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Chapter 8: The Season in Review A season in which we overachieved - a 3rd place finish highlighting just how good we were this campaign. One of the main aspects of our success was our magnificent home form - the best in the division! We went the whole campaign unbeaten at the San Mames and...

Chapter 7: End of the First Season We've enjoyed a very successful first season at Bilbao - let's end it in fitting style! La Liga Matchday 35: Real Madrid vs Athletic Bilbao Real Madrid away is the most difficult fixture of the LaLiga season, and they've been in blistering form in the...

Chapter 6: A Crucial Part of the Season February, March and April are three crucial months, with just 5 fixtures remaining after these three months worth of fixtures are played. It'll give us a very good idea of exactly where we may finish this season. La Liga Matchday 25: Athletic Bilbao vs...

Chapter 5: A Difficult January An intriguing month lies ahead, with some of our best players being linked with moves to other clubs. It could mean that the most important part of the window is holding on to who we've got. I was in the market for players, and with very little to choose...

Chapter 4: Top 4 Ambitions? After a very successful start, we'll be looking to kick on and build off that positive first three months in charge. November was rather an uneventful months, with just the three fixtures. However, we amassed a total of 7 points in those 3 games, and earned 2...

Chapter 3: A Positive Start Since FM25 is no longer a million miles away, I thought it might make sense to provide longer updates. Therefore, instead of a month-by-month post, I'll incorporate 3 months in each post to hopefully move things a little quicker. I'll cover key games and show our...

Chapter 2: Season Planning It is worth noting, of course, that I have not updated the teams to match the 2024/25 squads, so incomings and outgoings that have occurred in real life do not translate over and we begin at the start of the 2023/24 season. In reality, Bilbao finished in an...

Chapter 1: A Difficult Dream As has happened continuously throughout FM24, I have taken breaks for the game before returning. Alas, here I am once more, prepared to undergo the difficult challenge of glory with Athletic Bilbao. I'm sure that many FM players have attempted this before, but I...

Chapter 11: A Vital Set of Games There's the potential for top 4 in the league and another Europa League triumph...will we achieve either? Before any on the field action began, we had our annual youth intake announced - and it's a good one. We've got three 5 star prospects and they could...

Chapter 10: Heading Towards the End of the Season An important month that includes the Europa League Round of 16. La Liga Matchday 27: Sevilla FC vs RCD Mallorca We open the month with a frustrating scoreless draw against Mallorca. We didn't offer enough in attack considering we were at...

Chapter 9: Back to Winning Ways After a tough time out last month, we'll be hoping this month brings more success results wise. La Liga Matchday 23: Sevilla FC vs CA Osasuna The month began with a return to winning ways after a four game winless run. We were frustratingly locked at 0-0...

Chapter 8: A Tougher Run of Form The January transfer window is open and we'll seek to balance potential transfer activity, whilst maintaining a push for a Top 4 finish in La Liga. La Liga Matchday 19: Sevilla vs Villarreal The month began with an entertaining draw against Villarreal...

Chapter 7: Champions League Progress? We'll find out our Champions League fate this month, all in the midst of some very important league games as well. La Liga Matchday 15: Athletic Bilbao vs Sevilla FC We start the month off with an unentertaining 0-0 draw against Athletic Bilbao. Not...

Chapter 6: Domestic Highs and Continental Lows As mentioned in the post above, November promises to be both an interesting and important month, as the Champions League group draws closer to its finish and the league continues to take shape. La Liga Matchday 12: Granada CF vs Sevilla FC A...

Chapter 5: Trying to Maintain Good Form We've had a bright start to the La Liga season and hopefully that continues this month with 3 more domestic fixtures, as well as two Champions League games. UEFA Champions League Matchday 2: Sevilla FC vs Ferencvaros Our Champions League game...