With the countdown of Football Manager 2012 just under a month away we will be running a series of articles looking back at what is simply a football institution and a mainstay in most supporters’ lives.
We all know how incredibly addictive the game is and it has even been cited as the reason behind 30 divorces since the game’s inception in the early 1980s. Football Manager gives supporters an entirely different outlook of what goes on behind the scenes in the running of a club and you find yourself immersed in what is needed to ensure your team eventually reaches the top. You experience all the highs and lows as you indulge yourself in this fantasy world.
In the first article we look back at the former heroes of the game and some of the players we were all so quick to snap up during our managerial stints.
