1000 Years Into the Future on Football Manager

It’s time to saddle up and ride Football Manager to the brink of possibility, we have taken FM 1000 years into the future to see exactly how all of this plays out. Well, we’ll get as close as we can to 1000 years until the game breaks, which turned out to be 830 years into the future! The top teams have shuffled all over the place and there are new heroes amongst the Premier League, Bundesliga, and Serie A. Or are there?
I have to keep the mystery up somewhat. We look at the top five leagues, the champions league and the World Cup to bring all the crazy stories from the future to you thanks to FM’s incredible capability to just keep going. There’s something to be said for just continuing on and on and on and on and on and on to produce the insane stories that we saw develop over the course of this simulation. I hope you enjoy!
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FM Senpai
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[@robmoore396]

The problem with these type of save games is that they are often set up with High Detail for England only, which is why the Prem goes mad crazy and everywhere else is just standard ai sim city

[@Joshdoingthings1]

I mean it’s understandable, if they did high detail for their all then the next video would be explaining why their house burnt down (still annoying though)

[@PolecanePC]

@@Joshdoingthings1 it should at least have two top divisions from top 5 leagues set as playable that gives you 10 leagues, and also it should be on database like Quality Regens Nation Youth Rank & Rep, or something like that to make sure that newgens/regens around the world are more realistic, and that there are no more disproportions that one country in Europe has 145 or even 150 youth level, and other has just 60 lol.

[@kosovoisalbania1940]

@@PolecanePC La Liga&Prem

[@jonpaul3868]

That is understandable, I mean look at the premiership now. They got the most money in the world.

[@2639theboss]

@@PolecanePC I mean you can do it yourself? Nothing stopping you.

[@gm2407]

"Micky Higginson is clearly the GOAT. No one in the 2880s remembers or even saw Pele, Maradona, Ronaldo, and Mesi play against each other in the age of 3D TV. None of them could play in formationless football of today with unlimited subs and tag change goalies." Some pundit on Galactic sports in the future.

[@calamorta]

Honestly, I hope they keep the game as stable as possible so these comments don't become too common. As a Brazilian it's already disappointing to see Pelé being disrespected, but just imagining future people will disrespect Messi and Cristiano, the two machines of our time, is sad

[@gm2407]

@@calamorta Other than Alfie from HITC7s everyone already disrespects players from nearly every period prior to mass TV recordings. Even achievements from 10 years prior to today get shade for not being a time as tactically advanced or astute. Honestly football has changed loads in the last 50 years, the back pass rule, offsides, cardable offenses, substitutions, officiating, pitch specifications, and coaching.

[@18xDJHx]

Just watched some Micky Higginson highlights on youtube his 17 goals against Sutton United in the 2567 champions league final was one of the greatest perfomances i've ever seen

[@dermimey8518]

I'd love to see the attributes of Micky Higginson and their development over the course of his career

[@gm2407]

Needless to say Wayne Rooney has nothing on Micky.

[@FMJellico]

Unfortunately I do not have a svae file from the era he played in. That was a time when the game was running pretty well.

[@hassantalib3687]

@@FMJellico do you happen to have the save rightnow? would love to take a look

[@FMJellico]

@@hassantalib3687 It should be in one of my other posts. May have to have Zea edit it in when he gets back.

[@seromg1175]

I'd do disgusting things to see this

[@Travis42069]

0:35 Premier League 2:36 La Liga 3:18 Ligue 1 5:05 Bundesliga 6:40 Serie A 7:55 Champions League 11:24 Europa League 11:50 World Cup 14:21 Balloon Door

[@chalmers1288]

We all love you

[@acuteangina705]

You da real mvp

[@aris91696]

Pleas get pinned.

[@alehlete830]

​@@chalmers1288 no

[@alehlete830]

​@@acuteangina705 no

[@TheManagersSeat]

Some epic results in this save file. We now love Micky Higginson and Breiðablik! Great working with Zealand too. Thanks for having us on

[@Darkheist8819]

Is it possible to download the save file for that save?

[@Grsa34]

@@Darkheist8819 ?

[@HobsonMatthewJ]

I’ve always said Higginson will come good

[@seersoftimez]

You must have a very very powerful machine to handle that save file size

[@mattjames6349]

I remember in the old days a championship manager save file was about 20 meg... :)

[@FMJellico]

Believe it or not, they are both top end but not ultra top end. The laptop Istarted the save on is an i7-10870H with a RTX 2060 and 32GB of RAM. The PC I finished the save on has an AM 3950 with a Radeon 5700 and 128 GB of memory. The save always run fine till about the 2400's, and then every 10 or so years it crashes, and says there's an issue with the video card, which leads me to think it's an issue with the video card memory. Last year though I was able to coax it all the way to 1000 years. This year the game crashed hard, to the point the game file wouldn't load, or the save files, so when I couldn't keep it running on the laptop anymore I moved it over to the PC, and even it crashed hard 830 years in. I *think* I know why, but its just a guess.

[@alexisauld7781]

"We have Indonesia, and the Dominican Republic who've climbed the world rankings..." Guinea-Bissau: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@andrzeypl]

Honestly love the way this is edited and ran. The wee cuts to the different people are so clean, felt like a mini documentary. Love it.

[@Leyodemus]

This was so much fun to make, thanks Z! ...and Micky Higginson is now haunting my dreams forever, what a god. 😎

[@FMJellico]

Long live Mickey Higgenson!

[@Leyodemus]

@@FMJellico YES! Goat of Goats 🐐

[@DJVm4GOD1]

As someone who works at Walsall FC, having them win those CL, would've been a mad season lol. Prob wouldn't have been alive by then, but mad.

[@patrickwilliams6143]

Going down the Wednesbury Road to see the Euro Champions!

[@jimothy84]

So I've only gotta go 850 years into the future to see Swindon not get screwed over on FM? Finally! 😆

[@andreafresca9869]

It's so fun to simulate a ridiculous amount of time in fm and see what happens, a shame that only the league(s) you make playable see real change but it's cool to see some weird shit happen nonetheless

[@FMJellico]

There's actually quite a bit of movement in the smaller countries that aren't playable, its just the big one for some reason they do not change all that much if you do not make them palyable/viewable.

[@thepenguinmafia]

I love how the attendance of that Iceland game is more than the population of Iceland

[@doqmentz9242]

Man I wouldve loved to see some of the players stats, especially that Micky bloke. Must be some 7 foot tall, 20-20 speed, 99% shot accuracy and mental monstrosity kinda guy 🔥

[@FMJellico]

So would we. Unfortunately I dont have any saves from his era. We are all upset about that.

[@JeffSmitho-du1ml]

😭😭😭@@FMJellico

[@icelanddragon1010]

Seeing Breiðabik win champions leagues makes me sooooo happy, as someone who loves Iceland! ❤️💙

[@zappycrook1130]

same!

[@remmidemmi496]

Oberhausen are not a small club in Germany, really. They were one of the founding teams in the Bundesliga in 63, if I'm not mistaken, have played in the top league for most of their existence and went down the leagues just a few decades ago.

[@teodorfm]

This is some amazing work guys! Love it! Good for you and the guys at The Managers Seat which I follow regularly!

[@FourDutch]

As a SUFC fan, this makes me so happy. Go Blades! ⚔️

[@studyeye]

Sheffield United also starting to dominate in my 50-year save. Three Champions Leagues and another 2 finals, 4 premiership titles, 2 Europa Leagues, 4 Super Cups, and a bunch of FA Cup wins and runners-up Wonder what it is about this team

[@FMJellico]

In this save they had a tycoon buy the team in 2041, things started getting better almost right away for them.

[@studyeye]

@@FMJellico Interesting.. I just checked and in my save a tycoon took over as well. Though their success only started about a decade after that

[@mahitanmandez1284]

Maybe the Saudi ownership

[@lungabiyela9081]

I'm not shocked about The Blades dominating. Have a look around KZbin, from FM17 onwards, whenever someone does one of these crazy 1000-year simulations, Sheffield United always - ALWAYS - rise to the top. I don't know what it is. My next save is definitely going to be Sheffield United and seeing if I can take them from Championship obscurity to glory boys. FM23 here we go!

[@FMJellico]

In this save they had a Tycoon take over as owner. I might be able to check last years save and see if the same happened

[@gandalf_thegrey]

Plot twist: The lead designer of the game is Sheffield fan and he hid a small list of groundrules for the Blades in the game

[@FMJellico]

@@gandalf_thegrey Pretty sure the lead designer is a United fan, it's the only reason they still dominate in game. :-)

[@dantenicastro9617]

@@gandalf_thegrey pretty sure he’s a Watford fan

[@grobariza]

we all know Wednesday is wank

[@davidnovosad4917]

I just started playing FM for the first time ever with AS Trencin, my hometown. It's cool to see a shoutout about their 2 runs in CL.

[@MrAkabane1]

As a Blade this makes me very happy. Weirdly enough I guessed we'd be the team to win the most titles because I remember seeing someone do this experiment a few years ago and it ended up that way then too

[@josephwilliams4709]

Hecky was in charge for 800 years and we won everything!

[@SuperMikelArteta]

Why does it matter,you will be dead anyway. What matters is now/till your last breathe and you are shite and will be shite !!

[@MrAkabane1]

@@SuperMikelArteta I can’t imagine how sad my life would have to be to come to a KZbin comments section and reply to a 4 month old comment with some weirdly aggressive shit-talking using barely legible English. Not had a good day?

[@JonnyTMS]

So much fun doing this, hope you guys enjoyed watching it as much as we did putting it together.

[@bigbearrecordingstudio7921]

3022 we've colonized Mars but Manchester United are still to win another league title since SAF left

[@gm2407]

Glazers out is still going strong and only remote viewing androids are allowed into the ground (Neo Trafford of Xenocitadel on Titan) as spectators and are owned by the club. Most of the fans who buy the merchantdice don't live on earth and are only part human. The favoured attacking end is the Stretford airlock. Christiano Ronaldo is still alive and playing for his 800th club, he has returned to Man United on 30 occasions. He is still nothing compared to the GOAT Micky Higginson.

[@k1llsk]

The club's been tossed several generations of Glazers n the Anthony Elanga statue is starting to crumble, sad times

[@Jeyhun_Mammadov]

😂

[@njm1259]

3023 - Milner is set for a contract extension at Liverpool

[@Shamrock-Rover]

Love these vids! Keep up the good work mate!!

[@StingerNeilD]

Loved doing this PS DUN -KER -SHAY is actually Dunkirk I know I know 🤣🤣

[@epicgamerdude22]

The editing and production in this video is amazing

[@chepachem8351]

That's a fantastic collaboration with the boys. Great video zman

[@allanholm3343]

I am litterally a Breiðablik supporter in real life soci was very shocked when i saw them win the champions league 4 TIMES!

[@furkanturk5963]

Really good edit and presentation, nicely done video 👍

[@dimi5881]

Loved every minute mate. 8:38 Wow did not expect Partizan in this video.

[@Child-Obliterator9000]

Idemo Partizan!!! 🇷🇸⚫⚪

[@moleteaser172]

As a Walsall fan we finally did it this is the future we want. I’d sacrifice almost anything for 8 champions leagues

[@fwebber13]

I'd love to see the list of modern records still existing in this save. The only record I'd imagine would still be around would be Messi's Goals in a season and year records along with his Goal involvement ones

[@MrZAP17]

If Higginson can score 22 goals in a summer tournament playing 7 games he must have smashed that record at some point.

[@CronoXpono]

@@MrZAP17 you’d think man but the game doesn’t simulate that way mostly. Hell, didn’t Z give some player perfect stats and they STILL didn’t break that scoring record?

[@vinceo1058]

Great to see this collab!

[@yaldabaoth2]

In my FM22 game, I started at Gateshead and brought them to the Prem, even winning it one time. Somehow it makes me proud knowing they can do it without me!

[@timothymoss4945]

As a citizen of Tamworth, I can not see them EVER getting an away day at Stamford Bridge. So thank you for the whole simulation, it is an occasion I want to see my virtual Super Great grandchildren get.

[@JohnBohlo]

12.15 Damn it, Z. I thought my cat was dying! xD (not even kidding)

[@patrickwilliams6143]

If I tried to simulate a multination/multileague save for 1000 years I don't think I would be able to sleep the entire time for fear of burning the house down as I slept! Great vid, hats off to all involved.

[@remmidemmi496]

Watching this after Spurs went out to Sheffield United makes the whole thing much more bearable. Thank you so much!

[@thesteakbake]

Awesome video, there is something about the randomness of football to happen long after we're gone that intrigues me so deeply. Will my team ever make it, will any non-league clubs, or clubs that don't exist win the Champions League.... so interesting! Credit to everyone involved, was super good to watch

[@gandalf_thegrey]

Meanwhile my club: *Moves up one league, stays there for the rest of eternity* Every.Single.Time.

[@thesteakbake]

@@gandalf_thegrey Which team?

[@danielkaniowski5694]

A palace fan in the wild. Things you love to see ❤

[@jetpackm5313]

Glad to see we finally got someone to live up to the levels made by Nat Lofthouse. Only took a couple hundred years

[@AvianGecko]

As a Sheffield United fan this makes me really happy.

[@kieronparr3403]

Sheffield United have been killing it in my long term save too

[@roccos9777]

ÖREBRO!!! randomly chose a team in FIFA18 to have a manager career with and I have been a fan ever since

[@alexrochlitz7402]

I did not expect any video to discourage me from playing FM this much good god

[@callumhayes7502]

Love this combination 😍

[@jamiemcintosh5197]

Thanks for this video zeeland, I’ll try remember what happened in 800 years to see if it’s the same as the save

[@5tuartGuy]

Would be great to see how teams like Sheffield developed such as financials & transfers, also how those clubs from minor nations won the UCL

[@mattjames6349]

on my save 11 years in the future(before my pc died! Grrr), Sheffield United are a big premier league team, as are Balckburn. It was weird to see!

[@FMJellico]

Details are in the save file. In their case, a tycoon took over in 2041, which started their rise.

[@michaelelliott7887]

Sheffield United always dominate in these type of simulations

[@Martin-88]

Because we're the best ;)

[@ukpl6077]

Livingston with 2 is incredible given currently we're the lowest budget side in the Scottish top tier. Would love to have seen some of those stats

[@wannerknappe0483]

Great to see Schalke winning the Bundesliga again in the future. I fear I wont be alive when we win it again tho

[@mattbaker5431]

So interested by American Samoa. 99th in the world, and made 3 world cups in a row. Given how hard Oceanic Qualifying can be, thats some achievement

[@A_Baguette_]

Really great video

[@FMJellico]

Not having a save file with Mickey Higginson in it will be one of my bigger regrets from this save. Higher than not have Spain as playable. 34 save files from 2839 on, and the game ran fine during the reign of the worlds greatest player ever...

[@billwala2314]

I’m ashamed you never answered the age old question of international football, will an African team ever win the World Cup?

[@greenlime5127]

Well, i just finished the 2022 world cup on my latest stage, and DR Congo, (yes ik they arent in it irl) got to the FINALS. They beat Portugal in the GS, France 2-0 in the RO16, Belgium 4-0 in the quarters, Senegal 1-0 in the semis just to lose to England 3-0 in the final 😭

[@FMJellico]

In last years version of the save, DR Congo won a cup in the 2040's...which was completely out of the blue. In this years save the closest a Team from Africa gopt was Quarter Finals IIRC

[@billwala2314]

@@FMJellico Thank you sir, lovely to hear, especially since I’m from DRC myself. I may have missed this and I’m sorry if I did but, did any Asian or Oceanian teams win the World Cup

[@TheOfficialSmudgy]

At least England won lol 🤣

[@FMJellico]

@@billwala2314 Unfortunately no. Closest a team got was the Round of 8 I believe, and nothin higher than 4th place. I think what I may have to do is include a country like South Korea and Egypt in next years save to get that sort of result.

[@fritzgordon2470]

5:45 Nice to see that my favorite Club (1860 München ) is still not back in the Bundesliga

[@fireball6217]

As a man from Gateshead , I thoroughly enjoyed this

[@baptiste4171]

OMG, I'm FRENCH AND I AM FROM ROMORANTIN-LANTHENAY (SOR) THIS IS AMAZING

[@tbone2646]

I have a FM16 save I've played until 2142 (dont ask) and believe it or not Brentford are the dominant force in the Premier League, having won 29 League titles Sheffield Utd are also right up there in my save as well with 13 titles so make of that what you will

[@jasonglasser1621]

Surprised there was no shock WC result for Solomon Islands. On average (not necessarily in any given year) they're usually the best of the non-New Zealand Oceanic teams, so they'd only need 2 shock results (vs NZ and vs the other conference playoff team) to get into the tournament. With the way FMing happens, I'm genuinely more surprised they never made one than I would have been if they had.

[@nupagagyi]

What a fun video!

[@Ashy2oo1]

I live in Gateshead and it’s nice to see us finally get over that financial crisis 😊

[@DingusMcBride]

This save file must be like a terabyte

[@FMJellico]

Just under 4 gigs. 4,000,000 and change kB's

[@CharlesOffdensen]

An Icelandic club with 400 000 in attendance?

[@FMJellico]

Yes, it's a quirk in the game. It's not really designed for this sort of save, so you do get some weird results like that.

[@lifeisagame2023]

More than all of Iceland lol

[@acuteangina705]

Loved that video guys. I'd love to see what transfer fee's are like in 800 years

[@FMJellico]

They are pr4etty inline with today's transfers. Highest I recall seeing was ~215 Million

[@charliepocknell1194]

Up the blades. Things you love to see

[@nurcirino]

Always knew those wide centre backs would pay off someday.

[@DeltaLedrert]

Dunkerque, 15th times? Way to boast about my birth town! So proud!

[@alpaca9994]

As a blades fan this makes me happy😊

[@CronoXpono]

We got a shoutout!!! 🇩🇴!!!! 😂 this was nuts!!!!

[@mufarisfa3939]

Hi, I'm from Indonesia, and seeing Indonesia in 18th place of world FIFA rank? That's CRAZY, it motivates me more to continue my Build-A-Nation save.

[@danieleosti4882]

I saw my little city 3rd in Serie A ! Trento

[@Derek-qu8qi]

Zealand, you do have subscribers who support clubs OUTSIDE the self appointed ‘Big Five’. Maybe acknowledge them as well in videos like this.

[@Kaiz99]

'All because you went down there and clicked that button' ZEEEEEEAAAAAALLAAAANDDDDD

[@TobyMichaelsOfficial]

The big transfer was from Inverness Caledonian Thistle too haha!

[@Notapplicable11111]

as a bristol city fan I love this

[@casteri]

1:03 I see Reece is doing his best to cope with the current state of Everton as a club.

[@Zehn272]

9:30 omg that's the team I started my latest save with

[@Smidgzmo]

Nice collab

[@mustafabirdal6373]

12:15 The best 🤣

[@DrmMemesGaming]

“Dunk her Jay” is Dunkirk, like the place we evacuated from, it’s just said Dunkirk

[@tobyj8917]

As a Bristol City supporter this video made me happy within 90 seconds 😂

[@kylew1ls0n]

Glad my local team Gateshead has its glory years ahead still

[@chukkzazih9604]

We want more of the GOAT mickey higgidson 😂😂 What were his stats, trophies e.t.c

[@Priority76]

I love me some Micky Higginson facts!

[@CallWaffle43]

Livingston is a very small club in, well, Livingston. We only have about 1,500 fans per match, AND I WAS SO HAPPY THAT WE WILL WIN 2 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TROPHIES IN 2852!!!! COME ON THE LIVI LIONS! NO CELTIC AND RANGERS YAYAYAY 9.04 💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤

[@distilledwill]

Would love to see what the actual players are like at this time. Are there some 6'8 monsters? How DID Shef Utd win all those titles? Did they get a purple patch of youngsters which they were able to leverage into big sales and Ballon D'ors?

[@JeffSmitho-du1ml]

At 8:35 I love how the number of people in that stadium is right now more than the whole population of Iceland

[@Quintendejong123]

3:53 Dunkirk ;)

[@liamhodgson6202]

I’d love to see what The wages and player values are at the end of this simulation. Have they continued to rise at the same rate that we see season to season

[@basitsnake]

Man. Considering we were just recently unbanned by fifa, and how my fm saves are just fanciful make my own 3 tier pakistani league systems, that wc qualification gave me a wry smile

[@NanobanaKinako]

Imagine how many stars does the team crest of all winners of the World Cup.

[@thelastgreataudit8112]

As a Bolton fan... yeah....

[@carti_enjoyer]

i love llama his journeyman is great

[@joshuagagliano557]

Amazing video , but could we also see team reputations and most insane transfer markets

[@FMJellico]

It's all in the save file. :-)

[@Dench999or911]

Good lord, that pronunciation of Dunkirk is a thing of history nightmare fuel

[@samuelevolve184]

Only need 500+ years to see Indonesia in the World Cup! Let's Go!!!!