Shifting goalposts

Put your red and white scarf back on the coat rack, football friends.

The match has been called off.

Anyone who pre-ordered the game will be given a refund, they say.

A manager stands at the sidelines of a football pitch, looking out into the crowd.

This other game is a reference to the next instalment, Football Manager 26.

The devs are now just working on that one instead.

It announced a short delay to itsrelease datein November 2024.

But just one week after that it wasdelayed again until March 2025.

It’s a surprisingly late cancellation, and a somewhat last minute announcement.

Sports Interactive couldn’t tell fans the bad news until now, they say, because lawyers said so.

Thatlistincludes Steam, Epic, Humble and a bunch of other places.

It’s only bad news if you bought your tickets to this big game from a CD Keys tout.

Either way, take off your red and white bobble hat and come back inside for a cuppa.

No, I don’t know what team you support.

It’s the red and white one.

They’re all red and white, aren’t they?

That’s the colour of football.