It’s time that time of year again! This blog has answered the age old question once again – where are the current Premier League managers in CM9798? It is brave doing this in the middle of sacking season but let’s brave it. You can see the same article from last year here but let’s crack on.

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This is something I’ve wanted to get round to writing for a long time. There was the obvious handicap of not knowing how it worked but thanks to our newest writer Mr Cooper, we’re up and running.

Matt wrote the majority of this guide, I’ve just tweaked it and made my own examples. I managed to do this relatively easily and I am a simpleton. Those of you who have me on Twitter will see I got carried away but that’s not the point. It’s never the point.

Firstly you are going to need an image editor. I chose Paintshop Pro 2019 (https://www.paintshoppro.com/en/free-trials/), which has a 30-day no obligation free trial. I imagine other editors are available, but like I said in the intro this one was really easy as long as you don’t want it more than 30 days.

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I always sign off a year with a bit of festive cheer. It’s nice to take stock of what has gone before and set up for what’s ahead.

The whole purpose of this blog was to share CM9798 memories with fellow fans and I’m always blown away by just how popular this old game still is. I never go on about stats and things because frankly you can prove or disprove anything with statistics if you spin them the right way but as of this writing, this blog has had 166,000 views this year. It’s probably miniscule in the grand scheme of things but I don’t care. It means a lot to me that so many of you choose this little corner of the internet to reminisce about a great game and hopefully enjoy some good stories along the way. For those keeping score, there were 84,000 visitors last year so we’ve doubled up. What a world.

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Good day! You might notice I’m blogging more than ever at the moment – it’s amazing what you get up to on your days off work. Anyway, seeing as the Academy has reached the point where re-gens are key and I get at least one person on Twitter every week asking how to find a re-gen, let’s get this sorted.

Just in case you don’t know, every time a player retires on CM9798 (and most CMs for that matter) they regenerate as a younger version of themselves. Whilst they won’t be at their peak straight away, it’s an open goal in terms of development as you know what they will improve to become. I usually loan them out for a few seasons if I’m a big club but at the Academy we don’t really have that luxury, they need to learn on the job. With that in mind, there are only a few things to look out for.

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Every year we do a check up to see if any players from CM9798 are still around in the latest Football Manager. Last year we found there were 27 players still playing and I don’t expect that number has increased much. With the retirement of Robbie Keane last week another one has bitten the dust, even if he is technically still on the game until the next update is released. How many are left?

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Good day to you. The danger of me having time off work is that you will grow tired of mwe trying to combine the past and the present. Hot on the heels of locating the current Premier League managers in CM9798, I’ve done the same for the EFL clubs. There are 37 on offer, so if you’re of a quizzical nature try and name the 37 before you scroll down.

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Hello hello. It’s time for our annual catch up on where the current crop of Premier League managers can be found in CM9798. I’ve done this for a few years now and this is the first time without Arsene Wenger. Anyway, let’s start with his successor…

Arsenal – Unai Emery

Long before Emery was helping Arsenal win away games again he was plying his trade for Toledo in the second tier of Spanish football. His stats actually seem quite good, what he lacks in pace he makes up for in passing and set pieces. Not to mention heading, oddly. The David Silva of his day.

Emery had a fairly modest playing career but of course went on to enjoy a lot of success in his native Spain, managing Almeria, Valencia and Sevilla. He became Mr Europa League in the latter which is probably what drew Arsenal to him. Cheap shot, I know.

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Afternoon, just a quick one from me today. You may recall we did a play through of the 17/18 update last year as our friends at cm97-98.eu released an updated database. The good news is they have just released their update for the 2018/19 season which you can find here.

All you need to do is copy the .db1 files into your CM9798 folder to update the database – I would recommend copying your current files and backing them up somewhere though so you can swap back at a later date. Norbert has asked that you play CM2e16.exe only – there’s too much data for the 8MB game.

Here are some screenshots to get you in the mood: