FM Journeys from Part-Time to All-Time
Welcome back to Dundalk for another busy one – 7 league games and a cup defence this month. First up before we go to Cobh on the 2nd the usual monthly stuff. Jordan IPD player of the month for March. His free kick versus Waterford was also goal of the month. Michael Duffy’s free kick …
Continue reading “Busy Busy Busy – PearceyPlays #FM20 OS6 C2 S2 – Part 52 – Dundalk – April 2024”
Welcome back to another month in paradise – A massive fish in a tiny pond here in Ireland with Dundalk. A relatively quiet month with 5 league games and a regional cup versus a First Division team. Manager of the Month for February in the IPD!! NEW SIGNING (LOAN) Freddy Barton (Incorrectly Burton in FM20) …
Welcome back to Dundalk for the start of the 2024 season. To speed things along I’m really going to concatenate how I do these posts. Like not doing the key highlights package for instance. Also I’ll be shortening the match descriptions. If these are something you really like please let me know and I can …
Continue reading “A Hero Returns – PearceyPlays #FM20 OS6 C2 S2 – Part 50 – Dundalk – February 2024”
Welcome back to Dundalk for our 2024 pre-season. Exciting times!! Flush with cash, lets go an try and start building a team that can go toe-to-toe in Europe with the bigger teams (Maybe not the biggest, will need a few years for that). Right, lots of bits to go through. PLAYERS LEAVING (LOAN) Youngsters Tommy …
Welcome back to the end of the 2023 season for Dundalk. It’s been a pretty good one so far: Premier League tick, League Cup tick, Leinster Senior Cup tick, final of FAI/Senior Challenge Cup & All-Ireland Challenge/Unite the Union Cups, lost the President’s cup (Like the Community Shield) at the start of the season and …
Continue reading “1 Team, 2 Cups – PearceyPlays #FM20 OS5 C2 S1 – Part 48 – Dundalk – Nov/Dec 2023”
Welcome to a crazy 10-game (Possibly 11) October 2023. We’re really struggling with injuries as we get towards our 60th competitive game this season, and this isn’t going to help. But we can wrap up the League and win the FAI cup this month so we need to keep on going. Next Season will necessitate …
Continue reading “Monster Month – PearceyPlays #FM20 OS5 C2 S1 – Part 47 – Dundalk – October 2023”
Welcome back. We are September 2023. Still in the FAI Cup, League Cup (Final versus Cobh mid-month), Champions League (Group D!!!) and 10 games left in the League, currently top by 6 points with a game in hand. 39 games unbeaten, everything is pretty sweet 🙂 Last month was a madness but we have an …
Welcome back to Dundalk for an action-packed August 2023 – Potentially 10 matches if all goes (really) well. If(No, When!) we get past Astana there will be a 3rd round tie versus either Dinamo Zagreb or Molde, and if we can get past that a big club awaits in the 4th Qualifying Round.. Put 4 …
Continue reading “Astana – PearceyPlays #FM20 OS5 C2 S1 – Part 45 – Dundalk – August 2023”
Welcome back to another instalment of my FM20 Journeyman, currently loving life at my second club, Dundalk, in my 5th Season of management. This month brings my first participation in the Champions League, with the potential of making either a 2,500km journey to Sofia in Bulgaria or a mad 5,000km+ journey to Nur-Sultan (As far …
Continue reading “Trip to Iceland – PearceyPlays #FM20 OS5 C2 S1 – Part 44 – Dundalk – July 2023”
Welcome back to another month in Dundalk. last month was pretty good TBH, can we continue on with this form? 4 League games and the Final of the prestigious Leinster Senior Cup versus our main rivals Shamrock Rovers. Plus we lose our two centre-backs for the middle 3 games to the European U21 Championships (Nathan …
Continue reading “First Silverware? – PearceyPlays #FM20 OS5 C2 S1 – Part 43 – Dundalk – June 2023”