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Rasenballsport Leipzig are a newly-founded club of the city of Leipzig, Saxony. The club is supported by drink maker company Red Bull GmbH, who purchased the license of SSV Markranstädt with the intention of advancing the re-modeled club to the top-flight Bundesliga within ten years. The cub...

For Football Manager players, it is a well-known fact that the only issue that stops the game from achieving complete realism, data wise, is the lack of the official German and Japanese national sides, due to their respective rights being held exclusively by other companies, meaning that the...

Hello, and thanks for reading my guide to managing Olympique Lyonnais on Football Manager 2012. This guide isn't complete, or entriely correct. There are many ways to manage a club, this is just the way I do it... LES GONES - Olympique Lyonnais Guide *using LFCMarshall's Update, includes all...

Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, has died. She was 48. Publicist Kristen Foster said that the singer had died, but the cause and the location of her death were unclear. At her peak in the 1980s and 1990s...

Lyon appoint Grégory Coupet as new coach27 June 2011; 1435 Coupet amassed over 500 appearances for Lyon in an eleven year stint. Former French International Grégory Coupet will succeed Rémi Garde as head coach at Olympique Lyonnais, the club have confirmed today. The club said Coupet, who...

Simple enough, guess at the name of the ground pictured. Points given dependant on the difficulty of the ground. Points - Easy - 1point Medium - 3points Hard - 5points Mind-Boggle - 10points So, first one up, not too hard - Level - Easy

Odion Ighalo STC - Udinese Odion Ighalo is a Nigerian striker, currently signed to Udinese Calcio, who play in Serie A. He is currently in his third loan spell with Spanish side Granada CF, after being instrumental in the club's quick rise from the Segunda Division B to the Liga BBVA, with...

I decided to restart the Rate My Kit Thread, as the other was getting too big, and the rules were being ignored. There were the people that did read and follow the rules, but there was too many just posting theirs without reading the rules - 1- When posting a kit, post in the size 250x250 at...

Basically, Merry Christmas to all FM-Base!! Hope you all have a wonderful day :)

Newcastle v Swansea Newcastle will be keen to capitalise on Swansea's poor away form and get their Premier League campaign back on track when they host the Welsh side at St James' Park on Saturday. After a storming start to the season which saw Alan Pardew's men sitting second in the...

(Please Use The HELP thread for troubleshooting) Polish and Italian versions of this post included in spoilers at the bottom of this post Cut-Out Faces Megapack Version 4.0 NB: This can be used with FM09-FM12, not all images will show in FM08 - click HERE for what to do with FM08...

"Hello?" as the phone rang on my bedside cabinet. "Olá Diego! It's your agent, Rodrigo! I have some exciting news for you, come down to the office later." 'Useless ****', I said to myself as I hung up. I hired Rodrigo two years ago, and had given him the task to find me some coaching work. After...

Finding good staff can sometimes be a tricky business on FM. However, we also seem to uncover some very good 'hidden gems', much like players. Why not post your finds below, with a screenshot, so everyone can share in you glory! Assistant Managers Oleg Luzhnyi - Dinamo Kyiv Richard Money Olexiy...

EXCLUSIVE: Newcastle's St James' Park stadium renamed the Sports Direct Arena as Mike Ashley ends 120 years of history - News - MirrorFootball.co.uk ******* ridiculous if you ask me. St. James' Park is such an iconic name and importance to the club, IMHO only new stadia should be sponsored...

Stade de Reims. Formed in 1911 under the name Société Sportive du Parc Pommery, they really were the first French powerhouse. Six Ligue 1 titles to their name, and two European Cup final appearances in 1956 and 1959, the former being the inaugural edition of the showpiece. They never lifted the...