The Player Manager universe is structured somewhat differently from real-life football of the same period . Many notable clubs are not featured in the game , as the programmers chose to have 10 teams in the top two divisions , and 12 in the third and fourth divisions , presumably due to memory constraints . There is also only one domestic cup competition . And , as with the majority of the football games of the time , the game is notable now for featuring no European football , due to English clubs exclusion from European competition owing to the Heysel Stadium disaster . Further reference to recent problems in real-life football come courtesy of news items that make reference to the Bradford City stadium fire , and the general problems experienced in relation to football hooliganism at the time , particularly the aforementioned Heysel . This is the first of several eccentricities in the game ; if the team operated by the player attempts to hoard money , they will experience consistent fires and fines due to hooliganism , as a mechanism to keep their bank balance down
Bradford City stadium fire
Bradford City stadium fire
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