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Football Manager - 20 years of ignoring girlfriends

Who remembers playing their first Championship Manager? I do. It was 97/98 on PC. Back in the day we only had one computer in the house which my dad used for his business dealings so getting him to agree to let me play champ on it was bloody difficult. Every Sunday I'd ask for a few hours on it to which he'd usually reply, "If you wash my car AND CUT THE GRASS".....so there I was outside in the freezing cold cleaning his car inside and out and trying desperately not to run over the lawn mower cable. It was worth it when I sat down in that leather chair. 97/98 was great. All you really had to do was start a new game, pick a team, select the players and boom! Off you went on an emotional journey and hours of fun.  A simpler time..... During a match all you had was a commentary bar letting you know what was happening, The gameplay was fast and uncomplicated, and whilst time consuming it didn't really matter as a youngster. I had all the time in...