A couple of days ago I decided I would start a game with a random country in the lowest league and try to get them into the highest division within 5 years, and then beyond? (I am juggleing this with my Real Madrid FM-Base Champions League games) I decided to choose Scotland as my country, due to me being half Scottish so I know all the Scottish teams but have never managed any lower Division 1. While looking through the Div. 3 teams, I came across Livingston with a valuation of £850k [Loan £875k], and it went from there..
2009/10 - I started better then I thought, my team was good enough to reach promotion but I decided to make a lot of free signings just to strengthen my squad.
TRANSFERS
It was an excellent season with automatic promotion being reached by 12 points.
LEAGUE
2009/10 - I decided to release a lot of the players I kept on the bench in Div. 3 and spent a bit of cash. I was expecting a tough challenge, and gave myself 2 years to get in Division one, I hope I surprise myself!
TRANSFERS
Well I certainly surprised myself, and possibly the whole footballing world, I reached promotion this season with an unbeaten run which lasted all season! Never on FM have I managed to stay unbeaten all year, I think it was down to the transfers and having a big squad. I also had Top Scorer, Most Assists & Highest Ratings, which was good.
LEAGUE
2010/11 - Decided to go all out and sign lots of free's from EPL and Championship sides, considering I was given a nice wage budget of £60k a week. It's currently 19th Sept. Managed to get away with 17 good signings all for an amazing £0, while shipping out 21 players for a sweet £300k. Considering how good the competition is this year I could only realistically aim for promotion within 2 years, but I hope all goes well.
TRANSFERS
Well we've enjoyed an exciting start to the year, unbeaten after 7 games 5(w) 2(d). Here are the results.
Dumbarton - Challenge Cup (r1) 5-0
Clyde (d1) 2-1
Peterhead - CIS Cup (r1) 5-0
Queen of South (d1) 1-0
Arbroath - Challenge Cup (r2) 3-1
Dunfermline (d1) 1-0
St. Mirren (d1) 1-1
Inverness - CIS Cup (r2) 2-1
Morton (d1) 0-0
Dundee (d1) 1-0
Dunfermline - Challenge Cup (r3) 0-0p
Partick Thistle (d1) 2-0
I will keep everyone up to date with my progress, I'm hoping for big things after this superb start! Maybe even a place in Europe through the CIS cup? Who knows, please leave me your comments!
2009/10 - I started better then I thought, my team was good enough to reach promotion but I decided to make a lot of free signings just to strengthen my squad.
TRANSFERS
It was an excellent season with automatic promotion being reached by 12 points.
LEAGUE
2009/10 - I decided to release a lot of the players I kept on the bench in Div. 3 and spent a bit of cash. I was expecting a tough challenge, and gave myself 2 years to get in Division one, I hope I surprise myself!
TRANSFERS
Well I certainly surprised myself, and possibly the whole footballing world, I reached promotion this season with an unbeaten run which lasted all season! Never on FM have I managed to stay unbeaten all year, I think it was down to the transfers and having a big squad. I also had Top Scorer, Most Assists & Highest Ratings, which was good.
LEAGUE
2010/11 - Decided to go all out and sign lots of free's from EPL and Championship sides, considering I was given a nice wage budget of £60k a week. It's currently 19th Sept. Managed to get away with 17 good signings all for an amazing £0, while shipping out 21 players for a sweet £300k. Considering how good the competition is this year I could only realistically aim for promotion within 2 years, but I hope all goes well.
TRANSFERS
Well we've enjoyed an exciting start to the year, unbeaten after 7 games 5(w) 2(d). Here are the results.
Dumbarton - Challenge Cup (r1) 5-0
Clyde (d1) 2-1
Peterhead - CIS Cup (r1) 5-0
Queen of South (d1) 1-0
Arbroath - Challenge Cup (r2) 3-1
Dunfermline (d1) 1-0
St. Mirren (d1) 1-1
Inverness - CIS Cup (r2) 2-1
Morton (d1) 0-0
Dundee (d1) 1-0
Dunfermline - Challenge Cup (r3) 0-0p
Partick Thistle (d1) 2-0
I will keep everyone up to date with my progress, I'm hoping for big things after this superb start! Maybe even a place in Europe through the CIS cup? Who knows, please leave me your comments!