• Bonus Post (#spoilers)

    3 Comments

       For those of you that have made it this far – I salute you! If you haven’t already read my last post you will have missed the end of my #MayTheFürthBeWithYou save where 9 epic seasons came to an…

  • May the Fürth Be With You – XVII

    2 Comments

      PART XVII – Go Fürth   Do not go gentle into that good night,Old age should burn and rave at close of day;Rage, rage against the dying of the light..   Here we are. After 8 seasons, 16 blog…

  • May the Fürth Be With You – XVI

    4 Comments

      Part XVI – The Fürthest   “Football Manager giveth, and it taketh away” MaddFM, Fürth 2026.   When we last left off, the mighty Kleeblätter aka Greuther Fürth had just finished in 5th place in the 2025/2026 Bundesliga (our…

  • May the Fürth Be With You – XV

    2 Comments

      Part XV – Come Fürth   We are back! Life, work and real-life footie have slightly derailed my FM20 playing time for the past two weeks, however some well overdue time-off has enabled us to get back on the…

  • May the Fürth Be With You – XIV

    0 Comments

      Part XIV – Fürther Afield   We still can’t believe it. Greuther Fürth are in Europe. After 6 seasons and 13 blog posts, our highest ever finish in the Bundesliga (6th) last season means that sh*t just got real…

    By September 15, 2020

  • May the Fürth Be With You – X

    3 Comments

      Part X – The Fürth Pursuit    A quick summary of where are so far to date in this save: (click here to start from the beginning though, you know it makes sense)   Season 1 Season 2 League:…

  • May the Fürth Be With You – IX

    1 Comment

      PART IX – Wheel of Fürtune 🎡   📅 16th October 2022 (in game)   After our opening 5 league games during which record signing Ferran Torres was literally on fire nabbing 4 goals and 3 assists, it’s safe…

  • May the Fürth Be With You – VI

    0 Comments

      Part VI – Fürth Time for Everything     In 2006 Reading were promoted to the Premier League after winning the Championship with a record 106 points tally – they spent just £1.85 million in the summer keeping the…

  • May the Fürth Be With You – V

    1 Comment

      Part V – Fürth things first   At the beginning of November 2020 (in-game), we did a tactical overhaul and went into unchartered territory for this author by deploying a slightly unorthodox asymmetric tactic after years of stuttering through…

  • May the Fürth Be With You – IV

    2 Comments

      Part IV – Tactical Fürthcomings     Pre-Season – Fürth, Germany July 2020   Despite earning the club a hefty €13m in prize money by finishing in 5th place in Bundesliga 2 last season combined with our best efforts…