 Feeder/Parent Clubs Guide
Hey guys i have decided to help you guys to know what exactly a Feeder club and parent club does on fm 08.
Parent Clubs - These are the clubs that are higher than your current club so for example, Arsenal could be a Parent Club to Bristol Rovers or Man Utd could be Parent club to Accrinton Stanley
Parent clubs help alot as if you are a lower league manager, Benfits are you will get paid an annual fee for having them as your parent club which helps your bank balance come the end of the season, Also most of the time the option to send their players on loan to your club will be used so when the time comes to it they could send you a player (they will pay their wages whilst they are on loan to you) i have done this while at MK Dons as you proberly know from my story. Also if you make a loan bid for a Parent Club's player it is more likely to be accepted and the players are more likely to agree to come. A lot of the time it will also tell you that you will host a friendly match between the two and keep all the gate receipts which comes in handy if your club need some money or is about to go into adminastartion/Debt
Feeder Clubs - These are the clubs that are lower than your current club so for example, Morecambe could be a Feeder Club for Cheslea or Cheltenham could be feeder club to Villa.
You may think Surely its the same but just in reverse,you are wrong. Yes you do have to pay out an annual fee, which isn't alot mainly around 30k, Yes you can loan out your players to these teams and yes you will probably play the team in a friendly where they keep the gate receipts BUT there are alot more positive things to gain from feeder clubs. To start , Your club will gain ALL of the scouting knowledge from the country that your Feeder Club is in, so if your Feeder Club is in Japan, then you will get there scouting knowledge helping you to find new players. Another good thing about having a Feeder Club in somewhere like Japan you will get money from merchandising in that country for exapmple Think of it as David Beckham, he's played for Man Ud, Real Madrid, LA Galaxy, and but he also has his huge fan base in Japan and makes his club loads and i mean loads from of shirt sales from around the world, that is basically what your team is doing, using the helpless foreign countries in the game to buy lots of products with the name of your team on it. Last but not least, depending on what country your Feeder Club is in when you sign a player that hasn't got a work permit and isn't being given one by the league then you can still sign him And give him to the Feeder Club so that he can gain European citizenship or until he gets the work permit he needs to playb for your Club, this is a good thing when signing future stars from none European countries. I hope this has helped you as it has taken me a long time to check for mistakes, and on 8:0:2 you dont always get an Irsih club as a link between you, thanks for looking | 
