Lausanne Sport are Switzerland’s sixth most successful club with seven titles, yet, in recent times, Lausanne has become more famous for being the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Now here is where it gets tough, with zero transfer budget and the smallest wage bill in the second tier, can you establish Beziers in Ligue 2 or even win an historic promotion to Ligue 1. This is where our next challenge comes in, AS Beziers.įounded in 2007, this is the second attempt at establishing a football club in a Rugby mad city after the town’s original club AS Beziers Herault folded in 1990.Īt the end of the 2017-18 season the club won promotion to Ligue 2, the second tier of French football for the first ever time. In French sport, there exists a North/South divide, football dominates in Northern France, in Southern France, Rugby Union is dominant. With a population of just under 80,000 inhabitants and a stadium capacity of just 12,000, it will be tough. Can you lead Melilla to the Spanish top flight and see regular La Liga matches come to the continent of Africa? They play in the regionalised third tier of Spanish football in Division B4. UD Melilla is the club of the autonomous city of Melilla, a small Spanish enclave in North-West Africa which is surrounded by Morocco. However, there is a way to bring La Liga to another continent in a non-controversial manner. The controversial and eventually abandoned idea of a La Liga match between Girona and Barcelona in the United States horrified football supporters in Spain. With a transfer budget of £44k, a wage budget of £4k and a base in Edinburgh, one of the UK’s biggest cities, there is potential here.Ĭould you achieve promotion over a nine year or even quicker period from League Two to the Scottish Premier League joining fellow Edinburgh clubs Hearts and Hibernian? UD Melilla In 1986 fellow Edinburgh-based Scottish club Postal United were given approval by the social club to use the Edinburgh City name, thus being re-named Edinburgh City.Īfter two failed attempts to apply to join League Two, City finally made it to League Two after defeating East Stirlingshire in a promotion/relegation play-off in 2016. Originally founded in 1927, the original football club went out of business in 1955, however, continued to trade as a social club. To Scotland and our next challenge, Edinburgh City. With zero transfer funds and the lowest weekly wage budget in League Two can you keep ‘the Silkmen’ in the Football League? Edinburgh City
In real life, Spurs, Arsenal and England legend Sol Campbell has taken his first steps into management with ‘the Silkmen’. However, in the summer, disaster struck, as the man who orchestrated the promotion, John Askey, left to join third tier Shrewsbury Town.
The promotion was remarkable as it was reportedly achieved on what was considered the lowest budget in the division.
In 2017-18, Macclesfield were promoted back to the English Football League after a six season absence. Macclesfield Town are one of only two English Football League clubs based in Cheshire alongside Crewe Alexandra. With a wage budget of up to £500k per week available, the target has to be returning to the Bundesliga within a season, playing European football within four seasons and challenging Bayern Munich for the title within six seasons. However, last season, for the first time, they were relegated from the top flight in Germany. They were also a force domestically in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s with several famous players such as Kevin Keegan and Felix Magath. Hamburg SV are one of only three German teams to win the UEFA Champions League/European Cup. Why not avoid all that nonsense and treat yourself to a dive into the latest incarnation of Football Manager. Here are 15 ‘Off the beaten track’ challenges for the curious Football Manager gamer to try. Christmas can be a stressful time – packed shops, family rows over the Monopoly board, the same old ‘blockbusters’ on the television.
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