{"id":18936,"date":"2026-06-18T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fmportugal.net\/football-classics-cantanhede-kevin-toms\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T09:05:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T09:05:47","slug":"football-classics-cantanhede-kevin-toms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fmportugal.net\/en\/football-classics-cantanhede-kevin-toms\/","title":{"rendered":"The fathers of virtual football came to Cantanhede (and entry was free)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are names that anyone who grew up glued to an 8-bit computer recognizes instantly. In June 2026, three of them were together in Portugal. It happened in Cantanhede.<\/p>\n<p>The event was called Football Classics and took place on June 13 and 14 at the LOAD ZX Spectrum Museum. It was free and celebrated 40 years of football video games.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Index<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/fmportugal.net\/en\/football-classics-cantanhede-kevin-toms\/#Quem_esteve_la\" >Who was there<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/fmportugal.net\/en\/football-classics-cantanhede-kevin-toms\/#O_que_houve\" >What happened<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/fmportugal.net\/en\/football-classics-cantanhede-kevin-toms\/#Porque_e_que_isto_nos_diz_tanto\" >Why this means so much to us<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Quem_esteve_la\"><\/span>Who was there<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kevin Toms<\/strong>, the creator of the original Football Manager, from 1982. That is where the name the Sports Interactive series would adopt more than twenty years later comes from.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jon Hare<\/strong>, the mastermind behind Sensible Soccer.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jon Ritman<\/strong>, the author of Match Day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It was the first time all three had come to Portugal.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19152\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19152\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19075\" src=\"https:\/\/fmportugal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1448-scaled.avif\" alt=\"Um ZX Spectrum 48K, o computador de muitos dos primeiros jogos de futebol\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1411\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kevin Toms, who said for years that he had not realized the impact the game had<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"O_que_houve\"><\/span>What happened<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>On Saturday there were interviews with each of them, autograph sessions, a football quiz and games on period hardware. In the evening there was also a session dedicated to Match Day 2. On Sunday, Toms and Ritman sat on a round table about how to make games that last for decades, and the band Level Up closed the event.<\/p>\n<p>There was also a video appearance by Richard Moss, author of the book \u201cA Tale of Two Halves\u201d, about the history of football video games.<\/p>\n<p>It was organized by the LOAD ZX Museum, a project of Cantanhede City Council and the Gera\u00e7\u00e3o SPECTRUM Association, sponsored by Portuguese studio Redcatpig.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Porque_e_que_isto_nos_diz_tanto\"><\/span>Why this means so much to us<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Many of us got into FM because of Championship Manager. But before all that, there was a man called Kevin Toms getting an 8-bit computer to crunch transfers and results. Seeing him in Portugal, in a museum dedicated to those machines, deserves to be on record.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19076\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19076\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19076\" src=\"https:\/\/fmportugal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/cantanhede-2.jpg\" alt=\"Cantanhede, que recebeu o Football Classics\" width=\"1280\" height=\"958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fmportugal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/cantanhede-2.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/fmportugal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/cantanhede-2-228x171.jpg 228w, https:\/\/fmportugal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/cantanhede-2-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/fmportugal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/cantanhede-2-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fmportugal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/cantanhede-2-16x12.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19076\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cantanhede, which hosted Football Classics. <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Cantanhede9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Photo: Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Were you there? Tell us how it was.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sources: <a href=\"https:\/\/echoboomer.pt\/cantanhede-recebe-pais-futebol-digital-football-classics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Echo Boomer (06\/05\/2026)<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcguia.pt\/2026\/06\/museu-load-zx-anuncia-evento-com-criadores-de-football-manager-e-sensible-soccer-em-cantanhede\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PCGuia<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/cm-cantanhede.pt\/mcsite\/\/\/pdf\/noticia\/32961\/museu-load-zx-spectrum-recebe-evento-internacional-dedicado-aos-classicos-do-futebol-virtual\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cantanhede City Council<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin Toms, Jon Hare e Jon Ritman, os criadores de Football Manager, Sensible Soccer e Match Day, vieram pela primeira vez a Portugal. 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