Football Manager 2006
50 Achievements
1,000
20 Seasons At One Club
You have stayed at one club for 20 seasons
25
How to unlock the 20 Seasons At One Club achievement in Football Manager 2006 - Definitive Guide
I found out this mistake personally. I used Brazil and put in on holiday mode whilst I slept. I came back 20 in game years later and I hadn't unlocked it, however, when I then done this with a Premiership team it unlocked perfectly so just to let you know that this can ONLY be done with a domestic team, not international.
This is the same for all the achievements (5 seasons, 10 seasons and 20 seasons).
I hope this helped. :-)
This is far easier to do using the Australian league, you can take over each club with then a few additional managers spare.
What I am currently doing to make life easier for myself is as I put a new manager to a team, I put the team name as my forename, and the year they start as the Surname. This can mean I can easily track who is the longest standing one. Then as I get towards a landmark time in office, such as 5/10/15 years, take greater control over the team to ensure that they stay in office for 20+ years. I also put said manager on holiday for one year using the same date, this would mean that I can constantly keep an eye on the progress.
Hope this helps anyone who for some reason decides to go for this achievement like me in 2013 and beyond
WARNING - ONLY FOR THE TRUE HARDCORE -
First up, let me lay down some of the do's and don'ts...
DO save often over numerous saves, the last thing you want is to get sacked in the 19th season. This way, with numerous saves, if you have saved it when the club and your job status is irrepairable, you can always go back a save or two.
DON'T expect to think you can just go on holiday for long periods and come back to your club and everything running smoothly. Things happen and the assistant manager can be a little stupid at times, like resting key players for key games and playing fairly useless young kids instead of the better ones.
Which club to choose? Well, I personally did it with Liverpool and was flying for ten seasons and then when the core of your team retires, things get a little tough, but, if you can buy quality (look out for minimum fee release clauses) especially if they're young then try the big club, but be warned, you must be successful . You may be better off at a lower team and building an empire slowly cause this way, the club and board won't expect much off you. Just keep playing and playing and playing and saving regularly, but this will take a long time indeed.