Port Vale FC, a club with a record that nobody would ever want. They are the longest club to be in existence and to never play in the top flight. 113 season without top flight football for the second team in Stoke. The club's traditional rivals are Stoke City, and games between the two are known as the Potteries derby.Port Vale's highest Football League finish was fifth place in the second tier in 1930-31, whilst their best FA Cup finish saw them reach the semi-finals in 1953-54. In the 2023-24 season, they reached the quarter-finals of the League Cup for the first time.In 2023-24, Port Vale were relegated from league one to league two. That is where our story will begin, in Feb 2024, fighting for survival in league one. The end of this story will determine where I start my CM in FC 25 in a few weeks. Will we survive and start the FC 25 career in league one? Will we be relegated and have to start all the way down in league two and fight for promotion again? That is what we will play for over the next few weeks...

Creating your own live start point for this career. I love it. Man City put in League One as well, can't say I'm unhappy about that revelation 😉Are the mentioned stats for this season only? If so, it doesn't seem like this club holds on to their players that long. 35 games for the appearance leader? Crazy... Unless of course it's only for this season...As a Man United fan I obviously recognize Dan Gore and James Wilson from your current squad. Wilson seems to be a standout player for you, whilst Gore needs to step up. I like what I've seen from him in real life, so only playing 9 games without any goal involvements is a disappointing outcome for him.Maybe the same can be said about the loan player Alex Mighten. He's one I've scouted many times in FC24, just never found the right timing in order to sign him. Not familiar with him in real life though.Good luck with this, I look forward to see where this is going.

The stats are from this season only. I was thinking the same, they have a lot of players that arrived in 2023, I know the lower leagues usually have more movement but this seems excessive. For the live start, I wanted to do something these next two weeks so this was the idea that I came up with. It took a few times simulating a career and then looking for jobs of struggling teams. Lincoln City, Leyton Orient, and QPR were also considered but I liked the idea of fighting for survival and if I failed then I start in league two just like in real life.

It has been a good start. You are right about the games in hand. I just finished March (update coming tomorrow) and I have two games in hand over teams below. It will make for an interesting end to the season for sure.

It was very frustrating towards the end. No matter what tactic or approach I took, it was a draw. It was strange, I finished my season in April and the teams below me still had two games to play. It was a fun but nervous experience to simulate week by week and check the table to see if I was still safe. Yes, league one start for me in FC 25. A lot of changes to the team that I will be writing up soon.

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LABoog4
New Ace
11 months ago
JustinCase0110
Seasoned Ace
11 months ago
Creating your own live start point for this career. I love it. Man City put in League One as well, can't say I'm unhappy about that revelation 😉
Are the mentioned stats for this season only? If so, it doesn't seem like this club holds on to their players that long. 35 games for the appearance leader? Crazy... Unless of course it's only for this season...
As a Man United fan I obviously recognize Dan Gore and James Wilson from your current squad. Wilson seems to be a standout player for you, whilst Gore needs to step up. I like what I've seen from him in real life, so only playing 9 games without any goal involvements is a disappointing outcome for him.
Maybe the same can be said about the loan player Alex Mighten. He's one I've scouted many times in FC24, just never found the right timing in order to sign him. Not familiar with him in real life though.
Good luck with this, I look forward to see where this is going.
LABoog4
New Ace
11 months ago
The stats are from this season only. I was thinking the same, they have a lot of players that arrived in 2023, I know the lower leagues usually have more movement but this seems excessive.

For the live start, I wanted to do something these next two weeks so this was the idea that I came up with. It took a few times simulating a career and then looking for jobs of struggling teams. Lincoln City, Leyton Orient, and QPR were also considered but I liked the idea of fighting for survival and if I failed then I start in league two just like in real life.
LABoog4
New Ace
11 months ago
JustinCase0110
Seasoned Ace
11 months ago
Two wins and two draws, that's not a bad outcome from the first five games. Northampton away, sitting 8th, that has to be a signal win for this side, and beating Charlton was important with them just above you in the table currently.
Your rivals still have the advantage in terms of goal difference and one or two extra games left. But this start makes a promise of Port Vale to be on the path of survival.
LABoog4
New Ace
11 months ago
It has been a good start. You are right about the games in hand. I just finished March (update coming tomorrow) and I have two games in hand over teams below. It will make for an interesting end to the season for sure.
LABoog4
New Ace
11 months ago
LABoog4
New Ace
11 months ago
LABoog4
New Ace
11 months ago
JustinCase0110
Seasoned Ace
11 months ago
Only 2 defeats in 15 league games for Port Vale. A LOT of draws though. But avoiding defeat so often may have been the reason why the club ended above the relegation zone. A nervous end though, needing a good result from the Stevenage games to know your destiny. I'm sure there must have been a lot of Vale supporters at those Man City and Huddersfield Town games, haha. So it's a League One start in FC25, I reckon. Looking forward to see how you'll approach this.