Footballer of the Year (1986)
- Download the game as TAP/TZX
- Play the tape for a real Spectrum
- Run the game in an online ZX Spectrum emulator
Footballer of the Year was released in 1986 for the ZX Spectrum 48K. The game was published by Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd and developed by a team consisting of Greg A. Holmes, Peter M. Harrap, Chris Kerry, and Steve Kerry.
This single-player sports action title incorporates border effects into its presentation. Players can control the action using a Kempston joystick, Interface 2, or cursor keys.
The game retailed at £9.99 on cassette and £14.99 on disk. Versions were also produced for Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, Commodore Plus/4, MSX, and Acorn platforms.
The game holds an average magazine score of 55.60% based on five reviews. Individual scores from publications such as Crash, Sinclair User, and Your Sinclair ranged from 1/5 to 7/10.
In the Soviet Union and Russia, the game was widely distributed with numerous TR-DOS versions released by groups such as THD and Power of Sound. A full Russian translation was also created by Alexander Gromov. Additionally, cracked cassette versions were released by teams like Dnieprsoft and Blood.
Found 5 cracked versions (releases) of the game

