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Building a football world, one season at a time

A development diary that starts in March 2026, deep dives into how the simulation works, the design decisions behind the game and practical guides for your club.

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The injuries screen listing the squad's current knocks and recovery times

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Injuries: how they happen and what you can do

Injuries are rolled once per match per player, and the biggest lever is you — who plays tired, and who runs to ninety minutes every single week.

26 October 20263 min read

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Dev Diary

The ManageFC development diary: how a free football management game is being built, month by month since March 2026 — decisions, bugs and fixes.

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Under the Hood

How the ManageFC simulation works: the match engine, the daily tick that moves your world, the club economy and the numbers behind them.

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Design Notes

Design notes from ManageFC: why the game works the way it does, the decisions behind each system and the trade-offs we chose on purpose.

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Guides

Practical ManageFC guides: plan your first season, budget a transfer window, read a match report and run your club with confidence.

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Updates

What changed recently in the ManageFC open beta: new features, balance changes and fixes, explained in plain English with the reasons behind them.

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How To

Step-by-step ManageFC how-tos built on the real rules of the game: build a team on a budget, manage fatigue, develop young players, read scouting reports, handle the wage bill and choose a formation.

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The press conference screen with the three tone choices for an answer

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How to answer the press without making it worse

Optimistic lifts the dressing room, realistic builds the club — and the same line after a defeat reads as noise. The three tones, and when each one pays.

22 October 20262 min read

The match screen fitting a phone, from the score and clock down to the substitutions

UpdatesOctober 2026

Three small things that were in your way

A cookie card covering the sign-in button, a match that stayed live after the tab was closed, and a match screen that did not fit a phone. None of them was a feature. All three could stop you playing.

21 October 20262 min read

A pyramid of ten divisions with division 10 highlighted at the bottom

Dev DiaryOctober 2026

Division 10 is not a wall any more

The bottom of the pyramid was supposed to be the easy part. It was not: the teams around you played like champions, and the free agents who would sign for you never appeared. We fixed both, and played the climb ourselves.

21 October 20262 min read

The club mascot wearing the full home kit with the main sponsor's mark on the chest

Design NotesOctober 2026

Your sponsor is on the shirt now — and around the pitch

Sponsorship used to be a line in a contract. Now the marks are drawn: on the chest and back of your shirts, on the club mascot, and on the ribbon around the pitch in the 3D stadium.

21 October 20262 min read

UpdatesOctober 2026

Two numbers instead of one: energy and fitness

Every player now carries two physical numbers. One answers "can he go again on Saturday?"; the other answers "what shape is he in for the season?". Here is what changed, and why one number was never enough.

21 October 20262 min read

The weekly training plan of a small club

Design Notes

Paying amateurs like amateurs

Why divisions 9 and 10 now pay no wages at all, why expenses only start at division 8, and how real football pyramids shaped the numbers.

19 October 20262 min read

The ManageFC transfer central screen with listed players and budgets

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Budgeting your first transfer window

A good signing can make a season and a bad one can sink the next three. How the transfer market really works in ManageFC, how much a signing truly costs, and a simple budget plan for your first window.

15 October 20263 min read

The club's facilities, each with its level, its effect and the next level to build

How To

Five facilities, ten levels each: what to build first

The training centre, academy, medical centre, scouting network and analysis centre now start from nothing and climb ten levels. What each one does for your club, and an order that works for a small one.

13 October 20262 min read

The board screen with its four objectives and the confidence indicator

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How the board judges you (and pays or charges for it)

Objectives you choose, one confidence score that moves on results, and a transfer budget that swings from −20% to +20%. What the board is actually watching.

13 October 20263 min read

The finance screen with the bank panel open and the loan numbers on screen

How To

When a bank loan is worth it (and the ten-million cliff)

At the reference level the bank lends 100,000 to 50M in one go, and the rate jumps from 12% to 18% one cent above ten million. How to borrow without burying the club.

12 October 20263 min read

The stadium expansion ladder, from a dirt pitch for 100 to a 200,000-seat ground

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Twenty steps from a dirt pitch to 200,000

The stadium now climbs in twenty levels across five eras, from iron goals on bare earth to the all-time record crowd. What each step costs, how long it takes and what it pays back.

12 October 20263 min read

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