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A virtual competition in which teams manage professional football
players versus one another. ‘The Football Manager’ allows students
to act as owners of a pseudo-football team. Players on offer to the
owners range from within the European Leagues such as; The
Premiership, La Liga, Bundesliga and Serie A.
Years 7 to 11. Groups of 30 to 50.
Programme Duration
Programme Overview
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Teams are given a starting point on the other side of the world - New Zealand.
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Student teams act as owners of a brand new European Club.
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They must select a home stadium, taking into account the capacity, utility bills and the average weekly attendance.
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They must bid to acquire their winning squad of players.
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The players on offer are all drafted and played for/picked by different owners.
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It is up to the owners to select the line up for every game and also for trading players.
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Beginning each virtual week, the owners provide line-ups taking into account injuries of the players, attendance, and weekly costs.
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In order to maintain a balance in the team selection, trades in football picks can come up for prostests ifthe odds are loaded on one side.
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Un-drafted players can be signed up on a first come first served basis, but the owner has to release a player if the football team exceeds the roster limit.
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The winning owners at the end of the day recieve a prize and acclaim of "Football Manager" of ****** School 2011.
Teams will be required to consider the following:
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The stakeholders: "The fans".
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Stadium capacities.
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Weekly wage bills.
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Merchandising.
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Corporate sales.
Curriculum Links
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PSHE
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Citizenship
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Business Studies
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Enterprise Awareness
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Design & Technology
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P.E.
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Mathematics
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Geography