Bromley to give job to Football Manager 'tactician'

Are you the right person to be joining Andy Woodman and his coaching team for the final five months of the season?

Players of football management games have often thought they could do a better job than the professionals in the real-life positions.

National League promotion-chasers Bromley are advertising a full-time job as a support performance tactician - but forget updating your CV and flexing your analytics degree, to land this role you need to simply win a league title on the latest Football Manager game.

The successful applicant will be whisked away from their mouse and out of the house from January to May to shadow and learn from the coaching team five days a week, headed by manager Andy Woodman, who spent years coaching in the Premier League under Arsene Wenger and Alan Pardew, among others.

Woodman told the Ravens website: "We're very much looking forward to welcoming an enthusiastic supporter to our backroom staff.

"There are definitely plenty out there who know how to guide us to glory in the Football Manager game so we're excited to welcome someone who can replicate that in the real world."

Miles Jacobson, studio director of the game's makers Sports Interactive, said: "Football fans are full of opinions on how their team can do better on the pitch - now we can finally find out if their theories are right."

The role will include contributing to first-team training, producing opposition analysis and supporting the backroom staff in team selection, tactics and scouting.

Applicants also need to upload a one-minute video explaining why they deserve the role, while a documentary will follow the process next year.

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