| This Is Football Management | |
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| Developer(s) | Sports Director Limited |
| Publisher(s) | Sony Computer Entertainment |
| Series | This is Football |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita |
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| Genre(s) | Sports |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
This Is Football Management is a sports video game developed by SCE Studios Soho and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita via PlayStation Network. [1]
The PSP version received 5 out of 10 from PlayStation Official Magazine – UK . [2]
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