Football management games

[Weasel1846]

can anyone tell me any good football management games??? beside (championship manager)

[mac101]

yeah, I play this one called sunday league. Its kinda like a football management type game… its all a bit of a laugh really– like sometimes your players don’t turn up to games cause they’re in the pub – stuff like that. But you can actually win some half decent prizes…. Check out the website: sundayleague.com…

my mate’s brother used to work for them and there’s this code CRE180901 that you can enter as a promotional code when you register – so you can get free credits... only works when you register though

[PFSIKH]

For online try WorldEliteSoccer.com.

There is a waiting list that is not very long and you manage a team in one of eight regions. You can make a request for a specific city (there are no real life teams i.e. Manchester United, but there is a Manchester). You control every aspect of the game from style of play to management. It is an excellent game and it is free.

For computer based games, I always loved Soccer Management Simulator. It is not graphically driven like Championship Manager, not even close. It is a no frills game. It is based on the English Premier League (from about 3-4 years ago for players)but there are enough editing tools to create your own league (I believe it has to have a similar structure to the EPL). Plus, WOSOMAN is another management game that is not as graphically inclined as championship manager.

[DutchFootballRulez]

EA makes a Footy Manager called Total Club Manager, I believe the next one will be TCM 2004 with integration into FIFA 2004.

[stattosoftware]

There are some good ones out that aren't CM.

Sick as a Parrot (www.machoward.com) is a very good one and is the exact opposite of CM while it is still a SMG.

Statto Soccer Manager (www.stattosoftware.com) isn't out yet but it will be freeware when it is out, but it only has the EPL.

For a full list visit sgh.soccergaming.com.

[Bonji]

An addictive online game is manager zone. www.managerzone.com

[Tony Cheval]

Originally posted by mac101
yeah, I play this one called sunday league. Check out the website: sundayleague.com…

my mate’s brother used to work for them and there’s this code CRE180901 that you can enter as a promotional code when you register – so you can get free credits... only works when you register though

Hmm, I just registered, and I only have 100 credits. And you really can't do much of anything without at least 500, looks like.

[Mac_Howard]

Sick as a Parrot (SaaP) is a totally different approach to the smg although Oliver Collyer has said the original was the inspiration to the Collyers to write their first CM. It's a role playing game rather than a numeric strategy game and gives a much greater control over the performance of the team and players.

You can best get a feel for SaaP from the user forum and in particular the game playing tips which reveal the depth of management control:

http://www.machoward.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=116

Mac Howard - author of SaaP

[AvidSinger]

Originally posted by Tony Cheval
Hmm, I just registered, and I only have 100 credits. And you really can't do much of anything without at least 500, looks like. Pretty much, yeah. I did the "cheat" thing and bought credits. I don't think it's possible to reach the upper echelons without doing so.

[Lone Star]

Originally posted by Weasel1846
can anyone tell me any good football management games??? beside (championship manager)
Have you ever tried www.hattrick.org? I've played since May 2001, and have found it to be highly addictive, with a great in-game community to boot.

[ArsenalTexan3]

Of all the online games I have played, hatrick is the best. I tried wes, but it got too frustrating and it was a bit unrealitic. Rather dull too I might add.

hattrick is more stupid funny with more of an equal chance to do something. Plus the results are 110% better. :)

[Sinter]

i've played hattrick and managerzone and by far hattrick is better... check it out.