GRAHAM TAYLOR SOCCER CHALLENGE KRISALIS SOFTWARE LTD FULL MANUAL TYPED IN BY--->> POB<<--- THE LOONS... P1 CLUB MANAGMENT LOADING THE GAME Ensure that your computer is turned off before loading turn on the computer and insert DISK 1 in the drive the game will autoboot..... upon uploading you will be faced with a choice of NEW GAME or RESTORE GAME=to continue a saved game select=RESTORE=otherwise start a new game by highlighting the text and clicking the left mouse button RESTORE Follow on-screen prompts to continue a saved game..... NEW GAME Before starting the game you have a chance to alter the set up of teams and players,to allow you to keep the league up to date... CHANGING TEAM/PLAYERS NAMES To alter select on screen-menus and use the keyboard to enter new text when prompted press the RETURN key when you are happy with the new game.. STARTING THE GAME After proceeding from the set-up menu(by clicking on start game)you will be shown a list of the ³rd division teams who are currently without a manager you may choose to join any of these.Next select whether to start wth a manager,or load a previously saved career details if starting a new manager you will be required to type in your name using the keyboard and push RETURN... THE MAIN MENU This consits of the four icons clicking by the mouse over any of these will bring up a menu of choices some of which may lead to a further menu PLAYERS ICON A)Tranees. B)Transfers. C)Scouts. D)Injures/Suspensions. E)Squad. F)Medical records. G)Re-negotiate Contracts (A)TRANEES As well as you main squad of players you also have a team of trainees who may be signed to your squad or step into replace injured players on the match day as these players are very young and inexperianced their skills will not match those of first team players ,however, they will increase with age........ P2 MAIN MENU(cont) The trainee squad names are displayed on the screen at the bottom are icons for recruiting new trainees offering a full contract,releasing trainees and exit Alternatively clicking on any of the names will show the details of that player including his contract expiry date,date of birth and skill evaluation..... All trainees contracts expire on there 17th birthday when this date is reached you must decide on the players future with the club the choice will be given to either release the player, offer a full contract or remain a trainee. The player will then decide to accept or to leave the club......... A player may only remain a trainee until the age of 29 after which he may decide to leave the club........ NEGOTIATING CONTRACTS When settling a full contract you must decide between monthly or yearly length and the salary per-annum although trainee players are not to demanding due their enthusiasm on joining the first sqaud.......... TRANSFERS 1)Loan in- you may enquire with any club with a view to loaning one of their players at any time although the loan depends on many circumstances the player will not join your club if he is one of the top players and required for his team if the club is quite a distance and he doesnt wish to travel or if he required to drop down a couple of divisions....... You may only loan 5 players per season with 2 at 1 time the minimum loan period is 28 days with usual maximum of 3 months in special circumstances this may be increased with the league permission.... 2)Transfer player- placing a player on the transfer list alerts other clubs to his availability and so increases the number of incoming bids when selecting this option you will be required to enter the price you expect to receive for the player see the pricing table for average prices.. 3)Bid for player- you may take an offer to any club for one of their players whether he is on the clubs transfer list or not the chances of buying him when not on the list however are more unlikely,particualy if the player is one of the most valued at the club if the club agress to the sale you must negotiate a contract with the player in question be sure to offer an attractive package or the player will turn you down dont try to offer too high a price or your board of directors will veto the move........ 4)Examine bids- this allows you to view all offers from other clubs for your players these may or not on the transfer list clicking on a players name will show any interested clubs and a figure they are offering a further click on any of these will allow you to enter into negotiations with that club click on the relevant icon to accept or reject the bid or exit.Exiting will leave the club hanging on but they may drop there bid in the circumstance...... 5)Examine transfers- click on this option to view transfer listed players from all clubs along with their prices...... P3 NOTES FOR TRANSFERS SCOUTS You may send scouts on duty click on his name if he has a report available already this will be shown at this point.Otherwise you will be required to select a team or players for him to watch.The next time this team/player plays the scout will report to you the scouts duties may be altered at any time.This option is useful for summaris- ing the skills of future opponenets or evaluating a player you wish to buy.. INJURIES/SUSPENSIONS Selecting this option allows you to see which players are unavailable for playing due to being injured/suspended the lengh of time for which they will be out of action is also shown although in case of injuriesi is varied SQUAD This menu allows you to access statistics and information for your senior squad.Click on any option to view each page...... MEDICAL RECORDS Clicking on any name will show all the injuries previosly sustained by that player.This page shows the date the injury occured,injury type and the lengh of time that the player was out of action....... RE-NEGOTIATE CONTRACT Players may be offerd a new contract at any time all contracts expire on june 30th so for example offering offering on ıst of june 1992 means it will expire on june 30th 1993 players will choose to accept or not P4 STATICS ICONS A) FIXTURES B) CUP DRAWS C) TABLES D) TOP SCORERS E) HISTORY A)FIXTURES Selecting this allows you to view cup and league fixtures and results for any team in the league and confrence.Along-side each fixture the match type is given as:- LGE=LEAGUE MATCH RUM=RUMBELOWS LEAGUE CUP ZEN=ZDS CUP AGT=AUTO GLASS TROPHY B)CUP DRAWS Click on the required competition and view the fixtures for the current round c)TABLES Display the league table for any of the 5 divisions ,select the required division by clicking on the relevant icon the top section of the table is shown first and clicking on the NEXT icon will toggle top/bottom....... D)TOP SCORERS Shows the highest scoring players for each division with a breakdown of totals for various competitions......... E)HISTORY Displays a record of your clubs performance in the league and cup over 5 years P5 MANAGER ICON A)DAIRY B)STATUS C)MATCH INFO A)DAIRY This is the page that revolves around as its from here that you advance and play the days events this dairy shows ²weeks at a time with passed dates hatched in red........ B)STATUS This is a personal record of you manergerial career as well as an asseess- ment of your progress,The first page display shows your current status and clicking on NEXT will display your history............. C)MATCH INFO To begin the match push left mouse button and the players will run out on to the field/click the button again to do instant team set-up.. hold right mouse to speed the clock up/to subsitute a player hold down left mouse button then you should be shown a list then move the pointer the sub who you want to come on click left mouse button the player who you want to take out left mouse button on the name.... then push right mouse button to continue game......... P6 PRICING CHARTS TRANSFER FEE CHART DIVISION | VALUE RANGE -------------------------------------- PREMIER DIVISION | 250,000 3,000,000 -------------------------------------- DIVISION 1 | 70,000 500,000 -------------------------------------- DIVISION 2 | 30,000 85,000 -------------------------------------- DIVISION 3 | 25,000 60,000 -------------------------------------- GM CONFRENCE | 1,000 10,000 WAGE CHART DIVISION | SALARY RANGE ------------------------------------ PREMIER DIVISION | 90,000 150,000 ------------------------------------ DIVISION 1 | 30,000 50,000 ------------------------------------ DIVISION 2 | 14,000 27,000 ------------------------------------ DIVISION 3 | 13,000 18,000 ------------------------------------ GM CONFRENCE | 6,000 10,000 LOONS LOONS LOONS LOONS LOONS LOONS LOONS LOONS LOONS LOONS LOONS LOONS LOONS