Season 8 will begin tomorrow and the push for the title begins. Chairman is going big (ish).
Gaming FM 24 Experiment: Redcafe FC
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Neil Ruddock?
Fatman Jones.
Appreciate the recognition chaps. I'll tell Olise all about it when we next hang out.
Season 8
Here it is then. The first season in the CL for Redcafe FC. After winning two trophies last season, the EFL cup and Europa League, can they add another and enter the promised land? I thought Saka might leave Arsenal and open up an opportunity for the title as there is interest from PSG but he's stuck by them so far. The chairman heeded the call for defensive recruitment and went big, purchasing established England International Levi Colwill in a 58m deal. He's one of the best CBs of his age group in this save and is versatile across that backline. Top 4 is predicted for the club so they're now expected to be a CL club for the forseeable future.
They've added in various areas of the squad this summer, Larsson and Braybrooke return on permanent deals after spending a few seasons at the club on loan with Tah and Akhomach on low value deals. The other signings are newgens.
Capacity of the stadium has increased to 35k and they're in line with other PL clubs on the stadium front.
SR Wilder has moved to Sociedad and has 2 goals in his first 4 appearances for the club. Carlos has moved to Valencia and also has 2 goals in his first 4 appearances for the club!
It was a crap World Cup for everyone. Brazil lost to Norway in the 2nd Round. Netherlands lost to eventual winners France in the Last 16. England lost to France in the QF.
Finances
Bank Balance: 546,737,649
Club Balance: 200,000,000
Transfer Balance: 85,000,000
Wage Budget: 2,000,000
Facilities
Training Facilities: 20
Youth Facilities: 15
Junior Coaching: 15
Youth Recruitment: 12
Stadium
Capacity: 35,000
Avg attendance: 23,324
Here it is then. The first season in the CL for Redcafe FC. After winning two trophies last season, the EFL cup and Europa League, can they add another and enter the promised land? I thought Saka might leave Arsenal and open up an opportunity for the title as there is interest from PSG but he's stuck by them so far. The chairman heeded the call for defensive recruitment and went big, purchasing established England International Levi Colwill in a 58m deal. He's one of the best CBs of his age group in this save and is versatile across that backline. Top 4 is predicted for the club so they're now expected to be a CL club for the forseeable future.
They've added in various areas of the squad this summer, Larsson and Braybrooke return on permanent deals after spending a few seasons at the club on loan with Tah and Akhomach on low value deals. The other signings are newgens.
Capacity of the stadium has increased to 35k and they're in line with other PL clubs on the stadium front.
SR Wilder has moved to Sociedad and has 2 goals in his first 4 appearances for the club. Carlos has moved to Valencia and also has 2 goals in his first 4 appearances for the club!
It was a crap World Cup for everyone. Brazil lost to Norway in the 2nd Round. Netherlands lost to eventual winners France in the Last 16. England lost to France in the QF.
Finances
Bank Balance: 546,737,649
Club Balance: 200,000,000
Transfer Balance: 85,000,000
Wage Budget: 2,000,000
Facilities
Training Facilities: 20
Youth Facilities: 15
Junior Coaching: 15
Youth Recruitment: 12
Stadium
Capacity: 35,000
Avg attendance: 23,324
Worst WC ever..
International football is really dumb in the game. Norway won the WC 2026 despite struggling to qualify for major tournaments in real life purely because of Haaland and Odegaard factors.
I'm sure I've seen sims where Ireland win it pretty early on as well.
It is only a small indie game though!
We are big time now.
Do you think we should leave to join teams on our level?
They'd kill me if I left again
Perhaps they'll give you a reason to stick around....Redcafe FC sit atop of the PL on January the 1st and they look good for it. Most wins, most goals and on par with City as the club with the most possession. Arsenal who were the golden club have fallen off a cliff and are in 6th place, 13 points behind. They have a great opportunity to capitalise and win the title, or at the very least be seriously challenging at the end of the season. Poor Hobbers has been out with a major injury but the club have a new Norwegian ST called Bogan who has replace him in the side during his spell on the sidelines and they haven't missed him much.
Elstob decided that now he's won the EFL Cup he doesn't care about it. Out in the 3rd Round. He played a fully rotated squad and none of the Caf crew were involved in the game.
CL is going well too. 5 wins and 1 draw and in 2nd place in the table behind Arsenal who have the same record.
SR Wilder is enjoying life in Spain. 5 goals and 1 assist in La Liga and he's the highest rated player over there so far. Carlos is also playing much better. 9 goals and 3 assists in La Liga - 2nd in the Golden Boot race.
Finances
Bank Balance: 546,737,649
Club Balance: 134,304,718
Transfer Balance: 68,382,220
Wage Budget: 2,025,176
Facilities
Training Facilities: 20
Youth Facilities: 18
Junior Coaching: 15
Youth Recruitment: 12
Stadium
Capacity: 35,000
Avg attendance: 27,307
Bank Balance: 546,737,649
Club Balance: 134,304,718
Transfer Balance: 68,382,220
Wage Budget: 2,025,176
Facilities
Training Facilities: 20
Youth Facilities: 18
Junior Coaching: 15
Youth Recruitment: 12
Stadium
Capacity: 35,000
Avg attendance: 27,307
@altodevil any changes?
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YF down to 10, YR down to 10
Finances
Bank Balance: 803,737,679
Club Balance: 134,304,718
Transfer Balance: 68,382,220
Wage Budget: 2,025,176
Facilities
Training Facilities: 20
Youth Facilities: 10
Junior Coaching: 15
Youth Recruitment: 10
Stadium
Capacity: 35,000
Avg attendance: 27,307
Bank Balance: 803,737,679
Club Balance: 134,304,718
Transfer Balance: 68,382,220
Wage Budget: 2,025,176
Facilities
Training Facilities: 20
Youth Facilities: 10
Junior Coaching: 15
Youth Recruitment: 10
Stadium
Capacity: 35,000
Avg attendance: 27,307
Done.
You had a really really shit Jan. Lost in the FA Cup 3rd Round to Brentford and lost and drew in your last two CL games. I won't tell you the league results. Luckily your good form in the CL meant you still qualified for the Last 16...in 8th place. Scraped it.
It won't let me view the 1st Leg match report.
Draws are for chumps.
Perhaps they'll give you a reason to stick around....Redcafe FC sit atop of the PL on January the 1st and they look good for it. Most wins, most goals and on par with City as the club with the most possession. Arsenal who were the golden club have fallen off a cliff and are in 6th place, 13 points behind. They have a great opportunity to capitalise and win the title, or at the very least be seriously challenging at the end of the season. Poor Hobbers has been out with a major injury but the club have a new Norwegian ST called Bogan who has replace him in the side during his spell on the sidelines and they haven't missed him much.
Elstob decided that now he's won the EFL Cup he doesn't care about it. Out in the 3rd Round. He played a fully rotated squad and none of the Caf crew were involved in the game.
CL is going well too. 5 wins and 1 draw and in 2nd place in the table behind Arsenal who have the same record.
SR Wilder is enjoying life in Spain. 5 goals and 1 assist in La Liga and he's the highest rated player over there so far. Carlos is also playing much better. 9 goals and 3 assists in La Liga - 2nd in the Golden Boot race.
Well then. Tomorrow all will be revealed.
Easy stuff.
Classic. Is this the debut?
Sadly no, I missed that. He has 6 caps now. Mourinho was sacked and Ralph (Formerly of Southampton took over) gave him his first caps. It was his first goal though.
Elstob does make some strange signings at times.
Solinho might be getting released for poor music choices
We need City to lose 
Partridge best of the beatles meme
Season 8 End
The Club
It's hard to create suspense from here because City have a game in hand due to scheduling issues.
City lost their game in hand so it made the last game a dead rubber! Redcafe FC become Champions of England for the first time. Dreams are made.
They did it. The PL dream has been reached. They went all out on it and the plan succeeded. A pretty trash season on other fronts, as they lost in both early rounds of the domestic cups and exited Europe in the Last 16 stage but that's fine, because they won the bloody PL. They managed to fire in the most goals all season and now top the possession charts too so it's all coming together on the playstyle front too. They topped the charts for points per game, goals per game, goals, xG, headers won ratio, non penalty xG, dribbles made, dribbles per game, high intensity sprints, blocks, and possession won. They still don't top the defensive charts but they have improved. They only conceded 45 this season. Newcastle topped the list with 36. Colwill, despite being rated highly hasn't played that well for them. The attacking stats are quite dominant though and they really can step up and make sure they do it back to back.
The Manager
@Stobzilla
The main man. Two time PL MOTY. It couldn't be anyone else after he leads the club to their first PL within 10 years of the club existing. What an achievement! It only took 6 wonderkids to propel him up the table but we won't mention that...too much. After that win he's made his way into the English Hall of Fame. I suppose that shows just how terrible English managers have been eh? He's spent 750m in total on players now, nearing that billion mark. Some of his transfers though are questionable. On two or three occasions in the last few seasons he has purchased an over 30 player for c. 10m+ and then never played them. Thankfully they have managed to recoup the transfer fee for those players! He's had another wage boost. Up to 67k now. Still surprised that another club hasn't come in for him. When the save ends I will sim 5, 10 and 20 years into the future and let you know what happens to him.
It's hard to create suspense from here because City have a game in hand due to scheduling issues.
City lost their game in hand so it made the last game a dead rubber! Redcafe FC become Champions of England for the first time. Dreams are made.
They did it. The PL dream has been reached. They went all out on it and the plan succeeded. A pretty trash season on other fronts, as they lost in both early rounds of the domestic cups and exited Europe in the Last 16 stage but that's fine, because they won the bloody PL. They managed to fire in the most goals all season and now top the possession charts too so it's all coming together on the playstyle front too. They topped the charts for points per game, goals per game, goals, xG, headers won ratio, non penalty xG, dribbles made, dribbles per game, high intensity sprints, blocks, and possession won. They still don't top the defensive charts but they have improved. They only conceded 45 this season. Newcastle topped the list with 36. Colwill, despite being rated highly hasn't played that well for them. The attacking stats are quite dominant though and they really can step up and make sure they do it back to back.
The Manager
@Stobzilla
The main man. Two time PL MOTY. It couldn't be anyone else after he leads the club to their first PL within 10 years of the club existing. What an achievement! It only took 6 wonderkids to propel him up the table but we won't mention that...too much. After that win he's made his way into the English Hall of Fame. I suppose that shows just how terrible English managers have been eh? He's spent 750m in total on players now, nearing that billion mark. Some of his transfers though are questionable. On two or three occasions in the last few seasons he has purchased an over 30 player for c. 10m+ and then never played them. Thankfully they have managed to recoup the transfer fee for those players! He's had another wage boost. Up to 67k now. Still surprised that another club hasn't come in for him. When the save ends I will sim 5, 10 and 20 years into the future and let you know what happens to him.
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Redcafe FC Players
@Heine
Enter your Ballon d'Or, GOAL50 and European Men's Player of the year 2030, Heine Fecking Ken! What a year/season it's been for the long haired Dutchman who has officially become the best player in the save so far. He has won the top domestic and individual trophy and finished top with Saka as the highest rated player in the PL. Sad for him that it couldn't be a clean sweep of individual awards but he can be proud of what he's achieved in his short career so far. At club level it should be a bit of more of the same please and step up a tad in the CL so they can push for that! He's now reached 100 league goals for Redcafe FC. His Netherlands side had a poor WC but they're getting back to business with two wins in Euro Qualifying, can he add to his impressive domestic record on the International scene in the near future?
@The Cat
Another great season for Catman. He's steadily improved each year in the PL and he's now competing with Heine Ken again as the most productive wide forward at the club after Heine took over that position a tad in recent years. The injury set Catman back in the Championship but he's been relatively clear since then with only a few minor problems. He's closing in on 100 league goals, 100 league assists and 100 league MOTM awards for the club as he's sitting in the high 80s for each. It's a possibility that he reaches 100 in each next season. I will keep an eye on that. His Welsh side aren't involved in the Euro Qualifying matches...why? Scotland and Wales are hosting so we will possibly get all Cafe players at the Euros!
@Solius
Another top season for the Brazilian runaway and he's won some individual awards that I never knew existed. He's been named the Brazilian Olympic Committee POTY and Best Brazilian Europe-based Player. Nice one as Vini is still around and they have Estevao and Endrick coming up (similar age). He's fought back from that Palace blip and got his 50th league goal for the club this year. The style of the club is reflected in the assist charts too, with Sol and Seb Sheep both in the top 3 assisters in the PL but it was Sol who came in as the winner with 12 assists in total and achieving the most assists in the PL season of any player. Top work. 14 goals and 15 assists in all competitions for him is a tad ridiculous for a CM and he is making a claim at becoming one of the best CMs to ever grace the league. This year he made the PL TOTY.
@sebsheep
Unlike Milan, Seb isn't the only main man in town, but he quietly goes about his business and gets the job done. Back in the England squad and closing on 300 league appearances across his career. Though Heine Ken was named European Men's POTY, Seb did manage to pick up 3rd place in the award which is impressive due to the onus placed on forwards in the awards. Along with Sol he's staking his claim as one of the best CMs to grace the PL and just fell short on the assist front to him. He was one upped on both goals and assists in all comps too but with 26 in all competitions he's got the minerals to achieve anything.
@harms
I feel so proud of him. He's made his England debut and he has his first international goal....and his first International red card. Beautiful. Or as he is described by the media...'Cultured'! It took him a tad longer than the others to develop but he's worked hard to make it to that level and he deserves it. Consistency is a bit of an issue for him though as it's actually been a pretty poor season for the standards he's set. His average rating and goals have dipped and he didn't even finish outright winner of the yellow card award! More goals needed next season.
@hobbers
A rough season for Hobbers. He tore his hamstring so missed a couple of key games in the CL and PL for the club and didn't finish top scorer in the league for once because of it - Heine took that honour. He still managed to grab 17 goals so without injury it could have been a year where he got over 20 and competed for the Golden Shoe again. Unfortunate for him. His Scotland side are going to be in the Euros next Summer and he's already got pedigree on the International scene so he will be aiming to get another top goalscorer award there. He's been named as the vice-captain for Scotland behind Billy Gilmour.
@Heine
Enter your Ballon d'Or, GOAL50 and European Men's Player of the year 2030, Heine Fecking Ken! What a year/season it's been for the long haired Dutchman who has officially become the best player in the save so far. He has won the top domestic and individual trophy and finished top with Saka as the highest rated player in the PL. Sad for him that it couldn't be a clean sweep of individual awards but he can be proud of what he's achieved in his short career so far. At club level it should be a bit of more of the same please and step up a tad in the CL so they can push for that! He's now reached 100 league goals for Redcafe FC. His Netherlands side had a poor WC but they're getting back to business with two wins in Euro Qualifying, can he add to his impressive domestic record on the International scene in the near future?
@The Cat
Another great season for Catman. He's steadily improved each year in the PL and he's now competing with Heine Ken again as the most productive wide forward at the club after Heine took over that position a tad in recent years. The injury set Catman back in the Championship but he's been relatively clear since then with only a few minor problems. He's closing in on 100 league goals, 100 league assists and 100 league MOTM awards for the club as he's sitting in the high 80s for each. It's a possibility that he reaches 100 in each next season. I will keep an eye on that. His Welsh side aren't involved in the Euro Qualifying matches...why? Scotland and Wales are hosting so we will possibly get all Cafe players at the Euros!
@Solius
Another top season for the Brazilian runaway and he's won some individual awards that I never knew existed. He's been named the Brazilian Olympic Committee POTY and Best Brazilian Europe-based Player. Nice one as Vini is still around and they have Estevao and Endrick coming up (similar age). He's fought back from that Palace blip and got his 50th league goal for the club this year. The style of the club is reflected in the assist charts too, with Sol and Seb Sheep both in the top 3 assisters in the PL but it was Sol who came in as the winner with 12 assists in total and achieving the most assists in the PL season of any player. Top work. 14 goals and 15 assists in all competitions for him is a tad ridiculous for a CM and he is making a claim at becoming one of the best CMs to ever grace the league. This year he made the PL TOTY.
@sebsheep
Unlike Milan, Seb isn't the only main man in town, but he quietly goes about his business and gets the job done. Back in the England squad and closing on 300 league appearances across his career. Though Heine Ken was named European Men's POTY, Seb did manage to pick up 3rd place in the award which is impressive due to the onus placed on forwards in the awards. Along with Sol he's staking his claim as one of the best CMs to grace the PL and just fell short on the assist front to him. He was one upped on both goals and assists in all comps too but with 26 in all competitions he's got the minerals to achieve anything.
@harms
I feel so proud of him. He's made his England debut and he has his first international goal....and his first International red card. Beautiful. Or as he is described by the media...'Cultured'! It took him a tad longer than the others to develop but he's worked hard to make it to that level and he deserves it. Consistency is a bit of an issue for him though as it's actually been a pretty poor season for the standards he's set. His average rating and goals have dipped and he didn't even finish outright winner of the yellow card award! More goals needed next season.
@hobbers
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Other Players
@Enigma_87
Wilder will be wishing that he left City sooner. He's back playing club and Internaional football and racking up the goals and assists while he's at it. He had a superb CL campaign and has the most POTM in the competition and the 2nd highest rated after Kvaratskhelia. In La Liga he was the 5th highest rated player. He managed to get 17 goals and 6 assists over the course of this season from out wide and was comfortably Sociedads best player. They only finished 8th this season though so won't be involved in Europe next year but if he performs at the same level it would be surprising if they don't get it next year / he doesn't get a big move again.
@TheReligion
Apparently La Liga is where people should go if they want to reignite their careers! Carlos has also had a nice resurgence as a player with a full season of first team football for the first time since his Chester days! He did well too, scoring 14 goals and getting 6 assists in La Liga and adding 7 goals to that in the EL and 1 in the Copa. I reckon he's probably in line to get a Brazil cap soon. He's also done enough to warrant Spurs interest again. I think he should probably stay at Valencia. They finished 4th this season so will be in the UCL and he's their clear starter. Spurs are only a EL club.
@Enigma_87
Wilder will be wishing that he left City sooner. He's back playing club and Internaional football and racking up the goals and assists while he's at it. He had a superb CL campaign and has the most POTM in the competition and the 2nd highest rated after Kvaratskhelia. In La Liga he was the 5th highest rated player. He managed to get 17 goals and 6 assists over the course of this season from out wide and was comfortably Sociedads best player. They only finished 8th this season though so won't be involved in Europe next year but if he performs at the same level it would be surprising if they don't get it next year / he doesn't get a big move again.
@TheReligion
Apparently La Liga is where people should go if they want to reignite their careers! Carlos has also had a nice resurgence as a player with a full season of first team football for the first time since his Chester days! He did well too, scoring 14 goals and getting 6 assists in La Liga and adding 7 goals to that in the EL and 1 in the Copa. I reckon he's probably in line to get a Brazil cap soon. He's also done enough to warrant Spurs interest again. I think he should probably stay at Valencia. They finished 4th this season so will be in the UCL and he's their clear starter. Spurs are only a EL club.
Top assister in a PL winning season. I'll take that. Congrats all!
You guys need better agents. Those wages
They stay because of the future transfer I think. No new contracts.You guys need better agents. Those wages
Yeah. Since they don't naturally progress what I have been doing is get the average of other players in the squad wage and make it that. Otherwise they would stick at the original 2k wage.
Could change that though and make it in line with top players instead as you all are BPITW material at this stage.
Been a good test run so far as to how to change things next time/make it more challenging.
Nah, leave them all in poverty.
No I need the cash
Careful. We can always unionize.
We are rocking now.