

The review from Amiga Computing gave the game its "Gold Award" and recommended readers purchase Premier Manager 3. However the review also criticised how similar the interface and game in general was similar to Premier Manager 2. CU Amiga also rated the game 85% and praised the game for the user friendly interface. Amiga Format rated the game 85% and noted that the game is difficult enough to challenge even experienced players of management sims. ReceptionĬritics received Premier Manager 3 well. It was released on CD ROM with the warning that it will not run on Windows 2000 or Windows XP operating systems. Premier Manager 3 was re-released again in April 2004 by the holders of the Premier Manager trademark Zoo Digital. The team and player statistics were updated for the release to the 1995/96 football season. The tactics system in Premier Manager 3 was the biggest new development in the game, allowing the user to set tactics for individual players during football matches. In 1996, Premier Manager 3 Deluxe was released which included the updated league, team and player statistics for the 1995/96 football season. Previously in Premier Manager 2, the second user had the advantage of bidding after the first user. In a new feature to the series, the users can attempt to outbid each other.

Premier Manager 3 can be played by two players, though they have to take turns accessing their teams. The managerial rating of the user affects whether or not this application is successful. The user can change the club he manages by taking job offers from other clubs at the end of the season or applying for a position at a club where a manager has been fired mid season. If the player is in too much debt then the player can be fired even if he had good results. To be successful, the user must not only win football matches, but also manage the finances of the club well. If the user manages the team poorly and finishes in last position in the league, the team will not be relegated in real life, a team finishing in the relegation zone would have gone down to what is now Level 7 in the English football league system at the time, although since 2004 two leagues were added between these leagues and the Conference National. When the game starts, the user takes control of a conference league team of their choice. From this interface the player can access all the settings necessary to manage the football club. These are team settings, telephone, fax machine, sponsorship, ground improvements, business case, club finances, transfer market, history, league tables, cup competitions and play the next match. The primary interface is made up of 12 main sections. The player has to manage not only the team and tactics to win football matches, but also the club's finances such as applying for bank loans, organising advertising boards and scheduling stadium improvements. Premier Manager 3 is a football management video game that puts the player in charge of a football club.
