Gamechanger: From playing FIFA to owning my own club

by Spencer F.C.

Be on the ball with this game-changing footy favouriteAlright, mate, how’s it going? Believe it or not, I haven’t always been football mad. But then Road to World Cup 98 came out. FIFA inevitably led to Football Manager. And that’s where I started getting properly hooked.Now I’m a football club owner who’s played to 20,000 people at Wembley Stadium and travelled the world with my team, Hashtag United. And the best bit of all? I’m not even that good.So, how on earth did this happen? How did someone who spent his life playing computer games and making YouTube videos pull it off?I’m hardly sure myself, but here’s my attempt to tell the story.

369 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 21, 2017

Reviews

[Stevens · Rating 4 out of 5]

Spencer is an absolute legend — not just because he comes from down the road from me in Essex, but also because I’ve been following him for the last 12 or so years and have always found his attitude, humility and outlooks on family, friendships and life’s opportunities to be really inspirational.

I usually couldn’t care less for internet personalities and influencers but Spencer has always stood out to be a really strong role model, and if anyone is least likely to be a mug off-camera, it’s him. I remember watching his FIFA videos with my best mate back in 2012 and screaming ‘DOUBLE DECENT’ and ‘MISERY COMPILER’ after smashing a few goals past eachother on FIFA 13… we still say it now!

This book is all about Spencer’s journey from starting out as a comedian, to YouTube, to creating a football team, which just consisted of him and a bunch of his mates playing together for fun when this book was published in 2017. Spencer writes, “Maybe one day we will join the FA and try to be a team playing in a traditional league.” Fast forward seven years and four promotions later, they’re now competing in the Isthmian League Premier and the FA Cup.

Premier League 2031/32 winners?

[Ben Williams · Rating 3 out of 5]

Spencer FC was a staple of my childhood entertainment, so for Christmas in 2017 I asked Santa for this as one of my presents. Mr Boldero said we needed to bring in books to read once a week during registration, so I brought the most academically inclined book an 11 year-old can think of: a YouTuber's autobiography. I'm pretty sure I enjoyed it, despite not really remembering much about it all these years later. It was just pretty interesting learning more about one of my favourite entertainers at that time, even if his life wasn't too exciting compared to other books out there. Up the Tags. 3 stars.

[Ryan O'sullivan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm a big fan of Spencer and have been following him since he launched his channel. The early chapters of the book share some interesting details of the how the channel came together, the later chapters give a summary of videos and projects he's done to date with a few behind the scenes details.

Worth reading for a fan maybe, this isn't going to win any literary prizes.

[daryl ferguson · Rating 4 out of 5]

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Great read, don't forget to #it good pics too, easy to put down and pick up in short bursts. Good fun

[Daisy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyed it! Big takeaway was his great attitude towards career choices and how to make the most of it. An opportunity is only as good as what you make of it. Never go changing Spencer

[Niti · Rating 4 out of 5]

Easy reading with lots of humor.