Gary Simpson

Staff

Staff record

staff is the non-playing subtype of person: people this export decoded as staff rather than as players. It is only one of the three places a career can live. Plenty of well-known managers have no staff row at all — some are stored as players, and many sit in person_unclassified, whose subtype the decoder could not determine. Whichever table a person is in, their jobs come from staff_history joined to job_type, which is the table below.

Current ability
115
Potential ability
130
Home reputation
115
Current reputation
115
World reputation
45
International appearances
0
Coaching qualification
—

Ability and the three reputations are the raw game figures, which run to roughly 200 rather than to 20 — they are printed exactly as stored and nothing is converted. coaching_qualification is a badge level with no lookup table in the export, so it is shown as the stored number and no name is invented for it.

Calculated at game start

Age at game start
62
Reputation
National 0.0 / 5 stars
Coaching style
General
Preferred mentality
Balanced
Preferred playing style
Direct
Preferred pressing style
Balanced
Coaching category scores calculated by the game
CategoryScoreStars
Quickness71 / 1004.0 / 5
Strength71 / 1004.0 / 5
GK shot stopping29 / 1001.5 / 5
GK handling29 / 1001.5 / 5
Defending (tactical)61 / 1003.5 / 5
Defending (technical)55 / 1003.0 / 5
Possession (tactical)67 / 1003.5 / 5
Possession (technical)55 / 1003.0 / 5
Attacking (tactical)55 / 1003.0 / 5
Attacking (technical)49 / 1002.5 / 5
Overall54 / 1003.0 / 5

Football Manager's own game-start calculations from the attributes above, ported from the game's rules by the enriched overlay (method in each value's tooltip). Coaching scores use the game's FM22 training categories applied to every release and leave out the secondary-job and injury reductions; a dash is a value the rule had no input for, and board members have no reputation label.

Appearance

Ethnicity code
0
Hair colour code
11
Hair length code
6
Skin tone code
1

Raw codes from the source. The export carries no lookup table for any of them, so they are shown as stored and are not given names.

Non-playing ability

Judging player ability 13
Judging player potential 13
Tactical knowledge 13
Hardness of training 8
Youngsters 12
Motivating 12
People management 15
Discipline 10
Mind games 3
Determination 18
Buying players 12

11 of 26 values recorded from staff_ability. Not recorded: Judging staff ability, Judging team data, Analysing data, Presenting data, Coaching, Coaching technique, Physiotherapy, Injury management, Patience, Eccentricity, Versatility, Negotiating, Business, Resources, Interference.

Coaching

Coaching Coaching: 6 of 6 values recorded, plotted on a 1 to 20 scale. Coaching: 6 of 6 values recorded, plotted on a 1 to 20 scale.
6 of 6 recorded
Coaching — every value plotted above, plus the ones that are not recorded.
AttributeValue
Attacking 8
Defending 11
Technical 7
Tactical 13
Mental 15
Fitness 15
Attacking 8
Defending 11
Technical 7
Tactical 13
Mental 15
Fitness 15

6 of 6 values recorded from staff_coaching.

Goalkeeping coaching

Goalkeeper shot stopping 1
Goalkeeper handling 1
Goalkeeper distribution 1

3 of 3 values recorded from staff_coaching.

Tactical style

The tactical preferences this person brings to a side, on the same 1 to 20 scale.

Attacking 10
Directness 15
Tempo 16
Width 12
Depth 1
Pressing 11
Flexibility 11
Flamboyancy 5
Squad rotation 11
Dirtiness allowance 13

10 of 17 values recorded from staff_tactical_style. Not recorded: Sitting back, Marking, Offside, Use of playmaker, Use of subs, Free roles, Set pieces.

Career spells

Marked current: 5 of 23 spells. A spell counts as current when date_left is empty or falls in the future — the source records plenty of long-finished spells with no end date, so more than one spell can carry the mark.

Career spells from staff_history, in the order the export wrote them.
ClubRoleFromToStatus
Stoke City Player 1978-07-01 1980-06-30 Ended
Boston United Player 1980-07-01 1985-06-30 Ended
Stafford Rangers Player 1985-07-01 1986-01-02 Ended
Weymouth Player 1986-01-02 1988-07-01 Ended
Stafford Rangers Player — — Current
Boston United Player 1988-07-01 — Current
Altrincham Player 1990-01-02 1991-07-01 Ended
Gainsborough Trinity Player 1991-07-01 — Current
Arnold Town Player 1993-07-01 1995-01-02 Ended
Gainsborough Trinity Player / Manager 1991-07-01 1993-10-09 Ended
Hyde United Player 1995-01-02 — Current
Ilkeston (EXT) Assistant Manager 1995-07-01 2000-06-30 Ended
Northwich Victoria Assistant Manager 2000-07-01 2001-06-30 Ended
Lincoln City Assistant Manager 2002-07-01 2006-01-06 Ended
Peterborough United Coach 2006-07-01 2006-11-06 Ended
Bury Chief Scout 2007-07-03 2007-10-20 Ended
Macclesfield Town Assistant Manager 2008-06-06 2010-03-03 Ended
Macclesfield Town Manager 2010-03-03 2010-04-13 Ended
Macclesfield Town Manager 2010-04-13 2012-03-18 Ended
Lincoln City Manager 2013-02-27 2014-12-04 Ended
Barrow AFC Assistant Manager 2016-02-09 2017-06-30 Ended
Bury Chief Scout 2019-01-14 2019-09-01 Ended
Brentford Scout 2020-07-01 — Current

National-team spells

No national-team spells are recorded in person_nation_contract for this person.

Club contract

Joined
2020-07-01
Contract start
2020-07-01
Expires
2024-06-30
Weekly wage
£800

Squad numbers

Squad numbers from club_squad_number, keyed on team_uid.
TeamNumber
Team 617 —

Languages

Languages from person_language.
LanguageFirst languageProficiency
English Yes —

Relations and preferences

Liked clubs

Disliked clubs

ClubRating
Bury 50

Liked people

PersonRating
— 100

Disliked people

PersonRating
Christopher Casper 75

Personal information

Date of birth
1961-04-11
Nationality
England
Birth city
Sheffield
Joined current club
2020-07-01

Personality

Personality is stored on the same 1–20 scale as the attributes, and is shown exactly as recorded. A dash is a value the export did not record, which is not a zero.

Adaptability 8
Ambition 5
Controversy 11
Loyalty 20
Pressure 13
Professionalism 15
Sportsmanship 10
Temperament 10