Unable To Progress To Match

I bought the game yesterday along with a new laptop (HP DV51000EA) but I'm having a few difficulties. I have 'Steam' and everything appears fine. One of the problems that occurred was that when I left the disc in and tried turning on my laptop, it wouldn't boot properly until I took the disc out. However, when playing the game for the first time, everything seemed to be going well until the game just froze randomly but the mouse still moved but the game was just frozen. Now this happens everytime I'm about to progress to a match. I was wondering why this was happening and how this could be fixed. I also have the latest patch downloaded as well.

Another bug I'd like to point out is when it comes up that notice before a press conference it had 'Football365.com, Football365.com, SkySports, etc...' I don't know why it had 'Football365.com twice.

Thanks for any help. Cheers.

its happening to me too mate, happening to loads of people on ere, i've got a brand new pc that should breeze FM09 but mine keeps freezin before matches too. loads have complained bout it, not a clue how to fix it yet tho, its so annoying!!!!!

At least it's not just me then, mate. I was started to get worried that it wasn't compatible with my laptop but it has the latest Intel Duo Core 2 processor and a 320gb hard drive so I'm guessing it should be fine when fixed...

I've just received a email from Sports Interactive wishing me a happy birthday. Some birthday this is turning out to be. All I want is to be able to play this game. Please help! =(

Make sure you have updated video drivers, the latest version of Direct X and the most recent version of pixel shader as these are known issues. There is a wealth of information on this if you have a look at the stickies on thos forum and the bugs forum.