Harrogate Town On The Rise

Hi guys I am managing the up and coming rising star team of Harrogate town. We are a level 2 team and even though best rated team in the league only sit in 2nd in the league.

I am still in the Champions League having just won 0-7 and 7-0. The 2nd league was my 1st time playing 4-5-1V. Worked very well. Giving my new signing 19yr old Cristiano Ronaldo his debut for me.

We were knocked out of the Cup in the Qualifying round by a team who is level 11 and has a quality of 64.4. I wasn't to bothered by this as it meant I didn't end up fighting for 3 competitions.

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Ronaldo is only a 4 star player though so he may not be with me long. But he will do for a season or 2. Took me forever to find a AMR to buy.

Any advice welcome and I hope my season keeps going well. Got my home match against the team at top of the league. Hope to get the win and go on to win the league.

Chances of beating a level 11 team as a level 2 team is never good.

Also since you're in the champions league and league, you have to constantly need to change formations every game depending on your opponent's formation. Thus use the Table of Counter Formations as your guide. This also means that you will need one play for each possible position. Any player with two or three position is a gigantic bonus.

Other than that, you're off to a great start mate.

in champions i do change the formation .. but in league better you use the same hole season

Hi guys thanks for the replies. I have just started changing formations especially now in getting a squad with all positions assembled. I was originally sticking with the 4-1(dmc)-3(N)-2 . This had worked well but I knew I would to counter my opponents soon as we're getting to the business end of the CL.

With your players I would play 3-1-2-2-2, anyway nice team and good luck.

Imagine if Harrogate Town had players like that IRL... lolol

Good team though, plenty of 6* in your squad.

It would be awesome if Harrogate had this squad in real life. Thanks for the tips guys. I just drew today 1-1 so may have just thrown away the title but still plenty of time hopefully i will beat the leaders tomorrow and bring myself back into it.

So today we played against FRT Tanlay. It was at there ground and I was confident of a win. Maybe a little to confident.

We were down 1-0 pretty early on, a change of formation and bringing on the awesome Bale and Ronaldo out wide we managed a 1-1 draw in the end. Disappointed that we didnt win but thats life.

Tomorrow we play the league leaders at our ground so I am really hoping I get the victory I need. This will bring us 2 points behind them and hopefully we shall manage to get the results I crave to win the league in the end.

We also have the 1st leg of our Champions League Quarter-Final tomorrow. This is away and so I am hoping for the same as the last round. A nice away win so we can be comfortable at home and just play for fun.

One more thing, don't waste your tokens on renaming your players. Looks like you renamed your players from Man United. Even I'm huge fan of the Red Devils, you're better off using them towards players and packs.

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Imagine if Harrogate Town had players like that IRL... lolol

Good team though, plenty of 6* in your squad.

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Iniesta and Rooney on substitution list :d damn it would be a great team.

Well today was the day. My main league threat coming to the mighty fortress of the CNG Stadium. We had taken the lead through a Van Persie free kick half way through the 1st half. We were looking good for the win. Then with little over 10mins left my substitute midfielder made a mistake. Leading to a counter attack which they converted. A massive NOOOOO! From my dugout we had thrown away the win. So still 5 points behind.

Then a small 2hours later we had our away leg of the Champions League. I was after a good win to pave the way for a good 2nd league in 2 days at home. It was an epic match. We took an early lead through Carrick. We just kept on dominating this match. Goal after goal. Winning 1-6. Think I could say semi-final here I come.

Could the mighty Harrogate Town really go all the way in the Champions League.

Today was just the day myself and the lads needed. We had our match mid afternoon today at 16:47. we were away to a team I met in my first season. We became friends on the game and have been keeping tabs on each other. We have had very contrasting seasons. Whilst I have been battling for the top spot all season he has been near the foot of the table. So as the game started we both sat there looking to see if he would create a league upset or whether I would be able to start my fight to overthrow Sport C Sotinco and win the league (who were playing an hour later than me).

We dominated from the moment we kicked off. shot after shot testing there defense and keeper to the max. In the 19th minute a wonderful run from Rooney opened them up and scored a magnificent solo effort. Just 4 minutes later a long range speculative effort from Carrick flew past the keeper to double our lead.we continued to bombard there goal but that was it for the 1st half.

2nd Half started basically the same as the 1st. So in the 60th minute it was no surprise to see that Yaya Toure let fly making it 0-3. 10 minutes later after a foul on Bale, Rooney let fly with a precise free-kick that was met by the massive leap and head of Cristiano Ronaldo. 0-4. That was how it stayed till the final whistle.

So that brings us to an Hour later the big match between 1st and 5th. I went to watch the match and ofcourse was praying for an away win by Szymek FC. It was an intense and nerve racking match to watch but I feel it was worth it to see if we could have stolen some points back on the leaders.

It was a close battle and the 1st half was slightly edged by the away team but it stayed 0-0. The leaders being at home came out fighting in the 2nd half. Then in the 55th minute a free-kick just outside the box was converted by there midfielder. 1-0. It looked like I may not make ground after all. But then out of nowhere 3 minutes later an eqauliser from another midfielder. The home side started to look on edge. But then 11 minutes later a goal by the AMC for the home side. It was finally looking like a win for the leaders but with just 4 minutes to go a corner and the striker rose up to head home. 2-2. Then the final whistle and a big smile was seen on my face as I left the ground.

So now after 18 matches I am just 3 points behind and its slowly looking like we may finally be able to catch up and get the title.

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Now just to focus on each game as they come and pray my CL run won't ruin my chance in the league.

This thread hasn't seen an update in a while, I tend post end of season stats and team sheets in my topic of this.

Yeah will have an update at the end of season

Getting close now, exciting to see if you managed to overtake him!

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Getting close now, exciting to see if you managed to overtake him!

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That was last season.

Oh, heh, didn't really check the date format.. Gone inactive since then?

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Oh, heh, didn't really check the date format.. Gone inactive since then?

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Still playing, Just never updated this thread and he has posted everything in the how are you doing thread.

Too bad, I liked his little updates in here. Reminded me of the LLM threads for FM with the personal touches.

There will be an update tomorrow most likely about how this level 3 season went

Ok guys sorry I didn't do any updates last season. Was focusing on a few things and forgot about it.

Season 3 Level 3 was a good season. The cup went better than expected we nearly made it to the knockout rounds but fell at the final hurdle.

We had a shock going out in the quarter finals of the CL and a bigger shock came when the runners up of my group stage actually won the competition.

The league on the other hand was amazing. We managed to capture the rare 26-0-0 record and even though we had a few scares we always found a way to come back and win.

Konrad Giel finished as the leagues top scorer by 4 goals after a season long battle for the golden boot with Ian Blackstone.

Blackstone took the MVP and top passer awards.

I will be much more active this season with updates.

Along with Harrogate Town I may use this thread to give updates on the Forum league team. They are the newly founded Harrogate FC.

Going to the start of this season. Harrogate Town made it through the first round of the cup on away goals 3-3.

Harrogate FC went through in there Newbie Cup aswell winning 2-1

Did you only just sell a player called Aytac Boz? If so, I'm fairly certain you're on my server!

Is the last pic the latest team? Think it needs an update!