Build 25989548

Matches and tactics

• Added more variety to match commentary, including clearer announcements of penalty shootout winners.

• Improved computer managers’ substitutions when players are struggling, when protecting a narrow lead and when trying to break a draw.

• You can now accept a short substitutes’ bench and start with between seven and eleven players, subject to eligibility warnings.

• Fixed computer-controlled teams selecting goalkeepers in outfield positions.

• Fixed match reports describing winning margins and changes in league position incorrectly.

Transfers and squad management

• Added Sign Exclusively for players already dual-registered with your club, subject to agreement from their other club and the player.

• Added Cancel Registration to dual-registered players’ profiles.

• You can now offer fresh terms to retain a player while another club is approaching him.

• Improved loan availability for young fringe players. Clubs now withdraw players from the loan list when squad changes mean they need to keep them.

• Improved transfer messages when an agreed signing falls through or a player rejects terms. Fixed agreed contract terms being lost during seven-day approaches.

Seasons and competitions

• Fixed several faults that could stop careers progressing through cup rounds, play-offs or the end of the season.

• Improved geographical league allocation to keep clubs closer to their natural area.

• Updated opening-season fixture lists and reduced long gaps between league matches in new careers.

• Improved rearranged fixture scheduling so cup ties and play-offs receive the correct priority.

• Fixed incorrect promotion and relegation markers in club history, and added clearer notices when ground grading rules exclude a club from the play-offs.

Club management and finances

• Improved budget assessments after promotion or relegation, with individual wage limits adjusting alongside the club’s playing budget.

• Board objectives now use sporting targets, such as finishing mid-table, rather than fixed league positions. Existing careers receive the same change.

• Fixed a season-end assessment fault when the number of clubs in a division had changed.

• Clubs now take their summer training break after their final competitive match, until July.

• Fixed an empty scout-request window and repeated ground improvement requests after the board had already refused them for that season.

Everyday fixes and performance

• Emails now appear in arrival order, rather than depending on your computer’s clock.

• Fixed clipped wage figures in conversations and incorrect home/away ordering in the next-match preview.

• Fixed scrollbar dragging at different display scales.

• Reduced repeated processing during Continue and season changes, and unnecessary checks when reopening normally closed careers.

• Improved Windows startup recovery and save-opening support, and fixed a Mac quitting issue.