A tribute to a Welshman with a vision. Gary Speed a true cult hero for many, a legend for some, one to be remembered for all. As a salute to Gary Speed's dedication to the welsh national team I've devised a challenge for people to try to emulate and surpass Gary's vision.
The aim of the challenge is to build a prosperous Welsh footballing nation. To start you must pick a welsh team and begin to build your team. Scouting young players and helping welsh youth develop into top tier players. Taking the role of one of the bigger clubs has been popular through the challenge however it makes managing the youth talents a bit harder. Taking control of the smaller clubs and promoting youth quickly into the first team has worked well for a number of players. Take that as you may - the challenge is yours. Build your squad, increase Wales' FIFA rankings and win trophies along the way.
I am always up for debate and conversation - Last year we added the WPL as part of the challenge and some managers jumped on it. We've taken away a few point tallies and changed the scoring on a few items. But overall the challenge has remained the same. Input is always welcome, either message me directly on steam or through the forums or reply to this post with your suggestions so we can open the discussions.
View 2013 results here
View 2012 results here
* = Can only be achieved if you do not start as the Welsh national manager as well.
* = If your club achieves any of these while boasting an 70% welsh squad your points will be doubled.
* = If you gain promotion you are entitled to HALF to points awarded to winning the league you are being promoted from.
For any one interested in signing up, I will create a table or a hall of Fame and add your points as you post your achievements. Please post any questions here, Or contact me on steam! I'll be partaking in the challenge soon. Post screen shots of your achievements so that I can add them to the Gary Speed Challenge league table!
Thanks goes out to JonoMUFC for his input on the creation of this challenge.
A further thank you to Meynell94 and I7IDanny for their contributions throughout last season. Aannddyy had a good run and deserves a cheers!
Kezza96 ended up top of the table last year with his amazing run with Cardiff.
Table of Champions:
Completed Challenges:
LovanoFM: Won PL (4), Won Capital One (3), Won Community Shield (3), Qualified for Champions League (4), Won the World Cup, Champions League, Won Super Cup, World Club Champions,
The aim of the challenge is to build a prosperous Welsh footballing nation. To start you must pick a welsh team and begin to build your team. Scouting young players and helping welsh youth develop into top tier players. Taking the role of one of the bigger clubs has been popular through the challenge however it makes managing the youth talents a bit harder. Taking control of the smaller clubs and promoting youth quickly into the first team has worked well for a number of players. Take that as you may - the challenge is yours. Build your squad, increase Wales' FIFA rankings and win trophies along the way.
I am always up for debate and conversation - Last year we added the WPL as part of the challenge and some managers jumped on it. We've taken away a few point tallies and changed the scoring on a few items. But overall the challenge has remained the same. Input is always welcome, either message me directly on steam or through the forums or reply to this post with your suggestions so we can open the discussions.
View 2013 results here
View 2012 results here
Rules:
1. Manager To be Welsh - 50% point reduction is enforced on none Welsh managers.
2. No use of Genie-Scout
3. No use of Editor
A point system will be awarded as follows... 1. Manager To be Welsh - 50% point reduction is enforced on none Welsh managers.
2. No use of Genie-Scout
3. No use of Editor
| Challenge | Swansea | Cardiff | Wrexham | Newport County | Colwyn Bay | Wales |
| Win the PL | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | |
| Win the Championship* | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | |
| Win League one* | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | |
| Win League two* | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | |
| Win the Blue Square Premiership* | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | |
| Win the Blue Square North* | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | |
| Win the FA cup | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | |
| Win the Capital One Cup | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | |
| Win the Community Shield | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
| Win the Welsh Cup (TBD) | ||||||
| Win the JPT | 10 | 10 | 10 | |||
| Win the FA Trophy | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||
| Qualify For Europa | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
| Win Europa | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | |
| Qualify for CL | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | |
| Win CL | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | |
| Win the Super Cup | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
| Win the World Club Championship | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | |
| u18 league win | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
| u18 Cup win | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | |
| Home Grown Hero* | x2 | x2 | x2 | x2 | x2 | |
| Welsh U19 Manager* | 10 | |||||
| Welsh U21 Manager* | 20 | |||||
| Welsh Manager!* | 30 | |||||
| 4 Associates Trophy | 10 | |||||
| Euro Qualification | 10 | |||||
| Euro round of 16 | 5 | |||||
| Euro Round of 8 | 5 | |||||
| Euro Quarter's | 5 | |||||
| Euro Semi's | 10 | |||||
| Euro Winners! | 20 | |||||
| World Cup Qualification | 20 | |||||
| WC Round of 16 | 10 | |||||
| WC Quarter's | 10 | |||||
| WC Semi's | 20 | |||||
| WC Winners! | 40 |
* = Can only be achieved if you do not start as the Welsh national manager as well.
* = If your club achieves any of these while boasting an 70% welsh squad your points will be doubled.
* = If you gain promotion you are entitled to HALF to points awarded to winning the league you are being promoted from.
For any one interested in signing up, I will create a table or a hall of Fame and add your points as you post your achievements. Please post any questions here, Or contact me on steam! I'll be partaking in the challenge soon. Post screen shots of your achievements so that I can add them to the Gary Speed Challenge league table!
Thanks goes out to JonoMUFC for his input on the creation of this challenge.
A further thank you to Meynell94 and I7IDanny for their contributions throughout last season. Aannddyy had a good run and deserves a cheers!
Kezza96 ended up top of the table last year with his amazing run with Cardiff.
Table of Champions:
| Name | Team(s) | Points | Last update |
| LovanoFM | Cardiff | 177.5 | 01/12/2013 |
Completed Challenges:
LovanoFM: Won PL (4), Won Capital One (3), Won Community Shield (3), Qualified for Champions League (4), Won the World Cup, Champions League, Won Super Cup, World Club Champions,
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