Influence
Football Manager has been recognized by real-life football clubs as a source for scouting players. In 2008, Everton FC signed a deal with Sports Interactive allowing them to use the game's database to scout players and opposition.
A video documentary entitled "Football Manager: More Than Just A Game" was produced by journalism graduate and MA student Stephen Milnes and released in October 2010.
Football Manager will celebrate its twentieth birthday this summer (2012), and the people at BackStage Press are already preparing a book with title "Football Manager Stole My Life" to celebrate this remarkable milestone. Part of the book will include stories about how the game has taken over one's life.
On November 2012, Azerbaijani student Vugar Huseynzade promoted to manager of FC Baku’s reserve team after based on his success in Football Manager.
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“The example of America must be the example, not merely of peace because it will not fight, but of peace because it is the healing and elevating influence of the world, and strife is not. There is such a thing as a man being too proud to fight. There is such a thing as a nation being so right that it does not need to convince others by force that it is right.”
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)
“Imagination is always the fabric of social life and the dynamic of history. The influence of real needs and compulsions, of real interests and materials, is indirect because the crowd is never conscious of it.”
—Simone Weil (1909–1943)
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—Michael Lamb (late–20th century)