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MAsterix85

No holiday, no simulated matches (not that there’s anything wrong with either, of course), extended highlights all the way through. I'm long-term sick / disabled and have pretty poor health so have a lot of time to play FM (which is basically my favourite thing to do, so I'm not in the least bit complaining!) Edit: spelling


RIDGOS

Do you sometimes forget some of the regens you’ve seen are not real ?


Soleil06

I always imagine the press conferences in long term saves like this. "Mr. Manager you just celebrated your 134th birthday and are now the confirmed oldest human to ever live. You just celebrated your 28th domestic treble, what gives you the drive to still compete at the top level?"


Lavidius

*points assertively* I don't have anything to say about that


DaAweZomeDude48

*Throws water bottle* *breaks several bones*


Intelligent-Week4119

Storms out slowly due to age


SemajNotlaw7

Followed immediately by “how do you feel about losing to Crewe in the 2025 Carabao cup 2nd round?”


MAsterix85

Haha brilliant! Too true...


gamedrifter

Football is life!


emmanem1892

Hope you recover soon.


MAsterix85

Thanks so much for your kind words, I really appreciate that :) But the best bit is that I will never recover :) It's chronic / lifelong, but that just makes me even more grateful to have been born in the first place, and to still be alive. This world is \*\*\*\*ing amazing, and I cherish being part of it every minutes of every day...and playing Champo almost all the time too, haha :) Edit: spelling


Shot-Shame9637

Great attitude king. Keep slaying ✨️


heldermakengo

Genuinely the first "slay king" I've ever heard/read iml. I'm incorporating this to my vocabulary.


CAPONE-N-NOREAGA

That’s amazing mate keep smashing it


dochilll

Hey, just wanna reach out and say you hella of a strong person. And you made me realize something about this life through your words. Thanks mate and lets do our best in life😁


MAsterix85

What beautiful words :) All the best mate ☮❤️🙃


lachiendupape

How Fucking awesome and inspiring, thank you!


MAsterix85

Also, someone else asked me to upload the save onto Google Drive, so here it is if anyone wants to have a look at the save: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d9llVOB9WzsZGxZqsmfpT6K7V95IdcuY/view?usp=drive\_link You'll notice my disabiluty is cognitive / to do with short term memory, so I remind myself of sone things using the title of the save, haha!


runescape73

When I do longer saves I like to try and break the most absurd club/league records and stuff to keep myself interested beyond the first few trophies, is there any absurd records that you've set over 100 seasons?


MAsterix85

In his first season, my new no. 9 scored 66 in 33 games in Serie A This guy: https://imgur.com/a/ImkgL4V


MAsterix85

I won 59 EPLs and 40 CLs with Wrexham, that was pretty fun.


MAsterix85

Someone asked, so just for anyone who's interested, this is an album of screenshots of the current league tables and winners of the past 30 years or so in the top European leagues. https://imgur.com/a/IpEgwSj


DramaticLavishness74

Keep your legend, king!


Brockelton

Can your Manager die or are you some old fuck now?


MAsterix85

You never die in FM. You can't age over 100, so either retire or stay 100 forever


kubiciousd

Which Premier League club is James Milner playing for these days?


icehawk2

Probably still in the youth team


Admiral_Atrocious

That's Jesse Lingard mate.


Hockeytown11

How's Heart of Midlothian doing?


MAsterix85

Since 2021, they've been the Scottish Cup winners six times, league runners up seven times (never won it) and won the League Cup six times. Won the UEFA Conference League in 2073 too :)


SunjoKojack

How have city rivals Hibernian matched up with that?


MAsterix85

Won the Prem in 2107 and 2109, Cup in 2106.


David-HMFC

Have Scotland done anything noteworthy?


MAsterix85

WC runners up in 2106, and Euros runners up in 2100. Won the Nations League in 2103 too.


Hockeytown11

*Smiles in HMFC fan*


SunjoKojack

I see you guys still haven’t won a league cup though…


MikeEhrmantraut420

How cooked is your computer?


MAsterix85

Haha, it's an M1 MacBook Pro Max with 64gb RAM so still runs like a dream.


MikeEhrmantraut420

Nice! I was doing a Curaçao nation building save that went on for about 20 years before it got bogged down. I’m going to buy a gaming laptop at some point so I can continue it


MAsterix85

The Silicon Macs are beyond ridiculous, so good. Mega pricey, obviously, but just absurdly quick.


hoffenone

If you go for the Air i wouldn't say they are that pricey. Still very powerful and better than pretty much everything else in the same price bracket if you are looking for ultra portable laptops.


MAsterix85

Yeah, this is two years old and the Airs weren't out then, only the Pros. Would probably go for an Air now, but this thing is just an absolute powerhouse. Pro / Max is very suitable nomenclature.


MAsterix85

Also, I think the Pro is the only one which you can upgrade ther RAM to 64GB, which I think is the main reason it still runs so fast.


EquivalentTurnip6199

your career has likely outlasted football as we know it. maybe even that's an understatement.


iamnotexactlywhite

he’s playing Galactic Football manager


Hasjasja

Football Manager: The Empire Strikes Back


JeanSneaux

Return of the Djed(Spence)i


Hasjasja

The Rise of (s)KyleWalker


xSEARLEYx

Sequels don't count. But A for effort


fifabing

I'd say his career has outlasted the rapture. What's football like after Christ's return?


MAsterix85

If only he ever existed I could let you know mate...


n22rwrdr

Did Belgium or a Belgian club win anything?


MAsterix85

Yeah, World Cup twice ('58, '82), runners up another four times, the Euros three times (runner up three times). I had a Belgian striker at Wrexham who won the Ballon d’Or five times too.


iamnotexactlywhite

holy shit, Belgium is stacked


BeneficialNewspaper8

2 worlds cups and 3 euros in a century isn't exactly stacked. Unless you're England


imfcknretarded

5 wins in 50 tournaments is definitely good for a country that's never won anything


EquivalentTurnip6199

probably do a decade sweep of all euros and world cups


ComfortableRefuse263

Where did Ronaldo and Messi go after retiring?


MAsterix85

I play with fake players and staff I’m afraid, so they’ve never existed.


burtsarmpson

Have never ever ever seen anyone doing this, how come you do? More immersive if you create a new world? Are the real life players from history still canon?


MAsterix85

That's it: I find it MUCH more immersive. It's \*MY\* game then, and only my game. And more of \*A\* game too, if you know what I mean? I can't go online and find out the best new wonderkids, I have to play it all from scratch, my way. Good choice of word: immersive :) Nothing wrong with playing it any other way though of course, this just works best for me :)


ItzRaphZ

The players are still the same, they just have fake names, you can figure out who is who easily if you know the players


kiersto0906

I was going to say, how would they keep the teams level consistent without just renaming each player lol


MAsterix85

Well they have coefficients / numerical rankings programmed for each team, their players' CAs / PAs, reputations / finances, and their likely youth intakes, all intended to keep a realisitc future to the game world.


Woo-Cash1900

Some of them yes, but mostly not, they're newgens.


MAsterix85

Correct afaik


Conditions21

Ronaldo's still playing. Messi has been frozen.


Xeniamm

Zlatan is a young prospect with a bright future it seems


Proto1801

Who owns Wrexham by then? I don’t doubt its still Ryan Reynolds since he ages at a different rate than the rest of us


MAsterix85

Oh they left literally in my first season! Made it more fun to do it without them though. Just some newgen owners now...


sbunting8

I also did a wrexham save and Reynolds sold like year 3. FM doesn't think he's sticking around I guess.


Cricketaficionado

Which "out of the norm" team/teams have won the English premier league?


MAsterix85

Well Wrexham are now the record 59 time winners (guess who my first club were!) and I basically didn't allow anyone else to win it for 60 years. The other winners in that time were surprising I guess: Sheffield United. They got taken over by an oil tycoon and were the second best team in Europe after me at Wrexham for a few decades. Fulham have also now been taken over by a sugar-daddy and often win the Prem / get beaten by my Inter team in the latter stages of the CL these days. Same thing happened at West Brom and they won the Prem twice.


given2fly_

As a Sheff Utd fan this warms my heart. The last long save I had was 2011 with Darlington, and after 35 years Sheff Utd had never been higher than midtable in the Championship. I even tried to help them out by overpaying for one of their players to help invest in the club, but to avail...


Lord-Roose-Bolton

Are people still driving cars?


Fire0Fart

Croatia and croatian clubs?


MAsterix85

Won the Euros once, runners up four times. Nothing in the WC. Dinamo Zagreb completely dominate in Croatia, but have never done anything in Europe.


GerrardIsOverated

Any luck for the Irish national team?


MAsterix85

Runners up in the Euros in 2096, that's all I'm afraid...


ser_david

I had the Irish national team win the WC in the 2030’s in a FM21 save so


Kuzco420

Stephen Kenny won 2022 WC in my save, best moment of my FM career


[deleted]

Did Chile win at least 1 Copa America


MAsterix85

Afraid not mate, it's literally just been Brazil, Argentina, Columbia and Uruguay.


[deleted]

Imo you should restart the save, it's clearly not worth it


Aggravating_Media_59

Very unrealistic


furleyfuchs

Stats of the best Player of all time


MAsterix85

A few to choose from, but my players have won basically every Ballon d'Or, so these are some of the best and their stats while they were with me. Ferdinando Alexandre, an AML I had at Wrexham: Played 490, Goals 207 Luis Beimer, AF(a): Pl 366, G 283 Lamine Te, AF(a): Pl 197, G 191 Jasper Jacobs, AF(a): Pl 295, G 271 Lukas Flender, AF(a): Pl 174, G 151 James Burgess, AML: Pl 487, G 250, A 238 (still an unemployed coach so can see his full career stats) Enes Yilmaz, my current AM(a): Pl 300, G 202, A 62 Charlie Laird, my current AF(a): Pl 56, G 95. ​ The last one is unreal. The best £210m I've ever spent. 66 goals in 33 games in his first season in Serie A. I've been playing Champo since the Italia '93 days, and he's literally the best player I've ever had in any. He's unstoppable. Someone asked for a screenshot, so it's at [https://imgur.com/a/ImkgL4V](https://imgur.com/a/ImkgL4V) if you want to see


R4mun

How long(in hours) does it take you to go through one season?


MAsterix85

Probably two full days. Like I said: I'm disabled / long-term sick and have pretty average health, so often just play Champo basically all day every day


Spanish-potato

Do you play as the same manager or when does it change? Are you supposed to be over 100 years old?


MAsterix85

Yeah just play as the same manager. You can play as long as you like.


YorkshireFudding

At this point, you're just a head in a jar on the touchline. You communicate with your players telepathically


ThanksverymuchHutch

Imagining it futurama style.


Dychetoseeyou

Aka Roy Hodgson


Not_Guardiola

How's Roy Hodgson doing with Palace?


BlueSwift442

How are Everton doing? Who are the dominant team in the top 5 leagues? (The top 5 leagues in this save, just to be clear if they have changed)


MAsterix85

Wrexham and Inter by miles (the two clubs I've managed). Everton have been ever presesnt in the PL - never higher than 4th never lower than 17th.


THEFLYINGLEMUR39

Honestly the most Everton thing i've heard lol


GratefulTree

How did Portsmouth end up? Can you post a picture of the best current player?


MAsterix85

Pompey got promoted to the Champs in 2029, yoyoed a bit then stayed in the Champs from 2041. Promoted to the Prem three times too, but went straight back down each time. Sure, happy to post a pic...how do I do that though?


IVgormino

you can use imgur to upload a screenshot and then post the imgur link


MAsterix85

Sure, I’ll do it after the Newcastle game or in the morning


MAsterix85

Best player is my current no. 9. The best £210m I've ever spent. 66 goals in 33 games in his first season in Serie A. I've been playing Champo since the Italia '93 days, and he's literally the best player I've ever had in any. He's unstoppable. https://imgur.com/a/ImkgL4V


cucumberphilosopher

What clubs did you manage?


MAsterix85

Wrexham 2021 - 2088, then Inter till 2121. Brazil for 2 and a half years (won the Copa America and WC then left), England for about six months (the players were boring so I just sacked it off)


perish-in-flames

What was the biggest surprise on a team doing well? Obviously one you didn’t manage. Biggest surprise on team that fell off?


MAsterix85

Man City did nothing while I was Wrexham manager...they've won the Prem a few times since I left though and even won the CL a few times while I was building Inter back up in the first few years after I left Wrexham.


rhntrfn

How is besiktas doing?


MAsterix85

Basically win the Super Lig every year, but nothing much in Europe other than runners up in the Conference League three times.


Curious_Librarian172

How is Feyenoord doing? Are they the topclub in the Netherlands?


MAsterix85

Oh yeah, they absolutely dominate the Eredivisie. Do pretty well in the CL too.


lavezz

Did Genoa win the 10th Serie A that we’re waiting now for exactly 100 years? (200 in your case)


MAsterix85

Afraid not mate, perennial top 8 team, but never top 1. That's normally reserved for my Inter :)


boxwell

People like you are gods of your own universe. We don't exist. We are just simulated in somebody else's football manager save.


Beneficial-Arm-7503

Did Brescia manage to get promoted to Serie A and maybe even getting a European qualification without Atalanta obliterating them in the process?


MAsterix85

They've been in Serie A three times, but straight back donw, and they've much more regularly been in Serie C (where they are currently). Atalanta are one of my biggest rivals in Serie A though...


9LivesChris

How is Bayern doing ?


MAsterix85

Basically never do anything but win the Bundesliga, lose to me in the latter stages of the CL most years but have won it three times (either while I was building Inter back up or actually having beaten me).


9LivesChris

So 100 years undefeated in the Bundesliga


MAsterix85

Not far off


Ez_io

Did any of the old records (pre 2010's) got broken ? Also how are Barcelona and Manchester united doing


MAsterix85

Barca occasionally win La Liga, and I just beat them in the final of the Europa League (I was 3rd in my CL group as I was messing about with new tactics!). They've only won La Liga six times since 2021, but they've only finished lower than 5th three times since 2021 too. Man U were victims of Wrexham's domination of the EPL, but other than one year when they finished 17th they've been pretty consistent in the top 10. 6th / 7th mostly. Which records do you mean? Basically every record got obliterated by me at Wrexham to be fair, but which specifically were you interested in?


Ez_io

Record such as top goal scorer in Pl, la Liga, did anyone came close to beat messi goal record in 2012, etc. Also sorry for asking this again but is la Liga dominated by real, atleti, etc or there is a team other than top 4 that have started to dominate the league.


MAsterix85

My new no.9 just got 72 goals in 37 games in his first seasonwith me at Inter, so pretty close to Messi's calendar year record, and definitely a Serie A record of 66 in 33. One of my strikers got 44 in a PL season, which is the new record. Real Madrid have dominated La Liga, yeah. Real Sociedad got bought out by a sugar daddie, so often challenged me in the CL for a few decades, but It's literally only been them, Real Madrid, Atleti and Barca since Valencia's 2003 team!


Severe-Strike-8579

What's the strangest thing that occurred in the save?


MAsterix85

Other than Wrexham winning the CL 40 times? Fulham, Sheffield United and Reading starting to dominate the Prem since I left is pretty odd I guess....


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MAsterix85

No nothing really. I've dominated world football so much with Wrexham and now Inter that nobody else has really had a look in unfortunately


[deleted]

How much slower does the game simulate/run in general that late in?


MAsterix85

My computer is an M1 MacBook Pro Max with 64gb RAM so still runs like a dream. Honestly, still really quick.


Bakrom3

How have Swansea been doing


MAsterix85

League 2 for two seasons but League 1 / Champs for the rest. In fact, they just got back to the Prem this year just gone, but were relegated straight away.


PrimeTait

How have Leeds United been doing? Did we finally manage to win something major?


MAsterix85

They've recently won the FA Cup twice in the last five years, but like all Prem clubs: had about a 50 year period where Wrexham just won every trophy going, so nothing much else. Been in the Prem the last 30 years though.


DDKTA

Did you ever see regens with the names of real players? E.g Wayne Rooney, Thierry Henry etc


MAsterix85

Can't think of any yet, no. Sorry mate.


EmbarrassedOwl908

Is Zlatan still playing?


MAsterix85

I start with fake players and staff I'm afriad mate, so he never even existed.


pewp3wpew

How did Werder Bremen do?


MAsterix85

Glad you asked! Mostly been in 2. Bundesliga, and just been relegated back there after one year up in the Bundesliga. The reason I say I'm glad you asked is that they're probably my next project!


Ok_Nectarine_8460

I see barca in a final i thought it was champions but no, it was europa. how they and Real been doing in all those year?


MAsterix85

Barca occasionally win La Liga, and I just beat them in the final of the Europa League (I was 3rd in my CL group as I was messing about with new tactics!). They've only won La Liga six times since 2021, but they've only finished lower than 5th three times since 2021 too. Real dominate La Liga and are often get beaten in the latter stages of the CL by me :)


ratachannel123

how's chile and copa libertadores doing?


MAsterix85

Chile are 38th in the world. What do you mean by how is the Cops doing, how reputable it is or...? Sorry for not understanding mate, let me know what you mean and I'll let you know :)


SirFrederickWindsor

Is your press officer Gaia Martin also 100 years old? Looks like a witch!


MAsterix85

Press Officers don't actually exist as real characters in the game, but it doesn't look like she exists in any sense, I'll give you that!


Wulffricc

Could you please upload the save file on google drive or any file sharing platform? I’d like to see how 100 years into the game feels


MAsterix85

Does this work? [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d9llVOB9WzsZGxZqsmfpT6K7V95IdcuY/view?usp=drive\_link](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d9llVOB9WzsZGxZqsmfpT6K7V95IdcuY/view?usp=drive_link) You'll notice I have a memory disability so remind myself using the title of the save, haha!


Colstee

Nice. I'm not getting through it anywhere near as quick as you but I'm still playing FM17, in the 2071/72 season currently. Love a long-term save, especially after all the familiar players retire. The world becomes an almost fantasy-esque football setting purely unique to yourself. Nobody else will ever think about the same fictional players you do. Nobody else will ever say "How have you missed that clear cut chance again Robert Henricot?" the same way I do during barren spells up front. Any notable rivalries you had with managers who are players irl currently?


MAsterix85

Completely agreed. So much so on fact that I actually start with fake players and staff to expedite getting to that fantasy-esque time! so can't answer your last question I'm afraid.


FilCarrets

How is serie a and did Italy win anything?


MAsterix85

Italy won the WC in the first year, then three times after. Considering that I now manage in Serie A - and have only not managed to at least reach the CL final seven times since I took over 30 years ago, having won it 15 times - Serie A's still a loooooong way behind the Prem in terms of coefficient / reputation. So much so that we often lose a CL spot in our league. Basically none of Juve / AC / Napoli do anything in Europe so seems like it's just left to me to keep Serie A relevant!? Edit: spelling.


gartoll

How are Greek teams doing? What are the weirdest things that happened in national tournaments?


MAsterix85

Greek Club teams have done nothing, national team were third in the '26 WC.


MAsterix85

Turkey won the WC in '46 and '54 - with Switzerland winning in between in '50!? - and Wales beat Columbia in the '94 Final (but I was Werxham manager for 60 years and won everything every year, so their Dynamic Youth Rating went through the roof and world football is still full of ridiculously talented Welsh teenagers!


HeftyStretch7031

Pls tell me the history of braga in your save


MAsterix85

Never relegated, almost never out of the top 6, but nothing in Europe except one win and three runners up in the Conference League.


Shlackyyyy

I’ll have a eulogy written soon


colinredwood

Which country has won the most world cups? The most I ever managed were 10 seasons in a save. Respect!


MAsterix85

Italy have now won it 8 times, the most of anyone.


Mysterious-Fun6868

Did Tottenham win a title? 😂


MAsterix85

Nope, Sp\*rs got relegated and yoyo between the EPL and Champs.


Conditions21

Hello fellow extended highlight enjoyer. Have Millwall won anything? Also, how good is your tactical knowledge of FM at this point in your opinion.


MAsterix85

It's the only way to play, surely!? I love FM for many readons, but chief among them is that I love watching football, especially football played the way I think it should be played, espeically when that is completely controlled by me! So why wouldn't I have extended on?! Glad to meet a fellow enthusiast. I've been playing Champo since the Italia '93 days, and I consider myself pretty good at the game. Not super talented or anything, but I have a pretty efficient / mathematical mind which lends itself pretty well to a numbers- / probability- / game theory-based game I think. I change tactics at elats every year just to try new things out - often multilpe times per year - and I like seeing how the mathematics inherent withing FM manifest during the matches. Lots of fun. Milwall have won sweet fa though I'm afraid. Their best in runner up in the Champs in 2117.


Conditions21

As a Millwall fan, I'll take that. Thank you for the response and I wish you all the best. I also love watching my players play else what's the point!


LaMeLoLeGuy

Did Germany win any world cups or Euro cups? Also how is 1. FC Köln doing? Thanks in advance!


MAsterix85

WC in '34 and '38, Euros in '52, '60, '72 and '76 See screenshot for Köln: https://imgur.com/a/OH9NCXU


martyornot

How is the best country? Did France win a lot?


MAsterix85

Honsetly it's been pretty split. No team's dominated by any means. France haven't even been to the WC Final since 2018 irl.


GODNiller

How is Benfica doing?


MAsterix85

Rarely ever out of the top 4 in Portugal - a couple of 7th / 8ths - but mostly top 2. Couple of runners up in Europa, but never done anything in the CL.


Garruk_PrimalHunter

The curse continues :'( what about the Portuguese national team?


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MAsterix85

Not something that bothers me mate :) I've had my fun, and I've just never been motivated by / needed that really


AbsoluteOatcake

mong


demon12th

When did you last get laid? Pathetic mate.


Quowe_50mg

How is the austrian league doing coefficient and reputation wise.


MAsterix85

Austria are 12th in the club coefficients and in terms of rep.


FancyPantsCam

St Johnstone won the UCL? Was that a fluke or are they actually good in the far flung future?


MAsterix85

Sugar Daddy. The Scottish Prem is full of sugar daddies for some reason?! Falkirk, St Johnstone, Rangers for a bit, Greeenock Morton...


GreyJonah

Your manager is immortal You should be 150 by now


MAsterix85

Yep, but any players / staff stop aging when they hit 100. My assistant was born in 1993 and is still by some distance the best in the world...they just stop getting older once they're 100 (as long as they don't retire).


GreyJonah

Not retiring = Key to immortality Noted


Tuga-represent

How's União de Leiria (from Portugal) doing?


MAsterix85

Only Liga 2 / 3 / Nacional Prio I'm afriad. 3 for the last 8 years.


orcodito

Have Juventus won a CL? How’s Cosenza doing?


MAsterix85

Yeah one, in '72 (they beat my Wrexham team in the Final!). Cosenze have bee yoyoing between Serie A / B / C, mostly B. Highest of 18th in A.


IVgormino

Any swedish clubs doing well and if you for some reason have swedish lower leauges loaded how is reymersholme doing? Knowing how gif sundsvall and östersund would also be nice and they apre probably still in first or second tier


MAsterix85

Afraid not on both counts, sorry mate.


anubion_XX

How did ireland/ irish teams do? Also how are things going for accrington Stanley


MAsterix85

No higher than League One, and been yoyoing between L1, L2 and National. Ireland were runners up in the Euros in '96


sventhegoat

2 things, how have arsenal done? And secondly, who has been your best player in the save?


MAsterix85

Best player is my current no. 9. The best £210m I've ever spent. 66 goals in 33 games in his first season in Serie A. I've been playing Champo since the Italia '93 days, and he's literally the best player I've ever had in any. He's unstoppable. Arsenal have been victim of my Wrexham monopoly of titles for 60 years, but have done alright since I left, own it 5 times, and even beat me on pens in the CL final 8 years ago!


Born_Competition6651

Did any of the big six in the premier league get relegated at some point? Which one is doing the worst?


MAsterix85

Sp\*rs got relegated in 2068 and have yoyoed since (if you count them as big six!) but no other big teams have been relegated I'm afraid.


JustMusic-YouTube

How croatian clubs played in Champions League?


MAsterix85

Nothing of any note I'm afraid mate. Wrexham / Inter have dominated anyway...


impassity

How is PSG / France doing ?