About The Gaffer
The Gaffer is a game tagged Football (Soccer), Management and Sports by Pitchwork Studios Ltd, launching on Steam on Oct 30, 2026. That is a packed week for games like it, with 160 similar games launching the same week. The quietest week ahead for games like it starts Nov 23. The Steam games most like it include Underdog Futsal, Proper Football Boss and Kevin Toms Football Star Manager.
For anyone who misses the football management games of the 80s. Start in the Fourth Division in 1959 and manage thirty seasons of English football by the real rules of each season, while your board, your pub and your town remember every result and every excuse.
Launch window
Open in Launch Week CheckerBusiest weeks for games like this one in the next 12 weeks:
- Week of Nov 2, 2026 — Packed, 166 similar games
- Week of Oct 26, 2026 — Packed, 160 similar games
- Week of Nov 9, 2026 — Packed, 131 similar games
Quietest: Nov 23, Dec 7, Jan 11.
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Steam data
Everything Steam lists for The Gaffer · record updated 2 days ago
Overview
App info
- App type
- Game
- Developer
- Pitchwork Studios Ltd
- Publisher
- Pitchwork Studios Ltd
- Website
- pitchworkstudios.com
- Support
- pitchworkstudios.com
Languages
1 · 0 with full audio| Language | Interface | Full audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | Yes |
Platforms
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
- Controller
- Full support
Features
6Patches
Patch notes
1-
Oct 20, 2026 10 days to go and the band strikes up
Ten days to go. Tonight's update is the last big one before THE GAFFER comes out on 30 October, and most of it came from going back through what English football was really like between 1959 and 1989.The matchday, season by seasonBefore ki…
Screenshots
News
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Oct 14, 2026 · Community Announcements 16 days to go: meet the regulars at Hooligans Manor
Every town has one. The pub where the regulars decide if the new manager is any good.In THE GAFFER it's Hooligans Manor, 1959. Norman's behind the bar. Alf's lad has just gone off for his National Se…
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