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Football Management Simulator (Soccer LitRPG)

Football Management Simulator (Soccer LitRPG)

by D.N. Newyn

ComedyMysteryContemporarySlice of LifeLitRPGProgressionStrategyComedyMale Lead
Rising Stars:Contemporary #50Mystery #50
Shadow rank ~1271–1351 in Comedy

Jamie Harrington used to be a defender you could rely on, until the match-fixing scandal that ended his career and relationship like a rogue corner kick. Seven years and one ban later, he’s just another ex-pro flipping steaks on a rusted grill, pretending not to watch football (soccer) highlights through the neighbor’s window. When his brother, now a Premier League star, drags him into coaching a struggling Tier 7 side, Jamie expects nothing but mud and bad pitches. What he doesn’t expect is the game. Not the game. His literal video game. The old Football Management Simulator he’s been playing to kill time starts bleeding into reality. He sees player stats above heads, morale bars hovering like ghosts, and form graphs in real time. And they’re accurate. Now, for the first time in years, Jamie’s got an edge. A disgraced defender turned reluctant manager, a small-town club on the brink of collapse, and a gift that shouldn’t exist. With his new vision, he might just rebuild Dunsvale from the dirt and drag them all the way to the top of the Champions League. Every stat matters now, and he’s playing for keeps. [For every chapter I add on Royal Road from C6 onward, I’m adding an extra chapter on Patreon. The Patreon will always be ahead.]

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Total Chapters
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Chapter Analysis
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1Chapter 1: Match fixing was easy then 9 months ago0----
2Chapter 2: He’d brought chicken breast and didn’t even care to season it 9 months ago0----
3Chapter 3: Advanced Playmaker ★★★★☆ 9 months ago0----
4Chapter 4: You takin’ the blue tabs again? 9 months ago0----
5Chapter 5: Football under anaesthetic 9 months ago
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6Chapter 6: Jamie takes this lot 9 months ago0----
7Chapter 7: Activision-level greed 8 months ago0----
8Chapter 8: Try setting training routines in FM26 without punching a wall 8 months ago0----
9Chapter 9: Stuff a Sock in Cousin’s Gob 8 months ago0----
10Chapter 10: C’mon, Jamie. Where’s your speech? 8 months ago0----
11Chapter 11: You’ve clearly got an eye for structure 8 months ago0----
12Chapter 12: Abusing the mechanics 8 months ago0----
13Chapter 13: Player-manager 8 months ago0----
14Chapter 14: Stop making out with the far post, Mansfield! 8 months ago0----
15Chapter 15: You’re a pain in the arse 8 months ago0----
16Chapter 16: If you go forward, you bloody well get back 8 months ago0----
17Chapter 17: You look like you’re about to shed a hamstring like a lizard tail 8 months ago0----
18Chapter 18: Less essay, more execution 8 months ago0----
19IMPORTANT (Not that Important but still) 8 months ago0----
20Chapter 19: The lads want to know more than just a coach 8 months ago0----
21Chapter 20: That dawg in me 8 months ago0----
22Chapter 21: Who says that in a pub full of people? 8 months ago0----
23Chapter 22: Fulham vs Burnley 8 months ago0----
24Chapter 23: Even pints weren’t exempt from quests 8 months ago0----
25Chapter 24: You gonna need another napkin for your notes, professor? 8 months ago0----
26Chapter 25: Call that grit 8 months ago0----
27Chapter 26: What nickname you and my brother give me in Year Seven? 7 months ago0----
28Chapter 27: Famous for dropping acorns on unsuspecting windscreens 7 months ago0----
29Chapter 28: Remember in Stranger Things when Eleven had to face the Demogorgon? 7 months ago0----
30Chapter 29: The Demogorgon had a personality 7 months ago0----
31Chapter 30: This wasn’t the Michelin guide 7 months ago0----
32Chapter 31: Has to be a goal 7 months ago0----
33Chapter 32: An island the size of Lichtenstein 7 months ago0----
34Chapter 33: The ball slid into the bottom corner 7 months ago0----
35Chapter 34: Make me the villain 7 months ago0----
36Quick Update 7 months ago0----
37Chapter 35: Yeah, sure. But where are the tactical adjustments? 7 months ago0----
38Chapter 36: Bullshit more, gain more 7 months ago0----
39Chapter 37: Man’s thinking he’s Pep or something 7 months ago0----
40Chapter 38: HOLY GOD WHAT WAS THAT 7 months ago0----
41Chapter 39: The man had left his cards at home with the rest of his officiating skills 7 months ago0----
42Chapter 40: You have to be good to get lucky 7 months ago0----
43Chapter 41: It’s system exploitation time, baby 7 months ago0----
44Chapter 42: You don’t overthrow someone for being mediocre and grumpy 7 months ago0----
45Chapter 43: Maisie Burns was my savior 6 months ago0----
46Chapter 44: Mitch Thompson was a weird one 6 months ago0----
47Chapter 45: Coward pricks who don’t trust their own shapes 6 months ago0----
48Chapter 46: Gareth Bale if in front of him is Marc Bartra 6 months ago0----
49Chapter 47: That’s what separates a tactician from a coach 6 months ago0----
50Chapter 48: You know a lot about this for someone who isn’t ‘in’ football 6 months ago0----
51Chapter 49: The power of social engineering 6 months ago0----
52Chapter 50: Time to stack boosters 6 months ago0----
53Chapter 51: Quiet Quitting (Athletic Variant) 6 months ago0----
54Chapter 52: FEED THE CAT! 6 months ago0----
55Chapter 53: You’re a centre-back, not a bloody sports scientist 6 months ago0----
56Chapter 54: Where the hell did they get this guy? 6 months ago0----
57Chapter 55: If I was the head coach 5 months ago0----
58Chapter 56: He really does walk like Sir Alex Ferguson 5 months ago0----
59Chapter 57: Maybe she’s talking bollocks 5 months ago0----
60Chapter 58: It would be a crime if he were to play for us 5 months ago0----
61Chapter 59: Does the Bossman decide who plays? 5 months ago0----
62Chapter 60: Passable? You live in Slough 5 months ago0----
63Chapter 61: That’s how trials work 5 months ago0----
64Chapter 62: Why were they still all down here? 5 months ago0----
65Chapter 63: I did have a plan 5 months ago0----
66Chapter 64: Like I was doing reality-TV psychology 5 months ago0----
67Chapter 65: What was she even on about? 5 months ago0----
68Chapter 66: Mitch was, understandably, livid 4 months ago0----
69Chapter 67: Up the Bluebells! 4 months ago0----
70Chapter 68: Bodies and timing 4 months ago0----
71Chapter 69: You Can’t Win Anything With Kids 4 months ago0----
72Chapter 70: I was not going to sabotage our own team performance for some boosters 4 months ago0----
73Chapter 71: Unfortunately, FMSim wasn’t reasonable 4 months ago0----
74Chapter 72: Better to just give up on him 4 months ago0----
75Chapter 73: Sell them a dream 4 months ago0----
76Chapter 74: How is that a free-kick? 4 months ago0----
77Chapter 75: The ball would probably reach the International Space Station by tomorrow 3 months ago0----
78Short Announcement 3 months ago0----
79Chapter 76: I’d get that damned EXP if that was the last thing I’d do 3 months ago0----
80Chapter 77: Put it to bed 3 months ago0----
81Chapter 78: Assistant to the Director of Football Operations 3 months ago0----
82Chapter 79: Development isn’t linear 2 months ago0----
83Chapter 80: Character Building & Mild Hamstring Destruction 2 months ago0----
84Chapter 81: People just… commission you to draw their livestock? 2 months ago0----
85Chapter 82: This isn’t very professional of you, Mr. Harrington 2 months ago0----
86Chapter 83: You’re just giving lifts to random people now? 2 months ago0----
87Chapter 84: How do I maximize what I learn from it? 2 months ago0----
88Chapter 85: You date criminals, mate 2 months ago0----
89Chapter 86: Keep crying. Might get you a free kick 2 months ago0----
90Chapter 87: Am I seriously doing this again? 2 months ago0----
91Chapter 88: The art of getting under someone’s skin 2 months ago0----
92Chapter 89: Don’t make eye contact with Bennett, you idiot 2 months ago0----
93Chapter 90: You don’t fucking talk to me like that 2 months ago0----
94Chapter 91: This could be a steal 2 months ago0----
95Chapter 92: Steal someone else’s place 1 month ago0----
96Chapter 93: Do your job 1 month ago0----
97Chapter 94: I started to have a feeling that Mansfield just didn’t really know how to play football 1 month ago0----
98Chapter 95: Fault Line 1 month ago0----
99Chapter 96: That was an elite pair of eyebrows 1 month ago0----
100Chapter 97: I didn’t fold 1 month ago0----
101Chapter 98: What did that have anything to do with youth training? 1 month ago0----
102Chapter 99: I reckon I can dribble past you 1 month ago0----
103Chapter 100: Coach Shortie said something intelligent! 1 month ago0----
104Chapter 101: This youth team was mine 1 month ago0----
105Chapter 102: Not everything was some Machiavellian football conspiracy 1 month ago0----
106Chapter 103: The standards are soaring 1 month ago0----
107Chapter 104: So attendance counts now? 1 month ago0----
108Chapter 105: Good decision. Awful execution. 29 days ago0----
109Chapter 106: Right, mhm merchant 27 days ago0----
110Chapter 107: That’s the worst you’ve got for us? 24 days ago0----
111Chapter 108: You sound like you used to wear too much Lynx Africa 21 days ago0----
112Chapter 109: This sounded suspiciously above my pay grade 17 days ago0----
113Short Hiatus 12 days ago0----
114Chapter 110: What the fuck? 5 minutes ago0----