Football Manager 27 Adds Wheelchair Manager Option
The latest edition of the soccer management game lets players create a manager who uses a wheelchair.
Updated on Nov. 10, 2026 in Soccer
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Sports Interactive has added a wheelchair option to the custom character designer in Football Manager 27. The update follows earlier additions of hearing aids and eye patches to the game in 2025.
Why it matters
Sports Interactive says the change is part of wider efforts to make the game as inclusive as possible. A 2023 survey by the charity Scope found gamers with disabilities prioritized more accurate and frequent representation in games.
The wheelchair option follows hearing aids and eye patches, which were added in 2025, marking a two-step expansion of character customization. A 2023 Scope survey of gamers with disabilities identified more accurate and frequent representation as a top priority, though the extraction does not report how many respondents were surveyed.
The players
Sports Interactive
Sports Interactive is the British developer behind the long-running Football Manager series, known for its detailed soccer management simulations.
Scope
Scope is a UK disability equality charity that conducts research on the experiences of disabled people, including in gaming.
The details
The custom character designer now lets players create a manager who uses a wheelchair. To reflect wheelchair users' needs, the Football Manager team also added ramps to trophy plinths in the in-game world, and it reduced the number of clicks needed to navigate menus.
Timeline
2023: Scope publishes survey on gamers with disabilities' representation priorities.
2025: Hearing aids and eye patches are added to Football Manager.
November 10, 2026: Wheelchair option is announced in Football Manager 27.
Big Picture
The wheelchair option extends the series' 2025 addition of hearing aids and eye patches, continuing a pattern of incremental disability representation in its character designer. Sports Interactive has said it plans to keep adding representation features every year.
Players who use a wheelchair or want to see disability represented in their games can now create a manager who matches them. The change affects only the custom character designer, so existing save files and default characters are not described as altered in the source.
The takeaway
Representation in games often arrives through small, incremental additions to character customization. Watching how developers expand these options over successive releases shows how inclusion is being built into everyday play.
Further reading
Explore more Soccer coverage on how the sport and its fans are represented across media and games.
Source note: This article includes information reported by BBC.
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