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Cup Competitions

Cup games were played in a similar manner to league games except that for each match, each clubs "real" division determined the dice used. For example, if a First Division (as was then, now "The Premiership") club met a Fourth Division (now "League Two") club at home, the First Division club received the Green dice, and the Fourth Division club the Yellow dice. The Match would be played, the result recorded (with replays if necessary, along with extra time (the Yellow dice) and penalties (the Green dice) if required) and the winners would progress on to the next round.

Cup draws were made by use of the supplied numbered cards.

Somewhat confusingly, the League Cup began with the 3rd Round, and the FA Cup with the 4th round (probably to make drawing the teams easier as at these stages a round figure of 32 clubs would be left in the competition). Players had to select the teams that would play in these competitions via an allotment process, so that each division was represented, although (for example in the FA Cup) eleven First Division sides made it into the initial draw, whereas only four Fourth Division teams would.

European competitions began with "Rounds of 16". Again, players had to select the teams that would take part. Players were encouraged to use up-to-date information in order to ascertain which teams would compete in each tournament.

The World Cup was run after seasons 1 and 5. The player would choose sixteen countries to take part, who would then go through various group and knock-out stages in order to determine the Cup Winners.

The European Championships were run after seasons 3 and 7. Thirty-two teams would take part (as there were 33 countries in UEFA at the time one team was drawn out not to take part), divided into eight groups. Each group winner would then progress to the knock-out stages.