The League Calculator differs from the League Viewer in that it has the additional functionality of saving and loading your own predictions and then allowing you to view the resulting League Table. This functionality will become invaluable as the League Title race develops.

The League Viewer is instantly accessable as a shockwave file on Express Sport Live, while The League Calculator is available for Windows 95 & Macintosh and can be installed on to your hard disk from the intro page for Express Sport Live on the .Net cover disc.

The instructions for both features are set out below...

Opening screen

Upon starting the application, you will be presented with a screen showing the date according to your system clock.

If this is incorrect, you must manually enter the correct date, this will enable you to always return to the present day by clicking on the NOW tag at the top of the screen.

Once this is correct, click the OK button and you will be taken to the closest date with updated results. (Until the 98/99 season starts, this will be the last day of last season.)

Week by week

This is the default display of the League Calculator. It shows all the matches or fixtures played or playable on the date highlighted at the bottom of the screen

The dates and fixtures are not editable, but will be updated automatically via the internet each time you run the programme.

Click on a date to jump to to it, or drag the mouse to scroll through dates.

CTRL + Mouse button advances through timeline, 10 dates at a time.

Scores

Updated scores are shown in full Matches played but not updated: '+' Matches to be played: '-' 'What if?' scores are shown with a '*' next to them

Years

Clicking on a YEAR takes you to the start of that season.
NOW: takes you to the nearest matchday to today.
END: takes you to the end of the 98/99 season.

Keyboard Shortcuts
2,3,4,5,6,7 take you to the beginning of that corresponding season+1. ie '3' = 1994/5.
8 = END of 98/99
0 = Now

Club names

Clicking on a Clubs name will take you to the match by match section which shows matches & fixtures for that chosen club (six seasons in total).

Clicking on a "V" takes you to the club by club section which shows all previous results and future fixtures between the two clubs.

Keyboard Shortcuts
On the right hand side of the screen are two icons, an 'L' and a '?'.

L will diplay the league table calculated for that particular day.

? will take you to the What if...? section.

If an 'S' icon appears on the left hand side of a match, clicking on it will display the goal scorers for that game.

Match by match section

This section displays all the fixtures and matches for the selected club. Up and down arrows will scroll the list OR you can click on the dates down the right hand side to jump to that date.

Keyboard Shortcuts
< will return you to your last screen.

Club by club section

This section displays all the fixtures and matches for the selected two clubs.

Keyboard Shortcuts
On the right hand side of the screen are two icons, an 'A' and a '<'.
A Will analyse previous premier matches and will make a prediction of the score for the next match between the chosen two teams.
< will return you to your last screen.

What if? section

This section enables you to enter match scores as they happen, and enter your own predictions (or let the computer do it for you), and view the resulting league table. These predictions can be saved and reloaded at any time.

Upon entering this mode, a bar will descend over your matches.

What if? bar

This highlights the current match you wish to enter scores for.

On the left of the bar is an 'A' icon clicking on this will cause the computer to analyse previous premier matches and will make a prediction of the score for the next match between the chosen two teams.

At the bottom of this analysis are four options

Add - Adds the current computer prediction for the currently highlighted match.

Predict all - Adds the computer predictions to all the current days matches.

Reset - Resets all the current days scores to 0.

Cancel -Closes the analysis box without changing anything.

While the bar is on screen, a Load and Save option will appear.

Load -Will load a previously saved "*.WIF" file from disk.

Save -Will save a "*.WIF" file to disk. Scores will be saved up to and including the date you are on at the time

Important - Until you save a 'what if?' file, your scores will not be visible on any of the screens, nor will they affect the League Table.
Do not worry if you make a mistake, as each time you restart the programme, your 'what if?' files are not loaded automatically. Therefore you can choose which file (if any) to load each time you run the programme.