Time to Face Football Manager Retirement?

No Football Manager career can last forever, and when you’ve taken a team from the Blue Square Premier to the very top of the Premier League; there’s just very little left that you can really accomplish.

I’ve won the UEFA Cup multiple times over, the European Super Cup a number of times also, and having this season been involved in my first ever Champions League tournament; I’ve now won that also. The League Cup, FA Cup, and Community Shield have all been won by my Oxford United team, and I also have the best striker in the world in my squad.

Only two of the players left in my squad are actually real players (Chris Gunter and Denilson), and all the others are system generated. 13 of my first team players are capped at full international level, and there are 4 players capped at England Under-21 level also, 2 of which I believe would have gone on to become full international stars of the future.

My Oxford United squad consists of 22 players, and every season I’ve looked to strengthen my squad, and ultimately accomplished my aim of winning the Premier League with Oxford. It took me 5 seasons in the Premier League to break into the Top 4, and just 6 seasons to win it; in 12 years in charge of Oxford United I’ve taken my team from the top level of the non-league right through to the very top of the Premier League.

When players coming up through the ranks of the youth team were born in August 2008; it’s definitely time to move on, and in the year 2024 I now look to close my career in Football Manager. It’s been a fun 16 years in football management whilst it’s lasted, there’s nothing left to accomplish now though, and this Football Manager career is now officially over.

This career may be over, but Football Manager Blogger is definitely far from finished; it’s only a matter of time before I embark upon another fantastic football management career, and as and when I do so I shall once more be sharing all here.