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The A-Z of Football Manager – Graphics
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What’s this?! Something new on my blog? Well you’re totally correct! Some of you who have followed me for a while will remember back in late 2018/early 2019 I started a series on my blog called “The A-Z of FM”. Well I got to the letter “F” and decided to stop it for a while, […]
Australopithecus would really have been sick of us
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Greetings World.. Welcome to the end of my first season in Afghanistan – firstly if you’re wondering what the hell I am talking about then check out THIS which explains the save idea in a bit more detail. This piece will go into detail around the 2019 season for the Afghan Hounds.
(FM20) Newcastle United – 2049/50 Season Review
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Welcome back! Another season down, my sixth with Newcastle, after last season’s League and Cup double hopes again are high. There is however one trophy that is still eluding us and that’s the Champions League, runners-up in 2048 and then last season we were knocked out in the semi’s. This is the main aim this […]
Aim for the Stars, Hit Kabul
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They say you should always start a save with a simple aim so… Can you win the South Asian Champions League with only Afghan Nationals? Easy yeah…
(FM20) – My Tactic – Geordie Glory 4231
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Well hello there one and all and welcome to something rather different and slightly risky from me! I don’t do tactical reviews, I’ll be honest I’m shit at it but while driving to work tonight I decided I wanted to speak about the tactic that I’ve been using for quite a few seasons now on […]
(FM20) Newcastle United – 2048/49 Season Review
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Welcome back! Another season is down with The Magpies and my word it’s been another brilliant one. After last season’s amazing Premier League title and FA Cup win hopes are higher than ever. We are expected to end in the top four which I know we can do but with a big target on our […]
(FM20) Newcastle United – 2047/48 Season Review
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Welcome back! Another season is down with Newcastle United and my word what a season it’s been! After last years 2nd place finish we had given ourselves another shot at Champions League football. Hopes are high, the Chairman is still throwing money about so let’s see how it all went…
(FM20) Newcastle United – 2046/47 Season Review
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Welcome back! Another season is down with Newcastle United and my word has it been another great one! This series for me just gets better and better. Last season we ended a record high 3rd place giving us Champions League football, unfortunately we lost in both the League and FA Cup finals, tainting slightly what […]
(FM20) Newcastle United – 2045/46 End of Season Review
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Welcome back! Well here we go once again, by now I’m hoping you will have read the previous post where I talked you through the first half of the season. It was a brilliant lead up to the New Year. We sat in 5th place in the League and were also in all three cup […]
(FM20) Newcastle United – 2045/46 Season Update- Second Season Syndrome?
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Welcome back everyone, first things first I just want to say thanks to everyone for the amazing support so far, not only in the last post but in the whole series so far. After last campaigns amazing 6th place finish gaining us entry to the Europa League expectations are high, the board want a mid-table […]
Ipswich Town – Mid Season Update – 2021/22
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This season really had one achievement in mind, and that was to cement ourselves as a mid-table championship side without going near the relegation zone all year.
(FM20) Newcastle United – 2044/45 Season Review – Let’s Get Ready to Rumble!
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Welcome back! Well I’m now nicely settled into the North-East of England, as the title suggests “I’m ready to rumble!”. Hopefully by now you will have read the previous post explaining my decision, saying goodbye to Magdeburg and welcoming myself to Newcastle, if not go back and a take a read. So here we are, […]
Ipswich Town – Youth Prospects – 2021/22
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One of the key club visions the board are keen for me to do is buy under 23s for the first team squad. Sounds a reasonable request right? However, with a budget of close to fuck all, it makes it hard to bring players in of that age that are ready for first team football […]
(FM20) Magdeburg or Magpie? The Ultimate Dilemma
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By now I’m hoping you have read the previous season review with Magdeburg and understand what is going on! If not I suggest you go take a read before going any further! When I left you last I was sitting on a job offer and that was from Newcastle United. It took me 48 hours […]
(FM20) Der Club – 2043/44 Season Review – Two Steps Backwards…
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Welcome back to another season review with Magdeburg. After last season’s narrow miss on immediate promotion back to the Bundesliga this season takes on even more importance. My aims and objectives for this portion of save has completely gone out of the window. Remember back to my opening post when I joined Magdeburg? Well I […]
Ipswich Town – Pre Season – 2021/22 Season
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I believe the army lives by the motto of the 6 P’s – Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance, and that could very much be targeted towards our Pre Season. I went into it with quite a scattergun approach to scouting players, which in reality overwhelmed our scouting team, meaning it took months to get […]
(FM20) Der Club – 2042/43 Season Review – Bouncing Straight Back?
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Welcome back. So we’re back in the second tier of Germany. After our little foray with the Bundesliga we ended up being relegated straight back down. It was a tough season, a challenging season but I do feel it’s set us up to go straight back up. Once again the board and the media don’t […]
(FM20) Der Club – 2041/42 Season Review – One Step Forward….
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Welcome back! Magdeburg are in the Bundesliga!!!! After four seasons of trying it’s happened, I expected it but no-one else did and now the pressure is on! Some say we have gone up too soon, the board are saying it, the media are saying it, actually EVERYONE is saying it! So did we do it? […]
Ipswich Town – Survival – 2020/21 End of Season
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The last blog finished with us sitting 16th in the Championship, after some excellent January form saw us rise from 21st. Could we continue that form to solidify ourselves as a Championship team for next season?
(FM20) Der Club – 2040/41 Season Review – Fourth Time Lucky?!
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Welcome back! So here we are, the end of my fourth season at Magdeburg, two successive 6th placed finishes sounds brilliant and if you go by the board and media expectations we have certainly over-achieved, but I wanted promotion within three seasons so in my eyes I’ve failed. So this year is THE year I […]
(FM20) Der Club – 2039/40 Season Review – Is this the year?
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Welcome back! Another post is here, lockdown is good for some things isn’t it? I am still working, I work in critical infrastructure so work 24/7 shifts and I have to make sure you all get gas! Luckily work are asking us to isolate ourselves at home on our time away from the office so […]
(FM20) Planning for the Parkin (All Nations) Challenge
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Welcome back! So this is a bit of special post, one I wasn’t planning on doing but I wanted to keep it separate to the next season review, otherwise it would be about 4,000 words long! As you can tell by the title it’s going to be about one of the challenges I’ve set myself, […]
(FM20) Der Club – 2038/39 Season Review
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Welcome back! After a pretty successful first season in charge of Magdeburg where we ended 11th in our promotion season to Bundesliga-2 expectations for this season are high. The board don’t agree but I really feel we can improve on last season and even have a chance at promotion! Some call me mad but I […]
European Road Trip S1 E3 – Cloughie would be proud
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This is a Fake Blog documentary, narrated by James Sheath, “produced and written” by Steve Robbins and Alex Parkin The season is progressing with Lincoln doing well domestically and in Europe. With January fast approaching, Newby knows his thin squad will be stretched even thinner…
(FM20) – Der Club – 2037/38 Season Review
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Welcome back! The first season in Germany is down with “Der Club” or “The Club” if you’re English like me. That is the nickname of the club I am now at and that’s FC Magdeburg. It’s been an interesting season, probably my toughest one yet but then again what do you expect when the club […]
Perfect Perez (at least to me..)
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I always feel that the point where a save really gets me is when I start falling in love with regens. I want to use this post to talk about my long term love, Mauro Perez. I am 21 seasons into my work on the Island of Sodor and a constant in this is Sodor born […]
(FM20) Club Number 6 – The Final One?
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Welcome back. Four continents down, there is just one more Champions League to win and that’s the European version. My time in China is over and now is time to find a job, a challenge, something that is going to see me through until the end of FM20. It’s taken 6 in-game months but eventually […]
(FM20) 2036 – Jiangsu Suning – It’s all about the Asian Champions League…
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Welcome back! As you can tell by the title for the post there is only one competition that matters in the upcoming season! North America, South America and Africa down, Asia is next and then I move to Europe to hopefully find a challenge and a one club save to play until FM21 comes about. […]
(FM20) 2035 Season Review – Jiangsu Suning
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Welcome back! Another season down, my first in China with middle of the table Jiangsu, I took over at the end of the previous season after they ended 9th, we are expected to end much higher, 5th to be exact, just outside the Champions League places. Personally I expect us to end in those spots, […]
Island of Sodor – Every Nation
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Background to the Save: Database : With a lot of help and guidance from @TheFmNewby, I have created a new nation called the Island of Sodor – if you’ve ever watched Thomas the Tank Engine then this will be familiar to you, and if it’s known to you then I hope you said Island of […]
(FM20) Goodbye Mexico, hello……..
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Welcome back! This is going to be a (hopefully) shorter post just explaining the new club in this incredible journey. My time with Xolos Tijuana is over after winning the North American Champions League and now it’s time to head to Asia and win the Champions League there. It’s actually taken quite a while to […]
(FM20) 2033/34 Season Review – Xolos Tijuana – Into The Big Time
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Welcome back! After last season’s first stage win in Mexico with the wonderful Xolos Tijuana my third season takes on extra importance. We are into the North American Champions League and the board expect us to reach the final. This is a major moment in the save overall. The NACL is the only reason I’m […]
(FM20) 2032/33 Season Review – Xolos Tijuana – Fighting Back
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Welcome back! Another season down in what is turning out to be one of my favourite ever FM saves. The journey so far has been incredible and my time in Mexico is no different. After a brilliant first season where we won the Copa MX but fell short in both stages of the Liga Bancomer […]
(FM20) 2031/32 Season Review – Rocking with the Tijuana Boys
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Welcome back! Another season down, my first in Mexico with Xolos Tijuana. It’s been another brilliant, epic season. The club were expected to end mid-table, did we exceed expectations? Did the new patch wreck my tactic? Well lets take a look and find out!
European Road Trip S1 E2 – Zero to Hero
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This is a Fake Blog documentary, narrated by James Sheath, “produced and written” by Steve Robbins and Alex Parkin In this episode we discover the fall out from the important game and what happens next…
(FM20) Club Número Cuatro
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Welcome back! Well it’s not been long since I left my post at Stellenbosch and I already have a new job! The language in the title may give it slightly away as to where I’m off. I had the choice of North America or Asia, Mexico, South Korea or China. The choices were endless, my […]
(FM20) Stellenbosch – 2030/31 Season Review
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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it’s another blog post from me! Another season down and my word what a year it’s been! Last season we cruelly missed out on the South African Premiership title, bottling it in the final game. The 2nd place finish however gives us Champions League football for […]
Ipswich Town – Coping with the step up – 2020/21 Mid Season
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Boy it’s been a while since I wrote anything…good job nothing has happened in the world since. You join us at the end of the January 2021 transfer window, which ended up being far more important than I hoped it would be.
Ipswich Town – Bringing through the youth
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In the late 90’s to early 2000’s Ipswich Town developed a good reputation for bringing through promising young footballers. Kieran Dyer, Darren Ambrose and Darren Bent all came through and then went on to bigger clubs with varied success.
(FM20) Stellenbosch FC – 2029/30 Season Review
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Well hello there and welcome back to another season review in what has been one hell of a save so far. This will be my 17th post in the series and I am still enjoying it just as much as the first post! So the season is over, my first full season in South Africa, […]
Island of Sodor – 211 to 1
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Please welcome the latest guest writer to the Lutterworth Fox empire. (James) Kibworth Bull is a YouTuber turned Blogger. A fantastic writer and I am delighted to add him to the team. Background to the Save: Database : With a lot of help and guidance from @thefmnewby, I have created a new nation called on […]
European Road Trip S1 E1 – Fantasy Manager
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Welcome back! And please welcome a new guest Blogger to the site, the nice guy of the FM Community @TheFmNewby This is a Fake Blog documentary, narrated by James Sheath, “produced and written” by Steve Robbins and Alex Parkin In this episode we’ll meet the manager we’re following, meet some of his players and back […]
(FM20) Club Number 3!!!! & 2028/29 Season Review
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Welcome back! So my time in Brazil has come to an end, and after only 3 weeks without a job I have been inundated with offers, OK maybe that’s an exaggeration but I’ve had a couple of offers that didn’t float my boat, then one came in that immediately caught my eye. A relatively new […]
Ipswich Town – Back in the Championship – Pre Season 2020/21.
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The final day league 1 win of course meant that we are back into the Championship. The board are asking that we fight bravely against relegation, but I honestly think we should stay up relatively easy, although I do not think we are close to threatening the play offs. So, let’s go through the new […]
(FM20) Athletico Paranaense – 2028 Season Review
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Welcome back once again! Season 9 (YES SEASON NINE!!!) is over in this amazing save, my 3rd with Paranaense in Brazil. It’s been another great season, probably one of the toughest I’ve had so far. After last seasons trophy-less campaign we had to get back on track this season. Could we win the league? Could […]
Ipswich Town – Stopping the rot – Season 1 2019/20
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Santa Claus was kind to me this Christmas, neatly depositing a copy of Football Manager under the tree. So, armed with the full game I abandoned the demo save with Notts County and went full steam ahead on a full save with Ipswich Town.
(FM20) Athletico Paranaense – 2027 Season Review
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Welcome back! Another season down, this save gets better and better by the minute. Season Two is over in Brazil with Athletico Paranaense and after last seasons Serie A win, our first in 25 years expectations are high, the board want another title and we are favourites to do so, they also have massively high […]
(FM20) – Athletico Paranaense – 2026 Season Review
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Welcome back! My word Brazilian seasons are long!!! States Champs, League, Cup, Continental Trophies, if we get to every final we are looking at a 70+ match campaign! It’s wonderful! Anyway calm down everyone, that’s right the first season with Paranaense is over, it’s been a good one but how good I hear you ask?
(FM20) Time To Move On…..But Where To?
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So the time has come to leave Haugesund, if you have read my last post you will have heard my reasons why. I do this with a heavy heart, nearly every minute of the past 7 seasons have been brilliant but in the last campaign it started to go stale, boring you could say. I’m […]
(FM20) FK Haugesund – 2025 Season Review – Now Can we Retain it?
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Welcome back! That’s right another season is down, this is number 7! After last years great campaign where for the first time we won the Norwegian League/Cup double hopes are high for the upcoming season. Can we do the double-double? Let’s take a look and see!