| Football Manager 2 |
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| Release Date | 1988/Jun/17 |
| Original Publisher | Addictive Games Ltd (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K |
| Genre | Sport Game: Management |
| Max. Players | 1 |
| Edited with | Football Manager 2 Expansion Kit |
| Original Price | £9.99 |
| Disk Price | £14.99 |
| Controls | Kempston Joystick |
| Sports | Soccer |
| Other Platforms | Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64 |
| Average mag. score | 82.57% (7 reviews) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 76.4% (38 votes) |
Standalone re-releases
| #1 - EDOS (UK) | |||
| #2 - Prism Leisure Corporation PLC (UK) | (1988) | ||
| #3 - System 4 (Spain) | |||
| * Release price: 1200.00 Ptas |
Authors/Contributors
| Kevin J.M. Toms (UK) | - ? | ||
| Brian Rogers (UK) | at Bedrock Software | - ? |
Remarks
| ZXSR: Available on +3 disk for £14.99. |
Series "FootballManager"
| 1. | Football Manager | (1982) | by Addictive Games Ltd (UK) | |
| 2. | Football Manager 2 | (1988) | by Addictive Games Ltd (UK) | |
| 3. | Football Manager 3 | (1991) | by Addictive Games Ltd (UK) |
Compilations
| Full version in | Football Manager 2 + FM2 Expansion Kit | (1989) | by Addictive Games Ltd (UK) | ||
| Full version in | Soccer Mania | (1990) | by Addictive Games Ltd (UK) | ||
| Full version in | The Spectrum | (2024/Nov/22) | by Retro Games Ltd | ||
| Unauthorized version in | Load 'n' Run issue 53 | (1988/Oct) | by Magazine Load 'n' Run - covertape from issue #53 - 1988/Oct | - titled "Allena" |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
 | FootballManager2.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | |
| FootballManager2.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (Unspecified custom loader) | English | ||
| FootballManager2.dsk.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 128 +3 | (None) | English | ||
| FootballManager2(PrismLeisureCorporationPLC).tzx.zip | #2 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (Unspecified custom loader) | English | ||
| FootballManager2(SmallCase)(System4).tzx.zip | #3 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | Spanish | - (Small Case) |
| FootballManager2(System4).tzx.zip | #3 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | Spanish |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| FootballManager2.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| FootballManager2.gif | 4,809 | Original | Running screen | |||
| FootballManager2.jpg | 703,654 | Original | Inlay - Front | - Single jewel case | ||
| FootballManager2_2.jpg | 447,767 | Original | Inlay - Front | - Double jewel case | ||
| FootballManager2_Back.jpg | 674,276 | Original | Inlay - Back | - Single jewel case | ||
| FootballManager2_Media.jpg | 110,351 | Original | Media scan | |||
| FootballManager2_Media_2.jpg | 82,188 | Original | Media scan | |||
| FootballManager2.txt | 13,433 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| FootballManager2(MULTI-LANG).pdf | 1,412,013 | Original | Instructions | Multi-language: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish | ||
| FootballManager2.jpg | 268,980 | Original | Advertisement | |||
| FootballManager2_2.jpg | 310,398 | Original | Advertisement | |||
| FootballManager2_3.jpg | 285,837 | Original | Advertisement | |||
| FootballManager2(EDOS)_Front.jpg | 963,899 | #1 | Inlay - Front | - Double jewel case (square) | ||
| FootballManager2(EDOS)_Back.jpg | 1,055,577 | #1 | Inlay - Back | - Double jewel case (square) | ||
| FootballManager2(System4).jpg | 361,552 | #3 | Inlay - Front | |||
| FootballManager2(System4).pdf | 53,831 | #3 | Instructions | Spanish | ||
| FootballManager2(System4).jpg | 315,670 | #3 | Advertisement |
Magazine Reviews
| ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #12-1988/Sep | page 52 | - Review - not a Spectrum article | |
| ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #29-1990/Feb | page 82 | - Review: 920/1000 | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #81-1988/Jul | page 26 | - Review - not a Spectrum article | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #86-1988/Dec | page 98 | - Review | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #54-1988/Jul | page 20 | - Review: 79% | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #55-1988/Aug | page 76 | - Review: 85% | |
| FIFO | issue #5-1990 | page 21 | - Review | |
| MicroHobby | issue #191-1989/Sep | page 36 | - Review - Nuevo | |
| Sinclair User | issue #76-1988/Jul | page 96 | - Review: 94% | |
| The Games Machine | issue #8-1988/Jul | page 72 | - Review - not a Spectrum article | |
| The Games Machine | issue #9-1988/Aug | page 66 | - Review: 68% | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #33-1988/Sep | page 32 | - Review: 8/10 | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #54-1990/Jun | page 54 | - Review - Your Sinclair - Article Re-review: 80% |
Magazine References
| ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #16-1989/Jan | page 27 | - News/Note | |
| ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #29-1990/Feb | page 80 | - Feature - A Kick up the 90s (football games) | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #73-1987/Nov | page 12 | - News/Note | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #75-1988/Jan | page 103 | - CompoEntry | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.7 #16-1988/Apr/21 special "week#3" | page 18 | - News/Note | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.7 #24-1988/Jun/23 special "week#4" | page 15 | - CompoEntry | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.7 #28-1988/Jul/21 special "week#3" | page 9 | - CompoResult | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.7 #41-1988/Oct/20 special "week#3" | page 11 | - News/Note | |
| The Games Machine | issue #7-1988/Jun | page 18 | - News/Note | |
| The Games Machine | issue #8-1988/Jul | page 42 | - CompoEntry | |
| The Games Machine | issue #10-1988/Sep | page 119 | - CompoResult | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #54-1990/Jun | page 54 | - Feature - Complete Guide to Soccer games |
Magazine Advertisements
| ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #10-1988/Jul | page 61 | - Full-page ad | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #74-1987/Dec | page 154 | - Full-page ad | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #81-1988/Jul | page 20 | - Full-page ad | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #99-1990/Feb | page 53 | - Full-page ad | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #54-1988/Jul | page 44 | - Full-page ad | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #58-1988/Nov | page 66 | - Advert | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.7 #23-1988/Jun/16 special "week#3" | page 48 | - Full-page ad | |
| Sinclair User | issue #80-1988/Nov | page 36 | - Advert | |
| Sinclair User | issue #95-1990/Feb | page 35 | - Full-page ad | |
| The Games Machine | issue #2-1987/Dec | page 129 | - Full-page ad | |
| The Games Machine | issue #8-1988/Jul | page 19 | - Full-page ad | |
| The Games Machine | issue #12-1988/Nov | page 100 | - Advert | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #31-1988/Jul | page 20 | - Full-page ad | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #35-1988/Nov | page 28 | - Advert | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #50-1990/Feb | page 35 | - Full-page ad |
Related Magazine Advertisements
| ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #39-1990/Dec | page 122 | - Full-page ad (Soccer Mania) | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #99-1990/Feb | page 53 | - Full-page ad (Football Manager 2 + FM2 Expansion Kit) | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #109-1990/Dec | page 161 | - Full-page ad (Soccer Mania) | |
| Sinclair User | issue #95-1990/Feb | page 35 | - Full-page ad (Football Manager 2 + FM2 Expansion Kit) | |
| Sinclair User | issue #106-1990/Dec | page 31 | - Full-page ad (Soccer Mania) | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #50-1990/Feb | page 35 | - Full-page ad (Football Manager 2 + FM2 Expansion Kit) |
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