Football Manager Players

Quoted from 123614

I am a fanatical Football Manager player having owned and played every version since it 1993 when it presented the game then as Championship Manager.

I'm interested to find out how many Fishy people play the game, and if those that do always select Grimsby as their team to manage, and whether they just stick to the team's actual squad, or introduce other players as the seasons go by?

Same here mate.  When i got the very first edition on the Amiga its Championship Manager (Domark), it had random names but then the following year proper names were added then when Sigames split, came the emergence of FM.  I did get the Championship Manager after the split and the game was awful noting like what it was before, atleast we know how took the source code with them lol

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I have the last one and i will confess i am the master at this game i have gone NL unbeaten promoted champs and LG2 undefeated promoted champions.

Quoted from goldenfish

Used to get so excited when buying the Italians and French leagues , they came on their own disk !

I last played with around the 00/01 version. The French and Italian players that would come to Town were always shite though - whereas the Scandi's were superb - in particular Swedes - I would always send my scouts there. Can't remember all their names but Kallstrom and Isakson would come to Town and were amazing, think there was a Lunde or something like that (Lunden?) as well...

For 50K i got Crewe's Ashley Ward and Norwich's Ade Akinbiyi bargains haha

This was my life going through school. I even skipped school to play it, stayed awake all night before going to school playing it and was a very large contributor to the fact I earned a grand total of 1 GCSE at C. I held a great degree of pride in being able to spell FUDGE with my results until I grew up somewhere around turning 30.

For me, 97/98 or 01/02 rank as best. Probably 01/02 pips the post but 97/98 was my intro and me and my mates who lived 2 doors down played it religiously.

Currently got a game on the go that I dip in and out of with Town on 01/02, promoted first season and top of Prem in first season. Mark Kerr, David Fox, Kallstrom, Farnerud, Lunden, Selakovic, Mokouko, To Madeira and Michael Dunwell being the key names.

Risky business to moot this and marriages may be on the line, but does anyone know how to start/join a network game on 01/02? Just throwing a tentative suggestion of a game out there.....

Quoted from gtfc_chris

This was my life going through school. I even skipped school to play it, stayed awake all night before going to school playing it and was a very large contributor to the fact I earned a grand total of 1 GCSE at C. I held a great degree of pride in being able to spell FUDGE with my results until I grew up somewhere around turning 30.

For me, 97/98 or 01/02 rank as best. Probably 01/02 pips the post but 97/98 was my intro and me and my mates who lived 2 doors down played it religiously.

Currently got a game on the go that I dip in and out of with Town on 01/02, promoted first season and top of Prem in first season. Mark Kerr, David Fox, Kallstrom, Farnerud, Lunden, Selakovic, Mokouko, To Madeira and Michael Dunwell being the key names.

Risky business to moot this and marriages may be on the line, but does anyone know how to start/join a network game on 01/02? Just throwing a tentative suggestion of a game out there.....

I wouldn’t recommend looking here for resources then https://champman0102.net/  ;)

Quoted from gtfc_chris

This was my life going through school. I even skipped school to play it, stayed awake all night before going to school playing it and was a very large contributor to the fact I earned a grand total of 1 GCSE at C. I held a great degree of pride in being able to spell FUDGE with my results until I grew up somewhere around turning 30.

For me, 97/98 or 01/02 rank as best. Probably 01/02 pips the post but 97/98 was my intro and me and my mates who lived 2 doors down played it religiously.

Currently got a game on the go that I dip in and out of with Town on 01/02, promoted first season and top of Prem in first season. Mark Kerr, David Fox, Kallstrom, Farnerud, Lunden, Selakovic, Mokouko, To Madeira and Michael Dunwell being the key names.

Risky business to moot this and marriages may be on the line, but does anyone know how to start/join a network game on 01/02? Just throwing a tentative suggestion of a game out there.....

Hahaha i thought i was the only one to sign Michael Dunwell and if you want a winger in the lower leagues Garforths Graham Merchant or The swede Kennedy Barcogliou or something like that.

Yes play the game and like it. Have done for quite a while. I prefer the game now as opposed to the the older verisions.More realistic if more time consuming. I tend to start with a conference south or North side and try to work my way up.

Having said that nothing beats the real thing. Ive done a bit of coaching  with a professional club community work in the past and enjoyed it. Some of the youngsters Ive seen eg 14-15 are really good .You want to see people maximise potential. Having said that I think if youngsters enjoy the game and play it thats all that matters.It does them good physically and emotionally. We cant all be world beaters like  Ronaldinho or Pele.

Had pretty much every version from Champ Man 01/02 up to FM20 - dread to think how many hours of my life spent (none wasted) but haven't bought the past few years for a few reasons:

Less time then once had
After FM20 they stopped doing FM Touch on Ipad - I don't own a Switch, the full version is 'too much game' and Mobile version 'isn't enough game' - FM Touch/Classic is about the level of detail I am after
On FM20 I finally won the Premier League with Grimsby in 2040/41 (you heard it hear first) and I haven't played since - 'completed it mate' (?)

I started downloading the mobile versions about 4 years ago, and became completely addicted for a couple of years. Unfortunately now my eyesight is completely f#cked due to this, and now even 2 minutes of looking at my phone results in headaches and double vision!

I totally blame FMH for this, and can no longer play it, which saddens me. And I’m somebody who otherwise hasn’t played computer games since 1993.

Wonderful game for football fans, but don’t buy the mobile phone version or you’ll be Mr Magoo like me in no time.

Quoted from Heisenberg

Wonderful game for football fans, but don’t buy the mobile phone version or you’ll be Mr Magoo like me in no time.

I played the mobile version about 2 years ago for a bit. Was ok but playing football manager on the laptop is far more enjoyable in my view eg much more immersive.