Am I the only one..

..that's become the fan of a certain club after playing with them in Football Manager for alot of period of time? Since I begun playing Football Manager back in 2000, ( ..you know what I mean. ) I've become a fan of Torquay, Dag & Red, Maidenhead, AFC Wimbledon, Solihull Moors, Cheltenham and especially Chelsea. I check all their IRL progress now, and I even watch Chelsea's matches. It's become my favorite club in the world as of 2003, right before they signed Jose Mourinho, when Claudio Ranieri was still in-charge. I still dream of the day I'll actually go to one of their matches.

EDIT: I'd like to point out that im not from the UK.

I have a soft spot for Ajax after I managed them for around 12 seasons.

Huddersfield are now my fave english team outside the prem (liverpool fan). Also i like Genoa coz FM

Wolves, after starting with them in a game per FM version every season they weren't in the Prem

I make sure to keep an eye out for shrewsbury these days

Played a lot with Leverkusen and I became a huge fan of them,even bought a shirt with my name and custon no.

Yeah, i wouldnt go so far to say a "fan", but i certinaly do keep an eye out for results.

My most recent team Keflavik in Iceland, managed them for about 7/8 seasons and always keep an eye out for there results. Also other teams i had success with, such as my time with Genoa.

I remember managing Hayes and Yeading on a PSP version of CM and got them promoted, I now like them more

I really like Atletico Madrid because of FM, and I support them in La Liga. On the other hand, like Ter said, i dislike teams like Genoa, Real Madrid and Man City because of FM.

On the flip side it has made me dislike teams because they always beat me. Like Cagliari. I don't think I have ever beaten them on FM.

I feel the exact same way about bleeding Genoa and their flukey last minute goals!

I look out for AFC Wimbledon, Peterborough, PSV and Spartak Moscow (except tuesday when I hope they lose heavily). I've got tickets to the chelsea spartak game at stamford bridge, I can't wait to see them in action especially my star striker Welliton.

i go to all the wolves home games when im in the UK cause of fm

Im a Spurs fan but living in Gillingham,means I go to a few Gills games and also follow theier progress (or more likely regression)

Football manager though has meant that I have built up an affiliation with some other smaller UK teams and other foreign clubs. For example, I have soft spots for Bradford PA, Staines and Bath after successful FM saves.....and my massive successes at Napoli and Den Bosch means that I will always be intrested in what they get up to

I now have a soft spot for Salisbury but dislike Luton Town and Leeds Utd as I can never beat either of these teams.

Yeah I dislike Gronigen- proper boogey team!

it has happened to me for Villarreal, Forest Green Rovers and Dortmund but Dortmund was after a succsessful 10 years on Fifa 06 if that counts?

I've become a supporter of PSV, Gillingham and Stuttgart because of FM. And because of FM I hate Bayern, Schalke, and Dortmund.

Tempted to buy a custom Stuttgart shirt with my name and number on it because of my success at Stuttgart in FM.

I follow Hamburg SV now, and watch alot of Bundesliga on ESPN, thanks to FM09 and making HSV the greatest team in the world after 15 glorious seasons..... Right I'm off to reminisce about the good old days

I have began to follow Indian side Mohun Bagan Athletic Club after a quite successful spell with them on FM10

I look out for the results of Forest and Cheltenham simply because of managing both in FM

yeh, i seem to have a club i look out for (and in some cases i really have become a fan of) in most countries and the English Lower leagues: Celtic, Barca, Stuttgart, Juve, Roda JC, Boavista, OGC Nice, Besiktas, Boston United, Dallas, Corinthians, Tivoli Gardens, Joe Public, Kaiser Cheifs, and on and on and on and on and on. although to be fair a couple of those are FIFA-related more than FM

of course: QPR and Malmo.

I didn't only become a fan, but I got myself a Jersey...may I present AD Fafe of Portugal...

Me in the Jersey, and me playing as them...

I follow all their results and am delighted to have become a convert to Portuguese Football.

I've a soft spot for Brentford and Cambridge United due to CM 96/97. Brentford had a load of players who IRL were playing for Gillingham at the time, so I decided to manage Brentford for that reason and loved it.

Fiorentina - even bought the strip (gotta love the purple) like the lad above

Wrexham!

And Knockbreda here in Northern Ireland (Even though the missus plays against the 'breda womens team with Donegal Celtic and HATES them)

Albacete, Sparta and AC Ajaccio.

Hate Siena.

Great thread!

In a way FM played quite a big part in me becoming a more partisan supporter of St. Albans City. I was already following the club in a fairly casual way after moving to the area quite a few years back but after an amazing save with them back in 2006 (on FM2007) I ended up getting really hooked on Non-League football and the Saints. More and more, I found myself really supporting the team and getting more emotionally attached, plus I started going to all of the home games and the odd away too. These days I'm a season ticket holder, I write match reports for their home games, I have written for the official website and the match day programme, and I also run an unofficial forum for the club. Plus, I'm also involved in the data research for FM. In some ways, I don't think I would have been quite so involved and addicted if it wasn't for FM. These days, I'm a Saint through and through.

I also become a follower/admirer of Hellas Verona, mainly because of the book A Season in Verona by Tim Parks, but also because I loved the club's name and found out quite a lot about them via FM saves. Back in the day, I would quite often have an Italian save and end up at Hellas Verona, just as I have in one of my FM10 saves this time around. It also helps that they play in yellow and blue.

I did a few years with Bristol City and find now I'm often looking out to see how they get on

I follow Altrincham due to an old management game, I also follow Wigan and Hibs thanks to CM\FM.

I could never support anyone in the English leagues except for Bournemouth, the mighty Cherries. I have developed a soft spot for a few teams I have managed in the game.

Skarp IF and KFUM Oslo in Norway

Koper in Slovenia

Forfar in Scotland

I follow Bangor City too, but that is as much as living up there as it is playing them in a version of FM.

To be honest I wasn't a football fan.

My friend gave me the game saying that it was good and I decided to trust him.

Now I actively follow Wolves.

I'm becoming a bit of a fan of Burton Albion - I have been playing as them in the last few versions and after a house move last year they are my nearest 'proper' club so I am planning on going to see them play soon!

Added to the fact they have taken James Collins on loan from Villa!

I wouldn't say I have become a fan but because of playing as certain teams has made me like them a bit more. To the point that I bought a Boca Juniors shirt with Palacio on the back of it due to him being a monster a couple of versions ago. Still haven't been able to get a San Marino Calcio shirt though.

On the flip side it has made me dislike teams because they always beat me. Like Cagliari. I don't think I have ever beaten them on FM.

you can buy it online from http://www.sanmarinocalcio.com/default.asp?id=1105 ... it's in Italian, if you need any help translating let me know!

Google translate will help.

Quite expensive, isn't it?

I was after a Hellas Verona top but the only one I found was about £60!

Des never knew you like AD Fafe that much!

I also like V-Varen Nagasaki in Japan, but those shirts cost CDN$140 from the club shop in Japan - and that doesn't include shipping and customs!!!

Hellas Verona as well; to the point where I travelled and saw them last season, 3-1 victory over Andria Bat! :-)

to be honest, I started to follow Cagliari after playing a long career with them a few years back. 4 years ago I was on holiday in Sardinia and by coincidence I ended up watching them take on Juventus! Juve won 2-1 with Cannavaro scoring hte winning goal after 96 minutes when the ref only gave 2 extra minutes. This was the year Juve were stripped of the title!

Des never knew you like AD Fafe that much!

He never stops talking about them in the Big Euro thread!

Hellas Verona as well; to the point where I travelled and saw them last season, 3-1 victory over Andria Bat! :-)

Nice one!

What was it like - the atmosphere etc.? Did you pick up any mementos, like a scarf or shirt maybe?

Not support, but watch out for their results, as such I was delighted to see Rochdale get promoted last season, and am keeping an eye on Brackley at the moment.