Through the use of state of the art motion capture technologies using professional football players, an animated football game has been produced so lifelike in its appearance it mirrors that of a real game. No match is ever the same, all unique in their outcome. To make the product as realistic as possible, thousands of different game variables are taken into consideration and vary on a match by match basis. These include the weather on match day, the stadium the game is played, the form of the opposing teams and individual players on each team.