Brian Laws still playing and a 22-year-old Garry Monk: How Sheffield Wednesday coaches rank on Championship Manager 01/02

Life doesn’t get much more nostalgic than a few lost hours on your favourite football management game.

By Alex Miller

Published 4th May 2020, 07:00 BST

Updated 4th May 2020, 07:29 BST

And for many, it all started with Championship Manager 01/02, widely regarded as one of the best editions of all-time.

Sheffield Wednesday start life on the game as a broken team, riddled with debt and with overpaid players difficult to move on.

But from a Brian Laws still playing to a 21-year-old Garry Monk, how do Wednesday managers and coaches rank? Let’s take a look.

Sheffield Wednesday started the classic Championship Manager 01/02 game with Peter Shreeves as manager.

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Sheffield Wednesday started the classic Championship Manager 01/02 game with Peter Shreeves as manager. Photo: JPIMedia

Time flies. Lifelong Wednesdayite Nicky Weaver is now part of the furniture at Hillsborough as first-team goalkeeping coach. Back at the outset of the game, though, he's 22 and making his way at Manchester City, battling Carlo Nash for the number one spot.

2. Nicky Weaver

Time flies. Lifelong Wednesdayite Nicky Weaver is now part of the furniture at Hillsborough as first-team goalkeeping coach. Back at the outset of the game, though, he's 22 and making his way at Manchester City, battling Carlo Nash for the number one spot. Photo: JPIMedia

A brief spell as Wednesday manager wasn't all he brought to the club, we spent some time as assistant boss. At the start of the game he's in that role under Peter Shreeves, who - in real life - he would eventually replace a few months in.

3. Terry Yorath

A brief spell as Wednesday manager wasn't all he brought to the club, we spent some time as assistant boss. At the start of the game he's in that role under Peter Shreeves, who - in real life - he would eventually replace a few months in. Photo: JPIMedia

Four years on from his spell as manager of Sheffield Wednesday, a 56-year-old Pleat is at Tottenham Hotspur as Director of Football, presiding over Glenn Hoddle. Curiously, his highest rating is coaching goalkeepers.

4. David Pleat

Four years on from his spell as manager of Sheffield Wednesday, a 56-year-old Pleat is at Tottenham Hotspur as Director of Football, presiding over Glenn Hoddle. Curiously, his highest rating is coaching goalkeepers. Photo: JPIMedia