Johnny Karp

The founder and co-owner of the website, a Romanian Football Manager addict. He’s been playing the game since CM ’97-’98, never missed any of the versions since then. His footballing career stopped before it began, he liked playing the game but disliked having to run around like crazy during the pretty harsh training sessions. He’s a supporter of the Romanian national team, Universitatea Craiova, Arsenal, Barcelona and… the Blyth Spartans! You can contact him at johnny[at]footballmanagerstory[dot]com

Mar 302013
 
FM 2013 Tactics Review: Shubhayan's Chelsea 4-3-3

FM 2013 Tactics time again, this week we’re taking a closer look to another tactic that was submitted by one of our readers, Shubhayan Sengupta. He says he created this 4-3-3 FM 13 tactic in an attempt to recreate Chelsea’s formation and he also says this tactic has brought him great success. But before going into the  actual tactic review, let’s recap the testing procedure: We install the tactic and use

Mar 282013
 
FM 2013 Hotfix Released

A new Football Manager 2013 update is now available, including some fixes to a few problems in the game. To download the update, just save your current game and quit, then quit and restart Steam and launch the game and the update should start automatically. Here are the changes in FM 2013 Patch 13.3.3: General Fixed crash to do with match controller not being deleted Tweaked human newgen intake limits

Mar 272013
 
Best FM 2013 Stories: Acss' Steaua Bucharest career

We continue to highlight the best FM 2013 stories in our wonderful forum and this time the FMS Story Award goes to a FM 2013 story that I enjoy very much, probably because I can relate to it’s difficulty, since the challenge is to take a Romanian club to the peak of European football. The story is beautifully written by Acss and it has gone on through six tough seasons, filled

Mar 162013
 
FM 2013 Tactics Review: Eoin's Arsenal Tactic

It’s Saturday so we have another analysis of a FM 2013 tactic! This time we’ll be looking at a tactic that was submitted for review by one of our readers, Eoin Cowen. But before going into the  actual tactic review, let’s remember the testing procedure: We install the tactic and use it through pre-season plus six league matches with Spurs. Then we watch each match closely, see what happens and come

Mar 072013
 
Ole Gunnar Solskjær is a massive Football Manager fan

Former Manchester United striker Ole Gunnar Solskjær revealed that he started playing Football Manager during his days at Old Trafford and he still plays the game today, after starting his own real-life manager career at Norwegian club Molde. Solskjær says that he has learned a lot about football through the game, especially about young talents. According to him Football Manager resembles real life in predicting how good a player can become.  ”They

Mar 022013
 
FM 2013 Tactics Review: Jose's 4-1-4-1

Hey guys, time for another analysis of a FM 2013 tactic, this time we’ll be looking at a tactic that was submitted for review by one of our readers, Jose Laguarta. But before going into the  actual tactic review, let’s remember the testing procedure: We install the tactic and use it through pre-season plus six league matches with Spurs. Then we watch each match closely, see what happens and come up

Feb 282013
 
FM 2013 Transfer Update Released!

The January Transfer Data Update, 13.3.0, for Football Manager 2013 is finally available! After installing it, if you start a new game you will be given an option to start with two databases, the default database (13.0) or the 13.3.0 Update. All the latest transfers and updated squads are included in the FM 2013 transfer update, like Balotelli at AC Milan or the whole bunch of French players at Newcastle. But

Feb 272013
 
Best FM 2013 Stories: Jonathan's "Lost Behind the Iron Curtain"

This time the FMS Story Award most deservedly goes to Jonathan Carver and his fabulous journey through the remains of the former Soviet Union. This story has already gone through no less than 12 seasons and that’s quite an achievement regardless of the results. Basically the challenge Jonathan has set for himself was to start unemployed and with Sunday League reputation and try to win the Champions League at some