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Featured on football manager stole my life published book as the only editors pick resource. I have always defended this game, macintosh tells espn. A few months after he signed a new contract with the jags in april 2001, his career was interrupted after a serious assault in a glasgow street left him with a fractured skull, spending a month in hospital with his future as a. This content was uploaded by our users and we assume good faith they have the permission to share this book. Football manager stole my life celebrates the cultural phenomenon of a game that has sold over 20 million copies worldwide.
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