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*OFFICIAL* FMS Challenge 2006 #1 - First Round Voting
The voting for the first round begins now, and ends Wednesday Midnight. The second round vote between the top two entries will run from then until Sunday midnight.
The entries are:
#1 Bobbev
The Challenge Of The Ages
"You win nothing with kids" - Alan Hansen
"If they're good enough, they're old enough" – Bill Shankley
Two alternative viewpoints regarding the merits of youth versus experience. But what would your choice be? Would you favour a team of fearless youngsters with their boundless energy and enthusiasm? Or would you go for the experience and the cool head that comes with maturity? Whichever route you prefer your objective remains the same - take charge at any club in any country, as long as they are in the lowest playable league within that country. And then, using either youth or experience, guide your team to the pinnacle of domestic success by securing the title in the top-flight league of your chosen country. If you can win some other silverware along the way then more power to your elbow, but the priority is that Premiership/First Division crown.
However, for each of the two paths some restrictions apply.
Path 1 - The Path Of Youth
If you follow this path then none of the players in your first team squad may be over the age of 24. Any over-age players must be moved to the reserves and made available for transfer. Once a younger player reaches the cut-off age of 25 then he too must be moved and listed. You may sign up to three players each season for a fee but you are allowed an unlimited number of free signings and loans. Any players signed must be 24 or under. Graduates from your Youth Academy do not need to be moved to the first team straight away but can be kept in the reserves for as long as you see fit.
Path 2 - The Path Of Experience
If you follow this path then none of the players in your first team squad may be under the age of 30. Any under-age players must be moved to the reserves. All players under the age of 25 must be transfer listed - those 25 and over can be kept on but cannot be put in the first team until they reach the age of 30. You may sign up to four players each season for a fee but you are allowed an unlimited number of free signings and loans. Any players signed must be 30 or older. Graduates from your Youth Academy must be released immediately.
Note
If you take The Path Of Experience then don’t start in Scotland as there is s restriction in the SPL that your match squad must have at least two players under the age of 21.
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#2 Axeman?
Start with the following leagues:
England (all), Scotland (all), Wales, Ireland (all), Northern Ireland
(all), Iceland (all), Italy (top), Spain (top)
Use a large database and full detail on all leagues except Italy and Spain
Start unemployed and try to take whichever team wants to sign you up
through the divisions as far as possible. Apply for every job at a
higher level you can see, international jobs as well. Declare
interest in the job at the super clubs, such as Inter Milan, AC Milan
etc, if the current manager becomes insecure or very insecure (For
some clubs you can do that for an insecure manager).
See how long your chairman can tolerate that.
* By the end of the challenge, try to have worked your way up at
least one step in every division you have loaded in your game and
secured at least 3 country titles in different countries.
*You have 20 seasons to work your magic, so by the end of 2024/2025
you'll have to stop the challenge and list your progress.
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#3 Xenon
The George Best Challenge by -Xenon-
In memory of the late, great former player, I feel it appropriate to
dedicate an FMS challenge to him. In essence you re-enact Best's career
however as a manager.
Step 1:
You must create a new player in the editor, his name and abillity are
optional but HE MUST be 15 years of age at the start of the game and of
Northern Irish nationality. He also must follow you as you change jobs and
as soon as he is old enough he must be in your first team squad.
Step 2:
Take charge of Manchester United but after 11 seasons when your player is
26/27 quit. By this time you are expected to have won a MINIMUM of:
-2 Premiership titles
-1 Champions League
Any extra honours will be awarded points which will build up throughout the
challenge (the contender with the most points after completing the challenge
will that good ol' prize.....RESPECT)
Points awarded as follows:
-Premiership title - 2 points
-FA Cup - 2 points
-League Cup -1 point
-Champions League - 4 points
-World Club nonsense timewasting trophy- 3 points.
Points are only awarded to surplus honours to the minimum requirements
above.
Step 3:
Go to the good ol' US of A, Take charge of any MLS side and win the title
within three years, remember the created player must follow you. You may not
want to make his ability that amazing as a superstar might not favour the
MLS and an American side wont have the cash to bring him in.
If you win the title before the third season you have the option of going on
to step four straight away or staying to earn a bonus point for every
additional title.
Step 4:
Take control of a team OUTSIDE the top two flights (League One downwards) in
England. Again the created player must follow (and on second thoughts make
him really crap because if MLS was a hard choice for him, League One will
be, its only for effect so dont worry). Points will be awarded for:
-Title win (2 points)
-A cup win (FA cup/League Cup only- 10 points)
There is no time limit but you must allocate for Step 5.
Step 5:
You must then go and manage Tobermore Utd. (the last club Best played for)
in the Northern Irish First Division for at least one season, if the created
player retired early you must hire him as a coach.
2 points for promotion, 5 for a cup win
When the player reaches 37 years of age, the challenge is OVER.
BONUS: -qualify N.Ireland for the World Cup -20 points
-win it - 100 points
-any victory in any competetion against Benfica - 1 point
It's a bit of long one but should be fun, don't forget to write a story
following your progress.
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#4 maccasafc
This challenge is based around five countries, those in the British Isles. The objective is to conquer the highest mountain in each of these countries. In FM terms, this means achieving something at the nearest geographical club(s). The challenge starts at the lowest mountain in Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland
Slieve Donard - 852m
The challenge begins in the smallest country in the British Isles. Slieve Donard is the highest point on the Morne Mountains, standing at 852m. To give the challenger slightly more choice as to who they manage, I have decided to make the boundary Belfast, which leaves the following teams.
For those wanting to be the most geographically accurate, Banbridge Town should be their desination. Slightly further afield, Lisburn Distillery is within travelling distance of the mountain. Belfast itself contains many teams, as listed below -
The Challenge - With this summit not hard to get to, your achievements will reflect this. A simple trophy (including league titles but not competitions like the English Charity shield, where only one round is played) win will be enough to take you onto the next stage.
England
Scafell Pike - 977m
Across the Irish Sea into England is Scafell Pike, your next destination. There are four playable FM teams nearby to this mountain which are as follows.
* Carlisle
* Workington Town
* Barrow
* Darlington
The Challenge - With this mountain slightly higher, a league title plus survival in the league above is needed to reach the summit.
Right then, I'm not sure whether or not to include Ireland next country/mountain as there is only one team really near it and that's still bloody miles away. I think one team is OK for Scotland as it's the last leg and it'll increase the challenge but for now I'll leave out Ireland, making it Britain rather than the British Isles.
Wales
Snowdon - 1085m
Snowdon has quite a few teams local to it and I've been told that Bangor City is the strongest. Also eligible are Caernarfonan (the nearest) and Porthmadog.
The Challenge - It's getting rather high now and to complete this leg you will need to not only win two trophies but also qualify for Europe.
Scotland
Ben Nevis - 1344m
The highest mountain in Britain is not one that is in close proximity to any Scottish league teams. For this reason, there are two options at this point.
The Long Club Road
Inverness Caledonian Thistle are by my estimations the nearest team to Ben Nevis but still a long way away. To cover this great distance you will need to achieve the unthinkable, and guide ICT to a European Trophy.
The Long International Road
Of course, Ben Nevis is in Scotland. If you can do enough to secure the Scottish national team job then you must emulate recent legends such as Berti Vogts and lead the team not only to the World Cup but also to the quarter final stage of the competition. If there is a European Championship before, the summit can only be reached by holding the trophy aloft.
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#5 mavericktango
AROUND THE WORLD IN SEVEN TROPHIES
Managers must win a trophy (major, minor, cup I don't know, what do others think) in every continent of the world - Africa, Asia, North America, Europe, Oceania and South America (in any order) and finally finish the journey by winning the World Cup with any country you haven't managed in.
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#6 chazerman?
eagues which must be run:
Scotland- Division 2 and above
England- What ever you choose (obviously the more leagues you have running
the easier the challenge will be)
France-What ever your computer can handle/What ever you choose
Holland- What ever your computer can handle/ What ever you choose
Belgium- What ever your computer can handle/ What ever you choose
Challenge information-
Detain for each nation - Normal.
Database size - Normal
Load all players from-No additional nations selected
Attributes-Un-ticked
There is no season or time limit within this challenge at all!!
Points:
Gain promotion at any club- 100
Beating Clyde’s best ever finish -400
Gain promotion for a second time with any club or win any league with the
same team-250
Domestic Cup success – 100
Winning any league-200
Completing challenge-500
Winning any top division (in any country)-250
Champions League Success-200
Start at Scottish division 2 outfit Clyde FC who today 8th January recorded
one of the greatest victory’s in the clubs history by knocking Celtic out of
the Scottish Cup.
Information about Clyde-
Stadium- Broadwood Stadium
Capacity-8029
Background information-
Clyde F.C. are a Scottish football team currently playing in the First
Division of the Scottish Football League. They are currently managed by
Graham Roberts
Nicknamed 'The Bully Wee', they were founded in 1877 at Barrowfield Park and
currently play their football at Broadwood Stadium in Cumbernauld. Their
primary colours are red, white and black, and club honours include winning
the Scottish Cup in 1939, 1955 and 1958. The name 'Clyde' comes from the
River Clyde which flows through Glasgow.
With Clyde your aim will be to gain promotion into the SPL and achieving
something Clyde fans have been for since their relegation from the top
flight!
Once you have gained promotion it is you choice weather to try and achieve
even more glory by trying to achieve Clyde’s highest ever finish in the top
flight which will be above 3rd in the SPL.
Once you have achieved promotion and decided to move on from Clyde then you
move south of the boarder into England to any team you can, with that team
you will need to gain promotion if you are below the EPL or if you are
within the EPL you have to win the league. Once you have achieved this you
can either move on to another club within England and either Gain promotion
or win the EPL or you can stay with your current team and maybe gain
promotion again or win the EPL and also you can aim to either win the FA
Cup, League Cup or LDV cup (If you stay with the same club points will be
doubled in second season)
Once you have completed the second stage of this challenge (gaining
promotion with any club or winning the EPL if the team you have chosen is
within the premiership) you must move even further south ,into Europe you
can either move to a club in Holland, Belgium or France what ever one you
chose you are going to need to move to each of the other one later in the
challenge, so you can choose any club from the nations Belgium, Holland and
France for the next stage of the challenge , but this is where it is
different what ever team you choose within these nations you will need to
win the top division in that nation –
France – Ligue 1
Belgium-Jupiler League
Holland-Eredivisie
Once you have won the top division in all of these nations you have
completed the challenge!
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#7 Attjen
Relatively poor, low level club gets new owner who 1) invests more money 2) has a pet player (son of wife, girlfriend, his nephew, etc) who he wants to give a career in professional football... except he stinks horribly.
As manager, the story-writer would have to keep this player as a first-team player, play him every game he was fit, and keep him as the top salary earner of his squad. (Basically a clause of his contract says that he has to keep the sad sack player happy, to keep the owner's wife happy, and therefore the owner happy, etc.)
It boils down to the manager/story-writer trying to figure out a way to win with a terrible player in his side. If he can manage to unload the sad-sack player to a higher level team, the challenge ends, otherwise whatever successes can be found.
Any version of CM/FM, but editing the database to add a new owner, increased finances, and one poor player of random stats for any chosen club. The added player should have a PA of 20 or so. The new owner should have favorite personal of that poor player, poor player should have high loyalty, any other touches as seem fit.
Leagues which must be run:
Scotland- Division 2 and above
England- What ever you choose (obviously the more leagues you have running
the easier the challenge will be)
France-What ever your computer can handle/What ever you choose
Holland- What ever your computer can handle/ What ever you choose
Belgium- What ever your computer can handle/ What ever you choose
Challenge information-
Detain for each nation - Normal.
Database size - Normal
Load all players from-No additional nations selected
Attributes-Unticked
There is no season or time limit within this challenge at all!!
Points:
Gaining Promotion(In any nation)-100
Winning any Scottish Cup-50
Any English Cup(Not FA )-50
FA Cup-100
Any Belgium Cup-50
Winning Belgium league-75
Winning either Dutch or French League-100
Winning either Dutch or French Cup-50
Any of your teams winning champions league-300
Your Scottish team winning champions league-400
A point for every point you get in the second season (plus) with a club.
Point for every goal you score in a Cup Final.
Stage 1-
Choose a team out side of the Scottish SPL they can be in either the
Scottish second or third division( Most people to make the challenge a
little easier will choose to manage in the second division) With the team
you have chosen you then need to get them into the SPL (it is up to you if
you carry on with them past this).
Once you have completed this task you can then move
on..........................
Stage 2-
Moving to England......
Take over a club outside of the English Premier League and help them on to
the big time by also securing them a place among some of the best clubs in
the world within the English premiership. (It is then again up to you if you
carry on with this team)
Then........................
Stage 3-
Take over a club in any league in Belgium and win the top league and cup
double! Once you have completed this you then have the choice of either
moving to Holland and winning the top division or moving to France and
winning the top division its UP TO YOU!!
Now this is where it gets good!
Stage 4
Return to the team you choose to manage in stage 1 and win the SPL and
Champions League with that team good luck!!
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#9 JackSouth
The ‘We Were Once Great” Challenge by Jack South
Database requirement- English League: League Two and Above
Stage 1- Return to Glory
The days of the yo-yo club are all but faded, and ex premiership clubs litter the championship and the leagues below. Man City have famously gone down two leagues only to come back up and under Stuart Pearce guidance nearly made into Europe.
Take a former Premiership club (Derby, Sheffield United, Coventry, Barnsley, Oldham, etc) back to the Holy ground and stay there for two seasons.
Note: If sacked during Stage 1 repeat with another club.
Stage 2- The Pot of Gold at the End of the Rainbow
Promotion to the premiership is big for any club but especially to those who have not tasted it before. Teams like Barnsley, Wolves have tasted it only to go back down, Blackburn on the other hand won it and Wigan aren’t doing bad either.
Take a club who have not played in the premiership (Plymouth, Crewe, etc) to the top flight and qualify for Europe
Stage 3- From Massive to Just Big
Although the Premiership is the place to be some teams have been unable to recapture their former domestic glories. Their fans still wait and all at premium prices.
Take a Premiership side who has not won the League (Liverpool, Tottenham, Everton, etc) and win the League, the league cup, the FA Cup and the charity shield, whilst staying in the Premiership
Note: If they have won the league during the game you may NOT manage them
Stage 4- The Best League, but not the best clubs?
The Premiership is without a doubt the best league in the world, so why aren’t we dominating the European Stage like we did back in the day. Liverpool proved that we can still do it.
Win either the UFEA Cup or the European Cup with any British Club.
Stage 5- Great Clubs, Crap Country
Brazil’s dominance is fading as is France. Greece surprise win the Euro Champs rocked the International scene to it foundation. But what of the countries that have gone so agonizing close but have nothing to show for it.
Take charge of a Country have not won the World Cup and take them to Glory in either competition
Stage 6-Practise those penalties for God’s sake
We gave them football, taught them the rules and then sat back as they kicked our bum all over the pitch. But Football has got to come home sometime. Hasn’t it?
Win The World Cup with England.
Bonus Stage- The First Great Team
The First Great Team was Preston North End first completing the double at the end of the 19th Century. Now there just Crap!
Return Preston North End to their past glory and Win the Double
Notes: *A stage can only be counted as complete if you were managing the club at the start of the season (no club jumping in May!)
*If sacked at any time during Stages 1-5 just repeat with another club
*If a side has accomplished promotion/Won the League/won the World Cup during game play you may not take over them.
*Stages 3 and 4 may be done at the same time, with the same team but both must be completed before moving on to Stage 5
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#10 UELLFan?
Basque glory?
We're going to follow the managerial career of one of the most successful
basque managers ever: Javier Clemente*. Quality player during his playing
days who turned into an ultradefensive manager when he got his badges.
However, as recreating his doings step by step would take quite some 10/15
seasons I've simplified it a bit:
As the game won't allow you to start as manager of At.Bilbao's B side, we're
going to have to take a bystep here: start as the manager of Clemente's
hometown team.
The second bystep will be in the European Glory level: Clemente reached a
UEFA final with Espanyol, but you'll be allowed (or punished, depending on
how you see it) to pursue this goal with a Basque Club (which will
undoubtedly give you better youth players but won't allow exotic signings).
Career Goals: Two Spanish Primera División Trophies, One Spanish Cup
Trophy, One Spanish Supercup Trophy, One UEFA Cup (or better) and a European
Cup (or World Cup) with the Spanish National team.
Step One: Making a yourself a reputation in Spain
A career ending injury has frustrated your hopes of glory at the age 23.
After several years of bitterness and blaming the world for it, you take the
national coaching badges and get yourself qualifications to coach in Spain.
You played for At.Bilbao, but your hometown club has recently sacked their
manager and ask you to step in. Take the managerial role at Barakaldo. Get
them promoted to 2nd Division (at least). The aim of this step is to make up
a reputation big enough to land the At. Bilbao job.
Wait til the At. Bilbao job opens. Apply and get it hopefully.
Step Two: Bigger Teams have Bigger Aims
Now that you're at a serious club, serious results are expected. To top it,
you also are at your favourite club ever. Lots of people are claiming you're
not fit for the job, so to prove them wrong you'll have to make some big
wins there. How about a European Competition with a Basque only club? Yeah
that'd be fitting.
To get to the the next Stage you need two spanish First Division leagues, a
Spanish Cup, a Spanish SuperCup and a UEFA Cup (or a CL title).
[i]Step Three: Making the Basque Country known at International
stages/[i]
The Spanish FA and FIFA won't allow the Basque Country to have its own
National Side. Worse for them, you'll get yourself appointed as Spanish
National Team Manager and demonstrate them your people are ready for it.
The goal is a simple and enough difficult one: Win a Major tournament with
Basque players with the Spanish National side.
Any recquirements? Hell. Yeah. Only basque players are allowed for the
national side.
Good luck!
* Though he never won the UEFA Cup or get the National side further than
quarter finals I thought it would be best for the challenge to include those
as the results needed.
PS: There are a lot of tongue in cheek statements in the challenge and by no
means I mean to offend anyone's political ideas with this challenge. FM is a
game and as a game it should remain.
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#11 Gawinho
Sunderland Challenge
This is a very short but difficult challenge that you can extend.
Start out as Sunderland manager and follow through the first season up to
Christmas day, trying to gain exactly 6 points, as in real life (probably
best to get points under the belt then purposely lose games). Leave training
as default and only buy/sell players that Sunderland did IRL in that time.
If you get sacked, retire and add another manager to continue.
Presumably you will be bottom by Christmas. Then resign on Christmas Day and
add a new manager to take over at Sunderland. Your first aim is to survive
the first season! From here you can set more targets such as Europe in 3 or
4 years, league winners by 2012 etc
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01-15-2006, 10:16 PM
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I was gonna submit my own challenge to take a Basque team but the bloke above also submitted one, albeit his is a bit more complex than what I was thinking so I'll let his stand.
01-15-2006, 10:21 PM
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