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The last entry of our "Winter Wonderland" series - last year's League Two match between Swindon Town and Crewe Alexandra that came to a stop four minutes into the game on account of the thick fog 🌫️

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January 21, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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The iconic reaction of West Ham forward Carlton Cole, after landing on the snow piled past the sideline, in a match of the 2010/11 PL season against Blackburn. Definitely a "walking in a winter wonderland" moment! 😆

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January 20, 2026 at 12:46 PM
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A good old First Division battle in the snow at The Dell, between Southampton and Manchester United in March 1986. Hard-fought contest where the Saints won 1-0!

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January 19, 2026 at 12:40 PM
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Foxes and Hornets duke it out in the snow during the 2021/22 season, with home team Leicester City winning 4-2!

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January 18, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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Yet another 5th Round FA Cup treasure! A harsh and sudden blizzard at the City Ground forced the match between Nottingham Forest and Tottenham to come to an end just 15 minutes into the game! 😱

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January 17, 2026 at 12:53 PM
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Last year Leicester City and Liverpool played at Anfield under some severe fog. Somehow the ball still found the back of the net four times, as the Reds won the game 3-1!

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January 16, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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Hard tackle on a snowy pitch? Now that's classic winter football 😉
Brought to you by Ipswich Town and Leicester City in a 2009/10 Championship match!

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January 15, 2026 at 12:40 PM
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Another 5th Round FA Cup match, and another throwback to the 80's!
How many of you remember this snowy match between Brighton and Peterborough?

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January 14, 2026 at 12:41 PM
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Tottenham fans might recall this 5th Round replay match against Rochdale back in 2018. Heavy snowfall at Wembley did not stop the Spurs from winning by a comfortable margin and moving on to quarter-finals 😎

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January 13, 2026 at 12:50 PM
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This weekend saw several matches being postponed due to Storm Goretti ❄️

But sometimes "the show must go on," as in this photo of a FA Cup 3rd round match between Liverpool and Luton Town in 1987.

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January 12, 2026 at 12:28 PM
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Happy New Year everyone!! 🥳

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January 1, 2026 at 12:28 PM
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As the game evolved, so did the 3D match graphics, as we see in the C64 version of Football Manager!

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December 31, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Another iconic screenshot from the ZX Spectrum version. Which player was a "must-have" on your squad? And which one brought you bad luck?

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December 30, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Football Manager was decades ahead of its time with "no-goal" technology! 😉

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December 29, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Originally Football Manager was to be a board game, but making it a video game instead allowed many features to be automated, such as match fixtures and league table updates - ground-breaking stuff even in text-only versions such as the ZX81!

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December 28, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Gearing up to a new year with an iconic image! How many of you remember your first time playing Football Manager and seeing your team score a goal?

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December 27, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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A unique never seen before photo of me writing Spectrum Football Manager!!

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December 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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When the photographer did the photo shoot with Sarah, he took a bottle of whisky with him, to keep himself calm!!

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December 23, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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You can see how close Football Star Manager is to the original, yet improved, in my play through video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGQTkDmc1Uc

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December 22, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Football Star Manager is my renewal of the original game on multiple platforms. I suggested it online with this post, and got such a great response, I wrote it.

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December 21, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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I did also write Sofware Star, President, Football Manager 2, and Football World Cup edition, but not Football Manager 3. (I did not even know FM3 was being written!)

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December 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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There is a discount! And who doesn't love a discount?
25% off the Steam version in the Winter sale. That seems a lot to me! :)
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December 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Apparently I was one of the brains behind a big game 🙂 (A Daily Express article from the 1980s)

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December 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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A well known photo with the C64 version and the calculator watch! I bought a duplicate of that Casio watch in New Zealand, still have it somewhere :)

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December 18, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Football Manager was runner up to The Hobbit in the CVG awards! There is no justice 🙂

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December 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM