Kevin Toms Football Star Manager

Old Skool football management game from the 80s i think and yes im old lol :) bringing back memories solid 7.5/10

I thoroughly enjoyed playing the original football manager game by Kevin Toms on my ZX Spectrum in the 1980s. This version is fairly similar overall, with slightly better graphics and some gameplay improvements. Unlike most modern football manager games, it's not too complicated, and you can select your squad and play matches quickly. The excitement watching your matches and hopefully score a few goals is still there!

I've never been a fan of football management games - the endless stats and minor tweaks are far too dull for me. All, that is, except for the original Football Manager from Kevin Toms. A friend and I lost many, many teenage hours to that game on the Commodore 64 taking Everton (his choice of team) to many domestic and European cup victories. So I'm happy to report that Football Star Manager is essentially that game with a few modern updates. It takes that same blend of simplicity and addictiveness to create a game that is every bit as compelling as it was back in the 80s. Easy to access and get your head around, but there's still a depth of gameplay behind the scenes that means you feel the changes you make really make a difference to how matches play out. Yes, it's not a realistic football game - teams spend the whole match kicking the same way, there's no opportunity to choose tactics or even to make in-game substitutions and goalkeepers are reliably rubbish. However, if you take it for what it is, it's immensely enjoyable. Just be realistic about what you want and what you get. If you're after a massively complex, stats-driven, endlessly tweakable game, this isn't for yo…

Ever wanted to play a REALLY basic version of Championship Manager? Grab this game, enjoy promoting a third-tier league team to Premier League and winning the national & european cup in 4 hours. Pure fun, minimum brain activity.

i took over Torquay and renamed. then i won promotion to division 3...yes 3. no prem and no champ. this is old school rinsed-down-to-bare-essentials gaming at it's finest. Defenders that make top scorer. goal keepers who watch and never make saves. strikers who face open goals and STILL manage to miss the target with an almost impossible shot at that angle. offside? what's that? yes this has it all and not even a full season to wade through as you play everyone once per season. love it current best HIGHLIGHT : midfield lays a ball past all defenders and my guy is first to the ball just inside the box. no defender in sight and keeper is watching the birds. open goal cannot miss right? shooter BACK passes ball to the only bit of pitch with no other attacker, just plenty of defenders and they hoof it away. from INSIDE THE BOX. i could almost hear the crowd singing The Jam's 'That's Entertainment' :D

Played the original on the C64 back in the day and loved it. Fast forward too many years and still loved the game. Until the latest release (June 2026). The text on my monitor is so big and blocky it is now almost unreadable. The game is now borderline unplayable. In addition, I use an ultra wide screen monitor and the game window is humongously large, with no option to resize. Looks like the end of the road for this game. So sad.