• May the Fürth Be With You – XVII

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      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

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      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

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      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 – X

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      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

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      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

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      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

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      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

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      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…

  • May The Fürth Be With You – III

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      Part III – One Step Fürther   When we last left off, the Kleeblätter aka Greuther Fürth had just entered the winter break (yes that’s a thing in Germany) sitting in 4th place in Bundesliga 2 after 20 games…

  • May The Fürth Be With You – I

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      Part I – Under the Influence ☘️☘️   For a small country on the edge of Europe that has had limited success on the global footballing stage (more to follow), Ireland has had quite a substantial influence on football…