Start the game with sunday league rep and start unemployed with a few leagues loaded.
Then try progress and end up taking a big job...
Also i find that games in south america are good if you want a challenge.
I'm actually danish and very into English football, so the challenge will be in that area and those leagues. But my problem is I earlier have taken Hereford from L2 to CHL qualifcation, and that was some fun, but I don't know if I would be able to keep the motivation from having to play like 7-8 seasons before my team from a lower league would be in the prml
you could do it the way i did... i onyl wanted one save when i brought the game.. and i got to the 8th season.. then i lost the save.. i was soo annoyed! i havent played FM since lol so i know where you ae comming from .. but try do what you did with hereford on a team like Havant and waterloville (blue square south)
Manage Shelbourne a First division team in Ireland with a decent squad for promotion and see if you can raise the irish leagues rep by progressing in europe