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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 social-media-obsessed striker couldn't hit water if he fell out of a 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. 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. Well... Another story about those teams... Since its inception in 1955, 22 different teams have won the Champions League (and its predecessor). 18 teams have reached the Final, only to fall short: Arsenal (2006) Atlético Madrid (1974, 2014, 2016) Bayer Leverkusen (2002) Borussia Mönchengladbach (1977) Club Brugge (1978) Eintracht Frankfurt (1960) Fiorentina (1957) Leeds United (1975) Malmö FF (1979) Monaco (2004) Panathinaikos (1971) Partizan (1966) Roma (1984) Sampdoria (1992) Saint-Étienne (1976) Stade de Reims (1956, 1959) Tottenham Hotspur (2019) Valencia (2000, 2001) Similarly, 8 different nations have brought home the World Cup. Yet, 5 have reached the Final only to return home with empty hands: Croatia (2018) Czechoslovakia (1934, 1962) Hungary (1938, 1954) The Netherlands (1974, 1978, 2010) Sweden (1958) And, for the past few years, I've been obsessed with the idea of bringing glory to as many of these clubs and countries as possible. Credit where credit is due -- the idea for this challenge originated with @smp20, who proposed it during the FM15 cycle. My first documented attempt fizzled out early: [FM16] If You're Not First, You're Last. While success was only claimed in Malmö, 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). The third attempt saw Jean Bleu rampage across Europe with Zlatan Ibrahimovic and John Drake, claiming 6 Champions League and 5 World Cup titles in 29 years: [FM18] If You're Not First, You're Last (Re-Redux). I took some time off from documenting my saves during the FM 19 cycle, but with the imminent launch of FM 20 I'm back to give this another run. As per usual, there are generally no hard-and-fast rules beyond the concept of the save. On the club side of the shop, once I've won the Champions League, I must move on and can 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 Champions League under another manager, they are removed from the challenge. On the international scene, the same basic rule will apply - I can 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. 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 for the rule was that, as a Manchester United supporter, steering Leeds to glory should inflict a special kind of pain…just don't tell anyone that I've really enjoyed managing them in the '17 and ‘18 versions of the save...) The FM 20 version of the Nearly Men will launch here and on the FMCheapSeats blog shortly after the full game releases on November 19th. Don't worry, the same day-to-day shenanigans and updates that you've come to love, fear and dread (in equal measure) will be posted here. All major updates (seasonal reviews, tactical discussion, etc) will be cross-posted here and on the blog. In the meantime, if you're interested in a sneak peek at my manager, Nicolaj Bur, head on over to @Guimy's always excellent strikerless.com, where Bur is introduced in a post discussing my FM 20 beta tactic, I Want To Take His Face...Off.

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!

After his cup win Joao Cheezey decided to step down from his job at UD Lanzarote. He was burned out and needed a break. With his share of the prize money and all his savings, he bought a small boat. He wanted to travel alongside Africa and all the way to the Cape of Good Hope. But after 2 days sailing.... there was a big thunder storm and his boat flipped over.... With his last power he got to the beach... For two weeks he was walking through a lot of sand, barely drinking and eating anything. Suddently a football almost hit his head..... He picked it up and run in the direction, where it came from. He saw a football pitch and players. He asked the first person he saw, "Where am I?". Mauritania was the answer and this is the pitch of the football club ASAC Concorde. He was talking with the foreign man for a couple of minutes. He told him where he was and mentioned that he was a football trainer. He told that he was coaching UD Lanzarote for the past 8 years. He told about his success with the club from down the lower leagues all the way to Europe. Also he mentioned that he won the spanish cup couple weeks ago. He pulled of a piece of newspaper, which he had in his purse. And thats all he got, his passport, some money and a piece of newspaper. The rest sunk with the boat... The man, which he was talking to, was the president of this football club. His name was Boubacay Sy. After a long conversation...Mister Sy asked Joao if he need a job..... What is the goal of the save? Joao still want to reach the Cape of Good Hope, which means South Africa. So I will helped him travel across Africa. He can only jump to a country which borders the country he is currently in. And since Joao is an ambitious man, he want to get atleast one piece of silverware in each country. Why Mauritania? Its a pretty low rep league and is closest to Lanzarote. Morocco didnt appeal to me. Since he lost everything, he got no coaching badges.

Set Up I have loaded the following leagues to commence my save and will have the rest of the leagues on View Only so that I can change the direction of my career if I want to further into the save in the future. Manager Profile I have commenced Unemployed and with a Sunday League Reputation with the intention of proving myself in the lower leagues in an attempt to obtain a higher reputation job as soon as possible. When looking at the club I will be starting at I will assess all of the clubs I have interviews at and determine which I feel will be the best club to achieve my short term goals. I will then take that job in a hope that it is the right one and I can achieve short term success there to raise my reputation as quick as possible. Job Interviews I have had job interviews at a number of clubs in a few different Nations including Vanerborgs FK, Braintree, Lisburn Distillery, Conwy, IFK Umea, KuPS, Oxford City, Cobh Ramblers, Knockbreda, AFK Linkoping, Tvaakers IF, Gefle IF, BK Olympic, FC Inter, TNS, Atvidabergs FF and Qviding FIF amongst others that I applied for.

Management History Introduction "Hang on a minute lads, I've got a great idea" There's a common turn of phrase in football where fans will identify their favourite team from a particular country. For example, my French team happens to be St Etienne (because I like the band). Well, when I lived in Wales for a few years around the turn of the century, I developed a fondness for Bangor City. Over the years that attachment has not gone, but I've not really kept up with them as much as I would English football. Last year I noticed they had been demoted a number of leagues with the restructuring of Welsh football. I didn't know too much about what had gone on, but with the release of FM20 I noticed Bangor City were playing in the second tier of Welsh football and I thought it would make an interesting long term save. So I set about setting up a new save and noticed that a majority of their players are foreigners, and most of them Italians. So that covers the title. Bangor City, it seems have been taken over by an Italian-Argentinian chairman and he has imprinted his nation on his new club. Bangor had been badly run by another in a far too large group of poor chairmen, and it seems like things might have turned a corner with the arrival of Mr Domenico Serafino. In the real world he appointed a friend of his, from his life spent in Argentina, to manage the team. A certain Pedro Pasculli, who roomed with Maradona at the 1986 world cup. Bizarre, I know. Things changed in my world. Pedro said "Bangor?" and Mr Serafino had to turn his search a little closer to home. In the end he plumped for a little known local coach. Me. Problematically, I don't speak Italian, and three quarters of my squad are Italian. I also have a Bissau-Guinean, a Guinean, an Angolan, a Ghanaian, a Burkinabe, a Uganda, an Argentinian and a few Englishmen. Would you believe it, I even have a Welsh goalkeeper? Just the one though; I am after all in Wales. Luckily I have an Italian Director Of Football, so he'll be helping me with the languages. He's brought along his son too, and he's a reasonable young talent. He's no owner's son though. This is Francesco Serafino; the bosses lad. He'll be leading the line this season. Here's my entire squad: The board want us to gain promotion to the Premier League as champions of the Cymru North. They also want us to reach the final of the Welsh Cup. It's no small ask, but we have a good squad and a few hundred to spend on wages. I could do with another full back and cover for the defensive midfielder position, but if the squad stays fit, and based on pre-season so far, we should be able to walk this league. We're predicted to finish first - in fact we're 2-5 on. We also have eight players in the media dream eleven (though bizarrely our DM is included as GK). They have Yalany Baio as the league's star player, so here is: We have such a talented squad that I'm looking to play a shorter passing formation. Serafino is a natural F9, so he'll be playing deep and the aim is to get IFs and CMs forward with nice link up play. Baio will sit deep to provide a shield to the defense and allow our full backs to get forward. It's a lot more technical than I've ever played at this level of football before, but I believe we have the players to make it work. The worry is what happens if Serafino or Baio get injured. Finger's crossed. I'm no tactical genius, so this is a work in progress. Bangor should be a top Welsh club. Let's bring the good times back to the city of Bangor. The Italian-way. "It's a very difficult job and the only way to get through it is we all work together as a team. And that means you do everything I say." Further Plans This save will hopefully be my long term save for FM20. It's not definite that I'll stay with Bangor. My aim is to improve myself and have a career. I would like to get Bangor back where they belong first though. It will take a big job to drag me away from North Wales if I've not done much with Bangor. The disclaimer is that I'm not a fast player. I put a lot of detail in to my games and I progress slowly. I've tried to keep one of these career updates going before but speed of updates was slow and it got buried. I've not really had an aim with a club before though, like I do with Bangor, because I usually start unemployed. This is the most intriguing start I've had to an FM career for some number of years. I'm not expecting multiple updates per week though. I also have the whole of Euope loaded, plus USA and Australia. Plenty of scope on where I end up. The white text background near the end is because I copied a quote from elsewhere - not typing all that again and editor doesn't seem to have that option.

Meet Sanchez Asambani, a young man from Tijuana, Mexico who has decided to go on a footballing odyssey in Europe with the aim of reaching the top of the footballing world Unfortunately Sanchez is not a wise man, or a man with any natural talent as a manager. But he has decided that he is the man to reach the pinnacle of European football, armed only with his trusty map of Europe, a copy of Rothman's 1992, and a battered second hand Panini sticker album from USE '94, containing only 17 lonely stickers. His view is that football can't have changed much in his lifetime, so he should be okay with this.

First stop. Third team to call me up for interview but first one to ring me back. So here we go... There's much room for improvements here. Currently in the black though even my grandma and her cats know this will get ugly really fast. Not that dire of a situation but board are ambitious. They're asking midtable position of me. When i saw this, i kinda understood why The Beavers under-performed. They've got two whole squads in preseason. Yikes. Few familiar names but not much to get excited about. This team is old, defense is slower than a snail but i can work with this. Few players worthy of mentioning: A fine goalie for this level. As slow as a tortoise but it'll have to do... Vanarama's Pirlo. Poor man's Nani. I like him. Old as the Bible but best striker we have. Random beaver in holiday mood for the end of the opening post

I've had as little dabble with [FM20] managing RB Salzburg in Austria and the game seems reasonably stable. (No crashes at all for me so far). I wasn't really feeling the save though so have decided to start a proper one. # I've started unemployed, with no badges and with just Sunday League previous history and all the Nordic Nations available have been activated. I played in some of these leagues in FM19 and even won some of them, but others will be completely new to me if and when I get there. Last year I started in Iceland, but in the Icelandic First Division the clubs are still professional, so I think I have to start lower than that if possible and look for something part-time or even fully Amateur. That doesn't mean I won't give something else a go 1st just to get things up and running, (remember I started with a B-Team in FM19), but I plan on getting to the very bottom and then making my way from there. The game start date is Apr 2019.

Welcome to Season 1 Episode 1 of my FM20 story, The Head Coach. This is a LLM Journeyman story with a twist, as we work under a director of football with the players/staff we're given at every club on our road from non league to legendary status! In episode 1, we look for our first job of the series as an unemployed manager, before meeting our new club once we receive a job offer! If you enjoyed this episode, LIKE the video & SUBSCRIBE to the channel for 2 new episodes a week from Cricket 19 Career Mode. There's also daily content from two long term Football Manager 2020 stories, The Head Coach & A Wandering Dork, every day at 4.30pm. Thanks for watching!

Don't worry, if you've made it this far with your decoder ring, the whole thread isn't going to be written like that! So my Valencia "Nemesis" died a death, this might seem stupid but when I reread my previous Chelsea thread (where I had first come up with the idea) I noticed that I should have taken over Sevilla not Valencia and getting it wrong bugged me... I lost all interest in the save and just couldn't motivate myself to continue, thus back to the drawing board! After at least 10 minutes consideration and a trawl through the forums I have decided upon 2 saves, running concurrently to try keep my interest and variety up. Yes I hear you cry, I struggled to keep my teeth into 1 save, how will I manage with 2, well, you may well be right but lets see what happens shall we. You can all shout "I told you so" at the end of the thread :P So thread 2, this is inspired by some of the wonderful career threads I have read during my short time here, I'm looking at @Makoto Nakamura and @andychar who will work anywhere and win anything and who I enjoy reading and following very much. Thus I will be attempting an around the world thread to offset just how vanilla my latest Chelsea save actually is. However my personal twist is that I will be starting at Z, as I am in no illusion that I may not finish this :P and I am sure many other people have been in this position, and that means that the countries at the back end of the alphabet are well and truly neglected. But no more! I will champion these countries, my global journey begins in Zimbabwe. I would like to thank Michael Itner for his leagues megapack which has allowed me to embark on this mammoth task! Basic ground rules: I will move on in reverse alphabetical order (which might be a challenge all on it's own) I will have 3 leagues loaded at a time I will start in the bottom tier of every nation I will win everything there is to win in my current nation before moving on to the next I will start as myself, with zero managerial badges (for the first time ever) and Sunday league football reputation (which is still more than my real life self!) Finally I will not be rushing through as I am in no position to emulate the immense pace of @Makoto Nakamura so this could end up being my life's work!! (Also anyone who can offer any help on how and when is best to add and remove leagues would be hugely appreciated! as I am very much a journeyman virgin) The face might be randomized, but I would so wear that outfit! I randomly selected a team to start with, I am in the Flame Lily hot seat! was meant to be!! This save is being run concurrently alongside Back to the Future because I'm cheap As always thanks for reading

The River Danube is the second biggest river in Europe and it flows through ten countries and we have nine of the ten (Moldova isn't in the game) loaded up. Why the Danube and not the Volga? This is because the Volga is in one country and that is Russia and I wanted to give the save a bit of variety. I have also loaded up Czech Republic,Italy,Poland,Slovenia and Switzerland up as view only as they contain Drainage Basins from the Danube to give the save a bit of extra detail. I will be treating this save as a career and a AI experiment as I want to see how much better the squad building is and whether some of these nations loaded can move up the rankings like Austria did in @Makoto Nakamura perfectionist save from last season. At some point in the save I would like to manage a club in a major city which has the Danube flowing through it which according to Wikipedia has eighteen different cities listed so we should have a opportunity at some point to manage in one of the cities.The cities listed are Ulm,Ingolstadt,Regensburg,Linz,Vienna,Bratislava,Győr,Budapest,Dunaújváros,Vukovar,Novi Sad,Zemun,Belgrade,Pančevo,Smederevo,Drobeta Turnu-Severin, Galați and Izmail. We will kick this save off managing in the Hungarian Second Division but it's not in one of the cities listed thanks to Googles Randon Number Generator!

Nobody's Global Tour Reading the story from @Makoto Nakamura has inspired me to do the same kind of game. I’m using editor files from @Timo61 and the Canadian Megapatch from @yellowsweatygorilla. Rules: My rules are real simple. Start in each country as low as possible and see what happens. I might stay until I win everything, but I might decide to leave early if I’m not having fun. In the end that’s what this is all about, right? I’m using downloaded tactics because I’m not very good at them. If anyone has any suggestions please let me know. I will gladly take any advice given. My plan is to load 5 countries at a time and disable and enable new countries as I finish them. I’m also not planning on sticking to a certain part of the world. I want to get those frequent flier miles. My first 5 countries: Ecuador Mongolia Cyprus Lesotho Turkmenistan Let's find out where I'm going to end up

Hello and sorry in advance for stopping my careers so abruptly lately! My FM19 and FM20 careers really didn't last long as I quickly grew tired of these versions of the game. In search for my love of the game I've gone back 2 versions to... ... inspired by the last career I really enjoyed, with MTK in Hungary, and also taking advantage of the extensive library of add-on leagues available for FM18, courtesy of Claassen. So I've decided to do a.... In case there's still someone who doesn't know what a Hexagon Challenge is, it consists in winning: the UEFA Champions League (Europe) the Copa Libertadores (South America) the AFC Champions League (Asia) the CAF Champions League (Africa) the CONCACAF Champions League (North/Central America) and the OCF Champions League (Oceania) Basically, you seek to become continental champions in all 6 continents as the globe of football is subdivided by FIFA. For this purpose I have set up my game like this: ... and the game is processing/holidaying literally as I type. My manager is unemployed and taking a holiday until the 1st of January of 2018, so all I know is afterwards I will end up in one of the following 5 nations as a starting point - in search of one of the most obscure CLs in Africa, Asia, or Oceania: Let's go!

I chipped away once in Lithuania, I can chip twice They said it cannot be done, they said it shouldn't be done. But here we are, double Lithuanian/Baltic save on this forum. With Gariunai in full swing, I thought it could be fun to do a journeyman on FM19 that I didn't really play all that much. Add in, three custom made nations in Lithuania (very unfaithful to the real life pyramid for lols), Latvia (somewhat better but still relaxed) and Estonia (now this was actually realistic) and this is a recipe for a disaster! I am not quite sure what's the overall aim of this other than try win everything in every country, ideally with a smallish club. I'd love to lead one of these nations internationally one day too, so let's hope that happens at some point. Without further ado, this is the set up I will be running for this save, baltics playable, all neighbours view-only with continental teams filled out. I will also simulate 5 years in order to shuffle things just a bit. I will try play this somewhat LLM by not actively looking for players beyond the scouting page, same goes for staff. Alonsi!

Back in the old FM versions (pre-FM16) there were five Steam achievements which always interested me. The aim is simple, take over a team in the bottom tier of the five nations above and get them to the top tier. Easy right? So my save for FM20 will be this, and a little bit more. My objective is to not only get a team promoted to the top tier but to also win the Top League of each nation with that team. All of this will be in the one save universe, this may take some time! I have always admired what @Makoto Nakamurahas done, he plays quick which is just how I like to play. Sorry if I rip off your style!! My manager, suitably named Bonnie Tyler after singing the song who's lyrics are in the title of this thread, will start Unemployed with Sunday league reputation and no coaching badges. Wish me luck!

Well, well, well, well, well.....Hello FMCU, It's been a while! I know there will be a few familiar faces still kicking around in here, but I look forward to becoming acquaint with some new folk too. As a former FMCU and the GPTG moderator, it feels nice to be back in familiar surroundings. If you don't know who I am, then here are two of my favourite saves (I apologise for any deleted material due to Photobucket): FM13 - Békéscsaba 1912 Előre SE - A Youth Project Challenge FM14 - This isn't Spain. This is Catalonia, and we will be Top Dogs We won't be going into details, but I've had a rough time of things these last few years, which is why I took A LONG break from the forums, but I think after nearly five years of not posting, it might be worth a return..... So the save.....we're going to be an American named Rich Stevens, born in Cleveland, Ohio. A former Professional Footballer at the League One level in the American Soccer System, playing his entire career with Greenville Triumph SC before retiring due to a severe knee injury. With only a National C Licence which we picked up following our retirement, we will be entering management with little knowledge. What does that mean? This is going to be an America's save only with all available countries from North and South America, and we will be starting unemployed. I have opted to start the save in June 2019 (some divisions start in January 2019), as it could give more opportunity for job positions due to Managerial sackings. I intend this to be a Journeyman Save where we will make decisions to move based on what's best for our career. There are no rules that I am setting myself. Other than a dabble into FM19 from July till now, I honestly haven't played Football Manager since the 2015 version. I just want to get back into the game, have fun, and hopefully enjoy posting my career on the forums again, something I used to really enjoy doing. IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK!!!

Hello and welcome to my first topic in this forum. My main save in FM 19 was like a journey man save, where I traveled across the old Soviet Union. It took me 28 ingame years to win all 15 national championships and all national cups. What a great experience it was. This year I want to do something similar. I love to travel through many clubs, start at zero, build a team, win stuff and move on. Their is a certain country which got 26 states, but is one country. BRAZIL! Brazil got a kinda unique football system. The season is split in to halfs. In the first half the clubs play in the states championships (27) and the second half they play in a regular league. (4) There is also the Copa do Brasil and 2 smaller regional cups (Copa Verde and Copa do Nordeste). My goal for this save are: - Win all 4 leagues (Serie A -D) - Win all 27 states championships - Win the Copa do Brasil - Win the Copa Verde and Copa do Nordeste - Win the Supercup Optional targets are: - Win the Copa Libertadores - Win the Copa Sudamericana - Win the Recopa Sudamericana My coach starts as sunday league footballer, but with a national A license, to make things a little bit easier. Also I picked my starter team. Manaus FC I hope some of u guys will follow me through the journey. PS. English is my second language, so if their are some spelling mistakes or a word is miss used, Im sorry.

This career is an attempt to recreate a somewhat realistic version of myself venturing out from Australia as an amateur, unlicensed manager: The available leagues loaded would all in Asia, obviously given the geographical proximity and all... There were a couple I didn't add, Indonesia and India off the top of my head, for no particular reason other than I didn't fancy them. I started the game in January 2020, hoping there'd be a few jobs knocking about. My goals are: 1. To win stuff as quickly as possible to build my reputation. 2. Getting my coaching licenses as quickly as possible. 3. Eventually get to a club big enough to win the Asian Champions League. 4. I would also love to be able to go back to my home team - Sydney FC - and win the A-League with them if that opportunity ever becomes available. Getting my First Job I applied for all jobs available, and immediately got two interviews from teams in the Singapore Premier League. Both offered me jobs weirdly almost straight away, and Home United were the clear favourite. A small transfer budget, but a transfer budget nonetheless! I also assumed that this would mean they might be willing to fund my licenses. I liked the ambitious target of winning the league every year forever, and hoped that implied that they had a decent enough squad capable of winning something. They finished second last year, but haven't won the league since 2003!!! Suddenly the targets of immediately winning the league forever was a little more sobering. The squad looked like this when I took over: You can only have two foreigners in the Singaporean league, and Home already had two Australians! Isaka Cernak is the best player at the club, while Puflett is the second or third best. He scored a great goal in real life on debut which you can see at the end of the video here: Cernak looks like this in the game: I was hoping for a little more, tbh.... That finishing stat of 4 is just woeful. But hopefully he is as good as his 5-star rating suggests and I can build the team around him and Ollie. Maybe the most convincing factor for Home United though was that they were already in the Asian Champions League! Yes, only the qualifiers. But I don't know how these things work! Maybe I'll be able to get straight in? With only three (or so?) days to prepare for the first qualifier, I was ready to get stuck in...

Nordic Journeyman- The Aim Hello and welcome to my new save, which I hope will be a worthy successor to my previous adventure, a two-year-long, narrative-driven, award-winning monster of a thread known as Hans Kaiser- Baldness Über Alles! This is a save I've wanted to do for a while now, inspired by several excellent career threads based in the Nordic countries such as @Rikulec's "Frozen Throne" journeyman, @withnail316's "Scandinavian Shankly" saves, and @ManUtd1's various stints at Malmö on his "Nearly Men" epics. I've long held an admiration for these countries as well, which made my trip to Iceland in 2017 all the more enjoyable. Watching a match in Grindavik was my first live football experience, and it's one I'll certainly never forget. I could've done a worthwhile save in Iceland or any one of these nations individually, but I've decided I want to go in for the long haul and achieve glory in all of them. That being said, it's time to look at the goals and rules for this save. Goals: -Win the top domestic league and top domestic cup in Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. -Win the UEFA Champions League and FIFA Club World Cup with a club from one of these countries. -After all required trophies are won, become the manager of Borussia Dortmund at the soonest opportunity and attempt to establish global football dominance using a core of players from Nordic nations. -Win the UEFA European Championship and FIFA World Cup with a Nordic national team. Rules: -I cannot leave a country until the top domestic league and top domestic cup have been won, if applicable. I will certainly try to win any other domestic trophies that are available in the nation, such as league cups or super cups, but I won't let a failure to win such competitions stop me from moving on. -I can take a job in any division of the country I'm in, there's no requirement to win lower divisions. -I'm allowed to switch jobs within a country, though I will have to have been at the previous club for at least two seasons to do so. -Once a country has been "completed", the next country I go to must be the next-highest ranked in UEFA's country coefficient ranking, unless a country I have not yet been to has fallen behind the country I was managing in previously in the ranking. In that case, I will go backward. Game Setup " All available Nordic leagues have been set as playable. The top two divisions in Germany, England, Spain, Italy, France, and Portugal have been loaded as view-only, as well as the top division in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Russia. I plan on making the German leagues playable once we're near the point when I can move to Dortmund. I'm using Riddler's Faroe Islands file and @The Good Rebel's excellent Greenland file for this save, which replaces Kiribati in the database and takes Kazakhstan's place in UEFA, who have moved back to AFC. I believe this will be the first thread in FMCU history to head to the world's largest island, so no matter how this save goes, it'll have made some history in the process. I can't wait to get started, and hopefully you lot are too! Týr! Týr! Týr!

Hi. Do I look like Unai Emery? This bodes well, doesn't it? Welcome to my trillionth journeyman career. You know what's the deal: start low, aim to climb the managerial ladder, switch clubs like a mercenary, travel the world, the usual. I'm not planning to do anything outrageously fancy or outside the norm here. This one's special though. Why? Because it's my 10th year of writing careers for the forum, after starting all the way back with FM11. Time flies. Bloody hell. Technical details: As you can tell by the responsibilities thing, I plan to be a very hands-off manager. Can't be arsed with team talks, press conferences and daily training, sorry. I did, however, go back to full fat FM after toying with FM Touch last year.

So this is my first proper save of FM20, I always enjoy playing as ex-players and particularly ex-United players. Had a fun time "as" Nemanja Vidic on FM19, this time around thought it's time for the most recently retired Robin van Persie. RVP it has to be said probably finished his playing career without having a medal haul to match his world class talent and abilities. Hopefully, we shall be making up for that in his virtual managerial career. I have struggled to make it past 5 years into the game world recently, so my only plan is to complete a decade at least. Hopefully managing in 3-4 countries, including RVP's beloved Feyenoord at some point. Also hoping that club vision will help with game longevity. RVP has started the game with only a National C license, having not had much time yet to earn the various badges since retiring, but hopefully that gets balanced out with his global reputation as a top ex-international pro. Fortunately didn't have to wait too long to land a job, as another Dutch ex-international found himself out of a job after a rather torrid start to the season. And so, off to the Midlands we go.

Smoke fills the dark room. In it he sits, wincing at the fumes that emanate from the cigar. The man in front of him is shrouded by shadows. "So we are in agreement, yes?" The man asks him, the end of the cigar flaring threateningly. "Sure mate." Price says as he takes a swig of the bottle. "Just keep this topped up and we've got no worries." He can't see his face but he's sure the man is leering at him. "I see." Is all the man says after a short pause. Welcome aboard Mr. Price." Price goes to shake his hand but he doesn't get the chance. Two sets of hands grip him by the arms and drag him out of the office. The door slams shut behind them. Could be worse. Price thinks to himself as he's led away. Free accommodation and money every time I win, what's there to lose? On the last possible day, Bolton Wanderers were saved by a takeover from an unnamed businessman, in the final seconds of Deadline Day 9 players were acquired but in all the panic they forgot one very important detail. Who would manage them? On the streets outside the Macron Stadium a drunk former footballer woke up, little did he know that his mere presence would lead to a destiny, a long and winding road where glory or failure loomed in the distance. At the very least, they would remember his name... Had an idea for a save, but couldn't be bothered waiting a month to start it, so the idea of a hybrid will be crossed when it comes to it haha. Leagues and Player Changes made using the live update file on Sortitoutsi, Bury is still in this one though since I got it right before they were removed from the League. First step is survival and from there returning to the Premier League and then we'll go from there. Hope you enjoy!

Welcome to Nordicland. (Thanks @XaW) So I was getting a bit bored in Brazil, (winning, winning and more winning is ok, but I need more), although it has been pointed out by @kidthekid that I left prematurely without winning the Copa Libertadores so I'm sure I will go back and do that at some point. I have never managed properly in Scandinavia, (other than a damn good stint in Iceland), and this is an idea for a FM20 save so I am testing out the lay of the land so to speak in anticipation. For some reason the @claassendatabases didn't work when I installed them, (I think he only updates the megapack after a certain time), so I'm not playing with a huge database for each Nation and instead am playing "out of the box". For that reason too, the Faroe Islands are not playable unfortunately. I saw that the Finnish structure is now ranked lower than that of Iceland, (certainly didn't use to be the case), so I decided immediately I was going to start there and I was obviously starting in the lowest League which is the First Division, (YKKÖNEN in real life). As is my style I simply looked at who had the best infrastructure and while all the Training and Youth Facilities were much of a muchness, I could see quickly that in terms of the Youth Intake, there was 1 club that was ahead of the curve. So in I jumped to...... Klubi-04. Everything looks great. We even have some new signings joining us. Background. The Squad. Looks amazing if I'm honest. No less than 14 out of 18 players have 5.0 PA. That's astonishing. Where is the catch...... Facilities. Look amazing. Finances. We have £1.7M in the bank. What the hell!!! This is madness. The U20's squad is simply phenomenal. What on Earth have I stumbled into? Oh hang on. I know what's happened. I have been here before. We are a B-Team and we can't get promoted. That's fine. This is a decent way to start the save for me as I start with minimum reputation and badges, and playing a season will be fine and probably better than holidaying until the end of the season and then taking over a newly promoted club, (that isn't a B-Team). just a point of note by the way...... I wonder what would happen if HJK got relegated and Klubi-04 won the 2nd tier at the same time?

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 one of these countries. Micronesia, Wallis & Futuna, Northern Mariana, Kiribati, Guam, Bhutan, Crimea, Tuvalu, Saint Pierre & Miquelon, Mayotte, American Samoa, South Sudan, East Timor, Djibouti, Afghanistan. Download link for claasens Mega Pack can be found here: https://www.fmscout.com/a-fm18-leagues-megapack-by-claassen.html 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 time as much as you want. Attribute masking is optional, but in-game editor is not allowed. You must start Unemployed. You must start your management career in one of the Countries listed above. 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 at least 1 of the countries listed above to start your management career. Any database size, any start date. Requirements: Win as many trophies as you can from the 226 countries. You must start your management career in one of the 15 countries listed above. 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 149 points, win the Guam Premier League and you will get 7 Points) If you gain promotion from a lower League you still get the points for that competition. Download link for spreadsheet can be found here or the full list of countries & competitions are listed below. https://www.sendspace.com/file/hyoiqm Spain 180 Germany 175 England 174 Italy 170 France 160 Brazil 158 Russia 155 Portugal 150 Ukraine 148 Belgium 145 Mexico 145 Argentina 144 Turkey 140 Czech Republic 138 Switzerland 136 Holland 134 Greece 131 United States 131 Austria 130 Chile 129 Croatia 129 Denmark 128 Romania 128 Colombia 125 Paraguay 124 Belarus 123 Poland 122 Ecuador 121 Sweden 121 Israel 120 Uruguay 120 Scotland 119 Cyprus 118 Norway 117 Azerbaijan 115 South Korea 115 Bulgaria 114 Peru 113 Serbia 113 Kazakhstan 112 Costa Rica 110 Egypt 110 Japan 110 Saudi Arabia 110 Slovenia 110 South Africa 110 Tunisia 110 Slovakia 107 China 105 Qatar 104 Hungary 103 Moldova 103 United Arab Emirates 103 Iran 102 Algeria 100 Honduras 100 Iceland 100 Morocco 100 Australia 98 Finland 98 Albania 95 Venezuela 95 Ireland 94 Bosnia & Herzegovina 93 Georgia 92 Bolivia 90 Democratic Republic of Congo 90 Guatemala 90 Latvia 90 Uzbekistan 90 Jamaica 82 New Zealand 82 Kuwait 80 Trinidad & Tobago 80 Thailand 79 Nigeria 78 FYROM Macedonia 76 Iraq 76 Haiti 75 Angola 72 El Salvador 72 Ivory Coast 70 Jordan 70 Montenegro 70 Panama 70 Oman 69 Syria 69 Kosovo 68 Ghana 66 Lebanon 66 Martinque 66 Bahrain 65 Guyana 65 Puerto Rico 65 Libya 64 Estonia 63 Vietnam 63 Armenia 62 Hong Kong 62 Malaysia 61 Cameroon 60 Cuba 60 French Guiana 60 Luxembourg 60 Suriname 60 Uganda 60 Guadeloupe 58 Fiji 56 Myanmar 56 Antigua & Barbuda 55 Guinea 55 India 55 Northern Ireland 55 Vanuatu 55 Ethiopia 54 Singapore 54 Dominican Republic 53 Indonesia 53 Tahiti 53 Burkina Faso 52 Lithuania 52 Curacao 51 Grenada 51 Philipines 51 Saint Kitts & Nevis 51 Saint Lucia 51 Saint Vincent 51 Aruba 50 Barbados 50 Canada 50 Malta 50 Papua New Guinea 50 Senagal 50 Zambia 50 Liberia 50 Kenya 49 Botswana 48 Solomon Islands 47 Togo 47 Wales 47 Tajikistan 46 Bermuda 45 Faroe Islands 45 New Caledonoa 45 Palestine 45 Turkmenistan 45 Maldives 44 Tanzania 43 Burundi 42 Gabon 41 Nicaragua 41 Bahamas 40 Bonaire 40 Gibralter 40 Mali 40 Zimbabwe 40 Cape Verde 39 Kyrgyzstan 39 Malawi 39 Rwanda 38 DPR North Korea 37 British Virgin Islands 36 Cayman Islands 36 Dominica 36 Namibia 36 Lesotho 34 Swaziland 33 US Virgin Islands 33 Cambodia 32 Turks & Caicos Islands 32 Gambia 31 Andorra 30 Belize 30 Congo 30 Laos 30 Mozambique 30 Niger 30 Saint Martin (FR) 30 Sint-Maarten (NL) 30 Yemen 30 Bangladesh 29 Macau 29 Mauritania 29 Mauritius 28 Mongolia 28 Pakistan 28 Benin 27 Anguilla 26 Cook Islands 26 Madagascar 26 Sri Lanka 26 Taipei 26 Equataroial Guinea 25 Montserrat 25 Reunion 25 Sudan 25 Brunei 24 Seychelles 24 Chad 23 Guinea-Bissau 22 Samoa 22 Sierra Leone 22 Nepal 21 Sao Tome & Pricipe 21 Central African Republic 20 Eritrea 20 San Marino 20 Tonga 20 Zanzibar 20 Somalia 19 Comoros 18 Afghanistan 17 Djibouti 17 East Timor 16 South Sudan 16 American Samoa 16 Mayotte 15 Saint Pierre & Miquelon 15 Tuvalu 12 Crimea 10 Bhutan 7 Guam 7 Kiribati 2 Northern Marianas Islands 2 Wallis & Futuna 2 Micronesia 1 Afghanistan Afghan Premier League 17 Albania Albanian Superleague 95 Albanian Cup 75 Albanian First Category 70 Albanian Super Cup 47 Albanian Second Category 32 Algeria Algerian League 1 95 Algerian Cup 85 Algerian Super Cup 72 Algerian League 2 70 Algerian Division Nationale Amateur 45 American Samoa American Samoan Senior League Division 1 16 American Samoan President's Cup 9 American Samoan Senior League Division 2 6 Andorra Andorran 1st Division 30 Andorran Cup 22 Andorran 2nd Division 18 Andorran Super Cup 9 Angola Angolan Championship 70 Angolan Cup 60 Angolan Super Cup 48 Anguilla Anguillan FA Senior Male League 26 Anguillan Knock-Out Cup 22 AFA President's Cup 20 Antigua & Barbuda Antigua & Barbuda Premier Division 55 Antigua & Barbuda FA Cup 48 Antigua & Barbuda 1st Division 33 Argentina Copa Argentina 144 Argentine Premier Division 144 Supercopa Argentina 123 Argentine 2nd Division 111 Armenia Armenian High League 62 Armenian Cup 38 Armenian Super Cup 34 Armenian 1st League 21 Aruba Aruban Division Di Honor 50 Aruban Copa Libertador Betico Croes 46 Australia Hyundai A-League 98 FFA Cup 70 National Premier Leagues 40 Austria Austrian Premier Division 130 Austrian FA Cup 129 Austrian 1st Division 104 Azerbaijan Azeri Premier League 115 Azeri Cup 69 Azeri Super Cup 62 Azeri 1st League 45 Bahamas Bahamian Senior Division 40 Bahamian FA Cup 35 Bahamian Charity Shield 25 Bahrain Bahraini Premier League 65 Bahraini King's Cup 48 Bahraini FA Cup 40 Bahraini Super Cup 27 Bahraini 1st Division 25 Bangladesh Bangladeshi Premier League 29 Bangladeshi Federation Cup 23 Bangladeshi Independence Cup 20 Bangladeshi Super Cup 17 Bangladeshi Championship 16 Barbados BFA Digicel Premier League 50 BFA Knockout Tournement 47 BFA Division 1 25 Belarusia Belarusian Highest League 123 Belarusian Cup 96 Belarusian Super Cup 96 Belarusian 1st League 82 Belarusian 2nd League 35 Belgium Belgian Pro League A 145 Belgian Cup 140 Belgian Pro League B 97 Belgian 1st Amateur Division 87 Belgian Super Cup 76 Belgian 2nd Amateur Division 61 Belgian 3rd Amateur Division 29 Belize Belizean Premier Football League 30 Benin Benin Premier League 27 Benin Cup 17 Benin Super Cup 9 Bermuda Bermuda Premier League 45 Bermudan Cup 40 Friendship Trophy 30 Charity Shield 26 Bermudan 1st Division 22 Bhutan Bhutani National League 7 Thimphu A 7 Thimphu B 3 Bolivia Bolivian Premier Division 90 Bolivian 2nd Division 46 Bonaire Bonaire Kampionato 40 Bonaire Kopa MCB 35 Bosnia & Herzegovina Bosnian Premier League 93 Bosnian Cup 75 Bosnian 1st League 60 Botswana Botswana Premier League 48 Botswana Mascom Top-8 Cup 38 Botswana FA Challenge Cup 26 Brazil Brazilian National 1st Division 158 Brazilian Cup 154 Brazilian National 2nd Division 128 Brazilian National 3rd Division 101 Brazilian copa Verde 96 British Virgin Islands BVI Premier League 36 Wendoi Williams Cup 31 Terry Evans Cup 22 Brunei Bruneian Super League 24 Bruneian FA Cup 17 Bruneian Premier League 12 Bruneian Super Cup 12 Bulgaria Bulgarian 1st League 114 Bulgarian Cup 105 Bulgarian Super Cup 85 Bulgarian 2nd League 77 Bulgarian 3rd League 48 Burkina Faso Burkina Faso Premier League 52 Burkina Faso Cup 42 Burkina Faso Super Cup 30 Burundi Burundi Premier League 42 Burundi President Cup 32 Burundi Super Cup 20 Cambodia Cambodian Premier League 32 Cambodian Prime Minister Cup 18 Cambodian Charity Shield 12 Cambodian 2nd League 10 Cameroon MTN Elite 1 75 Cameroonian Cup 65 MTN Elite 2 35 Canada Canadian Soccer League 50 Inter Provincial 38 Ontario Cup 28 PLSQ Cup 21 Pacific Coast Soccer League 17 Cape Verde Cap Vert Premier League 39 Cap Vert Cup 29 Cap Vert Independence Cup 22 Cap Vert Super Cup 18 Cayman Islands Cayman Islands Premier League 36 Cayman Islands FA Cup 33 President's Cup 26 Community Shield 22 Central African Republic Centrafrique Premier League 20 Centrafrique Cup 10 Centrafrique Super Cup 5 Chad Tchad Premier League 23 Tchad Cup 13 Tchad Super Cup 6 Chile Chilean 1st Division 129 Chilean Cup 80 Chilean 1st Division B 67 Chilean Super Cup 56 Chilean 2nd Division 45 Chilean 3rd Division A 34 China Chinese Super League 105 Chinese FA Cup 84 Chinese National 1st Division 73 Chinese Super League All Star Game 55 Chinese FA Super Cup 50 Chinese National 2nd Division 44 Colombia Colombian 1st Division 125 Colombian Cup 95 Colombian 2nd Division 90 Colombian Super Cup 85 Comoros Comoros Premier League 18 Comoros Cup 9 Comores Super Cup 4 Congo Congolese 1st Division 68 Congolese Cup 58 Congo Super Cup 43 Continental Club Competions European Champions Cup 200 Copa Libertadores 170 Club World Championship 170 Copa Sudamericana 160 European Super Cup 155 Euro Cup 150 South American Recopa 138 Asian Champions League 125 African Champions League 120 North American Champions League 109 African Confederation Cup 100 Canadian Championship 93 Czech-Slovakian Super Cup 86 Gulf Club Champions League 75 Asian Confederation Cup 75 Oceania Champions League 75 African Super Cup 60 Gulf Club Cup Winners Cup 60 Caribbean Football Union Club Championship 60 North American League 60 Ligue Des Antilles 55 Melanesian Super Cup 40 Mekong Club Championship 35 Kagame Interclub Cup 32 Indian Ocean Champions Cup 20 Cook Islands Cook Islands Round Cup 26 Cook Islands Cup 16 Costa Rica Primera Division De Costa Rica 110 Liga De Ascenso De Costa Rica 79 Crimea Crimean Premier League 10 Crimean Premier League Cup 7 Croatia Croatian 1st League 129 Croatian Cup 117 Croatian 2nd League 97 Croatian 3rd League 75 Croatian Super Cup 72 Cuba Cuban National League 60 Curacao Sekshon Paga 51 Cyprus Cypriot 1st Division 118 Cypriot Cup 79 Cypriot 2nd Division 41 Cypriot Super Cup 35 Cypriot 3rd Division 28 Czech Republic Czech 1st Division 138 Czech FA Cup 104 Czech 2nd Division 99 Czech Super Cup 86 Czech 3rd Division 62 Czech 4th Division 36 Democratic Republic Of Congo DR Congo Premier League 90 DR Congo Cup 80 DR Congo Super Cup 67 Denmark Danish Superliga 128 Danish Cup 106 Danish 1st Givision 80 Danish 2nd Division 56 Denmark's Series 30 Djibouti Djibouti Premier League 17 Djibouti Cup 9 Djibouti Super Cup 4 Dominica Dominican Premier League 36 Dominican Knock-Out Cup 30 Dominican Republic Dominican Rebuplic Liga Mayor 53 Dominican Rebuplic Copa Independencia 47 DPR North Korea North Korean Highest Class Football League 37 North Korean Republican Championship 25 East Timor East Timorese Football League Premier Division 16 East Timorese Taca 12 De Novembro 10 East Timorese Super Cup 8 East Timorese Football League 2nd Division 5 Ecuador Ecuadorian Serie A 121 Ecuadorian Serie B 75 Egypt Egyptian Premier League 110 Egyptian Cup 95 Egyptian Super Cup 81 El Salvador El Salvador Primera Division 72 El Salvador Segunda Division 55 Copa El Salvador 36 England English Premier Division 174 English FA Cup 149 Sky Bet Championship 128 Carabao Cup 109 Sky Bet League 1 102 English Community Shield 95 Sky Bet League 2 82 Checkatrade Trophy 72 Vanarama National League 69 English FA Ttophy 50 Vanarama National League North/South 45 Equatorial Guinea Guinee Equatoriale Premier League 25 Guinee Equatoriale President Cup 10 Guinee Equatoriale Super Cup 5 Eritrea Enythree Premier League 20 Enythree Cup 10 Enythree Super Cup 5 Estonia Estonian Premier League 63 Estonian Cup 51 Estonian 1st League 41 Estonian Super Cup 34 Estonian 1st B League 26 Ethiopia Ethiopie Premier League 54 Ethiopie FA Cup 44 Ethiopie Ababa City Cup 37 Ethiopie Super Cup 32 Faroe Islands Farose Premier League 45 Farose Cup 21 Farose 1st Division 15 Farose Super Cup 14 Fiji Fijian National Football League 56 Fijian Battle Of The Giants 40 Fijian FA Cup Tournement 38 Fijian Interdistrict Championship 28 Fijian Champions Versus Champions 26 Finland Finnish Premier League 98 Finnish 1st Division 79 Finnish Cup 70 Finnish 2nd Division 64 Finnish League Cup 50 Finnish Region's Cup 40 France Ligue 1 Conforama 160 French Cup 134 Domino's Ligue 2 118 Coupe De La Ligue 113 Trophee Des Champions 88 National 86 French National 2 67 National 3 55 French Guiana Championnat De Division D'Honneur 60 Coupe De France (Regionale Guyane) 58 Coupe De Guyane 55 Coupe UNAF 32 FYR Macedonia Macedonian 1st League 76 Macedonian Cup 76 Macedonian 2nd League 49 Macedonian Super Cup 46 Gabon Gabon Premier League 41 Gabon Cup 31 Gabon Super Cup 20 Gambia Gambie League 1st Division 31 Gambie Cup 21 Gambie Super Cup 12 Georgia Georgian National League 92 Davit Kipiani's Cup 66 Georgian National League 2 58 Georgian Super Cup 53 Liga 3 38 Georgian Regional League 18 Georgian Open League 6 Germany German 1st Division 175 German Cup 146 German 2nd Division 121 German 3rd Division 97 German Super Cup 89 Ghana Ghanaian Premier Division 72 Ghanaian National Cup 62 Ghanaian Super Cup 50 Gibraltar Gibraltarian 1st Division 40 Gibraltarian 2nd Division 30 Gibtelecom Rock Cup 22 Pepe Reyes Cup 5 Gibraltarian Division 2 League Cup 4 Greece Greek Superleague 131 Greek Cup 121 Greek National B Division 93 Greek National C Division 74 Grenada Grenadian Premier Division 51 Waggy-T Super Knockout Football Tournament 45 Guadeloupe Guadeloupe Division D'Honneur 58 Coupe De France (Guadeloupe) 56 Coupe De Guadeloupe 55 Trophee Des Clubs Champions 30 Guam Guamese 1st Division 7 Guamese FA Cup 4 Guatemala Liga Nacional De Guatemala 90 Primera Division De Ascenso 70 Guinea Guinee Premier League 55 Guinee Cup 45 Guinee Super Cup 33 Guinea-Bissau Guinee Bissau Premier League 22 Guinee Bissau Cup 12 Guinee Bissau Super Cup 6 Guyana Guyanese Elite League 65 Guyana Mayors Cup 58 Kashif & Shanghai Knockout Tournement 50 Haiti Haitian Championnat National D1 75 Haitian Trophee Des Champions 70 Holland Eredivisie 134 Dutch Cup 114 Jupiler League 95 Dutch Tweede Divisie 63 Dutch Super Cup 62 Derde Divisie 45 Honduras Liga National De Honduras 100 Liga De Ascensio De Honduras 68 Copa Presidente 40 Honduran Supercup 25 Hong Kong Hong Kong Premier League 62 Hong Kong-Canton Interport Cup 44 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield 40 Hong Kong FA Cup 37 Hong Kong League Cup 33 Hong Kong-Shanghai Interport Club Championship 28 Hong Kong Community Cup 26 Hong Kong 1st Division 25 Hong Kong Sapling Cup 15 Hong Kong 2nd Division 14 Hong Kong 3rd Division 5 Hungary Hungarian Division 1 103 Hungarian Cup 100 Hungarian Super Cup 78 Hungarian Division 2 74 Hungarian Division 3 52 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 India Indian National Football League 55 Indian Federation Cup 48 Indian 2nd Division 35 Indian Durand Cup 30 Indian Super Cup 17 Indonesia Indonesian League 1 53 Indonesian League 2 38 Indonesian Cup 33 Indonesian Nuswantara League 25 Indonesian Super Cup 20 Iran Iranian Professional League 102 Iranian FA Cup 85 Iranian 1st Division 74 Iranian Super Cup 68 Iranian 2nd Division 50 Iraq Iraqi Premier League 76 Iraqi FA Cup 47 Iraqi Super Cup 39 Ireland Irish Premier Division 94 Irish 1st Division 41 Irish Senior Challenge Cup 38 Irish President's Cup 23 Irish League Cup 19 Irish Ulster Senior League Premier Division 9 Irish Lenister Senior League Premier Division 9 Irish Munster Senior League Premier Division 9 Irish Leinster Senior Cup 9 Irish Munster Senior Cup 9 Irish Munster Senior League 1st Division 7 Irish Lenister Senior League 1st Division 7 Irish Munster League 2nd Division 5 Irish Leinster Senior League 1A 5 Israel Iiraeli Premier League 120 Israeli State Cup 111 Israeli National League 92 Israli Premier League Toto Cup 77 Israli National League Toto Cup 67 Israeli A League 48 Israeli B League 15 Israeli Super Cup-Champ Of Champions 12 Israeli B League South B Cup 5 Israeli B League South A Cup 5 Israeli B League North B Cup 5 Israeli B League North A Cup 5 Israeli C League Samaria Cup 1 Israeli C League 1 Israeli C League Central Cup 1 Israeli C League Emek Yizre'el Cup 1 Israeli C League South Cup 1 Israeli C League Upper Gallee Cup 1 Israeli C League Lower Gallee Cup 1 Israeli C League Tel-Aviv Cup 1 Israeli C League Sharon Cup 1 Italy Serie A 170 Italian Serie B 115 Italian Cup 115 Italian Super Cup 90 Italian Serie C 80 Italian Serie C Cup 40 Italian Serie C Super Cup 35 Ivory Coast Ivorian Premier Division 72 Ivorian Super Cup 50 Ivorian National Cup 62 Coupe De La Ligue De Cote D'Ivoire 55 Jamaica Jamaican National Premier League 82 JFF Champions Cup 60 Jamaican Confederation Super Leagues 60 Japan Nihon-League 1 110 Japanese Emperor's Cup 100 Nihon-League 2 86 Japanese League Cup 85 Japanese Super Cup 64 Japanese N-League Division 3 62 Japanese Football League 51 Jordan Jordanian Professional League 70 Jordan Cup 60 Jordanian Shield Cup 45 Jordanian 1st Division 42 Jordanian Super Cup 41 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Premier League 112 Kazakhstan Cup 78 Kazakhstan Super Cup 63 Kazakhstan 1st League 45 Kenya Kenya Premier League 49 Kenya President Cup 39 Kenya Top8 Cup 32 Kenya Super Cup 27 Kiribati Kiribatian National Championship 2 Kosovo Kosovan Superleague 68 Kosovan Cup 61 Kosovan Super Cup 45 Kosovan 1st League 37 Kuwait Kuwaiti Premier League 80 Kuwaiti Amir Cup 66 Kuwaiti Crown Prince Cup 63 Kuwaiti Federation Cup 57 Kuwaiti Super Cup 51 Kuwaiti 1st Division 47 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstani High League 39 Kyrgyzstani Cup 28 Kyrgyzstani Super Cup 25 Kyrgyzstani 1st League 16 Laos Laotian Premier League 30 Laotian Football Federation Cup 22 Laotian Prime Minister's Cup 20 Laotian Super Cup 13 Latvia Latvian Higher League 90 Latvian Cup 64 Latvian Winter Cup 55 Latvian 1st League 46 Lebanon Lebanese Premier League 66 Lebanese FA Cup 48 Lebanese Elite Cup 40 Lebanese Challenge Cup 32 Lebanese 2nd Division 30 Lebanese Super Cup 29 Lesotho Lesotho Premier League 34 Lesotho Independence Cup 24 Liberia Liberian Premier League 50 Liberian Cup 40 Liberian Super Cup 29 Liberian 2nd Division 17 Liberian League Cup 5 Libya Libye Premier League 64 Libye Cup 54 Libye Super Cup 42 Lithuania Lithuanian Cup 54 Lithuanian A League 52 Lithuanian 1 League 39 Lithuanian Super Cup 38 Luxembourg Luxembourg National Division 60 Luxemborg Cup 28 Luxembourg Promotion Division 13 Macau Macanese 1st Division 29 Macanese FA Cup 19 Macanese 2nd Division 13 Macanese President Cup 7 Macanese 3rd Division 2 Madagascar Madagascar Premier League 26 Madagascar Cup 16 Madagascar Super Cup 8 Malawi Malawi Premier League 39 Malawi FAM Cup 29 Malawi Carlsberg Cup 23 Malawi Super Cup 18 Malaysia Malaysian Super League 61 Malaysia Cup 51 Malaysian FA Cup 48 Malaysian Premier League 40 Malaysian Charity Shield 30 Malaysian FAM League 12 Maldives Maldivan Dhivehi League 44 Maldivan FA Cup 30 Maldivan Presidents Cup 25 Maldivan Charity Shield 16 Mali Malian Premier Division 78 Malian Cup 68 Malian Super Cup 56 Malta Maltese Premier League 50 Maltese Cup 33 Maltese 1st Division 23 Maltese Super Cup 20 Maltese 2nd Division 13 Maltese Lower Divisions 10 Martinique Martinican Division D'Honneur 66 Coupe De France (Martinique) 63 Coupe De Martinique 60 Trophee Du Conseil General 35 Martinican Lower Divisions 34 Mauritania Mauritanie Premier League 29 Mauritanie President Cup 19 Mauritanie League Cup 15 Mauritanie Super Cup 11 Mauritius Lles Maurice Premier League 28 Lles Maurice MFA Cup 18 Lles Maurice Republic Cup 13 Lles Maurice Super Cup 9 Mayotte Mayotte Premier League 15 Mayotte French Cup 11 Mayotte Cup 9 Mayotte League Cup 7 Mexico Mexican 1st Division 145 Mexican Cup 123 Mexican Champions Trophy 116 Mexican Super Cup 108 Mexican Promotion League 95 Mexican Premier Division Serie A 61 Mexican Premier Division Serie B 39 Micronesia Pohnpei-Liberation Day Tournement 1 YFA Island Wide League 1 Pohnpei Premier League 1 Yap Games 1 Moldova Moldovan Divzia Nationala 103 Moldovan Super Cup 60 Moldovan Cup 57 Moldovan Divizia A 39 Moldovan Divizia B 23 Mongolia Mongolian Premier League 28 Mongolian Cup 22 Mongolian Super Cup 20 Mongolian 1st Division 7 Montenegro Montenegrin 1st Division 70 Montenegrin Cup 55 Montenegrin 2nd League 52 Montserrat Montserratian Championship 25 Morocco Groupment National De Football 1 100 Coupe De Trone 90 Groupment National De Football 2 75 Mozambique Mozambican Premier Division 45 Mozambican Cup 35 Mozambique League Cup 27 Mozambican Super Cup 23 Myanmar Myanmarnese National League 56 Myanmarnese Football Federation Cup 32 Myanmarese Community Cup 19 Myanmarnese National League 2 14 Namibia Namibie Premier League 36 Nambie NFA Cup 26 Nambie Super Cup 17 Nepal Nepali A-Division League 21 Nepali Aaha Gold Cup 18 Nepali Budha Subba Gold Cup 14 Birat Gold Cup 10 New Caledonia New Caledonian Super League 45 New Caledonian Cup 34 New Zealand New Zealand Premiership 82 New Zealand Chatham Cup 54 New Zealand Regional Premier Divisions 49 New Zealand Charity Cup 41 New Zealand Regional 1st Divisions 30 Nicaragua Primera Division Nicaraguense 41 Segunda Division De Nicaragua 20 Niger Niger Premier League 40 Niger Cup 30 Niger Super Cup 19 Nigeria Nigerian Premier League 85 Nigerian Challenge Cup 75 Nigeria Super Cup 62 Northern Ireland Danske Bank Premiership 55 Northern Irish Cup 33 Bet McLean League Cup 31 Northern Irish County Antrim Shield 21 NFL Charity Shield 21 Northern Irish Mid Ulster Cup 21 Northern Irish North West Cup 16 Bluefin Sport Championship 15 Northern Irish Steel & Sons Cup 10 Northern Irish Bob Radcliffe Cup 10 Northern Irish Intermediate Cup 10 Bluefin Sport Premier Intermediate League 10 Northern Irish Level 4 8 Northern Irish Level 5 6 Northern Irish Level 6 5 Northern Irish Level 7 4 Northern Marianas Islands Northern Marianas League 1st Division 2 Northern Marinas League Cup 1 Northern Marinas League 2nd Division 1 Norway Norwegian Premier Division 117 Norwegian Cup 116 Norwegian Super Cup 98 Norwegian 1st Division 94 Norwegian 2nd Division 75 Norwegian 3rd Division 39 Oman Omani Professional League 69 Omani Sultan Qaboos Cup 43 Omani Federation Cup 35 Omani Super Cup 30 Omani 1st Division 27 Pakistan Pakistani Premier League 28 Pakistani National Football Challenge Cup 18 Palestine Palestinian West Bank Premier League 45 Palestinian Gaza Strip Premier League 42 Palestine Cup 34 Yassir Arafat Cup 29 Palestinian Gaza Strip Cup 27 Palestinian Super Cup 24 Super Cup Gaza Strip 22 Palestinian West Bank Lower Division 19 Palestinian Gaza Strip Lower Strip 15 Panama Liga Panamena De Futbol 70 Copa Panama 35 Liga Nacional De Ascenso Panama 25 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinean National Soccer League 50 Paraguay Paraguayan 1st Division 124 Paraguayan 2nd Division 62 Peru Peruvian 1st Division 113 Peruvian 2nd Division 69 Philippines Philippines Football League 51 Poland LOTTO Ekstrakiasa 122 Polish FA Cup 118 Polish 1st Division 90 Polish Super Cup 82 Polish 2nd Division 68 Polish 3rd Division 47 Portugal Portuguese Premier League 150 Taca De Portugal 137 Portuguese League Cup 104 Supertaca 104 Portuguese 2nd League 97 Portugal Championship 85 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Soccer League 65 Puerto Rican Soccer League 2nd Division 30 Qatar Qatari Stars League 104 Qatari Prince Cup 79 Qatari Crown Prince Cup 65 Qatari Stars Cup 60 Qatari Sheikh Jassem Cup 56 Qatari League 43 Reunion Di Regionale 25 Reunion French Cup 15 Reunion Cup 12 Romania Romanian 1st League 128 Romanian Cup 110 Romanian Super Cup 103 Romanian 2nd League 98 Romanian 3rd League 72 Russia Russian Premier Division 155 Russian Cup 124 Russian Super Cup 109 Russian 1st Division 103 Russian 2nd Division 65 Rwanda Rwanda Premier League 38 Rwanda Amahoro Cup 28 Saint Kitts & Nevis SKNFA Premier Division 51 Saint Kitts & Nevis FA Cup 46 President's Cup 35 Saint Lucia SLFA Premiere Division 51 Saint Lucian FA Cup 48 Saint Martin Saint-Martin Championship 30 Coupe De Saint-Martin 27 Saint Pierre & Miquelon Saint Pierre & Miquelon Premier League 15 Coupe De I'Archipel Saint Pierre Et Miquelon 8 Saint Vincent SVG Premier League 51 Samoa Samoan Premier League 22 Samoa Cup 13 San Marino San Marino Cup 23 San Marino League 20 San Marino Super Cup 17 Sao Tome & Principe Sao Tome & Principe Premier League 21 Sao Tome Cup 11 Sao Tome Super Cup 5 Saudi Arabia Saudi Professional League 110 Saudi Champions Cup 89 Saudi Super Cup 78 Saudi 1st Division 72 Saudi 2nd Division 47 Scotland Ladbrokes Premiership 119 Scottish Cup 119 Betfred Cup 95 Ladbrokes Championship 81 Ladbrokes League 1 61 IRN-BRU Cup 60 Ladbrokes League 2 47 Highland Football League 36 Scottish Lowland League 35 East Of Scotland League 17 South Of Scotland League 17 Senegal Senegalese 1st Division 65 Senegalese Cup 55 Senegalese Super Cup 43 Senalgalese League Cup 39 Serbia Serbian SuperLeague 113 Serbian Cup 102 Serbian 1st League 96 Serbian Super Cup 69 Serbian 2nd League 54 Seychelles Seychelles Premier League 24 Seychelles FA Cup 14 Seychelles League Cup 11 Seychelles Super Cup 7 Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Premier League 22 Sierra Leone FA Cup 12 Sierra Leone Super Cup 6 Singapore Singaporean League 54 Singapore Cup 40 Singapore League Cup 35 Singaporean National Football League Division 1 22 Singaporean Community Shield 18 Singaporean FA Cup 11 Singaporean National Football League Division 2 11 Sint Maarten Sint Maarten Championship 30 Slovakia Slovak 1st Division 107 Slovak FA Cup 83 Slovak 2nd Division 71 Slovenia Slovenian 1st League 110 Slovenian Cup 100 Slovenian 2nd League 84 Slovenian 3rd League 42 Solomon Islands Telekom S-League 47 Somalia Somalie Premier League 19 Somalie Cup 9 Somalie Super Cup 4 South Africa South African Premier Soccer League 110 South African FA Cup 100 South African Knockout Cup 90 South African Super 8 Cup 90 South African National 1st Division 80 SAFA Regional Division 2 Leagues 55 South Korea KEB Hanabank K League Classic 115 Korean FA Cup 90 KEB Hanabank K League Challenge 80 Korean All Star-Cup 70 Korean National League 60 Korean Challengers League Advanced 45 Korean Challengers League Basic 30 South Sudan South Soudan Premier League 16 Sud Soudan Cup 9 Spain Spanish 1st Division 180 Spanish Cup 120 Spanish 2nd Division 115 Spanish Super Cup 100 Spanish 2nd Division B 75 Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Football Premier League 26 Sri Lankan FA Cup 19 Sudan Sudanese Premier League 67 Sudanese Cup 52 Sudanese Super Cup 45 Suriname SVB Topklasse 60 Surinamese Cup 55 Surinamese President's Cup 40 Swaziland Swaziland Premier League 33 Swaziland Bank Cup 23 Swaziland Castle Premier Challenge 20 Swaziland Ingwenyama Cup 17 Swaziland Charity Cup 14 Sweden Swedish Premier Division 121 Swedish 1st Division Elite 96 Swedish Cup 74 Swedish 1st Division 67 Swedish 2nd Division 48 Swedish 3rd Division 30 Switzerland Swiss Super League 136 Swiss Cup 134 Swiss Challenge League 96 Swiss Promotion League 68 Swiss 1st League 44 Swiss 2nd League Interregional 20 Syria Syrian Premier League 69 Syrian Cup 58 Syrian Super Cup 47 Tahiti Tahitian 1st Division 53 Taihiti Cup 44 Tahitian Champions Cup 32 Tahitian 2nd Division 13 Taipei Taipei Football Premier League 26 Tajikistan Tajikistani High League 46 Tajikistani Cup 38 Tajikistani Super Cup 33 Cup FFT 30 Tajik 1st Division 25 Tanzania Tanzanie Premier League 43 Tanzanie FA Cup 33 Tanzanie Super Cup 21 Thailand Thai League 79 Thai FA Cup 58 Thai League Division 2 57 Thai League Cup 49 Thai League Division 3 39 Thai Champions Cup 38 Togo Togo Premier League 47 Togo Independence Cup 37 Togo Super Cup 25 Tonga Tongan National League 20 Trinidad & Tobago TT Pro League 80 Trinidad & Tobago Pro Bowl 72 Trinidad & Tobago FA Trophy 70 Trinidad & Tobago League Cup 68 Trinidad & Tobago Classic Cup 65 TT National Super League Premiership 64 Ttinidad & Tobago Charity Shield 62 Goal Shield Trinidad & Tobago 45 TT National Super League Championship 40 Tobago FA Cup 34 Tunisia Tunisian League 1 115 Tunisian Cup 100 Tunisian League 2 80 Turkey Turkish Super League 140 Turkish Cup 125 Turkish 1 League 102 Turkish Super Cup 90 Turkish 2 League 68 Turkish 3 League 40 Turkish Regional Amateur League 20 Turkmenistan Turkmenistani Higher League 45 Turkmenistan Cup 42 Turkmenistani Super Cup 37 Turks & Caicos Islands Turks & Caicos Islands Premier League 32 Turks & Caicos Islands President's Cup 29 Tuvalu Tuvaluan A-Division 12 Tuvaluan Independence Cup 10 Tuvalu Cup 7 Tuvalu Games 6 Tuvaluan Christmas Cup 5 Tuvaluan B-Division 2 Uganda Ugandan Super League 53 Ugandan Cup 43 Ugandan Super Cup 32 Ukraine Ukrainian Premier League 148 Ukrainian Cup 116 Ukrainian Super Cup 108 Ukrainian 1st League 97 Ukrainian 2nd League 60 United Arab Emirates U.A.E. Professional League 103 U.A.E. President's Cup 90 U.A.E. League Cup 80 U.A.E. Super Cup 70 U.A.E. 1st Division 59 United States Major League Soccer 131 MLS Cup 131 MLS Supporters Shield 110 US Cup 93 MLS All-Stars Game 87 American 2nd Division 85 American 3rd Division 52 Uruguay Uruguayan 1st Division 120 Uruguayan Super Cup 100 Uruguayan Liguilla Pre-Libertadores 99 Uruguayan 2nd Professional Division 73 Uruguayan 2nd B National 56 US Virgin Islands USVIR Saint Thomas League 33 USVIR Saint Croix League 33 Uzbekistan Uzbek Olly Liga 90 Uzbek Cup 85 Uzbekistan Super Cup 58 Uzbek Birinchi Liga 53 Vanuatu Vanuatuan Port Vila Premier Division 55 Vanuatuan Port Vila FA Shield 40 PVFA Cup 35 Vanuatuan Port Vila 1st Division 18 Venezuela Venezuelan Premier Division 95 Venezualan Cup 73 Venezuelan 2nd Division 56 Vietnam Vietnamese V-League Division 1 63 Vietnamese National Cup 38 Vietnamese V-League Division 2 31 Vietnamese Super Cup 16 Wales JD Welsh Premier League 47 JD Welsh Cup 40 Nathaniel MG Cup 22 Welsh 1st Division 11 FAW Trophy 11 Cymru Alliance League Cup 10 Welsh Football League Challenge Cup 10 Welsh Football League Division 2 7 Welsh 3rd Division 6 Wallis & Futuna Wallis & Futuna Islands Premier Division 2 Coupe De Wallis-Et-Futuna 1 Yemen Yemeni 1st Division 30 Yemeni President Cup 26 Yemeni 2nd Division 20 Yemeni Super Cup 20 Zambia Zambian Premier League 63 Zambian Cup 50 Zambian Charity Shield 41 Zanzibar Zanzibar Premier League 20 Zanzibar Cup 10 Zimbabwe Zimbabwean Premier Division 60 Zimbabwean Cup 50 Zimbabwe Independence Trophy 42 Zimbabwe Super Cup 38 Total Trophies Total Points Lionel Messi 64 1219 Markypark14 45 618 Makoto Nakamura 56 614 The Earl 11 499 Streety 11 289 SuperLeeds 5 202 Bigtukker 2 24 Apollopovey 3 4 Motlhen 3 3

You may remember me (almost certainly not, though) from such career threads as 'The Seagulls are trying to nick my chips again' and 'Dave Duncan's tour of obscurity' Welcome... After a two-and-a-half year hiatus, I have contracted the FM bug once again. Having skipped FM18 and most of FM19, I have dipped my toe into the vast waters of football management again. As much as I loved the Weston-super-Mare journey, I am far too promiscuous to try that again - the journeyman style suits me perfectly! My previous journeyman on here took me to Iceland, China, England, Belgium and Germany - I definitely get around... Setup... I will be starting unemployed, as always, with Sunday League reputation and a National C Licence (as I hold that badge in real life - talk about a humble brag!). We have loaded a large database with the lowest playable league in the following nations: Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Republic of Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, Wales. That gives us a player count of 72,000 - surely we can find a few decent ones?! Plans... There are no grand plans for this save - I'll be learning on the job with FM19 as it looks like there's plenty of new features to get to grips with. I cannot wait to truly experience the wonders of VAR! I'll be introducing my first club in the next post and hopefully you'll join me on another crazy ride! The story so far... The trophy cabinet...