The football mad populace comprising ‘the UK’ has this week turned out in droves to purchase SEGA’s latest management simulation title, Football Manager 2011, thus ensuring the game a place atop Chart Track’s UK Software Sales listing ahead of big hitters FIFA 11 and Fable III.

This is the second PC-exclusive title to hit the No. 1 spot on the chart in 2010, following StarCraft II’s appearance earlier this year.

Despite the release of this interloper, FIFA 11 (sales down 24%) is a non-mover at No. 2 this week, but Fable III (sales down 64%) shifts from No. 1 to No. 3.

Just Dance 2 (sales down 22%) is another non-mover at No. 4, and Professor Layton and the Lost future (sales down 35%) steps up to No. 5 from No. 8 last week. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (sales up 99%) zooms up the chart from No. 13 last week, now sitting at No. 6 thanks to the release of the 25th Anniversary Red Nintendo Wii bundle, but Fallout: New Vegas (sales down 59%) tumbles to No. 7 from No. 3.

Medal of Honor (sales down 44%) keeps its chart hopes alive by remaining in the Top Ten, content with two places down to a position at No. 8 this week, as Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II (sales down 52%) falls to No. 9 from No. 5, and The Sims 3 (sales down 22%) moves down only one place to No. 10.

Two new titles appear this week in the form of GoldenEye 007 and James Bond 007: Blood Stone, charting at No. 13 and No. 18 respectively.

The Top Twenty All Format UK Software Sales Chart follows below:

• 1.) Football Manager 2011 (SEGA)
• 2.) FIFA 11 (EA)
• 3.) Fable III (Microsoft)
• 4.) Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft)
• 5.) Professor Layton and the Lost Future (Nintendo)
• 6.) New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
• 7.) Fallout: New Vegas (Bethesda Softworks)
• 8.) Medal of Honor (EA)
• 9.) Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II (LucasArts)
• 10.) The Sims 3 (EA)
• 11.) WWE Smackdown VS RAW 2011 (THQ)
• 12.) Wii Party (Nintendo)
• 13.) GoldenEye 007 (Activision Blizzard)
• 14.) Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 (Konami)
• 15.) Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
• 16.) Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
• 17.) New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
• 18.) James Bond 007: Blood Stone (Activision Blizzard)
• 19.) Just Dance (Ubisoft)
• 20.) F1 2010 (Codemasters)

Source: Chart Track