The amateur footballers sharing a stage on Football Manager game
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BBC Alaw Davies, Amy Jenkins and Sian Evans are among the amateur players who will feature on Football Manager 2026 alongside global stars from the men and women's game
"I used to sign my brother for my teams," says Amy Jenkins, captain of Aberystwyth Town Women. "So now hopefully he can sign me for some of his." For Amy and her amateur team-mates, the bright lights of football's biggest stages can feel very far away from their windswept training sessions by the Welsh coast. But this year, for the first time, they will feature alongside global stars such as Alessia Russo and Aitana Bonmati on the latest edition of popular computer game Football Manager. "I was a bit shocked to be honest," said Amy, 29. "It's nice that a small town in Wales gets the opportunity to be on such a big game."
As an eight-team league whose players are still largely unpaid, the top fl
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