<s>
Championship	B-Application
Manager	I-Application
97/98	I-Application
is	O
a	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Championship	B-Application
Manager	I-Application
series	O
of	O
football	O
management	O
computer	O
games	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Championship	B-Application
Manager	I-Application
2	I-Application
game	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Sports	O
Interactive	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
October	O
1997	O
,	O
exclusively	O
for	O
the	O
PC	B-Device
,	O
as	O
the	O
final	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
second	O
generation	O
of	O
CM	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ever	O
since	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
people	O
had	O
been	O
trying	O
(	O
with	O
varying	O
degrees	O
of	O
success	O
)	O
to	O
find	O
a	O
way	O
of	O
editing	O
the	O
data	O
within	O
Championship	B-Application
Manager	I-Application
,	O
either	O
to	O
cheat	O
or	O
simply	O
to	O
add	O
themselves	O
as	O
a	O
player	O
in	O
the	O
CM	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
John	O
Curtis	O
,	O
'	O
DC	O
 '	O
for	O
Manchester	B-Application
United	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Andrew	O
Duncan	O
,	O
'	O
DC	O
 '	O
for	O
Manchester	B-Application
United	I-Application
,	O
who	O
often	O
appears	O
on	O
a	O
Free	O
Transfer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Erik	O
Nevland	O
,	O
a	O
Norwegian	O
FC	O
for	O
Manchester	B-Application
United	I-Application
,	O
who	O
often	O
appears	O
on	O
a	O
Free	O
Transfer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Championship	B-Application
Manager	I-Application
97/98	I-Application
was	O
the	O
top	O
selling	O
PC	B-Device
game	O
of	O
1997	O
in	O
the	O
UK	O
,	O
despite	O
Sports	O
Interactive	O
encouraging	O
game-sharing	O
by	O
not	O
including	O
any	O
CD-protection	O
;	O
The	O
game	O
could	O
be	O
installed	O
on	O
any	O
number	O
of	O
PCs	B-Device
without	O
needing	O
a	O
copy	O
of	O
the	O
CD	O
to	O
play	O
it	O
,	O
which	O
indicates	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
most	O
likely	O
even	O
more	O
popular	O
than	O
it	O
seemed	O
.	O
</s>
