Championship Manager: Season 96-97

Championship Manager 96-97 is a game in the Championship Manager series of football management simulation video games. The game, a seasonal update (the first of many in the series), included more than just a modified player database. For the first time, the game included three playable league systems within the main game: England, Scotland, and Italy. As well as the usual complement of bug fixes and tweaks to the game's AI, there were also rule changes to reflect real-life changes in the world of football, such as the full implementation of the Bosman ruling and the inclusion of five substitutes in the Premier League. The game also had a cheat in which if the player's name entered at the beginning of the game was the name of a national manager of the time (for instance Glenn Hoddle for the England national football team) then the game would allow the player to take charge of that national team right from the start, as opposed to working up a good enough reputation to be offered the job as was supposed to be the case.