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Career Salford City - The Race to be Perfect [COMPLETED]


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Welcome Vibe, to yet another challenge attempt from myself. For a while now I’ve been longing to do a lower league save with Salford City, and after flicking through the challenge index for a suitable challenge to go hand in hand with it, I seem to have found the perfect one (pun intended). The challenge I am on about is of course the @Ashez created ‘Race to be perfect challenge’. 

So, why Salford?

Well since the Manchester United Class of ‘92 bought a majority share of the club in 2014 I’ve fondly followed the club and their progress.  Ryan Giggs suggested the consortium had ambitious aims for the non-league club, with a target of Championship level football within 15 years. 15 years to take the club into the Championship, a realistic objective in the real world in my opinion. This is FMM however and I intend to take them a lot further than that in 15 years time.

The First Day

So after arriving at Moor Lane, I immediately met up with the rest of my coaching staff to get to grips with what I was working with. My assistant kindly offers me his ‘team report’

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The positives outweigh the negatives which is a good thing. The main negative that catches my eye is that ‘our squad is lacking depth in a number of key areas’. Looking further into this I come across this..

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So first off, we are pretty solid in the CB and ST posistions, and fairly healthy in central midfield. Our left flank however, could be considered the worst in the league.

Transfers

After meeting with chairman Peter Lim, he insisted on giving me a transfer budget of £100,000 for the season, which in my eyes is something I can work with. 

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I immediately renewed the contracts of any first team players I was keeping and also invested half of this transfer budget into the wage budget. I demoted all the players I was looking to sell on, unfortunately not many offers came in.

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So just the three faces leaving, as the others rotted in the reserves. After this, I went shopping for some bargains and came away with a few!

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Not a single penny was spent on transfers, and I was very happy with the business I’d done. Some very tasty ‘free agents’ would be playing here for the coming season and my assistant couldn’t be happier as he shows me his new ‘squad depth’ report.

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Our left side can now be considered the best in the league by a country mile, and I’m over the moon with how the rest of the squad looks too.

So this season we would be competing in three different competitions. They are, The Vanarama north, The F.A Trophy and of course The F.A Cup. How did we get on in our first season in charge, and how does our race for perfection look?

Competitions

FA Trophy

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Our first trophy under my management! The FA trophy is coming to Moor Lane this year. Great stuff from the lads, nice to win a cup in our first season.

League

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The league title was never in doubt, 18 points clear in the end and scoring 103 goals signals our intent. Great stuff.

FA Cup

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A stunning victory over Sunderland puts us through to the fifth round of the cup! What a run this is.

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We hold Bristol City 1-1 at their ground, can Salford City be in the quarter finals of the FA Cup?!

 

 

 

 

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No! Heartbreak! A match where we dominated but end up on the losing side. What a cup run though! Brilliant

Manager Profile and Season History

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Not a bad start. Domestic player bias I’m not concerned about because brexit will pump that up. Financial control is something that will rise naturally as we do I think. Discipline is the funny one as sometimes I believe it can hamper loyalty.

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A fantastic first season at the club, a league title and cup in the bag, and a tasty little run in the FA Cup.

Thanks for reading, and I hope you join me in season two, where we aim to become a football league side!

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Season 2

So after our heroic performances last season, the job offers came flooding in.

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Unfortunately for those teams however, my loyalty lay with Salford.

Transfers

We were very unfortunate this summer to lose two very good players in Remi Streete and Jordan Brown, the ‘Big club release clause’ in their contracts came back to haunt us.80D66D6B-C59B-43A8-B682-B8EAD59C2C72.thumb.png.670fd220346583ccc030590386d2d3ad.png

Still, we only spent £45k this season on Tranmere Rovers striker Andy Cook. There isn’t much of a quality gap between the Vanarama North and National in my opinion, so I backed up some key posistions with young talent. The likes of Luke Amos and Regan Poole are former academy players of Premier league sides, so they had a bit about them.

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FA Trophy

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Clinical performances to retain the FA Trophy. This won’t do my rating any harm.

League

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The objective this season was promotion to the football league, and with the squad at my disposal I was confident of achieving just that.

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And we do just that. 26 points clear of our nearest rivals. Football league is coming to Moor Lane next season.

FA Cup

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A decent run once again, getting into the third round and losing 3-0 away to Spurs is nothing to be ashamed of. All in all, another really good season. Can we make it back to back to back promotions next year?

Manager Profile & Season History

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Some big improvements in my quest to be perfect. Nice to see that my transfer acumen stat is at 18 already (means I’ve done good business in the transfer market). Youth policy is another good one at 16 and discipline has risen to 14. Happy with the progress so far.

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Thanks again guys for reading, I hope you’ll join me next season as we attempt to settle into the football league.

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Season 3

Welcome to season 3 of my race to be perfect. My Salford City side are now a fresh football league side, and with the gap in quality between the Vanarama national and League Two, I knew I had to make some quality signings in the transfer market to stand any chance of promotion to League One this year

Transfers

So outgoing transfers first, we lost Adam Henley our starting RB due to the dreaded ‘big club release clause’, we only got £70k for him too which is a real ball ache. Lee Lucas and Owain Jones has become injury prone so I had no space for them in the squad.62D46058-FFE8-4C22-908C-4B3C4FA333F4.thumb.png.fbf7a88ba4d241f3587ec4e1ed77b659.png

As for incomings, Ebou Adams comes in from Charlton for a massive £425k, along with Jack Earing from Bolton for £240k, two similar central midfielders that I was happy to have on board. Ollie Palmer, a £75k buy from Lincoln would become our first choice striker.

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Checkatrade Trophy

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A third round exit in this cup, in all honesty it was a game I dropped so I could concentrate on the league.

League Cup

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Our first ever entry into the League cup, we draw a home game against Championship side Hull in the first match. We fancied ourselves a bit of a giant killing this season, we’d done it in previous years!

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And we do it again, a 4-2 extra time win sends the Salford fans delirious, and as reward we draw a home tie against Premier league side Leicester City. Bring it on.

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Speechless! Ok they had a red card after 11 minutes but I did not expect to put 5 past them. What a performance from the lads, the best yet! A home tie against Spurs awaited us next, remember Spurs knocked us out the FA Cup last season so we were out for retribution.

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You couldn’t make this stuff up! Spurs come to Moor Lane and lose 2-1 against a newly promoted League Two side. We are one round away from the Quarter Finals! Another home tie in the fourth round, this time against Southampton. Could we make it a hatrick of Premier League scalps? Surely not?

 

 

 

 

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No we can’t! Southampton knock us out, but what a tremendous run that was!

FA Cup

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Nothing much to see here, we get to the third round but Middlesbrough brush us aside at the Riverside stadium.

League

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At the start of season board expectations meeting, they informed me that we must battle bravely against relegation this season. I told them that I believe we can achieve a playoff spot at the very least though. I return for this they boost my transfer kitty (not by much) and off we went.

 

 

 

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We only went and bloody won the whole thing. Three league titles on the spin, and we will be a league one side next season. The only thing that worries me now is that I feel we are rising too quickly if that makes sense? Soon enough, we’re going to hit a different sort of quality league and it will put us in our place. In the meantime however, I’m going to enjoy this league victory.

Player of the Year

This lad has been with me two seasons now and is probably the best free signing I’ve ever made. He scores goals, whilst also creating them. He’s the absolute package in lower league football. His name is the best thing about him... Botti Bia Bi

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Yes, the most Scottish name you’ll ever hear wins our player of the year award.

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Well deserved too, as he’s been consistent for the past two seasons.

Manager Profile and Season History

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Some solid gains this year, a Financial control at 10 being the lowest on the board, with the rest all pushing the green mark. Ecstatic with this progress.

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Thanks for reading guys, and I hope you join me in Season 4 where I’ll be pushing for Championship promotion

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So 1st off i want to apologise for completely missing this challenge/career, i have no exscuses other than sorry.

Having read through it you are doing a fantastic job and from now on i shall be following.

Keep up the fantastic work...and like @Foxy said, League 1 looks a doddle for you. 😆

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7 hours ago, Foxy said:

Absolutely flying up the leagues! I can't see League 1 proving much of a challenge to your boys👍

I hope it isn’t! 😁

6 hours ago, Titjes said:

What a career so far :O doing fantastic work mate ;)

Thanks mate, as always! 😁

 

5 hours ago, Woody said:

So 1st off i want to apologise for completely missing this challenge/career, i have no exscuses other than sorry.

Having read through it you are doing a fantastic job and from now on i shall be following.

Keep up the fantastic work...and like @Foxy said, League 1 looks a doddle for you. 😆

No apology needed mate, I can see how it may go under the radar of some folks. Thanks for the kind words 👍🏻

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Season 4

You could now call us an established football league side, as last season we knocked the competition out the park to secure our place in league one for the coming season. Could we possibly become a Championship side at the first time of asking?

Transfers

Outgoing

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A few faces leaving us this summer. Anthony Dudley and Jack Redshaw were at the club when I took over all the way down in the Vanarama north, they weren’t going to get much game time in League one, so off they went. Getting £200k for Dudley was an absolute master stroke.

Incoming

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Then we brought these lads in. Callum Roberts is a former Newcastle trainee, I’ve used him in other lower league saves and he’s an absolute baller. Will Mannion for £200k? I believe he’s on the wonderkids list this year so that’s a real bargain. Former Man Utd man Zeki Fryers is the other notable signing.

Carabao Cup

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A second round exit to Burnley on penalties this season as we solely aim on league football.

FA Cup

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Newport County elimante us in the first round of the FA Cup, as my second string side couldn’t break them down.

Checkatrade Trophy

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Another trophy for the collection, I really wanted to win this competition this season as it could potentially be the last time we compete in it, depending on how we did in the league.

League

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The board expectation at the start of the season was to ‘battle bravely against relegation’. I informed them we could ‘reach the playoffs’. So, how did we do?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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😎 League Champions, again.

Trophy Cabinet

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Manager Profile & Season History

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Look at that bad boy! Lovely greens on the board now.

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Thanks for reading, I hope you’ll join me in the Championship next season.

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Just catching up on this and another awesome thread mate 👍 Inspiring me to have a go at a similar journey. I’m starting to feel like once I’ve got a world class team together on a save it loses a lot of its appeal so this would be perfect! 

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Season 5

Going into our first season in the Championship, I would have been happy with a mid-table league position and try to build on that in season 6 so we could push for the Premier League.

Transfers

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Not many faces leaving us this season, we needed to free up some squad space for better quality players though.

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A fair few faces arriving. Joe Riley and Curtis Nelson come in for just over a million pounds. I’ve always like Nelson in this years game, he’s got the perfect attributes to be an absolute tank centre half in the Championship and maybe even above. Middlesbrough youngster Marcus Tavernier also comes in for a bargain price of £210k. Free signings included former Leeds man Alex Mowatt, Former Dortmund and Liverpool midfielder Nuri Sahin and former Arsenal man Stephy Mavidi. I was ecstatic with the business we’d done and was quietly confident of a fifth successive promotion.

Carabao Cup

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Obviously the League would be prioritised over the Cup competitions, therefore the second string side was used in this competition and also the FA Cup.

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FA Cup

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I was hoping to get further than this, but it wasn’t to be as we couldn’t break Rovers down.

League

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Like I mentioned at the top of the post, I would have settled for a mid table position this season. How did we do?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Walking into the Premier League! 100+ points and goals once again, and it just shows how broken this game is to be honest. I’ve spent around £3.5million on players and we are heading into the Premier League. It just shows what a decent player search filter can do too. All my players have the right attributes for the role I’ve given them in the tactic. The Premiership is a different kettle of fish however and I will hand on heart bite anyone’s hand off for a 17th placed finish 😂

Manager Profile & Season History

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Really steady growth. Financial control will be monitored in the coming seasons as I try to build up the bank with the Premiership revenue money. 

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Thanks for reading this relatively short update, I hope you’ll join me next season.

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Amazing career so far well done and well done on the championship title in your first season in that league. Enjoying reading this and look forward to next season premier league champions in the first season???

Good luck and well done

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2 hours ago, Titjes said:

1 season to win the premier league mate, no more. You can do it :D 

I’m halfway through now, and there’s actually a chance it could happen! Won’t give anything else away for now though. 😮

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Season 6

With Premier League football guaranteed, my aim now was to build up the bank whilst staying competitive and keeping track of my manager attributes.

Transfers

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We were given a transfer kitty of over £25 million to get the quality needed to stay in the premier league. Joe Gomez was available on the cheap and is a great defender this year so I happily snapped him up. Ryan Woods would come in to anchor the midfield and Che Adams would become our striker up until January (more on that in a second). Pedro Rocha came in January to replace Che Adams, he is the only non English signing of the summer and Harrison Riley for £22k is an absolute steal, a natural RB who’s now worth £12 million and developing wonderfully.

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Che Adams moves to Huddersfield in January for some nice profit, he wanted to move to a big club and Huddersfield were bottom at the time so yeah, that makes sense 🙄. Other than that, I simply sold who I wouldn’t be using in the foreseeable to build up the bank.

Carabao Cup

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Not bothered about this cup in the slightest in this save.

FA Cup

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All the way to the final, only to succumb to Man Utd. Heartbreaking stuff!

League

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I would have been happy with 17th at the start of the season. How did we get on? Could we make it to the pinnacle of English Football in the shortest amount of time possible?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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We absolutely can! I honestly couldn’t believe how easy this league was for us. I’ve hardly got a World class squad but we end up 9 points clear of Liverpool to comfortably win the Premier league. Unbelievable stuff!

Player of the Year

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Have to give it to this guy. A January arrival to replace Che Adams, he cost us a mere £1.5 million! What a steal!

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24 goals in 19 games is a fantastic return.

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Golden Boot winner from a January signing! Notice Che Adams in 4th? His 17 goals all came for us. He didn’t score for Huddersfield for the rest of the season.

Manager Profile & Season History 

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It’s really starting to shape up now. Couple more seasons to really perfect it maybe? Then it’s time to concentrate on the Champions League. I’m concentrating on this on a monthly cycle to fully keep track of it.

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Thanks for reading 

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I have to say I am very very disappointed in you! Not breaking the 100 point mark again SHAME ON YOU:P

Awesome season mate and I reckon you could have those perfect stats in 1 maybe 2 more seasons easy.

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1 minute ago, Foxy said:

I have to say I am very very disappointed in you! Not breaking the 100 point mark again SHAME ON YOU:P

Awesome season mate and I reckon you could have those perfect stats in 1 maybe 2 more seasons easy.

In a 46 game season I would have 😘 

Thanks mate, I’ve had a surprisingly easy run at things with players becoming available etc. 

It was intended as a really long term save, and now I’m dissapointed that I’ve been successful 😂

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Just now, Titjes said:

Well that was over quick :laugh:

Well done mate, some fantastic work ;) 

Not over yet mate! I have to win the Champions League whilst having 20 in all Manager attributes at the same time!

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42 minutes ago, NucleusNT said:

Not over yet mate! I have to win the Champions League whilst having 20 in all Manager attributes at the same time!

Oh okay, so 1 more season? :laugh:

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Inspired by this thread I’ve been doing a Weston-super-Mare (I can see Weston from the cliffs near my house and that’s the only link I’ve got to any non league club lol) save.  Really enjoying the challenge of constantly trying to better the team but the whole thing has triggered me slightly. So many players requesting to leave 10 games into their life with my club. People moving on the big club release clause to clubs doing way worse. A few times I’ve had to sell a player then bought them back for less because they are a league (or two) below me when the new season starts. Seems pretty unrealistic at times and there’s literally nothing you can do apart from accept that - trying to keep a happy squad at a very successful club is virtually impossible.

 

Anyway I got back to back promos and finished 4th in the PL in my first season. So CL in 2nd year and currently 1st in PL after 8 games. Board hate me. Keep telling me that my latest win has helped me keep my job. They refuse to upgrade my training facilities and stadium (currently 13k cap and below average training and youth). Is this years game just a total mess lads? Long careers are so frustrating. I’d rather do shorter challenges tbh.

 

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