This is the best facepack I could find for the French Ligue 1, I downloaded it because I wanted a picture for my new defensive midfielder, Drissa Diakité, recently signed from Nice. Here are a few samples of the player pictures. The pack also has pictures of staff members, reserve and youth players for most teams. You can download the France Ligue 1 Facepack from here. How to install Extract

Hello folks, sorry for the long interruption, I had a lot of work to do and I had very little time for my favorite game, Football Manager 2009. In the last episode of the story you shared the joy that I felt after achieving promotion from the Coca-Cola Championship to the Premier League. It was an unique moment for our players, our board and our fans, everybody was ecstatic. Maybe

As I promised I’m going to reveal the new tactic that I’m using for my Chester City team, the tactic that brought us the promotion from Coca-Cola Championship to the Premier League although nobody thought we could do it.  The tactic uses a 4-4-2 diamond formation and it was designed by Paine. He called it the Razor tactic, and if you want all the details about it you can go

We were third in the Coca-Cola Championship at the end of 2011, after 23 league games and with another 23 games to go. We were right on track for a playoff spot, but I was afraid that the upcoming transfer window might bring other offers that my board couldn’t refuse. The best player so far was my young pacey striker Danny Welbeck, he scored 15 goals in 23 games, he

Scout reports or assistant manager reports give verdicts about a player’s current or potential ability through stars, from 1 star for the weakest players to 7 stars for the strongest. Well, it’s easy to spot 1 star players, maybe 7 star players too, but everything in between is pretty darn difficult to identify. That’s where this tweak, made by Cachirro, comes into action: custom stars with actual numbers, so you

My fourth season with Chester was about to begin. After the first two seasons board and fans alike were delighted with our performances, we went from League Two to the Coca-Cola Championship by winning both League Two and League One. Last season we managed to avoid relegation from the Coca-Cola Championship, we finished 11th, right in the middle of the table. The team was beginning to gel and the promising

This is one of the skins that I like best, Flex Skin, created by SmurfDude. Here is how it looks, but please note that I use custom background images, with English stadium pictures. If you like it you can download it from here. How to install Extract the rar file to \My Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2009\skins (if there is no “skins” folder create one yourself). Start your game and go to preferences

Here we are, preparing for the 4th season with Chester City. So far things went very well, we started in League Two in 2008 and now we are in Coca-Cola Championship, hoping to get to the bigger stage soon. Last season we finished 11th, a very good mid-table finish if you consider that everybody thought we would finish last. Now I hope to battle for a playoff place, but it’s