Genre: Sports management / Simulation
Publisher: Addictive Games
Developer: Kevin Toms
Year: 1988
System: Amstrad CPC
Football Manager 2 is the sequel to Kevin Toms’s landmark football management sim, offering deeper tactical control and richer gameplay. Upon starting in Division 4, you work to guide a chosen team through league promotion, the FA Cup, and now the League Cup, aiming to secure the treble. The game enhances the original’s text-based interface with colourful graphical elements and an isometric top-down match view, enabling formation setup, man-marking, substitutions, and half-time tactical tweaks.
New features include sponsorship deals, training options (fine-tuning passing styles), and graphical pitch highlights spanning the entire field. The save/load system allows season-long play, while individual player stats—skill, fitness, position—add strategic depth. Its complexity and attention to managerial nuance made it a beloved title on the CPC.
