Comments on: Play Football Manager now! http://blog.kevintoms.com Original author of Football Manager computer game Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:24:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Dave Moran http://blog.kevintoms.com/play-football-manager-now/#comment-803 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:21:52 +0000 http://kevintoms.wordpress.com/?page_id=34#comment-803 ‘Kevin Toms – Designer’ – You’re image and those words take me back. You’re a legend Kevin and my thanks go out to you for making my adolescence bearable! I hope you got paid shed loads of cash, mate!

]]> By: Kevin Toms Jr. http://blog.kevintoms.com/play-football-manager-now/#comment-521 Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:23:09 +0000 http://kevintoms.wordpress.com/?page_id=34#comment-521 Oh great.. Like I didnt spend enough hours playing this game back in the 80s.. Bye bye weekend…

]]> By: Kevin Toms – The creator of Football Manager | Latest Football News http://blog.kevintoms.com/play-football-manager-now/#comment-408 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 04:00:20 +0000 http://kevintoms.wordpress.com/?page_id=34#comment-408 [...] In the game everyone the opportunity to manager a team, and watch the game unfold in pure two dimensional unadulterated by advertising green graphics. Want to see what kept us in our bedrooms for so long at the time without a staple through their naval? Well you can still play a version of the game by clicking here. [...]

]]> By: Kevin Toms – The original gamefather http://blog.kevintoms.com/play-football-manager-now/#comment-406 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 07:40:04 +0000 http://kevintoms.wordpress.com/?page_id=34#comment-406 [...] In the game everyone the opportunity to manager a team, and watch the game unfold in pure two dimensional unadulterated by advertising green graphics. Want to see what kept us in our bedrooms for so long at the time without a staple through their naval? Well you can still play a version of the game by clicking here. [...]

]]> By: The Original Gamefather http://blog.kevintoms.com/play-football-manager-now/#comment-405 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 07:31:57 +0000 http://kevintoms.wordpress.com/?page_id=34#comment-405 [...] In the game everyone the opportunity to manager a team, and watch the game unfold in pure two dimensional unadulterated by advertising green graphics. Want to see what kept us in our bedrooms for so long at the time without a staple through their naval? Well you can still play a version of the game by clicking here. [...]

]]> By: The original gamefather « The Ball is Round http://blog.kevintoms.com/play-football-manager-now/#comment-384 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:14:23 +0000 http://kevintoms.wordpress.com/?page_id=34#comment-384 [...] So who is this Kevin, and what relevance does it have to the game?  Well, Kevin Toms developed the first ever football manager simulation game for the ZX Spectrum back in the very early 1980′s.  In the game everyone the opportunity to manager a team, and watch the game unfold in pure two dimensional unadulted by advertising green graphics.  Want to see what kept us in our bedrooms for so long at the time without a staple through their naval? Well you can still play a version of the game by clicking here. [...]

]]> By: Kevin Toms is my hero | The Ball is Round http://blog.kevintoms.com/play-football-manager-now/#comment-333 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:17:08 +0000 http://kevintoms.wordpress.com/?page_id=34#comment-333 [...] So who is this Kevin, and what relevance does it have on today’s post?  Well, Kevin Toms developed the first every football manager simulation game for the ZX Spectrums back in the very early 1980’s.  In the game everyone the opportunity to manager a team, and watch the game unfold in pure two dimensional unadulted by advertising green graphics.  Want to see what kept us in our bedrooms for so long at the time without a staple through their naval? Well you can still play a version of the game by clicking here. [...]

]]> By: Kevin Toms http://blog.kevintoms.com/play-football-manager-now/#comment-315 Thu, 20 May 2010 21:30:02 +0000 http://kevintoms.wordpress.com/?page_id=34#comment-315 Thanks for your comments. I had not thought of that for changing the teams, but I can see the value in it.

]]> By: Mark Wilson http://blog.kevintoms.com/play-football-manager-now/#comment-313 Wed, 19 May 2010 20:09:59 +0000 http://kevintoms.wordpress.com/?page_id=34#comment-313 Hi Kevin

many thanks for this, and also for bringing back teenage nostalgia via this excellent blog. I was interested to read about the development of FM. It was always the definitive football manager game in the 80s for the Spectrum although there were some other decent ones around a little later (Soccer Boss AKA The Boss & Advanced Soccer Simulator). It says a lot for FM, that these never really tested the sales and popularity of FM, at least to my mind. I have a friend who often says, even to this day; “Kevin Toms was a genius”.

In fact, another feature of the game I really enjoyed (and me and friends found amusing) was to be able to change the team names, which me and my mate always did – to people in our school class or any other people we knew, even down to 80s Eastenders characters! I’m still smarting after being hammered 2-7 away at Ian Beale’s. It was always good to make up regional Leagues too. by changing the names.

And a season took about an hour, which was great – 4 seasons in an evening after tea- better than waiting 6 weeks to finish one on the newer footie manager games.

Overall , I am glad I found this blog site. I never play games on PC’s / Playstations etc, but I might be tempted with the online version. etc

Once again, many thanks Kevin Toms.

]]> By: Alberto http://blog.kevintoms.com/play-football-manager-now/#comment-248 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:36:10 +0000 http://kevintoms.wordpress.com/?page_id=34#comment-248 El unico juego de football que me ha gustado.
Gracias por las horas de diversión que pase frente al spectrum.

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