to answer a few questions
as for ticking the management of the team and ticking team settings. The one I have currently set up I am not managing a team I am just unemployed in the background so there is no worries of my own leadership affecting the future of any teams (makes it a bit fairer)
aldershot r in the blue square mate, they did get as far as the championship in 2070 but have slipped since. they have won an fa trophy along the way!
So far it has taken me about a week to holiday this far, some days I left the laptop running whilst I was out and the odd night but apart from that it just sits in the background. the database size is medium, with 4 leagues open so its not as fast as it could be but it's still pretty quick on a powerful laptop