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11 hours ago, Supermercado99 said:

I know nobody is going to care about this file as much as me, but given how many topics I've been in asking/complaining about topics related to African continental qualification I thought I'd make the file official! The second file is a custom Champions League/Confederation Cup - if you don't either use this, or add Westmi Westminster Africa.fmf 20.73 kB · 6 downloads Westminster 2022 Final.fmf 237.27 kB · 6 downloads nster to another custom African competitions file it's highly unlikely your teams will ever get more than one spot in the Confederation Cup. The companion graphics file (logos, stadiums, the national flag, faces of some of the managers/players commonly signed by clubs can be downloaded here). Now, please rise for the Westminstran national anthem...

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Divisions (more information below):

  • Two professional (1, 2) and two semi-professional (3, 4) league divisions
  • One semi-pro (National League) and three amateur non-league divisions (Challenge League 1, 2, 3)
  • Under 23 competition mirroring main divisions

Cups: 

  • Football Association Cup (All 256 registered teams in a straight knockout)
  • Westminster Invitational (National/Challenge League teams vs lower league teams from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales as well as sides from the Gibraltar league)
  • League Cup (Division 3 and 4 sides, plus 16 Under 23 sides of Division 1 sides)
  • National Challenge Cup (National League and Challenge League sides)
  • Services Shield (16 team knockout for sides representing government departments)
  • National Youth Cup (252 Under 23 sides + four youth training sides that start in Challenge League 3)
  • Training Squad Cup (mid-season league competition played between the four youth training sides) 
  • Forces Challenge (pre-season league between the Air Force, Army and Navy sides)
  • Commonwealth Cup - an annual pre-season international knockout featuring top seeds England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, second seeds Westminster and Gibraltar, and four randomly selected guest sides from the Commonwealth (anyone from Australia or South Africa to Tuvalu and Kiribati)

Westminster - an introduction

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The largely uninhabited island was colonised by Great Britain in 1775. Its only occupants were the Buyan people, who lived along the east coast closest to the African mainland. Settlers from Britain caused them to gradually drift across the island, leaving them on the opposite coast to their original homeland. Buyans found an uneasy place under British rule, but the circumstances behind their migration remain controversial in Westminster today.

At first, settlers from Britain came arrived as farmers, especially to the fertile Midland region. A mining boom around the Mt. Lawler area during late 19th century greatly boosted the population, and settlements were developed across the island. Mining remains a key sector of the economy, and the discovery of oil off the northeast coast in the late 1960s ensured Westminster's self-sufficiency.

While other British colonies sought independence in the 1950s and 1960s, a population overwhelmingly connected to the mother country ensured Westminster remained loyal to the crowd. Despite the lack of a serious push towards independence, the British government held a referendum in 1967 to coincide with a similar vote in Gibraltar. As expected, despite opposition from a small independence movement and parts of the Buyan community, continued association with the UK won by a landslide 89% to 11%.

As mainland Britain struggled through the 1970s and early 1980s, Westminster's relatively strong economic performance made it an attractive destination for immigration. By the turn of the century its population had far outstripped Northern Ireland and Wales, and was drawing closer to Scotland.

After years of being frozen out of the British political scene, ruled by a Governor appointed by London and a small local parliament with advisory powers only, political passions on the island were finally fired by the 2016 Brexit referendum. Expectations of being included in the vote, like citizens of Gibraltar, were not met. The argument was that they weren't physically part of Europe, but there were suspicions that it had more to do with the overwhelming 'remain' support on the island.

Until then, support for independence barely reached double digits, but the leave vote gave the cause its greatest ever boost. With an economy that relied heavily on trade with the European Union, pro-independence sentiment skyrocketed, and for the first time some polls even showed a majority in favour of breaking away. In London, there were fears that a previously minor pro-independence party would sweep the local elections due later that year. Spooked by the prospect of its most lucrative overseas possession trying to walk away, the British government offered a deal to head off the breakaway faction. They invited the island to join the United Kingdom as a country, finally winning representation in the parliament that had inspired its name.

Despite opposition from independence advocates and Buyan nationalists, the deal was ratified by almost 80% of the population. There was a concession offered to the Buyans, unlike Westminstrans from the other provinces they would not automatically be considered British citizens. After a transitional period, the arrangement became official on 1 January 2021.

Demographics
The island is divided into 12 metropolitan areas, based around a particular major city but all containing smaller towns and villages in the wider district.

Liberty City - (population 2,900,000)
The capital, by far the largest city, and the white-collar economic heart of the nation. Liberty City is also home to the country’s only international airport, located near the border with the Port Liberty province. Barely larger than Midland, but significantly more densely populated.

Midland (510,000)
Heavily populated in the areas bordering Liberty City and Kangyana Falls, but otherwise mainly farming land. It is home to the headquarters of national train network Westminster Rail, and the island's main highway runs through it, from Liberty City to Elizabeth.

Port Liberty (480,000)
The industrial heart of the country. Holds key manufacturing industries and the island's major shipping port.

Mt. Lawler (270,000)
The home of the national mining industry. Small gold and diamond reserves were extinguished in the early 1900s, leaving platinum, coal, chromium and nickel to be mined today.

Kangyana Falls (255,000)
The falls themselves are one of the island's main tourist attractions, but the city is home to a thriving digital media sector that has helped the provincial population grow by over 30% in a decade.

South Coast (200,000)
Westminster's internationally famous beach resort. Also a major holiday destination for locals, many of who own holiday houses in the area. The north of the province is industrial, and is headquarters to Southern Rail - the private company to operates freight trains across the island.

Elizabeth (160,000)
Originally part of New London, Elizabeth became its own district in the early 1990s. Since then, local manufacturing has helped its prosperity and population grown beyond that of New London.

Lake Charles (160,000)
Mainly a farming community, with its largest population centres around the lake.

Victoria River (140,000)
The majority of the population is located at the northern end of the province, where the river forms from the ocean. Most other residents live along the river, with farming in the centre of the district.

New London (120,000)
A struggling province that has lost much of its industry and been eclipsed by the growth of Elizabeth. It is the most economically underdeveloped area in the country, heavily dependent on government subsidies.

Buya (80,000)
Home to the vast majority of the Buyan population, the province remains a hotbed of their culture, and largely considers itself independent of the island's government.  

Federal Capital District (25,000)
Traditionally the home of most Westminstran government departments, the island a few hundred metres off the mainland was part of Liberty City until nationhood. During weekdays, the island’s population swells with workers from the mainland, but there are very few permanent residents.

Football in Westminster
The game was first seriously played on the island in the late 1800s, but never developed a serious club scene. Instead, the game was organised along a similar basis to county cricket, with teams representing provinces. A recognisable national championship began in 1923, and other than the war years, continued to be played until 2020. Given their population advantage, Liberty City not surprisingly dominated the competition. Despite the smallest population in the country, and some local reluctance to participate in a competition ultimately controlled by the English FA, Buya won back-to-back titles in 1979/80.

Westminster National Championship titles (72 played)

Liberty City - 43
Port Liberty - 13
Midland - 10
Buya, Mt. Lawler - 2
South Coast, Victoria River - 1
Elizabeth, Kangyana Falls, Lake Charles, New London - 0

Until 2021 there was no official Westminstran national team. Promising players went to England, and would play for their national team if good enough. Occasional ‘Westminster XI’ sides played exhibition matches, most controversially several times against South Africa in the 1970s, but there was no move to play official international games. This changed once they joined the UK. The initial plan was to play in UEFA, but this was rejected to their proximity to Africa. Many CAF nations didn't want to admit them into their competitions, but were eventually persuaded to offer an invitation.

With international football, the fully professional club game was embraced at last. The Westminster FA offered 256 teams places in their competitions, ranging from major consortiums to tiny village sides and teams representing government departments.

The League:

  • Players from England, Gibraltar, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales are not considered foreign.
  • Maximum 30 players over 22 can be registered
  • All promotion/relegation playoffs are one leg games at a neutral venue.

Division 1

  • 20 Professional teams playing 38 games, mainly scheduled for 15:00 Saturday. TV games at 13:00 (satellite), 15:00 (national), 17:00 (Satellite) and 19:00 (National)
  • TV money - £1.5 million per team, per season
  • Prize money ranges from £500k for first, to £125k for last.
  • Maximum six foreigners in the matchday squad 
  • Winners initially qualifies for African Confederations Cup, later (if coefficient improved) the Champions League 
  • Bottom three automatically relegated, fourth bottom plays off against fourth from Division 2.

Teams

  • Air Force (Liberty City) - Slightly better training/recruitment than non-military clubs
  • Aldhaven Victoria River (Victoria River) - Based in a large housing development on the city's outskirts
  • Army (Liberty City) -  Slightly better training/recruitment than non-military clubs
  • Buya Nhambe (Buya) - The focus of the Buyan community, their only club in the top two divisions
  • Capital City Senators (Capital District) - Much of their support comes from people travelling from Liberty City
  • Coastal Crush (South Coast) - The only top flight representative from their province
  • Kangyana Heights (Kangyana Falls) - The only top flight representative from their province
  • Lake Charles Lightning (Lake Charles) - The only top flight representative from their province
  • Midland Power (Midland) - Supporters from poorer areas of the city, fierce local rivalry with The Mighty Interior
  • Miners (Mt. Lawler) - Largely supported by mining sector workers, and sponsored by the mining industry
  • Mt. Lawler City (Mt. Lawler) - Supported by the non-mining community of the city
  • Navy (Port Liberty) - Slightly better training/recruitment than non-military clubs
  • New London Lions (New London) - The only top flight representative from their province
  • Northern Suburbs Devils (Liberty City)
  • Paradise Beach (Liberty City) - Owned by, and play in part of, the Liberty City casino complex
  • Port Liberty Dockers (Port Liberty) - Heavily backed by dock workers, regarded a very left-wing club
  • South Liberty Sharks (Liberty City) - Located in the most exclusive part of the city
  • The Mighty Interior (Midland)
  • The Royals (Elizabeth) - The only top flight representative from their province
  • West Liberty Wildcats (Liberty City)

Division 2

  • 22 professional teams, playing 42 games, mainly scheduled for 15:00 Sunday. TV games at 15:00 (national), 17:00 (satellite) and 19:00 (national)
  • TV money - £750k per team, per season
  • Prize money from £175k to £50k
  • Maximum five foreigners
  • Top three automatically promoted, fourth plays against fourth bottom from Division 1.
  • Bottom three automatically relegated, fourth bottom plays against fourth from Division 3.

Teams

  • Cricketers (Midland) - The football division of the nation's largest cricket club - the MCC (Midland Cricket Club). Affiliated with a number of other clubs around the world with cricket connections.
  • Elizabeth Palace (Elizabeth)
  • Falls FC (Kangyana Falls)
  • Fort Victoria (Victoria River)
  • International (Capital District) - A side pitched towards European immigrants
  • Kamba Eagles (Mt. Lawler)
  • Lake City Millionaires (Lake Charles) - Sponsored by a finance company
  • Liberty City Rangers (Liberty City)
  • Liberty Gardens (Liberty City) - Representing a local housing estate
  • Maritime (Port Liberty)
  • Midland Greyhounds (Midland) - Play at the local greyhound track
  • New London Rovers (New London)
  • Redmage (Mt. Lawler)
  • River City Raiders (Victoria River)
  • Southern Rail (South Coast) - Owned and operated by the private freight rail company
  • Southern Strikers (South Coast)
  • Tidal (Port Liberty)
  • Valleys (Midland)
  • Vipers (Kangyana Falls) - Affiliated with the Ugandan team of the same name
  • Waverley Hills (Liberty City) - From an affulent district of the city
  • Westminster Atlantic (Port Liberty)
  • Westminster Dragons (Liberty City)

Division 3

  • 24 semi-professional teams, playing 46 games, mainly scheduled for 19:00 Friday. TV games at 19:00 (national) and 21:00 (satellite)
  • Prize money from £80k to £25k.
  • Maximum four foreigners
  • Top three automatically promoted, fourth plays against fourth bottom from Division 2.
  • Bottom three automatically relegated, fourth bottom plays against fourth from Division 4.

Teams

  • Athletic Club (Liberty City) - Play out of Westminster's national athletics stadium
  • Capital Combat (Capital District)
  • Carolina Avenue (Liberty City)
  • Club Africa (Elizabeth) - Formed by residents from mainland Africa, especially South Africa. Affiliation with a number of African clubs.
  • Diamonds (Victoria River)
  • East Liberty United (Liberty City)
  • Golden Stars (Liberty City)
  • Highgate Challengers (Kangyana Falls) - Owned by a real estate company
  • Midland Junction (Midland)
  • Midland Lynx (Midland)
  • New Street Wanderers (Mt. Lawler)
  • Nyema Buya (Buya) - Buya's second largest team. Good relations with all other Buyan teams, but a furious rivalry with Union Club.
  • Port Liberty Athletic (Port Liberty)
  • Portland Seals (Port Liberty)
  • Racing Club (Midland) - Operated by the committee of Midland Racecourse
  • Safari Club (Mt. Lawler)
  • Salisbury Crescent (New London)
  • Saltmarsh Meadow (Lake Charles)
  • Savannah FC (Kangyana Falls)
  • South Coast Blasters (South Coast)
  • Sporting Westminster (Liberty City)
  • Victoria United (Victoria River)
  • Westminster Drillers (Port Liberty) - Closely aligned with the oil industry

Division 4

  • 24 semi-professional teams, playing 46 games, mainly scheduled for 12:00 Sunday. TV games at 10:00 (satellite) and 12:00 (satellite)
  • Prize money from £35k to £16k.
  • Maximum three foreigners
  • Top three automatically promoted, fourth plays against fourth bottom from Division 1.
  • Bottom three automatically relegated, fourth bottom plays against fourth from Division 3.

Teams

  • Beverley (Port Liberty)
  • Caledonians (Liberty City) - Club for Scottish immigrants, affiliated with a number of Scottish teams
  • California Suns (South Coast) - Represent a large American community in South Coast. Affiliated with a number of US teams.
  • Commonwealth Club (Elizabeth)
  • Epsom Farm (Kangyana Falls) - Owned by a major farming company on the border with Midland
  • Framwood Galaxy (Liberty City)
  • Grand Prix Speedway (South Coast) - Play in the middle of the motor speedway owned by the same group
  • Kangyana Workers Club (Kangyana Falls) - Representing union workers in Kangyana Falls
  • Lago di Carlo (Lake Charles) - Club for Italian immigrants, affiliated with a number of Italian teams
  • Liberty City Irish (Liberty City) - Club for Irish immigrants, affiliated with a number of Irish teams
  • London Croatia (New London) - Club for Croatian immigrants, affiliated with a number of Croatian teams
  • Mersey Fields (Liberty City)
  • Merton Hill (Lake Charles)
  • Metropolitans (Liberty City)
  • Mystic Park (Port Liberty)
  • Oxford Point Country Club (Midland) - Operated by a major golf resort
  • Ravenglass (Liberty City) - Represent a housing estate
  • Second City Saints (Midland)
  • Star of the North (Port Liberty)
  • The North (Mt. Lawler) - Formed by migrants from the north of England
  • Waverley Park (Liberty City)
  • Wild Cherry (New London)
  • Windsor Association (Elizabeth)
  • Union Club (Buya) - Represent a small group of strident pro-British residents in Buya. Controversial inclusions in the league due to effectively being a political party masquerading as a football club. Great deal of tension with other clubs in the city, but police are especially worried about games against Nyema Buya, their greatest rivals.

National League

  • 40 semi-professional teams, playing 39 games, mainly scheduled for 11:00 Saturday. TV games at 09:00 (satellite) and 11:00 (satellite)
  • Prize money from £22.5k to £5k.
  • Maximum two foreigners
  • Top three automatically promoted, fourth plays against fourth bottom from Division 4.
  • Bottom three automatically relegated, fourth bottom plays against fourth from Challenge League 1.

Teams

  • Anglers (Lake Charles)
  • Atlantis (Midland)
  • Big Sky (Midland) - Sponsored by a construction company
  • Broughton Green (Lake Charles)
  • Cambridge Wolves (Elizabeth)
  • Central Towers (Liberty City) - Representing the city's main social housing area. Their ground is in the centre of the four towers of the main complex.
  • Disco Volante (Liberty City) - Owned by one of Liberty City's largest nightclubs. Play the friendly 'Disco Derby' against The Mothership.
  • Dover Crossing (Liberty City)
  • Downing Street (Capital District)
  • Elizabeth Province (Elizabeth)
  • Exiles (Mt. Lawler) - Formed by British immigrants
  • Falmouth St. Piran (Victoria River) - Cornish social club
  • Foxes (Port Liberty)
  • Inland Explorers (Kangyana Falls)
  • Leopards (Kangyana Falls)
  • Malvern Vale (Midland)
  • Manchester Canal (New London) - Formed by migrants from the Manchester area
  • Marble Harbour (South Coast) - From one of the province's richest areas
  • Maryvale Steel (Mt. Lawler) - Operated by the island's private steel industry
  • Meridian (Liberty City)
  • Midnight Express (New London)
  • Midtown Punishers (Midland)
  • Palmerston Grove (Lake Charles)
  • Radio Atlantic (Liberty City) - Operated by the country's top commercial radio station. Friendly rivalry with 96FM
  • River City Hakoah (Victoria River) - Social club for Victoria River's Jewish community. Affiliated with a number of Jewish backed clubs around the world.
  • Riviera Riot (South Coast)
  • Sandringham FC (Elizabeth)
  • Silver Gully (Mt. Lawler)
  • Solar XI (Port Liberty)
  • South Coast Pirates (South Coast)
  • Southport Plaza (Port Liberty) - Sponsored by, and play on a ground at, Port Liberty's largest sporting complex
  • Thames Athletic (South Coast)
  • The Mothership (Liberty City) - The other nightclub team, friendly rivalry with Disco Volante
  • The Rock (South Coast)
  • Radio 96 (Victoria River) - Owned by the popular FM radio station
  • Wellington District (Liberty City)
  • Whitewater Springs (Kangyana Falls)
  • Wimbledon Parade (Liberty City)
  • Woodland Rovers (Liberty City) 

Challenge League 1-2-3

  • 42 amateur teams, playing 41 games, mainly scheduled for 09:00 Saturday with no TV coverage.
  • Prize money from £7.5k to £1.5k
  • Maximum two foreigners
  • Top three from CL1 automatically promoted, fourth plays against fourth bottom from the National League. In all other leagues four are automatically promoted and fifth playts against fifth bottom in C2/C3
  • No relegation.

Challenge League 1 Teams

  • Alexandria Sports (Victoria River)
  • Aston Town (Liberty City)
  • Bayside Blaze (South Coast)
  • Belmont Castle (Mt. Lawler)
  • Buya Sahambe (Buya) - The third biggest team in the city, but still well supported by locals.
  • Canterbury Rollers (Port Liberty)
  • Churchill Point (South Coast)
  • Constellation (South Coast)
  • Daisy Hill (Liberty City)
  • Dartmouth Storm (Elizabeth)
  • Dice Town (Kangyana Falls)
  • Digital Village (Kangyana Falls) - Sponsored by the major technology precinct in the city
  • Dixon Creek (Kangyana Falls)
  • Dolphin Coast (South Coast) - Owned by the largest aquarium/water park in the country
  • Eaglehawk (Port Liberty)
  • East Point (Liberty City)
  • Ellesmere Scouts (New London)
  • Elmore Gate (Liberty City)
  • Elspeth and Morpel Town (Liberty City) - Joint team from two villages on the outskirts of the city
  • Emerald Zone (Elizabeth)
  • Gateway City Outlaws (Midland)
  • Hendersonville (Midland)
  • Kangyana City (Kangyana Falls)
  • Kent Town Arrows (Liberty City)
  • Lakeside Drive (Liberty City)
  • Midland Terminators (Midland)
  • Mile End (Mt. Lawler)
  • Moreland Bombs (Kangyana Falls)
  • Newport Wasps (New London)
  • Northern Hellenic (Port Liberty) - Greek social club, affiliated with a number of Greek sides.
  • Osborne House (Liberty City) - Play on the grounds of a historic mansion
  • Premier Cinemas (Liberty City) - Owned by the island's top cinema chain
  • Royal Liberty Yacht Club (Liberty City) - Part of Westminster's most prestigious yacht club
  • Rushall Square (Lake Charles)
  • Sandown Chargers (Midland)
  • Smoky Mountain (Mt. Lawler)
  • Sparkbrook (Kangyana Falls)
  • St. Helena (Midland)
  • Velocity Sports (Mt. Lawler)
  • Victoria Dynamo (Victoria River)
  • Village Green (Elizabeth)
  • White City Wizards (New London) - Tenants of a former suburban greyhound track
     
Challenge League 2 Teams
 
  • Atherstone Avengers (Liberty City)
  • Australians (Liberty City) - Formed by Australian immigrants. Aligned with a number of clubs from the homeland.
  • Bernard Street (Liberty City)
  • Britannia United (South Coast)
  • Cadbury Town (Port Liberty)
  • Camberwell Crusaders (Liberty City)
  • Camelot (Elizabeth)
  • Central Rangers United (Midland)
  • Chetford Forest (Midland) - The senior arm of a large collection of junior sides
  • Cleveland Association (Kangyana Falls)
  • Concord (Mt. Lawler)
  • Docklands Park (Liberty City)
  • Elizabeth West End (Elizabeth)
  • Glastonbury (Kangyana Falls)
  • Hastings FC (New London)
  • Heathcote Swifts (Lake Charles)
  • Island Dreams Sports Club (Port Liberty) - Sponsored by a multi-sport facility/club
  • Kelmscott Raiders (Mt. Lawler)
  • Leyton City (Lake Charles)
  • Live Oak Town (Port Liberty)
  • Magic Mile (Mt. Lawler) - Represent a popular shopping strip
  • Marshalltown Spectres (Liberty City)
  • Mid-South Falcons (Midland)
  • Midland Bulls (Midland)
  • Moonlight Heath (Lake Charles)
  • Northern Bulldogs (Port Liberty)
  • Norton United (Kangyana Falls)
  • Old Collegians (Midland) - Formed by ex-students of a prestigious private school
  • Passing Breeze (South Coast)
  • Queensborough (Mt. Lawler)
  • Ridgeway Centre (Lake Charles) - Sponsored by the largest shopping centre in the city
  • Seaview Pegasus (Port Liberty)
  • Sirina Buya (Buya)
  • South Coast Combination (South Coast)
  • Spalding Athletic (Mt. Lawler)
  • St. George Shield (Liberty City)
  • Stamford Town (Kangyana Falls)
  • Stratton and Wells United (Midland)
  • Sunshine Point Surf Club (South Coast) - Run by the local surfing club
  • Tyneguard Elite (Victoria River)
  • Wensleydale Spartans (Kangyana Falls)
 
Challenge League 3 Teams
 
  • 10 August Club (Liberty City) - Representing a pro-independence group, named after what they consider to be Westminster's national day. Play until their proposed national flag. 
  • Airport and Customs (Liberty City) - House team of the Liberty City International Airport and its staff.
  • Alive and Kicking (Lake Charles) - Represent a youth club. Under 21 players are preferred by all ages can play
  • Auto Traders Group (Port Liberty) - Sponsored by the island's largest car dealership
  • Bank of Westminster (Capital District) - Formed by staff of the national bank
  • Bottlesford Recreation (New London)
  • Broadcast House (Capital District) - For staff at the headquarters of the BBC's local affiliate
  • Central University (Midland) - Team of Westminster's second largest university. Rivalry with National University.
  • Civil Service (Central District) - Representing government workers in the capital
  • Corinthians (Liberty City) - A team that, by charter, must always remain amateur 
  • Five Star (Kangyana Falls) 
  • Halstock Town (Port Liberty)
  • Hampton Manor (Kangyana Falls)
  • Killer Bees (Port Liberty)
  • King's Court (Mt. Lawler)
  • Lakeside Citizens (Victoria RIver) - Local community group team
  • Lord Alfred Tavern (Elizabeth) - Sponsored by a local hotel
  • National Agriculture (Midland) - Representing the farming ministry
  • National Ambulance Service (Capital District)
  • National Communications (Capital District) - Phone and internet service workers
  • National Energy (Capital District) - Power, gas and water workers
  • National Fire Service (Capital District)
  • National Police Service (Capital District)
  • National Roads (Midland) - Road maintenance and bus workers
  • National Sealink (Liberty City) - Representing the ferry service that runs between Westminster and the African mainland
  • National University (Liberty City) - Representing the country's main university
  • New World Order (Liberty City)
  • Ports Corporation (Port Liberty) - For local dockworkers. Most prefer to follow Port Liberty Dockers.
  • Prentice Panthers (Elizabeth)
  • Pure Shores (South Coast)
  • Royal Liberty Hospital (Liberty City) - Representing the island's largest hospital
  • Ruby Reds (Elizabeth) - Owned by a large poultry producer
  • Skate or Die (Liberty City) - Owned by a skating equipment company
  • The Chaos Engine (Port Liberty)
  • The Soccer Show (Liberty City) - Represent a weekend morning football TV show on ITV Westminster
  • Training Squad East (Liberty City) - Youth training side. Excellent recruitment/facilities. No players over 23 allowed. 
  • Training Squad North (Victoria River) - Youth training side. Excellent recruitment/facilities. No players over 23 allowed. 
  • Training Squad South (South Coast) - Youth training side. Excellent recruitment/facilities. No players over 23 allowed. 
  • Training Squad West (Elizabeth) - Youth training side. Excellent recruitment/facilities. No players over 23 allowed. 
  • Westminster Air (Liberty City) - For staff of the national airline
  • Westminster Rail (Midland) - For staff of the island's passenger rail network.

Notes

Dynamic continental qualification is on. If you don't want (or don't) trust this, it can be turned off in the Westminster Africa editor file. Default setting is two qualifiers for the Champions League and Confederation Cup. One of the teams enters the Champions League a round later than the other, but the game doesn't automatically make the previous title winner the higher seeded team. There's probably something I can do about this in the file settings but have had so much trouble with the continental cups that I'm letting it go for now.

Every city except Buya has a UK region, meaning players get dual English nationality. 

In-game editor highly recommended. Sometimes the AI leaves very good players without teams at the end of the season, and any player that reaches 24 at a Training Squad team will rot away on their roster for the rest of the year, unable to play. You may want to manually fix these issues.

It will take over a year for the AI to assign managers to all teams. Even with a number of real life managers set to be available in Westminster, every time one of them choose another team, the sides who he rejects contract offers from go back to square one instead of appointing somebody else.

Westminster's international teams will participate in senior and Under 23 competitions, but are NOT selected for Under 20 cups or the CHAN tournament. I have, however, seen the Under 20 side invited to Toulon tournament a couple of times.

Wow this is amazing how long did it take you to make

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1 hour ago, ManchesterCentralFUN said:

Wow this is amazing how long did it take you to make

Top five divisions ported from an FM21 build then I added the rest after 22 came out. Continental Rules the biggest time-waster, every time I thought they were working something went wrong. Looks like they're good now but will post updates if i can improve.

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this is really great work, i love your idea. i've tried to plan something similar myself but nowhere near what you've produced hats off to you. btw there isn't a link for all the graphics.

also will you be adding the CAF Super Cup?

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On 28/11/2021 at 22:28, J-Hood said:

this is really great work, i love your idea. i've tried to plan something similar myself but nowhere near what you've produced hats off to you. btw there isn't a link for all the graphics.

also will you be adding the CAF Super Cup?

Thank you, I have now added the link to the graphics and added a new file that reinstates the Super Cup. For a while I couldn't get it to work, but finally got it going properly again so it's back in. 

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On 26/11/2021 at 11:06, Supermercado99 said:

I know nobody is going to care about this file as much as me, but given how many topics I've been in asking/complaining about topics related to African continental qualification I thought I'd make the file official! The second file is a custom Champions League/Confederation Cup - if you don't either use this, or add Westminster to another custom African competitions file it's highly unlikely your teams will ever get more than one spot in the Confederation Cup. The companion graphics file (logos, stadiums, the national flag, faces of some of the managers/players commonly signed by clubs can be downloaded here). Now, please rise for the Westminstran national anthem...

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Divisions (more information below):

  • Two professional (1, 2) and two semi-professional (3, 4) league divisions
  • One semi-pro (National League) and three amateur non-league divisions (Challenge League 1, 2, 3)
  • Under 23 competition mirroring main divisions

Cups: 

  • Football Association Cup (All 256 registered teams in a straight knockout)
  • Premier's Invitational (National/Challenge League teams vs lower league teams from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales as well as sides from the Gibraltar league)
  • League Cup (Division 3 and 4 sides, plus 16 Under 23 sides of Division 1 sides)
  • National Challenge Cup (National League and Challenge League sides)
  • Services Shield (16 team knockout for sides representing government departments)
  • National Youth Cup (252 Under 23 sides + four youth training sides that start in Challenge League 3)
  • Training Squad Cup (mid-season league competition played between the four youth training sides) 
  • Forces Challenge (pre-season league between the Air Force, Army and Navy sides)
  • Commonwealth Cup - an annual pre-season international knockout featuring top seeds England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, second seeds Westminster and Gibraltar, and four randomly selected guest sides from the Commonwealth (anyone from Australia or South Africa to Tuvalu and Kiribati)

Westminster - an introduction

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The largely uninhabited island was colonised by Great Britain in 1775. Its only occupants were the Buyan people, who lived along the east coast closest to the African mainland. Settlers from Britain caused them to gradually drift across the island, leaving them on the opposite coast to their original homeland. Buyans found an uneasy place under British rule, but the circumstances behind their migration remain controversial in Westminster today.

At first, settlers from Britain came arrived as farmers, especially to the fertile Midland region. A mining boom around the Mt. Lawler area during late 19th century greatly boosted the population, and settlements were developed across the island. Mining remains a key sector of the economy, and the discovery of oil off the northeast coast in the late 1960s ensured Westminster's self-sufficiency.

While other British colonies sought independence in the 1950s and 1960s, a population overwhelmingly connected to the mother country ensured Westminster remained loyal to the crowd. Despite the lack of a serious push towards independence, the British government held a referendum in 1967 to coincide with a similar vote in Gibraltar. As expected, despite opposition from a small independence movement and parts of the Buyan community, continued association with the UK won by a landslide 89% to 11%.

As mainland Britain struggled through the 1970s and early 1980s, Westminster's relatively strong economic performance made it an attractive destination for immigration. By the turn of the century its population had far outstripped Northern Ireland and Wales, and was drawing closer to Scotland.

After years of being frozen out of the British political scene, ruled by a Governor appointed by London and a small local parliament with advisory powers only, political passions on the island were finally fired by the 2016 Brexit referendum. Expectations of being included in the vote, like citizens of Gibraltar, were not met. The argument was that they weren't physically part of Europe, but there were suspicions that it had more to do with the overwhelming 'remain' support on the island.

Until then, support for independence barely reached double digits, but the leave vote gave the cause its greatest ever boost. With an economy that relied heavily on trade with the European Union, pro-independence sentiment skyrocketed, and for the first time some polls even showed a majority in favour of breaking away. In London, there were fears that a previously minor pro-independence party would sweep the local elections due later that year. Spooked by the prospect of its most lucrative overseas possession trying to walk away, the British government offered a deal to head off the breakaway faction. They invited the island to join the United Kingdom as a country, finally winning representation in the parliament that had inspired its name.

Despite opposition from independence advocates and Buyan nationalists, the deal was ratified by almost 80% of the population. There was a concession offered to the Buyans, unlike Westminstrans from the other provinces they would not automatically be considered British citizens. After a transitional period, the arrangement became official on 1 January 2021.

Demographics
The island is divided into 12 metropolitan areas, based around a particular major city but all containing smaller towns and villages in the wider district.

Liberty City - (population 2,900,000)
The capital, by far the largest city, and the white-collar economic heart of the nation. Liberty City is also home to the country’s only international airport, located near the border with the Port Liberty province. Barely larger than Midland, but significantly more densely populated.

Midland (510,000)
Heavily populated in the areas bordering Liberty City and Kangyana Falls, but otherwise mainly farming land. It is home to the headquarters of national train network Westminster Rail, and the island's main highway runs through it, from Liberty City to Elizabeth.

Port Liberty (480,000)
The industrial heart of the country. Holds key manufacturing industries and the island's major shipping port.

Mt. Lawler (270,000)
The home of the national mining industry. Small gold and diamond reserves were extinguished in the early 1900s, leaving platinum, coal, chromium and nickel to be mined today.

Kangyana Falls (255,000)
The falls themselves are one of the island's main tourist attractions, but the city is home to a thriving digital media sector that has helped the provincial population grow by over 30% in a decade.

South Coast (200,000)
Westminster's internationally famous beach resort. Also a major holiday destination for locals, many of who own holiday houses in the area. The north of the province is industrial, and is headquarters to Southern Rail - the private company to operates freight trains across the island.

Elizabeth (160,000)
Originally part of New London, Elizabeth became its own district in the early 1990s. Since then, local manufacturing has helped its prosperity and population grown beyond that of New London.

Lake Charles (160,000)
Mainly a farming community, with its largest population centres around the lake.

Victoria River (140,000)
The majority of the population is located at the northern end of the province, where the river forms from the ocean. Most other residents live along the river, with farming in the centre of the district.

New London (120,000)
A struggling province that has lost much of its industry and been eclipsed by the growth of Elizabeth. It is the most economically underdeveloped area in the country, heavily dependent on government subsidies.

Buya (80,000)
Home to the vast majority of the Buyan population, the province remains a hotbed of their culture, and largely considers itself independent of the island's government.  

Federal Capital District (25,000)
Traditionally the home of most Westminstran government departments, the island a few hundred metres off the mainland was part of Liberty City until nationhood. During weekdays, the island’s population swells with workers from the mainland, but there are very few permanent residents.

Football in Westminster
The game was first seriously played on the island in the late 1800s, but never developed a serious club scene. Instead, the game was organised along a similar basis to county cricket, with teams representing provinces. A recognisable national championship began in 1923, and other than the war years, continued to be played until 2020. Given their population advantage, Liberty City not surprisingly dominated the competition. Despite the smallest population in the country, and some local reluctance to participate in a competition ultimately controlled by the English FA, Buya won back-to-back titles in 1979/80.

Westminster National Championship titles (72 played)

Liberty City - 43
Port Liberty - 13
Midland - 10
Buya, Mt. Lawler - 2
South Coast, Victoria River - 1
Elizabeth, Kangyana Falls, Lake Charles, New London - 0

Until 2021 there was no official Westminstran national team. Promising players went to England, and would play for their national team if good enough. Occasional ‘Westminster XI’ sides played exhibition matches, most controversially several times against South Africa in the 1970s, but there was no move to play official international games. This changed once they joined the UK. The initial plan was to play in UEFA, but this was rejected to their proximity to Africa. Many CAF nations didn't want to admit them into their competitions, but were eventually persuaded to offer an invitation.

With international football, the fully professional club game was embraced at last. The Westminster FA offered 256 teams places in their competitions, ranging from major consortiums to tiny village sides and teams representing government departments.

The League:

  • Players from England, Gibraltar, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales are not considered foreign.
  • Maximum 30 players over 22 can be registered
  • All promotion/relegation playoffs are one leg games at a neutral venue.

Division 1

  • 20 Professional teams playing 38 games, mainly scheduled for 15:00 Saturday. TV games at 13:00 (satellite), 15:00 (national), 17:00 (Satellite) and 19:00 (National)
  • TV money - £1.5 million per team, per season
  • Prize money ranges from £500k for first, to £125k for last.
  • Maximum six foreigners in the matchday squad 
  • Winners initially qualifies for African Confederations Cup, later (if coefficient improved) the Champions League 
  • Bottom three automatically relegated, fourth bottom plays off against fourth from Division 2.

Teams

  • Air Force (Liberty City) - Slightly better training/recruitment than non-military clubs
  • Aldhaven Victoria River (Victoria River) - Based in a large housing development on the city's outskirts
  • Army (Liberty City) -  Slightly better training/recruitment than non-military clubs
  • Buya Nhambe (Buya) - The focus of the Buyan community, their only club in the top two divisions
  • Capital City Senators (Capital District) - Much of their support comes from people travelling from Liberty City
  • Coastal Crush (South Coast) - The only top flight representative from their province
  • Kangyana Heights (Kangyana Falls) - The only top flight representative from their province
  • Lake Charles Lightning (Lake Charles) - The only top flight representative from their province
  • Midland Power (Midland) - Supporters from poorer areas of the city, fierce local rivalry with The Mighty Interior
  • Miners (Mt. Lawler) - Largely supported by mining sector workers, and sponsored by the mining industry
  • Mt. Lawler City (Mt. Lawler) - Supported by the non-mining community of the city
  • Navy (Port Liberty) - Slightly better training/recruitment than non-military clubs
  • New London Lions (New London) - The only top flight representative from their province
  • Northern Suburbs Devils (Liberty City)
  • Paradise Beach (Liberty City) - Owned by, and play in part of, the Liberty City casino complex
  • Port Liberty Dockers (Port Liberty) - Heavily backed by dock workers, regarded a very left-wing club
  • South Liberty Sharks (Liberty City) - Located in the most exclusive part of the city
  • The Mighty Interior (Midland)
  • The Royals (Elizabeth) - The only top flight representative from their province
  • West Liberty Wildcats (Liberty City)

Division 2

  • 22 professional teams, playing 42 games, mainly scheduled for 15:00 Sunday. TV games at 15:00 (national), 17:00 (satellite) and 19:00 (national)
  • TV money - £750k per team, per season
  • Prize money from £175k to £50k
  • Maximum five foreigners
  • Top three automatically promoted, fourth plays against fourth bottom from Division 1.
  • Bottom three automatically relegated, fourth bottom plays against fourth from Division 3.

Teams

  • Cricketers (Midland) - The football division of the nation's largest cricket club - the MCC (Midland Cricket Club). Affiliated with a number of other clubs around the world with cricket connections.
  • Elizabeth Palace (Elizabeth)
  • Falls FC (Kangyana Falls)
  • Fort Victoria (Victoria River)
  • International (Capital District) - A side pitched towards European immigrants
  • Kamba Eagles (Mt. Lawler)
  • Lake City Millionaires (Lake Charles) - Sponsored by a finance company
  • Liberty City Rangers (Liberty City)
  • Liberty Gardens (Liberty City) - Representing a local housing estate
  • Maritime (Port Liberty)
  • Midland Greyhounds (Midland) - Play at the local greyhound track
  • New London Rovers (New London)
  • Redmage (Mt. Lawler)
  • River City Raiders (Victoria River)
  • Southern Rail (South Coast) - Owned and operated by the private freight rail company
  • Southern Strikers (South Coast)
  • Tidal (Port Liberty)
  • Valleys (Midland)
  • Vipers (Kangyana Falls) - Affiliated with the Ugandan team of the same name
  • Waverley Hills (Liberty City) - From an affulent district of the city
  • Westminster Atlantic (Port Liberty)
  • Westminster Dragons (Liberty City)

Division 3

  • 24 semi-professional teams, playing 46 games, mainly scheduled for 19:00 Friday. TV games at 19:00 (national) and 21:00 (satellite)
  • Prize money from £80k to £25k.
  • Maximum four foreigners
  • Top three automatically promoted, fourth plays against fourth bottom from Division 2.
  • Bottom three automatically relegated, fourth bottom plays against fourth from Division 4.

Teams

  • Athletic Club (Liberty City) - Play out of Westminster's national athletics stadium
  • Capital Combat (Capital District)
  • Carolina Avenue (Liberty City)
  • Club Africa (Elizabeth) - Formed by residents from mainland Africa, especially South Africa. Affiliation with a number of African clubs.
  • Diamonds (Victoria River)
  • East Liberty United (Liberty City)
  • Golden Stars (Liberty City)
  • Highgate Challengers (Kangyana Falls) - Owned by a real estate company
  • Midland Junction (Midland)
  • Midland Lynx (Midland)
  • New Street Wanderers (Mt. Lawler)
  • Nyema Buya (Buya) - Buya's second largest team. Good relations with all other Buyan teams, but a furious rivalry with Union Club.
  • Port Liberty Athletic (Port Liberty)
  • Portland Seals (Port Liberty)
  • Racing Club (Midland) - Operated by the committee of Midland Racecourse
  • Safari Club (Mt. Lawler)
  • Salisbury Crescent (New London)
  • Saltmarsh Meadow (Lake Charles)
  • Savannah FC (Kangyana Falls)
  • South Coast Blasters (South Coast)
  • Sporting Westminster (Liberty City)
  • Victoria United (Victoria River)
  • Westminster Drillers (Port Liberty) - Closely aligned with the oil industry

Division 4

  • 24 semi-professional teams, playing 46 games, mainly scheduled for 12:00 Sunday. TV games at 10:00 (satellite) and 12:00 (satellite)
  • Prize money from £35k to £16k.
  • Maximum three foreigners
  • Top three automatically promoted, fourth plays against fourth bottom from Division 1.
  • Bottom three automatically relegated, fourth bottom plays against fourth from Division 3.

Teams

  • Beverley (Port Liberty)
  • Caledonians (Liberty City) - Club for Scottish immigrants, affiliated with a number of Scottish teams
  • California Suns (South Coast) - Represent a large American community in South Coast. Affiliated with a number of US teams.
  • Commonwealth Club (Elizabeth)
  • Epsom Farm (Kangyana Falls) - Owned by a major farming company on the border with Midland
  • Framwood Galaxy (Liberty City)
  • Grand Prix Speedway (South Coast) - Play in the middle of the motor speedway owned by the same group
  • Kangyana Workers Club (Kangyana Falls) - Representing union workers in Kangyana Falls
  • Lago di Carlo (Lake Charles) - Club for Italian immigrants, affiliated with a number of Italian teams
  • Liberty City Irish (Liberty City) - Club for Irish immigrants, affiliated with a number of Irish teams
  • London Croatia (New London) - Club for Croatian immigrants, affiliated with a number of Croatian teams
  • Mersey Fields (Liberty City)
  • Merton Hill (Lake Charles)
  • Metropolitans (Liberty City)
  • Mystic Park (Port Liberty)
  • Oxford Point Country Club (Midland) - Operated by a major golf resort
  • Ravenglass (Liberty City) - Represent a housing estate
  • Second City Saints (Midland)
  • Star of the North (Port Liberty)
  • The North (Mt. Lawler) - Formed by migrants from the north of England
  • Waverley Park (Liberty City)
  • Wild Cherry (New London)
  • Windsor Association (Elizabeth)
  • Union Club (Buya) - Represent a small group of strident pro-British residents in Buya. Controversial inclusions in the league due to effectively being a political party masquerading as a football club. Great deal of tension with other clubs in the city, but police are especially worried about games against Nyema Buya, their greatest rivals.

National League

  • 40 semi-professional teams, playing 39 games, mainly scheduled for 11:00 Saturday. TV games at 09:00 (satellite) and 11:00 (satellite)
  • Prize money from £22.5k to £5k.
  • Maximum two foreigners
  • Top three automatically promoted, fourth plays against fourth bottom from Division 4.
  • Bottom three automatically relegated, fourth bottom plays against fourth from Challenge League 1.

Teams

  • Anglers (Lake Charles)
  • Atlantis (Midland)
  • Big Sky (Midland) - Sponsored by a construction company
  • Broughton Green (Lake Charles)
  • Cambridge Wolves (Elizabeth)
  • Central Towers (Liberty City) - Representing the city's main social housing area. Their ground is in the centre of the four towers of the main complex.
  • Disco Volante (Liberty City) - Owned by one of Liberty City's largest nightclubs. Play the friendly 'Disco Derby' against The Mothership.
  • Dover Crossing (Liberty City)
  • Downing Street (Capital District)
  • Elizabeth Province (Elizabeth)
  • Exiles (Mt. Lawler) - Formed by British immigrants
  • Falmouth St. Piran (Victoria River) - Cornish social club
  • Foxes (Port Liberty)
  • Inland Explorers (Kangyana Falls)
  • Leopards (Kangyana Falls)
  • Malvern Vale (Midland)
  • Manchester Canal (New London) - Formed by migrants from the Manchester area
  • Marble Harbour (South Coast) - From one of the province's richest areas
  • Maryvale Steel (Mt. Lawler) - Operated by the island's private steel industry
  • Meridian (Liberty City)
  • Midnight Express (New London)
  • Midtown Punishers (Midland)
  • Palmerston Grove (Lake Charles)
  • Radio Atlantic (Liberty City) - Operated by the country's top commercial radio station. Friendly rivalry with 96FM
  • River City Hakoah (Victoria River) - Social club for Victoria River's Jewish community. Affiliated with a number of Jewish backed clubs around the world.
  • Riviera Riot (South Coast)
  • Sandringham FC (Elizabeth)
  • Silver Gully (Mt. Lawler)
  • Solar XI (Port Liberty)
  • South Coast Pirates (South Coast)
  • Southport Plaza (Port Liberty) - Sponsored by, and play on a ground at, Port Liberty's largest sporting complex
  • Thames Athletic (South Coast)
  • The Mothership (Liberty City) - The other nightclub team, friendly rivalry with Disco Volante
  • The Rock (South Coast)
  • Radio 96 (Victoria River) - Owned by the popular FM radio station
  • Wellington District (Liberty City)
  • Whitewater Springs (Kangyana Falls)
  • Wimbledon Parade (Liberty City)
  • Woodland Rovers (Liberty City) 

Challenge League 1-2-3

  • 42 amateur teams, playing 41 games, mainly scheduled for 09:00 Saturday with no TV coverage.
  • Prize money from £7.5k to £1.5k
  • Maximum two foreigners
  • Top three from CL1 automatically promoted, fourth plays against fourth bottom from the National League. In all other leagues four are automatically promoted and fifth playts against fifth bottom in C2/C3
  • No relegation.

Challenge League 1 Teams

  • Alexandria Sports (Victoria River)
  • Aston Town (Liberty City)
  • Bayside Blaze (South Coast)
  • Belmont Castle (Mt. Lawler)
  • Buya Sahambe (Buya) - The third biggest team in the city, but still well supported by locals.
  • Canterbury Rollers (Port Liberty)
  • Churchill Point (South Coast)
  • Constellation (South Coast)
  • Daisy Hill (Liberty City)
  • Dartmouth Storm (Elizabeth)
  • Dice Town (Kangyana Falls)
  • Digital Village (Kangyana Falls) - Sponsored by the major technology precinct in the city
  • Dixon Creek (Kangyana Falls)
  • Dolphin Coast (South Coast) - Owned by the largest aquarium/water park in the country
  • Eaglehawk (Port Liberty)
  • East Point (Liberty City)
  • Ellesmere Scouts (New London)
  • Elmore Gate (Liberty City)
  • Elspeth and Morpel Town (Liberty City) - Joint team from two villages on the outskirts of the city
  • Emerald Zone (Elizabeth)
  • Gateway City Outlaws (Midland)
  • Hendersonville (Midland)
  • Kangyana City (Kangyana Falls)
  • Kent Town Arrows (Liberty City)
  • Lakeside Drive (Liberty City)
  • Midland Terminators (Midland)
  • Mile End (Mt. Lawler)
  • Moreland Bombs (Kangyana Falls)
  • Newport Wasps (New London)
  • Northern Hellenic (Port Liberty) - Greek social club, affiliated with a number of Greek sides.
  • Osborne House (Liberty City) - Play on the grounds of a historic mansion
  • Premier Cinemas (Liberty City) - Owned by the island's top cinema chain
  • Royal Liberty Yacht Club (Liberty City) - Part of Westminster's most prestigious yacht club
  • Rushall Square (Lake Charles)
  • Sandown Chargers (Midland)
  • Smoky Mountain (Mt. Lawler)
  • Sparkbrook (Kangyana Falls)
  • St. Helena (Midland)
  • Velocity Sports (Mt. Lawler)
  • Victoria Dynamo (Victoria River)
  • Village Green (Elizabeth)
  • White City Wizards (New London) - Tenants of a former suburban greyhound track
     
Challenge League 2 Teams
 
  • Atherstone Avengers (Liberty City)
  • Australians (Liberty City) - Formed by Australian immigrants. Aligned with a number of clubs from the homeland.
  • Bernard Street (Liberty City)
  • Britannia United (South Coast)
  • Cadbury Town (Port Liberty)
  • Camberwell Crusaders (Liberty City)
  • Camelot (Elizabeth)
  • Central Rangers United (Midland)
  • Chetford Forest (Midland) - The senior arm of a large collection of junior sides
  • Cleveland Association (Kangyana Falls)
  • Concord (Mt. Lawler)
  • Docklands Park (Liberty City)
  • Elizabeth West End (Elizabeth)
  • Glastonbury (Kangyana Falls)
  • Hastings FC (New London)
  • Heathcote Swifts (Lake Charles)
  • Island Dreams Sports Club (Port Liberty) - Sponsored by a multi-sport facility/club
  • Kelmscott Raiders (Mt. Lawler)
  • Leyton City (Lake Charles)
  • Live Oak Town (Port Liberty)
  • Magic Mile (Mt. Lawler) - Represent a popular shopping strip
  • Marshalltown Spectres (Liberty City)
  • Mid-South Falcons (Midland)
  • Midland Bulls (Midland)
  • Moonlight Heath (Lake Charles)
  • Northern Bulldogs (Port Liberty)
  • Norton United (Kangyana Falls)
  • Old Collegians (Midland) - Formed by ex-students of a prestigious private school
  • Passing Breeze (South Coast)
  • Queensborough (Mt. Lawler)
  • Ridgeway Centre (Lake Charles) - Sponsored by the largest shopping centre in the city
  • Seaview Pegasus (Port Liberty)
  • Sirina Buya (Buya)
  • South Coast Combination (South Coast)
  • Spalding Athletic (Mt. Lawler)
  • St. George Shield (Liberty City)
  • Stamford Town (Kangyana Falls)
  • Stratton and Wells United (Midland)
  • Sunshine Point Surf Club (South Coast) - Run by the local surfing club
  • Tyneguard Elite (Victoria River)
  • Wensleydale Spartans (Kangyana Falls)
 
Challenge League 3 Teams
 
  • 10 August Club (Liberty City) - Representing a pro-independence group, named after what they consider to be Westminster's national day. Play until their proposed national flag. 
  • Airport and Customs (Liberty City) - House team of the Liberty City International Airport and its staff.
  • Alive and Kicking (Lake Charles) - Represent a youth club. Under 21 players are preferred by all ages can play
  • Auto Traders Group (Port Liberty) - Sponsored by the island's largest car dealership
  • Bank of Westminster (Capital District) - Formed by staff of the national bank
  • Bottlesford Recreation (New London)
  • Broadcast House (Capital District) - For staff at the headquarters of the BBC's local affiliate
  • Central University (Midland) - Team of Westminster's second largest university. Rivalry with National University.
  • Civil Service (Central District) - Representing government workers in the capital
  • Corinthians (Liberty City) - A team that, by charter, must always remain amateur 
  • Five Star (Kangyana Falls) 
  • Halstock Town (Port Liberty)
  • Hampton Manor (Kangyana Falls)
  • Killer Bees (Port Liberty)
  • King's Court (Mt. Lawler)
  • Lakeside Citizens (Victoria RIver) - Local community group team
  • Lord Alfred Tavern (Elizabeth) - Sponsored by a local hotel
  • National Agriculture (Midland) - Representing the farming ministry
  • National Ambulance Service (Capital District)
  • National Communications (Capital District) - Phone and internet service workers
  • National Energy (Capital District) - Power, gas and water workers
  • National Fire Service (Capital District)
  • National Police Service (Capital District)
  • National Roads (Midland) - Road maintenance and bus workers
  • National Sealink (Liberty City) - Representing the ferry service that runs between Westminster and the African mainland
  • National University (Liberty City) - Representing the country's main university
  • New World Order (Liberty City)
  • Ports Corporation (Port Liberty) - For local dockworkers. Most prefer to follow Port Liberty Dockers.
  • Prentice Panthers (Elizabeth)
  • Pure Shores (South Coast)
  • Royal Liberty Hospital (Liberty City) - Representing the island's largest hospital
  • Ruby Reds (Elizabeth) - Owned by a large poultry producer
  • Skate or Die (Liberty City) - Owned by a skating equipment company
  • The Chaos Engine (Port Liberty)
  • The Soccer Show (Liberty City) - Represent a weekend morning football TV show on ITV Westminster
  • Training Squad East (Liberty City) - Youth training side. Excellent recruitment/facilities. No players over 23 allowed. 
  • Training Squad North (Victoria River) - Youth training side. Excellent recruitment/facilities. No players over 23 allowed. 
  • Training Squad South (South Coast) - Youth training side. Excellent recruitment/facilities. No players over 23 allowed. 
  • Training Squad West (Elizabeth) - Youth training side. Excellent recruitment/facilities. No players over 23 allowed. 
  • Westminster Air (Liberty City) - For staff of the national airline
  • Westminster Rail (Midland) - For staff of the island's passenger rail network.

Cups

 

Notes

Dynamic continental qualification is on. If you don't want (or don't) trust this, it can be turned off in the Westminster Africa editor file. Default setting is two qualifiers for the Champions League and Confederation Cup. One of the teams enters the Champions League a round later than the other, but the game doesn't automatically make the previous title winner the higher seeded team. There's probably something I can do about this in the file settings but have had so much trouble with the continental cups that I'm letting it go for now.

Every city except Buya has a UK region, meaning players get dual English nationality. 

In-game editor highly recommended. Sometimes the AI leaves very good players without teams at the end of the season, and any player that reaches 24 at a Training Squad team will rot away on their roster for the rest of the year, unable to play. You may want to manually fix these issues.

It will take over a year for the AI to assign managers to all teams. Even with a number of real life managers set to be available in Westminster, every time one of them choose another team, the sides who he rejects contract offers from go back to square one instead of appointing somebody else.

Westminster's international teams will participate in senior and Under 23 competitions, but are NOT selected for Under 20 cups or the CHAN tournament. I have, however, seen the Under 20 side invited to Toulon tournament a couple of times.

Version 1.1 updates

- Graphics link included this time
- More international managers available to join Westminstran clubs
- Minimum attendance of Civil Service, River City Raiders and Racing Club fixed (were all accidentally too high)
- Latitude/longitude added to cities as this may have been a reason why nobody scheduled friendlies [Update: Made no difference, AI teams still don't schedule them)
- Fixed issue with national rivalries showing twice (lesson for people using two editor files at the same time - this setting will pick up from both, showing duplicates)
- Commonwealth Cup changed to seeded draw - the four qualifying teams will play the four home nations in the first round
- Changed Champions League qualification to fix problem with league winner being given a lower seeding than the runner up.
- Super Cup reinstated after I finally got it to work again without skipping years

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I love this. Something i will look into

 

Great amount of work 

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Updated version 1.2 now in the original post. The picture pack now has kits for all the teams (except Airport and Customs, which used to work now I can't for the life of me get it to show. Images still inside link).

Having played seven years on this database there are issues that are never going to be resolved because the game can't handle custom databases (e.g. top managerial jobs being filled by 31-year-old regens instead of successful lower division/foreign managers) but I'm reasonably happy with how it's hung together long-term.  The honour roll can be seen in this doc.

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On 02/08/2022 at 05:34, perfect79 said:

This looks a fantastic piece of work, quick question has it been made compatible with latest updates?

Apologies for super late response. I've just changed the links in the original post for a new version with a few changes, extra teams, kits etc... 

This is the version I played a lot of for a couple of months and am really happy with (though would have liked to go further down the pyramid), but am a bit sick of FM now and have no interest in FM23 so thought I'd put the files up for people to do what they liked with. Feel free to adapt/convert to other versions if you're interested!

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On 26/11/2021 at 11:06, Supermercado99 said:

Version 1.5 updates

- Updated for last patch
- Changed divisions and stadiums for teams for better balance
- Province based pre-season competitions added. Teams do play some friendlies as well now.
- Removed Club Commonwealth Cup because it didn't work as I wanted.
- Added two more amateur divisions in a Midweek League and a Midweek Cup. All Challenge Leagues now play as semi-professional 
- Some ground improvements now happen, including a rare new stadium
- Capital District now part of Liberty City
- Other minor balance changes
- Kits and stadiums for all teams in picture pack

 

Just out of curiosity, what did you do to to now get stadium improvements or new stadiums?

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I've changed the links in the original post to include the final major update (with picture pack) for this file, I'm skipping FM23 so there won't be an update for this game. Feel free to convert it if you want!

Other than a few cosmetic changes, the big difference is the addition of 44 new teams. Instead of a Midweek League 1 and 2 on top of each other in the structure, there's now four groups (A-D) on the same level that all promote teams to the bottom level of the Challenge League. 

I'm keeping stats on my latest game here if you're interested in following along. Ground and attendance details are in the same file.

On 24/10/2022 at 02:24, J-Hood said:

Just out of curiosity, what did you do to to now get stadium improvements or new stadiums?

Changed the construction dates of stadiums. Now it happens occasionally. More often than not they announce intention to build and nothing seems to happen. 

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