TacticalGenius Posted June 6, 2011 Author Share Posted June 6, 2011 I'm starting what will hopefully be my 'summer' FM save with FCUM after a failed attempt at Matlock.Wish me luck lads. Be lucky, M. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcunitedfan Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Good luck to you. FC United are a fun team to play as. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phnompenhandy Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 Quick update: I'm into December 2012 in BS Conference. I've just for the first time hit the top, on goal difference from Lincoln. I'm undefeated but have drawn a lot of games. The big news is that in the Third Round of the FA Cup I'm drawn at home to our rivals - LIVERPOOL. Having used the editor to relocate us to the Newton Heath stadium, capacity 5071, I guess we'll lose a fortune - hopefully we'll be only the telly, if they don't change the kick-off time! For the second season in a row Andy Walsh has sold our best regen, so our coffers are overflowing. I wouldn't mind a stadium expansion sooner rather than later. In the first and second rounds of the FA Cup we beat Exeter and Walsall after replays in extremely tight, back-to-the-wall victories. Both are struggling in League Two, suggesting that if we get promotion into the football league this season, we won't have such an easy ride. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
m1234566778 Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 First signing is Febian Brandy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacticalGenius Posted June 7, 2011 Author Share Posted June 7, 2011 First signing is Febian Brandy. WOW! I didn't get him until we were in League One and he destroyed that level... **** knows what he'll do to the BSN!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacticalGenius Posted June 7, 2011 Author Share Posted June 7, 2011 Time for a big update - End of season 2019-20: League: Winners! It came down to the last day, but a 2-0 win over United gave us the title. We scored an EPL record amount of goals too, thanks largely to club and League record goalscorer Carlos Ibanez. Domestic Cups: Not much to report here. Beaten 1-0 at Wembley in the Community Shield by United - though I treated it like a friendly. In the Carling Cup I gave out debuts like confetti, and it paid off in the Third Round, beating WBA 3-0, but we suffered a surprising 2-0 defeat at the hands of Premier League side Plymouth Argyle. In the FA Cup, a late goal from Ibanez saw us past Newcastle 1-0, but against Chelsea in the Fourth Round we didn't bring our A-Game and were subsequently beaten 2-1. Champions League: Our group consisted of us, Shakhtar, Zenit and Atletico Madrid. We qualified top, only losing against Atletico away. We drew Schalke in the 1st Knockout round, beating them 3-2 on aggregate. Next up were Roma in the QF, who we drew 0-0 with at home. Needing a miracle in the away leg, it never came, and 3 goals to 1 later, we were on the plane home and out for this year. United won it. Awards: I covered the World and European awards in the midseason update, and so won't do so again here. But domestically, we cleaned up: A clean sweep for Footballer of the Year! http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff417/TG_Jamie/eppoy1920.png - English player's Player of the Year http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff417/TG_Jamie/eplts1920.png - Premier League Top Goalscorer http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff417/TG_Jamie/epypoy1920.png - English player's Young Player of the year http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff417/TG_Jamie/toty1920.png - Team of the Year Europe: http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff417/TG_Jamie/goldboot1920.png - European Golden Boot http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff417/TG_Jamie/uclbp1920.png - UCL Best Player Season's best three players: http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff417/TG_Jamie/ibanez1920.png - Carlos Ibanez 51 goals in as many games, EPL records broken for most League goals scored in a season(44) and Most Man of the Match(16). All while up top on his own. Legend. http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff417/TG_Jamie/cioffi1920.png - Massimo Cioffi Chipped in a good few goals along with his assists, the Wonderkid just keeps improving! Fighting off Chelsea and Barcelona to keep him. http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff417/TG_Jamie/basile1920.png - Marcelo Basile Solid defender, our ROCK at the back. Handy in the box at set-pieces, too. NEXT SEASON: With a £53m transfer budget and £800k wage budget spare, I'm looking for another Striker to back up Ibanez, as Caligiuri isn't ready yet, and a new CM to partner Gonzalez as Battersby is injury-prone. Cups wise, I want a double. I don't care which double, but I want more than the solitaty trophy gained this year... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
m1234566778 Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 I know I'm amazed I signed him. What role is best for him? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
m1234566778 Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 Brandy has been joined up front by... Michael Ricketts. Don't laugh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacticalGenius Posted June 7, 2011 Author Share Posted June 7, 2011 I know I'm amazed I signed him.What role is best for him? Poacher. Play him alongside a Treq/DLF/CF/TM and he'll destroy the league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcunitedfan Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 First signing is Febian Brandy. How on Earth did you manage that?? I got him on loan in my Cambridge United save in the BSP. Him and Antoine Curier are ripping other BSP defenses to shreds! I'd love to sign Brandy for FC United but he's just been signed by Notts County. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacticalGenius Posted June 7, 2011 Author Share Posted June 7, 2011 Depressed Worst part is that he accepted a contract AND transferred on the same calendar day the offer was accepted, so I couldn't do anything to stop it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcunitedfan Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 That sucks. He looks like a great central defender. Damn Real Madrid and their money! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacticalGenius Posted June 7, 2011 Author Share Posted June 7, 2011 That sucks. He looks like a great central defender. Damn Real Madrid and their money! Next game? Real Madrid, UCL group stage. F*ck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcunitedfan Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 Try your hardest to injure Basile lol. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacticalGenius Posted June 7, 2011 Author Share Posted June 7, 2011 Try your hardest to injure Basile lol. B*stard dived for a penalty... And didn't get it!!! We drew 0-0 at the Marginson. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
m1234566778 Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Little update. Currently sit top after 10 games. Very close so only by a point or so. Made it into the first round of the cup, where I've been rewarded with a home tie against Exeter. Brandy hasn't really lived up to the hype, don't know if I'm expecting too much from him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacticalGenius Posted June 8, 2011 Author Share Posted June 8, 2011 Brandy hasn't really lived up to the hype, don't know if I'm expecting too much from him. If Brandy isn't at least scoring as many as he plays, in a league like that especially, then you are doing something wrong, imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
m1234566778 Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 He's just scored 5 goals in 1 match. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcunitedfan Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 I guess it just took him a few games to get settled into the club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
m1234566778 Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Yeah. I'm into January now and he's scoring for fun. Managed to create a six point lead at the top but Guiseley who are in second have a game in hand. Currently playing Stockport in the FA Trophy 2nd Round after beating Grimsby away in the last round. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
m1234566778 Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 2-0 get in! Bring on the 3rd Round of the FA Trophy!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
m1234566778 Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Managed to play quite a lot today so I've completed my first season. Champions and FA Trophy winners. Star performers have to be Brandy who ended the season with 42 goals in 48 and Jamil Adam who ended the season with 37 goals in 49. What a strike partnership they are. Bring on the BSP! Will post up my signing shortly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManUtdFan Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 Have you guys holidayed for a season until FC Utd came to BSS/N or you started from the unplayable league ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phnompenhandy Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 Have you guys holidayed for a season until FC Utd came to BSS/N or you started from the unplayable league ? some use the savefile in the OP; I use uncle ron's file. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManUtdFan Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 The 11.3 patch one isn't working , but when i download the 11.1 one , it says that it is a .mif file and i can't use it in FM . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phnompenhandy Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 uncle ron's latest file works with 11.3. It's bug free - I recommend it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phnompenhandy Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Into February of 2013 and have established a commanding lead in the Conference. This was helped by an embarrassing first round home defeat to Histon in the Trophy (we were the holders). In the FA Cup we went down 0-1 at home to a second-string Liverpool side, losing by an own goal from our captain. Pity that, the gate at Anfield would have been sweet. Despite the TV money, the receipts from Newton Heath Arena's 5071 capacity cost us big. I'm now preparing to shed the players who aren't going to make it - the kids have had 3 years to prove themselves - a dozen will be released/sold at the end of the season as we prepare for life in the football league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phnompenhandy Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Into July 2013 now. I secured promotion although our form crashed just short of the finishing post. I've put up 19 players for sale who have been with us 2-3 years, including most of our academy products. A stunning-looking midfielder has come through this time and some good-looking other prospects, so I won't go on a spending spree. In fact we're losing a chunk of money anyway. As a result of my creating the Newton Heath Arena, capacity 5071 (81 seats), to get into the Football League the ground needs 2500 extra seats. The extension takes 7 months, leaving us in the stadium our reserves use until Christmas. Yet to find out the capacity. An inauspicious start to our league career (at least out captain isn't abandoning us, eh Wimbledon?); we shall overcome. If memory serves me correctly, this is the first time in many years of lower league management that I've actually got as far as league football! Exciting times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegreb1 Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Just got this in my Inbox. Not sure if it'll be a good thing or a bad thing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phnompenhandy Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Just got this in my Inbox. Not sure if it'll be a good thing or a bad thing. Now that is interesting. For me, Walsh has sold off my star youth every season, so I'd appreciate a boss who doesn't do that - on the other hand he could be far worse! I'm into Feb 2014 now and sit atop the League Two table. The only point of note is the stadium. I used the editor to have us move into a 5071 capacity stadium in 2012. Now, as we got promotion, league regulations required some development. So we were temporarily in an athletics stadium until December until the redevelopment was complete. Turns out more seats were added but the capacity is still the same. We're 80-90% full every home game so that's a disappointment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegreb1 Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Supposedly, a local businessman is interested in the club. Played a couple of months on from when I got that message, but nobody has attempted to buy the club yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegreb1 Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 With six games to play in the 2012/13 season, my FC United team has won the BSP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegreb1 Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Well, we've finally been taken over by a Zivinice-based businessman. He's thrown an extra £1.3m into the teams account, but he's also saying he might let me go in favour of a different manager (eventhough I've got the team back to back promotions, won the FA Trophy on my first attempt, and am in the FA Trophy final this year). Edit: He's decided to keep me employed! That's the good news. The bad news is that he said he'd throw money into improving the youth and training facilities, but has now decided it's not worth his money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegreb1 Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 First friendly match of the 2013/14 season, and I beat Sunderland 2-1! My players left it until the 90th minute to score two goals, after going 1-0 behind in the 71st minute. Great win, and I hope this is a sign of good things to come this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegreb1 Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Pre-season over. The results were hit and miss, but I did play seven money making games so I didn't expect great results. In terms of signings, I purchased seven players and hired some replacement staff. The players I signed were Barry Robson who used to play for Middlesbrough, a young keeper named Ludovic Grondin, ex Bristol and Leicester defender Robbie Neilson, a young attacking midfielder simply named Rudy, Jordan Brown from West Ham, ex Hull striker Mark Cullen, and Jordan Lukaku from AZ. Also got a seventeen year old left attacking midfielder from Man City named Massimiliano Magnani. Spent £525k on players so far. Sold and let go of seventeen players. Managed to get £80k total for four players I sold on. Not bad, but I do have a couple more players I don't want and who I'd like to make some money out of. The media predict that I'll finish 24th in the league (I'm used to that by now). I told the board I think I can end the season mid-table, but I'm hoping for third promotion in a row. I eventually convinced the board to upgrade the youth and training facilities, and I also got Preston as a parent club and Barrow as a feeder club. Edit: Forgot to say, I'm fcunitedfan on a different account. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phnompenhandy Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 So we're both in League Two now - game on! To be fair, I'm far too busy to put in a good shift for the foreseeable future, so go ahead! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegreb1 Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 We beat Derby in a penalty shootout to get into the second round of the League Cup. Playing Premiership side West Brom in the second round right now, but we're at home so no big money coming in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegreb1 Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Just got an incredible result against West Brom. We won 3-2! I decided to change back to my old 4-4-2 tactic so that Mark Cullen wasn't crowded out up front, and the change really helped us get the win. Cullen finished the game with two goals, and nearly got a hattrick but was slightly offside when his third one went in. To be honest, I'm still shocked that I won. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegreb1 Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 So far, so good in League Two. Ten games in, and FC United are unbeaten. Sitting top of the table, four points in front. Mark Cullen is my top scorer with seven league goals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegreb1 Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Just wanted to show this mail I got in my inbox. I found it rather funny. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacticalGenius Posted July 27, 2011 Author Share Posted July 27, 2011 I lost my epic FC United save to a virus which wiped out my entire operating system a while ago. Oh well, roll on FM2012. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1 Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 I lost my epic FC United save to a virus which wiped out my entire operating system a while ago. Oh well, roll on FM2012. Oh no You need to stop downloading something that contains viruses Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegreb1 Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 That sucks. I've decided to play my Litex save until FM12, and forget about my FC United save. I'll start another with them when FM12 comes out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phnompenhandy Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 I also got a fatal problem with my laptop/ I'll be back with a new save for FM2012. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacticalGenius Posted August 19, 2011 Author Share Posted August 19, 2011 Just in case anyone is still interested, I've updated the savegame download link for the 11.3 patch in the OP as the last one stopped working. Here it is: http://www.mediafire.com/?0njoprp559n7rgl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevunited Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 starting a FCUM game with the save thats in the OP..anybody have a tactic that would work as im very bad with the tactics side of things Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacticalGenius Posted August 26, 2011 Author Share Posted August 26, 2011 Try this: http://www.unbelievable-jeff.com/forums/index.php/topic/792-ultimate-llm-4-5-1/ Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/?h2efxm96m2nsujh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcunitedfan Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 I've stopped playing FM11. Going to start a new FC United save in FM12 when it's all patched up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacticalGenius Posted September 2, 2011 Author Share Posted September 2, 2011 Going to start a new FC United save in FM12 when it's all patched up. See you here again on release day, just like last year? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrD Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Anyone still playing as FC United, if so how are you all going, I am debating whether or not to start as these and try to get as far as I can until FM 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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