![]() ![]() ![]() I didn’t because I probably lack John’s courage but I did think about the possibility. Being a Football Manager fanatic myself and also being recognized as a pretty good virtual manager, I was encouraged by some of my friends to do what John Boileau did and apply for a real football manager job. This story is quite entertaining and I guess you can admire both John’s courage and Mr. Well, he didn’t get that interview but he did get a reply from Steve Gibson, a pretty humorous one: You can see his letter and CV in the pictures below. John sent a letter and a CV to Middlesbrough Football Club chairman Steve Gibson and was honestly hoping to be invited for an interview. You might remember that Boro were a Premier League club back then but you surely don’t know who John Boileau is, right? Well, this guy took Nuneaton Borough from Conference North to the Championship in eight seasons and also won the Swedish top flight with small club Kalmar FF but you surely didn’t read about those achievements in the papers because all that happened in the 2005 version of the popular computer simulation game called Football Manager. Back in 2006 a guy named John Boileau made a courageous move and applied for a vacant job as Middlesbrough manager. ![]()
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