Leyton Orient footballers banned from playing 'FIFA 14' on match days
Leyton Orient has banned its team from playing
FIFA 14 on match days.
The club, currently top of Football League One after an unbeaten start to the season, provided a new coach for the players when they travelled to Oldham last weekend.
"The coach boasts a fold-out massage table, a coffee machine and Sky TV, but the most exciting thing for the players was a PlayStation 3," Orient's communications manager Jonny Davies told
The Independent.
"For the majority of the trip, the lads... got stuck into the new
FIFA 14 game and at times even played as themselves against Oldham in preparation for the match the following day."
Orient ended up drawing with Oldham 1-1.
This led to manager Russell Slade believing that playing
FIFA 14 could have a detrimental effect on their pre-match preparations.
"The staff were quick to implement a 'no
FIFA on a match day' rule," said Davies.
"The gaffer suspects several hours playing football on a video game is not conducive to a good performance in the real thing."