Football articles

FC 24 Career Mode: Everton – fighting for Premier League survival

It’s been a year since I last updated my FIFA 22 Career Mode series, guiding TSP United into E...

FC 24 Career Mode: How to scout and develop youth players

One of the greatest joys of EA Sports FC 24’s Career Mode is to scout the next generation of t...

EA Sports FC 24: How to defend

EA Sports FC 24, the new incarnation of the series previously known as FIFA, is a great footba...

EA Sports FC 24 (PS5) review

In about 2011, when I was a religious FIFA player and could beat just about anyone who challen...

Lessons in management from Jose Mourinho

Apologies for the near two-month gap between articles. Some changes in my personal life requir...

FIFA 22 Career Mode: TSP United – making history

Last time out in my FIFA 22 Career Mode series I was lucky to hold on to my job as TSP United ...

FIFA 22 Career Mode: TSP United – cup runs to remember

The years are flying by in my FIFA 22 Career Mode series, and after surviving our first season...

FIFA 22 Career Mode: TSP United – hitting the big time

When we last left my TSP United FIFA 22 Career Mode series, we had just made it into the Champ...

FIFA 22 Career Mode: How to scout and develop youth players

There are different ways to tackle FIFA 22’s Career Mode. Some players prefer to take the Pari...

FIFA 22 Career Mode: TSP United – escaping the lower leagues

I hadn’t bought a FIFA game in years, but I couldn’t resist picking up FIFA 22 when I learnt t...

FIFA 22 is actually a big step forward

With some time to kill and spotting a decent discount on Steam, I picked up a copy of FIFA 22 ...

In defence of scripting in football games

Spend any length of time reading online forums for football games and you’ll come across compl...

FIFA is my new year's resolution (kind of)

There’s an episode of South Park that first aired about a decade ago where Stan wakes up one d...

eFootball 2022 is no match for PES

eFootball 2022 rang alarm bells as soon as it was announced. Gone was Pro Evolution Soccer, th...

What if Football Manager was a tabletop game?

What if Football Manager wasn’t a computer game you play alone in front of a screen until the ...

PES 5 Master League retrospective ‐ balancing realism and gameplay

Pro Evolution Soccer 5 has always been an all-time favourite of mine, but it is only now, 15 y...

Why Football Manager is the most addictive spreadsheet ever designed

This month’s off-topic post delves into the world of Football Manager – a game I’ve found myse...