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Manage a Lego football team

How to go about taking over a Lego football team

Annoyed at Legoland FC's arrogance? Want to see the Celebs fail? Think Inter Police could be better managed? It's easy to take control of a Legoland football team and then manage them throughout the 42 round Legoland football season. All that is required is a takeover bid which can be made using either real money or fictional Lego money known as "Lego Pounds". Please see below for more details.

Background: Players and managers at Legoland football league teams are based on real-life footballers. All have skill ratings based on their perceived abilities and these, along with other factors such as a team's past performances, is used to simulate a team's score in each of the league's 42 rounds.

Check out the list of football teams.
Check out the current League Tables.

Buy a Lego football club using "Lego money"

You can buy a Legoland based football club and battle against the nation's football establishment for the SuperLeague title. Ownership of a club allows you to select the team's starting line-up, hire and fire managers, delve into the transfer market, agree sponsorship deals, and publicly hit out at other rival clubs, managers and players. Best of all, however, owning a club gives you a team of your own to root for!

Prospective buyers can use Legoland's national currency, the Legoland Pound (L£), to buy a club. Real money is never required as Lego football is just for fun so there's absolutely no risk on the buyer's part. Following the purchase of a club, a buyer can interact as much or as little* they wish with regard to team selection and buying and selling players.

TIP: Upon buying a club, at any time should you wish you to, you may go on a "manager holiday" and temporarily leave the running of the club in the hands of an automatic board of directors. This automatic board will select the weekly starting 11 players from your team and, if you have granted permission, potentially buy and sell players for your team in the transfer market.

But HEY, how can I? I've no Lego money!

Have no Lego money? If you have no Lego money you can "borrow" it from the Legoland banks!

OK I guess I'll borrow. What's involved?

If your bid for a club is accepted by the existing board of directors you will immediately be allocated a representative minifig (LEGO person) who will be a resident of Legoland. You will be asked to give this representative minifig a name - you and the representative minifig both may have the same name, if desired - and he or she will in effect be 'controlled' by you. The representative minifig shall be the "minifig owner" of the club, with you being the human owner.

Through the representative minifig you can apply for a loan from one of Legoland's banks. The loan will be taken out in the name of the purchased club and the debts (sum borrowed plus the total interest amount) will be put onto the accounts of the club.

TIP: Currently Legoland's main banks offer 1 year or 2 year loans. Interest rates usually vary between 15% and 25%.

Right I get it but with this way can I lose real money? Has anyone else bought clubs?

No. Buying a club is typically made using Lego money and so you cannot lose any real money!

The following are some of the most notable clubs bought and owned by real people (humans, not minifigs :) ): Black Fortress Barbarians, Fiorentina, Greentown Athletic, Juventus, Lazio, Legoland City, Napoli, Marino and Parma.

TIP: There is an option to buy a club using real money and avoiding the Legoland banks altogether. This option is available only for those who wish to use it. The official real money to Lego money exchange rate is €1 : L£500,000 or $1 : L£360,000, however, usually club L£ prices are reduced to those paying using real money.

OK I'm in but now my new club has a big debt. How do I start to pay it off?

Clubs earn Lego money through a number of sources, primarily from TV and sponsorship deals made with "companies" from Legoland and other toy nations, from season ticket sales and from selling football players.

The SuperLeague usually signs a 1/2 year TV deal with one of Legoland's major television companies and the money is split depending on a team's final league position in the previous season.

Season ticket sales are computed before the season kicks-off. The money earned is simulated and takes into account the current regulated ticket prices, the club's stature and final league position in the previous season, and the population and economy of Legoland,

TIP: Wise forays into the player transfer market is especially important in the short-to-medium term as it can be the main way to bring in the funds. Trying to buy in quality players at good prices and selling others for a profit is key. It's important to note that a decent enough starting 11 is recommended to aid your club's on-field results so you should not be quick to sell all your talented players.

BLEH Ok. So players affect results?

Yes. Results for the SuperLeague are simulated automatically for each round and take into account the 11 players ratings fielded in the starting line-up. The simulator also takes into account the team's manager's rating in addition to (a) the club's past results (b) the club's Serie A history and (c) whether the club is playing at home or away. A random factor is also included.

What happens if I fail to pay off my debt by the loan repayment due date?

If upon the loan repayment due date, all monies owed have not been paid, the worst thing that can happen is that the club is repossessed by the Legoland bank from whom the loan was taken out from. In this case you would lose all ownership of the club.

An alternative bank may agree to give you a short term loan to repay the loan from another bank on time but this would be at the discretion of the bank.

OK fair enough. So what team should I go for?

It should be noted that only top division clubs make any big quantities of Lego money so should you buy a club in a lower division paying off the loans borrowed on time may be tricky. Nevertheless clubs in the lower league do cost alot less.

TIP: Only Serie A (the league's top division) and Serie B (the league's second division) are simulated using the complex results generator. It is recommended to buy a club in either division as it is in these divisions that the fun starts.

I'm interested but I might have more questions!

No problem. Just email legoland.times.editor@gmail.com. with any questions or comments.

Current Serie A Clubs

Ajax Skerries	Greentown Athletic	Legoland FC	Napoli	Roma
Black Fortress	Inter Milan	Legoland Town	Parma	Torino
Celebs	Inter Police	Legoland United	Port Villa
Emperor Eagles	Juventus	Lion Lakers	Republic
Fiorentina	Lazio	Marino	Robin Rangers