An Alternative Reality: The Football Manager Documentary (2014)

2014-10-071h 12m

"It’s the story of the people who escape to the alternative reality of being a football manager, and the effect this has had on their lives. It’s also the story of how a computer game made by football fans has become a part of the world it set out to replicate." - Miles Jacobson

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