Hello Friends
Greetings from Canada and welcome to my FM 2011 story featuring Wrexham FC of the Blue Square Premier League where hopefully I’ll discover a new Ryan Giggs or Gareth Bale along the way.
Before I go on I’d like to thank all of you for your support over the last couple of months as I dealt with a family illness back in the UK. The situation is still continuing but there have been some positive signs recently.
Back to the game then. I decided on Wrexham as it seemed a little different and due to my skill level I didn’t really want to go to the absolute bottom to begin with. Here’s a look at the Team Selection screen
For this post I’ll begin with the preliminaries and first off is the database which obviously includes all English Leagues down to the BSP as well as Ireland as a view only
Here’s a brief look at Wrexhams history and although they have a good pedigree my objective will be to get them to the Premier League and to win at least one of the major trophies in due course
Wrexham play their home game at the Racecourse Ground with a capacity of 15,550 people so it will be interesting to see the attendance once the season starts. Thye have good training facilities and an adequate youth set up.
Brian Carey my Assistant Manager provided this team report which on first appearance seems to show a decent amount of players but I’m keen to explore this report further as well as my A.M’s attributes!
The Board of Directors were quite happy with a respectable league position but I wanted to prove I was ambitious and bravely told them that we would aim for promotion this season
Well that’s it for this post which was essentially just to lay the foundations for the story and to lay claim to a team as there’s a lot of activity already around the FM scene.
Thanks for reading.
Plobdork
9 ноября, 2010 at 18:55
looking forward 2 it always liked wrexham deep down :)
Kevin
9 ноября, 2010 at 21:28
Thanks Plobdork for being a Wrexham fan :)
Laxeyman
9 ноября, 2010 at 19:47
Glad to see you back Kevin, and I hope that everything is getting better.
Anyway, Wrexham is a good choice and I reckon it’ll be an interesting story. Good luck!
Kevin
9 ноября, 2010 at 21:29
Laxeyman
It’s good to be back and hopefully for a while if everything remains stable back home.
hils
9 ноября, 2010 at 19:48
Looking forward to this story!!!!!!!!!! Wrexham are a tough team to manage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kevin
9 ноября, 2010 at 21:30
Hey Hils
Thanks for the comment. I missed all the exclamation marks !!!!!!!!!
Johnny Karp
9 ноября, 2010 at 19:54
It seems like you have a solid foundation to build upon there, great stadium at this level and good facilities overall. The wage budget isn’t very high but you could still bring in a few good players. By the way, I found a promising young Welsh midfielder in my game, Shane Williams is his name, released by Birmingham. My assistant believes that he could be a good League Two midfielder in the future, an appealing prospect. Good luck!
Kevin
9 ноября, 2010 at 21:33
Hi Johnny
I think Wrexham should be a stronger team in real life than they actually are. I hope to attract a few bargains for sure, even some decent loans and thanks for the tip. I’ll be looking up our friend Ryan Carolan as well :)
fmfanatic
9 ноября, 2010 at 19:56
Good luck with Wreham! Promotion ight be a realistic goal. Really looking forward to your story.
fmfanatic.blogspot.com
Kevin
9 ноября, 2010 at 21:34
Hi there fmfanatic
I’m happy you are looking forward to this and I’ll try not to disappoint.
Ana Garcia
9 ноября, 2010 at 20:47
Good luck Kevin am glad things are looking up for you.
Interesting choice seems like a very old club being founded in 1872 but as Johnny said a really solid place to get going.
Should be interesting to follow and am already leaning as I didnt know Welsh teams were allowed in the English leagues! Dont Wales have a league of their own?
And are there any Scottish or Irish teams allowed? Sorry, my knowledge of the lower English leagues are really bad!!
But the best of luck and I look forward to reading. :)
Kevin
9 ноября, 2010 at 21:38
Ola Ana
Yes there are several Welsh teams including Swansea, Cardiff and Newport in the English set up. Wales has there own league as well. There are not any Irish or Scottish teams in the lower leagues as I guess they wanted to remain independent. I’m not sure of the history behind the Welsh inclusion but good question!
James
18 ноября, 2010 at 16:58
Celtic and Rangers (2 best teams in Scotland) applied to be in the premier league :)
Darren Smith
9 ноября, 2010 at 21:00
Hey Kevin, this should make for a really good challenge. Wrexham belong in League Two for sure and Im sure youll guide them well beyond! Goodluck mate and Im looking forward to your story. :)
Kevin
9 ноября, 2010 at 21:39
Hi Darren
Thanks for your support and I’m glad you like my choice of team.
David Wiggins
9 ноября, 2010 at 21:14
That’s a pretty good first team you have got there! Very surprised that board only thought they could achieve respectable position with them!
Kevin
9 ноября, 2010 at 21:41
Hi David
Yes it does look like a pretty good squad but I’m yet to go more in depth. The board surprised me too!
Sears
9 ноября, 2010 at 22:56
Hi Kevin,
I missed you while you were gone! I’m sure everyone did, so welcome back. As usual you’ve a interesting story in store for us, so I wish you all the best luck with that. Your stories are always great.
ps hope things with the family illness in the U.K will improve soon.
Kevin
10 ноября, 2010 at 16:48
Hi Sears
I missed being a regular contributor too. I’m glad you enjoy my stories and my intention is to make this a very long one. Thanks for your concern with my family.
Arjuna Kankipati
10 ноября, 2010 at 00:37
Hey Kevin,
I’m sure that you will be able to get promotion, your team is strong.
Arjuna
managerstoriesfootball.blogspot.com
Kevin
10 ноября, 2010 at 16:49
Hello Arjuna
Grettings from Toronto. Wrexham do look quite decent on the surface and thanks for your link as well.
Lye
10 ноября, 2010 at 06:15
Hi Kevin,
Wrexham have a good foundation of a club going big. They have a good stadium and decent youth facilities. What they are lacking is a good manager. Here you come, i am sure they will be a elite club soon.
Kevin
10 ноября, 2010 at 16:51
Hello Lye
I’m not sure about being elite but thanks for your words of confidence in me :)
Frank
10 ноября, 2010 at 07:59
Hi Kevin,
Good luck with Wrexham, they have some decent facilities for a low league team and with some decent signings you should achieve your objective of promotion
afootymanager.blogspot.com
Kevin
10 ноября, 2010 at 16:52
Hi Frank
Greetings from Canada. Thanks fro your comment and well wishes, oh and the link too!