Hi everyone,

With the World Cup just hours away the excitement is almost unbearable, I’m a huge fan of the World Cup and it’s a real reminder of why we all love football. I’m sure like us, you’re fired up about South Africa 2010. It seems like I’ve only lived the past 4 years as a preliminary build-up to the World Cup and I’m hoping to catch as many games as possible throughout the competition.

England's chances may have taken a blow with the exit of Rio Ferdinand but Dawson isn't a bad back-up and it wouldn’t be an England World Cup campaign without an injury to an important player.

I hope you like the new and improved Championship Manager website and forums, this will continue to be the best source of Championship Manager information and insight into Football from some great names. During the entire World Cup the website will host exclusive World Cup content with regular blogs from Mervyn Day and Gavin Strachan offering managerial and player insight as well as 9 brand new podcasts from the Chappers Premier League podcast team with Mark Chapman on the ground in South Africa and the rest of the team back in the studio. I want to update the community first on some of the things that are going on in the world of Championship Manager.

Well I’m happy to say the team has been incredibly busy, we have been actively looking at ways to re-focus our vision for the franchise and redefine our business model, so there has been a lot of ideas, exploration and generally ‘things’ going on. I’m excited by the opportunities ahead for Championship Manager. We have been closely looking at the opportunities in the digital space and as some of you may be aware, two years ago we launched Championship Manager on iPhone and the series has gone from strength to strength. I'm happy to confirm that we are working on Championship Manager 2011 for the iPhone which will be a completely revamped game for the 2010/11 season.

What about Championship Manager on the PC? We have decided not to release a PC version for the 2010/11 season. We’ve benefitted from a break in the past as seen with Championship Manager 2010 and I believe will do so again. That said, we will also be announcing several new Championship Manager titles over the course of the coming season. I’ll let you know about this as soon as the time is right, so keep your eyes on the website for further updates.

I appreciate that you will all have questions and I’m keen to answer as many of those as we can, so we’ve created a thread here (Questions for Champ Man) for you to post those questions in over the weekend and I will do my best to answer as many of them as possible over the course of the following week. I look forward to reading those questions, and thank you for your continued support of Championship Manager.

Roy Meredith Championship Manager, General Manager