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For this challenge you will need to download Claasens Mega Pack of extra playable leagues. You can not choose other add-ons, only these databases are allowed and they are all required. How many leagues you load at any time is still up to you but you will need to start your management career in any of these countries. Crimea, San Marino, Andorra, Kosovo, Gibraltar, Faroe Islands, Wales, Northern Ireland, Malta, Luxembourg. Download link for claasens Mega Pack can be found here: http://www.mediafire.com/file/ooe42xi... Starting up: Make sure the database add-ons from claasen is activated with no other database add-ons. start a game with as few or many leagues as you want, and change around during game but you must start in any of these counties. Crimea, San Marino, Andorra, Kosovo, Gibraltar, Faroe Islands, Wales, Northern Ireland, Malta, Luxembourg. Attribute masking is optional, but in-game editor is not allowed. Start a manager and with no coaching badges (at the start. You can and should obtain them along the way). Sunday League Footballer reputation. No additional languages beyond those generated by your nationality(ies). Any nationality (it doesn't have to be your genuine nationality). 2nd nationality only if you genuinely have a genuine second nationality and you have used your real primary nationality. No use of in-game editor. All other advanced options (e.g. adding players to playable teams) are allowed. You can start with any number of nations loaded but you will need to start your management career in any of these countries. Crimea, San Marino, Andorra, Kosovo, Gibraltar, Faroe Islands, Wales, Northern Ireland, Malta, Luxembourg. Any database size, any start date. Requirements: Win as many trophies as you can from the 55 European countries aiming to win the top division in as many countries as you can. You must start your management career in any of these countries. Crimea, San Marino, Andorra, Kosovo, Gibraltar, Faroe Islands, Wales, Northern Ireland, Malta, Luxembourg. You get points for winning League's & Cups based on the reputation of the competition, (Example if you win the English FA Cup you will gain 147 points, win the Crimean Premier League and you will get 10 Points) If you gain promotion from a lower League you still get the points for that competition. Spreadsheet can be found here or the full list of countries & competitions are listed below. Fm19 Countries.xlsx Spain 184 England 172 Italy 170 Germany 167 France 158 Russia 156 Portugal 152 Ukraine 147 Belgium 144 Turkey 142 Austria 139 Holland 136 Switzerland 136 Czech Republic 136 Greece 134 Croatia 131 Denmark 131 Israel 126 Cyprus 126 Poland 124 Romania 124 Sweden 123 Bulgaria 122 Azerbaijan 122 Serbia 122 Kazakhstan 121 Scotland 121 Belarus 121 Norway 119 Slovenia 114 Slovakia 110 Moldova 105 Albania 101 Iceland 100 Hungary 100 FYR Macedonia 98 Finland 96 Bosnia & Herzegovina 95 Ireland 95 Estonia 78 Lithuania 77 Georgia 75 Montenegro 75 Armenia 74 Latvia 64 Luxembourg 58 Malta 58 Northern Ireland 57 Wales 55 Faroe Islands 54 Gibraltar 49 Kosovo 49 Andorra 35 San Marino 23 Crimea 10 Albania Albanian Superleague 101 Albanian Cup 80 Albanian !st Category 74 Albanian Super Cup 50 Albanian 2nd Category 34 Andorra Andorran 1st Division 35 Andorran Cup 22 Andorran 2nd Division 18 Andorran Super Cup 9 Armenia Armenian High League 74 Armenian Cup 65 Armenian Super Cup 61 Armenian 1st League 45 Austria Austrian Premier Division 139 Austrian FA Cup 138 Austrian !st Division 111 Austrian Regional Division 75 Austrian Landesligen 36 Austrian Level 5 25 Azerbaijan Azeri Premier League 122 Azeri Cup 110 Azeri Super Cup 99 Azeri 1st League 59 Belarus Belarusian Highest League 121 Belarusian Cup 94 Belarusian Super Cup 94 Belarusian 1st League 81 Belarusian 2nd League 34 Belgium Belgian Pro League A 144 Belgian Cup 139 Belgian Pro League B 96 Belgian 1st Amateur Division 86 Belgian Super Cup 75 Belgian 2nd Amateur Division 61 Belgian 3rd Amateur Division 29 Bosnia & Herzegovina Bosnian Premier League 95 Bosnian Cup 77 Bosnian 1st League 61 Republika Srpska Cup 50 Federation Of Bosnia & Herzegovina Cup 50 Bulgaria Bulgarian 1st League 122 Bulgarian Cup 112 Bulgarian Super Cup 91 Bulgarian 2nd League 82 Bulgarian 3rd League 51 Cup Of Bulgarian Amateur Football League 45 Continental Competitions European Champions Cup 200 Club World Championship 170 Eurpean Super Cup 155 EURO Cup 150 Crimea Crimean Premier League 10 Ukranian Reg Cup - Crimea 8 Crimea Super Cup 7 Croatia Croatian 1st League 131 Croatian Cup 119 Croatian 2nd League 99 Croatian 3rd League 76 Croatian Super Cup 73 Cyprus Cypriot 1st Division 126 Cypriot Cup 84 Cypriot 2nd Division 44 Cypriot Super Cup 37 Cypriot 3rd Division 30 Czech Republic Czech 1st Division 136 Czech FA Cup 102 Czech 2nd Division 98 Czech 3rd Division 61 Czech 4th Division 35 Denmark Danish Superliga 131 Danish Cup 113 Nordicbet Liga 90 Danish 2nd Division 57 Denmark's Series 31 England English Premier Division 172 English FA Cup 147 Sky Bet Championship 127 Carabao Cup 108 Sky Bet League 1 101 English Community Shield 94 Sky Bet League 2 81 Checkatrade Trophy 71 Vanarama National League 68 English FA Trophy 49 Vanarama National League North/South 44 English Regional Premier Divisions 35 English Regional 1st Divisions 30 English Southern League Cup 30 Isthmian League Cup 30 Northern Premier League Challenge Cup 30 English FA Vase 25 English County Leagues 20 Estonia Estonian Premier League 78 Estonian Cup 63 Estonian 1st League 51 Estonian Super Cup 42 Estonian 1st B League 32 Faroe Islands Faroese Premier League 54 Faroese Cup 21 Faroese 1st Division 15 Faroese Super Cup 14 Finland Finnish Premier League 96 Finnish 1st Division 77 Finnish Cup 69 Finnish 2nd Division 63 Finnish 2nd Division Cup 53 France Ligue 1 Conforama 158 French Cup 132 Domino's Ligue 2 117 Coupe de la Ligue BKT 112 Trophee des Champions 87 French National 85 French National 2 66 French National 3 54 FYR Macedonia Macedonian 1st League 98 Macedonian Cup 94 Macedonian 2nd League 61 Georgia Georgian National League 75 Davit Kipiani's Cup 65 Gerogian National League 2 62 Georgian Super Cup 52 Liga 3 31 Germany Bundesliga 167 German Cup 139 Bundesliga 2 123 German 3rd Division 93 German Supercup 85 German Regional Division 72 German Lower Division 53 Gibraltar Gibraltarian 1st Division 49 Gibraltarian 2nd Division 37 Gibtelecom Rock Cup 27 Pepe Reyes Cup 6 Gibraltarian Division 2 League Cup 5 Gibraltarian Intermediate League Cup 0 Greece Greek Superleague 134 Greek Cup 124 Greek National B Division 95 Greek National C Division 74 Greek Amateur Cup 27 Holland Eredivisie 136 Dutch Cup 116 Keuken Kampion Divisie 96 Dutch Tweede Divisie 64 Dutch Super Cup 63 Derde Divisie 46 Dutch Hoofdklasse 33 Hungary Hungarian Division 1 100 Hungarian Cup 97 Hungarian Super Cup 76 Hungarian Division 2 72 Hungarian Division 3 50 Iceland Icelandic Premier Division 100 Icelandic Cup 90 Icelandic Champions Cup 75 Icelandic 1st Division 72 Icelandic League Cup A 54 Icelandic 2nd Division 49 Icelandic 3rd Division 41 Icelandic League Cup B 32 Icelandic Lower Division 21 Icelandic League Cup C 20 Ireland Irish Premier Division 95 Irish 1st Division 41 Irish Senior Challenge Cup 38 Irish President's Cup 23 Irish Intermediate Cup 19 Irish League Cup 19 Irish Ulster/Leinster/Munster Senior League Premier Division 9 Irish Leinster Senior Cup 9 Irish Munster Senior Cup 9 Irish Leinster/Munster 1st Division 7 Irish Leinster Senior League 1A/Munster Senior League 2nd Division 5 Israel Israeli Premier League 126 Israeli State Cup 117 Israeli National League 90 Israeli Premier League Toto Cup 70 Israeli Super Cup-Champ of Champions 60 Israeli National League Toto Cup 55 Israeli A League 40 Israeli B League 15 Israeli B League North A Cup 14 Israeli B League North B Cup 14 Israeli B League South A Cup 14 Israeli B League South B Cup 14 Israeli C League 5 Israeli C League Lower Galilee Cup 4 Israeli C League Central Cup 4 Israeli C League Emek Yizre'el Cup 4 Israeli C League Upper Galilee Cup 4 Israeli C League Samaria Cup 4 Israeli C League Sharon Cup 4 Israeli C League South Cup 4 Israeli C League Tel-Aviv Cup 4 Italy Serie A 170 Italian Cup 135 Italian Serie B 120 Italian Super Cup 90 Italian Serie C 80 Italian Serie D 50 Italian Serie C Cup 40 Italian C Super Cup 35 Italian Serie D-Poule Scudetto 35 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Premier League 121 Kazakhstan Cup 110 Kazakhstan 1st League 89 Kazakhstan Super Cup 66 Kosovo Kosovan Superleague 49 Kosovan Cup 44 Kosovan Super Cup 32 Kosovan 1st League 27 Latvia Latvian Higher League 64 Latvian Cup 46 Latvian Winter Cup 43 Latvian 1st League 33 Lithuania Lithuanian Cup 80 Lithuanian A League 77 Lithuanian 1 League 58 Lithuanian Super Cup 56 Luxembourg Luxembourg National Division 58 Luxembourg Cup 27 Luxembourg Promotion Division 13 Luxembourg 1st Division 7 Malta Maltese Premier League 58 Maltese Cup 38 Maltese 1st Division 27 Maltese Super Cup 23 Maltese 2nd Division 15 Maltese Lower Divisions 12 Moldova Moldovan Divizia Nationala 105 Moldovan Cup 80 Moldovan Super Cup 67 Moldovan Divizia A 60 Moldovan Divizia B 23 Montenegro Montenegrin 1st League 75 Montenegrin Cup 58 Montnegrin 2nd League 56 Northern Ireland Danske Bank Premiership 57 Northern Irish Cup 34 Bet Mclean League Cup 32 Northern Irish County Antrim Shield 22 NIFL Charity Shield 22 Northern Irish Mid Ulster Cup 22 Northern Irish North West Cup 17 Bluefin Sport Championship 16 Northern Irish Bob Radcliffe Cup 10 Northern Irish Intermediate Cup 10 Bluefin Sport Premier Intermediate League 10 Northern Irish Steel & Sons Cup 10 Northern Irish Level 4 8 Northern Irish Level 5 6 Northern Irish Level 6 5 Northern Irish Craig Memorial Cup 5 Northern Irish Level 7 4 Norway Norwegian Premier Division 119 Norwegian Cup 115 Norwegian Super Cup 102 Norwegian 1st Division 96 Norwegian 2nd Division 77 Norwegian 3rd Division 53 Norwegian 4th Division 41 Poland LOTTO Ekstraklasa 124 Polish FA Cup 120 Polish 1st Division 91 Polish Super Cup 83 Polish 2nd Division 69 Polish 3rd Division 48 Portugal Portuguese Premier League 152 Taca de Portugal 139 Supertaca 105 Portuguese League Cup 105 Portuguese 2nd League 98 Portugal Championship 86 Portuguese Regional Divisions 47 Romania Romanian 1st League 124 Romanian Cup 115 Romanian Super Cup 100 Romanian 2nd League 86 Romanian 3rd League 60 Russia Russian Premer League 156 Russian Cup 125 Russian Super Cup 110 Russian 1st Division 104 Russian 2nd Division 65 Russian 3rd Division 32 San Marino San Marino League 23 San Marino Cup 21 San Marino Super Cup 16 Scotland Ladbrokes Premiership 121 Scottish Cup 121 Betfred Cup 97 Ladbrokes Championship 82 Ladbokes League 1 62 IRN-Bru Cup 61 Ladbrokes League 2 48 Serbia Serbian SuperLeague 122 Serbian Super Cup 110 Serbian 1st League 101 Serbian 2nd League 58 Slovakia Slovak 1st Division 110 Slovak FA Cup 93 Slovak 2nd Division 73 3 Liga 41 Slovenia Slovenian 1st League 114 Slovenian Cup 104 Slovenian 2nd League 85 Slovenian 3rd League 44 Spain Spanish 1st Division 184 Spanish Cup 145 Spanish 2nd Division 123 Spanish Super Cup 102 Spanish 2nd Division B 77 Spanish 3rd Division 31 Sweden Swedish Premier Division 123 Swedish Cup 105 Swedish 1st Division Elite 98 Swedish 1st Division 68 Swedish 2nd Division 49 Swedish 3rd Division 30 Switzerland Swiss Super League 136 Swiss Cup 135 Swiss Challenge League 97 Swiss Promotion League 69 Swiss 1st League 44 Swiss 2nd League Interregio 20 Turkey Turkish Super League 142 Turkish Cup 125 Turkish 1 League 102 Turkish Super Cup 91 Turkish 2 League 72 Turkish 3 League 42 Turkish Regional Amateur League 37 Ukraine Ukrainian Premier League 147 Ukranian Cup 115 Ukrainian Super Cup 107 Ukrainian 1st League 96 Ukrainan 2nd League 60 Ukrainian Amateur League 48 Wales JD Welsh Premier League 55 JD Welsh Cup 47 Nathaniel MG Cup 26 Welsh 1st Division 21 Cymu Alliance League Cup 18 Welsh Football League Challenge Cup 18 FAW Trophy 13 Welsh 2nd Division 10 Welsh 3rd Division 7

Let me tell you something, my friend. Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane. All football supporters have suffered the agony of hope. The "what could have been" moments. The heartbreak. The days when your **** of a striker couldn't hit water if he fell out of a ****ing boat. Barbosa at the Maracana, 1950. Messi in the final of the Copa America, 2016. Baggio in the World Cup final, 1994. Ghana at the 2010 World Cup. Bayern Munich in Barcelona, 1999. John Terry in Moscow, 2008. (Ok, if I'm being honest the last two were pretty frickin' beautiful and count among my favorite football memories. But, I digress...) For many, redemption comes in one form or another, some more glamorous than others. Titles won. Individual glories and accolades. The heartbreak simply another chapter in the broader narrative. For others, the heartbreak defines them. Haunts them. Overshadows all other accomplishments, triumphs and accolades. The moniker of the "nearly men" is applied, and supporters grow old thinking, "what if...?" This is the story of those teams. Uhh...well...another story about those teams... Since its inception in 1955, 22 different teams have won the Champions League (and its predecessor). 17 teams have reached the Final, only to fall short: Atlético Madrid (1974, 2014, 2016) Stade de Reims (1956, 1959) Valencia (2000, 2001) Fiorentina (1957) Eintracht Frankfurt (1960) Partizan (1966) Panathinaikos (1971) Leeds United (1975) Saint-Étienne (1976) Borussia Mönchengladbach (1977) Club Brugge (1978) Malmö FF (1979) Roma (1984) Sampdoria (1992) Bayer Leverkusen (2002) Monaco (2004) Arsenal (2006) Similarly, 8 different nations have brought home the World Cup. Yet, 5 have reached the Final and returned home with empty hands: Netherlands (1974, 1978, 2010) Croatia (2018) Czechoslovakia (1934, 1962) Hungary (1938, 1954) Sweden (1958) This save will chronicle my third documented attempt to bring glory to as many of these sides as possible. And, as we all know, third time pays for all. First of all, credit where credit is due -- the idea for this save originated with @smp20, who proposed it as a challenge during the FM15 cycle. I've since been...err...somewhat obsessed with it. My first FMCU-documented attempt fizzled out early: [FM16] If You're Not First, You're Last. While success was only claimed in Malmo that year, that save laid the foundation for all that has come since. The second attempt was 116 pages of utter madness, spanning 18 months real-time, culminating in 2091 after claiming an obscene number of trophies with Hakan Telleus and his son, Gunnar Vikander. This was easily my favorite save of all time: [FM17] If You're Not First, You're Last (Redux). As with before, there are generally no hard-and-fast rules beyond the concept of the save. On the club side of the shop... This is not a youth-academy-only save, even though I do enjoy developing youth and will usually focus on that. Rather, I will work within club-specific plans without any self-imposed transfer restrictions (e.g., a 2-4 year-plan makes sense with the like of Arsenal, versus a 6-8 year plan with Malmö ). I will leave on high -- thus, once I've won the Champions League, I must move on. Surely I won't be fired...again...will I? After my first club, I will only accept a position with one of the sides listed above, or a club that manages to join this elite (!?) group of "nearly men." Likewise, if a club manages to win the CL under another manager, they are removed from the challenge. The only pure "rule" that I will invoke is the @Dave. rule, instituted during the FM17 version of this save. Quite simply, this rule means that my manager has to prioritize Leeds, by joining them at the first realistic (in-game) opportunity. (The rationale being that I harbor a great dislike for the club...just don't tell anyone that I enjoyed managing them in the '17 version of the save, ok?) On the international scene, the same basic rules will apply -- I will only accept an international management position with an eligible nation. If I win the World Cup, I must move on. Nations can be added to and removed from the eligible list, based on results at the World Cup. With respect to Czechoslovakia, I consider both the Czech Republic and Slovakia eligible. While some of these sides are "easier" than others, I will begin with one of the "smaller" clubs and proceed from there, wherever the winds take me. Per usual, I am holidaying several years into the future, to allow for a unique playing environment. I've loaded the top leagues in Belgium, England, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Serbia, Spain and Sweden, with a large database/pool of potential players. And, as per usual, my saves tend to exist in a "multiverse" of sorts, so familiar faces may pop up (although they may come up in different contexts). Up Next: We need to set the stage, and see what the football world looks like in August 2023. Only after we've done that can we meet our managerial hero...

Last year I had a great time managing all over Europe. So much that this year I'm planning to do the same. Loaded nations are the following: Belarus, Hungary, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine. I want to try some of these more obscure Eastern Europe nations in which I have never managed in. I'm excluding some nations (Russia, Romania, Greece, Turkey) as I don't want to repeat countries from my last save. The plan is to move freely and win silverware in as many countries as possible. Initially, I only want to manage one club per nation, so let's see how I can do that and win trophies. I'm starting unemployed and without a particular place in mind to begin. Also, I'm playing this save on FMT. Feedback from the community has been positive and I want to maximise my playing time. I restarted the save but this time in full classic mode, as there are some annoying aspects in FMT which I (still) can't cope with for a long term save.

Starting again in FM17 due to another game breaking bug in FM19. First post of my blog can be found here: https://vincelloyd.home.blog/ I'd appreciate any feedback. Thanks.

Starting again in FM17 due to another game breaking bug in FM19. First post of my blog can be found here: https://vincelloyd.home.blog/ I'd appreciate any feedback. Thanks.

Starting again in FM17 due to another game breaking bug in FM19. First post of my blog can be found here: https://vincelloyd.home.blog/ I'd appreciate any feedback. Thanks.

Here we are again, I won the Champions League with Amathous but now we're going to Africa and there are a few rules I'm adding. I'm not allowed to sign any players. The DoF or whichever member of staff is available is also not allowed to sign any players. Even though this is a journeyman I'm not allowed to apply for any jobs, I have to be headhunted. The goalkeeper has to take all free kicks and penalties. We must always bless the rains. After 10 years in charge of a club, or reaching legend status, I am free to apply for another job if no club has approached me. I won't be starting unemployed but I will be starting with the team predicted to finish bottom in the lowest ranked league in Africa which is Miracle du Sud in the Mayotte Lower League. I've also set my manager as a Mayotte native.

Trials and Triumphs of a Turkmen Meet Bahtiyar Saparow, a young Muscovite born after a brief fling between a local woman and a Turkmen migrant labourer... or so he's been told - Dad never stuck around to introduce himself, but Mum insisted on retaining his Turkmen heritage. Bahtiyar was a footballing star in the making at school, but his mixed heritage and absent father made him a regular target for the local bullies, and it was only a matter of time before the tackles took their toll. Taken out nastily during a trial at his beloved Spartak Moscow, Bahtiyar instead took to studying the sport. Now aged 22, and inspired by the World Cup held on his doorstep, he is about to step out into the wide world of football management... -- Played on FM17, with leagues loaded from Russia (3 tiers), Ukraine (3), Belarus (3), Georgia (2), Armenia (2), Azerbaijan (2), Kazakhstan (2), Uzbekistan (2), Tajikistan (2), Kyrgyzstan (2), Turkmenistan (1), Moldova (2), Estonia (2), Latvia (2) and Lithuania (2). All edited leagues are the wonderful claassen's. I've holidayed two seasons to the end of the 2018 World Cup, which saw a weird and wonderful group stage lead to football very nearly, but also definitely not, coming home. Bahtiyar starts with no badges, no experience, and a willingness to travel to all parts of the former Soviet Union. His only goals are to make up for the playing career he was unable to enjoy, and to lead his favoured Spartak to success. Anything else on the way is a bonus. A note for the reader - the editor is enabled. This will only ever be used for one of two reasons: cosmetic, narrative reasons, and the annoying habit of staff in smaller leagues to refuse to re-sign after a year because they get too big for their boots. If they were foreigners brought in, I'd cope, but this seems unrealistic and I have no qualms about extending deals by a year with the editor. That'll be all - now on with the show...

With the new update coming for FM 19 I have restarted this challenge, same premise, same set up just new game. Blog can be found here: https://jockmcghee.home.blog/a-jocks-journey-man/ I've posted the first couple of chapters, aiming to do at the very least 1 a week, possibly have the next one up today. I'd it appreciate it if you could read and follow, any pointers would also be greatly appreciated. Cheers

With the new update coming for FM 19 I have restarted this challenge, same premise, same set up just new game. Blog can be found here: https://jockmcghee.home.blog/a-jocks-journey-man/ I've posted the first couple of chapters, aiming to do at the very least 1 a week, possibly have the next one up today. I'd it appreciate it if you could read and follow, any pointers would also be greatly appreciated. Cheers

With the new update coming for FM 19 I have restarted this challenge, same premise, same set up just new game. Blog can be found here: https://jockmcghee.home.blog/a-jocks-journey-man/ I've posted the first couple of chapters, aiming to do at the very least 1 a week, possibly have the next one up today. I'd it appreciate it if you could read and follow, any pointers would also be greatly appreciated. Cheers

Dioufing Around - Spitting Image of A Sewer Rat El Hadji Diouf. A man that needs very little introduction. if you do need an introduction to one of the most controversial, hated players of the noughties this article gives a good summary: https://sports.vice.com/en_uk/article/53n3d5/the-cult-el-hadji-diouf-liverpool-rangers 8th April 2019 - Diouf Turns To Management Today, of all days, Diouf has decided to leave his native Senegal in search of a job in management. This thread follows his mercurial managerial career, sure to be as controversial and mercenary as his playing one.

There and back to see how far it is... My long term FM saves always start at my hometown club of Coventry City, and I see how far I can meander through the world of football management. In past versions, my career has taken me from Coventry to Roma - via Doncaster, Sunderland, Cardiff City and Manchester United - and I'm intrigued to see where this years version will take me. I keep a keen eye on the job centre for interesting opportunities, whilst trying to turn Coventry City into a sustainable club. Please join me on my journey, as we embark on the twists and turns of FM19! August 2018 The season began at the Ricoh Arena with the visit of Scunthorpe United. We are predicted to finish mid-table, but barring Sunderland and maybe Charlton, I don't see any reason why we can't be in at least the top six come the end of this season. The transfer window is disabled and fixtures follow real life: League One: Coventry City 3 - 0 Scunthorpe United: David Meyler (31), Bright Enobakhare (58), Junior Brown (85) A fantastic start to the season, in a game we lost 2-1 in reality. David Meyler and Bright Enobakhare are fabulous loan signings in League One, and both contributed to the win. Junior Brown scored the third on his debut after his real life move from Shrewsbury Town in the summer. League One: AFC Wimbledon 0 - 0 Coventry City: None A trip to Wimbledon followed, and fiction mimicked real life, as we were unable to break the deadlock. I thought I was going to lose this 1-0 as we dominated the game and waited for the inevitable FM curse to kick in. Happy with the point, although it would've been nice to get two wins from two. Carabao Cup R1: Coventry City 1 - 0 Exeter City: Jordy Hiwula (14) A repeat of the play off final which saw us promoted back to League One last season, we managed another win over Exeter City and secured passage to the second round. A well rotated squad gave Hiwula his first start, and he took the chance with both hands. In reality, we lost away at Oxford United 2-0 in Round 1. League One: Coventry City 3 - 2 Plymouth Argyle: Tom Bayliss (4), Bright Enobakhare (12), Jordan Shipley (18) We flew out of the blocks in this game, and totally dominated our visitors going three nil up within the first twenty minutes. We changed to be more defensive later in the game, and it allowed Plymouth back into the game with two goals from corners. Nervy finish, but we managed to keep hold to win 3-2. We won this game in real life 1-0 thanks to a penalty. League One: Blackpool 2 - 2 Coventry City: Dujon Sterling (2), Jordy Hiwula (pen 5) Another game where we started so well, but ended up throwing the game away. Loanee Dujon Sterling scored his first professional goal, with Hiwula netting from the spot. Again, defending set pieces was our undoing, and we suffered a disappointing draw... not as disappointing as our 2-0 defeat at Bloomfield Road in real life though! League One: Gillingham 0 - 3 Coventry City: Jordan Shipley (3), Luke Thomas (29), Jordy Hiwula (49) We are starting games so well, and again took the lead within the first few minutes. This time we did the job properly and came away with three points. Luke Thomas fired in our second just before the half hour mark, before Hiwula continued his excellent start to the season. We drew the game 1-1 in real life, and a clean sheet is a great way to bounce back from our previous two games. Carabao Cup R2: Scunthorpe United 0 - 1 Coventry City: Luke Thomas (86) We left this one late, but I am delighted to get through to the next round. Luke Thomas scored for the second consecutive game late on to put us through for a home tie against Millwall in Round 3. At the end of the month, we sat at the top of League One with three wins and two draws. Into September we go in fine form!

After reading @Makoto Nakamura epic career,I've been inspired by it and decided to do something similar but with a twist.Instead of going A to Z,I will be starting off in the weakest region (based off the rating of the main Continental Competition).This means I will be starting off in Oceania and working my through North America,Africa,Asia,South America before finishing off in Europe. This is now my playground First up is Oceania!

Introduction After years of reading career threads, I've finally decided to make an account and give this a go. My name is NF7 and I'm buzzing to get started on this save. I haven't actually had a long-term game since FM15, but will be changing that with this thread. What will this be? A typical, unoriginal, classic journeyman save. I'll be playing exclusively in Europe, moving where I please, and trying to play the game realistically. Inspiration for my update style will be largely based off my favorite threads by TomTuck and SRL88, as those are the ones that first got me into reading this forum and were fantastic careers. Leagues Loaded England | League Two France | Championnat National Germany | 3. Bundesliga Italy | Lega Pro (Serie C) Spain | Segunda División B Portugal | Liga II Holland | Dutch Tweede Divisie Belgium | Derde Klasse (3rd tier) Poland | I Liga (2nd tier) Hungary | Nemzeti Bojnokság II (2nd tier) I want my first job to be out of the top 5 leagues and hopefully somewhere like Hungary or Poland, where I've never managed before. Meet my manager, Luca Romano, a 33 year-old Italian. I've given myself professional experience at the local level and no coaching badges to start off. I'll be starting at a low level, but not the complete bottom of the barrel. The only language spoken is Italian, but by the end of the career, I'll have hopefully picked up a lot more. Objectives My only real objective is to enjoy the save, anything else is a bonus. I want to make this long-term and hopefully win a lot of silverware, but how it happens just depends on where the game takes it. I'll be making an effort to play defensive, counter-attacking football throughout this career as that's a style I haven't tried much but would like to give it a go. It would be cool to build a team similar to Mourinho's first Chelsea side, which rarely conceded goals and was devastating on the break. I hope you enjoy reading this career! I'm looking forward to getting back into this game and reading some of the newer FM19 threads. Wish me luck!

Around The World in 80 Days? Probably 80 Years! Hello and welcome to my Journeyman adventure! I'm Mike Nevo and I'm about to go on a long journey around the world to become one of the best managers of all time! I'm starting this journey with no previous experience as a manager, no qualifications and a hunger to find my first job! In this opening post, I'll constantly update to provide an overall look at how my career has panned out so far. I plan to stick with this save until FM2020 is released! If you have any constructive criticism on the format of my updates, please don't hesitate to tell me. It is my aim to provide less waffle and more pictures, but if that's not what people like, then I have no problems in changing my style! My Career In A Flash! Season 1 We headed to Wales in season one where we managed to begin our career in style with a league victory and double cup victory with Aberystwyth Town! Season 2 We decided to move on and try somewhere new and that took us to Ireland with Bray Wanderers who were fighting for promotion in the Irish First Division. They had been relegated the previous season and under-performing in the second tier! We managed to secure their promotion through the play-offs! Unfortunately the board weren't happy when we applied for another job and we were instantly sacked! Season 2.5 This brings us to the current day! We managed to finally find a job after over 2 months of searching and that brings us to Northern Ireland with Ballymena United who're in the Danske Bank Premiership!

Hello there, you may remember me from a series of career threads over the years. In fact I had one earlier with FM19, but although I've kept contact with some of you guys, I lost interest in FM for a while and have been out of this forum section altogether for a couple of months. Now that the final patch is out I feel it's time to come back, with a new idea. "New idea" might be pushing it since this is heavily inspired by @ManUtd1's series of "Nearly Men", in which he manages the teams that in the past fell just short of winning the European Champions Cup and Champions League. This is kind of similar as I'll be managing clubs with a similar profile, but the pattern is slightly different - I'll be managing clubs that HAVE tasted success, but just not for a long time: all clubs I'll manage, have been national champions in the past at some point, but not for at least 20 years. ... that's also the only rule in this thread. I don't have a shopping list of clubs that I have to tick to complete a challenge, I also can freely abandon any club at any time, although obviously the goal is to get them to win the league again at least. It's really just a journeyman with one restriction in the choice of clubs. To start off this saga, we'll head off to Eastern Europe... or is that more precisely Central Europe... I can never tell where Centre and East are divided... Also please don't judge me on the appalling banner, it was quite literally done in MS Paint in 5 minutes. World class graphic design.

I've started the Pentagon challenge and I'm blogging it. First post is up: https://aworldwidejourneyman.home.blog/ I'd appreciate it if you'd read and give me some pointers and a follow if you don't mind, cheers guys!

Been working on this save for some time now, thought I would give a quick update and see if anyone else has been doing this. It has been a difficult slog the past few seasons but hope springs eternal that the premier league is a goal. Pretty standard setup, no coaching badges, started at lvl 22 in english pyramid, did not restrict my recruitment of players from other teams. The first years were easy, lots of trophies, lots of league titles, kept a core group of players together who played well. Good goalkeeper and a good striker made things roll smoothly. Most of the time I used a fairly simple 4231, with control mentality. I had a couple of blips in lvl 12 and added a DM, changing things up to a 4141 DM which helped keep things stable. Lvl 11 was rough. Team went semi-pro but could only offer bonuses, no contracts to any players. The first couple years I was competitive and then the next two I was in a relegation battle. Finding a striker was a challenge and when I did, I cruised through the league and won promotion, only missed title by a point. Without my new striker I staved off relegation on goal differential, with my striker I finished 9 pts clear of 3rd place. One other comment about Lvl 11, it adds four league winners into the table each year and relegates four. The four winners are always favorites for promotions and are stacked with players who would never consider playing for me. This seems to be a product of reputation and makes it additionally challenging to win promotion. One note about my board. In previous years and saves a change in ownership often brings an influx of cash. Sometimes this happens frequently. Not so for this save. 1 change in ownership, zero investment. I'll in the red next season and have had no upgrades to any facilities. Poor luck for this save. Couple of screenshots I'm almost through my first season in the Southern Combination Football League Division One. Can now offer real P/T contracts which is a relief, no more poaching. Back in the FA Vase (yay prize money). It's been a roller coaster year and I should finish mid table with a strong finish. I'll do a full update once that is done. I'd love to hear of others who have been at this and if their experiences match my own. I'm probably skipping fm18 and playing this out to see if I can get to the premier league.

If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there This story will follow the footsteps and struggles in the life of Nelson Mandela Jr. Yikes – I mean, with great looks like these, a disgustingly straight posture and a name like that who wouldn’t take this fine gentleman serious? If nothing else his height of 1.50cm… wait did I see that correc-oh, I did. Standing tall and proud at 1.50cm and weighing in at 151kg (????)… How can his short legs carry that much? He weighs a kilogram more than he’s got centimeters… Yes, erhm, a fine man, and quite the sense of style too. White suit with red shirt and purple tie. Flamboyant, this whalelike gentleman. “You need good suit!” was his mother’s words as he went on a shopping trip to the local tailor who was put on a hard task making a suit to match his size. These colors were the only he had in stock in large enough quantity to fit it on Nelson’s corpus. His ‘Uncle JimJom’ who’d been like a father to him his entire childhood laughed so hard he had to lay down three days straight when Nelson returned home. His mother didn’t speak to him for just about the same amount of time, instead she slapped him on the chest as she made loud noises. His mother named him Nelson Mandela Jr. as she was, and still is to this day, convinced that a roughly 70 year old –but still potent! - Nelson Mandela visited The Kingdom of Swaziland and fell in love with her. After a week of great passion, sadly Mr. Mandela had to urgently leave Swaziland. He left without leaving an email or a phone number which of course is the only way you’d ever get in touch with someone as unknown as Mr. Mandela. When Mandela Jr. once showed his mother a picture of Nelson Mandela his mother slapped him and yelled “That is not the man! I will not hear of this. Your father is beautiful and important. You have name like him, go be great man!” And thus began his journey into the world. With a name like that, who wouldn’t want him as their coach? Oh ****, I forgot to talk about his grey hair even though he is 25 years old…. This guy…

Let me tell you something, my friend. Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane. All football supporters have suffered the agony of hope. The "what could have been" moments. The heartbreak. The days when your **** of a striker couldn't hit water if he fell out of a ****ing boat. Barbosa at the Maracana, 1950. Messi in the final of the Copa America, 2016. Baggio in the World Cup final, 1994. Ghana at the 2010 World Cup. Bayern Munich in Barcelona, 1999. John Terry in Moscow, 2008. (Ok, if I'm being honest the last two were pretty frickin' beautiful and count among my favorite football memories. But, I digress...) For many, redemption comes in one form or another, some more glamorous than others. Titles won. Individual glories and accolades. The heartbreak simply another chapter in the broader narrative. For others, the heartbreak defines them. Haunts them. Overshadows all other accomplishments, triumphs and accolades. The moniker of the "nearly men" is applied, and supporters grow old thinking, "what if...?" This is the story of those teams. Uhh...well...another story about those teams... Since its inception in 1964, 25 different clubs have won the CAF Champions League. 19 teams have reached the Final, only to fall short: Amicale Sportive Dragons (1980. 1985) Al-Hilal Omdurman (1987, 1992) Shooting Stars (1984, 1996) Heartland (1988, 2009) Stade Malien (1965) Real Bamako (1966) Étoile Filante du Togo (1968) Simba FC (1972) Ghazl Al-Mehalla (1974) Enugu Rangers (1975) Africa Sports (1986) MC Oran (1989) Nkana Red Devils (1990) SC Villa (1991) Ashanti Gold (1997) Dynamos FC (1998) CS Sfaxien (2006) Coton Sport (2008) USM Alger (2015) This save will chronicle my attempt to bring glory to as many of these sides as possible. First of all, credit where credit is due -- the idea for this save originated with @smp20, who proposed it as a challenge during the FM15 cycle, related to the European Champions League. I've since been...err...somewhat obsessed with it. My first FMCU-documented attempt fizzled out early: [FM16] If You're Not First, You're Last. While success was only claimed in Malmo that year, that save laid the foundation for all that has come since. The second attempt was 116 pages of utter madness, spanning 18 months real-time, culminating in 2091 after claiming an obscene number of trophies with Hakan Telleus and his son, Gunnar Vikander. This was easily my favorite save of all time: [FM17] If You're Not First, You're Last (Redux). My third attempt is currently paused in the fall of 2044, where Jean Bleu has rampaged across Europe with multiple sides: [FM 18] If You're Not First, You're Last (Re-Redux). While I'm enjoying my time at Nantes in the save...I felt I needed to run this save in Africa, something I'd long thought about doing, but hadn't attempted. (Why Africa instead of South America? Asia? My daughter is Congolese, and my undergrad studies focused on sub-Saharan African politics with a particular emphasis on transitional justice in post-apartheid South Africa. The quote in the title is from Nelson Mandela.) As with before, there are generally no hard-and-fast rules beyond the concept of the save. On the club side of the shop... This is not a youth-academy-only save, even though I do enjoy developing youth and will usually focus on that. Rather, I will work within club-specific plans without any self-imposed transfer restrictions. I will leave on high -- once I've won the Champions League, I must move on. The only twist I'm adding for Africa is that I will stay on through the Club World Cup, to try my hand against the best clubs the other continents have to offer...and then I must move on. After my first club, I will only accept a position with one of the sides listed above, or a club that manages to join this elite (!?) group of "nearly men." Likewise, if a club manages to win the CL under another manager, they are removed from the challenge. On the international scene, there will be only one rule this time around -- win as many World Cups with an African nation as possible. After winning, I must move on to another African nation. And, as per usual, my saves tend to exist in a "multiverse" of sorts, so familiar faces may pop up (although they may come up in different contexts). In terms of the league setup, I have used @claassen's FM 18 African leagues (and competitions). However, to facilitate the "all African" approach to the save, I have removed foreign player limitations from the starting African leagues. If a club from a new country (e.g., Kenya) becomes eligible, the existing @claassen rules will apply. The idea here is to: (1) promote African youth, regardless of where they come from; and (2) allow me to support whatever national team I'm playing with, at my club side. The default starting leagues in Africa are the top divisions from: Algeria, Cameroon, DR Congo, Egypt, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. In Europe, we have the top divisions from: Belgium, England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. I've loaded all current international players, worldwide, and all players from clubs playing in European and African continental competitions. Tomorrow, we will meet our managerial hero... But before we do, let's take a quick look at the tracker I'll be using:

“It's like everything in football - and life. You need to look, you need to think, you need to move, you need to find space, you need to help others. It's very simple in the end.” -Johann Cruyff Hello, and welcome to my first ever story here on the forums. I have been playing FM since FM 17, and have decided to write a story using Kaizer Effenberg, my alter ego. I was inspired to write my own story by “An Impossible Man” and Rob Ridgeway’s story, and I humbly hope that you the reader find this story interesting. This story is a journeyman save with no real goals other than to try and see if Kaizer can manage my beloved Everton and the United States National Team and turn them into good teams. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ September 7th, 2016 It was a warm afternoon in Oswestry, and I took a walk around the stadium. The air was crisp and it was starting to hit me that I was a football manager. My name is Kaizer Effenberg, and I hail from the city of Hannover. I always played football as a kid and wanted to turn professional, but that dream disappeared after I tried out for Hannover’s academy at the age of 14. I was told that I was too slow and not skilled enough to play, and that sent my dreams into a funk. I got through university tending bar, though I always dreamed that I would have to get involved somehow in order to prove that I could still make an impact in the world of football other than a fan watching Hamburg or Everton either in person or on television. At the start of September, I sent my application to dozens of clubs around the world, hoping that I could get my foot in the door somewhere. I was turned down by clubs in Finland, Ireland, Northern Ireland, and other places. Much to my surprise however, TNS of Wales did not laugh me off and chose to interview me. The club president Mike Hall was firm, asking me about my lack of experience and why I was the right man to lead the dominant club in the Welsh Premier League. I responded that my goal was to make TNS succeed by focusing on staying dominant in the domestic game, and also focusing on trying to go further in Europe. My goals at this great club are to succeed with people who want to be there, want to improve, and want to be changers for the future. The Welsh Premier League needs to capitalize on the success of Bale, Ramsey, Coleman, and the success of the national team in order to build the national league. I was drawn to this job because the man or woman that can help lead a club into success in Europe and build a sustainable base is going to be the manager who succeeds. Jose Mourinho succeeded at Porto and leveraged his success into becoming a legend. Sir Alex Ferguson built Aberdeen into a team that defied the odds to win in Scotland and in Europe. Howard Kendall built Everton into a team that conquered Europe and should have done more if not for forces outside his control. These men may have walked into situations that were not great, but they built teams and took their success with them to grow their legends, and that is what I wanted to do here. Hall and owner Mike Harris agreed with that vision, and thus I was hired as the newest manager of TNS. The club is located in England, but plays in the Welsh league system and was made famous by Jeff Stelling saying “They’ll be dancing in the streets of Total Network Solutions tonight!” on Soccer Saturday. This year, the team was leading the Welsh Premier League when I took over, with 9 points from 3 games. The squad has plenty of players who can do a job on the domestic front, led by Jon Routledge, the leading light of TNS. Routledge is a 26 years old English player who joined us on a free from Dumbarton in Scotland. I am looking for him to be the main man in midfield and to control that area in the 4-5-1 formation. The reason I chose this formation is because the players are used to it as well as providing me with plenty of support in European games down the line. Once I arrived at the club earlier this week, I took a look at the side and found that it was pretty settled. I was pleased to see that there was plenty of depth in midfield and that was important to me. I prefer to have the spine of the team be the strongest, because the best title winning teams in my 25 years on this earth generally have their best players in the middle. Since I also am a baseball fan, the old cliché goes that your best defenders always play up the middle. Wes Fletcher is the main goal scoring threat, as the 25 years old Englishman has 2 goals in the league and is a new addition to the club this summer arriving from Motherwell after having Football League experience with Accrington Stanley. I know that players like Wes and Jon are going to be key, players who are hungry to fight for the squad and want to improve their chances of getting into the big time. My first meeting with the players was today, and I talked to them. I said in broken English “Hi, my name is Kaizer Effenberg. I came here in order to help us as a club continue on its path to improve itself in Europe and keep dominating domestically. We are the full-time squad here, and we have a target on our backs. My main goal is that we work hard in training to win our next match, and that we build towards goals that are within our reach and broaden those goals as we reach them. My goal for us this year is to continue our good start and prepare for Europe next year, where you guys can work to advance. Everyone that is here has done something right, and I know that a lot of you want to make moves to other clubs and where the lights are brighter. I was told as a player by Hamburg that I was not good enough, and I refused to let that define me. This may be my first manager job ever, and I might have no badges to go with my name. What matters is that every time we cross these white lines on this field or wherever we are assigned to or we earn the right to play, we compete, and compete hard.”

Alright, here we go again. Bad puns aside... Didn't really get into Foggia save, which is a shame, as i really like them. Italy didn't really appeal to me this year. But, as i found out in a online save with my friend, England still do it for me. So, separately from that, i'll be starting another one, starting from the bottom, Vanarama North/South. It'll be a journeyman save, as i'll be jumping ships, trying to get to the top of the food chain in English football. And since i started this thread, that mean that i'm two or more seasons in. Really didn't want to start another one if i wasn't sucked in the save. I've been saving screenshots so it's just a matter of sorting them through and posting in appropriate order.

The Save: It's a journeyman save which will probably take me right the way through FM19. I start at Cork City and try to build my way up the top. Like my previous thread, I'll mix career updates with narrative. I've been playing FM since FM16 but I've only every played as Top 6 or mid-table teams in the top leagues of Europe. Now if I was being smart about this, I'd: A: Try and manage at a lower level club to give myself some experience before diving into the deep end to manage a 2 star reputation team. B. Try a test save so I can get the hang of FM19. But **** it, I'm diving right in. The Club: To start off with, I'm going to be playing as Cork City FC. They play in the SSE Airtricity League, the top tier of Irish football. They're defending champions and so the challenge would be to retain the title (a task Cork City failed to do in real life, relinquishing the title to competitive rivals Dundalk) and to do well in Europe and build my reputation before leaving. By Irish standards, doing well in Europe would be making the group stages of either of the two European competitions as Dundalk did a couple of year ago. Here's the stadium, Turner's Cross: The crest: And the mascot, Corky the cheetah: And now for the most important part, the manager! Tony Cochrane: As I've said earlier, there'll plenty of narrative to this save so you'll be seeing Tony a lot. A Cork native, he played for Cork City FC from age 18 to 27 at which point he suffered a career ending injury. He got his coaching badges at 30 and, after doing nothing with his life for the past four years, has decided to go into management. If anyone's interested, here's the league setup I have to start.

Hi, and welcome to another Northernpilgrim career thread. Unlike previous efforts, this time I need to provide a little explanation as to the inspiration behind my career thread. So who was Amerigo Vespucci? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerigo_Vespucci and what on earth does this have to do with Football Manager 2019? Manager I've set myself up as a 30 year old Italian with the name of the famous explorer, Amerigo Vespucci, after which North and South America are named. I will begin with no coaching badges, and the minimum level of experience The Challenge The challenge is to win the top division in all playable South American Leagues, as well as the Copa Libertadores, Copa America and the World Cup, the last two of which must be won with a South American national team, can only be won after all the leagues and continental club trophies have been won, but do not have to be won with the same nation, although they can be. The leagues must be won in order of reputation, starting with the lowest, which is the Peruvian Primera Division, and the whole challenge must be completed before Amerigo Vespucci turns 58 (he died aged 57). Below is a full list of the leagues in order, which I'll update as the challenge progresses (I'll hide it to avoid spoiling things) The Starting point