Only a matter of days before I cave into temptation. Think 03 was the last version i played and that was definitely starting to get too intricate for me.
Summer of 98, my parents went on holiday for a fortnight. I reckon 10 days out of 14 I was on the PC at 8am and played solidly through to 1 or 2am. Might explain why I didn't get laid much as a youngster.
Love that so many people have had the same obsession with it. I've heard stories of people putting on a suit when their side was in the Champions League Final, and I once found myself scrolling through a Champ Manager message board where people were reminiscing about their favourite players from older versions of the game, obscure Dutch defenders, Leyton Orient reserves and so on who went on to become superstars of people's CM teams.
Cant stress how disappointed I was when Kim Kallstrom's loan at Arsenal didnt work out - He's another Id also focus on signing each game and always wanted to see him in the Premier League
Tallan Martin (the kid I mentioned further up) was playing in the NSW Premier Division when I went to Sydney on Holiday one summer... took a two hour train down to Wollongong one day as his team were playing them. Game was bloody awful but what was remarkable was the fact that both teams got penalties yet each got taken by Goalkeepers rather than the Strikers, unsurprisingly meant that both got saved quite easily
Thinking about it, the version I played had Charlton in the Championship (or whatever it was called) so probably was 1999/2000
Just like 'arry Redknapp, I had my favourites. The one which stuck in my mind as doing a great job for Charlton, whenever I played Championship Manager was Kevin Betsy. Now England U17 coach, I taught him well
Thinking about it, the version I played had Charlton in the Championship (or whatever it was called) so probably was 1999/2000
Just like 'arry Redknapp, I had my favourites. The one which stuck in my mind as doing a great job for Charlton, whenever I played Championship Manager was Kevin Betsy. Now England U17 coach, I taught him well
That version was good until I learnt you could cheat, could never really play it again.
Daniel Prodan, Viktor Leonenko, an 18 year old Danny Murphy, Peter Smith
All bedrocks of my unbeatable Charlton Athletic side playing a 4 3 1 2
Cherno Samba
Me and my mate bought the italian and french versions of the game circa 96 as well. My PSG team were well ahead of their time, had a cracking right winger Claude Makelele, wonder what happened to him. Bixente Lizarazu, Zidane, Djorkaef, Martins, Didier Domi, Bernard Lama, Le Guen. Pretty sure at one point the french national team all played for me. Oh and a bargain Ryan Giggs who I picked up somehow
Discovered a cheat in the 96 game where you could buy players for nowt. Up your bid so high it got accepted then modify the bid down to 0.
This game also went a long way to ruining my GCSEs
Love the Championship Manager and Football Manager games in the past. But the best one on Playstation in my eyes is LMA Manager, would play hours and hours on that game. How they haven't brought that back I do not know.
LMA manager was quality, I wished they had that now for PS4, come to think of it they dont have any manager games for ps4
I used to write watch the cup draws on LMA manager and write down my predictions for who I thought would win each round lol
Nothing better on a rainy day than playing a bit of LMA Manager
Premier Manager (92) was my game. Always started off with Wycombe Wanderers in the conference. I had it on the Atari ST, genuinely surprised the floppy disk didn't wear out.
Floppy disk, kids Google it.
@PopIcon Wycombe on Premier Manager was epic. I still remember loads of the Wycombe player names:
Hyde Carroll Creaser Crossley Scott Stapleton Guppy
Premier Manager (92) was my game. Always started off with Wycombe Wanderers in the conference. I had it on the Atari ST, genuinely surprised the floppy disk didn't wear out.
Floppy disk, kids Google it.
@PopIcon Wycombe on Premier Manager was epic. I still remember loads of the Wycombe player names:
Hyde Carroll Creaser Crossley Scott Stapleton Guppy
Got my copy of FM2020 and been playing this evening. Frustratingly the Charlton squad I've inherited is the post January window one, so despite being back in July preseason, I've no Gallagher and am stuck with the rubbish Southall brought in!
Got my copy of FM2020 and been playing this evening. Frustratingly the Charlton squad I've inherited is the post January window one, so despite being back in July preseason, I've no Gallagher and am stuck with the rubbish Southall brought in!
When you start a new game you should have the option of which database you use.
Remember coming home from school and my nan had unplugged my zx spectrum to hoover my bedroom. Charlton were top of the league, I cried into my Star Wars Pillow (still have it)
Got my copy of FM2020 and been playing this evening. Frustratingly the Charlton squad I've inherited is the post January window one, so despite being back in July preseason, I've no Gallagher and am stuck with the rubbish Southall brought in!
When you start a new game you should have the option of which database you use.
That's fine, and it gives me new admiration for Bowyer too
I knew I shouldn’t have followed that link. I started my game with Plymouth, but was dismissed just before Christmas.
My wife is working from home at the moment and I’ve had some uncertainty over my own work situation. So when I yelled, “I got the sack!”, she literally jumped out of her chair, before realising that I wasn’t talking about the game.
Oh and if you were concerned by about my work situation, after a year of applying for positions, I’ve finally got myself a job as the manager of Shrewsbury Town and am officially addicted again! 🙄
Premier Manager (92) was my game. Always started off with Wycombe Wanderers in the conference. I had it on the Atari ST, genuinely surprised the floppy disk didn't wear out.
Floppy disk, kids Google it.
I had this on the Mega Drive. In fact I've still got it somewhere. Was very addictive.
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Tallan Martin (the kid I mentioned further up) was playing in the NSW Premier Division when I went to Sydney on Holiday one summer... took a two hour train down to Wollongong one day as his team were playing them. Game was bloody awful but what was remarkable was the fact that both teams got penalties yet each got taken by Goalkeepers rather than the Strikers, unsurprisingly meant that both got saved quite easily
As an aside I have a genuine signed to tonton zola t shirt in my man cave :-)
Tsigalko was class, could never bring myself to drop David Collins though.
Just like 'arry Redknapp, I had my favourites. The one which stuck in my mind as doing a great job for Charlton, whenever I played Championship Manager was Kevin Betsy. Now England U17 coach, I taught him well
Daniel Prodan, Viktor Leonenko, an 18 year old Danny Murphy, Peter Smith
All bedrocks of my unbeatable Charlton Athletic side playing a 4 3 1 2
Cherno Samba
Me and my mate bought the italian and french versions of the game circa 96 as well. My PSG team were well ahead of their time, had a cracking right winger Claude Makelele, wonder what happened to him. Bixente Lizarazu, Zidane, Djorkaef, Martins, Didier Domi, Bernard Lama, Le Guen. Pretty sure at one point the french national team all played for me. Oh and a bargain Ryan Giggs who I picked up somehow
Discovered a cheat in the 96 game where you could buy players for nowt. Up your bid so high it got accepted then modify the bid down to 0.
This game also went a long way to ruining my GCSEs
I used to write watch the cup draws on LMA manager and write down my predictions for who I thought would win each round lol
Nothing better on a rainy day than playing a bit of LMA Manager
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Wycombe on Premier Manager was epic. I still remember loads of the Wycombe player names:
Hyde
Carroll
Creaser
Crossley
Scott
Stapleton
Guppy
That game was the beginning of the end for me academically
My wife is working from home at the moment and I’ve had some uncertainty over my own work situation. So when I yelled, “I got the sack!”, she literally jumped out of her chair, before realising that I wasn’t talking about the game.
Oh and if you were concerned by about my work situation, after a year of applying for positions, I’ve finally got myself a job as the manager of Shrewsbury Town and am officially addicted again! 🙄