# Football Manager 26 FM26 Advanced Access Beta Hotfix 26.0.2.2228087 - Product: Football Manager 26 (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/football-manager-26) - Vendor: Sports Interactive - Date: 2025-10-30 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/3551340/view/807959368541667452 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/football-manager-26/releases/2025-10-30-fm26-advanced-access-beta-hotfix-26.0.2.2228087 What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **fixed** — Crash and stability issues - **added** — Staff informational tooltip with 'i' icon on various screens - **changed** — Opening a player profile now automatically selects their best position or role - **added** — Ability to compare two players that are on Scouting Shortlist - **added** — Button on squad card to hold a team meeting - **added** — Transfer Budget Remaining and Wage Budget Remaining on Transfer Activity card - **changed** — League tables now display more teams without requiring scrolling - **fixed** — Match freezing after half time - **fixed** — Mohawk-like hairstyle appearing on too many players at once in matches - **fixed** — Being unable to select or click player models to show name during match - **fixed** — Match Stats tile data disappearing during matches - **fixed** — Rare instance of goalkeepers teleporting during a match - **fixed** — Forced substitutes not taking place immediately - **fixed** — All staff listed as 'Team - Senior Squad' even when their job is with a youth team - **fixed** — Manually assigning a Scout or Analyst to a Recruitment Focus causing other selected details to not be applied - **fixed** — Creating a Recruitment Focus with Further Details causing other selected details to not be applied - **fixed** — Back arrow in full screen meetings changing header but not taking user back correctly - **fixed** — Match preventing players being moved in combined tactics screen after 2 or more substitutions - **fixed** — Being unable to save changes to an already created tactic - **fixed** — Selecting another user's fixture schedule taking you to your own fixture schedule **Please find the changes included in today’s hotfix, below: ** - Various Crash and Stability Fixes - Added Staff Informational Tooltip - the 'i' icon - on various screens - Opening a player profile now automatically selects their best position/role - Users now able to compare two players that are on Scouting Shortlist - Added button to squad card to allow you to hold a team meeting - Added Transfer Budget Remaining & Wage Budget Remaining on Transfer Activity card - Fitted more teams onto league tables without having to scroll down. - Fixed issue where match would sometimes freeze after half time - Fixed mohawk-like hairstyle appearing on too many players at once in matches - Fixed being unable to select/click any player models to show name during match - Fixed Match Stats tile data disappearing during matches - Fixed rare instance of GK's teleporting during a match - Fixed forced substitutes not taking place immediately. (injured goalkeeper, for example) - Fixed issue where all staff are listed as 'Team - Senior Squad' even if their job is with a youth team - Fixed issue where manually assigning a Scout/Analyst to a Recruitment Focus will cause all other details selected to not be applied - Fixed issue where creating a Recruitment Focus that includes Further Details will cause all other details selected to not be applied - Fixed issue that meant 'Back' arrow in full screen meetings would change header but didn’t take user back correctly - Fixed issue in match preventing players being moved in the combined tactics screen if 2 or more subs had been made - Fixed being unable to save changes to an already created tactic - Fixed issue where selecting another users’ fixture schedule would take you to your own fixture schedule - Fixed Scoreboard appearing empty during Europa/Conference League Matches - Fixed user being unable to add ‘Personality’ to custom columns - Fixed various clubs such as Borussia Dortmund & Fulham not receiving youth intakes - Fixed issue where goals highlight option for past matches taking you straight to post match cut scene - Fixed Training sessions changed by user being reset after a few days - Fixed incorrect badges displaying for players at AI clubs within Transfer Activity tool - Fixed issue whereby clicking a player's name via See All would show them as a player at your club - Fixed being unable to see second status icon if there was more than one per player - Fixed opening Tactic/Match Feedback from the Secondary Navigational Bar, leading to the wrong card being opened - Fixed Loan Playing Time always showing as "Surplus to Requirements" - Fixed loan report showing GK stats for outfielders - Fixed upside-down pitch overlapping text on Match Report of Loaned out player - Fixed Data Hub screen splitting in half when the Tab isn't set to Key Findings - Fixed no spacing between league name and nation name of the club in affiliates card - Fixed tiles in Team Instructions being cut off on Medium and Low Res - Fixed fee column not being wide enough on Transfer History card - Fixed News Aggregator > Around the World - Stages and Transfer tiles appearing empty on some saves - Fixed EFL clubs having too many General Sponsors - Fixed Club Vision tile having spacing issues and text overlaps - Fixed text overlap issues on Atmosphere tile - Fixed staff numbers/icons being misaligned on Club - Staff Report & Club Staff Page - Stages > Season Preview: 'Reputation' block not being aligned with the Club Name in the Managers' tile - Fixed match result truncating over two lines when a team scores double digits or has played a penalty shoot-out - Fixed dropdown options in Staff Search > Add Attributes appearing as numbers instead of text - Fixed assigning Scout or Analyst showing attribute numbers instead of text in Recruitment Focuses - Fixed player column size in Youth Setup being too short, while the position column was too large - Fixed assistant manager advice blocking _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/3551340/view/807959368541667452]_