FC United of Manchester *Youth Intake Challenge* Hardcore

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a few days ago on youtube i was scoping out some FM guides for entertainment and educational purposes and i came upon a challenge that intrigued me. a youth challenge where a player is only allowed to use youth players from his own youth system (and the original players he starts with). this challenge has always intrigued me in the past when i would think about it but i never considered doing it until i saw the *how to* on youtube.

Basically you load up a real low league pyramid, select a team and bump up all the youth facilities up to 20, then start the team.

i selected FC United of Manchester, they are in the Northerm Premier premier, which is 1 league below the Skrill N/S. Ive always wanted to play a FC United save but never got around to doing it. this is also the 1st time i ever edited the database.

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im starting tomorrow, gotta clear out some dead wood. my wage budget is only 144k, and im currently spending 134k. i wont need scouting so i can concentrate all cash on avoiding going broke due to the high standards of my youth facilities. my 1st team training facilities are average. the youth generated when the game started for my club is up to the standards of my great facilities, so winning a few promotions early shouldnt be a problem. what will become a problem from people who've done this before is when you hit the full time professional clubs and it becomes real hard. my goal is to win the EPL and Champions league with 100% FC United academy players. wish me luck, im going to need it


PS 1 of my generated players already has a league club eyeing him

[sovereignstar v2]

Sounds fun. I'll be reading. Good luck!

[NoSkillz]

Now this is a tough challenge. Should be a great read.

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im trying to get use to the contracts down in the lower leagues. hard to sign guys to part time deals

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currently trying to sign all my "promising" youths to part time deals instead of non-contracts.

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lost 1st preseason game vs Moracambe, lost 0-1, but considering they are a L2 team i cant complain. not that i ever complain about preseason results

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Short term goals

1. Win the Northern Premier Premier
2. Win the FA Trophy
3. Win the Skrill North
4. win any cup competitions not known yet in the LL
5. Win the Skrill Premier

Mid term Goals

1. Become fully professional
2. avoid getting relegated from League 2
3. Win the Johnstones paint trophy
4. get promoted from league 2
5. get promoted from league 1
6. Play at a EPL team in a Cup competition
7. avoid going into administration

Long term goals

1. Get promoted to the EPL!
2. Build very own Stadia
3. Avoid relegation from EPL
4. Improve training facilities up to top lvl
5. Beat Man U in Old Trafford
6. Qualify for a European Competition
7. Win the EPL
8. Win the Champions League
9. Win the Euro Cup
10. Win the League Cup
11. Win the FA Cup
12. Dance on Man U's grave as we surpass them in reputation

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FC United was founded by Manchester United fans angry at the Glazer owners purchase of the club.

FC United play at Bury's home ground, Gigg Lane. it has 11,313 seating so it will do up into the Championship. then it will be necessary to build new grounds

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Derby have offered one of my young players a contract. i will be compensated 6k plus future fees if he leaves. thats going to be a recurring problem until i can become fully professional. hes only 16 years old but has 7 championship clubs sniffing around.

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Holywell. we win 7-2. now thats more like it

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my 1st league game
@ Blyth

we win 3-0

Derby sign my defender for 6k. but theres also a 15% future fee attached so im hoping to get more $$

i have a good young team full of youth players. and i have depth full of non contract players that only get paid when they play

also learned you only get 3 bench players in this league

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thru our 1st 5 games we are 4W 1L

Ingles has 5 goals and Little has has 2 offers made for him (both from Brighton) but since hes locked up for 2 more seasons im going to try to hang onto him for this yr. he hasnt complained about being refused a move yet

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1/4 thru the season and were in 1st place. we also won the FA cup 2nd qualifying game. heres my best players so far

Cullens rating is 7.8 so far. is attracting interest


Little 7.45 and is attracting interest also


Ingles 7 goals. called up to Welsh U-19


Daniels 7 goals, 7.88 rating

[Grover]

Ridiculous how good those players are for the level you're at.

No wonder clubs are after them hard.

Love what you're doing here, keep up the good work.

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Originally Posted by Grover

Ridiculous how good those players are for the level you're at.

No wonder clubs are after them hard.

Love what you're doing here, keep up the good work.

yes, they were generated with the clubs new youth system when the game started to fill out the roster. it was mentioned that you need to do that or you might be stuck in LL hell forever. most will be sold in a year or 2 anyways for minimal $$ due to my lvl. Little is already refusing to sign a new deal so i might have to sell him in the offseason and i barely got ingles to even sign a part time deal. my best regen was already poached before i got a game with him

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heres the guy that was poached from me. damn i could sure use him, i only have 1 LB worth playing and he might get poached from me soon

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Kings Lynn have been right on my ass all season so far, so it was nice to finally meet them and see whats what.



as you can see we continue to kick some ass in the "league". we also handily beat Skrill Premier team Nuneaton in the last FA Qualifying round. we draw another Skrill premier team in the 1st round.

heres something i didnt expect but heard about. were getting lots of money from grants, and were very healthy financially. those both came as suprises after playing so often as league clubs where you lose maybe half a million a year. so far this season were in the black over 500K with 258K from grants. i dont even know what that means.

holy.... maybe this has something to do with it



we have 3000 club members which pay 15k year. never seen that before

anyways heres the current table




dola, i swear i saw 2 of my guys do the robot after scoring in the Kings Lynn match

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my rampage thru the NPP continues. we finally lose in the FA Cup 2nd round vs L2 team Hartlepool.

i manage to sign most of my best youngsters with 6 months left right before the new year

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were just too good for this league, but that is expected. i havnt lost any of my youngsters this january.

were 12 points clear of 2nd place with 16 to play. a month to go before we get a fresh batch of youngsters. we dont need reinforcements this year, but we will soon.

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we get into March before we lose another game



youth intake next. ill post as soon as they pop up!

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Sweet jebus!

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and we just got promoted after winning our last game!



Bricknell one of my best new players above, has only 3 determination. ill need to work on that ASAP

[BYU 14]

Great job and a question (never used the editor) Are these teams all on the game, you just need to make the league playable?

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wow Bricknell is taking to the mentor well. hes already jumped 2 determination in 20 days

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Originally Posted by BYU 14

Great job and a question (never used the editor) Are these teams all on the game, you just need to make the league playable?

i dl the 3 divisions i added from the steam workshop. the game goes down to the Skrill north/south. the divisions i dl are the 3 that feed up to those divisions

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won the division with games to spare

heres the best player from this years youth intake. how long do you think before a bigger club poaches him?

[ntndeacon]

Let's go Red Rebels!!!

My main FM 2012 game is them... but they got up to bsn before I played them.

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final standings. our youth setup drops to lvl 2 catagory

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clubs are already licking their lips and making offers for Gamble and Bricknell. my 2 best regens last march

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the new season is right around the corner. im going to let all my old staff's contracts run out. they arnt any good and ill only need to replace a few guys. several championship clubs have come asking for 3 or 4 of my guys so far, but none have made much of an offer so i deny all of them. My club is expecting me to win the division this year! so much for room for error. we are rich for a semi pro team. my budgets are 400K in salaries (yearly) and 141k transfer kitty. since im not bringing in FA or transfers i can move all that to salaries if i need more $$

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just now starting the next season. i let some of the less usefull vets leave the club, and i manage to keep beating off approaches from Championship and the odd EPL club for my youngsters. my team is full of 5 star teens.

our 1st game is @ Brackley and we introduce them to our backhand. we win 4-0


there are 22 teams in the league, and we are playing in the FA trophy this year and will do rotation to make sure all my youngsters get PT this year. that along with u-21 and u-18 my kids will get lots of PT

im considering asking the board to go professional. there are a few full pro teams in this division, and we have over 1 million in the bank. i could have asked earlier but i cant now

darren gamble, the prize of my youth is being tracked by 3 PL teams

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we drop a turd against Altrincham and lose 2-3. i start to worry that maybe this division will be tougher than expected.

but then this happens

we go on an ass whoopin roll and kick some ass



heres the current table

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our fans getting full of themselves. were playing a skrill premier club at home and they expect an easy victory. seriously they are above us in leagues!


edit. seems i was mistaken, they are in the same league

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we continue our winning ways



but the real news is whats happening in the FA Cup

we play L1 team MK Dons and beat them 2-0!

but up next in the FA Cup we get a home game vs PL club Stoke!

were still in the FA Trophy also

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good news and bad news (sort of)

we play Stoke in the FA cup 3rd round and tie them in the 1st leg! we led for most of the game but they tie it late. the good news is we then get the replay @ Stoke and that means a big payday. we still lose 0-2 but collect 400K for the trip

we sell our top youngster Gamble to Everton for 250K, 20% and a friendly. also he gets loaned to us for the remainder of the season

we keep rolling thru the BS North



were still alive in the FA Trophy

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i wish i could deliever a little more drama to the season, but were just beating these semi-pro teams one after another.

we got a little excitment in the FA Trophy 4th round vs BSP Salisbury. they went 2-0 up on us and i was getting nervous. we luckily scored 2 late goals to force a replay, where on our own turf we curb stomped them 5-0

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fresh batch of newgens

[Young Drachma]

Love this idea!

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wow just won the Skrill North! that was fast.

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we do the double and win the FA Trophy, beating Dartford 4-0

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seasons over



ill do a full preview for next season and show all the players of note

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Team Preview. all 1st teamers included. plus my best and brightest youth teamers

Goalkeepers
Allen- 2.5/4.5 stars


Spencer- 1/1 stars


Rightbacks
Burton- 3.5/4.5 stars


Kenyon- 1/4.5 stars

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Leftbacks

Cullen- 3.5/5 stars. he refuses to sign a new contract. will likely sell


Threlfall- 2.5/4.5


Centerbacks

Little- 4.5/5 stars. PL potential


Ifil- 2.5/4 stars


Howarth- 2/4.5 stars


Molyneux- 1.4.5


Burns- 1.5/4 stars

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Midfield

Brooks- 3.5/5


Wilkins- 2.5/5 PL potential


Bricknell- 2/4.5 stars


Gray- 2/4.5 stars


Higgins- 1/3.5


Wilson- 3/5 stars PL Potential


Midwood- 3.5/5 stars. PL Potential and most sought after

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Wingers

Marsden- 3.5/4.5 stars


Rawcliffe- 1/5


Robinson- 2.5/5


Smart- 1/4 stars


Whitehall- 2.5/5

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Fowards

Ingles- 3/5 stars


Kent- 2.5/4.5


Ofori- 1/4.5 stars


Potts- 2/5 stars. PL Potential

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started the season

i can see the difference in quality very easily. all the games have been harder. i even blew a 3 goal lead at half! were still winning the league but it will be much closer this season. i could easily have many fewer points right now

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i have a question for those that are following. in the future should i allow myself to buy former FC United players that left the squad?