Life in Football Manager

England v Spain

So we reach the final, an unlikely pairing await us. Spain the favourite for the competition and now the favourites on the night take on England, what an alternative to Euro 2008 not only are we in the competition for us all to support but have at last got to the final of [...]

The Semi Final Draw
Sweden V Spain
England V Germany

An interesting set of draws, the first one being the curse of all England teams since 1966. Will it go to penalties? We sure hope not, it will also be a chance again to make those comparisons with the war. Also Sweden v Spain a repeat of the [...]

The draw for the Quarter finals:
Sweden v France
Poland v Germany
England v Czech Republic
Holland v Spain
So as it has worked out each of our 6 teams left, are to meet each other in the quarter finals to fight it out to be the best team in Europe and interestingly Poland and Germany are drawn together in [...]

The first of the round of games we bring to you is just for the decision of who will win the group giving the better draw as Germany and Sweden go head-to-head.  Schmitdt opened the scoring, 10 minutes in good position allowed him space, when the ball came in he fired it past Isaksson. A [...]

Scotland once again showed that they were out of their depth even with one of the best managers in British history, Gus Hiddink also showed he was a magician. Sweden played good football throughout the game, Scotland conceded their second consecutive goal in the first minute. Rosenberg opened the scoring and although they dominated the [...]

The opening game of the tournament was Sir Alex Ferguson vs Ze Germans! and it wasn’t one of Ferguson’s finest moments in football. Winning the league with Manchester United before he came out obviously made him a bit worse for wear. From the start the German side was all over Scotland, Schippers firing early just [...]

The squads have been named and look like this:
France
Goalkeepers
Sebastien Frey (Fiorentina), Hugo Lloris (Milan), Steve Mandanda (Marseille)
Defenders
Phillippe Mexes (Roma), Mamadou Sakho (Paris SG), Sebastian Squillaci (Lyon), Bakary Sagna (Arsenal), Gael Clichy (R. Madrid), Armand Traore (Arsenal), Francois Clerc (Lyon), Mathieu Bodmer (Milan) Samir Nasri (Marseille)
Midfielders
Younousse Sankhare (Paris SG), Abou Diaby (Lazio), Benoit Pedretti (Fiorentina), Jeremy [...]

Now it is time to for the big prize, the managers will earning their money, striving for success and fighting for new contracts as this could potentially be the last tournament for many of our managers international careers. In group A, Zola’s Italy was first to qualify in unstoppable form. Through the whole group Buffon [...]

The managerial reversal campaign that is quickly coming to a close has been well received from those who have chosen to leave their feedback and with the European Championships only round the corner how better to celebrate such an event then to see how Football Manager will play it out. But going with the theme [...]