I have so much respect for Spencer. Worked harder than anyone in KZfaq getting Hashtag off the ground and into the pyramid

Spencer went from being a masked fifa player on copa tv to own his own football club

Spencers Out Here Playing Football Manager In Real Life

Very grounded and logical plan. A lot to be said for being a community club in the 5th - 7th tier, that’s a fantastic ambition to have. The EFL don’t allow 3G pitches, as Sutton and Harrogate have found out, meaning people from the area can no longer use the stadium as an activity hub when games aren’t on. Can see Hashtag getting into the National League South in the future, but it’s a huge jump up to make it into the National League Premier from there, as the likes of FC United of Manchester experiences when they were NLN. Best of luck to them and would love them to draw Tranmere in the cup 👍

Used to watch Spencer when he was just making fifa, I can remember when Hashtag started. Very pleased to hear how well they are doing and very happy for everyone involved

They won’t. I’d love to see the taggers going up against United and Liverpool but they clearly don’t have the insane budget

2 promotions and they're in FM

Spencer is the goat, has always had the most authentic content and always put his best foot forward. Dude deserves nothing but infinite success

imo eventually hashtag might get to the prem, but i like how grassroots they are, in terms on doing their shit slowly step by step (for the men's team btw), it's fun to see the progress that a team is making, and imo it also shows more people how the lower leagues are like

Great conversation!

No reason they couldn’t get promoted to one step below the national league consecutively. They’re nailed on for a promotion this year and have a bigger budget than everyone around them due to sponsorships and following. They’d probably need some outside investment I’d imagine to go much farther than that

Tbh I actually do believe they will make it to the prem Spen seems very smart and it has been proven you dont need a super rich owner to be successful. A stadium will definitely help ESPECIALLY because the amount of revenue and interest Hashtag generate compared to clubs around them. Whilst they have to pay more employees, I do believe they would still be making quite a lot more then the clubs around them. I just think people underestimate Hashtags pulling power in terms of players. Almost any youth player that wants to drop down the leagues will want to join hashtag over clubs near them or near abouts, because the amount of eyeballs hashtag gives players and it allows players to shine to a huge audience. As soon as players join hashtag, there followers go up and people become more interested in them. IMO Spencer is creating an effective self sustaining model and doesnt really need to be too rich because of the draw the club has in terms of recruitment and also in terms of higher quality staff joining. It obviously does help that Spen has a decent amount of money as well, like lets not kid ourselves he is still a multi millionaire and therefore the club will always be financially stable. Idk I see hashtag being in league 2 within 10 years tbh, they just have such a good model. I cant really see how the club goes wrong

A someone who's supported Hashtag for 7 years, and even started going to some games this season, I actually _don't_ want them to get to the Premier League. I'm a Brighton fan first and foremost, and when I started supporting them back in 94, we were bottom of the old 3rd division (League 2), and we weren't really that far off being an actual non-league team. We were poor and our stadium (the Goldstone) was basically a big, glorified shed! When we played at the Withdean, the stadium was so shit (it was literally built out of scaffolding!) that we legitimately _felt_ like a non-league team (albeit, one punching above our weight)! We were tiny, but it was great fun and I felt a strong connection to the club! However, the closer we got to the Premier League in recent years, the more distant the club started to feel to me. It's great seeing us doing so well, sure, but it's also not the same club I fell in love with all those years ago, and because of the vast amounts of money involved in the Prem, everything feels sanitised, corporate, and MASSIVELY over-priced now. I literally can't afford to go to Brighton games anymore. I've been priced out of my own club! That's why I fell in love with Hashtag. It was accessible football, with a great story, and it re-ignited my passion for the game. I feel a connection to this club I've not felt in years! My worry though, is that as Hashtag move up the leagues, we'll lose some of that connection us fans have now. We've already seen some of it to a degree. They can't stream live games as much as they used to because as we start playing bigger teams, they are increasingly not OK with us broadcasting live games. I remember a couple of years ago Walthamstow explicitly _banned_ Hashtag from filming, and they had to cobble together guerrilla footage shot by fans just to make a highlights video. If Hashtag got up into professional leagues, suddenly they'd likely be bound by pre-existing TV deals for highlights and live games that would be beyond their control. I'd imagine many more teams probably wouldn't be keen on us filming there. We'd probably start getting less 'behind the scenes' stuff and changing room team talk footage too, because opposing teams could use that info to 'figure us out' (that might already be happening now), and when big money is suddenly involved, it makes sense to shut up shop and keep things secret. I'd be happy if Hashtag stayed non-league. We dream big, sure, but I'd be just as happy staying small!

Gotta get past us at Stow first 😉 Can't wait for the upcoming match ♥️

Will they get to the prem realistically and honestly no but league 1 would be an insane goal for them

Mans doing create a club career in real life 😂💸

That Twins hat 🔥🔥🔥🔥

2 years time Mr Beast buys Hashtag United

What team was Theo talking 2:05 not Brighton the other one I couldn’t hear the name

If they make it to league 2, with their following someone will definitely invest.

Love the Minnesota Twins hat!!!!

they need a big fish to come in with a lot of cash to get to the prem/championship

This so fucking cool. Man’s living the dream and running a football club

Haha class of ‘92 having Peter Lim financially back it. Rip to them. Valencia has seen its worst results in recent history. Ever since he took over in 2014 it hasn’t gone all that well and we want him out more than ever. Hopefully he will do better for that English club than he did for Valencia :/

Yes I think hashtag could reach the premier league any team who doesn’t have a chance of getting into the premier league has a chance if you have the determination to succeed which hashtag has

Spencer, heres some tips from the trusty fm. Get a affiliate club and get in quality loan players

Imagine Hashtag building their own ground at some point

Incredibly hashteg are top of the league right now, and about 20 games unbeaten

They won’t. League Two as a absolute miracle best case scenario

Maybe in 100 years they might get promoted to the epl

Short answer: no Long answer: absolutely not lmfao

hashtag top of their league now what a journey

Spen wearing a Minnesota Twins hat 👀🙌

dude is playing career mode irl

Hashtag getting to League 2/Conference within 10 years id say is already a massive overachievement and basically their "Premier League" First priority should be to get their own ground tho rather than try to outspend to make it up the levels as quickly as possible. KZfaq/Tags Park here we come !!

time for a new fm save

Do not discount the power of social media followings and the opportunities it can lead you into and where those opportunities can take you and the people you can meet.

I watch the whole pod and then go on to watch all the clips

they could, but without budget or lucky talents it could take years.. you also have to think about going bankrupt just managing the entire thing.. but shit, its football anything can happen!

I mean, nothing's impossible but plenty of things are improbable. It may happen, but who's to say that it'll be in our lifetime?

No chance

Not a chance 😂😂😂😂

They could but it would mean selling the club or a majority share of the club being held by a millionaire / billionaire

I don’t think they’ll reach the prem I reckon theyll plateau at like league 2 unless they get some investment

I think hashtag will get league 2 in 5 years because it will probably take a season to get used to the national league

Short answer….NO

How is this even a question, of course that tinpot club isn't going to make it to the premier League

Short answer no this season should show out of depths already

Man United started out as a boarding school for boys. Anything is possible.

Sol-ford

I do love the constant jibe football fans make of "oh you realising football's just about the money now". It's been that way for decades, before your dad was even born it was like that, its just an excessive level now and when you were a kid you didn't pay attention to the background side of the sport, that's why it feels like its different when you're older not because it actually has changed other than the quantities spent.

Cringe name for a semi pro/pro team but i love what spencers doing

No

comon hashtag united

if they do, the name should change. doesnt sound like a professional name... just an opinion

quick answer: no

Not a chance.

I think hashtag united will peak at national league

I just saw the title and quickly came to comment no you wish

They won’t … clubs have been trying for over 100 years (since it was called 1888 Football League) and are still in the lowest league, and they have investors and sponsors etc.

is it weird that my mum got married at where hashtag play now 6 years ago

Ppl saying they won’t lol… they easily can reach the bigger English leagues n etc. They have crazy investors n sponsors already, they have the following, the more they promote themselves in the leagues, the more sponsors will come in… they are already an attractive club for good players due to their following n they will just become it even more the more they achieve throughout the years. Of course it’ll take time until they reach those levels but everything is possible, especially w the foundation they have.

Just about the pronunciation of isthmian. Just pretend the th isn't there. With an s sound like in kiss. Not a z sound like in his. The difficulty of English is that we borrow words from lots of languages with different rules to each other. Think this is greek

Love Spencer and Hashtag but Hashtag utd are nowhere near premier league standard, sorry.

No unless they get billionaire backing

I know the answer to this before watching the video. No.

Of course not.

No, end of

Lol

Why not get mr beast to sponsor your club

God I hope they never reach the premier league, it would be so cringe. Hashtag United against Liverpool? Jesus Christ, what a joke that would be

They won’t reach the prem they might reach the national league

I think its possible but it'll take alot of time for it to happen, possibly in a decade or so Edit: I mean after getting into efl btw

no they won’t.

Surely that Arsenal shirt in the background should be a City shirt.

No....no they wont

lol comical question lads, no it will never happen, they will never even make league football....get a grip

2nd

Not in spencers life time

First

No they won't lol

smd anyone???????????

Getting relegated soon

i would be happy for him and want them to succeed because what he’s doing is amazing. but they’re called hashtag united. who ever thought that would age well? hopefully a name change happens before we get a team called hashtag in the FA cup.

Can’t believe Spencer is giving these two the time of day 🤦🏽‍♂️

They will never winn anything with their current manager. Devs OUT!

Cringe.

Funny as how these blokes are Spencer's mates they just brush off removing two clubs' histories for Spencer's gain

I rate Spencer a lot, but if Hashtag got to those levels that kids dream about, then it would be just as criminal as Jake and Logan Paul main eventing boxing events. Not right that a bunch of KZfaqrs got to play at Wembley with legends, when some of them didn't even want to play, when there's kids who practise every day for years and years, but don't get lucky enough for a scout to see them play. It's not right at all. You shouldn't get to jump in front of the line over the lifelong grafters just because you have an Internet following

Hilarious that Spencer thinks that Hashtag being in the 4th tier of the womens pyramid is an achievement LOL