Matchday Decision

The boss is stuck in traffic, it is 1-1 with six minutes left, and everyone in the dugout is looking at you. Welcome to Matchday Decision. This is football management boiled down to the moments that matter. A full match runs on a live 90:00 clock. At key minutes a card lands in your hands: the physio wants your striker off, the captain wants a word with the referee, the rain is turning the pitch into soup. Swipe right for the bold call, left for the cautious one. Every answer moves the momentum of the match, and momentum scores goals. FOUR GAUGES, ONE JOB Morale, Stamina, Crowd and Boardroom. Let any of them hit the bottom and you are out. Let any of them hit the TOP and you are out too: players who run the club, fans who think you are bigger than it, a board that promotes you upstairs. There are eight different ways to be shown the door. Collect them all. A CAREER, NOT A COIN FLIP - Start at a parks club in the Meadow Sunday League and climb five tiers to the Continental Elite - 60 fictional clubs with crests, grounds, nicknames and rivals - Full league seasons with table, fixtures, results and form - Derbies and season deciders bring their own special cards - Finish in the top three and bigger clubs come calling 360 DILEMMAS THAT REMEMBER Fifteen categories, from deadline-day transfers and lucky socks to half-time team talks and post-match press conferences. Decisions chain: promise the wonderkid a start on Tuesday and he will knock on your door on Saturday. Status effects such as Downpour, Injury Crisis and Takeover Rumours change the rules for a few weeks. After full time, the match report shows the turning points and which of your calls led to which goal. SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY - Daily Fixture: one seeded match, the same for everybody, one attempt, a result you can share - Daily Drill: five quick questions on a chalk tactics board - A forgiving streak with rest days, so a busy day does not wipe your run - Three objectives per match and more than 40 trophies for the cabinet MAKE IT YOURS - Take a manager portrait with the camera or choose a photo for your lanyard pass, then share it - Keep a matchday scrapbook: snap the scoreboard, your scarf, the view from your seat - Optional matchday reminders, at most one a day and never at night - Works in portrait and landscape on iPhone and iPad FAIR PLAY No ads. No timers. No energy bars. No accounts. Everything is stored on your device and the game works fully offline. Every club, person and sponsor in the game is fictional. The Gaffer has forty years in the dugout, three sackings and one very fine moustache. He thinks you have got what it takes. Kick-off whenever you are ready.