Navigation

Navigating your way around the itsagoal site can be quite daunting as there are a lot of pages, and before you know it, you're lost. Don't worry, all the main buttons across the top of the screen and the sidebar down the left of the screen, always stay where they are. If you ever want to get back to your squad, for instance, just click on the Squad button.



Here, I will attempt to describe what pages you will find under each of the main buttons.

• Home - This is basically the screen you see when you visit the site. There is a sub menu there called News which will show you the screen you see after you've logged in.
  
• Manager - The Manager's Office screen. Here, you'll find messages, notices, recent results, and other stats. You can also edit your manager profile on this screen.
  
• Club - The Club Home page. You will find your next fixture here, plus recent results and competition status. You can also update your Club's profile here.
  
• Match Day - The Match Day Scheduler screen. Here, there is information about all your upcoming games with links to the Team Selection page. The Match Day screen is covered in the Matches post.


• Squad - The Squad Home page. This has information about your squad and links to Training and your Youth Academy. The Squad Home page is mentioned in the Your Squad post.


• Transfers - A hot topic on itsagoal! Needless to say, this takes you to the Transfers Home page. More will be said about transfers some other time. If you've just registered though, you won't be able to buy or sell for the first 21 days.


• League - The League screen. There are 10 divisions in each league, the Premiership and the Championship, followed by divs 1 through to 8. With 20 teams in each division, this makes 200 teams in each league. You will therefore find yourself in a league within the itsagoal world. You league will have a random name such as Neon or Atlas. The League Cup will be contested with other teams in your league, while the Super Cup will be contested between teams from the whole itsagoal world. See the Matches post for more match info.


• Competitions - The Competitions page has all the information about the cup competitions mentioned above. There are also buttons here for Reserve games and Friendly games. Note: You need to be subscribed to play friendly games.
• Statistics - The Statistics page is where you'll find Player stats, Club stats, Game stats and your Manager and Club Rankings.


• Community - The Community page is where the itsagoal forum can be found. The forums are a great source of information and should be browsed regularly. There is plenty of Manager banter to be had here too.


• Help - The Help screen is where you'll find some guides on certain aspects of the game.
  
• Shop - The shop page is unavailable at the moment. Possibly an area under development.

It is recommended that you explore all these pages and the links within them to get familiar with the site. You will find that there are many ways to get to the same page or to find the same information.

Icons

Also, on the right hand side of the screen, under your manager name, there is a set of icons which act as shortcuts to certain pages. Here they are:

You should explore these too as they may get you to where you want to be quicker than the main buttons. Briefly, they are, from left to right:

• Inbox
• Next League Game
• Squad Management
• Training
• Fixture List (pop up)
• Transfer Market
• League Table
• Stadium Summary
• World Rankings
• Community Forums

Enjoy getting to know your way around itsagoal!

Matches

You'll be wanting to know when your first match is, and it's the Match Day button that will show you. The Match Day button is in the main button bar across the top of the screen.



Clicking the Match Day button will take you to the Match Day Scheduler screen. There, you will see your upcoming games.

There are five kinds of games you can play in itsagoal. They are League games, League Cup games, Super Cup games, Reserve games, and Friendly games.

• League Games are played by every club and are played every weekday except Wednesdays.
• League Cup games are played on Wednesdays and Saturdays in the first half of the season. This is a cup tournament involving all the other teams in your league.
• Super Cup games are played on Wednesdays and Saturdays in the second half of the season and this cup involves teams from every league.
• Reserve games can be played on Wednesdays during the season and on other days in the close season period. Reserve games can be played against any other team by invitation.
• Friendly games can be played by subscribers only and can be played on any day except Wednesdays. Like Reserve games, Friendly games can be arranged by invitation.

All games kick off at 3am GMT, except for Reserve and Friendly games, which kick off at 5pm GMT. The site will update at those times and will therefore be unavailable for a short period.

Your Squad

Ok, once you've registered and chosen your manager name and club name, the first thing you'll probably want to do is have a look at your squad of players. There are various ways of doing this, but I'm going to start with the main buttons across the top of the screen, seen here:

Click on the Squad button to go into the Squad Home page, seen here:

On this screen you can access the Squad Manager, Training, Treatment Room and Youth Academy screens, plus a few stats screens too. The Squad Manager screen will show you everthing you need to know about your Squad.

Here is the Squad manager screen:

Your whole squad can be seen on this screen, in position order by default, but you can change the information shown to you using the filter at the top. I've only shown down to the first 2 Goalkeepers on this screenshot.

When looking at your squad for the first time there are a few questions you should be asking yourself:

• How big is your squad?
• How many players do you have in each position?
• Do you have enough Keepers?
• How old are your players?
• How long are their contracts?
• What are your players' wages?

Assessing this information and acting on it is your job as manager and could be crucial to your success on the pitch. I highly recommend exploring every aspect of your squad. After all, these are the guys who are going out onto the pitch. It's best that you get to know them very well.

The Goal Of ITSAGOAL 101

The goal of this blog is to show managers new, and old, the features of itsagoal using screenshots, explanations and instructions. All screenshots can be clicked on to see a larger version.