Forget about Fantasy Football, in the late 1970s there was only one imaginary soccer competition worth bothering with – the Scoop Inter City Superleague. The prospect of a football league presided over by a massive electronic overlord was a thrilling one for any imaginative young football fan, but the reality proved to be somewhat less exciting. The Super Scoop 2000 Sports Computer turned out to be a know-all control freak, and its story highlights the dangers of combining football and technology…

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Paul Football, Technology Sabotage Times