My football manger 09 keeps crashing

I would recommend to try the following procedure:

C: -> Users -> -> AppData -> Roaming -> Sports Interactive -> Football Manager 2011 -> Settings (Windows 7 / Vista) or C: -> Documents and Settings -> -> Application Data -> Sports Interactive -> Football Manager 2011 -> Settings (XP)

You should locate the "Settings" folder - delete it. However make a copy of it, because I must warn you, that you could potentialy lose all your saved games. However, it should get rid of the XML parsing error.

Your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure all XML elements are closed properly.
XML error message: The element type "meta" must be terminated by the matching end-tag ".



Solution:

Follow these steps and let you "XML ERROR CODE" problem dissolve.

1)Sign in your account
2)click on layout and then click edit HTML.
3)click switch/revert to classic mode.

AND then wait for the page to load and then paste ur template and save..& now you're done!

Okay, please repeat the problem and symptoms, that was a bit out of sorts.
This is what I got:
You were trying to play Football Manager 2009, but when you loaded up the game, you got error code "invalid token."
if so;
You need to clear your cache files. Do this without the game running.

How to delete your Cache files

First of all you need to turn on hidden files and folders. Go to My Computer and at the top select 'Tools' the 'Folder Options'. The go to the 'View' tab and select 'Show hidden files and folders'

Windows XP:
1. Open “My Computer”
2. Navigate to : “Documents and Settings\<Username>\Application Data\
3. Go into the “Sports Interactive” Folder.
4. Go into the “Football Manager 09” Folder.
5. Delete the folder called "Cache"

Wndows Vista:
1. Click “Start”
2. Click your username on the start Menu
3. Click on “AppData” and then “Roaming”
4. Go into the “Sports Interactive” Folder
4. Go into the “Football Manager 09” Folder.
5. Delete the folder called "Cache"

Mac OSX
1. Open Finder.
2. Select <User>
3. Navigate to Library\Caches\Sports Interactive
4. Go into the “Football Manager 09” Folder.
5. Delete the "Cache" Folder.
5. In the 'Library' Folder look for the 'preferences' folder.
6. Go into the “Football Manager 09” Folder.
7. Delete the "Cache" Folder


Do NOT Delete the folder marked "Football Manager 2009 Certificate".

You could go into your Add/Remove programs and select the program for removal/repair. if it comes with the repair feature, you'll probably be taken throyugh a series of options, otherwise uninstalling it and reinstalling it all over again would be the last resort.

i think you install again...
i got the same problem like you..
now i have the new patch for FM09...
patch 9.3

Close the game.
Go to C:\Documents and Settings\<Your Username>\Application Data\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2009\settings\
Delete all folders (NOT the settings one, but the sub-folders)

If problem persists, please copy error exactly.

Follow this link for instructions on how to fix this problem.
http://football-manager-blog.blogspot.com/2008/11/fm-09-football-manager-2009-xml-parsing.html
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on desktop icon fm09 click on properties and then in target wrote this: (only Bold) fm.exe" --reset_preferences

before this two minuses you MUST press Space.
i hope it will be usefull

If you have a shortcut on your desktop you can do the following:

• Right-click on the FM shortcut.
• Choose "Properties" from the pop-up menu.
• In the "Target" field, add the --reset_preferences command line option after "fm.exe", so it should look like this:
  "C:\Program Files\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2009\fm.exe" --reset_preferences
• Press OK and then try to run the game as normal, using the shortcut.

You'll want to remove the command after you run the game, as otherwise it will continue to reset your preferences every time you launch.

If you don't have a shortcut you can make one and then perform the instructions on the shortcut you've made.