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In my first LLM update I chose Basingstoke, I wanted to take them to at least the championship, and I wanted to produce a good young team.
Basingstoke - Season 2005/2006
My tiny squad was never going to win the league, Weymouth stormed straight to the top and never left. My wonderful cup run damaged my season greatly, but i was able to recover. Some much needed signings in February held me at a play off place.
Having dominated every game I played I was fairly confident to go up via the playoffs.
I hammered the opposition in the semis and romped home a 3-1 win against Eastbourne in the final, Basingstoke in the Conference!
English Conference south:
P 42 W 20 D 12 L 10 Finished 4th (Promoted via Playoffs)
Fa Cup: A wonderful run stretching 9 games culminated in losing 3-0 away at liverpool in a third round replay!
Fa Trophy: Went out to Halifax in the qualifying rounds, annoying since I felt once I was into the main competition I could have won it.
So a good season and I finished very financially Stable
Signed 4 new players for absolutely nothing, one which I later sold on to a championship side for a £1 million profit!
I was assured in the first few games that my side were capable of achieving a safe mid-table position, much to the delight of my board who only wanted me to battle against relegation. After the christmas period I somehow found myself in 3rd position after a fantastic run of wins. Near the end I struggled after selling my best player for a huge profit of £1 million, I ended up finishing 4th and if i was going to get the surprise promotion i was so close to, i would have to win the playoffs.
I won the first leg of the semis 3-2 at home to boston utd.
In the second leg I scored first and shut up shop, somehow managing to score another to take us to the final.
I was to play Hereford for the first time since my penalty disaster and instead of picking my usual subs, i opted for the ones with the best penalty stats. Luckily however we didnt have to take that route, we ran out 1-0 winners in a very close match.
Basingstoke are in the football league!!!
Final League Stats
P 46 W25 D 9 L 12 pts 84 - finished 4th.
Fa Cup: Another good run took me to the second round when I drew League 1 Brentford. I lost 1-0 unluckily.
Fa Trophy: A bit more improvement but i went out on penalties in a 3rd round replay against hereford.
At the beginning of the season the club turned Professional! A big moment which meant I was going to have to spend a lot of money getting my players up to full time contracts.
I had a look at some of the other teams in the league, and was surprised to see that my squad looked considerably better,and with a massive 3 teams that go straight up, I was quietly confident that I woudlnt be spending too long in League 2. Either this season or next season would be a fantastic achievement.
I was sitting happily in 10th with only 10 games to go, when after a five game winning streak I somehow managed to push up to 4th, just 3 points behind the leaders. I won my next 4 games and incredibly found I was champions, my first promotion without going via the playoffs, I was very proud!
English League 2: P46 W25 D11 L10 Pts 86
Final Position: 1st
Fa Cup: Lost in the first round 5-4 to Kidderminster, for the first time, it sucked arse!
League Cup: My first entry saw me reach the second round, i lost 7-1 to ipswich in a match i would rather forget.
Ld Vans south: Got to the third round but lost 2-1 to colchester.
A fantastic season and probably the best ive ever had in fm!
How comes you picked B'Stoke, are you from around that way? Anyways wouldn't mind being a bit of help starting a B'stoke team seeing as they are my local side!
back-to-back and stuff. Well done. Hoped this would finally be impossible. Hopefully it will be some day.
KUTGW :thup:
back to back to back ...
Alas I have nearly done the same with B/stoke.
Conf South Promoted via playoffs.
Conf National Lost in playoffs.
Conf National Finished 1st.
I know there is no tipping in here but could fids please give me some pointers on how to struggle, it far more fun
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