I wish this was true...
http://www.footballmanager.com/1888/
The latest version of the iconic football management game offers players the chance to put their skills to the test in the very first season of the English Football League. Managers are given the option of taking over any of the original 12 clubs involved in the 1888/89 season and guiding them to league and cup glory.
Of course, football was very different in the Victorian era and these differences will present FM players with a whole new set of challenges.
Managers will have to master the different rules of the game, including; no substitutions being permitted during matches, the off-side rule not yet being introduced to the game and players flying into tackles without fear of being sent off or conceding penalties. Players must also overcome other, more unusual, tests to their management credentials when faced with their star players being forced into immediate retirement following a bad injury or their entire back four being drafted up to the army.
"This latest addition to the Football Manager family is so good, it's unreal" said Sports Interactive Studio Director Miles Jacobson. "We've worked hard to recreate the excitement of Victorian football and the results have to be seen to be believed."
As well as being the latest game in Sports Interactive's award winning series, Football Manager 1888 also celebrates the 125th anniversary of the Football League and creates history by allowing you to redefine the roots of football. You can take the crown of the first ever English league winner or face the humiliation of having to seek re-election to the league.