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Cornish Crusade | Part 10 | Truro City In The Championship
A fairy tale was well and truly coming to life in Cornwall as little Truro City earned their place in the second tier of English football for the first time. The club with comfortably the smallest budget in League One earned automatic promotion with a squad of promising youngsters

The rollercoaster that is Football Manager
The above is a question that only true fans of the football simulation will be able to answer. Some have described Football Manager as a glorified spreadsheet, as they don’t understand the appeal of a game where ‘You don’t actually play the games’ as one of my ex-girlfriends once opined. Football Manager is there through […]

Nacka’s Yard: Season 14, Part 2 (2037)
Welcome back to “Nacka’s Yard”, where Nacka FC will today tick off another milestone in their rise to the top. The 2037 Allsvenskan campaign hasn’t exactly gone to plan so far, with our forwards seemingly forgetting how to score goals. Is it already too late to save our fading hopes of winning the title? We […]

Alphabet Challenge | Part 37, Club 19 | Gashi’s Goalscoring Exploits
Trebor Mahtal led AC Milan to its first-ever Europa League success in 2056, ticking off the 16th letter of his Alphabet Challenge. That meant that, after 32 years as a Football Manager, the 72-year-old now had 10 more letters remaining to complete this epic journey: C, D, F, G, H, I, K, Q, X and Y.

Alphabet Challenge | Part 37, Club 19 | Gashi’s Goalscoring Exploits
Trebor Mahtal led AC Milan to its first-ever Europa League success in 2056, ticking off the 16th letter of his Alphabet Challenge. That meant that, after 32 years as a Football Manager, the 72-year-old now had 10 more letters remaining to complete this epic journey: C, D, F, G, H, I, K, Q, X and Y.

Alphabet Challenge | Part 36, Club 18 | Record-Breaking Goal Tallies
AC Milan secured a solid 5th place after a massive summer clearout as Trebor Mahtal took control of his fourth Italian club. The Zambian now faced another big summer as he looked to bridge a big gap to the big two of Juventus and Napoli.

Player roles in Football Manager that I never use
Football Manager is easy to conquer if you have the right tactics and good players to play in each position. However, sometimes the roles of your players matter just as much as your formation or even the quality of players. There are some roles I hardly ever use, as they don’t fit the player’s strengths […]

How to Build a Football Manager Save That Lasts
One of the things we love the most about Football Manager is that no two saves are ever the same. Whether you’re trying to hunt down that first Champions League trophy, you want to take a semi-pro club into the big time, or maybe you’re looking to create an obscure lower-league dynasty, the real magic […]

Cornish Crusade | Part 9 | Huge Record Sales Before Promotion Race
Local hero Perran Trevelyan had led Truro City to eight consecutive club record high finishes and a second cup competitions as they won the EFL Trophy in 2031. And he was keen to develop his young squad to build on last season’s League One playoff place.

Nacka’s Yard: Season 14, Part 1 (2037)
My Football Manager 2024 series continues… but after 13 seasons, Nacka FC’s ascent to the top of Swedish football is almost complete. Nacka came painfully close to winning their first Allsvenskan title in the 2036 season, only missing out by a single point. But after finishing the campaign on a lengthy unbeaten run, hopes are […]

Alphabet Challenge | Part 35, Club 18 | Mahtal’s Fourth Italian Club
It was a case of one year and out as Trebor Mahtal celebrated his 70th birthday by winning the Slovenian league and cup double with NK Olimpija Ljubljana. The Zambian wrapped up the 13th league and 13th cup of his 30-year career and went in hunt of his 18th club to begin the task of ticking the 16th team off his Alphabet Challenge.

Football Manager 2026 needs to be worth the wait for players
As a group, fans of certain games are not the most patient. Most fans of Football Manager are pretty patient because we have had to wait for patches for new editions, or games being delayed. However, many fans of the world’s favourite football simulation seem to be at breaking point with the game’s creators, SI, […]

FM Experiment | What If Clubs Were PUNISHED For Winning Matches?
We changed the long-standing rules of football to actively punish teams for winning matches. Teams gain more points for drawing and losing than they do for winning, and gain more money if they draw or lose a match.

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Alphabet Challenge | Part 34, Club 17 | Defence First In Slovenia
A Swiss domestic double saw Trebor Mahtal move into the second half of his Alphabet Challenge. An army of homegrown youth led him to a league and cup win before going in search of his 17th club in 29 years of management.

Football Manager 2026 release date leaked
Just a short while after we wrote an article about the lack of details about Football Manager 2026 from Sports Interactive, we have now seen some details about the potential release date of the game. How do we know a potential release date? However, it was not from SI directly. Instead, it came in the […]

Football Manager 2026 set for fall 2025 release
Sega revealed the scheduled release date of FM26 according to the Sega Sammy Management Meeting 2025 presentation published on June 18th.

Cornish Crusade | Part 8 | Record Appearances Holder & Truro Head Back To Wembley
Truro City came close to a surprise playoff push in their first season in England’s tier three. But a tricky summer looked to be in store as manager Perran Trevelyan looked to restore the youth in his squad.

Summer 2025 Transfer Update for Football Manager 2024
No official FM24 summer 2025 transfers update, no problem! Our endorsed summer transfer update for FM 2024 is the next best thing before Football Manager 2026.

Alphabet Challenge | Part 33, Club 16 | Exciting Attack Inspires Zürich Excellence
After overseeing a massive firesale of around 40 players and signing zero replacements in his first six months in Switzerland, Trebor Mahtal led his young FC Zürich side to an unexpected second place in Raiffeisen Super League. He now faced the dilemma of whether to continue putting faith in homegrown youth or bolster the squad with additions.

What happened to wonderkid Freddy Adu?
Over the years, there have been thousands of wonderkids in Football Manager. We have covered many of those promising young players on our website. One player who defines the term wonderkid is Freddy Adu. We covered his story slightly in one of our old posts about wonderkids. Here we will take a deeper look at […]

Alphabet Challenge | Part 32, Club 16 | Z Target Begins With 40-Player Firesale
Free-scoring Valencia ran riot to lift LaLiga and help Trebor Mahtal hit the halfway mark on his Alphabet Challenge, in which he bids to win a major trophy with a club beginning with every letter of the alphabet. But the world-class manager was only out of work for two days before being offered an interview.