Scottish Football in Crisis! New Found Hope???

[Gazamataz]

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End of Season 2013/2014 Summary​

SPL1 (Scottish) Champions*: Celtic (3 in a row) : 2nd : Glenrothes 3rd : Rangers
SPL2 Champions*:Ross County(promoted to SPL1)
North Championship Winner*: Alloa (promoted to SPL2)
South Championship Winner*: Linlithgow Rose (promoted SPL2)
North Division 1 Champions*: Elgin (promoted to Championship)
South Division 1 Champions*: Whitehill Welfare (promoted to Championship)
North Division 2 Champions*: Glenrothes B (promoted to Division 1)
South Division 2 Champions*: Stirling Uni (promoted to Division 1)

Also promoted to:

SPL1 – Albion Rovers, Morton
SPL2 – Forfar, Dundee Utd B
Championship – Inverurie Loco, Banks O'Dee, Preston Athletic, Shotts BA
Division 1 – Turriff Utd, Lossiemouth, East End, Creetown
Division 2 – ( from Juniors) – Fochabers, North End, Crossgates, Tynecastle, Pumpherston, Muirkirk, Arniston, Gala Fairydean,

Also relegated to:

SPL2 – Raith, St. Mirren, Dundee
Championship – Airdrie, Clyde, Stirling, Stenhousemiur
Division 1 – Hearts B, Fraserburgh, Nairn County, Annan, Hamilton B, Glencairn
Division 2 – Kelty Hearts, Wick Academy, FC Stoneywood, Vale of Clyde, Ashfield, Hibernian B
Juniors – Nairn St. Ninian, Civil Service, Culter, Dyce, Broxburn Athletic, Fleet Star, Girvan, Largs Thistle

Cup Winners

Scottish Cup Winners*– Celtic (2 in a row)
Scottish Super Cup Winners*– Dundee Utd
Challenge Cup Winners*– Forfar
Junior Cup Winners*- Blackburn Utd

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5 Year Review​

The Highs

First of all, Scotland played in the World Cup 2014 and made it the Quarter Finals. What a great result. Sadly they were defeated by Sweden 2 -1.

As for domestically,it has to be Glenrothes. To go from a semi-professional Division 1 outfit to runners up in the SPL1, playing for a place in Europe and attracting some good talent to the club.

Celtic have faired very well in the new Football League, they still sit as Scotland's richest club. But Hibernian, Aberdeen, Falkirk and Dundee Utd have all celebrated some financial success. The new Cup prize money system means the winner of the Scottish Cup will receive £25M and Super Cup, £50M. Here are all the Cup winners for the past five years:

Domestic:
Scottish Cup winners

2014 – Celtic : RU – Dundee Utd
2013 – Celtic : RU - Falkirk
2012 - Rangers : RU – Dundee Utd
2011 – Hibernian : RU – Queen of the South
2010 – Hibernian : RU - Kilmarnock

Super Cup winners

2014 – Dundee Utd : RU - Celtic
2013 – Falkirk : RU - Raith
2012 – Rangers : RU - Celtic
2011 – Celtic : RU - Aberdeen
2010 – Aberdeen : RU - Celtic

European:
UEFA Champions League

2014 – Liverpool : RU – A.C Milan
2013 – Juventus : RU - Liverpool
2012 – Liverpool : RU - Barcelona
2011 – A.C.Milan : RU - Barcelona
2010 – Barcelona : RU – R. Madrid

UEFA Europa League

2014 - Chelsea : RU – Man City
2013 – Aston Villa : RU – Dinamo Kiev
2012 – Juventus : RU - Leverkusen
2011 - Liverpool : RU - Tottenham
2010 – Genoa : RU - Valencia


International:
World Cup

2014 – Spain : RU – Argentina : 3RD - Russia
2010 – France : RU – Spain : 3RD - Chile

European Championship

2012 – Spain : RU - Italy


The Lows

It has to be Hibs. They feature in The Highs but the double Scottish Cup win was viewed by some as a curse as they plummeted down the leagues to Championship status. Sadly, they failed to win promotion from the Championship as Hibs reached the playoffs last season.

Rangers have failed to win the league for the last three years as Celtic hit three in a row. Many Rangers fans are not used to laying down to Celtic but the Bhoy's squad is very, very good.

Developments

A lot of money has been spend on upgrading facilities. Most SPL1 clubs have great youth facilities and academies. This has produced a few promising youngsters but it will maybe take another year or two to truly take off.

Transfers

The massive amount of investment has allowed many clubs to spend on big money transfers. There has been a influx of foreign players and Celtic have capitalised the most by signing many Brazilian stars – Brazil always produce great players and they really shine on the European stage.

Many fear this could ruin the Scottish game even further, they believe the young talent won't be able to compete with the player from oversees. This is the way it has to go if clubs can challenge in Europe, the youth players will learn a great deal from these players so it should work out fine.

The Future

We are expecting Rangers to spend heavily in the transfer market to insure they can challenge Celtic. Maybe this is the season that Celtic can make it further in the Champions League. Can Glenrothes qualify for European competition? Will Scotland's national side continue to improve?

 

[Aannddyy]

This is epic

Do you by any chance have the database you used to create this originally? Cus I'd love to play it but I'm not to great with the editor..

 

[Gazamataz]

I did try to upload it in the downloads/databases section, then I would've linked to it here, it is possible to attach the file to the first post here - would people still be bale to download it and use it?

 

[Aannddyy]

I did try to upload it in the downloads/databases section, then I would've linked to it here, it is possible to attach the file to the first post here - would people still be bale to download it and use it?

Yeah I think so, people can download attachments from the first post.

 

[Gazamataz]

How do you attach it - it says the file is invalid - its a .dbc file

 

[Aannddyy]

Oh sorry mate, you can't attach .dbc files to posts, you'll have to upload it in the download section :/

 

[Gazamataz]

Just tried, it wouldn't let me do it there either any ideas

---------- Post added at 02:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:57 PM ----------

Just figured it out - I created a zip file The database is on the third post!!

 

[D3SiiR3]

Just downloaded the DB, should be fun! Mon the Dee!

Great story aswell, followed since the start!

 

[adthefox]

Great story. I'm following

 

[Campbe11]

Fantastic story, an inspired approach to fm2010 game play. Being a Scotsman myself, makes me want to see such a reorder and investment for real! Maybe one day.....

 

[calum1994]

Really good story keep going. By the way how are Armadale Thistle doing?

 

[jimmarvel]

this is a really great story!!! go glens!!!

can u tell me how do you change the prize money?

 

[HibernianBoy]

okay i downloaded the database, but how wud i use it?

 

[w2k]

Fantastic story! me and a few of my friends are about to start a network game using this patch we are looking to see who can topple the old firm first

 

[Ccllnply]

Brilliant story. It's total fantasy but at the same time, still believable. The whole improvement of Scottish football time adds a new dimension of enjoyment to the story

 

[Gazamataz]

Sorry to everyone who is/was following -- I've not been well recently and had a lot uni stuff to do. I'm planning on continuing the story next week when the easter hols begin.

Thanks for all the support!

 

[mazzR]

great read mate (H) can't wait for update

 

[bigandy]

hey what a great story. is this thread finished now? booo

 

[rfcShaun]

How do I download the database?