FM Journeys from Part-Time to All-Time
Welcome back to Dundalk for the start of my 9th season as a Manager, and 5th with Dundalk. Athlone are first up, with a couple more league games and 2 cups (The President’s Cup should be against Cork City I think). And home games are at the Aviva until September, so it will be interesting …
Continue reading “Season 9 – #FM20 OS9 C2 S5 – Part 84 – Dundalk – February 2027”
Welcome back to Dundalk for the 2026 post-season and usual teams of the season etc plus the pre-season for a 2027 where we really need to start progressing. I think I’ve got 3 more seasons here – i’d really like to get Ireland to a good spot in the coefficients (looks like we will be …
Welcome back to Co. Louth for the end of another successful season, my 4th with Dundalk. Five matches left, though 3 of them are in the first 11 days of the month. First up the normal monthly happenstances. We had a 1-2-3 in the IPD Player of the Month – Colm McShane winning, followed by …
Welcome back to a busy, busy, busy Oriel Park for October 2026. If we beat Shamrock in the FAI Cup Semi Final I think that will move the St. Pat’s final IPD game into November, but the schedule is a bit of a madness in Ireland when you are a successful club. Firstly the normal …
Welcome back to Dundalk for September 2026 – we start our 4th UCL Group Stage Campaign in a row 🙂 We also have the FAI Cup Quarters, the League Cup Final and (currently) 4 league games. Vetle Dahl’s cracker versus Athlone Town came 2nd in the IPD Goal of the Month. We have £54.3M in …
Continue reading “We go again – #FM20 OS8 C2 S4 – Part 80 – Dundalk – September 2026”
Welcome back to Dundalk for another action-packed month at the pinnacle of Irish domestic football. Not too many monthly bits to report. Jim Collins (Currently at Waterford) came 2nd in the IPD player of the month. We have £41.4M in the bank. Our U19’s beat Longford 3-1, goals from Neill McGuirk, Kevin O’Toole & Brian …
Continue reading “Group Stages Again? – #FM20 OS8 C2 S4 – Part 79 – Dundalk – August 2026”
Welcome back to Dundalk for an action-packed July of 2026. Our first competitive match will be the 1st Leg of the UCL 1st Qualifying Round versus Valletta. But then disaster… My Save file has corrupted, blue screen during a save… My last save I can use was just prior to the Drogheda final, so I’m …
Continue reading “From Valletta to Oswestry? – #FM20 OS8 C2 S4 – Part 78 – Dundalk – July 2026”
Welcome back to an odd month – these happen every even-numbered year in Ireland with the season running February to October. Just Derry in the league (Without Michael Duffy, who will be in the Irish training camp) and Drogheda in the Leinster Final. We will put a few friendlies in as well. First up the …
Continue reading “World Cup 2026 – #FM20 OS8 C2 S4 – Part 77 – Dundalk – June 2026”
Welcome back to Dundalk for a busy May 2026. Two games a week all month, and a tough run as well. Will be happy if we can go unbeaten. Michael Duffy scoops the IPD player of the month for April, with Steven O’Malley 2nd, and I come 2nd in the Manager of the Month behind …
Continue reading “The Grind – #FM20 OS8 C2 S4 – Part 76 – Dundalk – May 2026”
Welcome back for a month of domestic bliss (hopefully) – we tend to only get 3 months a season now when we aren’t involved in European Football so this allows us to hit our straps and get our cohesion up. Normal monthly stuff to start. Jim Collins deservedly gets IPD player of the month for …
Continue reading “Back to the day job – #FM20 OS8 C2 S4 – Part 75 – Dundalk – April 2026”