Hello editors.
The following are a short list of key suggested English data changes that are easily made by using the editor. Hopefully by making these changes you will a) gain confidence in using the editor and b) have some of the more annoying errors eradicated in your new FM2007 game!*
We have kept this list short and hopefully sweet, and when an official data update is out there will be many more changes. No attribute amendment suggestions are included as they are subjective, so the following are merely factual errors that were made.
Before making these suggested changes, please choose 'edit' and select 'load all player histories' to be able to amend the Davis error.
To find a player, type their name using this format: Surname, Forename. (eg Boulding, Michael). Use 'edit, find' to find a player or non-player.
Incorrect retirements to amend - Go to configurations in the Player Data then amend the retirement field at the bottom of that page
Michael Boulding (Mansfield) - take out the retirement date
Gareth Griffiths (Northwich) - take out the retirement date
Incorrect wages to amend - Go to person data and then select contract
Phil Smith (Swindon) - should be £500pw not £6500pw
Steve Coppell (Reading) - should be £5000pw (estimate) not £10pw.
Andy Awford (Oxford) - should be £500pw not £2000pw.
Injuries incorrectly omitted -Go to configurations in player data
Richard Cresswell (Leeds) - damaged knee cartilage from 14/02/06 until 15/09/06.
Kieron Dyer (Newcastle) - torn hamstring from 10/04/2006 until 31/10/2006.
Owen Garvan (Ipswich) - virus out from 1/7/2006 to 31/12/2006.
Matt Hewlett (Torquay) - back strain, out until 01/03/2007 (not 2006 as mistakenly recorded in his profile).
Harry Kewell (Liverpool) - arthritis from 25/6/06 to 01/02/07
Stuart Thurgood (Grays) - broken ankle from 07/07/2006 to 01/10/2006
International retirements -Go to player and amend 'international retirement' box on details page
Amady Faye (Charlton) - international retirement 1/6/2006
Ivar Ingimarsson (Reading) - take out his international retirement
Stilian Petrov (Aston Villa) - international retirement 12/10/2006
Managerial changes -Go to person file and select contract
Peter Grant (West Ham) appointed as Norwich City manager on 16/10/06
Nigel Worthington dismissed by Norwich City.
Dean Wilkins (Brighton - manager) and Dean White (Brighton - assistant) - the new managerial team. Mark date 08/09/06 as they started their caretaker period at that time. You may wish to amend their wages too.
Kevin Bond (Newcastle) - appointed manager at Bournemouth on 13/10/06. Rob Newman is his new assistant, but Stuart Murdoch (gk coach) has left the club.
Tony Mowbray (Hibernian - manager) and Mark Venus (Hibernian - assistant) - the new managerial team at West Brom. Appointed 14/10/06 and 16/10/06 respectively.
David Hodgson dismissed by Darlington.
Brian Horton dismissed by Macclesfield, replaced by Paul Ince (Swindon player in db). Ince signed contract until 31/12/07.
Paul Sturrock dismissed by Sheffield Wednesday, as was his assistant Kevin Summerfield and coach John Blackley.
Mickey Lewis no longer assistant manager at Doncaster.
Paul Hart (manager), Ian Bowyer (assistant) and Ian Woan (coach) all dismissed by Rushden & Diamonds.
Nigel Pearson (WBA) now Newcastle assistant manager
Kevin Keen now Frst Team Coach at West Ham while Keith Peacock is their new assistant manager.
Ian Miller (Leicester) is First team Coach not Assistant Manager.
Seamus McDonagh (no club) now goalkeeping coach at Aston Villa. born 06/10/1952.
Dennis Wise (manager), Gus Poyet (Assistant) and Andy Beasley (gk coach) all move from Swindon to Leeds. John Carver leaves Leeds.
Player transfers omitted or post-data lock -Go to contract in player file
Lee Boylan (no club) - add to Grays squad, squad number 9 on FT contract ending 30/06/2007 with estimated wages £500pw.
Bertrand Bossu (no club) - add to Walsall squad, squad number 41 on FT contract ending 30/06/2007 with estimated wages £500pw.
Nick Gray (no club) - add to Halifax squad, squad number 23 on FT contract ending 30/06/2007 with estimated wages £300pw.
Andy Harris (Weymouth) - signed for Eastleigh on 11/10/2006.
Júlio César Pereira Baptista (Real Madrid) - ie Julio Baptista - was transferred to Arsenal on full deal. Squad number 9, signed on 31/08/06 on FT contract ending 30/06/2010.
José Antonio Reyes (Arsenal) - was transferred to Real Madrid on full deal. Squad number 19, signed on 31/08/06 on FT contract ending 30/06/2010.
Alexis Nikolas (no club) - add to St Albans squad, squad number 27, signed on 28/09/06 on PT contract ending 30/06/2007. Nikolas is the Cypriot spelling of his name (he is known as Nicolas in England).
Rob Norris (St Albans) - signed for King's Lynn on 03/10/06.
Matt Robinson (no club) - add to Forest Green squad, squad number 27, signed on 29/09/06 on FT contract ending 31/12/2006.
Bas Savage (Walton & Hersham) - transfer to Gillingham squad, squad number 17, signed on 29/09/06 on FT contract ending 31/12/2006.
Ben Sedgemore (no club) - add to Cambridge squad, squad number 28, signed on 29/09/06 on FT contract ending 31/12/2006.
Pavel Srnicek (no club) - add to Newcastle squad, squad number 24, signed on 29/09/06 on FT contract ending 01/01/2007.
Chris Sutton (no club) - add to Aston Villa squad, squad number 20, signed on 03/10/06 on FT contract ending 30/06/2007.
Clyde Wijnhard (no club) - add to Brentford squad, squad number 28, signed on 03/10/06 on FT contract ending 31/12/2006.
Aradiusz Zarczynski (Forest Green) - signed for Bath on 06/10/06 on non-contract basis.
Released players-Go to contract in player file
Michael Branch (Chester)
Awenyeri Douglas (Southport)
Jamie England (Brentford)
Henry Goh (Shrewsbury)
Chris Gordon (Cambridge)
Kurt Husnu (Southend)
Guy Ipoua (Forest Green)
Kyle Jacobs (Macclesfield)
Daryl Taylor (Bury)
Denny Webb (Leyton Orient)
Gareth Williams (Weymouth)
Contract signings omitted -Go to contract in player file
Ian Walker (Bolton) signed a two-year deal on 10/05/06 with contract expiring on 30/06/08.
Craig Disley (Bristol Rovers) signed a two-year deal on 07/07/06 with contract expiring on 30/06/08.
Paul Jewell (Wigan) signed four-year deal on 08/10/2006 with contract expiring on 30/06/2010.
Freddy Eastwood (Southend) has a deal ending on 30/06/2008, earning £2,000pw.
Missing squad numbers
Didier Agathe (Aston Villa) - squad no. 31
Mark Beard (Stevenage) - squad no. 25
François Dubourdeau (Accrington) - squad no. 23
Kevin Kilbane (Wigan) - squad no. 8. Andreas Johansson is now no. 11 for Wigan.
George McCartney (West Ham) - squad no. 6
Anthony Tonkin (Yeovil) - squad no. 2
Miscellaneous other suggested changes
Mike Bateson (Torquay) - is no longer chairman there. His wife Sue Bateson is also no longer a director.
Madgid Bougherra (Sheff Wed) - his first name should be Madjid.
Danny Cadamarteri (no club) - banned from 10/05/2006 until 10/11/2006. - go to 'Player data>Configurations', add a global ban.
Kelvin Davis (Southampton) - amend his 'Playing History' for the final field in 2005 and amend £8,000,000 to £800,000
Neil Eardley (Oldham) - first name should be Neal.
Ian Foster (Kidderminster) - no longer a player but Kidderminster physio (£200pw) - Go to player details, change player type to non-player and then go to contract and select 'physio'.
Sean Hessey (Chester) - remove the global ban (see Cadamarteri above for instructions) as his domestic suspension is covered in the edt file.
Kevin Philliskirk (Mansfield) should not be a player - go to details and change person type to non-player.
Wayne Rooney (Man Utd). A bug is meaning that his international ban
Ian Roper (Walsall) - forename incorrectly spelt as 'Ia' in game. - go to player and amend his forename.
Ashley Sestanovich (Grays) - is actually now in jail! Go to contract and remove his club, and then go to 'Player data>Configurations', add a global ban until 31/12/2006.
Darío Silva - Just search under 'Silva' and he will appear. Then select 'Person type' and select Non-Player.
Jack Webster (S****horpe) - is English and not from Equatorial Guinea!
Clive Woodward (Southampton) - now left club.
Duplicates
Unfortunately you cannot delete a player, so the following duplicates in the database need to be replaced. These dupes were unfortunately missed as they were spelled differently in the two instances
Blair Tomlie (Hibs) - is a dupe of Blair Tolmie (Hibs), so just go into the Tomlie file and change his name and details, perhaps to add yourself, or any other new player you wish.
Eddie Odihambo (Leicester) is a dupe of Eddie Odhiambo (Leicester), so just go into the Odihambo file and change his name and details, perhaps to add yourself, or any other new player you wish. Odhiambo also now has squad number 33.
Martyn Woolford (Frickley) - is a dupe of Martyn Woolford (York), so just go into the Woolford (Frickley) file and change his name and details, perhaps to add yourself, or any other new player you wish.
Suggested new individuals to add in their place are:
Kurt Robinson (Ipswich) DL - b 21/10/89 in Basildon. 1.73m, 72kg CA 53 PA -7 (go to 'Player data>Reputation'), PT contract.
Chris Roberts (Torquay) Chairman. 37-year-old Scot, joined club 13/10/2006.
Nigel Doughty (Nottingham Forest). Chairman. Est born 1963.
NB - There are two Craig Johnston's at Workington. Please note that this IS correct.
Club info
Aston Villa - cash £60m, transfer budget £20m - in finances section of club data, subsection 'general'.
Colchester - amend six-letter name to Colch - in details section of club data
Southend - amend six-letter name to Sthend - in details section of club data
DO NOT FORGET TO 'SAVE DATABASE' AFTER MAKING YOUR CHANGES.
* You should NEVER edit the default database but instead save to a new database (the editor shouldn't let you overwrite the original) and you can choose which database you wish to use when you are creating a new game.
