﻿Welcome to Football Tycoon. You are now in charge of . You need to use all of your skills to get your club to the top while also keeping a balanced budget. Remember that your public perception will stay with you no matter how many times you move club.+Construction CompanyManagerGuideCroupierBank ManagerI'm Anna your personal assistant and will help you throughout your new career. ++I will be here to give you help and advice throughout your game.The bar at the top of the screen allows you to quickly view important information such as any new messages, your personal funds, game speed and the date.There are four different speed settings in the game. You can change the game speed either by pressing the * button on your keypad or by selecting it in the options menu and pressing FIRE.From your stadium you can check how well your club is doing and get information such as how big your stadium is and your clubs value. Stadium upgrades are also done from here, investing in your stadium will increase your fans happiness and club revenue. You must move money from your personal account into your new clubs available funds. This will allow you to assign money to your manager and stop the bank manager from knocking at your door. ++You can move money at any time by selecting the Bank and choosing 'Transfer Funds'.Your club is about to play their first league match, you can view the match details by pressing the FIRE button when prompted or you can skip the match by waiting until the prompt disappears.Your club is about to play their first cup match, if your club wins the cup you will receive the admiration of your fans and a large cash prize. It looks like your fans are not happy with the direction you're taking them club. You can make them happier by changing the budgets of your Finance, Marketing, Coaching or Media teams.You just added this agent to your list, you can now access his player list from the quick menu.Welcome to your first event, if you feeling a little lost find the bartender who will give you advice about the events. ++Remember that you need to add some agents to your contact list before you can meet them. You can find agents in the media center or by using the squad sheets accessed via the league tables.                    Just stop right there! You can't sack this player or I will be short of players for the squad. If you're wanting to sack him instruct your manager to buy someone to replace him first.I've just sold the last player I could, it would make me happier to know we had some people in reserve if something happens to our first team.Your team tactics will determine your fan happiness, manager happiness and income. When you change your spending on any area it will take a few weeks for the changes to make a difference. ++You will see a smaller, darker bar which will indicate the estimated consequences of your changes This is your rival teams stadium, you are competing for the highest percentage of the cities fans. The 'Fans' bar at the top of the screen indicates the current percentage of fans who are loyal to your club.++I will show you the four events now.     The quick menu is the fastest way to get to most of the games features. You can access the quick menu by pressing the left soft key (LSK) when ever the icon is shown.You're about to start the game, first of all you should setup your team by pressing the LSK and selecting one of the teams.You have just received your first message. Messages are sent from various people and will contain important information about your team's progress.++ Access your messages using the Quick Menu and selecting messages.You will know when you receive a message because the message icon will flash and your handset will vibrate. If you would prefer not to receive a vibration they can be switched off in the options menu.The FT Cup is a 32 team tournament which runs through the season. Cup matches are played on Wednesdays. ++Winning the cup will grant you a financial and fan happiness bonus so check back often to check your team progress.You are playing a challenge which means you need to meet specific goals to complete the game.++You can find out what these goals are and how many have been completed by entering the Quick Menu -> Your Name -> Challenge ProgressYour manager will buy and sell players according to your instructions. By specifying the �Transfer Budget� and �Selling Player Attitude� options, you control his actions. Your manager can only buy players that are equal to or below your teams best player. ++In order to sign the best players you need to negotiate the transfer through an agent. You must build up your contacts list by adding player agents. This can be done in several ways. You can add agents from the Media Centers top players lists. Once you have added an agent, you can select them in the contacts list which is in the quick menu.The top bar will show you your personal and club funds. ++ Personal Funds ++ Club Funds ++You must move money from your personal account to the clubs account to make any purchases like players and stadium upgrades.  