Retro Review: FourFourTwo Touchline Passion

“If you can fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
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“Ladies and gentlemen, Fuller FM will be playing 4-4-f***ing-2.”

Welcome to another Retro Review here on Fuller FM. Today, I’ve decided to return to a rather obscure football management game from my childhood, and see if it still holds up two decades on.

The year is 2002. Arsenal have just won the Double, Real Madrid are the European champions, and teen wonder Wayne Rooney is about to make his Everton debut. Meanwhile, a new challenger to Championship Manager’s throne has emerged – with strong backing from a best-selling magazine, the game’s flashiest diamond geezer, and the glamorous new face of ITV!

Go grab yourselves some of Mr Kipling’s exceedingly good cakes, because we’re about to take a deep dive into Mike Bassett’s favourite video game. This is FourFourTwo Touchline Passion. Continue reading “Retro Review: FourFourTwo Touchline Passion”