Get the Championship Manager 2006 Patch #1 off WP (65mb)

New Additions

International Management with the option to start at the world cup
Manager opinions on players available for international duty
New GUI look
New sidebar navigation system
In-game help for team selection, tactics and sidebar
Ability to pick team from the tactics screen
New player tool tip displaying key information including age, position, form
Updated data for players, staff and competitions
Added Dutch playoff system
More realistic manager hiring and firing
Can now save and load player search filters
World rankings screen added

Major improvements including:

Match Engine
Less throw-ins
Better GK (now much better from long range)
Less red cards
Better runs and passing
More varied goals
New player model graphic
Offside given when a player receives a throw-in
Corner goals
Defender booting ball out for corners
Wingers far more effective with better skills and crossing
Passing is more expansive and the game is spread out more
Less careless clearances
Better off the ball runs
Improved dribbling
Offside rule overhauled
Ball is now re-spotted by players
Improved penalty taking
Improved player acceleration

Transfers

Contracts always vetoed when wages is set to `Pay Monthly’
Improved Veto on contract renewals
Club now less likely to see players without cover
Players on exchange not getting work permits
Newly bought players not appearing in squad
Transfer work around fixed
Player exchanges when one player refuses to move
Game crash when a player is awaiting the end of his trial to move club and get a work permit
Duplicate transfer message

GUI

Can no longer change the status of loaned-in players
Early history entries in player profiles have been fixed
News screen refreshes while user is viewing it.

Other

Getting stuck after receiving board rejection message is fixed
Players can only play a single match per day
Game crash when joining a team about to get relegated to a non-playable league
Forest green data
English, French and Italian league cup fixes
Scheduling improvements
Improved world cup draws
World cup build up international friendly’s
Text improvements and errors fixed

Plus many more fixes…