An Alternative Reality: The Football Manager Documentary

Release date: 2014-10-07
Votes: 14
Genres: Documentary
"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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