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Battle of the Apps: CM v FM
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
OK so I’ve been meaning to review Champman on the iPhone for a while, then FM came out and I started playing that, so might as well do them together…
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REVIEW: Why England Lose and Other Curious Phenomena Explained
Monday, March 8th, 2010
I nearly wrote a review of this before I had finished it – it was so good. I’m glad I didn’t though. Read on for an explanation for that somewhat weird comment…
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Cult Zeros
Monday, February 8th, 2010
A nice little site we stumbled across – get your hero/zero emblazoned on a t-shirt. They have Jan Aage-Fjortoft…
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Inverting the Pyramid
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
It’s about time we reviewed something. This time it’s the cerebral ‘Inverting the Pyramid’ by Jonathan Wilson – the thinking man’s football book. Read on to see what we thought…
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Football Manager Handheld
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
Are you a fan of Championship Manager? If so, Football Manager Handheld (PSP) is for you. It’s Football Manager lite, stripped of the superfluities; a nod to the old days, the original Champmans, where you picked and managed a team, chose from a set of formations, and bought and sold players. You could rattle through a season in a few hours, tweaking and changing, moving positions, dropping those out of form and giving youth a chance, resting your stars in the cup, and gradually bleeding your latest starlet into the first team…
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A Season with Verona
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
I have just finished this book, and though I am coming horribly late to the party (it was first published in March 2002) I want to shout about it to any other football fans it has passed by. The book tells of the author Tim Parks’ travels with Hellas Verona throughout the 2000/01 season, and their triumphs, trials, and tribulations. He originally published details in the Guardian, but the novel really works…
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FIFA 2009
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
Since ISS on the SNES, I have been a Pro Evo fanboy. But after the release of Pro Evo 2008, everything has gone wrong. It was with a heavy heart that I procured FIFA 2009 – but what a revelation… My only loyalty to Konami now lies in the control system. Read on to find out why… and to buy.
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Football Manager 2009 (PC)
Friday, November 14th, 2008
In this section we review football related books, games, DVDs, and other relevant and interesting merchandise. You can buy most of it in our shop, or we’ll helpfully provide a link with each article. First up is Football Manager 2009 for the PC…
