====== Introduction ======

For all of you that thought running a Football team was easy work, prepare to be taught the errors of
your ways. In KICKABOUT only the daring, cunning, tactically gifted and the planners can achieve
success, for the game system stands above those of its kind where `the best team always wins’.

In KICKABOUT, strategy and bluff are as important a factor as the skill of your team; here is where
Management takes on its true meaning.

Each player in the game takes the role of Manager of a club, and as such has total control over the
decisions and choices that may lead that club to success or failure. Within the mechanics of the game,
the player also has control over things that are normally beyond the realm of the Manager himself, such
as the finances of the club, its public image and marketing infrastructure. To succeed in all of these
things is the goal of every player, the question is, who will rise to be the best?

Kickabout is run by Spellbinder games. More resources and sign-up can be found at http://kickaboutonline.co.uk/ 

We have also included a knowledgebase in this wiki which is culled from various articles contributed by experienced players (see [[Knowledgebase:start]])



===== Contents =====

  * [[Playing KickAbout:start]]
  * [[The League:start]]
  * [[The Competitions:start]]
  * [[International Matches:start]]
  * [[Player Nationalities:start]]
  * [[International and Rep Squad Selection:start]]
  * [[Friendly Matches:start]]

  * [[Players:start|Players]]
  * [[Player Positions:start]]
  * [[Performance Levels:start]]
  * [[Success Points (SP's):start]]
  * [[Coaching:start]]
  * [[Star Players:start]]
  * [[Rising and Fading Stars:start]]
  * [[Apprentices:start]]
  * [[Surprise Discoveries:start]]
  * [[Future Stars:start]]
  * [[Schoolboys:start]]
  * [[Competitive Match Effects:start]]
  * [[Youth Team:start]]
  * [[Experience:start]]
  * [[Man of the Match:start]]
  * [[Player Categories:start]]
  * [[Category Changes:start]]
  * [[Ageing:start]]
  * [[Understrength Teams and Substitutes:start]]
  * [[Club Captains:start]]
  * [[Transferred Captains:start]]
  * [[Loss of Captain's Influence:start]]
  * [[Team Balance:start]]
  * [[Playing Out of Position (OOP):start]]
  * [[Crowd Walk-Outs:start]]
  * [[Calculating the Result:start]]
  * [[Weather and Pitch Effects:start]]
  * [[The Playing Field:start]]
  * [[Postponed Matches:start]]
  * [[Cross-League Matches:start]]
  * [[Derby Matches:start]]
  * [[Aggression (AGG) and Disciplinary Points (DP'S):start]]
  * [[Disciplinary Fines:start]]
  * [[Penalty Kicks:start]]
  * [[Own Goals:start]]
  * [[Injuries:start]]
  * [[Physio Points:start]]
  * [[Superphysio:start]]
  * [[Home Advantage (HAD):start]]
  * [[Play Defensively:start]]
  * [[Motivation Points:start]]
  * [[Playing Offside:start]]
  * [[Playing Style:start]]
  * [[Application of Additions:start]]
  * [[Scouting:start]]
  * [[Tactical Ploys:start]]
  * [[Marking:start]]
  * [[Ballwinner (BW) and Creative (CR) Stats:start]]

  * [[Financial Matters:start]]
  * [[Rewards for Success:start]]
  * [[Manager of the Month:start]]
  * [[Other Prizes:start]]
  * [[Converting Success Points to Cash:start]]
  * [[What to do with Your Money:start]]
  * [[Wages and Contracts:start]]
  * [[Bankruptcy:start]]
  * [[Pitch Modifications:start]]
  * [[Ground Developments:start]]
  * [[Supporters Club:start]]
  * [[Transfers:start]]
  * [[The Auction:start]]
  * [[Bidding for Players:start]]
  * [[Sales to the Non-League:start]]
  * [[Order of Processing:start]]

  * [[The Newsletter:start]]
  * [[The Squad Sheet:start]]
  * [[Filling in the TurnSheet:start]]
  * [[ShowMatch:start]]
  * [[TeamPick:start]]
  * [[MarkInfo:start]]


  * [[KickAbout lists on-line:start]]
  * [[Kickabout Weekends and Pubmeets:start]]
  * [[Game Fees:start]]
  * [[Mailing Costs:start]]
  * [[Turnaround:start]]
  * [[Missing Manager Rules:start]]
  * [[Disputes:start]]
  * [[Tailpiece:start]]

  * [[TeamPickHelp:start]]
  * [[Knowledgebase:start]]