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(FM24) Born & Bred ‘The Regionnaire Challenge’ – Part 11 Welcome back! We are now on Part 10 of ‘Born & Bred’ FM24 blog series. If you missed the last part, please catch up here or if you’re completely new to ‘The Regionnaire Challenge‘, then here is a link to the introduction. However, I can only sign players that are born in the West Midlands. Basically the same concept as Athletic Bilbao, where only players with Basque nationality are permitted to sign and play for the club… September to October '25 Midlands Football League Premier Division Not much to cover in the league as that most of it was made up of the cup runs below. However played four times over the two month period and won all four of the fixtures. Won against Highgate United 6-1 (Birmingham-born Shilo Waldo scored a hat-trick), Market Drayton 4-1, Stone OA 3-1 and finally Ludlow 4-0. However, Shilo Waldo will be out of action for up to 9 weeks due to injury, so will that affect us in the long run, who knows... So, we currently sit in 6th place and have two games in hand over the teams above us due to our cup run. Only four points off 1st place...Dare to dream Peacock fans?? FA Vase We have to progress through one qualifying round before entering the competition for real and we started with a 9-1 win over Wednesfield in the second qualifying round with Sutton Coldfield-born Kalum Hemmingway getting his first hat-trick for the club. I believe to date that is the Peacocks biggest win in the series too. In the first round of the FA Vase would be the furthest we go in our maiden season in this competition after being well beaten by Kidsgrove 3-0. A old familiar name scored twice against us, Anthony Malbon, who I know I have signed this player beforehand on previous nonleague saves on FM. The 34 year-old haunted the Peacocks. Maybe, might add him to the list as he's a local lad too. FA Cup We had already played in three rounds in this competition and had to play another three just to get into the first round proper of the FA Cup. Guess what...We have only gone and done it but it was a tough ask as that we needed replays in the second and third qualifying rounds. First up, Highgate United, our league rivals and after a 1-1 draw at the Garden Walk we went to their ground and won 5-3, thanks to a brace from Shrewsbury-born midfielder Craig Harris. In the next round, we played the Yeltz aka Halesowen Town who play in the division above I believe. That was also a 3-3 draw at our ground before beating them 4-0 at their which I was shocked by, but I'll take it for defo. However, I did think it was going to be the end of our journey when we were drawn against National League side Buxton in the fourth qualifying round. But a cheeky 3-0 win over the side a few league above us, I will take all day!!! Gotta love the FA Cup!! In the first round proper we will face the railwaymen away from home...Is there another giant killing to take place or will we get bullied? Final Words... All updates on this series will be posted on here, also on the Sports Interactive Community page & in the FM Library Discord channel… In the meantime, please feel free to leave a comment with any feedback, questions and don’t forget to subscribe and hit the like button. All previous FM blogs can be found here and you can follow me over on X here…

(FM24) Born & Bred ‘The Regionnaire Challenge’ – Part 10 Posted on 15 Apr 2024 by CoxieFM Welcome back! We are now on Part 10 of ‘Born & Bred’ FM24 blog series. If you missed the last part, please catch up here or if you’re completely new to ‘The Regionnaire Challenge‘, then here is a link to the introduction. However, I can only sign players that are born/raised in the West Midlands. Basically the same concept as Athletic Club de Bilbao, where only players with Basque nationality are permitted to sign and play for the club… A Recap… So, the Peacocks made it back to back promotions having won the Midland Football League Division One last season. We go into season three of this series in the Midland Football League Premier Division and also get the opportunity to play in the FA Cup prelim rounds for the first time too. Also, at the Garden Walk we have our very own Star Boy in Birmingham-born Shilo Waldo, who has 54 goals in 64 apps. Can we keep him for season three? A Squad Update… We have now got 38 players on the books at the Garden Walk going into our third season. This does include 16 NewGen players that are in our u18s squad. Some familiar faces have returned to the club during the off season who have either played for me in the last two seasons or have actually played for Gornal in the past in real life. They were in Defence see’s Stafford-born Will Byers, Worcester-born Jamie Smith and Birmingham-born Kieren Westwood & Jamie Chisholm played for me. Also, Walsall-born Bekir Halil who played for the Peacocks in the 2010/11 and then again in the 2011/2021 seasons. Advertisements REPORT THIS ADPRIVACY Also, new faces that joined during the summer were; Alfie Toland, Raajan Gill, Aaron Cole, Lee Grady, Kyle Carey, Kalum Hemmingway, Josh Hunt and Edilson Panzo-Antonio. A special mention for the last player Edilson as he was born in Walsall and started out as a Walsall youth. Started the season 2025/26 Name Age Position Place of Birth Club Started at Raajan Gill 32 GK Birmingham Leicester City Billy Spink 28 GK Birmingham Coleshill Will Byers 25 DEF Stafford Stone OA Aaron Cole 32 DEF Burton-upon-Trent Derby County J’cee Abraham 25 DEF Birmingham Rotherham Jamie Smith 28 DEF Worcester Worcester City Jordan Till 16 DEF Dudley Gornal Athletic Brad Dorrington 16 DEF Dudley Gornal Athletic Michael Wells 15 DEF Dudley Gornal Athletic Alfie Toland 22 DEF Sutton Coldfield Dorchester Bekir Halil 34 DEF Walsall Dudley Town Kieran Westwood 29 DEF Birmingham Cambridge City Michael Franks 16 DEF Dudley Gornal Athletic Mpho Nene 17 DEF Dudley Gornal Athletic Jamie Chisholm 24 DEF Birmingham Mansfield Town Tom Urwin 32 MID Stoke-on-Trent Stoke City Sam Belcher 32 MID Nuneaton Coventry City Dior Leese 16 MID Dudley Gornal Athletic Sonny Parsons 21 MID Coventry Nuneaton Craig Harris 28 MID Shrewsbury Bishops Castle Jarrod Cadwallader 16 MID Dudley Gornal Athletic Jamey Bald 17 MID Dudley Gornal Athletic Haden Creaney 15 MID Dudley Gornal Athletic Glenn Dodd 15 MID Dudley Gornal Athletic Paul Piper 15 MID Dudley Gornal Athletic Jack Bloom 15 MID Dudley Gornal Athletic Shilo Waldo 19 MID Birmingham West Brom Ashanti Ziglam 19 MID Birmingham CPA Gregor Walwyn 15 MID Dudley Gornal Athletic Selcuk Aydemir 16 MID Dudley Gornal Athletic Kalum Hemmingway 23 MID Sutton Coldfield Sutton United Kyle Carey 28 MID Coventry Coventry Sphinx Lee Grady 28 MID Shrewsbury Carno Josh Hunt 31 FOR Hereford Hereford Connor Collins 29 FOR Birmingham Tividale Paul Barker 15 FOR Dudley Gornal Athletic Edilson Panzo-Antonio 29 FOR Walsall Walsall Alex Maycock 15 FOR Dudley Gornal Athletic *Players in BOLD BLACK are NewGen players. Preseason… We saw an invasion of Welsh clubs come across the border to the Garden Walk. They all left empty handed and sent back to Wales. It was also a mixture of nonleague and football league sides too and getting results like some below, I have to say I am well impressed to say the least in these. Let’s hope we continue this into the upcoming season… The Expectations… Midland Football League Premier Division We are mid-table after five games which includes two wins, two defeats and one draw. Our first game of the season ended in a 4-1 defeat to Chasetown at the Garden Walk and I thought it’s going to be this season we will struggle in the league in. But then in the next three games we draw against a tough Atherstone Town 1-1 before beating Wolves Casuals 4-2 and then demolishing Coleshill Town 7-0 with star-boy Shilo Waldo getting a brace in our biggest win so far this season. In the fifth league game saw us come up against our fierce rivals Dudley Town for the first time in this series and they bullied us despite us being the dominant side in much of that fixture. We lost 5-1 to The Robins, so I will be looking for revenge when they visit the Garden Walk later on in the season… The FA Cup Run… Our journey in this season’s FA Cup, sees us start it in the Extra Prelim Round and would have to win six games to even think about being drawn into the First round proper of this iconic competition. So, in the Extra Prelim Round we played Romulus at the Garden Walk. The club is in the league above us I think and we bullied them and won with ease 6-1 to set up another against a club who play in a higher league and see the match at home against Bromsgrove Sporting in Prelim Round. We went on to win that match 2-0 and then beat Ludlow 2-0 at the Ludlow Stadium in the First Qualifying Round to set up a Second Qualifying Round match against Highgate United at home. That’s three down, three to go and fingers crossed we can do it to bring in some funds for the club. The Kits… Shout-Out to Gerald Vella of SS style Fantasy kits and originals over on Facebook for doing this kits. These kits featured in one of my old FM20 saves, before I even blogged and found them in my emails and buzzing to import them in. However, I have looking to freshen these up in the future… Final Words… All updates on this series will be posted on here, also on the Sports Interactive Community page & in the FM Library Discord channel… In the meantime, please feel free to leave a comment with any feedback, questions and don’t forget to subscribe and hit the like button. All previous FM blogs can be found here and you can follow me over on X here…

(FM24) Born & Bred ‘The Regionnaire Challenge’ – Part 9 *****SPOILER ALERT, AS ITS NOT EVEN OUT YET ON WORDPRESS/DISCORD****** Welcome back! We are now on Part 9 of ‘Born & Bred’ FM24 blog series. If you missed the last part, please catch up here or if you’re completely new to ‘The Regionnaire Challenge‘, then here is a link to the introduction. However, I can only sign players that are born/raised in the West Midlands. Basically the same concept as Athletic Club de Bilbao, where only players with Basque nationality are permitted to sign and play for the club. The final four games of the season... In the hunt to become even champions of the Midland Football League Division One or even a playoff place took a slight wrong turn as that we faced fellow promotion chasing Wolves Sporting at the Garden Walk. They beat us 2-1, however we remained in 1st place but our three point gap was reduced to nothing so we had to fight on our hands in the final three games. It was helped with a cheeky 1-0 win over Paget Rangers and then a 4-2 win at home against Nuneaton Griff which but us in a good place going into the final game of the season. So, on the 26th April, we welcomed another promotion chasing side to the Garden Walk, this time it was Heather St. John's. I knew that we needed to win to be crowned champions of this division...And the boys delivered it on the final day beating them 3-1 in a thrilling game on home turf!! Results... As below. League standing... Back to Back promotions, however this one the toughest season so far. Even though its only our second season as that we lost seven times but managed to win 27 times out of the 38 league fixtures. Roll on season three... Gornal's star boy... Birmingham-born forward Shilo Waldo, Gornal's very own star boy...He was released from West Brom and Stoke City without even playing for them before joining the Peacocks in my first season and somehow managed to be the only player I have kept during this second season. Also, during this season he's opted to stay every single time a club has come in for him. Scored 54 in 64 appearances... Final Words All updates on this series will be posted on here, also on the Sports Interactive Community page & in the FM Library Discord channel… In the meantime, please feel free to leave a comment with any feedback, questions and don’t forget to subscribe and hit the like button. All previous FM blogs can be found here and you can follow me over on X here…

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(FM24) Born & Bred ‘The Regionnaire Challenge’ – Part 8... January '25 - March '25 On The Pitch We started off life in the New Year with a win against a competitive Smethwick Rangers side with Stoke-on-Trent born Tom Urwin getting all three of the Peacocks assists in the 3-2 victory. Then, we lost to Chelmsley Town 3-1 which then helped us kick started our run of eight game winning streak that included a 5-1, couple of 4-1's (Birmingham-born Shilo Waldo scored a hat-trick in the match against Heather St. John's) and the 8-3 victory over FC Stratford in February. I think Shilo Waldo may have grabbed himself a brace in the 11 goal thriller too. I am really surprised that I have managed to keep hold of him and he's currently the only player left from last season. Of course, we all know what happens when you are top of the league and you have to play the team at the time who were sitting bottom. Yep, you guessed right we lost 3-2 to AFC Bridgnorth, however that result didn't change anything as we remained top. In the following 3-2 win against Coton Green at the Garden Walk we secured a playoff place with five games to go. We ended the month of March with a 2-2 draw against Southam United. Results League Going into the last four games of the season with automatic promotion hopes in our hands. We actually face Wolves Sporting in the very next game who we are three points ahead off in 2nd place and also face Heather St. John's on the final day of the season. Off The Pitch We said goodbye to Birmingham-born Ade Francis. The former Walsall youth player had played 29 times, scored 9 and assisted 11 before Cribbs took him away from me. Like I said, this far down the pyramid you try not to get to attached to players. With this and I knew what happened at the end of last season when I struggled to hold onto players. I decided to go into the loan market and ended up bringing six more players in on loan including two former Peacock players. I have overloaded on defenders put I needed to tighten up the backline. Billy Spink - GK - Birmingham-born and will play as back up GK. Jamie Chisholm - DEF - Birmingham-born and a former player who played only 3 times last season. Jamie Smith - DEF - Worcester-born and also a former player who played 11 times and scored 4 goals last season. Jordan Darlington - DEF - Newcastle-under-Lyme. Kieran Westwood - DEF - Birmingham-born and a former Cambridge City youth player. Saif Mukadam - MID - Birmingham-born and a former Walsall youth player. He's a player since the first season I have tried to bring in and happy I got him as that we was a natural replacement for Ade Francis. Better Squad List Yet again, I was headhunted for mangers jobs. This time during this period five offers came in from other nonleague clubs. No thank you!! Thank you for reading...

(FM24) Born & Bred ‘The Regionnaire Challenge’ – Part 7 Welcome back! We are now on Part 7 of ‘Born & Bred’ FM24 blog series. If you missed the last part, please catch up here or if you’re completely new to ‘The Regionnaire Challenge‘, then here is a link to the introduction. However, I can only sign players that are born/raised in the West Midlands. Basically the same concept as Athletic Club de Bilbao, where only players with Basque nationality are permitted to sign and play for the club. Our Current Squad List... Three players have since departed, well poached by other clubs in the non-league world. I am still happy that somehow we have managed to keep hold of Birmingham-born Shilo Waldo, who has been linked and turned down loads of clubs to stay with the Peacocks. Our squad looks slightly small below, however this doesn't include our youth intake last season, so I might add them on for the next update... Youth Intake Preview... There's 16 players again in the next potential youth intake, so I am hoping again at least 10 are born in the West Midlands region like before or even all of them. I defo would like the GK to be in our region as I need/could do with one. November & December '24... During the cold winter month's in Gornal and away from home saw the Peacock's play eight league games with our form up and down like a mini-roller coaster. Started off brightly in the 5-2 victory over Southam United before it was 1st against 2nd place in the league as we travelled over to Wolverhampton. The in-form Wolves Sporting side came back from two nil down to beat us 3-2 in the cold November rain...We did manage to pick up another four points in this month as we dropped down to 3rd place in the table. In the 4-4 draw against Nuneaton Griff, Coventry-born Sonny Parsons scored twice and assisted twice too. Three games in the festival period of December saw the Peacock end 2024 with a win, a defeat and a draw. The League Table... Dropped from 2nd to 3rd in the league, which to be honest I not that fussed about as that we are still in the playoff places and by 11 points too. So, can we in the last 17 league games in the campaign secure a playoff place... Wanted... A Surrey based club, Badshot Lea were the first club to offer me a job interview in this series and I declined straight away as that the Garden Walk is my home... Final Words… All updates on this series will be posted on here, also on the Sports Interactive Community page & in the FM Library Discord channel…

(FM24) Born & Bred ‘The Regionnaire Challenge’ – Part 6 Welcome back! We are now on Part 6 of ‘Born & Bred’ FM24 blog series. If you missed the last part, please catch up here or if you’re completely new to ‘The Regionnaire Challenge‘, then here is a link to the introduction. However, I can only sign players that are born/raised in the West Midlands. Basically the same concept as Athletic Club de Bilbao, where only players with Basque nationality are permitted to sign and play for the club. Before We Start... The board expectation is for us to attempt to avoid relegation from the Midlands Football League Division One but I think even though the squad has been gutted of late. We still have good enough players to push further up the table at least a top half finish. August '24... Our first month since promotion into the Midlands Football League Division One has gone better than expected as we top of the league after winning our opening six games. On the opening day saw us run out a 3-0 win at the Garden Walk against Lichfield City with Shilo Waldo grabbing a brace. It then followed by just simple 1-0 victories over Kirby Muxloe and Brocton. We then came back from one nil down to beat Smethwick Rangers with a thunderous strike by Shilo Waldo getting the winner. Two highly polished 3-1 victories over Chelmsley Town and Wednesfield to make it six wins out of six. September '24... So after 429 days in charge of the Peacocks and on the 37th game we faced an in-form Ingles away from home. This wasn't scripted as we lost 3-2 with former Walsall and Birmingham-born Ade Francis assisting twice in the defeat. It was so nearly two defeats in a row as we came back from behind to rescue a point very late on in the 3-3 draw against Hinckley. But we did lose the third and final match of this month and making it the first month in this series we did win a game losing to FC Stratford 1-0. October '24... The Peacocks mean business as we are back to winning ways in the league by winning the next five in the league. One of the highlights was our Dudley-born and last season's youth intake player Selcuk Aydemir getting his first ha-trick and Gornal's of this season in the 5-3 win over Coventry Copsewood. Our first adventure in cup competition ended very quickly and will have to wait until next season to get into third round as that we exited out of the Midlands Football League Cup to Boldmere Sports & Social Falcons 4-2 in the second round. I was gutted but soon forgot about it as that we won the final two league games to move into 2nd place in the league. The League Table... Well, we are second in the league behind Wolves Sporting as club that I once saw play against Birmingham Tigers as that I met both managers whilst they both were at Black Country Rangers a few years back now. Anyway, back to FM and I am happy that we are not in a relegation battle and performing better then expected by many.... Final Words... All updates on this series will be posted on here, also on the Sports Interactive Community page & in the FM Library Discord channel… In the meantime, please feel free to leave a comment with any feedback, questions and don’t forget to subscribe and hit the like button. All previous FM blogs can be found here and you can follow me over on X here…

Building The Squad For The Upcoming Season... So where do I start following by the end of last season we had lost up to 11 first team players from the vulture clubs circling and taking our players away. I did think that would have been the end of it, however I was wrong as that another SEVEN players went including our best player of last season Birmingham-born and former Walsall player Jayden Allamby-John who I am gutted to see leave. His stats were class, played 26, scored 17, assisted 28 and got the PoM award 8 times. All the best at Warrington pal. It was eight player actually that left, but one of them Luke Keen retired. So, the others that left are highlighted in red below and players in bold black are going into their second season with the Peacocks. The normal black and brown are newly signed for the upcoming season. I will try not to get to attached to players this season but let's hope we have the next Jayden in this squad to help us with survival... Also, our u18s team will be in the National u18 League North West for this upcoming season. The Pre-Season Fixtures... I decided this preseason to test ourselves against clubs below us, in the same league and also teams in the league above us and the Peacocks performed above the standard required and won all six of the fixtures that we played. We casually brushed aside the club form Wolves before melting the Chocolate men again for the second preseason running. Then beating Billy's Town before making it sporting win over another Wolves club. The final two games saw us beat Smethwick before beating former league rivals FC Darlaston with a youthful side.

(FM24) Born & Bred ‘The Regionnaire Challenge’ – Part 4 Welcome back! We are now on Part 4 of ‘Born & Bred’ FM24 blog series. If you missed the last part, please catch up here or if you’re completely new to ‘The Regionnaire Challenge‘, then here is a link to the introduction. The vultures have circled around my best players during the last four games of the season but how many departed? Did we managed to secure the title of the West Midlands (Regional) League Division One unbeaten... Before we get into it, here is a quick reminder of the restrictions that have been opposed upon me as Peacock manager. I can only sign players that were born/raised in the West Midlands. Basically the same concept as Athletic Club de Bilbao, where only players with Basque nationality are permitted to sign and play for the club. Youth Intake... There were 16 players in the youth intake and out of them, only 10 were born in the West Midlands region. All 10 players below were born in Dudley and all signed youth contracts until the end of next season. So, at least I have players some players for the end of run in and for next season too... April '24... In the final four games we won all four of them. The Peacocks won against Pelsall Villa 4-1, with Nuneaton-born Harry Jackson getting a brace before he departed the club. Then, an away tie against Warstones Wanderers 5-2 with Birmingham-born Jayden Allamby-John scoring a brace. The Gornal Colts game was not int he script in the first half as that we were two nil down and looking like we were going to lose our first game of the season. However, a few strong words and we hit four in the second half to win 4-2. In the final game of the season saw us lift the league title following a 3-2 win over FC Darlaston. West Midlands (Regional) League Division One... Champions of the WMRL Division One because it's a mouthful saying it every time. We won the league by going unbeaten winning 27 and drawing the other three games. Credit to Bromyard Town who hunted us down all season and us beating them earlier in the season was key as that we finished first by three points. Squad... The Peacocks had 28 players in during this first season and as per usual the vultures circled and ended up picking off 11 players near the end of the season. Stats... Two Birmingham-born players top the clubs charts and I managed to keep hold of both of them until the end of the season. Shilo Waldo scored 23 goals, who started life out at the Baggies and Jayden Allamby-John assisted 28 times and was a former Saddler. End of Season Review... Final Words… All updates on this series will be posted on here, also on the Sports Interactive Community page & in the FM Library Discord channel… In the meantime, please feel free to leave a comment with any feedback, questions and don’t forget to subscribe and hit the like button. All previous FM blogs can be found here and you can follow me over on X here.

(FM24) Born & Bred ‘The Regionnaire Challenge’ – Part 3 Welcome back! We are now on Part 2 of ‘Born & Bred’ FM24 blog series. If you missed the last chapter, please catch up here or if you’re completely new to ‘The Regionnaire Challenge‘, then here is a link to the introduction. Having left you at the end of January ’24 with us at the top of the West Midlands (Regional) League Division One by only one point. This post will cover February '24, March '24, league table and also see the start of the vultures circling for our players. Before we get into it, here is a quick reminder of the restrictions that have been opposed upon me as Peacock manager. I can only sign players that were born/raised in the West Midlands. Basically the same concept as Athletic Club de Bilbao, where only players with Basque nationality are permitted to sign and play for the club. February '24... Before I start getting into the games, I am going to mention that being this far down the footballing pyramid players will come and go. If your performing well like we are at the moment then, Jesus clubs starting circling around your players will vultures and I have managed to go until Feb before they have. The first to be looked at was Worcester-born winger, Seb Thompson, a former Liverpool youth, who played 11 times, scored 4 and assisted 7 was snapped up by Fleet Spurs. Oh, one point he had 100 offers from different clubs and that's the most I have ever seen too. Goals, goals, goals were seen at the Garden Walk Stadium in the tie against Saltley Stallions, well, 13 of them with Wolverhampton-born midfielder Ryan Grosvenor scored four goals in this victory. We dropped points for the second time in the league as we drew against Dudley Sports and we actually had to come back from behind twice. Was that a sign that our unbeaten run may end? Of course not, as Ryan Grosvenor was on hand with his scoring boots on in the 5-0 win over Sikh Hunters. We make it 23 matches unbeaten in the league and remain in 1st place following a 3-2 win against Tipton Town. March '24... Yet again, we smash bottom of the league Wyrley United 6-2, but during that match Birmingham-born defender Jamie Chisholm suffered a broken lower leg and could be out for up to 10 months. He had only featured about a handful of times for the Peacocks, however we don't pay any wages for these players as we are an amateur club so I will pop him into the reserves and wait until he's fit again. At this point of time, I had 11 players all being headhunted by other teams and the only thing I could do is try and make them stay by offering them an amateur contract with the promise we get promoted again next season as that we can't offer wages. However, we lost two first choice players as they departed us. The first to go was Matt Coton, our number 1 goalkeeper who had played in every single match so far in the league and one of our main forwards Charlie Manners who had scored 21 times in 23 matches as they joined the likes of Ludlow Town Colts and London Tigers respectively. There are still a few players being chased by other clubs at the moment but fingers crossed I don't lose anymore. It was that time again in the league when it's 1st v 2nd who both are performing well above expected and chasing that one promotion place. So, we welcomed Bromyard Town to the Garden Walk and it was so nearly our first defeat of the season, I kid you not...Before Charlie Manners depart he scored two goals in this game before we somehow went three two down and it wasn't until the 95th minute, Ryan Grosvenor tap home to seal us a point to keep the unbeaten run alive. The very next game, newly signed Luke Keen, a 34 year old Tamworth-born forward scores a hat-trick on his debut as well as Jayden Allamby-John getting a three assists to make it 25 so far this season. Yes, Jayden is another player I am trying to hold on to. West Midlands (Regional) League Division One... We have opened up a three point gap between us and 2nd place Bromyard Town, but with four games to go its still to early to get the promotion banners out... Final Words… All updates on this series will be posted on here, also on the Sports Interactive Community page & in the FM Library Discord channel… In the meantime, please feel free to leave a comment with any feedback, questions and don’t forget to subscribe and hit the like button. All previous FM blogs can be found here and you can follow me over on X here.

West Midlands (Regional) League Division One… We are 1st in the league, however we are still being hunted down by Bromyard Town as they are only one point behind us in the league following their defeat to us in December.

January '24... We return back to the top of the league following a 6-1 win over Pelsall Villa and then remained there for the rest of the month too. Our unbeaten streak continued to 19 games following victories over the likes of Wellington Amateurs who played like a bunch of lol, Stourport u21s and then finally Bustleholme. Also, 19 is the magic number at the Garden Walk as Jayden Allamby-John has that in assists so far in the league.

Welcome back! We are now on Part 2 of ‘Born & Bred’ FM24 blog series. If you missed the last chapter, please catch up here or if you’re completely new to 'The Regionnaire Challenge', then here is a link to the introduction. Having left you at the end of November '23 with us at the top of the West Midlands (Regional) League Division One only by goal difference. This post will cover December '23, January '24 results and some off the pitch news. Before we get into it, here is a quick reminder of the restrictions that have been opposed upon me as Peacock manager. I can only sign players that were born/raised in the West Midlands. Basically the same concept as Athletic Club de Bilbao, where only players with Basque nationality are permitted to sign and play for the club. December '23... It was the battle for 1st place as that we played 2nd place Bromyard Town with us only being on top by a better goal difference ahead of this fixture. However, we defeated the Town by 2-0 to notch up our 10th straight win and go ahead by three points. The next match, Birmingham born Jayden Allamby-John added to his assists tally with two more assists in the 4-1 win over rivals Wrens Nest. A final score of 7-0 was deserved as the Peacocks bullied Warstones Wanderers with Jayden Allamby-John scored a brace this time and making it 12 straight wins in a row. But wait, Gornal drop off the top of the table after drawing 1-1 against Gornal Colts....Yes, you read it right, we dropped points but still remain unbeaten in 13, following that draw. However, back to winning ways days later by beating FC Darlaston at the Garden Walk 4-1. Yes, my guy and former Walsall player Jayden Allamby-John scored twice. We end the year off by beating the divisions worst defence Dudley Athletic by 3-0, but remain in 2nd place in the league and remain 15 games unbeaten.

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