Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7714 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Eidos
• Released on: 2006-03-31
• Rating: To Be Announced
• Platform: Windows XP

Manufacturer's Description
Championship Manager 2006 allows you to manage your club to glory, dealing with everything from tactics and training to transfers - everything you would expect a real-life football manager to do without owning a sheepskin coat.

Customer Reviews

Appalling in every way
Having been a fan of the Championship Manager series since the days of Championship Manager 2 all the way back in the 95/96 season it disappoints me that I now have to change my allegiance.

I have been quite contented with the 01/02 version of the game but decided it was time for an update, but I find with this new and updated version that everything that made Championship Manager great has been taken away.

The editor has been removed, one of the best parts of the old game was being able to create your own players or update the database to keep it accurate.

Anyone wishing to manage a nation, which is likely considering the season being a World Cup year will be disappointed as this has also been axed.

To make things even worse you can now only manage ONE team, the best feature about the CM series was being able to manage several good teams and your home town club. I remember playing 97/98 with my brother and cousin where we were all a club and it was a contest who could win the league, but alas this is no more.

All this is replaced with a ridiculous in match chess game which bears little resemblance to what is actually going on, while many flaws remain such as dominating the side for the whole game but losing 1-0 after the CPU team has just one shot in 90 minutes, and the curious fact that every goalkeeper seems to have had both arms and legs amputated. Whilst navigating through the game is infruirating and tedious

While the benefactor update and the ability to actually talk to your players properlly rather than just fining them every now and then is a great idea there are far too many things that made the Champ Manager series the best football management game going.

Avoid this game.

It's not FM, but it's not bad
Ok, so Sports Interactive and Eidos split a couple of years back and SI took the old Championhip Manager engine with them. No doubt FM05 and FM06 have both been brilliant games, and SI are still doing a great job. Championship Manager however is still out there, and this latest version isn't a bad game. It has some nice features and runs quite well (despite what I saw in another review, I'm running 20+ leagues and it's running fast).

It's a strange choice to release a football management game so close to the end of the football season, and realism takes a bit of a hit as all transfers from the January 2006 transfer window are included, meaning you start the 05/06 season with them in your team.

Having played this game though, I enjoyed it. It's not as good as FM06 is, but then FM06 is a fantastic game. Championship Manager 2006 is a good game, and great if you want an alternative to Football Manager 2006.

Game Over for Championship Manager
Another year and another footy game unfortunately this is becoming embarrasing for Eidos. I recently tried playing the demo and it was every bit as bad as last years incarnation. Save your money and update last years if you need to be playing cm otherwise get FM2006 which is far more playable and in essence is the original CM game designed and created by SI Games who were the originators of Championship Manager upto 03/04(CM4) At the end of the day the choice is yours but my money is being saved for the next FM2007 in the summer/autumn.