Finance - How It Works - FMFormation.net - Football Manager

**Bowser** · 23-07-08, 03:13 PM

People often ask us on FMF why their finance is dropping and stuff like that. Finance is an important factor in FM. The lower the finance, the harder it is for you, as a manager, to sign players, staff, and just to keep the club running.

Introduction
First of all, go on to Manager - (Club) - Finance - Summary.
You should be on a screen something like this....

Heres my understanding on the finance screen.
Transfer Budget (Season) = How much money you get to spend this season
Transfer Budget Remaining = How much money you still got after buying players
Transfer Revenue = Income (in percentage) recieved from transfers
Sponsors: Amount of money recieved from sponsors
Loan Outstanding: I don't know but it hasn't affected me so there's not much about it
Turnover: How much money you earn
Expenditure: How much money is used
Net Transfer: How much you earn from transfers
EG. Buy a player for 40mil, Sell A Player for 30mil, Net Transfer is -10mil.
Total Wage Cost: How much money you use on wage
Profit: Amount you gain or loss since a period of time.
EG. January u had 100k, February you had 200k, the profit is 100k
Balance: How much money your club currently has

Transfers plays a big roll in finance, particularly if you have a sell on clause.
From my experiences, the factors that increases your finance is the following:

Gate receipts, the more people who watch the matches played, the more money you get. It only applies in home games, including friendlies and also in finals like playing in Wembley
Season Tickets, the more people who buy it, the more money you get.
TV rights - You get paid and sometimes they broadcast your match, increasing finance.
Merchandising, the more popular your club is, the more stuff you can sell.
Players Sold, add on clauses
Prize money from winning cup games
Investments, people investing, only applies to clubs recieving a takeover.
Interest
Sponsorship
Match Day Incomes
Grants, Fundraising
Wage Below limits
Parent clubs

Factors that loses money:

Buying players
Going in debt
Upgrading factilies, stadium
Unpopular club means less people watching
Wage above limit
Away games
Ground maintence
Fines
Taxes
Contracts

For lower league clubs, keeping your finance above negative is virtually difficult and pretty much impossible, When I was managing Eastleigh, they were in -100k before I got it back to the positives due to little interest in Blue Square South football. Consider you financial position before upgrading stadium or training facilities.

Guide still needs filling in. Any member filling in the gaps will have their names mentioned in this guide. Any mistakes will be put to right.

Thanks for reading, please hit thanks!

Many Thanks to:
Seth
Aaron
Who helped me define some words in this guide.

This guide was produced and published by Bowser and is predominantly for use on FMF. Permission is needed to publish on other sites, which can be gained via Private Message or email.

Copyrights 23/07/08

**Y2Stu** · 23-07-08, 03:22 PM

good guide ;)

adamjigey · 23-07-08, 06:19 PM

wow, well done mate it makes finacing easy to understand cheers, *hits thanks button*

**liveru** · 23-07-08, 06:47 PM

Good guide.

Very informative for players that doesn't understand the financial screen.

Well done Bowser.

**Hartynips** · 23-07-08, 09:01 PM

Nice one bowser makes it all seem a lot simpler mate!

*Bows down to the FMF accountant!!!!!!

**Bowser** · 23-07-08, 10:09 PM

FMF accountant eh? Hmm...anyway, if you want to add stuff, feel free to tell me, btw, anyone wanna tell me what a Loans Outstanding is? I don't have a clue lmao.

**Fedorico Roma Fan** · 24-07-08, 01:55 PM

very good and informative guide here mate :) yet another quality guide KUTGW!

**Hartynips** · 25-07-08, 04:14 PM

I take it loans outstanding is simply just that, maybe the board borrows money to clear a debt or raise some cash to inject into the club for repairs/maintenance ect?

yudhakids · 05-08-08, 05:28 AM

there is any accountant for club finance?

SNAPCRACKLEPOP · 05-08-08, 08:11 AM

good guide will help me with the fans