just gone to play my first match...

and the game has frozen and crashed

i have the patch, and have always supported Si and didn't complain when i got the demo (which didnt crash once) as i thought they would get it right with the patch, but now i cant even play it properly

i have a pretty much brand new laptop which is a good bit above the spec req aswell

cheers si

now started a new game, and went to click on a result to see wo scored etc and froze again

well good

This link may help:

The game freezes when I select 'Submit Team' or try to 'Continue' the game when in a match.

• Potential workaround:
  - Run the game in Windowed Mode or a lower resolution
  
• To do this:
  - Go to the Preferences screen ('Options' -> 'Preferences').
  - Go to the 'Display & Sound' section.
  - Under 'Display Mode' select "Windowed" and confirm your changes.
  Status:
  - We are currently collating information from users about this problem so that we can investigate this further.
  

does anyone know why this keeps happening?

This link may help:

cant select windowed mode and im on default resolution which is the lowest one

Edit your shortcut for FM09 and in the target box add -windowed -small_screen

this will allow windowed mode

how? it doesnt let me edit the target?