Sports Interactive and Sega have today released the beta version of Football Manager 2014, which is available to those who have pre-ordered the game. If you want to get your hands on this early version there's still time (there's a list of participating retailers here).
Progress made during the beta can be carried over to the main game, and this beta will stay online until the week after the game's full release (which is on October 31), ending on November 4.