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Made In The EFL (English Football League)
So this is something I have been thinking about for a while. It's a new challenge that I have made up and will be attempting for the first time. It's called 'Made In The EFL'.
The English Football League (or EFL for short) comprises of three divisions, effectively tiers 2-4 of English football. The Championship, League One and League Two are made up of 72 football clubs at any one time, with the top tier (The Premier League) being it's own entity.
So what is the challenge I hear you ask. Well here it is in short...
* Start with any League Two club (effectively at the bottom of the EFL pyramid)
* Stick with this side throughout the entire save (if you're sacked, you're done)
* Guide your chosen League Two side to the promised land of the Premier League
* Win as much as possible (over as long as it takes) to get yourself on the Nationality and Nation Hall Of Fames. If you have the time and patience, aim to top both of these Hall Of Fame charts
Now that doesn't sound like much of an inventive challenge I know. But this is where the twist comes in and it relates to your transfer business throughout your whole career...
* You can ONLY sign players from any of the 72 EFL clubs at any point in the entire save.
* Players MUST play for any of the 72 EFL clubs at the time of signing them. For example, if Wolves were to get relegated from the Premier League and were in the Championship, then you can sign players from them. However, if they get promoted again, once they are back in the Premier League, you can no longer sign players from that club.
* The above two rules also apply to loan signings. You cannot at any time loan a player from a Premier League side or from a club in any other country.
* When signing 'out of contract' or 'unattached' players, you are only allowed to sign those that started their career at an EFL club. Basically, you need to look at their very first club on their personal history page and if they started off with a club that was in the Championship, League One or League Two in their very first year, then you are allowed to sign them (you'll need to keep an eye on this and double check which leagues teams were in when newgens were generated).
* There are no restrictions on player nationalities that can be signed, as long as they abide by the above rules.
* The cut off point for relegations/promotions is the official date on the game when it switches to the new season and clubs are officially shown in their correct divisions for the upcoming season.
* There are no restrictions on selling players. You can sell to whoever you want, but that deal cannot include a player swap coming back in your direction (unless the deal is with a club in the EFL).
So there you have it. Hopefully it's a challenge that other players might like the sound of and give it a go as well. When it came to choosing the side I start with, there are three teams that have been in the EFL Championship, League One or League Two consecutively every single season since 1958/59 and they are Gillingham, Walsall and Crewe, so any of those three made the most logical sense for me to do this challenge with. I opted to go with the club that was bang in the middle in terms of expectations this season...Gillingham are predicted to finish 4th, Crewe are predicted 20th, so I went with Walsall who are predicted to finish 18th.