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This document provides a crash course on playing the game. This
document is by no means a finished product.
INDEX 1. INTRODUCTION
2. HOW TO PLAY
3. CUPS
4. TRANSFERS
5. PLAYERS ON LOAN
6. FINANCES
7. STUCK
8. APPENDIX - TOP 48 TEAMS
1. INTRODUCTION
Foobtall Fanatic is text based soccer manager simulation. Our
premise is European teams have banned together to form a European super
league. The league consists of 4 divisons with 16 teams. You play a
28 game/30 week regular season, with a 18 week off season. There are also
4 cups to be won (see CUPS for more information). The top three regular
season finishers are promoted to the next division except for the first
division, and the bottom three are relegated. Relegation from the fourth
division leads to your termination.
You are in charge of all apsects of running a football club. All
the hiring and firing of players and personel is up to you. You must
select the starting 11, run practices, promote youth players, make
treatment decisions on injured players, setting ticket prices, and much
more.
2. HOW TO PLAY
Footy Fanatic is keyboard driven and does not use a mouse. The
most important keys are the cursor keys (the ones with the arrows on them),
the Escape key (Esc, top left-hand corner), and the Enter key. Every
screen has a highlighter that is controlled by the cursor keys. To
execute a command highlight the option and press Enter. Some screens allow
you to use the number keys to bypass highlighting and pressing Enter. Use
the Escape key to exit a screen.
There are to modes of play: generic and realistic. Generic mode
ranks and places the teams in the 4 divisions at random. In generic mode,
Ajax could be the worst team in the league. The players will be assigned
fictional/random abilities. No matter what team you select, you will begin
in the 4th division in 16th place.
Realistic mode ranks the 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 replace the 48th
ranked team (16th in the 4th division).
On-line help can be accessed through the F1 key. A window will pop
up into the middle of the screen with instructions. Some of the windows
have more information than the window can fit. Use the Up/Down cursor keys
to scroll. Anytime you see <Enter> in the on-line help it means press the
Enter key.
Player positions have been colour coded: red names=keepers
green names=defenders
blue names=midfielders
yellow names=strikers
The following is a list of screens and the keys that perform a
function:
Main Squad: I - 4 page report on the highlighted player.
Page up/down for other pages.
U - make notes on a player, page 3 of player
info
S - sorts players by goals, form, skill, energy,
games, salary, value, and age
B - places best eleven in starting line-up
TAB - displays command keys
Left/Right - toggles team's player stats
Reserve/
Main Squad: I - 4 page report on the highlighted player,
Page Up/Down for other pages
V - places best players into main squad (when
highlighter is on reserve side of screen)
O - reserve squad information (when highlighter
is on reserve side of the screen)
Youth Team: I - 4 page report on the highlighted player,
Page Up/Down for other pages
Formations: B- places best players in starting line-up
Contracts: I - information on highlighted player
S - sorts players by
Transfer
List: I - information on highlighted player
S - sorts players by position, skill, rating,
value, age, goals, games, and country
3. CUPS
EFL - When is it played? During the regular season. Weeks 2/4, 7/9, 12/14,
17/19, 22/24 and the final on week 30.
- Who's in it? All the teams from all the divisions.
- Format? Two leg series, home and away. Final is one game.
- Who moves on? Series are decided by total goals. Penalty shots only
used if tied after second game.
Elite - When is it played? During the regular season. Weeks 8, 16, 26 and
31.
- Who's in it? First division teams only.
- Format? One game.
- Who moves on? Winner fo the match. Penalty shots can decide
winner.
Toto - When 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, Final on week 17.
- Who's in it?. 4th, 5th and 6th place finishers from each
division plus four European guest teams.
- Format? Round robin. 4 sections of 4 teams. Top 2 adavance.
Top 8 are divided into 2 divisions. Another round robin. Top 4 move
on. Last 4 play one more round robin. Final two play one game for
Toto Cup.
World Club Cup - When is it played? Week seventeen of off season.
- Who's in it? Top finisher from the 1st division, and an
international squad.
- Format? One game.
- Who moves on? Seek help if you can't figure this out.
In Cup matches, if the final result after regulation time cannot
decide a winner, the teams will play two additional 15 minute halves. If
there is still no winner then the game will be decided by penalty
shoot-out.
When viewing cup results you may come across something such as:
Team A (2)+ 3:3 (2) Team B
(1) and (2) mean that after regular time the game ended undecided
without a clear winner with a 2:2 result. In this case after extra time
the score was 3:3. The "+" designates that Team A won the penalty
shoot-out.
4. TRANSFERS
You can get players from the transfer market and direct approach at
all times except for weeks 24 through 32 during the regular season.
Should you buy a player during the regular season, and that player has
already played a cup match for his previous team, he will not be eligible
to play cup matches for your squad.
5. PLAYERS ON LOAN
Other clubs may offer you players on loan. You will responsible
for paying their salary while they are with your club. They will also not
be eligilbe to play cup matches for you if they have already played for
the team they are on loan from.
6. FINANCES
There are several sources of income, and many expenses. Do not run
the club into bankruptcy. Need money sell a player or ask the chairman for
a loan.
7. STUCK
If you get stuck somewhere, hit the Escape key. Remember this is a
beta version. It has not been fully debugged. We are releasing the beta
version because so many people have asked to have a peek at Football
Fanatic. If the game crashes and/or stalls your system please don't send
us flame mail.
8. APPENDIX - TOP 48 TEAMS
Juve Fiorentina B M'Gladbach
Ajax Man United Arsenal
AC Milan Steaua Celtic
Barcelona Panathinaikos Newcastle
FC Porto B Dortmund PSV
PSG Rangers Hajduk Split
Anderlecht At Madrid Brondby
Spartak Moscow Club Brugge AEK
Bayern Munich Alaniya Metz
Real Madrid Feyenoord Rapid Vienna
Auxerre Liverpool Fenerbahce
Parma Ferencvaros Sporting
Real Zaragoza Monaco Dinamo Moscow
Benfica Nantes Werder Bremen
Dinamo Kiev Grasshoppers IFK Goteborg
AS Roma Internazionale Bordeaux