Game crashes

Hi,

I've done a bit of reading on this website the last 24 hours and don't seem to find many others with the same problem as me.

I've installed the game and set it up and everything is fine. The game runs quickly and smoothly until kick off, then it just crashes. Doesn't freeze, it just shuts down. I thought initially it might be a problem with the 3D engine and changed it to 2d as I prefer that way anyway, but to no avail. Obviously I'm gutted as I've no other problems. :confused:

any ideas?

Cheers