Update v0.12.0 - Welcome to the Pyramid

Some important changes have been made to the game that should provide some exciting new challenges for managers to get their teeth into!

The game is now far more flexible and accessible, and allows managers to play at their own convenience (no waiting around all the time anymore). Competitions now revolve around ensuring clubs are competing against other clubs that are at similar levels.

The game is also now a lot more competitive and relegation is now a real possibility each and every season - even for the very best clubs in the game.

Better performance is now much better rewarded and there is a much higher ceiling that can be reached by the very best teams in the game.

For more information please read:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/468070/discussions/1/2837788120355650224/

Update v0.12.0 [2020-10-01]

Removed time based FA’s along with all existing competitions from the game with the exception of the World Cup, 90MF Cup, U21 Cup and U18 Cup
Removed existing Gold/Silver/Bronze club level system that was tied to club reputation
Reset histories. Kept trophy cabinets and progress (players, cash, club reputation, manager skill points)
Added new Pyramid League Structure
Added new cup competitions: Platinum Cup, Gold Cup, Silver Cup, Bronze Cup, Autumn Cup, Winter Cup and Spring Cup
KO Rounds in all cups are now played over 2 legs
Aggregate score information is now displayed in various places including the calendar, match welcome screen and on the scoreboard during matches
The ‘90MF Cup’ has been renamed to be the ‘Challenge Cup’ and now starts with only bottom division teams and adds in teams from higher divisions as the competition progresses
Youth Leagues no longer have divisional structure
Match request system revamped. Teams can now immediately play any official home matches they have that have a fixture date within the next 5 days. They can play them anytime and in any order they wish to. If a match reaches its fixture date it will automatically resolve at some point typically within the next 24 hours. Users can also immediately play any official away matches that have reached their fixture date before they have automatically resolved
Senior Friendly matchmaking will now pair teams in the same divisional tier in addition to the existing reputation range searching (to also allow pairing of teams that are not in the same divisional tier if necessary)
Knocks during matches no longer result in condition loss after the match but instead result in the player being injured for between 2 and 7 matches. The Recovery Manager Skill now reduces the maximum possible injury length by 1 per level. Injured players cannot be selected to play in matches. When a player returns from injury they always have 100% condition
Added Assistant Manager layout under Club menu
Your assistant manager will now automatically make substitutions for you during matches if you are not connected to the match. They will look to substitute off players who fall to 80% condition or lower during the 2nd half
There is a toggle to switch assistant manager substitutions on/off via the Assistant Manager in the Club menu
Squads now have a depth chart accessible via the Assistant Manager in the Club menu. Pro Users are also able to edit which positions in their tactic are prioritised first during auto-select. These instructions will help guide your Assistant Manager which players should be selected when players become injured
Holding the Ctrl key on your keyboard whilst pressing the +/- buttons on the Player Depth Chart will move the player up/down 10 positions at a time
New users are no longer forced to have to wait until the end of the current calendar month before they are able to start playing in an official league. They are now able to join the bottom division mid-season inheriting the current season competition (league/cup) records of an existing inactive team
U21 and U18 Leagues now include some ‘AI’ teams so that users who add youth teams during the season are able to immediately join these leagues inheriting the current season competition records of one of the AI teams
Competition reputation system revamped and simplified to make more intuitive and better allow managers to understand how their reputation was calculated each season
All official senior and youth competitions now cumulatively count towards a clubs reputation for the season
Removed existing in-game chat systems and now instead integrating with Steam chat
Able to join Steam chat for the game via the ‘Chat’ icon to the left of the Mailbox icon in the header bar
Player attributes are now rated out of 99
Overall Rating for players added. It is the average of all the players attributes
CSV data export updated for new attributes list and Overall column added
Overall rating for players added as a search condition to the player search
Player attributes have been streamlined to ensure that all attributes are both important and intuitive in what they do
The full attributes list for outfield players is now: Control, Crossing, Dribbling, Finishing, Long Shots, Passing, Tackling, Composure, Determination, Flair, Marking, Movement, Positioning, Vision, Aerial Ability, Agility, Endurance, Natural Fitness, Speed, Strength, Work Rate
The full attributes list for goalkeepers is now: Distribution, Handling, One on Ones, Parrying, Penalty Saving, Shot Stopping, Command of Area, Composure, Determination, Organisation, Shot Positioning, Rushing Out, Aerial Ability, Agility, Durability, Natural Fitness, Speed, Strength
The following attributes have been removed from the game for both outfielders and goalkeepers: Decisions, Teamwork, Tenacity, Acceleration, Balance, Injury Proneness, Foot
The following attributes have been removed from the game for outfielders only: Heading, Long Throws, Technique, Anticipation
The following attributes have been removed from the game for goalkeepers only: First Touch, Passing, Throwing, Flair, Off the Ball, Vision, Work Rate
The following attributes have been renamed for both outfielders and goalkeepers: ‘Jumping’ is now ‘Aerial Ability’, ‘Pace’ is now ‘Speed’
The following attributes have been renamed for outfielders only: ‘First Touch’ is now ‘Control’, ‘Off the Ball’ is now ‘Movement’, ‘Reading of Game’ is now ‘Positioning’
The following attributes have been renamed for goalkeepers only: ‘Catching’ is now ‘Handling’, ‘Communication’ is now ‘Organisation’, ‘Kicking’ is now ‘Distribution’, ‘Positioning’ is now ‘Penalty Saving’, ‘Punching’ is now ‘Command of Area’, ‘Reflexes’ is now ‘Shot Stopping’, ‘Technique’ is now ‘Parrying’, ‘Reading of Game’ is now ‘Rushing Out’, ‘Anticipation’ is now ‘One on Ones’, ‘Endurance’ is now ‘Durability’
Improved logic engine that determines the Sell Price of players
For the first 7 days of October, managers will be able to sell players for the greater of their Sell Price as it was at the end of September, or their new Sell Price
Added Visual alert when finalising manager skills when skills are still available
Players now only ever gain proficiency in positions, they never lose any
15 year old players now start with less starting positions (between 1 to 3, rather than 1 to 5)
New logic engine that assigns initial positions to 15 year old players
The ‘Learning’ Manager skill has been rebalanced from up to 3%/6%/9% per day down to 1%/2%/3% per day
100% proficiency is now required in a position in order to be 'Proficient' in it (was previously 95%)
Any players who were previously Proficient in a position will remain Proficient in that position (i.e. players with 95% to 99% proficiency have been ‘boosted’ to 100% proficiency)
Players will always be Proficient in at least 1 position. Any players who didn't have 100% proficiency in at least 1 position, have had the position they had the most proficiency in, 'boosted' to 100%
Players now start to display position proficiency on the positions diagram on their player profile from when they receive their very first 1% proficiency (so managers aren't left not knowing whether or not a player is learning a position they are starting to learn from scratch)
Position Proficiency Ranges changed
Extension Manager Skill rebalanced from 0/3/6/9 to 3/5/7/9 (you receive the contract extensions once you have confirmed your Manager Skill selections)
Extension Manager Skill will be rebalanced to 3/4/5/6 at the start of November season
Base level coaching is now buffed by circa 20%. Level 2 coaching nerfed by circa 11%. Level 3 coaching nerfed by circa 18%. Level 1 coaching unchanged
Loyalty Manager Skill rebalanced from 5/10/15% discount to 7/12/15% discount
Revenue Manager Skill rebalanced from 33/67/100% bonus to 70/120/150% bonus
Facilities Manager Skill rebalanced from 50/60/70/80 (and 7/7/8/8) to 50/55/60/80 (and 7/7/7/8)
Facilities Manager Skill Level 3 will be rebalanced from 80 (and 8) to 65 (and 7) at the start of the December season
All clubs existing reputation values have been doubled. This has been done so that they are more inline with and transition better to the new reputation system. Please note that at the start of the season, club reputation values will not be visible in the client. We are planning to add the functionality to display these values before the start of the November season.
Competition Prize Money Removed
Manager Skill Points are now awarded at a rate of 1,000 per reputation point earned in the previous season. Was previously 40,000 + 1,000 per reputation point earned
Support Manager Skill functionally changed so that it now has a flat -4/-3/-2/-1 reduction on all attributes (out of 99) when playing away from home
Versatility Manager Skill Level 2 has been buffed, increased from 75% reduction to 80% reduction
Division of matches that players are playing in no longer matters for player progression. The level of competition still matters (i.e. Senior > U21 > U18)
Cup group layouts now contain a drop list to select which group is being viewed
Academy Trials now have 50 outfielders and 5 goalkeepers, making 55 players in total (previously 50 players of both types combined)
Paid attribute reveals on Academy Trialists removed from the game
Outfielders now start with 4 attributes revealed, Goalkeepers now start with 3 attributes revealed (previously all players started with 5 attributes revealed)
Scouting Manager Skill reworked. It now increases the amount of attributes that start initially revealed for Academy Trailists by +1 per level
Graduation Manager Skill rebalanced from 4/6/8/10 to 5/6/7/8
Rebalanced the number of 'free' attribute reveals given throughout the course of the season to 250 due to decreased total number of player attributes (was previously 400)
Marking an Academy Trialist as ‘Keep’ no longer prevents ‘free’ daily attribute reveals being allocated to them. The only function it now serves is to mark which Academy Trailists will be kept at the end of the season
Foresight manager skill now has a toggle on the player profile of academy trialists to show/hide its effects
If more than 1 attribute reveal is available for a player, the Reveal button now reveals all available attributes rather than just 1. The revealed attributes are highlighted in blue
If there are no attributes to be revealed, the ‘Reveal’ button is now greyed out/disabled
Various Manager Briefing widget changes relating to all the other changes
Pre-match tips library updates and additions
Added user activity icon to the top right of the header bar (shows total number of users who logged in to play the game during the past 24 hours)
Join/leave youth competitions moved to Academy layout
For leagues that don’t have promotion places (Masters League and Youth Leagues) 1st place row is now highlighted in Blue. Relegation and Promotion places continue to be highlighted in Red and Green respectively
On league tables, cup group tables and the latest results widget on the home layout, a users own team is now marked up in yellow text
On league tables, P/Pts (Projected Points) column changed to instead be PPG (Points Per Game). It frequently caused confusion as to what it meant and how it was calculated
When selling & buying players throughout the season, outfield players will no longer be assigned squad #1, and goalkeepers will no longer be assigned squad numbers #2 through #11
Financial Summary chart now shows your End of Season Balance and Projected Dividend Payment information
Financial Projections chart now shows the end of day bank balance of each of the next 28 days, and the figure after 28 days, algins to a clubs Projected Bank Balance in the Financial Summary widget
Sell Prices of players are now always in thousands of pounds (it was previously possible under certain circumstances that this wouldn’t always be the case)
Player histories will now show the amounts that players were sold for over the course of their careers
Changes to how Player Reputation Star Rating is calculated (primarily senior match performance based now). Note: Player Reputation still doesn’t have any impact in the game at present
Fixed a bug that could cause team colours to be incorrect in the top bar during matches
Fixed a bug that caused the average Technical/Mental/Physical search conditions to not work correctly
Mail message notifications only persist for 7 days
Considerably reduced average end of day run time
Various other performance enhancements and bug fixes
Temporarily hidden World menu (in progress of being revamped)
Temporarily hidden Club History in Club Profile (in progress of being revamped)

Match Engine changes:

Added ‘Space Bar’ shortcut to pause/unpause during matches
The DML+AML and DMR+AMR position combinations are now allowed in formations
The DL+DR+DCC+(DRC or DLC) position combinations are now allowed in formations
Team instruction slider ‘Tackling’ has been removed from the game
Improved positioning and movement behaviour of players
Improved marking behaviour
Improved ‘on the ball’ decision making of players
Improvements and balancing changes to goalkeeping
Balancing changes to knocks (considerably less overall)
Balancing changes to fouls (more overall)
Balancing changes to shooting
Balancing changes to dribbling
Balancing changes to tackling
Minor balancing changes to heading
Balancing changes to Work Rate attribute (low attribute less impactful, high attribute more impactful)
Balancing changes to Defend mentality (midfielders with Defend mentality no longer drop so deep so often)
Balancing changes to Passing Directness slider (slightly more impactful)
Balancing changes to Defensive Line slider (high defensive line slightly less high)
Balancing changes to Tempo slider (less extreme effect on both ends)
Tempo slider now also impacts how much your players will be looking to take on opponents when dribbling (faster tempo more willing to dribble at opponents, slower tempo less willing)
Improved average quality of delivery of set pieces (corners and free kicks)
Improved selection of player roles for corners (i.e. for attacking team: who takes the corner, who stays back, who stands on top of box, who goes forward, and for defending team: who stays forward and who stands on the near posts)
Improved positioning of players during throw-ins
Added attribute ‘Speed’ (formerly ‘Pace’)
Added attribute ‘Aerial Ability’
Added outfielder attribute ‘Control’ (formerly ‘First Touch’)
Added outfielder attribute ‘Movement’ (formerly ‘Off the Ball’)
Added outfielder attribute ‘Positioning’ (formerly ‘Reading of Game’)
Added goalkeeper attribute ‘Distribution’
Added goalkeeper attribute ‘Handling’ (formerly ‘Catching’)
Added goalkeeper attribute ‘One on Ones’
Added goalkeeper attribute ‘Parrying’ (formerly ‘Technique’)
Added goalkeeper attribute ‘Penalty Saving’
Added goalkeeper attribute ‘Shot Stopping’ (formerly ‘Reflexes’)
Added goalkeeper attribute ‘Command of Area’
Added goalkeeper attribute ‘Organisation’
Added goalkeeper attribute ‘Rushing Out’
Added goalkeeper attribute ‘Durability’ (formerly ‘Endurance’)
Fixed a bug that would cause a match to freeze if certain tactical changes were made immediately following a foul that resulted in both a penalty and a red card
Fixed a bug that could cause players to stop running towards their position on a corner if the manager paused
Fixed a bug that could cause a player to run back and forth over the ball
Fixed a bug that could cause a player to stand out of play during a set piece
Fixed a bug that could cause two players on the same team to try both try to dribble the ball at the same time