Hello,
The FAW Reserve League is missing for Welsh tiers 1-3. This means that when playing in the available leagues (tiers 1 and 2), player development is a strain due to a severe lack of available minutes. Having them available would be a massive, massive help to long term 'building a nation' saves in Wales.
The league is practically invisible in real life in terms of coverage, but it is available to view in the Cymru Football app, which is official.
However, they are all running, and the details of how they function can be found in the FAW handbook: https://handbook.faw.cymru/regulations/competition-regulations/faw-reserve-leagues/
The competition rules can all be found above, but in particular I'd like to draw attention to the bit about how teams are formatted:
14.1. The League will be organised into Divisions based on geographical location and subject to the number of entries received. Each Division will compromise a maximum of sixteen-(16) member Clubs in each season, unless expressly directed by the FAW. Each Club will be allocated to the more geographically appropriate Division, as determined by the Panel and approved by the FAW directors prior to the start of the relevant season. The Board shall determine annually the date on which Matches shall commence. The Board shall fix the date in the following year on which the normal playing season of the League shall terminate.
There are also a number of reserve cups, but I have no idea how they are organised other than what I can see in the app.
I appreciate that getting this into the game would be a good chunk of work, but if the skeleton could be put in place (so perhaps the teams aren't pre-populated, but the game is able to start pulling teams in based on the geopgraphic and tier criteria at the start of a save), this will benefit Welsh saves this game and beyond as the experience becomes far more comprehensive. With Welsh domestic football being one ripe for a 'building a nation' save as the standard starts so lowly from a global perspective, in its current state of no reserves and limited youth development leagues it feels underutilised
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