For sports-loving trophy hunters, the FIFA and FC Platinum trophies have often been bogged down by one big inclusion: Clubs. This online-only game mode was hard to grind alone and required a team good enough to win games, and even trophies, regularly.
This was often an instant sign that the goal likely wasn't worth the grind, especially given the time sink required to achieve other trophies in past games that demanded a lot of time being spent in the Ultimate Team game mode.
With the release of the EA Sports FC 27 trophy and achievement list, we can see that this year's game drops all mention of Clubs trophies and appears to replace them with one from The Grounds, a new social hub that replaces the traditional Clubs experience, but is far less hardcore and way more accessible to casual players.
While one way to view the update to the FC 27 trophy list is that the iconic, if dreaded, Clubs trophies are still there, just under the moniker of The Grounds, it's very important to understand the differences in what's being asked of you as a player to achieve these trophies.
In the Grounds deep dive, the...
