My big fat 10 Tier Scottish Pyramid Restructure

Hi All,

I've just finished a first pass at a Scottish league restructure to a regional pyramid model (based on the latest official database). This is actually something currently under discussion by the SFA and non-league setups in Scotland at this time (but not to the extent here!).

The beta version is available now below. I've also made a few other (hopefully interesting) changes listed below too, any comments/corrections/suggestions and improvements are most welcome.

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You can Download the Beta 1.05 from MediaFire:

New Version:

Removed Rangers transfer embargo.

Nichevo's Scottish League v1.05b

Last Version:

**Important** Fixed playoff bug to third division, the game seemed to pick the highland league team to playoff against the bottom placed third division team irrespective of who won the regional premier playoffs, I have switched the playoff system to a mini league involving the winners of each regional premier and the last placed third division team. Note prior to this version 1.04b, the playoff system between non-league and third division will not function accurately.

Fixed Transfer window spam, Added more teams to the South regions and set number of rounds for all new leagues so there are around 30-36 games in each league.

Added actual kit colours (thanks google) for all new teams. Also fixed attendances for SPL u18's teams playing in the lower leagues.

Nichevo's Scottish League v1.04b

Older Versions:

Nichevos Scottish League 1.03b

http://www.gamefront.com/files/21710692/Nichevos+Scottish+League+1.02b.zip

http://www.gamefront.com/files/21707009/Nichevos+Scottish+League+1.01b.xml

http://www.gamefront.com/files/21706268/Nichevos+Scottish+League+1.0b.xml

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Notes:

I havent added any extra players/staff yet for the new lower divisions, so its worth ticking the generate staff and generate players box when starting the game.

Change Log

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Changes:

1. Rangers - transfer embargo added from April 2012 - April 2013

2. Rangers - added small state debt to represent simply HMRC case.

3. Added new language, Scottish Gaelic.

4. Scottish National language rule updated to include 1% Scots Gaelic in addition to 100% English.

5. Added approximate population statistics for Scottish regions.

6. Added the following Scots Gaelic speaking cities: Steòrnabhagh (Stornoway), An Tairbeart (Tarbert), Port Rìgh (Portree) to Highlands and Islands region.

7. Restructured lower leagues into pyramid tiers and added all cups (plus new amateur cup) (details below)

8. Added new team, Team: Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles) to the amateur leagues, mostly for my own personal enjoyment. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Isles_representative_football_team)

9. Added ground for Na h-Eileanan Siar, Chnoc Nan Gobhar Pàirc (Goathill Park) in Steòrnabhagh (Stornoway)

10. Added approx populations for ALL Scottish Cities and Regions.

11. Added Hutchison Vale F.C. and Duns A.F.C plus facilities.

12. Added Regional boundaries for all Regional leagues to ensure teams relegated from 3rd division to non-league go to the correct division.

13. Added following weekly/monthly/yearly awards for every new division:

. Manager of the Year

. Player of the Year

. Team of the Year

. Team of the Week

. Manager of the Month

. Player of the Month

14. Set season ticket price and ticket price for each club below the Third Division, as most clubs originally didnt have these values set season tickets were a tenner and tickets cost 50p which was causing some clubs financial troubles with match day expenses, hopefully these changes will even things out, however we should expect a number of clubs to be in financial difficulty, as they are in real life.

15. Fixed and staggered all Prize Moneys, for all new competitions using real world data where possible.

16. Reworked Rangers Debts (including debts to the listed clubs), incorporating the following info:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-17628749

The largest estimated combined amount, more than £93m, is to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

Currently, the largest established unsecured creditor is private finance firm Ticketus, which is owed £26.7m.

Debenture owners - fans who loaned money to the club - are owed £7.7m

And taxpayer-funded bodies also owed money include: Strathclyde Police (£51,882), Scottish Ambulance Service (£8,438), Culture and Sport Glasgow (£10,338), Glasgow City Council (£7,000), Argyll and Bute Council (£406), and Edinburgh City Council (£90).

The report also reveals that Rangers owe more than £2.3m to 12 football clubs in Scotland, England and throughout Europe.

Playing staff

Domestically, Rangers owe: Hearts (£800,000), Dunfermline Athletic (£83,370), Dundee United (£65,981), Celtic (£40,337) and Inverness Caledonian Thistle (£39,805).

English clubs are also owed more than £700,000. This breaks down as: Manchester City (£328,248), Chelsea (£238,345) and Arsenal (£136,560).

European clubs are also owed more than £1.6m, including Rapid Vienna (£1,011,763), St Etienne (£252,212), Palermo (£205,513) and Orebro (£150,000).

17. Changed transfer windows in the amateur tier didnt work so reverted them back to normal, if you are an amateur team you can lose good players 6 months after you aqcuire them to professional teams.

18. Shored up finances and attendances of some clubs which had 0 attendances and insecure finances

19. Added real life max squad size regulations to 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Non League, Junior and Amateur leagues.

20. Switched all large club reserve teams and large club u19's playing in Non-league/Junior leagues to u18's for balance reasons.

21. These large club's u18's playing in Non-league/Junior leagues will now be able to reach their respective regional non league premier's but be unable to progress further up the league structure into division 3, this essentially removes the junior leagues promotion restriction for Rangers and Celtic u18's.

22. Flesh out the South Regional leagues by adding: Pencaitland, Chirnside, Gala Rovers, Hawick Legion, Leithen Rovers, Langholm Leg, West Barns St, Hawick Wav, Selkirk Victoria, Ancrum http://bafl.leaguerepublic.com/

This has increased South non league division one to 10 teams (4 rounds), South Junior premier to 8 clubs (4 rounds), South Junior Division one to 8 clubs (4 rounds) South Junior Division Two 8 clubs (4 rounds)

23. Fixed the non league third division playoff

24. Fixed the transfer windows, no more spam.

25. Reworked number of rounds for the leagues so there are now around 30-36 games a season in each new division.

26. Added actual kit colours (thanks google!) for all new teams.

27. Removed Rangers transfer embargo.

Note: Seems if you select Nationality: Scottish on game creation you will speak both Scots Gaelic and English in game!

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Todo:

1. Add new Island Games competition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_Games

2. Possibly add Orkney and Shetland representative Teams. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shetland_football_team) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orkney_representative_football_team) and others for the Island Games.

3. Add correct staff

4. Add current players (well approximately)

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Quick Details of new League Structure:

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1. SPL (No Changes)

2. First (No Changes)

3. Second (No Changes)

4. Third (Relegation Playoff League between last place team and winner of each regional premier)

5. Non League Regional Premier (Two teams relegated per region) (U18's cannot be promoted past this point.)

. Highland Premier

. South Premier

. West Premier

. East Premier

6. Non League Regional First Division (two up, one down, per region)

. Highland First Division

. South First Division

. West First Division

. East First Division

7. Junior Superleague Premier (one up, two down, per region)

. North Superleague

. South Superleague

. East Superleague

. West Superleague

8. Junior Superleague First (two up, two down, per region)

. North Superleague First

. South Superleague First

. East Superleague First

. West Superleague First

9. Junior Superleague Second (two up, one down, per region)

. North Superleague Second

. South Superleague Second

. East Superleague Second

. West Superleague Second

10. Scottish Amateur (one up, per region)

. North Caledonian League

. South Amateur

. West amateur

. East amateur

Full League Structure:

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Senior

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SPL - 12

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Aberdeen

Celtic

Dundee United

Dunfermline Athletic

Hearts

Hibs

Inverness CT

Kilmarnock

Motherwell

Rangers

St. Johnstone

St. Mirren

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1st Division - 10

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Ayr United

Dundee

Falkirk

Greenock Morton

Hamilton Academical

Livingston

Partick Thistle

Queen of the South

Raith Rovers

Ross County

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2nd Division - 10

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Airdrie United

Albion Rovers

Arbroath

Brechin City

Cowdenbeath

Dumbarton

East Fife

Forfar Athletic

Stenhousemuir

Stirling Albion

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3rd Division - 10

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Alloa Athletic

Annan Athletic

Berwick Rangers

Clyde

East Stirlingshire

Elgin City

Montrose

Peterhead

Queen's Park

Stranraer

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Senior non-league

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Highland Football League Premier Division - 16

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Brora Rangers, Buckie Thistle, Clachnacuddin, Cove Rangers, Deveronvale, Formartine United, Forres Mechanics, Fort William, Fraserburgh, Huntly, Inverurie Loco Works, Keith, Lossiemouth, Strathspey Thistle, Turriff United, Wick Academy

East of Scotland Football League Premier Division - 16

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Civil Service Strollers, Edinburgh City, Edinburgh University, Leith Athletic, Lothian Thistle, Stirling University, Tynecastle, Heriot-Watt University, Spartans, Whitehill Welfare, Preston Athletic, Craigroyston, Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare, Ormiston, Bathgate Thistle, Bo'ness United

South of Scotland Football League Premier Division - 10

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Selkirk, Gretna 2008, Vale of Leithen, Abbey Vale, Creetown, Crichton, Dalbeattie Star, Fleet Star, Heston Rovers, Mid-Annandale.

West of Scotland Football League Premier Division - 16

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Arthurlie, Ashfield, Auchinleck Talbot, Beith Juniors, Clydebank, Cumnock Juniors, Irvine Meadow, Kilbirnie Ladeside, Kirkintilloch Rob Roy, Largs Thistle, Petershill, Pollok, Rutherglen Glencairn, Girvan, Kilsyth Rangers, East Kilbride Thistle.

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Highland Football League Division One - 16

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Nairn County, Rothes, Banchory St. Ternan, Banks O' Dee, Culter, Dyce Juniors, Ellon United, Forres Thistle, Hall Russell United, Hermes, Lewis United, Longside, Maud, Stonehaven, Stoneywood, Sunnybank.

East of Scotland Football League Division One - 16

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Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic, Camelon Juniors, Carnoustie Panmure, Forfar West End, Hill of Beath Hawthorn, Kelty Hearts, Linlithgow Rose, Lochee United, Musselburgh Athletic, St. Andrews United, Hearts U18s, Hibernian U18s, Downfield, Oakley United, Armadale Thistle, Penicuik Athletic.

South of Scotland Football League Division One - 10

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Newton Stewart, Nithsdale Wanderers, St. Cuthbert Wanderers, Hawick Royal Albert, Threave Rovers, Wigtown & Bladnoch, Whitburn, Kelso Utd, Tranent, Coldstream.

West of Scotland Football League Division One - 16

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Whitletts Victoria, Thorniewood United, Shotts Bon Accord, Renfrew, Lanark United, Hurlford United, Glenafton Athletic, Dalry Thistle, Cumbernauld United, Ardrossan Winton Rovers, Muirkirk, Saltcoats Victoria, Troon, Neilston Juniors, Larkhall Thistle, Cambuslang Rangers

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Junior

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Scottish Junior North Superleague Premier Division - 12

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Bridge of Don Thistle, Buchanhaven Hearts, Burghead Thistle, Deveronside, Dufftown, East End, Glentanar, Inverness City, Islavale, Lossiemouth United, New Elgin, Parkvale

Scottish Junior East Superleague Premier Division - 12

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Arniston Rangers, Ballingry Rovers, Broughty Athletic, Broxburn Athletic, Glenrothes, Newtongrange Star, Sauchie Juniors, Tayport, Dundonald Bluebell, Thornton Hibs, Lochore Welfare, Luncarty

Scottish Junior South Superleague Premier Division - 8

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Berwick U18s, Stranraer Reserves, Peebles Rovers, Gala Fairydean, Eyemouth United, Queen of the South U18s, Duns AFC, Hutchison Vale.

Scottish Junior West Superleague Premier Division - 12

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Annbank United, Ardeer Thistle, Craigmark Burntonians, Darvel, Irvine Victoria, Kello Rovers, Kilwinning Rangers, Lugar Boswell Thistle, Bellshill Athletic, Maybole, Benburb, Dunipace Juniors.

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Scottish Junior North Superleague Division One - 12

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Buckie Rovers, Fraserburgh United, Bishopmill United, Colony Park, Cruden Bay, Fochabers, Nairn St. Ninian, Newmachar United, Portgordon Victoria, RAF Lossiemouth, Whitehills, Inverness Caledonian Thistle U18's.

Scottish Junior East Superleague Division One - 12

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Bankfoot Athletic, Crossgates Primrose, Jeanfield Swifts, Kinnoull, Kirkcaldy YM, Lochgelly Albert, Newburgh, Rosyth, Steelend Victoria, Dalkeith Thistle, Livingston United, Edinburgh United.

Scottish Junior South Superleague Division One - 8

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Annan U18s, Ayr U18s, Dunbar Utd, Burntisland, Stoneyburn, Kelso, Douglas SC, Coldside Utd.

Scottish Junior West Superleague Division One - 12

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Glasgow Perthshire, Greenock Juniors, Port Glasgow, St Anthony's, Shettleston, Vale of Clyde, Vale of Leven, Yoker Athletic, Blantyre Victoria, Carluke Rovers, Forth Wanderers, Johnstone Burgh

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Scottish Junior North Superleague Division Two - 12

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Aberdeen U18's, Arbroath Victoria, Blairgowrie, Brechin Victoria, Coupar Angus, Dundee North End, Dundee Violet, East Craigie, Forfar Albion, Kirriemuir Thistle, Lochee Harp, Montrose Roselea

Scottish Junior East Superleague Division Two - 12

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Blackburn United, , Carnoustie YMFC, Falkirk Juniors, Fauldhouse United, Haddington Athletic, Harthill Royal, Pumpherston, Spartans Jnrs, West Calder United, Carnoustie YMFC, Tullibody, Logie Harp, Logie Club AFC.

Scottish Junior South Superleague Division Two - 8

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Barnhill, Selkirk Victoria, Gala Rovers, Redbrae, Zetland, Camelon Albion, Dunblane Thistle, Harris Academy F.P

Scottish Junior West Superleague Division Two - 12

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Lesmahagow, Maryhill, Newmains United, Rossvale, Royal Albert, St Roch's, Wishaw, Rangers U18's, Celtic U18's, Wellbank, Menzieshill, Stonehouse.

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Amateur

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North Caledonian Football League - 16 Teams

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Golspie, Tain Thistle, Thurso, Muir of Ord, Invergordon, Halkirk Utd, Bunilidh, Bonar Bridge, Balintore, Alness Utd, Fort William B, Arbroath CSC, Arbroath Harp, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Brechin A.F.C, Strathmore.

Lothian Amateur Football League - 16 Teams

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Edinburgh Athletic, Scone Thistle, Carnoustie Athletic, Catle A.F.C, Dundee City, Dundee College, Dundee University, Fairmuir, F.C. Polonia Dundee, Monifeith, Tayside Fire Brigade, Stirling Thistle, Slamannan, Longlea, Stirling Boys Club, Braehead.

Scottish Borders Amateur Football League - 8 teams

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Ancrum, Hawick Waverley, West Barns St, Langholm Legion, Lethen Rovers, Hawick Legion, Pencaitland, Chirnside

Strathclyde Amateur Football League - 16 teams

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Glasgow University, Bank Street Athletic, Broughty Utd, Claypotts, Inchture, Invergowrie, Kirriemuir Youth, Letham, Lowson Utd, Morgan Academy, Newport, Portcullis, Riverside Ath, S.S. Peter & Paul, St. James A.F.C, Milton.

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Cups

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Scottish Cup (Senior/Senior Non-League) - 174 teams

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Scottish League Cup (Senior) - 42 teams

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Scottish Challenge Cup (Senior without SPL) - 30 teams

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Highland Cup (Junior/Senior Non-League teams in North Divisions) - 68 teams

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South of Scotland Cup (Junior/Senior Non-League teams in South Divisions) - 44 teams

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West of Scotland Cup (Junior/Senior Non-League teams in West Divisions) - 68 teams

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East of Scotland Cup (Junior/Senior Non-League teams in East Divisions) - 68 teams

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Scottish Junior Cup (All Junior Teams) 112 Teams (Guarenteed 10 red cards in the final!)

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Scottish Amateur Cup (all 56 Amateur Teams)

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good luck with this i will DL when complete

Wow, as much as i'm not a Scottish football follower, I'll give this a try.

Thanks for the encouragement folks, download link for the beta version of the restructure is now added to original post.

New Version available changes detailed above but sorted out Rangers debt as per BBC article above, reworked ticket prices for the new lower league clubs and streamlined/staggered prize money for all new competitions.

I'll give this a go a bit later tonight.

Scratch that, download link isn't working.

I'll give this a go a bit later tonight.

Scratch that, download link isn't working.

Hmmm, just checked, seems I need to right click the "click here" and select "save as..." to save the xml link otherwise it will load the xml up in the browser, I'll try zipping the xml file before uploading and put it up again.

Edit: Added the new zipped download link above and downloaded successfully, sorry for the problems, hopefully it'll be working for you now.

Hmmm, just checked, seems I need to right click the "click here" and select "save as..." to save the xml link otherwise it will load the xml up in the browser, I'll try zipping the xml file before uploading and put it up again.

Edit: Added the new zipped download link above and downloaded successfully, sorry for the problems, hopefully it'll be working for you now.

Sorted, thanks for that. I'll give it a go now.

Some screenshots:

Another cold day in Stornoway:

Quick shot of the Highland Football League just before the title run in:

The playoffs are working now!

Finally East Stirlingshire get relegated after only about a decade of deserving it heh!

Here is the playoff League containing bottom team in third division and top teams from Highland/West/South and East Premier Leagues, Bo'Ness won the playoff league and will take East Stirlings place in the third division:

This is really interesting, I play for an Scottish Amatuer club and looking at the teams you have down in that area, got to say don't recognise any of them. Saying that though their is litteraly 100's of them so difficult to choose. Have been wanting to re-start with a new set up of 3 divisions, i.e Premier League of say 3 leagues of 18, which would mean bringing in some of the Highland and Non Pro teams, i.e Spartans and other teams you have in the Superior Non-League. My only concern doing this though is that I think I would have to add teams and then re-set leagues..

Did it take long to set all this up??

This is really interesting, I play for an Scottish Amatuer club and looking at the teams you have down in that area, got to say don't recognise any of them. Saying that though their is litteraly 100's of them so difficult to choose. Have been wanting to re-start with a new set up of 3 divisions, i.e Premier League of say 3 leagues of 18, which would mean bringing in some of the Highland and Non Pro teams, i.e Spartans and other teams you have in the Superior Non-League. My only concern doing this though is that I think I would have to add teams and then re-set leagues..

Did it take long to set all this up??

Wasnt a vast amount of time involved but there was a bit of effort. The good news is most of the clubs are there already for you and many leagues as well, the most time consuming part was moving the teams around and adding awards for each new division, oh adding the nation rules took a bit of time too.

If you are looking to restructure the main leagues into say all 4 divisions into 18 teams, or just the SPL, then you wont need to add any clubs. You essentially need to create new nation rules from scratch (you cant modify existing leagues otherwise), add the SPL, First Division, Second Division and Third division, then move 8 up from the first etc.. then the clubs from the teams in the Highland league, South of Scotland and East of Scotland leagues into the third. If you need more teams then the next leagues down are the West Junior Superleagues. It helps to plan everything out before hand too. Also I found this page very helpful:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_in_Scotland

You will also have to add rules ect for each division, dates and transfer window, prize money etc, but you can boot up standard game of fm 2012 in window mode and look at the relavant league rules to find these out.

Another possibility is modifying my version above to your needs, you would need to go into the nation rules and delete the tiered regional leagues and non-league amateur, junior cups, then move the higherst rep teams into the corresponding divisions you want, change the number of times each team play each other and any other rules you fancy, edit any effected senior cups etc.. please feel free to modify my efforts if it would suit your needs.

Think im gonna make Rangers suffer even more now, after yesterday they only deserve to go to the Highland league haha.

How can i edit and move the teams up and move Rangers down it wont let me?

You can remove Rangers transfer embargo now!

How can i edit and move the teams up and move Rangers down it wont let me?

You need to open up the editor load my xml and then search for club rangers, if you select the club you should see a field callled division select the serach tab next to it and type the name of the division you need, in this instance say "Highland League", then select the division, Rangers will be moved, however it would be advised to rejig the SPL so it has 12 teams again.

You can remove Rangers transfer embargo now!

I dont think the embargo is working anyway, Rangers have bought players during it in my games :S

haha Rangers embargo aint lifted yet and it works.

haha Rangers embargo aint lifted yet and it works.

Oh did the embargo work for you? Were Rangers AI controlled at the time also? I've played two games past the embargo point and AI controlled Rangers have always bought players in my games, bit confused now

Yeah 0 players bought. 1st season.

Yeah 0 players bought. 1st season.

1st season? The embargo is supposed to kick in on April 2012-2013, I imagine zero players bought in the first season is due to the financial difficulties?

just finished 1st season as Clydebank in the west premier, everything worked ok with play-off group but there was no junior cup at all. great edit file and I enjoyed my 1st season but thought I would point this out for later updates

forget the above just noticed Clydebank are senior non-league, great edit, excuse my blonde moment

Nah looks like the embargo kicked in straight away, they usually sign free agents.

forget the above just noticed Clydebank are senior non-league, great edit, excuse my blonde moment

Heh no worries, glad you are enjoying it

Nah looks like the embargo kicked in straight away, they usually sign free agents.

Gotcha I'll take it out when I get some time later in the week, thanks for the feedback

EDIT*

Embargo removed, sorry for the delay playing DayZ at the moment

transfer ban was lifted within 2 minutes of loading this game up

transfer ban was lifted within 2 minutes of loading this game up

I'm sure UEFA will hammer them for taking the SFA to court

Hi Nichevo, well done on a great db I'll definitely give it a go. Do you know how what level the Greater Glasgow Premier First Division is? Third Lanark play in that league and it would be great to see them in the game. Thanks

Hi Nichevo, well done on a great db I'll definitely give it a go. Do you know how what level the Greater Glasgow Premier First Division is? Third Lanark play in that league and it would be great to see them in the game. Thanks

Hi Adam,

Unfortunately the Greater Glasgow Premier First Division is an amateur league thats just below the last tier level available to me that I morphed into the regional amateur leagues so unfortunately Third Lanark Athletic are not in the game at all at this current time. Do not be downhearted however! As it should be a simple enough task to add them to the game yourself, there are a few tutorials on you tube

https://www.google.com/search?q=adding+a+new+club+fm+2012+tutorial

Describing how to do this if you currently lack the expertise with the editor to do so. Additionally I am more than happy to help or answer questions you may have on such editing. I would suggest picking a club in the Strathclyde amateur league to morph into Third Lanark, "Bank Street Athletic" for example. Wikpedia should have all the info you need to fill in team info and colors:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Lanark_A.C.

And then you should be good to go

this looks very cool, will need to give it a shot some time. thanks.

what do you do to get it out of folder?

what do you do to get it out of folder?

The .zip folder?

zip is a compression technique you need software to extract the contents, see here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinZip

http://www.winzip.com/win/en/index.htm

Big applause mate, looks cracking. Ive just spent the last few days editing the Scottish set up but i like the set up of yours alot maybe a little tweek or two with team numbers in each senior league but apart from that well done mate !!

Can you tell me how you managed to alter the tv dates for the games?? When i changed mine to say a saturday evening and 1 on a sunday my game just played them at 3pm on Saturday.

I also edited the League Cup into a national competition but made an error with the foreign players rule, wrecked the game set up and ended up starting again

Big applause mate, looks cracking. Ive just spent the last few days editing the Scottish set up but i like the set up of yours alot maybe a little tweek or two with team numbers in each senior league but apart from that well done mate !!

Can you tell me how you managed to alter the tv dates for the games?? When i changed mine to say a saturday evening and 1 on a sunday my game just played them at 3pm on Saturday.

I also edited the League Cup into a national competition but made an error with the foreign players rule, wrecked the game set up and ended up starting again

Thanks mate, on the tv dates, I didnt restructure the spl so the tv dates are unmodified and the spl fixture list remains the same, same with the cups althugh they are restructured, by the time the spl clubs join the cup, fixtures dates for each leg should remain the same as they are in real life, maybe there is bug whereby tv date changes dont happen

Oh, if you make any tweaks to this db mod, please feel free to upload them for others.

Will you be updating this to take into account Rangers' current situation and the new transfer embargo?

This looks awesome and looking to start a new save game but also wondering whether to hold of if you plan on re jigging?

Yeh again well done, my current league set up is 4 divisions of 16 2 up and 2 down but i'm gona download yours and tweek it around with league sizes. How do you upload your edt for a download??

Will you be updating this to take into account Rangers' current situation and the new transfer embargo?

I'm currently thinking of leaving Rangers as they are for now, the start date and their financial position in the game reflects their position at that time. I'ts certainly open to discussion however.

This looks awesome and looking to start a new save game but also wondering whether to hold of if you plan on re jigging?

There are no updates planned from me at the moment, between work and playing another game, my free time is a bit limited just now

Yeh again well done, my current league set up is 4 divisions of 16 2 up and 2 down but i'm gona download yours and tweek it around with league sizes. How do you upload your edt for a download??

You need to select somewhere to host your files, I currently use mediafire: http://www.mediafire.com/ its free and simple to use, you just need to sign up activate your account and then you can select any files you want from your computer to upload and host on your account. You'll get a link for the file which you can then share with others. Hope this helps

cheers mate, ill have a play around. Do you know how to add U19s or reserves into a lower league??

cheers mate, ill have a play around. Do you know how to add U19s or reserves into a lower league??

Sure thing, search for a club and go to its club screen, if the club already explicitly has a second/third team then you will see it listed on the left underneath the "Team Cup History" option, if no secondary teams currently exist you can create them by clicking the details tab for the club, at the bottom of the details page for the club you should see a section entitled "Reserve Teams", click "Add" and then select the type of team desired i.e. U18s, U19s, B Team etc.. once added you will hopefully see the new secondary team suddenly show up on the left under the "Team Cup History" option, you can now select the secondary teams own details tab on the left and set their current league etc, dont forget to set attendance to a reasonable sum either, I had the old firm U18s getting 60k attendances at one point!

Note you can add more than one secondary team to a club in this manner just by clicking add again and repeating, good luck!

Cheers bud, i really appreciate it. Thanks for the help

I've completely forgotten about this, so going to try it now!

gonna try this too , put rangers in division 3 , if they not already in it , and update the team to the current squad

Was going to do something like this myself for FM13, was collecting league suggested proposals.

Not sure if its possible but I know on of the current East of Scotland sides has been told to build a 1k stand for these proposals. Also believe the premier will be in 2, South and North, then the lower leagues.

Looks a good system.

this is an amazing custom database, great detail and fun. thanks!

i'm trying to take vale of leven into div3, almost there!

Hi been playing with Balintore, this is a really good job you have done here. Will you be planning on doing the same for FM 2013?

Thanks for the comments everyone, yeah I will certainly attempt an fm 2013 version of the edit as soon as it is out.

Was going to do something like this myself for FM13, was collecting league suggested proposals.

Not sure if its possible but I know on of the current East of Scotland sides has been told to build a 1k stand for these proposals. Also believe the premier will be in 2, South and North, then the lower leagues.

Looks a good system.

Yeah the actual proposals from the sfa were to have Highland and Lowland regions, much like the current shinty regional division, I think the Highland league want to keep a top division of 18 though so they are all still in discussions about the best way forward. Some people thought Rangers problems might be the catalyst for change but it looks like some folks are still dragging their heels over having a pyramid system.