhtar Donetsk Alex Kral > Spartak Moscow Oscar Hiljemark > Dinamo Moscow What can you expect in the FMI Update? Promotions and Relegation completed for ALL playable leagues in FM19 Updated starting lists for the Champions League & Europa League All transfers up to 01.07.2019 have been completed All squads have been updated for the 19/20 season Managerial changes from all over the world Updated captains & vice-captains Added new clubs / Removed old clubs / Merged clubs Added & Removed: Legends/Icons/Favoured personnel Corrected League names Corrected Award and Trophy Names Added missing players & backroom staff members Added real life media pundits Corrected Kit Colors Added over 50 wonderkids DOWNLOAD LINKS Direct: https://fminside.net/download/14618/ Steam: https://fminside.net/download/14620/