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Football Fanatic Welcome to Football Fanatic. Did you ever want to guide your favourite football club to international fame and glory? Well Football Fanatic is your chance. FF puts you at the helm of some of the world's most famous sides. You are in total control answering to no one but the club's loyal fans. Lead your team to the first division and be a hero to millions. But beware, careless management leads to relegation, and football fans are not an understanding lot! 1. Overview 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Things You Always Wanted to Know About Football Fanatic But Were Afraid to Ask, or Please Read This 1.2 Responsibilities 1.3 Chairman and Your Contract 2. Getting Started 2.0 Starting a New Game or Loading a Previously Saved Game 2.1 "How it All Began", and On-line Manual 2.2 Additional Data Files 2.3 Selecting a Team 2.4 Generic and Realistic Mode 2.5 Name, Sex, and Currency (not what you think) 2.6 Contract 2.7 Sponsors 2.8 Import Listing 3. Off Season Menu 3.1 Squad related 3.2 Command Keys 3.3 Changing Line-up 3.4 Tab 3.41 Formation 3.42 Tactics 3.43 Reserve 3.44 Practice 3.45 Opponents 3.46 Injuries 3.47 Contracts 3.5 Scouting and Transfers 3.51 View Transfer List 3.52 Scouting Screen 3.53 Contracts 3.54 Define Player Transfer Report 3.6 Financial 3.61 View Accounts 3.62 Stadium 3.63 Ticket Prices 3.64 Sponsorships 3.65 Staff 3.66 Chairman's Office 3.67 Funding 3.7 Statistics 3.71 Your Leagues Standings 3.72 Toto Cup Results 3.73 View Other Teams 3.74 Friendly Fixtures 3.75 Your History 3.76 Team History 3.77 Hall of Fame 3.78 EFL History 3.8 Next Week and Playing Match 4. Regular Season (what's different from the off-season) 4.1 Statistics Menu 4.11 Statscentre 4.12 League Results 4.13 View Teams 4.14 Cup Results 4.15 Game Results 4.16 Up Coming Fixtures 4.17 EFL Qualification Tournament 5. Cups 5.1 EFL Cup 5.2 Elite Cup 5.3 Toto Cup 5.4 World Club Cup 6. Odds and Ends 6.1 Configuration Menu 6.2 Bookings 6.3 About the Game Engine 6.4 Cup Tied Players 6.5 International Players 7. Thanks 1. OVERVIEW 1.0 You are in total control of your team. All decisions, from what formation best suits your club's strengths to increasing the seating the capacity of your stadium, are in your hands. Some choices, however, have more immediate consequences than others. For example, using tired players could lead to injury, while investing in old players could lead to huge retirement loses. What does this all mean? Do not rush through the game. This is not an action\shoot 'em up\kill 'em all game. Do not try and play a season in ten minutes. Football Fanatic, just like football, is a thinking person's game. 1.1 THING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT FOOTBALL FANATIC BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK or PLEASE READ THIS FIRST It's in your best interest to scan the manual quickly. Some key functions aren't obvious. If you're having a problem with a certain screen, check the index for the screen section and see if there's a key to help you out. If that doesn't work call me collect at home. Football Fanatic does not use a mouse, it is keyboard driven. The manual will frequently tell you to "Highlight X <Enter>". What this means is use the cursor keys to highlight an option then press the Enter key. Some screen allow you to use all four cursor keys, others only left/right or up/down. The Escape, top left hand of the keyboard, key is also very important. When in doubt hit it. Chances are it will return you to the previous screen, or cancel an action. If an instruction reads "Highlight X Esc", it means use the cursor keys to highlight something then press the Escape key. One last naughty bit. If something reads "S to sort" or "B for best line-up" it means press that letter to do something. 1.2 RESPONSIBILITIES COACHING/ PERSONNEL choosing team formation choosing team strategy choosing starting line up promoting players from youth team promoting players from reserve squad off season training programs buying players getting players on loan selling players loaning players hiring and firing staff FINANCIAL Income: sponsors broadcast rights gate receipts bank loans selling shares selling players loaning players Expenses: player salaries signing bonus staff salaries buying players getting players on loan ground maintenance stadium upgrading loan repayments league subscription 1.3 THE CHAIRMAN AND YOUR CONTRACT While your job is to run the club, ultimately you'll have to please the chairman. He won't hesitate in giving you his opinion. Don't get too deep into debt or he'll start taking matters in his own hands. Remember the chairman has the right to fire you if he feels you aren't the right person for the job. If he has big expectations, and it seems that you're not going to accomplish them, he'll fire you on the spot. From the list of painfully obvious facts: don't lose too many games, or go for long streaks without a win. Why? you ask. Your job depends on it. If your contract is up at the end of the season the chairman may choose to renew your contract, or tell you that your services are no longer needed. If he doesn't offer you a new contract you may get offers from other teams. Examine these offers closely. It might not be in your best interest to take the job with highest salary, or go to the team in the highest division. If you feel your team is heading towards certain doom (your chairman will give you a final warning) by all means resign. You may not find a new team right away, but the season continues. You will be denied access to the squad and financial options from the main menu until you are hired by another team. Next Week <Enter> to keep the season rolling without you. Sit back, learn a foreign language or get a new hobby. An offer may actually appear during the season. And if doesn't there surely will be something at the start of the new season. Don't think your chairman is a heartless person, he'll give you a break if you just got your team promoted, but remember this guy hired you because you were standing around doing nothing. If your chairman gives you an ultimatum you better do what he says because not only could it mean the end of your career, but the end of the game! 2. GETTING STARTED 2.0 The first step is to start a new game or load a previously saved one. If you do not have any saved games in your Footy directory you will not be asked whether you want to load a saved game. Highlight Start New Game <Enter> to start a new game, or highlight Continue Saved Game <Enter> to continue a previously saved game. The third option is Quit Game, but you wouldn't want to that, would you? If you are loading a game you can load 1 of 5 games. Each saved game will have a number in front of it. To continue a saved game, highlight the game you wish to continue <Enter>. 2.1 Every time you start a new game "How It All Began" (the story of how you became to be the club's manager) will pop up. Up/down cursor keys to scroll through it. Esc to move on. You will then be asked if you want to review the on-line manual before beginning. Y to view it, N to move on. 2.2 When starting a new game, Footy will search for additional data files -either files you've created or downloaded. If you have any, you will be presented with a list. Select the one you want to use. 2.3 The next step is to select a team. Up/down cursor keys to scroll through the teams. The highlighted team will have a fact box and a player listing. The fact box includes: team name, country, stadium, and present coach's name. The player listing lists the players, position, age, and nationality. Highlight the team you want to manage, <Enter>. 2.4 Football Fanatic has two modes of play: generic and realistic. Generic mode may either rank and place the top 48 teams in the 3 divisions at random, or according to our ranking of the top 48 teams. In generic mode, you chose which division you want to start in. Highlight the division <Enter>. Realistic mode ranks the top 48 teams according to domestic and cup performances over the last five years. Should you choose Ajax and play the realistic version, you will begin in the 1st division. Should you select a team that is not in the top 48, your team will be placed in the 16th in the 4th division. 2.5 Enter your name. The team's present coach's name is the default. Back space to erase it, then enter yours <Enter>. Enter your sex: M for male, F for female. Enter currency you wish to use: D for dollars, P for pounds. 2.6 A box will now appear with the chairman's demands. Take these demands seriously. Failure to fulfill them will result in your termination. 2.7 The next screen will show the upcoming season's sponsors. The company's name, weekly amount, and weeks left on the contract are listed. 2.8 The last stop is the import list. If your team has any imports they will be listed. 3. OFF SEASON MENU There are two kinds of off seasons: an off season without cup games, and with cup games. Depending where you finish in your league standings, you may qualify for the Toto Cup. In first season you will not be involved in the tournament, but you will have the option of playing friendlies. The middle of the off-season menu will resemble the following. 1. Squad Related 2. Scouting & Transfers 3. Financial 4. Statistics 5. Next Week* * If you qualify for the Toto Cup or are playing a friendly this will read Play Cup game, or Play Friendly 3.1 SQUAD RELATED Highlighting Squad Related <Enter> opens the door to the most important aspects of coaching. From here you will make line-up decisions, promote players from the reserve and youth teams, place players on the transfer list, and a wide variety of other choices. The first screen will have a column on the left, and a main body. The column on the left shows your team, division and position, record for the season, your next opponent, and command keys. The main body lists your starters and bench players, and their respective ratings. 3.2 COMMAND KEYS Command keys information is located at the bottom left hand of the main squad screen. The commands keys are left/right cursor keys, B, I, S, T, tab, ALT-C, and ALT-A. Left/right cursor keys change the player information at the top of the screen. Variations are: Form Total Stamina Energy Skill Strength Confid(ence) Energy Goals Games Goals Cup Games (cup) Age Speed Leader(ship) Exper(ience) B places your best eleven (11) into the starting line-up. Injuries, internationals, and formation are taken into consideration when setting the line-up. S sorts your squad by various criteria. T transfer lists or unlists a player. ALT-A to rename a player ALT-C to assign a random name to player. I supplies a four (4) page report on the highlighted player. Page up/Page Down to change pages. -1st page, top name, position, overall skill, and current form -1st page, middle keeping, passing, defence, and offense rating season statistics (games, form, goals, games to goals ratio) record when playing (won, lose, draw) -1st page, bottom confidence, morale, status, bookings, and discipline -2nd page, top name and position -2nd page, rest season statistics (games, goals, ratio, in league, cup, and combined) club statistics (games, goals, ratio, in league, cup, and combined) career statistics (games, goals, ratio, in league, cup, and combined) -3rd page, top name, position, salary, value, and contract expiry date -3rd page, middle specific skills (pace, strength, shooting, passing, tackling, control, stamina, experience, aggressiveness, creativity, hardness, accuracy) -3rd page, bottom user notes, press U to enter notes or comments about a player -4th page, top name, position -4th page, rest past teams (year played and team name) 3.3 CHANGING LINE-UP To move a player from the starting line-up to the bench highlight the player's name with the cursor keys <Enter>. The average of your line-up will scroll across the screen between the starting line-up and bench players. Highlight the player you wish to exchange him with <Enter>. After the swap the new average will scroll across the screen. 3.4 TAB The Tab key activates a pop up menu covering the let hand column. From the menu you can choose Formation, Tactics, Reserve, Practice, Opponents, Injuries, and Contracts by highlighting the option <Enter>. They can also be accessed directly with number keys 1 through 7. 3.41 Choosing what formation to play is almost as important as setting your starting line-up. Obviously, you want to play the formation that best suits your team's strength. If you have several good fullbacks, and few good strikers, a more defensive system would be your best choice. Each system has advantages and disadvantages. At the bottom of the Formation menu there are 3 options: Choose Formation, Pick Custom Formation, and Edit Custom Formation. The middle of the screen shows half the pitch and where your players are positioned. To change the formation highlight Choose Formation <Enter>. There are 11 standard formations to choose from. Each formation offers 5 variations. Use the left and right cursor keys to toggle the variations. Highlight the formation you wish to use <Enter>. 3.42 Tactical decisions play an important role in the game's outcome. There are 9 tactics to customise your style of play: tackling, marking, possession, passing, attack, shooting, free kicks, corner kicks, and style. To change a tactic highlight the option with the cursor keys, <Enter> until your choice appears. Player assignments will be automatically assigned. They can be changed by highlighting the Player Assignment. Up/down cursor keys to highlight the players, <Enter> to cycle through the players. Esc when done. 3.43 The Reserve option accesses the reserve team as well as the youth squad. From here you can move players from the main and reserve squads, swap players from the main and reserve squads, examine the youth team, and customise your reserve options. To move a player from the reserve team to the main squad, or vice versa, highlight Move Player <Enter>. Highlight the name of the player you wish to move <Enter>. Press Y to transfer player, N to abort. To swap players highlight Swap Player <Enter>. Highlight one of the players you want to swap <Enter>. You will then be asked, "Swap with which player?" Highlight the other player's name, <Enter> to complete the swap. To see if you have any upcoming stars highlight Youth Team <Enter>. To get more information on a youth team player highlight the player and press I. To promote a player to the reserve squad highlight Promote Player <Enter>. Highlight the player you wish to promote <Enter>. You will the be asked "Promote this player?". Y completes the transaction, N aborts. You can promote players seventeen (17) years of age and older, and only as many players as there are spots available on the reserve team. The Reserve and Youth Options allow you to customise your organisation. From either the Reserve or Youth menu highlight Reserve or Youth Options <Enter>. With the cursor keys, select Playing Style, Focus, or Player Development. If your main squad plays an attacking style, there is little point to having your youth and reserve teams train in a 5-3-2. Selecting Focus is not as clear cut as Playing Style. Your choice will come down to your coaching philosophy. The players you choose to develop depends on your needs and playing style. If you play five midfielders you will need more midfielders than strikers and fullbacks. One hint, it pays to have your Reserve and Youth Options work in co-ordination with each other and the main squad. 3.44 Practice. There are 10 different kinds of practice: Attacking: players work in the offensive third of the pitch By Position: players work at their respective positions Set Pieces: players work on corner kicks and free kicks Passing: players sharpen their passing and distribution skills Ball Control: players work on their touch Stamina: players work on their stamina Shooting: players work on their finishing Defending: players work in the defensive third of the pitch Scrimmage: practice game Sprints: players work on their speed There are 4 kinds of practice sessions: light, normal, intense, and two. Highlight the type of practice you want to run <Enter>. Highlight Start Practice <Enter>. Highlight style of practice to run <Enter>. Use the Available option to give certain players the day off. Highlight Available <Enter>. Highlight the player(s) you want to rest <Enter>. Esc to move back to the practice menu. Your assistant coach will often have some useful suggestions. Highlight Advice <Enter> to get some advice. After practice your assistant will summarise every player's performance. 3.45 The Opponents option gives you a three (3) page report showing your opponent's squad, formation, and club history. Cagey managers will scout their opponents to determine what players and line-up to use. -1st page, top left. team, country of origin, stadium name, coach, division, position, game (league or cup), week -1st page, middle left home record, away record, goals for, goals against, total points (these are for present season only) -1st page, bottom left total team rating for goalkeepers, defence, midfield, offence, pace, hardness, overall. -1st page, centre starters and formation -1st page, bottom centre tactics -2nd page, top left. team, country of origin, stadium name, coach, division, position, game (league or cup), week -2nd page, middle left five goal scorers (all time) -2nd page, bottom left results of last six (6) games (league results only) -2nd page, top centre longest streaks, wins, losses, shutouts, undefeated, winless, goalless -2nd page, middle centre best win, worst loss -2nd page, middle bottom player records, most goals in a game, season and career, most capped, best ever, most valuable, highest paid. -3rd page, top left team, stadium, coach, division, position, record -3rd page, bottom left results from previous seasons (use up and down cursor keys to scroll through seasons) -3rd page, top right championships won, number of seasons played in divisions and cups -3rd page, bottom right results from cup games 3.46 When players get injured, and they will, examine their status with the Injuries option. The player's name, type of injury, rehabilitation progress, and weeks until return, are listed on top. The team doctor and skill level and available facilities are listed on the bottom. How quickly player recuperate depends on your doctor's skill, facilities, and funding. To prescribe extra treatment for a player highlight player <Enter>. There are 3 kinds of treatment: extra physiotherapy, extra medical attention, and surgery. Depending on the injury, surgery or extra medical attention might not be an option. Highlight option <Enter>. Extra medical attention can be costly, and does not guarantee a faster recovery. After the type of treatment has been selected you will be presented with a bill. You can accept the bill and go on with the treatment, or refuse it and let the player recover at his own pace. Y accepts the bill, N refuses treatment. 3.47 Contracts lets you renegotiate the contracts of your players, place them on the transfer list, loan them to another club, or release them. S to sort players list. The list can be sorted by: value, skill, salary, goals this season, games this season, goals for the club, games for the club, age, and position. The bottom right hand of the screen indicates how the player are being sorted. Left/right cursor keys to change the information at the top of the screen. Skill Age Status Week Salary Value Country Club Games Club Goals Total Games Total Goals Bought (paid) Highlight player's name <Enter>. Select one of the following by highlighting <Enter>: Transfer List/Unlist, Loan List/Unlist, Renegotiate Contract, and Release. Transfer List/Unlist will either place a player on the transfer market or remove him from it. If placed on the transfer market, he will be removed from the squad list once the next week has been completed. He cannot be removed from the transfer market thereafter. He can only return to your team once the season is completed and his contract has been renegotiated. Loan List/Unlist announces that you accepting offers for the player's services. A player listed to be loaned will remain with the club until you accept an offer. The player will return to your club once his contract with the other club is finished. A player's contract can only be renegotiated during the first 4 weeks of the off-season. If you haven't renegotiated his contract by the end of the four weeks you will be notified to do so. You have one of three options during the negotiations: Reject, Accept, and Stop. Highlight accept <Enter> to accept the terms. Highlight reject <Enter> to submit your terms. Once rejected, you can change the length of the contact (Years), whether the player will be allowed to leave to play internationals (Int'ls), his weekly wage (Salary), and the size of his signing bonus (Incentive). The total value of the contract will be listed at the end. Left/right cursor keys to highlight the condition you wish to negotiate, and up/down cursor keys to change the terms. You can only add or subtract one year to the contract, and, depending on the agent, will pay a great deal to do so. Asking a player to reject an offer to play an international will also be a very expensive proposition. Highlight accept <Enter> to accept the terms of the contract. Stop <Enter> ends the negotiations and places the player on the transfer market. 3.5 SCOUTING AND TRANSFERS 3.51 Highlight View Transfer List <Enter> to view players currently on the transfer market. A player list will appear with the following information at the top of the screen: Position, Skill, Age, Form, Games, Goals, and Price. Use left/right cursor keys to toggle information to: Country, Team (division), Seasons Played, and Salary. S sorts the list by: position, skill, rating, value, age, goals, games played, and country. Highlight player <Enter> to try and purchase a player. If the player is willing to join your team, he will present his contract demands through his agent. Pay close attention to who his agent is! Agent have patterns. Learn these patterns and you might be able to save yourself some money. If he agrees to the purchase you must negotiate a contract. You have one of three options during the negotiations: Reject, Accept, and Stop. Highlight Accept <Enter> to accept the terms. Highlight Reject <Enter> to submit your terms. Once rejected, you can change the length of the contact (Years), whether the player will be allowed to leave to play internationals (Int'ls), his weekly wage (Salary), and the size of his signing bonus (Incentive). The total value of the contract will be listed at the end. Left/right cursor keys to highlight the condition you wish to negotiate, and up/down cursor keys to change the terms. You can only add one year to the contract, and, depending on the agent, will pay a great deal to do so. Asking a player to reject an offer to play an international will also be a very expensive proposition. Highlight accept <Enter> to accept the terms of the contract. Highlighting Stop <Enter> ends the negotiations and places the player on the transfer market. 3.52 Highlight Scouting Screen <Enter> to change scouting options. There are 4 options to fine tune: Scouting Priorities, League Scout Duties, Youth Scout Duties, and World Scout Duties. Your scouts success depends on his skill and funding. Don't expect a scout with a 40 rating and $1000 a week to find the next soccer god. Highlight Scouting Priorities <Enter>. Left/right cursor keys to highlight 1st Priority, 2nd Priority, and 3rd Priority, <Enter>. Highlight either World, Youth, or League <Enter>, Esc. This determines the direction of his efforts. Highlight League Scout Duties <Enter>. Highlight either Serie A, B, C, or D <Enter> to select the division your scout looks for players. Highlight Youth Scout Duties <Enter>. Highlight either Find players for youth team or Find players for reserve team <Enter> to chose the which squad you want to find players for. Highlight World Scout Duties <Enter>. Highlight part of the world you want your scout to search for players <Enter>. Options are: Europe, Americas, Africa, and Asia and Oceania 3.53 Contracts lets you renegotiate the contracts of your players, place them on the transfer list, send them away on loan, or release them. The player list can be sorted by S. List can be sorted by: value, skill, salary, goals this season, games this season, goals for the club, games for the club, age, and position. The bottom right hand of the screen indicates how the player are being sorted. Highlight player's name <Enter>. Select one of the following by highlighting <Enter>: Transfer List/Unlist, Loan List/Unlist, Renegotiate Contract, and Release. Transfer List/Unlist will either place a player on the transfer market or remove him from it. If placed on the transfer market, he will be removed from the squad list once the next week has been completed. He cannot be removed from the transfer market thereafter. He can only return to your team once the season is completed and his contract has been renegotiated. Loan List/Unlist announces that you accepting offers for the player's services. A player listed to be loaned will remain with the club until you accept an offer. The player will return to your club once his contract with the other club is finished. A player's contract can only be renegotiated during the first four weeks of the off-season. You have one of three options during the negotiations: Reject, Accept, and Stop. Highlight accept <Enter> to accept the terms. Highlight reject <Enter> to submit your terms. Once rejected, you can change the length of the contact (Years), whether the player will be allowed to leave to play internationals (Int'ls), his weekly wage (Salary), and the size of his signing bonus (Incentive). The total value of the contract will be listed at the end. Left/right cursor keys to highlight the condition you wish to negotiate, and up/down cursor keys to change the terms. You can only add or subtract one year to the contract, and, depending on the agent, will pay a great deal to do so. Asking a player to reject an offer to play an international will also be a very expensive proposition. Highlight accept <Enter> to accept the terms of the contract. Stop <Enter> ends the negotiations and places the player on the transfer market. 3.54 Highlight Define Player Transfer Report <Enter> to search for players. Use this to find players that are nor on the transfer market. The search can be narrowed to suit your specifications. Options are: Division, Position, Value, Skill, Team, Age, Salary, and Form. If you need an inexpensive defender, for example, there's no need to generate a report including forwards with an 80 skill rating. To narrow your search highlight the parameter you wish to set <Enter>. Highlight the search parameter <Enter>. You can select multiple selections by tagging them with the Spacebar. Highlight Submit to Generate Report <Enter> to run the search. If no players match your search criteria nothing will happen. A list of players will pop up if they match your criteria. Highlight player name <Enter> to begin negotiations. 3.6 FINANCIAL Welcome to the ugly side of running a football club. All money decisions are made here. This screen show you how much money you have, how many people in the fan club and how much money you're making off them, your salary, weeks left on your contract, contract conditions, and career earnings. 3.61 Highlight View Accounts <Enter> to check the previous week's expenses and revenue. T toggles the list to the year's expenses and revenue. 3.62 Highlight Stadium <Enter> to improve your stadium. Changes can only be made during the off-season. There are 4 kinds of seating: stands, seats, luxury boxes, and corporate boxes. There are 8 stadium related things: field, scoreboards, lights, amenities, medical, training, media, and clubhouse. The top three division have stadium requirements which must be fulfilled before you can be promoted. 3rd division - 20,000 capacity 2nd division - 35,000 capacity, 10,000 must be seats or better 1st division - 50,000 capacity, 25,000 must be seats or better The following is a list of seating upgrade costs (half numbers for pounds): Stands: 2 million for the first 1000, 1 million for every 1000 thereafter Convert stands to seats: 2 million for every 1000 Seats: 4 million for the first 1000, 2 million for every 1000 thereafter Luxury seats: 6 million for the first 1000, 3 million for every 1000 thereafter Corporate boxes: 6 million for the first 1000, 2 million for every 1000 thereafter Stadium facility upgrade costs are as follows: 100,000 500,000 1.5 million 4 million Highlight the facility you want to upgrade <Enter>. Up/down cursor keys to increase and decrease the size of the upgrade <Enter> when done or Esc to abort. A box below the upgrade number indicates the cost of the upgrade. Once all upgrades have been determined, highlight Construction Estimate <Enter>. This will calculate the total costs, and set a schedule for completion. Reduce the size of some of the upgrades if there isn't enough time to complete them, or you don't have enough money. The final step is to Submit to Chairman <Enter> for approval. If the club can afford it, and there is enough time, you'll get the stamp of approval. 3.63 Highlight Ticket Prices <Enter> to view and change ticket prices. There are 4 kinds of seating: stands, seats, luxury seats, and luxury boxes. T to change prices. Up/down cursor keys select the seating to change. Left/right cursor keys to change the price or percentage. Cup matches and friendlies are done on a percentage basis. For example, if you charge $10 for a regular match, and friendlies are set at 50%, the price is $5. You can charge up to a maximum of 200% for cup matches and friendlies. 3.64 Highlight Sponsorships <Enter> to view sponsors and their contributions. The size of the contract with the club depends on your accountant skill, and how well your team is doing. 3.65 Highlight Staff <Enter> to view, fire, and hire staff, see a "free agent" listing of potential employees, and see who works where. You have under your employ: an assistant, a youth coach, a reserve coach, a medic, and a scout. Highlight Available <Enter> to see who's available. Highlight position <Enter>. A list of potential employees and their skill will be shown. Highlight Fire Staff <Enter> to fire an employee. Select position you want to vacate <Enter>. Y to fire, N to abort. Highlight Contract <Enter> to see who works where. Select position <Enter>. A list of people, their team, and their skill will be shown. Highlight Hire Staff <Enter> to hire someone. Select the position you wish to fill <Enter>. Highlight the person you wish to hire <Enter>. He will present his contract demands, Y to hire, N to abort. The position must be empty to hire someone. 3.66 Highlight Chairman's Office <Enter> to try and get a loan, payback loan, or resign. Highlight Plead for Funding <Enter> to get a loan. The Chairman will make you an offer. Y to accept, N to refuse. If you accept the loan, you have the option of paying it back over 1, 2, or 3 years. Press the according number. Highlight Payback Loan <Enter> to pay back a loan. You will payback to outstanding balance plus interest. Y to pay it back, N to abort. Highlight Resignation <Enter> to quit. Y to leave, N to stay. 3.67 Highlight Funding <Enter> to change and view how much each program gets per week. There are 5 programs: main squad, reserve squad, youth squad, scouting, and medical. Up/down cursor keys to select program, left/right to change funding amount. A program cannot receive less that $1000 or 500 pounds per week. 3.7 STATISTICS To view a whole bunch of stats highlight Statistics <Enter>. 3.71 Highlight League Standings <Enter> to see what position each team is starting in the upcoming season. Up/down cursor keys to select division. 3.72 Highlight Toto Cup results to view the scores from this year's Toto Cup. 3.73 Highlight View Other Teams <Enter> to check out their players and more. Up/down cursor keys to change team. Right/left cursor keys to cycle between Team Info, Players, Squad Info, Records, and History. - Team info lists the coach, stadium and capacity, division and position, total team ratings, and team tactics. - Players lists all the players on the main squad. - Squad Info lists player records (most games played etc.) and each season's top scorer. - Records lists various team records like best win and worst loss. - History gives a brief report on final league standings and cup history. 3.74 Highlight Friendly Fixtures <Enter> to view upcoming friendlies and scores from previous matches. 3.75 Highlight Your History <Enter> to get a report outlining you successes and failures. Right/left cursor keys to cycle between Trophy Case, Team Records, Player Records. There are two boxes with triangles in them on the left and right hand sides of the screen. Once you have played a season highlight box <Enter> to view Standings, Results 1, Results 2, Graph, Past Record, and Scores/Cups. - Trophy Case lists your league final standings, cup championships, promotions and relegations, and totals your year end stats. - Team Records lists various team related records, longest streaks, and game records. - Player Records lists various player records, and all-time top scorers. Highlight box on the right <Enter> to access Standings, League Results, Cup Results, and Graph. - Standings lists your year end standing from every season. Up/down cursor keys to switch season. - Results 1 lists your game scores from the highlighted season. - Results 2 lists your cup scores from the highlight season. - Graph gives a graph of your league standing throughout the highlight season. Highlight the box on the right <Enter> to access Past Record and Scores/Cups. - Past Record shows your year end standing, wins, loses, draws, goals for and against, and points. - Cup Scores lists your cup results and season top scorer. 3.76 Highlight Team History <Enter> to view the club's history. This is the club's history, not your history as it's coach. Left/right cursor keys to toggle between Club History and Club Records. - Club History lists year's in a division and championships won, years in cups and championships won, year end league standing, and cup results. - Club Records lists longest streaks, game records, player records, and top scorers. 3.77 Highlight Hall of Fame <Enter> to view Hall of Fame. Left/right cursor keys to cycle between Title Holders, Cup Winners, Golden Boots, and All Time 15. - Title Holders lists the top three teams in each division at the end of the season. The first column gives the results from the 1st division, second column 2nd division, third column 3rd division, and fourth column 4th division. The corresponding years are listed down the middle of the screen. Use the up and down cursor keys to scroll between seasons. - Cup Winners lists the winners and runners-up of the four cups. The first column lists the EFL, second column Elite Cup, third column Toto Cup, and fourth column World Club Cup. The corresponding years are listed down the middle of the screen. Use the up and down cursor keys to scroll between seasons. - Golden Boots lists the top goal scorers from each division. Golden Boots combines goals scored during the regular season and regular season cup matches. The player's name, goals scored, and team are listed. The first column lists 1st division winners, second column 2nd division winners, third column 3rd division winners, and fourth column 4th division winners. The corresponding years are listed down the middle of the screen. Use the up and down cursor keys to scroll between seasons. - The All-time top 15 lists the fifteen best teams in EFL history. The teams are ranked of total 1st divisions titles, EFL Cups, Elite Cups, Toto Cups, and World Club Cups. 3.78 Highlight EFL History <Enter> for an EFL history lesson. Left/right cursor keys to change year. Up/down cursor keys to highlight <Enter> option: League Standings/Results, Cup Results/Information, Top Scorers, Toto Cup Results. - League Standings/Results shows game scores from previous seasons. Left/right cursor keys to change week. Up/down cursor keys to change division. <Enter> cycles between scores and standings for the week. - Cup Results/Information. Chose either EFL Cup and Elite Cup. - EFL Cup. Left/right cursor keys to cycle between Results, Cup Tree, and Top Scorers. Results displays game scores. Up/down cursor keys to view scores from different sections of the draw. Cup tree to see the draw. Up/down cursor keys view different sections of the draw. Top scores shows the EFL and Elite top scorers. - Elite Cup. Results gives you the scores from the matches. Cup Tree shows the draw. Up/down cursor keys to cycle between 1st round and final. Top scorers shows the top scorers from the EFL and Elite Cups. - Top Scorers. Top scorers from each division. Up/down cursor keys to change division. - Toto Cup. Toto Cup results. Left/right cursor keys to change round. Each page shows who's in the group, where they finished, match scores, and top scorers. 3.8 Highlight Next Week <Enter> to move to the next week. If you have a match it will read "Play Match". 4. REGULAR SEASON The options in regular season are almost identical to those in the off-season. The biggest difference is the Statistics menu. Your History, Team History, Hall of Fame, and EFL History are exactly like the off-season. There are, however, 7 different stats options: Statscentre, League Results, View Teams (slightly different), Cup Results (slightly different), Game Results, Upcoming Fixtures (as opposed to upcoming friendlies), and view the EFL qualification tournament. 4.1 STATISTICS MENU 4.11 Highlight Statscentre <Enter> to review the league. Up/down cursor keys to change division. Left/right cursor keys to cycle between Standings, Home/Away, Last Week, and This Week. Highlight More Info <Enter> to access Scorers, Players, Allstar, and Coaches. - Standings lists teams and their place in the division, as well as their records. - Home/Away lists teams' home and away stats. - Last Week gives the results from the previous week. - This Week shows this weeks games, and which teams have the week off. - Scorers lists the top scorers in the division. - Players ranks the top five players at each position. - Allstar gives the division allstar team. - Coaches ranks the top coaches. 4.12 Highlight League Results <Enter> to go over each week's game scores. Left/right cursor keys to change week. Up/down cursor keys to change division. 4.13 Highlight View Team <Enter> to examine EFL clubs. Options: Team Info, Players, Squad Info, and Records. Highlight More Info <Enter> to access History, Results, Cup results, and Position Graph. - Team info lists the coach, stadium and capacity, division and position, total team ratings, and team tactics. - Players lists all the players on the main squad. - Squad Info lists player records (most games played etc.) and each season's top scorer. - Records lists various team records like best win and worst loss. - History gives a brief report on final league standings and cup history. - Results shows game scores for the regular season. - Cup Results shows cup game scores. - Position Graph shows a week by week graph of the team's position. 4.14 Highlight Cup Results <Enter> to view cup results. Chose either EFL Cup and Elite Cup. - EFL Cup. Left/right cursor keys to cycle between Results, Cup Tree, Top Scorers, and Your Team. Results displays game scores. Up/down cursor keys to view scores from different sections of the draw. Cup tree to see the draw. Up/down cursor keys view different sections of the draw. Top scores shows the EFL and Elite top scorers. Your Team shows your team's progression in the Cup. - Elite Cup. Results gives you the scores from the matches. Cup Tree shows the draw. Up/down cursor keys to cycle between 1st round and final. Top scorers shows the top scorers from the EFL and Elite Cups. Your Team shows your team's progression in the Cup. 4.15 Highlight Game Results to examine your scores week by week. Left/right cursor keys to switch between Weeks 1 to 16, Weeks 17 to 32, and Cup Results. 4.16 Highlight Up Coming Fixtures to view your upcoming matches, league and cup. 4.17 E to view how team are progressing in the EFL qualification tournament. These teams are competing for the three spots in the last division. These spots opened thanks to the three last place finishers who were relegated. Left/right cursor keys to switch from results and the cup tree. 5. CUPS There are four cups in Footy: EFL Cup, Elite Cup, Toto Cup, and World Club Cup. In Cup matches, if a winner hasn't been decided after regulation time, the teams will play two 15 minute halves. If there is still no winner then the game will be decided by penalty shoot-out. Cup scores may resemble Team A (2)+ 3:3 (2) Team B. What that jumble means: (2) and (2) mean that after regular time the game ended in a 2:2 tie. 3:3 indicates the score after extra time. The "+" designates that Team A won the penalty shoot-out. 5.1 EFL Cup is played during the regular season. Weeks 2/4, 7/9, 12/14, 17/19, 22/24 and the final on week 30. Every team in the EFL participates. The format is a two leg series, home and away. The final is one game played on a neutral pitch. Series are decided by total goals. Penalty shots are used if the series is tied after second game. 5.2 The Elite Cup is it played during the regular season, weeks 8, 16, 26 and 31. Only teams in the first division are involved. The format is a one game. Penalty shots can decide winner. The final is played on a neutral pitch 5.3 The Toto Cup is it played during the off season. Round 1 on weeks 5, 6, 7, Round 2 on weeks 9, 10, 11. Round 3 on weeks 13, 14, 15. The final on week 17. The 4th, 5th and 6th place finishers from each division plus four European guest teams make up the tournament. The format is a round robin. 4 sections of 4 teams. The top 2 teams advance. The top 8 are then divided into 2 divisions. The play another round robin. The top 4 move on. The last 4 play one more round robin. The final two teams play one game for Toto Cup. Players are not cup-tied in the Toto Cup because so many players are transferred in the off-season. 5.4 The World Club Cup is played in week 17 of off season. The top finisher from the 1st division plays one game against an international squad for the title. 6. ODDS AND ENDS 6.1 C accesses the Configuration Menu at the main screen. Configure the game to tailor the information you receive. Up/down cursor keys to highlight the option you want to change. Right/left cursor keys to toggle the option on or off. 6.2 Here is a run down of how the bookings get added up. - If a player receives two yellow cards in a match he will be credited for having received 1 yellow and 1 red, not 2 yellow cards. - 1 match suspension after a player's 3rd and 5th yellow card of the season and 1st and 2nd red card. - 2 match suspension after a player's 7th and 9th yellow card of the season, and 3rd and 4th red card. - 3 match suspension - after a player's 11th yellow card of the season, 4th red card, and every subsequent red card Transferred players take their card and suspension count with them when they go to a new team. 6.3 About the Game Engine Use the engine to gain greater control over the game action. Before the start of the game, you are presented with some information such as attendance, the referee, both team's records and players that will unavailable for the match. During the game you have four screens: your opponent's player info, your players' info, match stats and goalscorer information. Use the left/right cursor keys to change screens. The match stats screen is perhaps the most important screen during the match. It shows minute-by-minute highlight of the match. Here is a list of some of the key strokes. - <Enter> to skip to the next minute - up/down cursor keys to vary the delay between each match minute (in seconds) - 1 to jump to the next goal - 2 to jump to the end of the half - 3 to jump to the end of the match - 0 (zero) to cancel jump and return to minute-by-minute - S to change a player's position - Space - substitute player(s) - F to change formation To make a substitution, press the spacebar. As soon as the ball is out of play you'll be able to substitute players. You'll then be presented with a list of players on the pitch. Highlight the player which you wish to substitute <Enter>. You'll then see a list of players on the bench. Players who are unavailable appear in gray. Highlight the player you want to sub on <Enter>. You'll be asked if you wish to sub in the player. Press Esc to cancel the substitution at any time. You can substitute your goalkeeper once and substitute a maximum of 3 field players. If one of your players gets seriously injured and you already have made your maximum number of substitutions, you won't be able to replace him. You can also change formations during the match. This involves shouting instructions to your players and may take some time until you get their attention. You're limited by how many you times you can change formation. Be careful in changing the field formation, change it too drastically and you may suffer. To signal a formation change press F. At half-time and, in case of extra-time, at end of regular time you'll also have the opportunity to substitute players. If at end of extra-time the match is still undecided, the game will go to penalty-kicks. Select seven players to take them. 6.4 Cup Tied Players A player is considered cup-tied if he played a cup game in the regular season (EFL or Elite Cup) for a team other than his current team. Footy will let you know when you have a player in this situation by giving you a message and in the squad screen he will have a white lowercase "c" next to his name. 6.5 International Players A player is considered an international if: 1. he was not born in a European Community country (excluding Norway, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Iceland), or 2. he is European but his country does not have a club in the EFL. Note, the definition of a domestic player can change from year to year as teams get introduced or dropped from the EFL. It's a good idea to know who will join the EFL in the next season, so you can buy an international player which next season will be considered domestic, or 3. he was not born in Europe 7. THANKS First and foremost we would like to thank all the people who bought the game several months ago. Their patience and understanding was above and beyond the call. We hope Footy was worth the wait. From Luis de Barros: I'd especially like to thank my brother Miguel Angelo, my parents, my sister Georgina, Doug Bulgin, Chris McDermitt, Adam Ranville, Katrina Hultz, Jose Costa, Paul Narbonne, Pauline Stevens and Phil Lewis. Further thanks go out to Darryl Ackernecht, Jim Brezina, Phil and Reginald Martin, Prof. Raymond Koenig, Dr. Jane Fritz, Dr. Hart Bezner, Prof. Kevin Harrigan, the CP 417 class, Christopher Ching'anda, Timothy Grant, Jeff Wilts, Wesley Sauder, Cameron Olsen, the lab crew at Kaufman's and Marissa Chan. Huge thank-you, love-you and see-you to Geoffrey Downey and Derek Fobe, two of the coolest people I've ever known. The good times, the bad times, we finally made it! From Geoffrey Downey: I am indebted (emotionally as well as financially) to my immediate family, James, Laura and Sarah. A special thanks goes to my not so immediate family Gary and Doreen Flieger for their support over the years, and Jamie "Kingo" Pollock for sharing his wealth of football knowledge and priceless friendship. An extra special thanks to Luis for putting up with my little Maritime idiosyncracies all these years and making Footy possible. Finally, an extra, extra special thanks to Krista, Aggie, Opus, and Allie for making my world a sane place to be. From Derek Fobe: Anne Fobe, Anne-Marie Fobe, Gerrit Fobe, Annie McGowan, Wendy Gerry, Marion Gerry, Ninja & Temmu and Cedric Puddy. Thank you also to Tim Kutt for hosting the site and the dozens of people who claimed (and still claim) we're fools. This Ship of Fools is shipwrecked on an island of gold ... And Thanks mostly to you chief ... for finishing it on your own ... Thunderbear Software Creations would like to thank the following individuals or groups: Ethan Fry, Manfred Gartner, "A Bola" newspaper, Barak, Bruno Barreyra, Brann Football Club, Etienne, John Kelly and the gang at World Soccer, Kicker Magazine, Jyrki Lassila, Pawel Mogielnicki, Jakob Nilsson, Philippe Rados, Scottish Football Association, Oxana Smirnova, Phil Spechtenhauser, Michael Zingerman, Endre Zsoldos, Ricardo Wright, Eugene Shilman, Joaquin Rivas, Gordan Redzic and the many many others who helped us! Our sincerest thanks. Original concept: Derek Fobe and Luis de Barros Design: Luis de Barros, Geoffrey Downey and Derek Fobe Programming: Luis de Barros Technical Writing: Geoffrey Downey Screens and Interface: Derek Fobe and Luis de Barros Quality Control: Geoffrey Downey, Adam Ranville and Chris McDermitt