Football Boardroom news & patch notes

Youth academy

Find it

The academy lives under Team → Academy

Steady flow of young players

You start with a small group of prospects

• New names trickle in through the season

• Season review still brings a bonus intake, but it is no longer the only time you see new talent

Where to look: Team → Academy → Overview

Academy finances

A new Finances tab breaks down what the academy costs you each week and what you have invested in upgrades this season.

Where to look: Team → Academy → Finances

Youth player profiles

Click any academy player from the overview or youth teams and you get a full profile: attributes, development, academy history, and director actions where they make sense.

Youth players also have their own portrait art instead of generic placeholders.

Where to look: Team → Academy → Overview or Youth teams → click a player

Clearer prospect stages

Prospects are signed academy players waiting to be placed in a youth squad. They are not unsigned trialists, and they will not disappear just because you have not promoted them yet.

The game now makes that clearer in the UI, and the buttons you see match where that player actually is:

• Unassigned prospects: assign to U18 or U21, or send on loan

• U18 / U21 players: promote, recommend to the manager, loan, or move back to the unassigned pool

• Players on loan: recall or extend

On the overview tab, prospect cards focus on Assign U18 and Assign U21. First-team decisions come once they are in a youth squad or when the manager steps in.

The academy runs itself (you can still override)

Your head of youth and manager now handle much of the routine work:

• Prospects get placed into U18 or U21 squads over time

• The manager promotes youth when the first team needs cover

• Your Recommend promotion to manager choice still carries weight

When something happens, check This week in the academy on the overview tab.

You keep full override power from any youth profile under Director actions, or from the quick assign buttons on prospect cards.

Italian League Pyramid

Italy is now playable as a nation in the pyramid, with its own league structure and club ecosystem. If you have been waiting to run a club in Italy, this build is the one to try.

Quick guide: where do I click?

I want to…

Go to…

See my prospects

Team → Academy → Overview

Check academy costs

Team → Academy → Finances

Manage U18 / U21 squads

Team → Academy → Youth teams

Handle development loans

Team → Academy → Loans

Open a youth player profile

Click their name or face on Overview or Youth teams

Nudge the manager on a promotion

Open profile → Recommend promotion to manager

Read academy inbox stories

Hub → Messages

Existing saves

Your current save should carry over. The game will update your academy and fan data automatically when you load in.

If anything looks off after updating, start a fresh save for a clean run through the new academy flow, then compare with your main career.

Thanks again for supporting Football Boardroom. If you spot something weird in the academy or the forums, tell us what you were doing and where you were in the menus. That helps a lot.

Good luck with the youth policy.

Club Soul Update

This update adds terrace culture, living rivalries, a legends hall, a museum you curate yourself, pre-season chairman rituals, and a reworked stadium screen. Existing saves upgrade automatically when you load them.

Starting your story: founding myth

New careers ask how you took over the club. Your choice shapes early fan sentiment and gets written into club history from week one.

Path: New career → Director setup → Step 8 · Founding myth → pick Phoenix, Local saviour, Corporate raider, or Fan consortium → continue setup

Terrace culture studio

Shape how your supporters sound and look on match day. Name your ultras group, pick a chant flavour pack, choose a signature tifo, and optionally auto-schedule it for the next home derby. Supporter groups have preferences. Give them what they want and trust holds up. Ignore them and terrace satisfaction drops.

Chant packs are nation-specific where your pyramid supports it. Match recaps now call out which terrace voice dominated and how much of the singing came from your players' names.

Path: Club → Fans → Terrace culture studio

To create tifos first: Club → Fans → Visuals tab

Rivalries

Rivalries are a full system now, not just flavour text.

Local derbies seed from where your club sits on the map. Grudges grow from repeated defeats, humiliations, title races, cup meetings, and promotion or survival battles. A fixture counts as a derby when you share a settlement, have declared the opponent, or rivalry heat hits 50. That last rule stops random top-six games being called derbies when there is no real bad blood.

Rivalry centre (new tab)

See every opponent you have history with: heat level, how the fans feel, win/loss streaks, and key moments that built the grudge.

Path: Club → Rivalries

Click any rivalry card to open the Rivalry dossier with:

• All-time head to head (wins, draws, losses, goals)

• Recent meetings

• Pantomime villains (opposition players who have done you harm). Click a name to open their player profile where the game knows who they are

• A timeline of how heat changed after big results

From the Rivalries screen, use Declare a rival on the club map to jump to the map.

Board Picked rival (one per career at the moment)

As well as the dynamic rivalries above, the board can pick one club and make the hatred official: geographic neighbour, philosophical opposite, or chosen enemy. Forged rivals get a permanent heat bonus and extra terrace weight on match day.

Path: Team → Map → click a club → Declare rivalry

Geographic declarations only work for clubs in the same settlement.

Club legends (new tab)

One home for everyone the club should remember.

Path: Club → Legends

Four tabs:

Tab

What it does

Hall of Fame

Inducted legends with career stats, bios, and actions

Candidates

Players the fans want honoured when they qualify

Board picks

Declare a legend early from current or former players. Search, filter by position, sort by name, apps, goals, or position. Rushing a board pick can upset supporters

Former players

Archive of players who left the club

From the Hall of Fame you can:

• Erect statue at the stadium (cost scales with club stature)

• Retire shirt number so it never gets handed out again

• Display in museum to jump straight to their Legend Gallery slot

Retired shirts and historic kits from your kit history can appear as museum exhibits once legends are inducted.

Living museum

Build the Museum Wing in your stadium Business District, then curate five rooms of club history:

Trophy Room (league and cup wins)

Legend Gallery (player portraits and historic shirts as separate exhibits)

Season Wall (promotions, great seasons, turning points)

Stadium Story (completed district buildings shown as they really look)

Chairman's Corner (your director chronicle: origins, culture calls, rebrands, promises, transfer decisions, pyro and noisemaker policy moments)

Each room has three display slots. Tap a slot, pick from suggested exhibits, then Set, Swap, or Clear. Trophy wins ping the curator when the wing is built.

Paths:

• Club → Stadium → View Museum

• Club → Stadium → View Business District → Museum Wing → Curate exhibits

• Club → Legends → inducted legend → Display in museum

Chairman ritual calendar

Each pre-season, pick three events that set the tone for the year ahead. Options show as visual cards with cost and supporter impact. Scheduled rituals fire through your inbox and Sport Wire when their week arrives.

Path: Hub → Chairman ritual calendar (pre-season only) → pick 3 events → Confirm calendar

Once the season starts, the Hub shows your scheduled rituals and progress.

Rebrand gamble

Later in a successful career, your commercial team may push a risky rebrand: new kit, badge refresh, anthem change. Accept and ride out the press arc. Ultras may revolt if it goes wrong.

Path: Hub → Modernize the brand? banner (when offered) → Gamble on rebrand or Leave heritage alone

Match day: skip to result

When you already know the lineup and do not want live playback, skip straight to the full-time report.

Path: Match day → team announced (trust the manager or send your briefing) → Skip to result

The button only appears after the team is confirmed. You land on the normal full-time report, not live match view.

Quick reference

Feature

How to get there

Founding myth

New career → Director setup → Step 8

Terrace culture

Club → Fans → Terrace culture studio

Rivalry list

Club → Rivalries

Rivalry dossier

Club → Rivalries → click a rivalry

Declare rival

Team → Map → click club → Declare rivalry

Legends hall

Club → Legends

Board-declared legend

Club → Legends → Board picks

Museum curator

Club → Stadium → View Museum

Museum from district

Club → Stadium → View Business District → Museum Wing

Pre-season rituals

Hub → Chairman ritual calendar

Rebrand offer

Hub → Modernize the brand? banner

Stadium dashboard

Club → Stadium

Skip to result

Match day → team announced → Skip to result

Transfer sale proceeds

What changed

When you sell a player, the fee now goes to your bank balance by default, not straight into the transfer war chest. That matches how real clubs handle sales and makes it easier to see the money land in Finances.

New chairman setting

In Office → Budgets, you can choose where sale fees go:

• Club treasury (default): fees hit your bank balance first

• Transfer war chest: fees go straight into your signing budget, like before

Funding signings

If you use treasury mode, move money from your bank balance into the transfer war chest when you want to spend on players. There is a new Add from treasury option on the transfer war chest card.

Clearer feedback

After a sale, you will see a message saying whether the fee went to treasury or the war chest. The Finances screen also shows your current sale routing setting.

For players who noticed the old behaviour

If you sold a player and did not see your bank balance move, the money was going to the transfer pot. With this update, it goes to treasury unless you switch the setting back to war chest.

Economy balance update

The below fixes are part of an ongoing, wider, economic balance (especially as we add more leagues and nations). So we will keep adding to this and improving this - keep your feedback coming in!

Lower league survival

• New games start with a bit more club treasury on all difficulties.

• Tier 4 (County League) clubs get an extra $80,000 starting buffer.

• Tier 3 clubs get an extra $25,000 starting buffer.

• Tier 4 TV income is slightly higher ($1,250 per week instead of $1,000).

Sponsors

• Local and lower league shirt deals pay more each week (roughly $55 to $75 instead of about $40).

• Tier 3 sponsor income got a small boost too.

New game screen

• The setup wizard now shows your full starting club treasury, including any lower league buffer.

What did not change

• Wages, transfer budgets, and prize money are the same.

• Going bankrupt still triggers the Administration screen.

• You still get 2 emergency board loans per career via Take loan & continue season.

Tips if money is tight

• Check Hub for treasury and runway.

• Use Club → Finances and Office → Treasury before big spends.

• Sign a shirt sponsor early in lower divisions.

hi Everyone, 3 relatively big updates in this weekend release, please check out the release notes below. If you have any feedback, as always, please put it in the Steam Discussions, we read all posts!

More Leagues v1. Release Notes

This part of the update adds more leagues to Football Boardroom. You can now start a save in England, Spain, Germany, France, or Greece, each with its own division names, cup competitions, and league branding.

Important context: this is the first iteration of the league additions. We plan to expand this over time and give each nation more of its own flavour. Examples on the roadmap include nation-specific sponsors (e.g. Spanish-style sponsors in a Spanish save, Spanish style chants, etc), atmosphere, and other local touches. For now, the focus is on getting the pyramid structure, UI, and economy working correctly across nations.

A note for German League saves: Football Boardroom currently uses the same director-led club structure across all nations. We know German football has its own distinctive ownership and governance traditions, including member control and the 50+1 model etc. We will explore how these can be better represented more authentically in a future update (and if you have any feedback, or input on it, let us know :) !)

A note on multiple leagues in one save: at the moment, you cannot consecutively play different leagues (e.g. you cant move between England to Spain and then to France on one save, but this is planned for later updates, where you could potentially own multiple clubs or sell clubs and move to other countries etc - we are still working out how this can best work in the game!)

Choose your nation and division

Click path: Main menu → New Game → Director wizard → Pyramid

• Pick England, Spain, Germany, France, or Greece

• Italy shows Coming Soon and is not playable yet as we didnt get time to add the rules for Italy yet, but Italy will be the next league we add.

• Each nation has the right number of tier tabs and takeover costs

• Confirm screen shows the correct nation (e.g. "Spain — Liga Federación")

Display currency (USD, GBP, EUR)

NOte that we have added USD, GBP and EURO to the game, so you can see things in your relevant currency. We can add more currencies as we go!

Click path: New Game → Difficulty → Display currency

• Toggle $ USD, £ GBP, or € EUR (1:1 display only, no exchange rates yet)

• Applies in wizard previews, Hub, Director → Treasury, and Team → Manager → Contract

In-game nation branding

• Team → League: correct division names and nation-specific league logos

• Team → Cup: nation cup names (e.g. Trofeo del Sol / Trofeo Federación for Spain)

• Club → Map: nation flag in the header

League Profile (new)

Click path: Team → League → Profile

Rules, weekly broadcast pay, end-of-season prize table, and roll of honour for the tier you are viewing. Prizes and TV money respect your pyramid (bottom divisions do not pay like the top flight).

Caveats (this iteration)

• Italy not playable

• Currency is display-only and there is not yet the complexity of multi currency and conversion rates etc.

• Deeper nation flavour (sponsors, atmosphere, etc.) planned for future updates

• Some screens outside the main boardroom flow may still show $

• Please keep the feedback coming in so i can make things more authentic

Nation Map Tab v1. Release Notes

Getting there

Open your club from the boardroom, then go to Team > Map.

This screen shows every club in your nation on an interactive map. You can browse rivals, scout other divisions, and open quick club previews without leaving the map.

Explore the nation map

The map uses OpenStreetMap and plots clubs across your country. Each club appears as a coloured pin in its home town or city. Pins are placed at settlement level, not at real stadium addresses, so the view stays readable when many clubs share the same area.

Note: at the moment, the map layer is loaded via the internet (to keep file size down etc), so you will need an internet connection to view the map, however, if this is an issue for anyone, I can look to invest time in bringing the map and files locally into the game exe.

Colour coding by division

• Each league tier has its own pin colour.

• A legend above the map explains which colour matches which division.

• Your club is marked with a star on the map and in the legend.

Filter by division

Use the filter pills at the top:

• All clubs shows the full pyramid.

• Individual division pills (for example Premier League, Championship) show only clubs from that tier.

If you filter to a division that does not include your club, a banner appears: Your club is hidden by this filter — show all clubs. Click it to reset the filter.

Towns with several clubs

Some settlements have more than one club. You will see a town badge pin (map pin icon) for those areas. Click it to open a popup listing every club in that town. Click a club name in the list to open its preview.

Switch between Map and List

Use the Map / List toggle in the header to change view:

• Map view: pan and zoom the nation map; click a club pin to preview that club.

• List view: scroll a searchable list of clubs; click a row to preview that club.

In List view, use the search box to find clubs by club name or town. Each row shows the club name, town, and a coloured tier marker. Your club is marked with a star.

Club preview panel

When you select a club (from a map pin, list row, or town popup), a preview panel opens on the side. This gives you a quick snapshot before opening the full profile.

Header

• Club badge, name, motto

• Division and home town

• Quick chips for:

  • Your club (if it is yours)

  • League position and points (when available)

  • Recent form

  • Fan base

  • Reputation

League standing

For clubs in your division, you see:

• Their current position in the table

• A compact 3-row standings snippet: the club above, the selected club, and the club below

• Columns: position, club name, points, and goal difference

• The selected club row is highlighted

• Your club gets a faint highlight if it appears in those three rows

Click View full table to open the complete league table in a modal.

For clubs in other divisions, live standings are not simulated. Instead you see a short note:

Live standings are only tracked for \. This club is in \.

You can still click View your division table to open your own live table from the map.

Stadium

• Stadium name, summary, and capacity

Manager

• Name, style, and preferred formation

Key players

• Top six players by overall rating, with shirt number, position, and portrait

Actions

• Full club profile opens the full club sheet (same as clicking a club name elsewhere in the game)

• Close (or the X in the header) dismisses the preview and returns you to the map

Full league table modal

Open it from the preview panel via View full table or View your division table.

The modal shows:

• Title: your division name (pyramid-aware, so it matches your nation’s league names)

• Subtitle: season number and matchday progress (for example Season 2 · Matchday 14/38)

• Full sorted table with columns: #, Club, P, W, D, L, GD, Pts

Highlights

• The selected map club row is highlighted (when they are in your division)

• Your club row is highlighted separately

Navigation

• Click any club name in the table to open that club’s full profile. The modal closes automatically.

• Click the X or click outside the modal to close it.

Good to know

• Live tables apply to your division only. Lower or higher tiers do not have simulated weekly standings on the map yet.

• Map availability depends on your nation. Playable nations show the full map; nations marked as coming soon show a placeholder instead.

• Your position chip stays in the preview header for a quick glance, while the standings snippet adds context about who is above and below in the table.

Quick reference: common paths

What you want

How to get there

Open the nation map

Team > Map

Preview a club on the map

Team > Map → click a club pin

Preview a club from a list

Team > Map → switch to List → click a row

Preview a club in a busy town

Team > Map → click town badge pin → click club name

See who is above/below in the table

Team > Map → select a club in your division → League standing section

Open the full league table

Team > Map → select a club → View full table (or View your division table for other tiers)

Open a club’s full profile from the map

Team > Map → select club → Full club profile

Open a club from the league table modal

Team > Map → View full table → click club name

Club Politics & Influence (v 0.1)

Football Boardroom is starting to lean into what we want it to be... less about picking formations, more about who you annoy when you make a call. The below are some updates related to this vision, and it is a first pass, not the finished version. Plenty more coming on board drama, agents, league power, and fan pressure.

The big idea

Every week you are balancing people, not just money. Decisions should please one group and wind up another. Reputation is split out so you can see who trusts you and who does not, instead of one vague “club rep” number.

What’s in this build

Who trusts you (Portal)

Five relationship tracks: Fans, Owners, Media, Agents, Manager. Shown as Happy / OK / Furious, not spreadsheets.

Where: Hub (Portal overview) → Who trusts you card

These feed into sponsors, spending headroom, transfer fees, and who picks up the phone when things go wrong.

Club board

Named directors with different agendas (investor, local owner, fan rep, sponsor rep, director of football). Big spends and crises can trigger board votes. You are not always blocked outright; you can approve, compromise, lobby, delay, or reject.

Where: Club → Board Also: Hub → Messages (board category)

Manager requests

Your manager asks for things (signings, budget, academy minutes, staff). You respond with Approve, Delay, Reject, or Promise next window. Trust moves with how you handle them.

Where: Team → Manager → Overview → Manager requests Also: Hub → Messages (manager category)

Fan factions

Supporters split into four groups: Ultras, Season ticket holders, Local community, Family supporters. They care about different things and react differently (ticket prices, youth sales, etc.).

Where: Club → Fans → Overview

Supporters’ forum

When fan unrest spikes, a supporters’ forum can be scheduled. The meeting screen now actually opens in Boardroom mode (it was getting stuck in the background before). Answer the agenda and publish minutes, or defer once per season if you have to.

Where: Full-screen overlay when a forum is waiting Also: Club → Fans (green banner when one is pending)

Press with consequences

Press conferences can pull questions from what is going on (finances, manager sack, academy, board splits). Answers hit fan trust, sponsor confidence, journalist mood, and squad morale.

Where: Overlay when triggered, often from Hub → Messages (press)

League politics

Mid-season league votes (VAR, FFP, foreign limits, etc.), influence tier (Outsider / Insider / Power broker), TV deal choices, and owners’ dinner beats in the inbox. Separate from League Assembly, which still runs on the longer constitutional cycle.

Where: Club → League politics Also: Hub → Messages (league category)

Super agents

Three named agents with different reach (local, national, global). Upset the wrong one and fees go up, listings dry up, or the market can freeze until you apologise, pay up, or wait it out.

Where: Hub → Messages (market freeze) Also: Transfers (fee warnings when an agent is unhappy)

Inbox

Most of the above lands as Messages first: board votes, manager asks, league votes, agent freeze, owners’ dinner. Reply there, then check Portal or the relevant tab to see the fallout.

Where: Hub → Messages

What this is not (yet)

• Not a full board simulation or FM-style politics layer yet, but this is the vision

• Not every stakeholder has deep AI or long memory arcs yet

• League politics is inbox-first, not a full owners’ league sim yet

• Agent network is three agents, not a full market gatekeeper ecosystem yet

• Fan factions react to events; they are not a full protest/riot sim yet

We will keep layering on compromise, favors, chronicle beats, and tighter hooks into transfers, sponsors, and the season arc.

Hi everyone, below are some more updates for this week. As always, we plan to add and enhance these updates further as we go, and add many more features and polish.

If you have any suggestions, bug reports or feedback, let us know in the forums!

Thanks for playing!

Chairman Goals

What this is

You now set public season objectives as chairman. Fans, sponsors, and the press will hold you to them.

How it works

At the start of each season, a Season objectives meeting modal appears. You must lock in exactly two promises before the season really gets going.

You can pick a stance to auto-fill your two goals:

• Hands off · stability and fan mood

• Conservative · avoid trouble and stay profitable

• Recommended · balanced targets for your club

• Ambitious · title, Europe, or a marquee signing

• Custom · choose any two from the pool yourself

The pool rotates by league tier and season, so different saves and different years feel different. There are 13 promise types in the catalog (you will only see the ones your tier allows):

Promise

What it means

Win the league

Finish first

Reach the playoffs

Finish in the top six

Avoid relegation

Stay out of the relegation zone

Sign a star player

Bring in a marquee signing

Build new facilities

Complete stadium or training work

Finish profitable

End the season in the black

Promote academy talent

Give youth players a real first-team path

Sell smart

Sell with discipline and profit

Stay unbeaten in the derby

No losses to your local rival

Qualify for Europe

Reach European competition

Produce internationals

Get players into national squads

Keep fans happy

Keep supporter mood above the floor

Make the district pay

Earn enough from the stadium district over the season (fully scored from R1-S4)

Where to find it

Set promises: appears automatically in pre-season (or when a new season is pending).

Track progress mid-season: Hub → Overview → Your promises → View details Each goal shows a progress bar and a current/target readout (for example profit so far, derby record, fan mood).

End of season: When the Season Review opens, check the Results step. Each promise shows Kept or Failed.

What happens if you fail

Broken promises hit reputation, fan happiness, and can trigger a sponsor payment penalty plus a Sport Wire reaction. Keeping both promises gives a meaningful boost across the board.

Transfer Drama

What this is

Big transfers now come with owner pressure, not just numbers on a spreadsheet.

Two new scenarios

1. Fan protest (selling a star) When you agree to sell a key player (overall rating at or above your league tier threshold), the Supporters' Trust lands in your inbox.

Hub → Messages · subject: Fans plan protest if you sell \

Your options:

• Sell anyway

• Keep player

• Promise not to sell

Each choice has different fan mood and deal consequences. Sport Wire may react after you decide.

2. Transfer leak (buying a player) When you agree a bid for an incoming signing, the story can leak before paperwork is done.

Hub → Messages · subject: Press heard about your bid for \

Your options:

• Deny

• Hold firm

• Accelerate deal (can push the fee up but gets the deal moving)

You do not need to open the Transfers screen to resolve these. The inbox is the main surface. Deals still work through Market → Transfers as before.

Stadium District

What this is

Your club can now build around the ground, not just upgrade individual stands. This is the first layer of the Business District income loop.

Four district projects

Open Club → Stadium and scroll to Your district.

Project

Rough cost

Build time

Weekly income

Fan mood

Hotel

$2.5M

10 weeks

circa $18k

+3

Museum Wing

$1.2M

6 weeks

circa $8k

+5

Retail Units

$800k

5 weeks

circa $12k

+2

Commercial Offices

$1.5M

8 weeks

circa $15k

+1

Each card shows cost, build weeks, income, and fan impact. Tap Build to start.

Rules

• One active district build at a time. Finish or wait out the current project before starting another.

• While building, a progress bar counts down the remaining weeks.

• When complete, the project pays district income every week (separate from matchday ticket money).

• Large spends may trigger a Fans Advisory Board consult, same as other major stadium decisions.

Completed projects also count toward the Build new facilities chairman promise.

Stadium District Income

What this is

District income is now a visible part of club finances, not a hidden ledger line. This is the headline release for the stadium district loop.

Matchday vs district split

Office → Treasury

At the top of Treasury you will see a rolling split chip, for example: Matchday 48% · District 52%

That percentage reflects the last four weeks of income. Matchday covers tickets and hospitality. District covers hotel, retail, museum, offices, and related off-match income.

District income every week

District projects pay even on away weeks when there is no home fixture. You are building a year-round business, not just a gate receipt.

Hub → Overview → District income shows what landed this week and which building is the top earner.

Office → Treasury → Business District (expand the panel) shows:

• District income this week

• Running costs

• District net

• Status of each completed building

Chairman promise hook

Make the district pay is now fully scored at season end. Pick it in pre-season if you want the board to judge you on district earnings, not just results.

Stadium events

When certain district milestones complete, you can get a short +10% district income boost for a few weeks. Watch Treasury and the Hub district panel for the bump.

Relationships

What this is

Your working relationship with the manager and your club's standing with a key agent now matter in gameplay, not just flavour text.

Manager trust

Trust is shown as a simple three-state meter, not a spreadsheet of numbers:

State

Meaning

Happy

Strong working relationship

OK

Normal working relationship

Furious

Relationship in trouble

Where to see it

• Team → Manager → Overview · full trust meter on the manager card

• Hub → Overview · Manager trust chip next to your other season trackers

Trust moves when you back or undermine the manager through inbox decisions (support through a bad run, sack without consultation, meddling calls, and similar owner choices).

Low trust gameplay effects

• Higher risk of manager poach scenarios

• More resistance when you override football decisions

• Harder transfer market conditions (see agent below)

Marco Vale (club agent contact)

Every club now has a named agent contact: Marco Vale, a national deal-maker with a noisy corner of the transfer market.

If relations are poor (manager Furious tier):

• Transfer fees can run ~10% higher

• Transfer leaks (from R1-S2) become more likely

If trust is Happy, fees can come in slightly cheaper.

You will feel this through transfer drama and deal costs rather than a separate NPC screen in this release.

Unexpected Events

What this is

Random season shocks are now capped, paced, and often need a chairman decision from the inbox instead of a passive news line.

Season surprise budget

Hub → Overview → Surprises: X of 3

Each season allows up to 3 surprise events. There is a 2-week cooldown between them, so they cannot stack back to back every week.

The meter resets at the start of each new season.

Five new inbox choice events

When eligible, these arrive in Hub → Messages with two clear action buttons each:

Event

When it can fire

Your choices

Stadium flood

After recent district construction

Pay repair · Insurance claim

FFP warning

Wage bill too high vs revenue

Prepare star sale · Freeze wages

Sponsor scandal

Active kit sponsor deal

Drop sponsor · Ride it out

VAR controversy

Lost your last two matches

Back refs · Criticise

TV rights bump

Top-tier club in the top six

Reinvest · Bank it

Older passive random events still exist, but they now respect the same 3 per season cap and cooldown.

Tips

• Build at least one district project if you want the flood event to become possible later in the save.

• Keep an eye on wages if you are running hot on the payroll. FFP warnings are predicate-driven, not random noise.

• Check the surprise meter before assuming another shock is due. Once you hit 3 of 3, the season goes quiet on surprises.

Quick navigation cheat sheet

I want to…

Go to…

Set season promises

Pre-season modal (auto)

Track promise progress

Hub → Overview → Your promises

Read transfer drama

Hub → Messages

Do transfers

Market → Transfers

Build district projects

Club → Stadium → Your district

See matchday vs district split

Office → Treasury

See district weekly earnings

Hub → Overview → District income

Check manager trust

Team → Manager → Overview or Hub → Overview

See surprise budget

Hub → Overview → Surprises

Respond to season shocks

Hub → Messages

Review promise results

Season Review → Results

Hey again everyone,

Two new updates as part of post launch day, whereby it gives chairman decisions on the Fans tab that shape how wild your home end gets. Set your pyro stance, pick what your supporters are allowed to bring, and live with the rewards and the fallout.

Terrace pyro policy

Open Fans and find Terrace pyro policy.

Your three options

• Ban — zero tolerance. Stewards confiscate flares at the turnstiles. No pyro bursts, no FA risk.

• Tolerate — turn a blind eye. The ultras will test the line. Small reputation hit, occasional fines, mixed fan reaction.

• Encourage — signal the ultras it is on. Big atmosphere, but the FA will notice. Higher fine risk and casual fans may push back.

What you see on matchday

• Comic-style pyro bursts pop up around the stands during home games (think BOOM, KABOOM, smoke on the terrace).

• Bursts come with sound and land at key moments in the match.

• The louder your pyro stance, the more the ultras love you. Casual fans may not.

The cost of going loud

• Encouraging pyro needs FAB consultation before you flip it on.

• League fines can land and there is a cooldown before the next one.

• Your fan groups react differently: ultras gain mood, reputation takes a hit, and the inbox may fill up.

Fan noisemaker policy (vuvuzelas and more)

Just below pyro, you will find Fan noisemaker policy.

What you can allow

• Ban all — chants, claps, and normal crowd noise only.

• Vuvuzelas — a buzzing wall of plastic horns. Huge identity, divisive in the family stand.

• Horns — old-school terrace horns cutting through tense spells.

• Whistles — a hostile whistle bank that rattles visitors and refs alike.

• Drums — rhythm section for the ultras. Lifts chants without annoying casuals as much.

• Shakers — light percussion for a friendlier matchday buzz.

• Air horns — short, aggressive blasts. Ultras love them. Everyone else winces.

How to use it

• Each option shows what it does to ultras, hardcore, and casual fans.

• Hit the preview button to hear what you are signing off on before you commit.

• Your ultras already have a preferred noisemaker based on your club DNA. Match their pick and they are happier.

• Vuvuzelas and air horns need FAB consultation before approval, same as full pyro.

On matchday

• Approved noisemakers play live during home matches at key moments.

• Your post-match Terrace songs recap notes which noisemaker was active and whether it matched what the ultras wanted.

Where to start

Fans → Terrace pyro policy — pick ban, tolerate, or encourage and see what happens over a few home games.

Fans → Fan noisemaker policy — preview the options, then allow one that fits your club (or ban everything and play it safe).

After your next home fixture, check the atmosphere recap under Terrace songs to see how pyro and noisemakers shaped the day.

Hey everyone,

This first update that we managed to squeeze in just before launch is the first pass / iteration of making your home end feel like yours. You can now design supporter displays, schedule them for big home games, and watch terrace songs roll across the pitch as matches play out.

Tifo and flag generator

Head to the Fans tab and open Supporter visuals.

What you can build

• Block tifos — paint your own terrace display on a colour grid using your club colours. Add a slogan, name it, and save it to your library.

• Layer tifos — a more advanced builder. Drop in your club crest, player portraits, icons, and headline text to put together a proper stand display.

• Ultras flags — design pole flags with your colours and slogans, then pick which ones wave on matchday.

How it works on matchday

• Schedule a tifo and up to four flags for your next home fixture.

• Choose when it reveals (kickoff is the default).

• When you play the match, your display shows on the north stand with flags along the sides.

• You can store up to 8 tifos and 6 flags.

Working with the ultras

• Hit Ask ultras and they may come to you with display ideas.

• Approve or reject their requests, then turn approved ideas into new designs.

• Build a text pool of terrace slogans your supporters can pull from.

This is home-match only for now. Away days are still about the chant layer (see below).

Terrace songs (crowd chants)

Chants now show up live during match playback, not just in the background.

During the match

• Terrace banners pop up around the pitch as the game moves.

• Songs react to what is happening: the score, the opponent, your manager, club legends, rivalries, and how loud the crowd is.

• Home and away both get terrace noise. Away ends feel hostile when you are on the road.

• Banners appear from different stands so the ground feels alive, not flat.

After the match

• Open Fans → Terrace songs for a full atmosphere recap.

• See your match rating, terrace mood, and the top chants from that game.

• Track season favourites and most sung songs across the campaign.

• Keep an eye on rivalry watch to see which fixtures are heating up the terrace.

Chants are visual for now (on-screen banners, not new sung audio). They tie into your fan mood, rivalries, and the rest of the matchday experience.

Where to start

Fans → Supporter visuals — build your first tifo and schedule it for your next home game.

Play that fixture and watch your display go up at kickoff.

After full time, check Fans → Terrace songs for the atmosphere breakdown.