Pick the team
Choose your XI, shape and tactical approach before the next turn.
The 90s football manager game
BUILD YOUR CLUB.MAKE IT MATTER.
Pick the XI. Set the tactics. Work the transfer market. Deal with the chairman, scouts, players and other real managers — then wait for the turn to land.
Real managers
Turn based
Mobile ready
Seasons & cups
SPARE SHINPADSPOWER
MANAGER DASHBOARDTURN READY
MONDAY 08:03 // GAFFERMorning, boss.Big week. Three points needed.
LEAGUE POS4TH
FORMW W D
BALANCE£1.8M
SHINPADS UTDHOME
VSATHLETIC 90SAT 15:00
PICK TEAM
TRANSFERS
POST TRAY
GAFFER'S OFFICE
Welcome to management
Football management before everything became a spreadsheet.
Spare Shinpads is built around the feeling of 90s football management: faxed transfer offers, dodgy scouting tips, proper deadlines, fictional cult heroes and the constant suspicion another manager is about to nick your best player.
GAFFER APPROVED
Work the market
Bid, sell, scout and react to offers arriving from rival clubs.
Be the gaffer
Your office is the hub for post, calls, texts, kit, transfers and club business.
Beat real people
Other human managers share your world, chase the same players and want your points.
Inside the game
THIS IS YOUR FOOTBALL WORLD.
Not endless menus for the sake of it. Each part of the game is designed to feel like somewhere a 90s manager would actually do the job.
GAFFER'S OFFICE
FAX RECEIVED // 09:42
TRANSFER OFFER
PLAYERD. HARRISON
FROMNORTHBANK CITY
OFFER£425,000
STATUSDECISION REQUIRED
GAFFER FMtalkSPORTLIVE
TRANSFER DESK
PLAYER FILE // CONFIDENTIAL
MARKET SHORTLIST
J. McKENNA · ST · 22£650K
A. VARGA · CM · 19£1.2M
L. PETROVIC · AM · 21£900K
TACTICS BOARD
GKLBRBCMSTST
One turn at a time
HOW A WEEK WORKS.
Make your calls, submit your decisions and then live with the consequences when the turn processes.
Check the club
Read the post, review fitness, spot problems and see what the football world has thrown at you.
Make decisions
Choose your team, tactics, bids, sales, scouting jobs and the decisions only the manager can make.
Deadline
When the turn closes, everyone in your world is locked in. No sneaky changes after the whistle.
Results land
Fixtures play, news breaks, tables move, transfers develop and suddenly next week looks very different.
More than matchday
EVERYTHING A GAFFER NEEDS.
A football world that keeps moving even when you're not staring at the team sheet.
Squad managementPlayers, form, fitness, value, potential and selection.
TacticsShape the side and decide how you want them to play.
Transfer marketBid for players, receive offers and manage your own listings.
ScoutingSend scouts out and uncover players beyond your usual market.
Manager postOffers, club events and decisions arrive straight on the desk.
90s text messagesShort messages between managers — and the occasional player reply.
56K internetFire up the modem and see what the football world is saying.
Gaffer FMPut the radio on while you're doing the paperwork in the office.
League & cup historyBuild seasons worth remembering — or explaining away.
Your office is waiting
THINK YOU CAN DO BETTER?
Take a club, make the calls and find out whether you're a tactical genius or just another bloke blaming the ref.