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

Jan 152013
 
Best FM 2013 Stories: Royman's Journeyman Carrer

He started his FM 2013 career in a rather unusual country for most of us: Indonesia. Took over a small club there, took them to glory and then moved to South Africa. Who knows where he’ll end up next? He’s Royman and his FM 2013 story is our featured forum career today. Here’s a quick recap of what he has achieved so far in the game, before having a few

Jan 122013
 
FM 2013 Finances Guide: How to keep the balance in black

Keeping the club finances in good health is a key factor in Football Manager 2013, that will give you stability and, sooner or later, enough money to buy the players that you need. This piece on FM 2013 finances is not what I would normally call a guide, it’s more of a collection of hints and tips based on my experience in the game. I’ll try to keep it short and simple but we’ll discuss more aspects in the comments if you want to.

Jan 072013
 
New FM 2013 Patch: Football Manager 13.2.2 Update Out Now

Another small Football Manager 2013 update is now available. To download the update, simply save your current game and quit FM 13, then restart Steam and launch the game and your update should start automatically. Here are the changes that come with this FM 2013 patch: FM 2013 Update 13.2.2 Changelist Optimised match processing speed for network clients Fixed crash during processing linked to co-ownerships Fixed crash during processing linked

Jan 062013
 
Top 10 FM 2013 Players similar to Cristiano Ronaldo

You might remember the Top 10 FM 2013 players similar to Lionel Messi post I’ve published a while back, now I thought I’d play around with FM 13 and bring you a similar top 10 but with FM 2013 players similar to Cristiano Ronaldo. I’ve done this by starting a new game with as many leagues loaded as possible and a large database and then using the new “find similar players” feature in Football Manager 2013. Here’s what came out of it:

Jan 052013
 
FM 2013 Best Regens Eleven

I know you all like regens in Football Manager, they are like nice surprises that pop up in a candy box. I played around with a test save I kept running for scouting purposes, it’s in 2019 at the moment, and I thought I’d make a FM 2013 Best Regens Eleven out of it with the best regens I could find in that game. The best eleven is for a

Dec 282012
 
FMS is now 4 years old!

Hello friends, I’m writing today to thank all of you for the last four years. Football Manager Stories started on December 28th 2008 and I never thought back then that it will keep going for 4 whole years. Moreover, I never thought that we’d serve more than 3 million people in those 4 years!

Dec 202012
 
FMS Christmas Giveaway: Win a free copy of FM 2013!

Ho-ho-ho! No, it’s not Santa, but might be pretty close! We’re having yet another giveaway here on Football Manager Stories, because we like making people happy, just like Santa Claus! :) The competition starts now and it ends on Christmas Eve, precisely at 10 PM GMT. And the best part is that the winner will get his FM 2013 activation code in a matter of minutes, so that he or she will be able to play FM 13 right on Christmas Day! The winner will be chosen through a random draw minutes after the contest closes.