1981 was the year of the IBM PC, a computer that helped shape and standardise both the concept and features of a personal computer. #KevinToms #FootballManager #IBM #IBMPC #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #PersonalComputer #RetroPC #UKComputers #UKRetro

I used to like the one with Dwarves on the Amiga, where you could use a decapitated head as a football - Brutal sports football - If you want to buy and sell players I reccomend Football star manager by @kevintoms.bsky.social store.steampowered.com/app/3707550/...

Today marks the 46th birthday of the ZX80! #KevinToms #FootballManager #ZX80 #ZX81 #ZXSpectrum #Sinclair #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #PersonalComputer #RetroPC #UKComputers #UKRetro

A real blast from the past - the Tatung Einstein! Produced in Taiwan, designed and assembled in England. How many of you got to interact with this machine? #KevinToms #FootballManager #TatungEinstein #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #UKComputers #UKRetro

The precursor to the BBC Micro - the Acorn Atom, one of the earliest and most inexpensive home computers of its time 🙂 #KevinToms #FootballManager #AcornAtom #AcornComputers #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #PersonalComputer #RetroPC #UKComputers #UKRetro

The Amiga 1000 was a huge stepping-stone in the evolution of personal computers! #KevinToms #FootballManager #Amiga1000 #CommodoreAmiga #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #PersonalComputer #RetroPC #UKComputers #UKRetro

Now here's a rare one! The CPC 664 was only produced for six months before Amstrad introduced CPC 6128. #KevinToms #FootballManager #Amstrad #AmstradCPC #CPC664 #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #PersonalComputer #RetroPC #UKComputers #UKRetro

The last entry of our "Winter Wonderland" series - last year's League Two match between Swindon Town and Crewe Alexandra that came to a stop four minutes into the game on account of the thick fog 🌫️ #KevinToms #FootballStarManager #winterfootball #SwindonTown #CreweAlexandra

On this day we celebrate what would have been the 65th birthday of Aston Villa legend Gary Shaw 🖤 #KevinToms #FootballManager #GaryShaw #ForeverInOurHearts #AstonVilla #AVFC #UpTheVilla #EnglishFootball #FootballIcon #FootballLegend #OnThisDay

The iconic reaction of West Ham forward Carlton Cole, after landing on the snow piled past the sideline, in a match of the 2010/11 PL season against Blackburn. Definitely a "walking in a winter wonderland" moment! 😆 #KevinToms #FootballStarManager #WestHam #WHU #BlackburnRovers

You know how Football Manager was developed in the Video Genie? Well, the guys in Hong Kong went a step further in 1982 and created the Colour Genie! #KevinToms #ColourGenie #VideoGenie #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #PersonalComputer #UKComputers

A good old First Division battle in the snow at The Dell, between Southampton and Manchester United in March 1986. Hard-fought contest where the Saints won 1-0! #KevinToms #FootballStarManager #winterfootball #Southampton #ManchesterUnited #ManUtd #MUFC

Foxes and Hornets duke it out in the snow during the 2021/22 season, with home team Leicester City winning 4-2! #KevinToms #FootballStarManager #winterfootball #classicfootball #footballgame #UKfootball #englishfootball #pl #premierleague #LeicesterCity #Watford

Yet another 5th Round FA Cup treasure! A harsh and sudden blizzard at the City Ground forced the match between Nottingham Forest and Tottenham to come to an end just 15 minutes into the game! 😱 #KevinToms #FootballStarManager #englishfootball #NottinghamForest #Tottenham

One of the 128K ZX Spectrum models produced by Amstrad after they purchased the Sinclair brand in 1986 🙂 #KevinToms #FootballManager #ZXSpectrum #SinclairComputers #Amstrad #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #PersonalComputer #RetroPC #UKComputers #UKRetro

Last year Leicester City and Liverpool played at Anfield under some severe fog. Somehow the ball still found the back of the net four times, as the Reds won the game 3-1! #KevinToms #FootballStarManager #winterfootball #UKfootball #englishfootball #Liverpool #LFC #LeicesterCity

Hard tackle on a snowy pitch? Now that's classic winter football 😉 Brought to you by Ipswich Town and Leicester City in a 2009/10 Championship match! #KevinToms #FootballStarManager #winterfootball #classicfootball #footballgame #UKfootball #englishfootball #IpswichTown #LeicesterCity

How many of you remember the Apricot line of computers? #KevinToms #FootballManager #ApricotPC #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #PersonalComputer #RetroPC #UKComputers #UKRetro

Another 5th Round FA Cup match, and another throwback to the 80's! How many of you remember this snowy match between Brighton and Peterborough? #KevinToms #FootballStarManager #winterfootball #classicfootball #footballgame #UKfootball #englishfootball #facup #Brighton #BHA #Peterborough

Tottenham fans might recall this 5th Round replay match against Rochdale back in 2018. Heavy snowfall at Wembley did not stop the Spurs from winning by a comfortable margin and moving on to quarter-finals 😎 #KevinToms #FootballStarManager #facup #Tottenham #Rochdale

This weekend saw several matches being postponed due to Storm Goretti ❄️ But sometimes "the show must go on," as in this photo of a FA Cup 3rd round match between Liverpool and Luton Town in 1987. #KevinToms #FootballStarManager #englishfootball #Liverpool #LFC #LutonTown

On this day we wish a happy 69th birthday to Man Utd legend Bryan Robson 🎂 #KevinToms #BryanRobson #FootballManager #WestBrom #WBA #ManchesterUnited #ManUtd #EnglishFootball #EFL #EnglishFootballLeague #FootballLegend #FootballIcon #FootballHistory #FootballBirthday #OnThisDay

Today we celebrate the 77th birthday of Ipswich Town legend Mick Mills 🎂 #KevinToms #MickMills #FootballManager #IpswichTown #Ipswich #StokeCity #ThePotters #EnglishFootball #EFL #EnglishFootballLeague #FootballLegend #FootballIcon #FootballHistory #FootballBirthday #OnThisDay

Happy New Year everyone!! 🥳 #KevinToms #HappyNewYear #NewYears #FootballStarManager #retrogames #classicgames #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers #footballsim #englishfootball #pl #epl

As the game evolved, so did the 3D match graphics, as we see in the C64 version of Football Manager! #KevinToms #FootballStarManager #RoadTo2026 #NewYears #retrogames #classicgames #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers #footballsim #englishfootball #pl #epl

Another iconic screenshot from the ZX Spectrum version. Which player was a "must-have" on your squad? And which one brought you bad luck? #KevinToms #FootballStarManager #RoadTo2026 #NewYears #retrogames #classicgames #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers #footballsim #englishfootball #pl #epl

Football Manager was decades ahead of its time with "no-goal" technology! 😉 #KevinToms #FootballStarManager #RoadTo2026 #NewYears #retrogames #classicgames #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers #footballsim #englishfootball #pl #epl

Originally Football Manager was to be a board game, but making it a video game instead allowed many features to be automated, such as match fixtures and league table updates - ground-breaking stuff even in text-only versions such as the ZX81! #KevinToms #FootballStarManager #NewYears #retrogames

Gearing up to a new year with an iconic image! How many of you remember your first time playing Football Manager and seeing your team score a goal? #KevinToms #FootballStarManager #RoadTo2026 #2026 #NewYears #retrogames #classicgames #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers

So here is the first full podcast, chatting with Daniel about the history of Football Manager and things that led up to writing the game. Episode 1 - The Origins of Football Manager https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tQ-D_PPDEE #KevinToms #FootballManager #newpodcast #retrogames #retrocomputers

I wrote and sang this. It's not great, but it is decent 🙂 Happy Christmas! https://youtu.be/FuuwXkZ0-08 #KevinToms #FootballManager #MerryXmas #Christmas2025 #HappyHolidays

A unique never seen before photo of me writing Spectrum Football Manager!! 👉 https://getonsteam.kevintoms.games #KevinToms #FootballManager #AdventCalendar #Advent2025 #FootballStarManager #retrogames #classicgames #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers #footballsim #englishfootball #pl #epl

When the photographer did the photo shoot with Sarah, he took a bottle of whisky with him, to keep himself calm!! 👉 https://getonsteam.kevintoms.games #KevinToms #FootballManager #AdventCalendar #Advent2025 #FootballStarManager #retrogames #classicgames #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers

Good memories from the Amstrad CPC 464! 🙂 #KevinToms #FootballManager #Amstrad #AmstradCPC #CPC464 #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #PersonalComputer #RetroPC #UKComputers #UKRetro

You can see how close Football Star Manager is to the original, yet improved, in my play through video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGQTkDmc1Uc #KevinToms #FootballManager #AdventCalendar #Advent2025 #FootballStarManager #retrogames #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers #englishfootball #epl

Football Star Manager is my renewal of the original game on multiple platforms. I suggested it online with this post, and got such a great response, I wrote it. 👉 https://getonsteam.kevintoms.games #KevinToms #FootballManager #AdventCalendar #Advent2025 #FootballStarManager #retrogames

COBOL and RPG programming languages are still used and maintained today - 65 years after they were created! 🤯 #KevinToms #FootballManager #podcast #newpodcast #retrogames #classicgames #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers #programming #compsci #computerscience #COBOL #RPG #IBM

I did also write Sofware Star, President, Football Manager 2, and Football World Cup edition, but not Football Manager 3. (I did not even know FM3 was being written!) 👉 https://getonsteam.kevintoms.games #KevinToms #FootballManager #AdventCalendar #Advent2025 #FootballStarManager #retrogames

There is a discount! And who doesn't love a discount? 25% off the Steam version in the Winter sale. That seems a lot to me! :) https://getonsteam.kevintoms.games/ #kevintoms #steamwintersale #footballstarmanager #steam #bargain

There were several evolutions of the Addictive Games logo. This ZX81 version had one of them #KevinToms #FootballManager #ZX81 #RetroGames #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #PersonalComputer #RetroPC #UKComputers #UKRetro

Apparently I was one of the brains behind a big game 🙂 (A Daily Express article from the 1980s) 👉 https://getonsteam.kevintoms.games #KevinToms #FootballManager #AdventCalendar #Advent2025 #FootballStarManager #retrogames #classicgames #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers #footballsim

A well known photo with the C64 version and the calculator watch! I bought a duplicate of that Casio watch in New Zealand, still have it somewhere :) 👉 https://getonsteam.kevintoms.games #KevinToms #FootballManager #AdventCalendar #Advent2025 #FootballStarManager #retrogames #classicgames

Football Manager was runner up to The Hobbit in the CVG awards! There is no justice 🙂 👉 https://getonsteam.kevintoms.games #KevinToms #FootballManager #AdventCalendar #Advent2025 #FootballStarManager #retrogames #classicgames #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers #footballsim #englishfootball

A blast from the past! Who here remembers the Torch computers? #KevinToms #FootballManager #TorchComputers #AcornComputers #RetroGames #HomeComputers #8bit #Microcomputers #80sComputers #PersonalComputer #RetroPC #UKComputers #UKRetro

In terms of adverts, this was the best, most successful! 👉 https://getonsteam.kevintoms.games #KevinToms #FootballManager #AdventCalendar #Advent2025 #FootballStarManager #retrogames #classicgames #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers #footballsim #englishfootball #pl #epl

Did you know Football Manager was originally created for the TRS-80? Here's a sneak peek of Kevin Toms Talks' first episode! #KevinToms #FootballManager #podcast #newpodcast #retrogames #classicgames #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers #footballsim #footballgame #TRS80 #VideoGenie #ZX80 #ZX81

The First ad in Computer and Video Games January 1982 led to so much! 👉 https://getonsteam.kevintoms.games #KevinToms #FootballManager #AdventCalendar #Advent2025 #FootballStarManager #retrogames #classicgames #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers #footballsim #englishfootball #pl #epl

The Dutch I meet in Amsterdam, say they like a discount! So, they should like the 20% discount on Steam, which ends tomorrow! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3707550/Kevin_Toms_Football_Star_Manager/ #KevinToms #FootballStarManager #SteamGames #FootballGames

I gave a talk at Crash with Graeme and Julian (difficult because I had a cough and lost my voice!). But it was good and is here 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bde8iSBjdBk #KevinToms #JulianTodd #CrashEvent #CrashEvent2025 #FootballManager #ZX80 #ZX81 #ZXSpectrum #RetroGames #HomeComputers

The first order from W.H.Smith was 2,000 units and an insistence on better packaging! 👉 https://getonsteam.kevintoms.games #KevinToms #FootballManager #AdventCalendar #Advent2025 #FootballStarManager #retrogames #classicgames #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers #footballsim #englishfootball