FM27 save idea · England
Maidstone United
National League South, England
In 2024, sixth-tier Maidstone beat Championship high-flyers Ipswich 2-1 away in the FA Cup, despite being 98 league places below them. They became the first club from outside the top five tiers to reach the fifth round since 1978. Turn that one extraordinary cup run into lasting success by taking Maidstone into the Football League.
Save details
- Difficulty
- 9 out of 10
- Why this rating
- Starts in tier 6 with very low resources; goal is to build domestically.
- Country
- England
- Division
- National League South
- League tier
- 6
- Home town
- Maidstone
- Stadium capacity
- 4,200
- Town population
- 113,655
- League standard
- Very Low
- Budget
- Very Low
- Reputation
- Regional
- Obscurity
- 3 of 5
- Database
- Playable in the base game
- Federation
- Europe (UEFA)
- Type of save
- FA Cup miracle / EFL breakthrough
- FM version
- FM27
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