[2] Toms worked as a professional computer programmer for large companies in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Toms began selling these versions by mail order in 1982 through advertisements placed in computer magazines using the name Addictive Games.
[3] The game became a big success, particularly after being ported to the ZX Spectrum, and began to be stocked by high street stores.
When the stores ordered thousands of copies, Toms quit his day job to run Addictive Games.
[3] In August 2015, Toms began rewriting the original 1982 Football Manager game for mobile devices after pitching the idea to his followers, drawing on his work experience of business app development.