Hi!
So, after both reading and watching a whole lot of Football Manager stories I’ve decided to write my own story. What I hope will make this different from other stories, is that I will be playing with two mates
We are three guys from Norway that have been playing Football manager together on a regular basis since FM 2010. We have always played it the same way, LLM in England. This is just the way of playing we find the most fun. I don’t think anyone of us considers them self to be experts of the game, so you should think we are either ;). When I compare how we play to guys on forums and YouTube we probably do a lot of mistakes, but that is OK for us, we are having fun and that what matters!
The story will get updated every now and then. We don’t have the possibility to play each day due to other commitments on the spare time and we do need all three to continue. We are not really looking for tips and hints as to what we can do / should do, but more interested in trying to give you guys a good story, but we will of course love comments! The story will be posted on multiple forums and it will continue on the forums where people are interested in it.
All three of us will be starting in Conference North (England) and we have selected the following teams; Altrincham, Barrow and Vauxhall. So a bit of a spread when it comes to the teams financial status and player abilities.
To start off, I've just made a quick comparison of the clubs status as we start the game. In case you are wondering, we are playing with a big database where we added players from UK and Ireland. Previously games we have gone for really large database with players from all of Europe and other continent, but the game will run really slow, so this time we start off with a smaller database, about 36*000 players and staff. We also start as Sunday League footballers.
Club______________|_Altrincham (Roald)_|__Barrow (Endre).__|__Vauxhall (Hansi)____|
Predicted to finish.__|_______1_________|_______11________|________21_________|
Stadium___________|____Moss Lane.____|___Holker Street___|____Rivacre Park_____|
Stadium Capacity___|.6085 (1154 seated).|4416 (1000 seated)|__3500 (266 seated)__|
Training facilities.___|__Below average.___|__Below average.__|_______Poor.________|
Youth Facilities_____|______Basic_______|______Basic.______|_______Basic________|
Estimated Value____|_______550K.______|______300K_______|_______150K________|
Loan._____________|_________0K.______|_______12K.______|_________0K________|
Balance___________|_______182K.______|_______41K_______|________16K________|
Transfer budget.____|_________0K.______|________0K_______|_________0K________|
Wage budget.______|_______5,6K.______|______.3,2K_______|_______1,5K________|
Current wages._____|_______5,6K.______|______.2,9K_______|_______1,4K________|
Best GK___________|__Stuart Coburn____|__Tony McMillan.___|__Zak Jones.________|
Best DL___________|__Mike Williams____|__Paul Edwards.____|__Andy Nicholas______|
Best DR___________|__Shaun Densmore.__|_Andrew Burns..___|__Stephen Wainwright_|
Best DC___________|__Scott Leather____|__Duran Reynolds.__|__Tom Hannigan_______|
Best DM.__________|__Carl Rodgers_____|__Richard Davies___|__MatthewWilliams.___|
Best ML/AML.______|__Nicky Clee_______|__Ted Cribley______|__Louis Barnes_______|
Best MR/AMR.______|__Greg Wilkinson___|__Alex Meechan..___|__Karl Clair_________|
Best MC/AMC.______|__Simon Richman___|__Alex-Ray Harvey._|__Tom Rutter.________|
Best ST___________|__Damien Reeves.___|__Nicholas Rushton.|__Jordan Rugg._______|
*Best players are based on Assistant managers reports
My initial predictions are that Altrincham will make good use of the strong squad. If their manager can manage to free up some wage budget and sign even better players, he will be off to a good start of the game. Will fight for promotion in the end.
I do not think that either of Barrow and Vauxhall will manage to win promotion the first season. Top half at best and in worst case fight against relegation (Experience from previous games)
I’ve not listed transfers and tactic yet, but what are you guys initial thoughts?
So, after both reading and watching a whole lot of Football Manager stories I’ve decided to write my own story. What I hope will make this different from other stories, is that I will be playing with two mates
We are three guys from Norway that have been playing Football manager together on a regular basis since FM 2010. We have always played it the same way, LLM in England. This is just the way of playing we find the most fun. I don’t think anyone of us considers them self to be experts of the game, so you should think we are either ;). When I compare how we play to guys on forums and YouTube we probably do a lot of mistakes, but that is OK for us, we are having fun and that what matters!

The story will get updated every now and then. We don’t have the possibility to play each day due to other commitments on the spare time and we do need all three to continue. We are not really looking for tips and hints as to what we can do / should do, but more interested in trying to give you guys a good story, but we will of course love comments! The story will be posted on multiple forums and it will continue on the forums where people are interested in it.
All three of us will be starting in Conference North (England) and we have selected the following teams; Altrincham, Barrow and Vauxhall. So a bit of a spread when it comes to the teams financial status and player abilities.
To start off, I've just made a quick comparison of the clubs status as we start the game. In case you are wondering, we are playing with a big database where we added players from UK and Ireland. Previously games we have gone for really large database with players from all of Europe and other continent, but the game will run really slow, so this time we start off with a smaller database, about 36*000 players and staff. We also start as Sunday League footballers.
Club______________|_Altrincham (Roald)_|__Barrow (Endre).__|__Vauxhall (Hansi)____|
Predicted to finish.__|_______1_________|_______11________|________21_________|
Stadium___________|____Moss Lane.____|___Holker Street___|____Rivacre Park_____|
Stadium Capacity___|.6085 (1154 seated).|4416 (1000 seated)|__3500 (266 seated)__|
Training facilities.___|__Below average.___|__Below average.__|_______Poor.________|
Youth Facilities_____|______Basic_______|______Basic.______|_______Basic________|
Estimated Value____|_______550K.______|______300K_______|_______150K________|
Loan._____________|_________0K.______|_______12K.______|_________0K________|
Balance___________|_______182K.______|_______41K_______|________16K________|
Transfer budget.____|_________0K.______|________0K_______|_________0K________|
Wage budget.______|_______5,6K.______|______.3,2K_______|_______1,5K________|
Current wages._____|_______5,6K.______|______.2,9K_______|_______1,4K________|
Best GK___________|__Stuart Coburn____|__Tony McMillan.___|__Zak Jones.________|
Best DL___________|__Mike Williams____|__Paul Edwards.____|__Andy Nicholas______|
Best DR___________|__Shaun Densmore.__|_Andrew Burns..___|__Stephen Wainwright_|
Best DC___________|__Scott Leather____|__Duran Reynolds.__|__Tom Hannigan_______|
Best DM.__________|__Carl Rodgers_____|__Richard Davies___|__MatthewWilliams.___|
Best ML/AML.______|__Nicky Clee_______|__Ted Cribley______|__Louis Barnes_______|
Best MR/AMR.______|__Greg Wilkinson___|__Alex Meechan..___|__Karl Clair_________|
Best MC/AMC.______|__Simon Richman___|__Alex-Ray Harvey._|__Tom Rutter.________|
Best ST___________|__Damien Reeves.___|__Nicholas Rushton.|__Jordan Rugg._______|
*Best players are based on Assistant managers reports
My initial predictions are that Altrincham will make good use of the strong squad. If their manager can manage to free up some wage budget and sign even better players, he will be off to a good start of the game. Will fight for promotion in the end.
I do not think that either of Barrow and Vauxhall will manage to win promotion the first season. Top half at best and in worst case fight against relegation (Experience from previous games)
I’ve not listed transfers and tactic yet, but what are you guys initial thoughts?