2009/10 to 2017/18

Plymouth Argyle never reached the Premier League in the nine seasons from 2009/10 to 2017/18, spending one in the Championship and eight lower down. Their best finish was 23rd in the Championship, in 2009/10. They didn’t win a major trophy. Over those nine summers they paid £0 in transfer fees and took in £338k, a net profit of £338k.

Plymouth Argyle's Championship story in this game lasts a single season, and an unhappy one. They finished 23rd in 2009/10 with 41 points and dropped into League One, the start of a fall that took them into League Two a year later.

Look closely at the squad, though, and there was talent. Jamie Mackie left for QPR in 2010, and Yannick Bolasie moved to Bristol City in 2011 before going on to join Everton for £25m. Bradley Wright-Phillips and Kári Árnason were both on the books in 2009/10.

Plymouth are about as far from London as English league football gets, and that is part of the appeal of the 115.football version. Start in the Championship in 2009 with £900m, hold on to the young players, and a club that has never played in the top flight could get there for the first time.