Atalanta BC mixed it with the big boys of Serie A and finished just outside the top half in their first season in the top flight. And the club's board backed manager Roberto Lombardi by agreeing to his requests for improved training and youth facilities, youth recruitment and junior coaching over the summer of 1996 (2025).

In this save, we're embarking on a nostalgic adventure with the brand new 1994/95 database from The Mad Scientist, which is currently available in Early Access mode. Atalanta secured an immediate return to the best league in the world by blowing away Serie B with over 100 goals and points. But they faced a big step up in quality if they were to meet the board's objective of surviving in Serie A - which wasn't helped by a poor financial situation.

Heading back 30 years in time, Atalanta have just been relegated from the greatest league in the world, Italy’s Serie A, and are red-hot favourites to be promoted at the first time of asking.…

Growing up in the early 1990s, some of my earliest memories of “getting into” football news and watching football were formed by Channel 4’s Football Italia. We’ll celebrate…

Growing up in the early 1990s, some of my earliest memories of "getting into" football news and watching football were formed by Channel 4's Football Italia. We'll celebrate that with new series in the 1994/95 database for FM24.

Following the news that FM25 won’t be released until March 2025 it has left a lot of us unsure on what to do next. Its at the point in the FM24 cycle where saves were either winding down or c…

5th May 2024 Hércules CF 2 Lledia Esportiu 1 The day Hércules won promotion back to the Primera Federación. It was a joyous moment for the side of Alicante as they looked to finally step away from yea...

5th May 2024 Hércules CF 2 Lledia Esportiu 1 The day Hércules won promotion back to the Primera Federación. It was a joyous moment for the side of Alicante as they looked to finally step away from yea...

Countless scenarios can be explored in Football Manager, from taking non-league minnows to the Champions League to in-depth rebuilds of fallen giants. I've done them all over the years, but this time ...