About five years ago I went on holiday back to England. I stayed at my sisters house while she went on her honeymoon to Bali. While I was there I asked her if it would be ok to use her computer which she said would be fine. So one night I go and visit my best friend Phil. He casually hands me a CD. "You should play this game mate" he says nonchalantly. "If you like football, you'll love this game". After the visit I went back to my sisters house and loaded the game onto her computer. For the next week I was hooked on this football managerial simulator called Championship Manager. It has since changed it's name to Football Manager. I have bought or downloaded each succeeding version of the game since that first one was handed to me. Each time I always take control of a low league team and try to get as close to home as possible, normally resulting in me being the manager of Torquay United. I go through phases of playing the game especially during the latest version due to the difficulty of this latest incarnation. However, after reading various forums on this 07/08 season of the game, I have a lot more insight in to how the game can be played. As such I have taken my lowly Torquay United from league 2 and in the red with the bank, to league 1 and over 2 million in the bank. Not much of a promotion in leagues status you might think but as I eluded to earlier, this version is very difficult. I have also improved other aspects of the team such as stadium size and training facilities.
I am eagerly awaiting the new copy to be released so that I can be sucked in to the Blue Square Premier league to play my beloved "gulls" as they were relegated in real life. Maybe I should apply?... Nah they couldn't afford me :-)
Also what's funny is that when you set your profile up at the beginning it asks you for your background. I chose the highest level of football history which is 'Former International Player'. Because of my prolific background, while I was in the bottom division Juventus, a big name club in Italy wanted me as their manager. But I turned them down to stay at favourite club!
