Simple but confusing. The version i am using is FM 2009 yet my game clock/date starts from 2007 onwards. Best is, my league starts in 2008 which means my team is on garden leave for a year. Crazy. How can i rectify? Pls assist and many thanks.

I've never seen something like that - the only thing that comes to my mind is that you could have chosen the starting date earlier by mistake. What I mean is when you choose leagues in the New Game screen you can select also the starting date and if you choose countries like Brazil, China, Chile or Iceland it is possible to select 2007 as the starting date (so if you choose leagues from Brazil and England it is possible to start in 2007 even tough you select an English team later on). You can change that according to countries which you've chosen.