Funniest Bug.

It's well know that each time FM is released it comes riddled with bugs (which are normally fixed with the 0.2 patch ).

But forgetting about the annoyance it causes, which bugs from this or previous FM's made you smile?

I remember on FM05 one kept happening to me with Liverpool:

Steven Gerrard (or whoever) would be booked for dissent, get annoyed with the ref and shout at him then immediately get his second yellow and off he went...

"Gerrard is furious with the referee!"

"That'll be a yellow card for Gerrard."

"Gerrard is furious with the referee!"

"He could be in trouble... Second yellow of the game for Gerrard, it's an early bath!"

Class.

I also found the famous FM08 "Ghost team" bug hilarious.

A team simply fail to turn up (literally) but the match goes ahead anyway.

The embarrassing thing for the team that did turn up is that in a full 90 mins play (plus stoppages?) they could only score 50 goals into an empty net.

I wonder how they kicked off after the first goal? And what if the "Ghosts" won the toss to kick off in the first place?

The mind boggles.

It's well know that each time FM is released it comes riddled with bugs (which are normally fixed with the 0.2 patch ).

But forgetting about the annoyance it causes, which bugs from this or previous FM's made you smile?

I remember on FM05 one kept happening to me with Liverpool:

Steven Gerrard (or whoever) would be booked for dissent, get annoyed with the ref and shout at him then immediately get his second yellow and off he went...

"Gerrard is furious with the referee!"

"That'll be a yellow card for Gerrard."

"Gerrard is furious with the referee!"

"He could be in trouble... Second yellow of the game for Gerrard, it's an early bath!"

Class.

I also found the famous FM08 "Ghost team" bug hilarious.

A team simply fail to turn up (literally) but the match goes ahead anyway.

The embarrassing thing for the team that did turn up is that in a full 90 mins play (plus stoppages?) they could only score 50 goals into an empty net.

I wonder how they kicked off after the first goal? And what if the "Ghosts" won the toss to kick off in the first place?

The mind boggles.

Now that is funny,

I've always liked the players who "want to leave" and "would like to stay at the club" at the same time.

It's well know that each time FM is released it comes riddled with bugs (which are normally fixed with the 0.2 patch ).

Software released with bugs is not unique to Football Manager releases. There is no such thing as a bug free piece of software. It's just that some of FM's are more noticable.

Software released with bugs is not unique to Football Manager releases. There is no such thing as a bug free piece of software. It's just that some of FM's are more noticable.

Of course, very true and it's really no dig on the programmer. I think the OP was asking for funny bugs that resulted from previous software versions.

There's the one (which, I believe is still in the current version) where some players at other clubs will want to leave their other clubs because they dislike you!!!

The (un)funniest bug depending how you want to look at it is Championship Manager 4.

It's well know that each time FM is released it comes riddled with bugs (which are normally fixed with the 0.2 patch ).

But forgetting about the annoyance it causes, which bugs from this or previous FM's made you smile?

I remember on FM05 one kept happening to me with Liverpool:

Steven Gerrard (or whoever) would be booked for dissent, get annoyed with the ref and shout at him then immediately get his second yellow and off he went...

"Gerrard is furious with the referee!"

"That'll be a yellow card for Gerrard."

"Gerrard is furious with the referee!"

"He could be in trouble... Second yellow of the game for Gerrard, it's an early bath!"

Class.

I also found the famous FM08 "Ghost team" bug hilarious.

A team simply fail to turn up (literally) but the match goes ahead anyway.

The embarrassing thing for the team that did turn up is that in a full 90 mins play (plus stoppages?) they could only score 50 goals into an empty net.

I wonder how they kicked off after the first goal? And what if the "Ghosts" won the toss to kick off in the first place?

The mind boggles.

With regards to the ghost team, and I swear to god this is true (will attempt to find the thread when I get home) - A guy on here played the ghost team and CONCEDED. Oh yea, thats right. It was an OG, but still.

Yeah, that's happened to me. I won a game 41-2 once. Both own goals by my keeper.

With regards to the ghost team, and I swear to god this is true (will attempt to find the thread when I get home) - A guy on here played the ghost team and CONCEDED. Oh yea, thats right. It was an OG, but still.

Now that is some achievement!

How can you score 2 own goals when you aren't playing anyone?

Hey..

..I was Derby.

With regards to the ghost team, and I swear to god this is true (will attempt to find the thread when I get home) - A guy on here played the ghost team and CONCEDED. Oh yea, thats right. It was an OG, but still.

No, this can't be true This is simply hilarious. I imagine sitting in the crowd (even imagining a crowd to that kind of match is hilarious too) and watching a team to be stupid enough to score own goals against no opposition

The thing that crosses my mind is less a bug than a flaw. In FM08 apparently all German teams have set a 532sweeper tactic set as default and the opening message from the assman about my team (HSV) singled out van der Vaart as the weakest link, getting just one star on the SW (!) position. Needless to say I sacked my assman right away

Also, I work for a club and when playing it once and reading the first "Personal Message from (Chairman)" I thought, okay what does he want, before realizing it was actually just a FM news item and not actually him who wanted something

Funniest bug?

I'd say Jiminy Cricket, except he wasn't that funny.

Software released with bugs is not unique to Football Manager releases. There is no such thing as a bug free piece of software. It's just that some of FM's are more noticable.

Of course, very true and it's really no dig on the programmer. I think the OP was asking for funny bugs that resulted from previous software versions.

True.

there was no dig aimed at SI - I just wanted some examples of bugs from FM08 or previous versions that were worth a chuckle.

Funniest bug?

I'd say Jiminy Cricket, except he wasn't that funny.

Genius.

I like when a player hates himself. Always makes me laugh.

Genius.

I like when a player hates himself. Always makes me laugh.

I've seen that once before, hilarious.

Also forgot about the text errors that sometimes pop up.

'Newcastle have sacked Joe Kinnear today. The favourite to replace him is Kevin Keegan.

Other names that have been linked with the job are Kevin Keegan, Kevin Keegan and Kevin Keegan'

I once saw someone rumoured to be interested in taking the X job.. while they were already managing that club.

Also forgot about the text errors that sometimes pop up.

'Newcastle have sacked Joe Kinnear today. The favourite to replace him is Kevin Keegan.

Other names that have been linked with the job are Kevin Keegan, Kevin Keegan and Kevin Keegan'

This one is also a bit odd, when you read it properly:

(Not really a "bug" per se, but it's funny)

Apparently, I've responded by saying I'm not going to respond.

I have been the ghost team a couple of times, one of those times being a match in the Champions League knock-out stage. For some reason, the game would not let me select any players and since I had saved upto that point, I had no choice but to carry on with that score of 50-0 loss or something.

Apparently, I've responded by saying I'm not going to respond.

Haha, never noticed that one!

I hate those players who sign a contract knowing they will be "Reserve", and then they complain because they want to play "Regular".

I hate those players who sign a contract knowing they will be "Reserve", and then they complain because they want to play "Regular".

Definitely not a funny bug....belongs in the bugs that make you reload a save from 3 months prior thread....

Funniest bug is definitely the ghost teams, though a close second goes to the bug where England wins the WC.

Funniest bug is definitely the ghost teams, though a close second goes to the bug where England wins the WC.

FM08 patch 8.0.1 - McClaren was a brilliant England manager.

FM08 patch 8.0.1 - McClaren was a brilliant England manager.

Apparently the biggest reason for 8.0.2! It was like Fifa Manager at the time!

This one is also a bit odd, when you read it properly:

Apparently, I've responded by saying I'm not going to respond.

If you read it properly, you say you're not going to respond to Koeman's comments, and you haven't.

You have responded to Mestalla's (not Koeman's) comments by underlining the stance made in the first line.

Makes perfect sense.

There was a bug were if a game went into extra time, the team that kicked off the second half of E.T. could score straight from the kick-off because there wasn't enough time for the keepers to swap ends. The player(s) kicking-off could easily score by shooting from the half-way line.

If you read it properly, you say you're not going to respond to Koeman's comments, and you haven't.

You have responded to Mestalla's (not Koeman's) comments by underlining the stance made in the first line.

Makes perfect sense.

Trust a Mod to take the wind out of my sails.

Oh, and the funniest bugs are those that only happen in pirated versions of the game.

Trust a Mod to take the wind out of my sails.

They always do

This one is also a bit odd, when you read it properly:

Apparently, I've responded by saying I'm not going to respond.

I like it when an opposition manager calls you out, you make a comment back and he replies he has better things to do than make comments.

I like it when an opposition manager calls you out, you make a comment back and he replies he has better things to do than make comments.

I have that one a lot.

I think it's your rivals' way of using reverse psychology or something.

Winds me up.

Oh, and the funniest bugs are those that only happen in pirated versions of the game.

Agreed, except for when they happen to genuine customers aswell.

I have no idea of any of the bugs that people have seen in pirated copies. Anyone care to share any? I could do with a chuckle.

On wich version of FM does the ghost bug occurs?

i've never seen the ghost bug in all my collective 70 something years of fm08 management.... only a small part of me wants to lol

I loved the scoreline bug on CM4 - i'd lost a match 2-0 and after clicking continue, noticed that the game had for some reason decided i'd won 3-1

In FM05 (the unpatched version) clubs from Belarus (and some other countries as well) would get regens from all over the world and rarely from their own country. I loved that!

And sometimes teams would forget to put a player in a certain position, so they just started the match with 10 men. And sometimes they actually substituted the "empty spot" and brought a player on instead

In FM05 (the unpatched version) clubs from Belarus (and some other countries as well) would get regens from all over the world and rarely from their own country. I loved that!

Haha, I remember that!