We celebrate the launch of Football Manager 2009 by looking at some of the series’ more light-hearted moments

1. Touchy feely managers
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2. Giving a new meaning to long throw
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3. Presumably there was a frustrating number of injuries in this match
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4. The world’s least imaginative parents
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5. Who says there is no loyalty in the modern game?
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6. Talk about unrealistic ambitions!
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7. A club with four Dicks (and no mention of Keegan or Shearer)
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8. An April Fool
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9. Not a name to chant from the family stand
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10. A match made in heaven (or Sicily)
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