Screenshot by Destructoid
Football Manager 26‘s Advanced Access Beta has received the third major update on Oct. 29, and it includes plenty of bug fixes.
The primary objective of Hotfix 26.0.1 appears to be to provide more stability to the gameplay. It also addresses many bugs in the Advanced Access Beta. Let’s quickly go through the patch notes for Hotfix 26.0.1.
Here’s a list of all the changes you can expect after installing Hotfix 26.0.1 on Football Manager 26.
- Various Crash and Stability Fixes.
- Fixed soft lock when offering a player for a trial.
- Fixed soft lock when adding youth players to first team training units.
- Fixed club logos for unlicensed teams appearing in low resolution.
- Fixed an issue where players who were set to be bald in the database had hair when playing matches.
- Fixed Player Report attributes not alphabetically listing when changing languages.
- Fixed screen corruption on staff report when in mid or low resolution.
- Fixed issue where player names overlap with each other in Opposition Instructions.
- Fixed issue where Bans had an empty state display.
- Fixed an issue where the match sometimes would pause when changing instructions.
- Fixed issue in matches where shirt icons were misaligned when a player was subbed or scored or assisted.
- Fixed issue where the wrong symbol was used for red cards on the full-time report.
- Added missing club logos on home screen when loading the game.
- Do It button in pre-match flow now works as expected.
- Red card icon now appears on the match events tile when a player is sent off after a second yellow.
- Key attributes for staff now highlighted when role is selected.
- Windowed mode not working on Mac now fixed.
The patch is available for users on Windows and Mac, and on both the Epic Games Store and Steam.
We will update all the patch notes that will appear during the Advanced Access Beta on this guide.
Like our content? Set Destructoid as a Preferred Source on Google in just one step to ensure you see us more frequently in your Google searches!








Published: Oct 29, 2025 11:39 am