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I go back even further to the ORIGINAL Football Manager, written by Kevin Toms (Addictive Games) when it was released on the ZX Spectrum in 1982

Watch any GTFC video the final for example or any other video  .

Press Print Screen at any point you want.

I save it to a spreadsheet.

Right click and save as picture to a folder.

Locate in folder then right click on it and set as background.

Quoted from PoutonStepover

Indeed it was! Being a touch under half your age, I’ve been playing since Championship Manager 98/99, I remember playing it for 40 hours straight through on the first day I got it, thinking it was the greatest game I’d ever seen, going to school on Monday morning after being awake for 40 hours wasn’t ideal though.

There’s some very good podcasts online with the creators Paul & Oliver Collyer.

Were they Cambridge fans? I remeber one version they brought out had 2 players for the Cambridge United who smashed the granny out of the leagues with unbelievable stats.

I played from the very first release but the ones I watch my lad play these days are so in depth I would struggle.

I was a great fan of ANCO's Player Manager, Sensible World of Soccer both on the Amiga and prior to that the casette loading Soccer Boss on the spectrum.

Good days.

Quoted from male private Nale

Were they Cambridge fans? I remeber one version they brought out had 2 players for the Cambridge United who smashed the granny out of the leagues with unbelievable stats.

I played from the very first release but the ones I watch my lad play these days are so in depth I would struggle.

I was a great fan of ANCO's Player Manager, Sensible World of Soccer both on the Amiga and prior to that the casette loading Soccer Boss on the spectrum.

Good days.

Soccer Boss - now there's a blast from the past. I uses to love that one. Found it was often difficult to get it to load (from the old type deck type loader) and it would crash quite frequently too, even when it did. Great game when it worked mind.

Is there a Champ Man thread anywhere? Just off these few mentions I have a feeling the collective stories and time spent on the game there'd be a 400 page thread populated in a matter of days!  

97/98 was my first intro and nostalgically favourite, but 01/02 winning the overall award as best version for me.

LMA manager was my favourite growing up

Quoted from jaygy

LMA manager was my favourite growing up

Good call. I was just reading something totally unrelated (not your comment) and for some reason 'LMA Manager' entered my head. Cracking game. I think it was released for about 6 seasons in the 2000's

There was another footy game back in the 90's, and for the life of me can I remember the name or company who made it, that was more indepth than anything previously, that I would say was more like the forerunner of the original version of Football Manager nowadays.

Quoted from WayneBurnettsJockstrap

Good call. I was just reading something totally unrelated (not your comment) and for some reason 'LMA Manager' entered my head. Cracking game. I think it was released for about 6 seasons in the 2000's

There was another footy game back in the 90's, and for the life of me can I remember the name or company who made it, that was more indepth than anything previously, that I would say was more like the forerunner of the original version of Football Manager nowadays.

Wasn't 'FA Premier League Football Manager' was it? Had the PL logo on the box? If so I had this and the best bit about it was the ability to build your ground up but with loads of design options to choose from. You could choose the tier format, roof style, cladding etc. Was never bothered about winning, just building a nice stadium. Hang on.....  

D&H Games! Bloody hell my brains on overload today. They did plenty of sports simulations. I think I had them all at some point.

Football Director
Cricket Captain
Multi-Player Soccer Manager
International Football
Grand Prix
County Cricket
Championship Golf
Wembley Greyhounds
Football Director II
International Manager

Quoted from gtfc_chris

Wasn't 'FA Premier League Football Manager' was it? Had the PL logo on the box? If so I had this and the best bit about it was the ability to build your ground up but with loads of design options to choose from. You could choose the tier format, roof style, cladding etc. Was never bothered about winning, just building a nice stadium. Hang on.....  

Haha youve just given yourself away!