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To take a small club who were previously unplayable in the game from the Blue Square N/S to Premier League and Champions League glory.
The Rules
Load a game with the English leagues only, with the Blue Square N/S selected, a large database (or smaller if preferred) and the attribute masking and the transfer boxes ticked. No additional players from any nation should be loaded. It should look like this.
The extra levels of detail that you can change while in the game are up to you, as they shouldn't make a difference.
Add yourself as an unemployed manager, the details are not important at all. I like to call mine 'Holiday Man'.
Go on holiday until 19th June, this shouldn't take that long, perhaps about an hour. Saving on 18th June may give you a better choice of teams by reloading the game then going on holiday for one day, I would strongly recommend trying this.
Retire your 'Holiday Man' manager, it's always a sad moment, a bit like when the farmer says 'that'll do pig, that'll do' at the end of Babe.
Add a new manager, the options are up to you but 'past experience' must be set to the lowest possible which is 'Sunday league footballer'. I understand that choosing different nationalities may have an effect later on, but I trust people will be sensible with this. I would expect people to use their own true nationalities.
Take over one of the new clubs promoted to the Blue Square North or South, they should appear in this list which also shows the reputation of the possible clubs. The reputation should act as a difficulty level, the lower the reputation, the harder your game should be. Everybody knows that real men manage a club with a reputation less than 1000
<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">Isthmian PremierAFC Hornchurch 900AFC Wimbledon 1350Ashford Town (Middx) 650Billericay Town 1100Boreham Wood 950Carshalton Athletic 900Chelmsford City 1250East Thurrock United 600Folkestone Invicta 700Harlow Town 600Harrow Borough 750Hastings United 600Hendon 900Heybridge Swifts 850Horsham 800Leyton 700Maidstone United 800Margate 1100Ramsgate 850Staines Town 800Tonbridge Angels 850Wealdstone 700Northern PremierAshton United 750Buxton 850Eastwood Town 850Fleetwood Town 1000Frickley Athletic 850Gateshead 1200Guiseley 1200Hednesford Town 1300Ilkeston Town 1050Kendal Town 900Leek Town 900Lincoln United 850Marine 1250Matlock Town 1150North Ferriby United 950Ossett Town 900Prescot Cables 1000Stamford 1000Whitby Town 1100Witton Albion 1250Worksop Town 1200Southern PremierBanbury United 800Bashley 600Bedford Town 1000Brackley Town 400Bromsgrove Rovers 700Cheshunt 600Chippenham Town 900Cirencester Town 750Clevedon Town 750Corby Town 650Gloucester City 800Halesowen Town 900Hemel Hempstead Town 800Hitchin Town 1000King's Lynn 1100Mangotsfield United 850Merthyr Tydfil 1100Rugby Town 600Swindon Supermarine 450Team Bath 552Tiverton Town 1000Yate Town 650 </pre>
It is now up to you to manage this club all the way to the Premier League title and UEFA Champions League crown.
You may not move clubs unless you are sacked.
If you get sacked, you can either take over a newly promoted club that satisfies the original criteria (check the club's league history), or just start again.
Any form of international management is not allowed, until you have completed the challenge.
There are no restrictions on assigning feeder/parent clubs.
To sign a player, you must be able to scout them, this doesn't mean you have to, just he must be accessible to your scouts. If you have a foreign player on a free transfer who is willing to come on trial, you do not need to be able to scout them.
No external utilities such as FMScout should be used and the database should be unedited. Should SI release a data update, this would be allowed. It is advised that people should update using the latest patches as they are released.
Rules for this Thread
Player naming is allowed. (This is a warning for those of you who do not wish to see this)
Discussion on tactics is allowed. (This is another warning for those of you who do not wish to see this)
Screenshots for anything are encouraged.
When you join the challenge, could you post a screenshot of your manager's profile on the 19th June Like this .
Progress of your club should be documented using this thread, we want to hear the story of your club all the way through. Please keep us updated, even if you are doing really badly.
At the end of every season, could everyone post some kind of season review, including at least a screenshot of a league table and the clubs transfer page. If you give this a title in bold it makes it a bit easier to pick out.
When taking part in the challenge you can register with the site which tracks your progress throughout the challenge. If you do not sign up to the website, your name will not appear on the list which I will regularly post in this thread.
How to Post a Screenshot
<UL TYPE=SQUARE> <LI> While in FM, press the 'Prt Sc' button (usually next to F12 on your keyboard).
<LI> Open an image editing program such as Paint and paste the image
<LI> Save the file as a JPEG
<LI> Upload the image to an image hosting website such as Photobucket or Imageshack
<LI> Post the direct Url to the image here. </UL>
Best of luck :thup:
10-18-2007, 07:40 PM
dafuge's FM08 small club to big club challenge Post #2
As i said yesterday, i began this challenge with Halesowen and thankfully it seems i guessed the correct set-up. Here's my Profile.
After a torrid pre-season struggling to find a tactic of any use whatsoever, the first 3 league games weren't as bad as expected. A home defeat and two away draws sees us 16th after 3 games. Got 3 West Brom players on loan including Stuart Nicholson who is far too good at this level. Can't play too much tonight but thought i should register my start.
PS. I have scouts apply first time round to my advert.
10-18-2007, 07:51 PM
dafuge's FM08 small club to big club challenge Post #7
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