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I'm sure that every Australian that plays Football Manager dreams of the National Premier Leagues being introduced into FM. After a while, the A-League can get pretty boring and repetitive. So why not introduce the Australian tier 2 and 3 into Football Manager. Here are some arguments as to why SI should introduce the National Premier Leagues into FM: - It would bring variety into the Australian sphere in FM. In conjunction of playing in the A-League with no promotion/relegation, you may also be able to play in leagues that have promotion/relegation, or in Victoria and NSW circumstance have 3 or 4 leagues that you can choose from to maybe even do a road to glory. - It would bring a challenge. In real life, the A-League like to take top performers from the NPL. So if your team is in form and you have a few standout players, be prepared to lose them as the A-League clubs will be keeping a close eye on them. - Players won't get bored. By having NPL in FM, Australian players won't get bored as there would be 8 different top NPL leagues to chose from. Once you've accomplished one you can move onto another. Also, FM players outside Australia could be wanting to try something new and unknown, the NPL would be perfect for this. Please feel free to leave to reply to this thread as it will help to get this noticed and hopefully help put Australia on the map for football.

One night I was bored and created a 3 Tier pro/rel for Australia. Keep in mind these are full fantasy leagues and was made in one night so the database in very, very simple. I tried to add teams in relevance to expansion bids (for expansion SEM FC (South East Melbourne/Team 11), Wollongong Wolves, Canberra, Gold Coast, Tasmania) and top NPL clubs who are have the capacity to play in a national division. (South Melbourne, Melb. Knights, Brisbane Strikers). Also I made some derbies. This database includes: - The Hyundai A-League (12 teams) - The Westfield A-League 2 (12 teams) - The Caltex A-League 3 (12 teams) - FFA Cup (64 teams enter) - A bunch of Reserve and u18 groups NOTES (must read): - Macarthur enter the league in the 2019-20 season, I have given them $15,000,000 in the bank and $2,000,000 in transfer budget to spend on players, this seems to work (kinda) and Macarthur are able to fight a relegation battle (would be good to pick for a RTG) - I have given each club in A-League 2 and 3 $5,000,000 for the board to decide what ever they want to do with it. - given all clubs in A-League 2 and 3 semi-professional status, a few clubs tend to change it to professional anyway. - I have given certain clubs an upgrade to their stadium or moved/built them a better ground - I have updated clubs reputation so they can lure in bigger players - I suggest turning OFF add players to playable clubs to keep some-sort of realism in the save as the clubs do end up bringing in players to fill their squad most of the time. Same goes with adding key staff; disable that. - NO SALARY CAP - The rules are a simpler version of the real life A-League rules, e.g. max 5 foreign players, no more than 20 over-20 players in the squad, must have 4 u22 players in the matchday squad. and they are changes slightly as i you go down each Tier. - REMEMBER; this save was made in one night with minimal research and a lot more things could be added to the database to make it more realistic (adding players to clubs, awards, more in depth rules, sponsorship income, etc) - Simmed to 2023 with no problems, can't be bothered to sim further as I'm on a laptop. Teams/results from the first season Hyundai A-League Westfield A-League 2 Caltex A-League 3 - SEM FC is South East Melbourne FC - Black Swans FC are based in Perth, named Black Swans due to the NPL WA all-star team that Perth Glory play annually If you have any questions/queries/suggestions, feel free to drop one, I will answer any questions that are asked. If this gets enough attention I might put more effort into this idk. But feel free to drop a question, will guarantee it will be answered. File: fantasy tier 3 Australia 002.fmf

AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL SYSTEM FULLY PLAYABLE FOR FM21 Contributors: Boofhead54 If you would like to stay updated, make sure to follow this thread located in the top right of the page! My goal is to create a complete Australian football system pyramid completely playable in Football Manager 2021 with as much detail as possible and I want it to be released as soon as possible. I also would like the community to get involved. I have created this thread for anyone that wishes to join me and help me on this journey to create the best, most accurate Australian football file for anyone to use To start things off, I need to know what I want to do, I want to create something that pleases everyone. As there are many variations and routes that we can explore to build this editor data, I have options for you to vote on listed and linked below: 1. Realistic leagues with no route to the A-League; keep the leagues how they are; keep the promotion/relegation how it is; no route to the A-League for any club. PRO'S: Relatively easy to create Will be quicker to make than the other options CON'S: Will be boring to make a save in as there's no route to the A-League It would be easy to successfully "beat" the save within 3 years. Overall would be boring 2. Realistic leagues with route to the A-League; keep the leagues how they are; add pro/rel for the A-League; route for every club to reach the A-League. PRO'S: Would be a very fun save to play/manage Can play as any team and reach the A-League; RTG Can become a challenge CON'S: Potential problem with pro/rel into the A-League Would be difficult to work out how and where to slot in regional competitions into the pyramid 3. Fantasy league; fantasy pyramid system to create in Australia; create new leagues all together; route to the A-League for every club. PRO'S: We get to chose and completely revamp Australian football to how we want Would be very fun to manage in CON'S: Would take a veryyyy long time to make and perfect Not everyone would be pleased with the database Personally, I would rather the 2nd option, but feel free to vote however you want. VOTE HERE: http://www.strawpoll.me/19762985/r General goals I wish to complete in this journey: Within the first 14 days of football manager 2021 being released have a rough file released. To have every club in Australia on the file and as many leagues/tiers as possible Complete every club profile as accurate as possible (includes history, colours, in game kit, stadiums, etc) Complete up-to-date squads/staff for as many teams as possible To have a complete logo pack To have kit packs for as many leagues/teams as possible You may ask why I'm getting it started so early? Well I don't want to be rushing around gathering information when FM21 is released, I want to be prepared by having all the info right at my fingertips when the game is released. This project I will not be able to complete alone. So I urge any editors/creators/logo and kit makers out there to help me with the completion of the file. Just one person cannot complete this alone, especially since I'm on a laptop with very limited RAM so I will definitely need a hand with the simulation of the file. Also, If you are interesting in helping me in creating, researching, or just discussing this big project please follow this thread. We can do this together. Anyone who helps will be fully credited. Cheers, Boofhead54

Has anybody found a way of getting Wellington Phoenix to be Eligible for either the Asian Champions League (Preferably) or the Oceania Champions League. I understand the reasons why they aren't in any id just like to find a way around it to make playing with the Phoenix more interesting.

Hey A-League fans have I got something for you! Have you ever wanted an expanded a-league on Football Manager but have never been able to find one online? Well your in luck. In this expansion of the A-league you will have: - Wellington Pheonix removed - Wollongong Wolves, South West Sydney FC, Canberra United, Tasmania United, Gold Coast FC, Cairns FC & South Melbourne all added to the A-League bringing the total to 16 teams. - All NPL competitions added - NPL 1 - WA, SA, TAS, VIC, ACT, NSW, NNSW & QLD - NPL 2 - VIC, NSW & QLD - NPL 3 - VIC & NSW - Updated FFA Cup - A-League Finals from 6 to 8 teams - National Premier Leagues Finals Series. - World Class players such as David Villa, Mark Milligan & Mile Jedinak have been added to expansion teams - Amount of foreign players allowed in teams have been upped from 5 to 7 (still want to keep some Australian-ness abouth the league) - NO SALARY CAP!! - Updated Youth League You can find this attached to the post. Enjoy! (feel free to ask any questions) Expanded A-League.fmf

Hello. I need help. I have created a 16 team A-League, removed the salary cap and got everything working... except, I can't get the competition history to work properly. Instead of adding a history line for the Regular Season (normal league format) and a history line for the Final Series (k/o), the game is adding 2 history lines to the Regular Season. I can't work it out. Anyone have any ideas on what I may have messed up? The league is structured as follows (as per the one that comes with FM18): Parent Comp: Hyundai A-League Stage 1: League - A-League (Regular Season) Stage 2: Cup - A-League Finals Series The winner, 2nd and 3rd in the league should have history added to the Regular Season history. The winner and 2nd in the cup should be added to the A-League Finals Series history. Attached is the editor file of my competition. AAA A-League.fmf

Hey everyone, Just started a new save over on my channel. Playing as Sydney FC in the A-League. Pop on over to have a gander

I've decided on rebuilding my favourite team in the Australian A-League competition, the Central Coast Mariners. The thing is, I've got no idea where to start! There's so many issues, so I figured why not get some of you involved? As they say, 2 brains or in this case a lot of brains are better then 1. Here's the squad. Here's the staff. Here's my finances. Now, what do you guys think I should do? What areas of the squad need improving? Any tactics I should consider implementing?