Club: Brixham AFC (Home) Year: 2019 - 2020 Purchased: Brixham AFC Club Story: Brixham, where I'm from, have a team that play in the South West Penninsula League Premier Division East. I couldn't pass up a chance to own one of their shirt, especially due to having got them to the Premier League on Football... Continue Reading →
Football Shirts – Truro City (Training) 2008 -2009
Club: Truro City (Training) Year: 2008 - 2009 Purchased: ebay Story: This one popped up on ebay and I thought, given I live here, I should get some Truro City shirts. On the back of their promotion from the Western League Premier Division in 2007-2008, Truro City won the League again in 2008-2009. This was... Continue Reading →
Twitter Save – Brixham AFC
If you've been following on Twitter, you know that I have been sharing my journey through life at Brixham AFC. I wanted to do a Non-League to Legend save similar to one I started last year but knew I didn't have the time available to blog about it properly. I loved all the silly little... Continue Reading →
13 – FM19 – There And Back Again – Promotion Push
This is a good one. Stay until the end. You'll probably like tomorrow's episode too. The Team I was quite happy with the way the team had performed this season. Here's my squad screen that shoes quite a lot of information. (Don't worry, it doesn't give away any results) Transfers These are the transfers that... Continue Reading →
Changing Fortunes – FM18 – Mini Series
Hello wonderful people! I'm extremely excited for the release of Football Manager 19 coming in a few weeks (Beta a bit earlier) and have decided to create a mini series as a final send off to a Football Manager that has provided me with some amazing moments. I won all Champions Leagues in a Global... Continue Reading →
Season 5 – Another Battle for Survival
Last time out we were preparing for what we predicted would be a very difficult year in League One with a squad that I didn’t feel were ready or good enough to survive the drop. In this blog I will be talking about the following: Summary of the season. Summary of transfers Club finances Brexit... Continue Reading →
Season 4 – Biggest Challenge Yet!
Welcome back. Last time out you’ll have seen we were sitting pretty in a promotion position and I’d made the decision to go all out on recruiting players and go for promotion. We did that and here are the results: Torquay United Season Review In this episode of the blog I will... Continue Reading →
Season 3 – Torquay United – Change of Expectations
If you’ve been following on twitter (@FMStory17) or read the last blog (link here), you’ll have remembered that our aim for this season was to stay up after being promoted the season before. It’s now just after the January transfer window and I can see that that aim was well off. We currently sit 3rd... Continue Reading →
Preseason 3 – League Two – Let’s Stay Put
Since the last blog, I’ve been busy looking for players to strengthen my squad in preparation for a season in League Two. I tend to look for free agents first then loans and finally players who aren’t happy at their squad and will likely go for next to nothing. I once read a book called... Continue Reading →
End of the Second Season – Promotion
SPOILER ALERT: WE GOT PROMOTED! After a season of only just surviving, I’m extra pleased that we almost won the league. We would have, too, if it wasn’t for Sutton United. We haven’t been able to beat them in 6 matches. The only time we did was in a FA Trophy match. And that was... Continue Reading →