Football Director

December 31, 1986 DH Games DH Games, CDS Software, Cult Games
Sport Strategy
bbcmicro C64 ZXS Atari-ST ACPC
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Choose any of over 200 clubs from leagues across England and Europe and get ready to take your team to league triumph and cup glory. Buy and sell players, hire and fire staff, build and train your squad, then call the shots on match day.
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Release Date December 31, 1986
Developer DH Games
Publisher DH Games, CDS Software, Cult Games
Game Modes Single player
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