Alright, so this page is all about the area and club, both in real life and in game.
Where Varberg is…
For anyone that doesn’t know, Varberg is on the west coast of Sweden about an hour south of Sweden’s second largest city Göteborg. Small coastal town popular with tourists from Denmark, Norway and Germany in the summer months, it is known well for its fortress which was built in the 13th Century.
As for the club, they go under the name Varbergs Boll och Idrottssällskap (Varbergs ball and sports society) and start out life in FM 2011 in the Swedish 4th tier called ‘Division 2 Södra Götaland’. Confusing I know. In real life, Varbergs BOIS have actually just been promoted as champions of their respective division and are now in ‘Division 1 Södra’, which is the 3rd tier. Congratulations to them, hope they can follow in my foot steps ;).
Their main rivals are Varbergs GIF. Although not as good, residing in the lower leagues of Swedish football, they are currently the most successful club in Varberg and have reached the ‘Division 1 Elite’ (Swedish 2nd tier) a couple of times in their history.
The BOIS play their football at ‘Påskbergsvallen’
It may not look like much, but this ground has been used by some very prestigious clubs including; Manchester City , Leeds United , FC Barcelona , SS Lazio , FC Internazionale, Portugal and if you can remember more recently, England’s national side along with Fulham who played here on their summer tour.
So, in game now then! Here I just wanted to give you a couple of screenshots from the original save and of my save so you can compare the two and see how far the club has come in the time I have been in charge :)
Overview
Then:
As you can see, there isn’t much going on here.. Not even one favoured personnel?
Now:
Thats more like it! By now I had reached ‘Legend’ status at the club which was brilliant! Couple of the names on there you will be familiar with if you read through my story and were top class players for us over the years, the likes of Bassey who is now at Villarreal and Kuparinen who is at Panathinaikos are included in those. Our value has shout up too! From a mere £35k to a whopping £35M which is great for a club like us. The loan debt was taken out to pay for our new stadium. At the moment it isn’t much of a burden to pay back as we still make a profit most months.
Facilities
Then:
Again, pretty poor. Everything is in the ‘basic’ category which isnt brilliant.
Now:
Moved into a new stadium with under-soil heating and a better capacity to meet the demand. Have upgraded the stadium a lot since it was built though, think we have added around 12-13,000 seats which isn’t half bad. Happy with the facilities aswell which are all the best I can get. Training facilities are getting upgraded further as we speak which will do wonders for the development of my players but we dont have the money to be injecting it into improving the other parts of the club (as much as I want to..). Always looking to upgrade these, hopefully can get everything maxed out by the time im done :)
Go to the next page to view the members of the current squad…
Johnny Karp
2 мая, 2011 at 15:12
Excellent post Jake, it is long but I loved reading it. This is one of my favourite stories from the forum and I am proud to have it on the main site now. Now give us that bloody Champions League! :)
Excessive
2 мая, 2011 at 19:11
Thanks Johnny :)
I’ll be fighting to the bitter end don’t worry!
CsAtlantis
2 мая, 2011 at 15:45
Feels like I’ve read this before, but you seem to have done a good summary, will be good to keep track of your progress in the Champions League from here, only goal to reach now is success in Europe! :D
Good luck Jake, Liverpool will be a good challenge for your team
Excessive
2 мая, 2011 at 19:12
Haha.. You might just have mate ;)
They are a really good side with some amazing regen’s. It will be tough, but you never know what we are capable of..
Timmy
2 мая, 2011 at 15:58
Wow,you are really great,never see your story(sorry)
like your writting style,clean and neat
and just want to ask,how can you be stay on one club more than 10 years?(i can’t stay on the same club more than 5 years)
goodluck on your Varbergs and Uruguay
:)
Excessive
2 мая, 2011 at 19:14
Cheers Timmy, always great to get some new support! :)
Well, my heart has been at this club since day one so my desire to do well is there. Don’t want to give it up until they are the best club in the world :)
Laxeyman
2 мая, 2011 at 17:09
Great to see you posting on the main site Jake, your story in the forums was great and I’m sure it’ll be even better now. I didn’t know you’d won the Europa League, so congratulations on that :) Looking forward to seeing how you get on the Champions League, good luck!
Excessive
2 мая, 2011 at 19:16
Hey Laxey! Long time since I have seen you :)
Yeah, i know you were away for a while but you missed quite alot on all the stories. Luckily we had a bit of success since you went.
Thanks mate, ill try and do us proud.
Stromson
2 мая, 2011 at 17:11
Woot, onto the main site! I’m familiar with the progress, but that was a great summary of your success (I really like the «before» and «after» shots)! Can’t wait to see where you take the team from here, and I’m looking forward to some Champion’s League glory!
Excessive
2 мая, 2011 at 19:27
Hey Jon :).
Haha yeah, I know you are.. Hope it is in the next few years. Fingers crossed! :D
Darren Smith
2 мая, 2011 at 18:00
Welcome to the team Jake, great to have you on board. A very nice introduction that will get everyone up t speed too. You have a promising squad and amazing history since taking over. You’ve transformed the club in style. The home grown players rule seems to have held you back a little, but with time the Champions League will be yours! ;)
Excessive
2 мая, 2011 at 19:43
Thanks for the support Darren, much appreciated :).
I would put it more down to my players than myself, they have been brilliant. Especially with this Home Grown rule..
Just need to keep improving those facilities.. The Champions league is next! ;)
Sayam Khan
2 мая, 2011 at 20:37
Hi Jake, You have done an outstanding job with this team. It’s pretty cool your grandfather designed the stadium for this team. It’s amazing how much patience you had with your team. By the way, what year are you in?
Excessive
2 мая, 2011 at 20:49
Thanks Sayam :)
At the moment the date is: 1st January 2025!
daniel
2 мая, 2011 at 21:11
Congrats on making it to the main site Jake and although i didnt read it the post to every little detail i extensively read through every page :) and from what I can see its a very good story and i cant wait to read your future posts. You have also managed something i havent done since fm 2007 which is make it to 2025
Excessive
2 мая, 2011 at 22:25
Thanks Dan!
Well done for getting through most of it mate, I wouldnt have bothered myself ;)
Haha, its been a long, hard slog but I am finally through most of it. Might be somewhere around 2040 before I get to win the Champions League..
daniel
3 мая, 2011 at 00:30
haha dont worry i predict 2028 then you will win it but what wull you do after that will you carry on or make a new save
Excessive
3 мая, 2011 at 01:11
Probably going to be closer to 2040 I think ;).
Haha, well I’ll be trying to win the world cup with Sweden..
Have to also:
— Get over 19 league titles
— Get over 15 league cups
— Max out facilities at the club
— Leave the club in a state of European dominance.
We are quite a way off all of that yet so there are still atleast 10 seasons in it yet!
JamesBush
2 мая, 2011 at 21:21
Forget making it to the main site, that stadium name is a mouthful!
Jokes Jake, well done and Congratulations :)
Excessive
2 мая, 2011 at 22:26
Haha, I know mate! SI are so inventive with their stadium names.. ;)
Thanks James, i’m glad you enjoyed it!
Billy
2 мая, 2011 at 22:33
Great to see you move from the forum to here
Good Luck with it
Excessive
2 мая, 2011 at 22:41
Cheers Billy :D
Ana Garcia
2 мая, 2011 at 22:36
Welcome to the team Jake!
One of my favourite stories so I know whats going on!! :)
I look forward to see if you can win the champions league, it will be fantastic if (or when! ;)) you do!!
Good luck!!
Excessive
2 мая, 2011 at 22:43
Thanks Ana :)
Haha i know that you have been following, thanks for your support!
Will try and win that Champions League trophy sooner rather than later.. Might be the later, though. We just don’t have the quality at the moment.
Alex
3 мая, 2011 at 00:09
Welcome to the main site, I’ve seen your forum story, it was very popular :D
You have brought this squad a long way, last year you even had European success, time for Champions League glory :). If your games against Barcelona were a knockout round, you would’ve won!
Excessive
3 мая, 2011 at 01:15
Hey Alex, was nice to see you following the forum post. Thanks for your support :)
If only mate! Will be a few seasons yet, but we will get there in the end :D
Kevin
3 мая, 2011 at 00:13
Hi Jake
Welcome to the main page and it’s look like you have a great career going here :)
Excessive
3 мая, 2011 at 01:18
Cheers Kev, I hope it’s decent enough for everyone to enjoy it! :)
hils
3 мая, 2011 at 18:46
Hi Jake,great post there!!!!!!!! You have got a good career going for you!!!!!!!!! Good luck!!!!!!!!!!
Excessive
3 мая, 2011 at 19:38
Thanks Hills!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BrainKiller
4 мая, 2011 at 09:44
Congrats on getting to the main site! Enjoyed reading your post, and CL glory is coming soon! I can smell it!
Excessive
4 мая, 2011 at 11:16
Cheers BK, I hope so too :D!