TIM Cahill’s army of fans have spoken and video game developer EA Sports seems to have listened.

Following public backlash, the maker of the popular game series has improved the Socceroos star’s rating from 69 to 74 out of 100 for the recently released FIFA 15.

As reported in our Paper Talk on Tuesday, fan forums and social media flooded with discontent when it was revealed the 34-year-old — who is an ambassador for FIFA 15 and features on the cover of the Australian edition — had only been rated a lowly 69.

Gamers described the decision as “disrespectful”, “disgusting”, “a disgrace” and plenty of other terms not appropriate to publish.

“We’re makin a petition #savecahill”, “This is a disgrace. Didn’t he win Best player of MLS? He was amazing at the World Cup and he gets a -6 Downgrade?Absolutely Disgusted” and “This could be the reason I boycott FIFA15” were some of the other posts.

“@EA_Australia: .@Tim_Cahill will be a 74 Overall in #FIFA15.The data being reported on was not final.It was a database error” @FOXFOOTBALL — Tim Cahill (@Tim_Cahill) September 16, 2014

The information that has been reported on was pulled from a resource without access to final #FIFA15 data. — EA Games Aus (@EA_Australia) September 16, 2014

“@EA_Australia: .@Tim_Cahill will be a 74 Overall in #FIFA15.The data being reported on was not final.It was a database error” @FOXFOOTBALL — Tim Cahill (@Tim_Cahill) September 16, 2014

On Wednesday morning EA Games Australia’s Twitter account revealed a “database error” led to the reports and that the New York Red Bulls striker’s overall rating is actually 74.

Cahill’s rating before the alteration. Source: Supplied

Cahill — who was rated at 80 when he was still at Everton in 2012 — was obviously delighted with the announcement, retweeting their post to his 680,000 followers before giving a plug to the game.

Database error or a backflip based on fan dissatisfaction, the incident provide plenty of humorous comments on Fox Football’s Facebook page once fan rage and the call to boycott the game died down.

“Based on the World Cup his weaker foot should be 5 stars,” one punter posted.

“There is a hidden stat called Aussie Spirit. Cahill rates 100” and “FIFA’s simple number scale can’t handle the legend that is Tim Cahill” were just some of the other posts in support of Australia’s highest ever goalscorer.

The new score now puts Cahill ahead of the likes of Arsenal striker Yaya Sanogo (69) and veteran defender Anton Ferdinand (70).

@FOXFOOTBALL @Will_Caldwell10 @Tim_Cahill we all know he's the man don't need a game to tell us otherwise... — Archie Thompson (@10Archie) September 16, 2014

@Tim_Cahill @EA_Australia @FOXFOOTBALL I still would have used you in my team even if you were 50 overall. — DaKreepa* (@DaKreepa) September 16, 2014

I refuse to buy FIFA 15 if tim Cahill is rated at 69 get a grip — george (@georgeharte) September 16, 2014