10 Weirdest Things People Have Done With Football Manager

9. United Great Britain Under One Flag

A lot of impossible things can happen in Football Manager. Things that would never happen in the reality of the beautiful game, like Lionel Messi becoming Head Of Youth Development at Crystal Palace or Brendan Rodgers succeeding as Liverpool manager. Then there are the gamers who want to stretch credulity even further when they sit down with the game. Most likely Nigel Farage's favourite way of playing FM is with the mod that unites Wales, England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic Of Ireland under one flag, as one big country €“ the magnificent Great Britain National Team, which allows you to use all the cream of non-English UK football like... er... Gareth Bale's still pretty good, isn't he? A save that originated with Football Manager 13 was intended to simulate the Team GB of the then-upcoming London Olympics, but from the looks of it there are some who have been seeking out such a thing due to dubious leanings. Good to know that there's room in even the most prosaic of video games for some slightly suspect political grandstanding.