mwarrilow Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Hi all, Putting together a project and just wondering if people knew of any other famous, including non-footballing, people who are Football Manager fans? I know Plan B was, anybody think of anybody else? Any help would be ace! Taaaaaaaa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwarrilow Posted May 28, 2012 Author Share Posted May 28, 2012 Oh and Jason Manford Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Barrow Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Stuart Broad is big fan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexLightsaber Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 James Corden Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackter Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 There's loads of famous FM fans, even if you don't count footballers themselves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_numbers Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Andre Villas-Boas? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JojoVillaHursty Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Robbie Williams,Paolo Nutini Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacman Jones Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Wayne Rooney said so, at a FIFA Press conference Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nocuous Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 I imagine Rooney would be the type of guy who'd buy FM just to see how good he is on it each year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarnsleyFan Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Steven Finn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welshace Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 who's steven finn? O.o Dara o Briain is a fan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crewe_york Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Joey Barton keeps tweeting about actual real life transfers and how he wouldnt have done that in FM... horrifically stupid but incredibly enterntaining man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Miles Jacobson Posted May 28, 2012 SI Staff Share Posted May 28, 2012 Welshace - don't know where you heard that he does, but Dara doesn't play FM. The others listed on the thread so far do, or have done over the years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
onecockygeezer Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 who's steven finn? O.o England Cricketer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Miles Jacobson Posted May 29, 2012 SI Staff Share Posted May 29, 2012 Pointermum - see above. Am fascinated to know where that rumour has come from, or where he's said it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurf Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 I know he hosted the launch of FM10 - but not sure if he plays it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
telV7 Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Jonathan Wilson: Author, Journalist Iain Macintosh: Journalist Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrdorf Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Wasn't Gordon Strachan seen with a copy of FM? I'm only going by Wiki so it could be a load of bull. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Oh and Jason Manford http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNtMZuc7_BY Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Wasn't Gordon Strachan seen with a copy of FM? I'm only going by Wiki so it could be a load of bull. He doesn't strike me as the type to spend hours at his PC/Laptop playing FM. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Miles Jacobson Posted May 29, 2012 SI Staff Share Posted May 29, 2012 I know he hosted the launch of FM10 - but not sure if he plays it. What launch of FM10 was that, Eugene? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 I think Eugene is confusing hosting the 2010 British Academy Video Game Awards, with a FM10 launch... http://www.sega.co.uk/fm10/index.php?p=article&newsid=3949 tbf I think there is a reasonable chance of Dara playing FM, he is a self confessed big gaming fan and also likes football. Where do those two meet on a Venn diagram? Fifa and FM. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jb10billion Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Ant & Dec. They used to have a show with a bit in it called Challenge Ant. It went something along the lines of the contestant could win FM from Ant, and he looked genuinely devastated. Pretty sure I didn't dream that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson's Left Peg Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 THe front man for Los campesinos, a band from Cardiff that are big in the US and Japan! I think his name is gary campesinos Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Neil Brock Posted May 29, 2012 Administrators Share Posted May 29, 2012 It's Gareth. And he posts on the forums occasionally \o/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenco Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 I play FM and am relatively famous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackter Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 You do make quite a good coffee. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurf Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 What launch of FM10 was that, Eugene? I think Eugene is confusing hosting the 2010 British Academy Video Game Awards, with a FM10 launch...http://www.sega.co.uk/fm10/index.php?p=article&newsid=3949 tbf I think there is a reasonable chance of Dara playing FM, he is a self confessed big gaming fan and also likes football. Where do those two meet on a Venn diagram? Fifa and FM. Sorry bout that - yes those awards. I usually research these things but laziness got the better of me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleon Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Ricky Hatton used to play a little bit. I got him into it when he came round once in the early 2000's. I remember hearing Robbie Williams claim he liked to play it. I think Ashley Cole said the same too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackter Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 At least one of those posts on the forum Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXistenZ Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Dara o Briain is a fan I thought he was more the action/shooter game type of guy (gears of war, mgs, mass effect) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabio MVP Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Arshavin plays it IIRC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Ricky Hatton used to play a little bit. I got him into it when he came round once in the early 2000's. Explains his weight between fights, too many hours sat at his laptop rather than going down to the gym. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleon Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Explains his weight between fights, too many hours sat at his laptop rather than going down to the gym. Nah he was just happy to live life and do as he wished between fights Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanbiley Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Is it verboten to mention FIFA? I was pretty surprised to discover that one of the South Park creators (I forget which) is a massive FIFA player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Profesor Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Former Polish national team coach, Jerzy Engel. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruyff14 Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Pirlo plays it apparently Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainPlanet Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Glen Johnson, Micah Richards, Kyle Walker have all mentioned playing it in the past. England right-backs ftw? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackter Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Paolo Maldini has played it in the past as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainPlanet Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 PMLF is actually Ronaldo and FM is the real reason he got so fat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cromscott Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Albertini played it, he was asked to fire his lap top up by the Italy manager so he could see who some of the young players were. It was that game when Peter Taylor was in charge , i think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VooDooYouDo Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 It's Gareth. And he posts on the forums occasionally \o/ That is amazing. I love them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 I think Tim Krul plays it.... might be wrong though! Never seen that Jason Manford routine - so true and top stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nocuous Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 I'm sure there are plenty of famous footballers who have played the game a little bit before if just for curiosity's sake. I doubt there are too many who are legit fans of the series like most of us are here though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 You'd be surprised, Miles is ever so proud that Ole Gunner Solkjaer is a huge FM fan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Marv Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 John McClure of Reverend & The Makers, did a podcast on FM11 (I think) and tweets to Miles about it occasionally Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welshace Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Dara mentioned it in a concert was talking about how easy it would be to win the prem with arsenal.. he does it often on fm... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welshace Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 i know stuart holden is a huge gamer... perhaps he plays it.. he was a pro counterstrike player Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robsy1990 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Jon McClure absolutely loves it, I was supposed to interview him last year when he game to my uni but we just ended up talking about FM for 20 minutes. Got a right bollocking from my lecturer afterwards but it's not everyday you hear about a rock star's toils with Sheffield Wednesday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HHUK Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Holden wasn't great at Counter-Strike. Nice lad though. I don't know of any famous people who do who haven't been mentioned. I've asked a couple of footballers who've said they don't, which surprised me. Would put money on Gary Neville playing it though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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