Hypanimz Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Poole Town - Sky Bet Championship - 2025/26 I have just finished one my most eventful seasons. We started nicely and were sitting just outside the playoffs after the first 8 games. we then had a tough run of fixtures and didnt pick up many points as my team was still gelling together. Thankfully we then had a run against the bottom teams and picked up 6 straight wins which jumped us right up into the playoffs and then we stuck around there for the remainder of the season. We nearly grabbed automatic promotion in the end but we lost 1-0 away to Brighton in the penultimate game which meant we could not automatically get promoted. If we had won this game we would have just pipped Blackburn as they lost there remaining 2 fixtures and we only finished 2 points behind them. We had to settle for a playoff place. In the first leg of the semi-final we smashed Brighton (who cost us automatic promotion) 4-1 thanks to a Munday hat trick. We lost the return leg 1-0 but went through 4-2 on aggregate. In the final we had Ipswich. We took a 5th Minute lead from a Munday free kick but we were pegged back on the 24th minute before we fell behind on the half hour. Ipswich had a man sent off in injury time of the first half so we went more attacking in the 2nd 45 minutes. We had more possession and plenty of shots but could not break them down until McCarthy scored in injury time at the end of the game with a counter attacking move from a Ipswich free kick. It went all the way to penalties where we came out on top 6-5 thanks to a winning penalty from Muirhead. League Table Past Positions Cups - More cup runs this season. We made the 4th round of the Capital One Cup for the first time but West Brom where too good for us. In the FA Cup we made the semi finals again thanks to having a pretty straight forward run with no games against any higher division teams. The semi final against Tottenham (managed by John Terry!!) was a step too far. we lost 4-1 which shows we need a lot of work to survive next season. Squad- I strengthened very well over the summer window with some foreign imports. Once we gelled we played very well scoring plenty of goals. Some of these players have Premier League potential but I will need to improve in areas to make a go of surviving next season. Finances- £294k in debt. I think we are due to get some prize money for our league finish soon which should bump up the finances. Key Player Profiles: Pete Munday - Now valued at £2.3m. Scored 36 goals this season. Not sure if he will make the step up. Herve Roussel - Missed the end of the season with a injury. My star foreign import. Dominic Donachie - Our form really picked up when he tarted playing in the centre of midfield. Formed a great partnership with Rees. Fantastic first season at this level. Looking forward to next season and I hope it wasnt a flash in the pan. Career Overview Season League League Finish Achievements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2014/15 Skrill South 14th Survival 2015/16 Skrill South 9th 2016/17 Skrill South 2nd Promotion and FA Cup 3rd round 2017/18 Skrill Premier 17th Survival 2018/19 Skrill Premier 18th Survival 2019/20 Skrill Premier 16th FA Cup 3rd round. 2020/21 Skrill Premier 1st Champions!! & FA Cup 3rd round 2021/22 Sky Bet League 2 9th 2022/23 Sky Bet League 2 1st Champions & FA Cup 5th round 2023/24 Sky Bet League 1 1st Champions, JPT Winners & FA Cup Semi Final 2024/25 Sky Bet Championship 12th 2025/26 Sky Bet Championship 4th Promoted Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypanimz Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Also just got the news that we will be expanding our stadium which will take 13 months. So for next season we will be groundsharing at St Marys. Hopefully we can get some good gate receipts from this! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheppy12 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Nantwich – 2018/19 Club Information | Confidence | Finances | Squad | Transfers General Comments Well that was a different season. An awful start morphed into a mediocre middle and then a great end. Having only picked up 8 points from the first 9 games, we sat in the bottom half of the table and deservedly so. We had been awful. As the season went on, good runs would come and go, often as we neared the playoffs, but one defeat in 15 games saw us going into the last game of the season in a playoff place, but one of seven teams going for the last two spots. On the hour mark, my goalkeeper fumbled the ball into his own net and we were 9th. Time to throw the kitchen sink at them. Overload. Equaliser. A quick look at the live table and we were back in the playoffs. What now, should we push for a winner or hold back and hope the draw remains enough? With just 10 mins on the clock we were still in the spots, so I pulled us back at sat behind the ball. It was enough. Playoffs, which had been so unlikely for so much of the season. Sadly, it was the last playoff spot and FC Halifax had also had an interesting last game of the season and missed out on the automatic spot on goal difference. They were a class above us in the semis and so once again we miss out and will spend a sixth season in Skrill North. Players Top scorer from the past four season, Danny South, spent the last four months of the season injured. This matched up with the best run of the season too,, so questions will asked about whether he is a hindrance to the team. Abu Franklin stepped up in his absence and scored 21 league goals from the right wing, setting a club record in the process. He was nominated for league player of the season. Ollie Devanney, my star midfielder for 3 seasons, left the club before the season began and has yet to find a new club. I’m hoping he changes his mind and resigns for me before he retires in his mid-twenties. Awards 2nd successive Manager of the Month for March League Results League Table | Position Graph Cup Results FA Cup | FA Trophy My Top 3 Players Abu Franklin | Cameron Mansuram | Robbie Threlfall Most Promising Youth Prospect 2014/15 – Charles Cotton After 32 league games for the first team, Cotton left this season to join Northern Premier side Marine where he has already made 33 league appearances. 2015/16 - Martyn Jordan Now four seasons into his career and has only made 9 league appearances. 2016/17 – Colin Stonhill Found it tough to break into the first team this year, with the loan signing of Sheku Jenkins. Needs to start to push for the role next year. 2017/18 - Alan Hulme Made the midfield position his own during the festive season and is pushing for a first team slot. 2018/19 – Gio Gent Already four stars and will push for places next season. Would have seen game time were it not for the tough run-in. Aims For Next Season A better start and hopefully we can push for automatic promotion Nantwich Season League POS FA CUP FA Trophy 2014-15 TSN 7th 4[sUP]th[/sUP] QUAL 2[sUP]nd[/sUP] Round 2015-16 TSN 9[sUP]th[/sUP] 4[sUP]th[/sUP] QUAL 1[sUP]st[/sUP] Round 2016-17 TSN 11[sUP]th[/sUP] 2[sUP]nd[/sUP] Round 3[sUP]rd[/sUP] Round 2017-18 TSN 3[sUP]rd[/sUP] 3[sUP]rd[/sUP] QUAL 1[sUP]st[/sUP] Round 2018-19 TSN 5[sUP]th[/sUP] 4[sUP]th[/sUP] QUAL 3[sUP]rd[/sUP] QUAL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastbasher Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Ok, as usual when I get a new FM game, I'll have a crack at this again. Meet the new manager of St Albans. Chosen due to living and working there in my time in the UK. Facilities, finance, players and staff, look just as dire as for everyone else who started this challenge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swindon69 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Good luck Fastbasher Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypanimz Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 My board are idiots. I've have only managed to sign 4 players all on free transfers for my first season in the Premier League as they will not let me adjust my transfer budget! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Odom Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Club information - Club overview - squad Year League Position Cups/Achievements 2014/15 Skrill South 4 Fa Cup 4th qualifier 2015/2016 Skrill North 11 FA Cup 3th Round 2016/2017 Skrill North 4 FA Cup 2nd round 2017-2018 Skrill Premier 17 FA Cup 2nd round The Skrill Premier We were expected to be relegated quite easily though our start this season seemed to deny that. We won our fair share of games though eventuellay slumped to defeat after defeat. Our final ranking as 17th wasn't as bad after all. FA cup Like last season we needed a good run in the FA cup to keap our head above water. We got to the 2nd round, beating two Skrill Premier teams on the way. Eventually Doncaster got the better of us, but our run netted us a decent amount of money. http://i.imgur.com/z4VDXFO.png FA trophy This year I wanted to do better in the FA Trophy, in order to increase our reputation. We did well enough until we drew Luton, they finished us off on penalties after the replay. http://i.imgur.com/KmSrrAC.png The board and my job The board still hold me in high regard, because of my achievements for the club. they are also pleased our finances are stabilised this year, making our future a little brighter. The team Well there's no surprise who our top performer was: Kily Riley http://i.imgur.com/yk0nleW.png managed to assist and score enough goals to keep us in the clear. Nathan Millan http://i.imgur.com/lHzeMvL.png confirmed this year as our best defender. Frank Beckford http://i.imgur.com/sALaK4X.png shows promise as a winger. Most players improved a lot this year, but our performances were afwul after new year. Looking forward to next season I'm looking to increase our reputation a bit next season, in order to get some better players. I planning on doing a lot better in the league and the FA trophy, since we don't need the FA cup to increase our finances as much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mushtaq Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 After my first season I have been moved from the Skrill North to the Skrill South and it seems like the Premier League in comparison. Will be happy just to stay up again this season I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swindon69 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 After finishing 8th, 2nd and 4th I'm on a bit of a bad run in my 4th seson - I need 9 points from 5 games to save my job! Oh and I have to get my left back to improve too! G1 0-0 8pts needed G2 0-1 G3 1-2 G4 2-2 G5 0-2 sacked Teams played like total strangers almost the same squad as last year with the same approach just fell apart. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
n0rea11y Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 I know I'm late to the party but want to give this challenge a go. Blyth Spartans Blyth Spartans president Tony Platten is proud to announce the hiring of new manager Brad Tew Profile/Information/Facilities/Senior Squad Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcunitedfan Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 After finishing 8th, 2nd and 4th I'm on a bit of a bad run in my 4th seson - I need 9 points from 5 games to save my job!Oh and I have to get my left back to improve too! G1 0-0 8pts needed G2 0-1 G3 1-2 G4 2-2 G5 0-2 sacked Teams played like total strangers almost the same squad as last year with the same approach just fell apart. Unlucky Swindon. Are you restarting the challenge? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swindon69 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 I'll give it another go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swindon69 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 It seems I don't need to restart as Bedford have now been promoted and offered me the job. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aru Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Making my first post here. Just started the challenge for the first time and ended up as manager for FC United: http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/4564/d850.png Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey_Pill Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 We've only lost 3 games since the start of December, very tight at the top going into the last 3 games! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypanimz Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Poole Town - Premier League - 2026/27 The Premier League is a massive step up. We had spells where we really struggled this season including a 6-1 defeat to Arsenal and a 7-2 defeat at Manchester United but we also had times where we really performed well with wins against 6th place Forest and 4-0 wins against Norwich and Newcastle who both finished top half. We managed to score goals but we shipped in alot of goals. This was mainly in part due to my board not allowing me to reset my budget. We were over our wage budget thanks to all the promotion wage rise increases and they would not allow me to adjust my £12m transfer budget so I couldnt really sign anybody. We managed very well up to January with a squad mainly made up of my Championship players. I managed to sign a couple of players in January but one struggled to settle. I'm looking forward to improving my squad over the summer and mainly my defence. League Table Past Positions Cups - I rested my players in the cups so I could focus on survival. We were knocked out in both competitions to Coventry City. Squad-Need to improve the defence for next season and then look for some more depth. Squad did very well considering it was mainly the side from the Championship. Finances- £33.5m profit. Great news. Time to invest in the training and youth facilities as well as the playing staff. Key Player Profiles: Pete Munday - I wasnt sure if he could step up. I had to give him a chance as I could not sign anybody and he did not disappoint. 30 League goals in 37 games. Emil Svensson - Played on the right wing or in the centre of midfield. Stepped up really well. Andrew Hughes - January signing. settled nicely and hoping for more next season. Really pleased with survival. Now to make sure we dont get second season syndrome. Career Overview Season League League Finish Achievements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2014/15 Skrill South 14th Survival 2015/16 Skrill South 9th 2016/17 Skrill South 2nd Promotion and FA Cup 3rd round 2017/18 Skrill Premier 17th Survival 2018/19 Skrill Premier 18th Survival 2019/20 Skrill Premier 16th FA Cup 3rd round. 2020/21 Skrill Premier 1st Champions!! & FA Cup 3rd round 2021/22 Sky Bet League 2 9th 2022/23 Sky Bet League 2 1st Champions & FA Cup 5th round 2023/24 Sky Bet League 1 1st Champions, JPT Winners & FA Cup Semi Final 2024/25 Sky Bet Championship 12th 2025/26 Sky Bet Championship 4th Promoted 2026/27 Premier League 14th Survival Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swindon69 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Congrats Hyp Just checked - I got fired by Cambridge with a 43% win rate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wavelberry Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Hornchurch Save corrupted so have reloaded and found a team I've never played with. Say hello to Grantham's new manager. This is going to be a long old slog I think... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadfncat Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Grays Athletic - SkyBet Championship - 2027/28 - Seventeenth I thought we would struggle and may go down this season, but after a rough start, we did really well. Will push on next season for more bums in seats. Our attendances are woeful League Table Games Finances - Another season with no money spent. We need a stadium soon. FA Cup - Just....No Capital One Cup - Poor early start Squad - Our attack is really good and at times we were scoring with ease. Just need to shore up the back now. Key Player Profiles Paul Garmey - I didn't know if he would be able to play with the big boys, but he did really well. 1 goal behind the top scorer in the league. Edwin Sánchez - My first Spanish signing and by far the richest. He was a screamer on the wing and had some amazing crosses Player of the Season Augusto Paparella - Fantastic season in which he held my attack together. Will be one to watch, Youth Players nil Career Overview Season Team Country League League Finish Achievements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/364936-50-Shades-of-Seattle-Grace?p=9104610&viewfull=1#post9104610"]2014/15[/url] Grays Athletic England Skrill South 18th [url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/364936-50-Shades-of-Seattle-Grace?p=9116552&viewfull=1#post9116552"]2015/16[/url] Grays Athletic England Skrill South 2nd [url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/364936-50-Shades-of-Seattle-Grace?p=9128581&viewfull=1#post9128581"]2016/17[/url] Grays Athletic England Skrill Premier 20th [url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/364936-50-Shades-of-Seattle-Grace?p=9156295&viewfull=1#post9156295"]2017/18[/url] Grays Athletic England Skrill Premier 20th FA Trophy Finalist [url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/364936-50-Shades-of-Seattle-Grace?p=9172908&viewfull=1#post9172908"]2018/19[/url] Grays Athletic England Skrill Premier 18th FA Trophy Semi-Finalist [url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/364936-50-Shades-of-Seattle-Grace?p=9196746&viewfull=1#post9196746"]2019/20[/url] Grays Athletic England Skrill Premier 19th [url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/364936-50-Shades-of-Seattle-Grace?p=9213236&viewfull=1#post9213236"]2020/21[/url] Grays Athletic England Skrill Premier 5th Promoted!/FA Trophy Win [url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/364936-50-Shades-of-Seattle-Grace?p=9220113&viewfull=1#post9220113"]2021/22[/url] Grays Athletic England Sky Bet League 2 22nd [url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/364936-50-Shades-of-Seattle-Grace?p=9230480&viewfull=1#post9230480"]2022/23[/url] Grays Athletic England Sky Bet League 2 15th [url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/364936-50-Shades-of-Seattle-Grace?p=9240272&viewfull=1#post9240272"]2023/24[/url] Grays Athletic England Sky Bet League 2 4th Promoted via Playoffs [url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/364936-50-Shades-of-Seattle-Grace?p=9244958&viewfull=1#post9244958"]2024/25[/url] Grays Athletic England Sky Bet League 1 7th Johnstone's Paint Trophy Winners [url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/364936-50-Shades-of-Seattle-Grace?p=9252661&viewfull=1#post9252661"]2025/26[/url] Grays Athletic England Sky Bet League 1 15th [url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/364936-50-Shades-of-Seattle-Grace?p=9265885&viewfull=1#post9265885"]2026/27[/url] Grays Athletic England Sky Bet League 1 3rd Promoted/Johnstone's Paint Trophy Winners [url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/364936-50-Shades-of-Seattle-Grace?p=9281615&viewfull=1#post9281615"]2027/28[/url] Grays Athletic England Sky Bet Championship 17th Next Season Push for playoff spot Bums in seats Decent cup run Facility News Youth Facility upgrade for 650k Major Competition Winners Championship - Crystal Palace, West Brom, Watford FA Cup - Man Utd Capital One Cup - Chelsea English Premier League - Man City, Man Utd, Tottenham, Chelsea, Southampton, Wigan, Bournmouth, Newcastle (Norwich 14th) Champions League - Man City Euro - Man Utd Hyundai A-League - Sydney/Adelaide Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swindon69 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Congrats on securing your position Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey_Pill Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Canvey Island 2015/2016 Season Review I managed to keep the majority of the players I wanted to, with just 3 first teamers being poached by other teams and about another 8 or so being released. I had to be as clever as possible in how to spend my wage budget which was reduced to 4.7k p/w from 5.2 the year before so I let a couple of staff leave and anyone who I thought was on a wage they didn't merit was shown the door. It was very much a season of two halves, with a very inconsistent start leaving us mid table but from December onwards we just took off, only losing 3 games and reaching the summit of the league with 3 games remaining. We went into the final game 2 points clear but with a similar goal difference we needed a win to be sure but we could only manage a 0-0 draw. Luckily for us, Whitehawk went down 3-0 to 3rd placed Chelmsford to hand us the title! I can't quite believe it tbh, what an amazing turnaround. Did nothing in the cups once again, 4th qual. round of the FA Cup and didn't even make the 1st round of the FA Trophy. League Table Players One of the keys to the change in fortunes was going back to using 2 up front which allowed star man Jay Nash to end up with 19 goals, ably assisted by new strike partner Matthew Reece who got himself 12 and backed up well by loanee Robbie Henry from Bournemouth. One excellent addition to the team was Alex Witham from Oxford City managed to provide a bit of a creative spark in the middle of midfield. I'm also pleased to have been able to use a few youth players regularly who have made key contributions and the new batch of youngsters look very good too, particularly Zane Lawrence who has potential to be very good in the Skrill Premier apparently. Career Overview Season League League Finish Achievements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2014/15 Skrill South 12th Survival (Cups were crap) 2015/16 Skrill South 1st Promotion (Cups were crap) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcunitedfan Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Hornchurch Save corrupted so have reloaded and found a team I've never played with.Say hello to Grantham's new manager. This is going to be a long old slog I think... Hello Grantham's new manager. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcunitedfan Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Oi you lot, get on the Steam chat! There's only four of us who regularly go on there now... WE NEED MORE! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsum Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 I'm not usually one for a cup run, I find the fixture congestion is usually a killer for league progress, but this season has been pretty special. Got a replay against Premiership Blackburn in the 5th round, and through to the JPT final. Thanks primarily to the contribution of my backup players who have really impressed. All good for the bank balance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thebaker Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 finding it tough to make an impression in the skrill premier, hardly surprising since several teams have players from premier teams on loan with no wage contributions. Like a 32 yo Daniel sturridge who has declined a lot, but still is very good for the league, another was a 30yo Gael Kakuta Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swindon69 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Uh oh just checked my team info page - apparently my chairman will listen to offers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swindon69 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Hah if I win my cup tie I'll be playing the team that sacked me in the next round. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey_Pill Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Time for revenge, Swindon! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
looking busy Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Complete and utter catastrophic failure of my lap top at the weekend, and not saving my game to the cloud. Means a restart this week. Gutted as I finally felt I had a team capable of challenging for promotion. New laptop arriving today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcunitedfan Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Complete and utter catastrophic failure of my lap top at the weekend, and not saving my game to the cloud. Means a restart this week. Gutted as I finally felt I had a team capable of challenging for promotion. New laptop arriving today. Sorry to hear that. Sucks when things beyond your control mess up your game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennuk Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Blyth Spartans First 3 seasons Review - Glenn Crane Due to disappointing times in this challenge I have not been doing full updates. So a first season update was here Season 2 18th in Skrill Premier Position Graph Transfers Massanka Kinsella Overview Kinsella Report (This guy could be good) Season 3 23rd in Skrill Premier - relegation No more screenshots for season 3 as it was soo dissapointing, i just wanted to see if i would keep my job...which i did Season League League Finish Achievements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [font=Comic Sans MS]2014/15 Skrill North 4th Promotion via playoffs[/font] [font=Comic Sans MS]2015/16 Skrill Premier 18th[/font] [font=Comic Sans MS]2016/17 Skrill Premier 23rd [/font] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcunitedfan Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Last seasons Skrill Premier top scorer is still banging them in for us in League 2. Here's his latest goal, which is a beauty! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsum Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Dramatic! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsum Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Gypsum's End of season update - King's Lynn - 2020/21 - League 1 League position: 4th (Position graph) Media prediction: 10th Playoff semi-final first leg: Sheffield Wednesday 2-3 King's Lynn Playoff semi-final second leg: King's Lynn 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday Playoff final: King's Lynn 3-2 Plymouth Johnstone's paint trophy: Cup run JPT Final: Dagenham & Redbridge 0-3 King's Lynn FA Cup: Cup run Fifth round: King's Lynn 2-2 Blackburn Squad Transfers Finances Star players: Ryan Neil - Another class season from our youth product, especially in the big games where he excelled as always. Dan Tudur-Jones - A creative force down the left wing. Ian Dorey - The Lynn legend had another great season. He now has 139 league goals for Lynn and 96 assists at just 22! He may struggle at Championship level, but I don't think I can bring myself to drop him! Barry George Bowen - An incredibly good centre-back who will hopefully stay on as we have earned promotion. Year League Position Achievements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2014/15 Skrill North 7th 2015/16 Skrill North 4th Playoff winners 2016/17 Skrill Premier 2nd Playoff winners 2017/18 League 2 10th FA Cup 3rd round 2018/19 League 2 3rd Automatic promotion 2019/20 League 1 8th 2020/21 League 1 4th Playoff winners, JPT winners, FA Cup 5th round replay Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swindon69 Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 takeover in progress Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcunitedfan Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Well done on promotion Gypsum, and winning JPT. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsum Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Well done on promotion Gypsum, and winning JPT. Thanks! The JPT was a nice bonus as I played by second string team throughout. For the final my entire back four and 'keeper was from my own youth system. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey_Pill Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Last seasons Skrill Premier top scorer is still banging them in for us in League 2. Here's his latest goal, which is a beauty! Thought the name looked familiar and looked at your update again, same guy I signed before last season only he's never scored one like that for me! Only got 12 goals out of him in the Skrill South but he plays pretty well in general. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren1983 Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Dulwich Hamlet Season 2016/17 - The Skrill Premier After promotion last season my aim was to stay up so lots of transfer turnover Skrill Premier - a fantastic season, a unbeaten run of 21 games (we only lost 2 of our last 29 games) during the season secured us a 3rd place finish (our total of 90 points would have won the league in all but one of the other seasons) we beat Exeter in the final to secure an unexpected promotion and league football. FA Cup - once again we failed to get to the 1st round FA Trophy - same as the FA Cup Squad Key Player Profiles Erhun Aksel Oztumer - our Turk was key once again, 54 games 11 goals and 26 assists. Far too good for us. Ryan James - captain was a rock at the back as usual, helping us to the best defence in the league Matt Drage - a new partner for James and the pair of them seemed unbeatable at times Kasheme Walton - top scorer with 28 goals (27 in the league) was brought in over the summer with the plan being to become first choice the following season - I guess he couldn't wait! Yannick Nlate - our French keeper lost his p;ace at the start of the season but regained it and we never looked back. Career Overview Season League Position Achievements 2014/15 TSS 12th N/A 2015/16 TSS 1st Champions 2016/17 TSP 3rd Promotion (play off winners) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danger_mouse Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Skrill North - 2013/14 Ok so i want a long term save and hopefully this will keep me busy. Ive picked Ilkeston Town out of the few teams promoted due to them being the local team of the bunch. Profile Infomation Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
n0rea11y Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Skrill North started out well. Blyth already had 2 great strikers in Price and Garrity who we built the team around. Garrity was an ideal target man at this level and we made our first priority finding the best corner-taker/crosser we could find. That man was Matt Hamshaw who would go on to lead the Skrill North with 19 assists. Our focus then turned to building a good team defense with the remaining transactions. Since speed was not our forte our strategy was to play short passing and retain possession. The majority of our goals would come from set pieces and crosses. Once our team morale was high we rolled through the North amassing a 10 point lead but encountered issues when Garrity went down with a 2 month injury. In January we acquired Joe Jackson, a solid replacement striker and Jole Coleman, a young goalkeeper capable of taking the reigns from our aging tender, Tony McMillian. We ended up capturing the title on the last day holding off the surging Marines. League Table Finances Down 200K FA CUP What FA CUP? Squad Key Player Profiles Adam Garrity Jason Price Matt Hamshaw Career Overview Season League League Finish Achievements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2014/15 Skrill North 1ST Champions Next Season Need to revamp almost the entire squad aside from our strikers and goalkeeper. Always looking to improve. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G_D_K Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 It seems I don't need to restart as Bedford have now been promoted and offered me the job. Hope you have better luck w/ Bedford than I've had so far! Speaking of which, Mid-season update, Season 4: With 21 games played, I sit 11th place with 32 points (2 points from the playoff spots only, but w/ a game in hand as well). Satisfying FAC run, where I made a televised home match for round 2. Actually almost managed to snatch a win vs/ League 1 Bristol City too, with omni-present Tom Collins scoring early, and us holding unto that 1-0 draw until.... the 88th minute, BC striker w/ a red card. Should be a cinch, right? Nope...late stoppage time, equalizer. Off to City's home we go, where we get demolished 5-1. Still, the £70K tv money for the home match, plus my share of the proceeds (14K attendance at Bristol City) put us cash positive again. Now, to concentrate on the league, where Tom Collins may finally get the recognition he's deserved for the past 3 seasons (well, 2 of the last 3 at any rate). He leads the league in goalscoring, SoT, and POM, though his league AvR of 7.01 is only 16th. He should hit 100 career goals for us this season...not bad for a youngster (w/ 1 6 finishing and 10 pace!) who started as a 16yo in my first season! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thebaker Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 quick update, in 2021/22 i lost a lot of my players who were on N/C terms as well as my best player in Lovett who wuld not sign a new contract. Ended up 16th after spending all season between 12-18th. Lost more players at the start of the next season after the board whould not let me offer more than 250 p/w in wages for P/T even though i was inside the wage budget and the finances had improved from -45K to -5K over the year. Tried to change the tactics to score more which was disasterous as i only managed 3 draws in the first 12 games and with the sack fast approaching have resigned. Think i will start again with a different team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsum Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Flush with cash in the Championship now. The problem is that all my best players want a pay rise now! Hopefully I can convince the board to give me better youth facilities soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
looking busy Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Following a complete crash of my old laptop, me being stupid and not using the cloud save option I've started again. Once again taking charge of my home town team AFC Fylde Manager Profile Starting first team squad Pre-arranged transfers Finances With such a small squad, although there is a sizeable, but averagely talented U21 and U18, there will need to be a few new signings. Thankfully despite the lack of finance the wage budget isn't too bad. £7k p/w which when you include non-contract should give me more than enough to build a side. The financial projection worries me a little, if things go a predicted we'll be over £300k in the red by the end of the season. May need a little FA Cup run, just to the 4th qualifying or first round should sort that in the short term. Having managed Fylde before I am fully expecting the board to do bugger all in term of brining in commercial revenue. The media have predicted a finish of 16th, which I think is a little low. I'm looking at comfortable mid-table. Anywhere between 9th and 15th and I'll consider it a good season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverbird93 Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 I've tried this challenege a few times with 2009 being my best effort and the most enjoyable one but I'm back hoping to complete for the first time as manager of Wealdstone. I've tried this with them before but not successfully. Hoping for better now. Profile Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
looking busy Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 I'm beginning to see why managers get p*ssed off with fans. 5 games in to my first season we've had an unbelievably good start. Winning 4 and losing 1, and the fans are apparently unhappy that the football hasn't been exciting enough!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thebaker Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 I'm beginning to see why managers get p*ssed off with fans. 5 games in to my first season we've had an unbelievably good start. Winning 4 and losing 1, and the fans are apparently unhappy that the football hasn't been exciting enough!! to be fair, i'm yet to go to a match and not be able to tell several ways the manager could have done better, especially when the team hasn't won by 3 or 4 goals Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mushtaq Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Banbury United - Skrill South - 2015/16 Got moved from the Skrill North to the South for my second season and after a shocking start I was reasonably happy to finish mid table. I played around with my tactics but eventually went back to a similar one I had started the season with and the team slowly came right. Should have finished top 10 but stuttered home in the final few games. League Table Past Positions Cups - Knocked out in my first match of both cup competitions. Very disappointing. Squad - After losing my goalkeeper and best defender/captain I was up against it as their replacements were not as good. Decided not to spend too much and rely on youth. Hopefully this will pay off in the years to come if I can hang on to the better younger players. Finances - Slowly on the decline after not having a cup run. Very tight control of my wage budget has meant that we are losing less than we could be. Key Player Profiles: Scott Bridges - Still not rated by the coaches but again comfortably the leading goal scorer with 20 goals from 43. Also now club captain. Leon Clarke - Bridges' 17 year old strike partner. 12 goals from 44 games but I have high hopes for the future. Matt Woolley - My best midfielder. Nothing outstanding but a solid performer who never has a bad game. Pretty similar results wise to the first season. I will look to be a bit more adventurous (and maybe spend a bit more money!) in the new season to hopefully push up near the playoff spots. Career Overview Season League League Finish Achievements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2014/15 Skrill North 15th Survival and FA Cup 1st Round 2015/16 Skrill South 14th Survival Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennuk Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Try 2 for the Skrill Premier Great season for us 99 points and the title Update of my seasons 1st - Skrill north playoff winners 2nd - Skrill Premier 18th 3rd - Skrill Premier relegation 23rd 4th - Skrill North 6th (Just outside playoffs) 5th - Skrill north CHAMPIONS Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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