Premier Manager/Main Menu

The main menu is the hub of the game; it's where you find links to all the useful information about your club and players, as well as other things.

As the image on the right shows, the top of the screen displays information about you and your club (your name, your team's name, your league position and your next fixture). The rest of the screen is filled with icons, and this section explains what each icon on the menu is and what they do.

Ground Improvements
This screen is used for 2 very important things: improving your club's stadium and sorting out sponsorship deals.


 * Ground Improvement: When you click on an element of your stadium, such as "seating capacity" or "scoreboard", some info will be displayed in the top-right of the screen saying what improvement can be made and how much it will cost. To confirm you want to make the improvement, click on the info that appears.


 * Advertisement Boards: The sponsorship advert at the very bottom of the screen shows what sponsors are available to you. Click on the arrows next to it to scroll through all the available sponsors and see how much they are offering. To accept sponsorship deal, click on one of the blank sponsor boards above (you have 48 blanks spaces to begin with). The available sponsors are as follows:
 * Daily Star - UK tabloid newspaper
 * Realms of Fantasy - Development team behind Premier Manager
 * Gremlin - Publishers of Premier Manager
 * GBH - Publisher of budget games such as James Pond
 * Zool - A platform game from Gremlin
 * The One - A multi-format video-games magazine
 * Nossac Designs - Unknown
 * Amiga Power - UK Amiga magazine
 * Martin Enterprises - UK-based photography studio
 * SP&M - Fictional marketing company
 * Stokes Consultants - Unknown
 * Atari ST User - UK Atari ST magazine
 * Lotus III - A racing simulator by Gremlin
 * PC Format - UK PC magazine
 * Camel Advertising - Unknown
 * ST Format - UK Atari ST magazine
 * NJC Parts - Unknown
 * Stewarts Holdings - Unknown
 * Commodore - The creators of the mighty Amiga
 * CU Amiga - UK Amiga magazine
 * ST Action - UK Atari ST magazine
 * Chupa Chups - A brand of lollipops
 * Amiga Action - UK Amiga magazine
 * Hearn Motors - Unknown
 * Amiga Computing - UK Amiga magazine
 * Legacy of Sorasil - An RPG by Gremlin; sequel to HeroQuest
 * Atari ST Review - UK Atari ST magazine
 * Philips - Dutch electronics company
 * PC Review - UK PC magazine
 * Nigel Mansell World Championship - A racing game by Gremlin
 * Amiga Format - UK Amiga magazine

Transfer Market
This is the place to go when you want to buy new players to add to your squad or sell some of your players to raise money. Use the buttons along the bottom of the screen to switch between the different pages of the transfer market screen. Here's what each button does (from left to right):


 * Transfer Market: This the list of all players available for transfer. The columns show how many weeks the player has been on the transfer list, their playing position, name, current club and current division. Unfortunately, you have to view a player to see how good he is or how much he costs. If there are multiple pages, click the transfer market button again to scroll through them.


 * Scout File: Highlight a player and then click this button (the magnifying glass) to view the scout file on that player. This displays the player's ratings and value as well as other info.


 * Apply for player: This is the screen where you make a bid for a player. The total at the bottom of the screen gives you a guide of how much to bid, but it's always wise to bid a bit more in case other teams make a bid. Beware: you only get one chance to bid so make sure you spend enough to get your man!


 * Sell player: As you might have guessed, this is where you sell your unwanted players. To sell a player, just click on his name. If any teams are interesting in buying him, a list of bids will appear. Select the one you want to accept by clicking on it (usually the highest bid!) or if you decide not to sell after all just press the escape key.

League Tables
This screen is where you can view stats such as the current league table, form table, top goalscorers and other info. Click on the buttons along the bottom of the screen to switch between the pages. Here's what each button does (from left to right):


 * League Table: This is simply the current league table for the division you are in.


 * League Form: This table shows the current form of the teams in your league over the last 6 home games and the last 6 away games. The recent results are shown as a line of letters (for example: XDDLWW). Below is a list of what each of these letters means:
 * W = Win
 * L = Loss
 * X = Goal-less draw (0-0)
 * D = Score draw (1-1, 2-2, etc)


 * Club Data: Highlight any team in the league table and click the club data button (the stadium picture) to view stats about that club. It shows some useful things such as who they have in their squad, details of their stadium, what titles they have won and a summary of how good each area of their team is (using star ratings).


 * Position Graph: Highlight any team in the league table and click the position graph button to view a graph of how their league position has varied over the season.


 * Timetable: Highlight a team and click the timetable button to view the full fixture/results list for that team. Click the button again to scroll through the pages.


 * Top Goalscorers: This page shows to top 15 goalscorers in your division. Goals in all competitions are included, not just league goals.

Team Selection
The team selection screen is where you select your players for the upcoming match, as well as choosing tactics and view other info. Click on the buttons along the bottom of the screen to switch between the pages. Here's what each button does (from left to right):

If you are in doubt about which formation to choose, just leave it as the default (4-3-3).
 * Formation Selector: Click this button to choose what formation your team will play. The formation is shown by the multi-coloured squares inside the icon itself. You can choose from are:
 * 4-3-3
 * 4-4-2
 * 4-2-4
 * 5-3-2
 * 5-2-3
 * 3-4-3
 * 3-3-4
 * 3-5-2


 * Style Selector: Clicking this button allows you to set your team's style of play. You can choose from the following styles:
 * Passing: Denoted by a ball with 4 arrows coming out of it. This style means your team will play a patient passing style of football.
 * Defensive: Denoted by a red letter D on a green background. This style will make your team play defensively; you will not score as many goals, but you not concede many either.
 * Attacking: Denoted by a red letter A on a green background. This style will make your team play more offensively and you will score more goals but be more vulnerable at the back.
 * Long Ball: Denoted by a ball with a long arrow next to it. This means your team will play a very direct style, hitting long passes straight to the forwards, without much passing build-up.


 * Team Selection screen: This is where you select your first eleven. To move players around highlight a player, then click on the player you want to swap him with. The names in the squad are colour-coordinated depending on what position they are. The columns are across the top of the list are poorly labelled, so to explain here is a full list:
 * P = Position
 * Player Name
 * HN = Handling
 * TK = Tackling
 * PS = Passing
 * SH = Shooting
 * ST = Stamina
 * SC = Number of goals scored
 * CN = Number of goals conceded (goalies only)
 * PL = Number of games played
 * AG = Age
 * DP = Disciplinary points
 * T = Training


 * Players Match Data: This screen shows you info and stats about your team's previous match. Stats include the number of shots and tackles made by each player, number of saves made and the number of yellow and red cards given out. If a player's name is in yellow or red text, that means they were given a card of that colour during the game.


 * Next Match Data: This screen shows details about your next opponent. Most importantly it shows the ratings of each area of the team and the team's overall rating. If these ratings are higher than the ratings of your team, then you're in for a tough game.


 * Team Injuries: This screen just shows a list of all your players along with any injuries they may have and whatever treatment they are receiving.


 * Timetable: This is your team's fixture list. You can use this to view upcoming fixtures and results of previous matches. Click on the button again to scroll through the pages.


 * Edit Player Name: As you might have guessed, you can use this feature to edit the names of your players. This can be fun if you want to have a team with you and your friends in it or just want to make up a fantasy team based on your favourite players, or celebrities or whatever you want.

Save/Load
This is probably the most important screen of all; where you save your game and also reload your saved games.