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.There are four social events in Football Tycoon, a Bookmakers, a Nightclub, a Casino and a Racecourse. You can visit one event per week and try to win yourself some extra money or meet better contacts.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 clubs.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.Hello, ++We have finished upgrading one of the stands of your stadium. If you want us to upgrade anything else select your stadium and then select 'Upgrade Stadium'Welcome to Dynamo Roulette!++To bet you must press 'FIRE' and then place your chips on the board using the directional buttons. Each chip value is displayed on the screen, you can only bet up to the table limit. When you have placed all your bets, press the left softkey to spin.Welcome to Dynamo's Fruit Machine! ++To play you must press the left softkey and the fruit machine will automatically spin. Each spin costs you $1000.You will randomly win holds, up to two wheels can be held at one time. Holds are not carried to the next turn if not used. Win by matching one of the combinations displayed on the fruit machine.++Good luck!Please enjoy your game.You can leave the table by pressing the right softkey. Once you have placed a bet, you can remove it by pressing the right softkey. You will leave the table automatically when you have lost all your money.++Good luck!Place your bets please.No more bets please.Congratulations!++You have won $ in chips.You have broke even.Unlucky!++You have lost $You have lost all your money and will now leave the Roulette table.++Goodbye.Do you want to leave the game?Thank you for playing.++Goodbye.Do you want to enter this event? You are only able to enter an event once a weekYou just made your first bet, you will be sent a text message with the results of the game you made the bet on. ++Betting for or against your own club may hurt your fan and manager support.The minigame is now closed, please come back next weekWelcome to Stadium Upgrade Ltd. That’s a mighty fine stadium you've got there but I think we can make some adjustments to give it a little extra magic. ++Press FIRE to select a stand to upgrade, we normally take 4 weeks to complete an upgrade and you won't be able to use it while we work.The number of fans that you have coming to your matches has exceeded your stadium capacity! You can upgrade your stadium by pressing FIRE while the stadium is selected. 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I have no idea what you are asking for: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 FT Bookmakers will be your best stop if you want to make a flutter on the upcoming league games.Strut your stuff on the dance floor and try to impress the other guests at the FT Nightclub.With a roulette table and a slot machine the FT Casino is the place to go to get your gambling fix.Fancy a more sophisticated type of gambling? Visit the FT Racecourse to make some bets on the world famous horses.Each event has it's own mini game inside. These events will attract a different level of agent, make sure you try to find the agents with players most suitable for your team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, I suggest you keep your eyes on the Football Tycoon news for all of the latest developments in the world of football. ++First of all you should setup your team by pressing the LSK and selecting one of the teams. Good luck in becoming the richest tycoon!You have just received your first message. Messages are sent from various people and will contain important information about your team's progress and special event updates.++ 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. Alternatively you can cycle through the squad sheets accessed via the league tables. ++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.If you can't find the agent you're looking for you should talk to some of the people who are at the event. Some of them will know when you can meet the agents you're looking for.+Every 12 weeks you will be taken to a meeting with your board of directors. Depending on your actions over the previous weeks you may be given some Tycoon Awards.++To find out more about the awards you can choose 'Help' from the Options menu.