The Gaffer: Football Manager

The Gaffer: Football Manager

Lead your club to glory!

71 ratings
41 reviews
Free
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  • Released
  • Updated
  • June 26, 2025
  • July 14, 2025

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Take full control of an English football club, from managing player transactions and training to navigating the transfer market and balancing relationships with stakeholders. Rise through the leagues, develop young talent, and lead your team to glory.

Manage squad transactions, training, and tactics
Scout, sign, and sell players
Develop young academy talent
Balance stakeholder relationships
Progress through league system
Dynamic transfer market
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What's New in The Gaffer

0.2.4

July 14, 2025

Version 0.2.4 changes: - Improved player position changing. Players can now be dragged and dropped directly on the pitch in the Strategy tab. - Fix bug where you could close the transfer offer screen if you were at max club influence. - Misc bug fixes.

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$4.99

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Unlock Season Pass benefits for one season

User reviews

Great

Great game and its obviously still in the works so love to see what comes in the future

Great Potential Much work needed

I loved their college football game so I was excited to give this game a try because I love football.

The transfer system is nice idea but needs a work over. As of now you get one call to another team a day (while the window is open). You can sell or buy. (Only choosing to do one). All you see is a non specific area of the pitch for the player. (Fwd, mid, Def, GK) you can’t see a specific position. And when you go to choose the position they give you a random player from that team to choose to sell or buy. If you don’t want that player that’s it. You lose your call for that day and it’s a wasted day. There is not even an option to back out to the previous screen if you don’t want that player to buy or don’t want to sell that player. The AI does not call you for your players either. And they only want your top players at a much discounted price according to their price on the market. So if you sell you can only sell your top players at a discounted price and if you buy you buy subpar players over their market valued price. It would be nice if you can at least back out to the previous screen if you don’t want that player instead of losing the call for the day, the AI to make you offers and decent offers at that (at minimum their market value) for players they are interested in buying and if it wouldn’t be a random player from that team during the buying stage instead you can make an offer for any player on their team while the window is opened.

Also once a match has started you watch it happen but can’t make any substitutes during the game . Especially with fatigue or if a player isn’t doing well it’d be nice to sub them off during matches.

I have played 2 seasons and had a good team. Before each match they analysts in game say I am to win however during the first seasons I won only 5 games and second season with a much improved team and better than most in the division I won only 3 games. And I don’t just lose but I lost 5-1 or more almost everytime. This definitely seems strange to me.

All in all I know it’s a game in development and I do think it has much potential. But if the devs can take a look at some of the things I mentioned and make some tweaks it would make the game much more manageable to play. Because with things as is especially the transfer system it makes the game unplayable for me.
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Would Like to see more updates

More updates please!

Great game

I played the program game and I loved it and this one is just as good! Currently on season 2 after a rough first season but now I’m first in week nine looking to move on and it’s fun to just watch the games play out and feel the tension build hoping your team comes through. I will say sometimes I lose games I shouldn’t have lost and I will be a way higher overall and have better work rate and a better formation so maybe an update to the gameplay would be nice. I would like to see maybe an update to watching your game maybe a bit more like the college one where you can see the field and see what’s going on every minute also the logo editing is a little glitchy and freezes sometimes. Overall though this game is fun and a great time killer.
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Limitless Potential, needs improvement

Pretty good similar to cfb but would be much better if similar to it when it comes to staff and selling and buying players. Also would be cool to pick a country we could start on not just be default UK. Also having coaches and stuff like how cfb has it with the season tokens to get better ones would be a good addition. Overall a lot of potential. Also doesn’t make sense that my team is a lot better than what I was before but I’m getting relegated to leagues I passed I while ago. Needs more balance like how the Program game is now.
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FAQ

What is The Gaffer?

The Gaffer is a football management simulation game where you take full control of an English football club. You'll manage everything from player transactions and training to scouting, selling players, and progressing through the league system.

What are the key features of The Gaffer?

Key features include managing your squad's transactions, training, and tactics, scouting and signing players in a dynamic transfer market, developing young academy talent, balancing relationships with the board, sponsors, and fans, and working your way up the league system.

How much does The Gaffer cost?

The Gaffer is free to download and play. It includes advertising and offers in-app purchases that cost real money. You can also choose to watch ads for in-game rewards.

Is The Gaffer available on all devices?

The provided data does not specify compatibility with different operating systems or devices. However, it is described as a mobile application, suggesting it is designed for smartphones and tablets.

What is the main goal in The Gaffer?

The main goal is to lead your chosen English football club to glory. This involves earning promotion through the league system, potentially reaching the Royal Premier League title, and proving you have what it takes to run the entire club effectively.