Since the close of football's January transfer window, the LMA Manager 2005 team have compiled all the player moves and stats updates for the second half of the season. Now all the data can be accessed and implemented into LMA Manager 2005, the best-selling console football management game this winter.
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So if you want to see Gravesen's move to Real Madrid, Morientes playing for Liverpool FC, or Beattie playing for Everton, and get the updated stats for the most-improved players, including Johnson (Crystal Palace), McGeady (Celtic), Ashton (Norwich), hook up your broadband connection and get LMA Manager 2005 bang up to date.
It's a real first for online PlayStation 2 users - LMA Manager 2005 is the only game enabled to completely update your game over the online service. It's simple to activate too - just choose the "Online" or "Xbox Live" option from the game's Main Menu and follow the onscreen prompts.
For PlayStation 2 gamers who aren't yet online enabled or those yet to be hooked by the game's gripping play, Codemasters will also release a fully updated retail copy of LMA Manager 2005 for PlayStation 2 on March 25th (look out for the 'Stats Update' flash on the front of the retail pack).
The LMA Manager 2005 mid-season online update is now available for PlayStation 2 and Xbox via download for just 3. Satisfy your football cravings with the online update and join your teammates in the busy LMA Manager forums at www.codemasters.co.uk/lma2005
Codemasters is also creating an exclusive Manchester United edition of the game: Manchester United Manager 2005 will be available for PlayStation 2 and Xbox and published simultaneously with LMA Manager 2005 [see notes for further information].
It's set to be a nail-biting season and LMA Manager 2005 comes to it armed with all the 04/05 season stats, including updated statistics for every player and all the transfers after the summer break. Management tactics and information flow are increased: You'll be able to assign secondary playing sides to players, allowing better formation and positioning and when you want to find that player you really want to sign, an all-new player search makes scouting more relevant to your needs.
And come match day, LMA Manager 2005 is set to be more compelling with its best ever looking 3D Match with faster, more fluid animations, high detailed players and kits. Matches run real-time meaning results aren't fixed before the whistle blows; it's about how you react as the game unfolds that can make or break the result. The 3D Match's game engine is enhanced too with improved speed, all-new goalkeeper AI, a wider variety of free kicks and all of the new 'non-interference' and 'clear daylight' offside rules for the new season.
For the first time in the series, LMA Manager 2005 will be expanded with additional game content, downloadable over Xbox Live or PlayStation 2 Net Play, after the game launches. On Xbox Live, there'll be new fantasy teams, new challenges and, on both PlayStation 2 and Xbox, all the latest player transfer data from the January transfer window will be available to download.
Bringing all the tough decisions and ecstatic highs of professional football management to PlayStation 2 and Xbox screens, LMA Manager 2005 will kick off the new season as the essential management game when it launches this October. Follow the game and join the massive LMA Manager community online at www.codemasters.co.uk/lma2005
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LMA Manager are football (soccer) management games which are published by Codemasters. It is one of the only football management games to be made for consoles, where as Football Manager or Championship Manager are developed for the PC. It also has a focus on a 3D Match Engine, not seen in many other football management sims. The series began on the PlayStation with LMA Manager in late 1999 and was then followed by LMA Manager 2001, also on the PlayStation, a year later. LMA Manager 2002 was the final game in the series on the original PlayStation. The PlayStation 2 version of the game was released in April 2002. The step up from the PS1 to the PS2 was huge with the expansion of the leagues and a more realistic match engine. Next was LMA Manager 2003, the first game in the series to be released on the Xbox. This game is known by many fans as the best in the series. LMA Manager 2004 was released in March 2004. The game brought a new look to the menu over the last two games. LMA Manager 2005 was released later that year in October. It included three new leagues and featured a mid season roster update via the PlayStation online service and Xbox Live. It was also the first game in the season to have the license to some of the leagues (Football League and the La Liga). LMA Manager 2006 was released on the PS2 and Xbox in November 2005. It was the last game in the series to appear on the original Xbox. The game sported a new look, a new transfer market system, a custom 3D manager you could create and some new leagues avalible in France and Germany. LMA Manager was released on three platforms, the PS2, PC and Xbox 360. The game featured some slight improvements over 2006. To this date, it is the last game in the series. Codemaster has said it is not making any more LMA titles until future notice. The series may still continue but for now it is on hold.
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Sports fans and their statistics are not to be parted lightly, which is why Codemasters has announced that it will be updating the rosters in its football management game LMA Manager 2005 with all the changes made during the first half of the season.
LMA 2005 was released on PS2 and Xbox in October 2004, and chief amongst the enhancements was the addition of the Dutch and Portuguese leagues and English Football Conference division, the first new playable leagues to be added since 2002. Another unique feature was the option to download a mid-season player roster update via Xbox Live or the PlayStation online service. PS2 owners with access to an EyeToy camera could take a photo of themselves, which would appear on various newspaper articles seen in the game (for example, a celebration photo after winning a trophy, or an unhappy image after being sacked by their club).
At the same time as the normal version of LMA 2005, a special themed edition was also released on PS2 and Xbox, entitled Manchester United Manager. As the name suggests, this version was tailored around Manchester United, and contained various photos and video clips of the club. However, the game itself was unchanged from LMA, allowing players to manage any club, not just Manchester United.
Released alongside LMA 2005 and Manchester United Manager, this version was notable for two reasons - it was the first game in the series to be released on PC, and the first developed externally (by Kuju rather than Codemasters). The change of platform required a redesigned interface, with the straightforward joypad-based navigation of PS2 replaced by a mouse-driven control system more similar to a graphical user interface such as Microsoft Windows. Each screen the user progressed to was housed on a separate window, which made finding one's way from section to section rather awkward.
In November 2005, LMA 2006 was released on PS2 and Xbox, with a further three playable divisions included from Dutch and Portuguese leagues, as well as further enhancements to the 3D match, transfer market and player training setup (including playable 3D Training Matches for the first time). In keeping with the series' visual roots, a new option allowed players to create a 3D model of their manager, who could be seen pacing along the touchlines during a match or featuring in one of the new video headlines (introducing a new transfer signing to the press, for example) included in the game world's TV station.
After the third-party conversion of LMA Professional Manager 2005, a second PC version was being developed by Codemasters themselves and was scheduled for release in Spring 2006 alongside the first seventh-generation iteration on Xbox 360. However, these versions' development slipped back, making LMA Manager 2007 a tri-format release.
This was released on 22 September 2006 on PS2, PC-DVD, and Xbox 360, with transfer updates available for download. Like other versions of the PC, it uses a graphical user interface like LMA 2005. The lack of subsequent titles, and the fact that the PC version of LMA 2007 will not run on operating systems past Windows Vista due to its use of a StarForce DRM, and its limited availability on 7th generation games consoles, meant as of 2009 the LMA series became effectively defunct.
Everton's manager David Moyes watches his players during a training session at their Finch Farm training complex in Liverpool, northern England, May 25, 2009. Moyes has been named manager of the year for the third time after guiding Everton to fifth place in the Premier League and into Saturday's FA Cup final against Chelsea. REUTERS/Phil Noble
As replacement, the young player-manager David Moyes was recruited from Preston North End despite his lack of experience. In his first press conference, he described Everton as the "People's Club". He was referring to his view that the "man on the street" in Liverpool was an Everton fan and that the club was born and supported by the community, rather than a rich commercial conglomeration. The phrase struck a chord with Evertonians and it became the official slogan and mantra of Moyes' regime.[3] 2ff7e9595c
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