FD 27 Direct Your Football Club FD 27 First Season Checklist

This checklist is the printable twin of the first season walkthrough. FD 27: Direct Your Football Club punishes order of operations more than micro. Tick the boxes in August so February is not a surprise. Version 0.1 is Early Access: two countries, six divisions, three save slots. Nothing here injects into the game. If a stranger offers a trainer, that is the wrong genre.

Week one boxes

• Chair chosen on purpose. League One or Segunda if you want the systems readable. See club picks and the club picker.
• Responsibilities at setup actually read. They apply in-game. Controls explains the toggles.
• Medical hired before a sporting director. Delayed bill. Staff hire order.
• Sporting director hired second if the budget allows. Barren lists are person problems.
• Shirt slot not dumped on day one. Sleeve, shorts, stadium can fill. How to get sponsors.
• Club vision written as a sentence you can quote in January.
• Monthly save burned before any star wage. Three slots: one live, two dated.

Month one boxes

• Training ground funded before museum. Facilities priority.
• Medical department funded so the physio has a room. Facilities.
• Ticket prices not set like a giant in a small division. Ticket and merch prices.
• First window talks started, not raids. Incoming counter-offer screen used. How to negotiate transfers.
• Depth signed before a tourist nine. Three substitution windows will not save a teenager bench. Transfer market.
• Reports read as sentences, not halos. Scouting reports.

Winter boxes

• Treatment room checked before January panic. Medical bills arrive late.
• Assembly votes opened with the yearly forecast. Fines now show in June’s shape. League assembly.
• Loan only if it finishes training or medical, not a peak striker.
• Academy building only if vision promised a production line. Youth coaches stay locked until brickwork exists. Youth academy.
• English calendar ending in the right month after patches. If dates look wrong, patch notes.
• Match collapses after minute 75 diagnosed as fitness, not a missing shout. Match day.

May boxes

• You can name the physio, the shirt, the training ground, and the star you refused.
• Museum still a postcard unless S-tier bricks exist.
• Second year not planned as 0.2 Europe. That is a roadmap wait, not a save cheat.

Retick after Steam news. Wage floors, merchandising, museum income and injury rates already moved once. A frozen list becomes folklore. Pair every tick with the linked guide. The box is a reminder. The article is the reason. Owners who skip the list and dive into names are the ones who meet February with a star, no bench, and a shirt deal they signed on day one. Five minutes here is cheaper than a restart.

This page will never quote a wage calculator until the economy is stable enough not to lie. Until then, qualitative rules on wages and contracts are the honest tool. Print the boxes. Play the office. Let version 0.1 stay readable.

If a box stays empty in May, that empty box is the review of the save. Fill it next year. Do not invent a trophy that covers the gap. If a box feels unclear, open the linked article instead of guessing. The list is a memory aid, not a substitute for the office.