

Whilst your team might not keep a lot of clean sheets using this very aggressive and attacking tactic, it would score plenty of goals, if you had the right players, and would provide the basis for a very successive save.

The formation in question was 4-1-3-2, which was located at the very bottom of the formations list within the tactics screen.


It wasn't long after the release of CM 01/02 that players began to realise just how good one particular formation worked in this installment of the franchise. CM 01/02 sold over 300k copies in the UK alone and I can still remember the excitement of the first day and waiting for the game to install, oh happy days! The Only CM 01/02 Tactic The K-League in South Korea was added to the list of possible leagues to manage in, but only the top-flight. For the first time managers were able to send their players for surgery and they added improvements to the interaction with the board and the media. We're going to take a look at the infamous 4-1-3-2 tactic and some of those ‘cheat' players that made us fans fall in love with CM 01/02 in what should be a trip down memory lane for those fans that remember this game with fondness.ĬM 01/02 introduced the EU regulated transfer system for the first time in the series and also included ‘attribute masking' for the very first time (never liked this feature myself). Personally, I have fantastic memories of all the Football Manager games since I first started my adventure with CM 97/98 (also still available to play using a DOS emulator), but CM 01/02 takes centre stage. Some may argue that this particular installment of the series was so popular because it was easy to master than any other game in the franchise due to a particular formation and a selection of what are often referred to as ‘cheat' players. 20-years ago, fans of the current Football Manager series were playing Championship Manager Season 01/02 but little did they know, they were arguably playing the most popular installment in the history of the game.ĬM 01/02, as it is referred to, hit the stores back in October 2001 and allowed players to take control of clubs from 27 countries across the globe and is still, amazingly, being played today by hardcore fans and each season modders create an updated database for a game that is two decades old.
