English Lower Leagues - Levels 7 and 8

Last update: 02 Nov 2009

Author's statement:

Just completed and tested a competition download expanding English Football to make levels 7 and 8 playable, i.e Southern, Northern and Isthmian Leagues.

This data has been tested until 2019, no crash dumps or league failures have occurred.

All the league and cup dates are based on a realistic schedule to avoid fixture clashes.

A reasonable estimate of prize money is included for all competitions. Accurate prize money is included for the FA Trophy.

The geography of the regional divisions has been implemented as closely as possible and this is realistic after 10 years of the test.

Some other minor edits have been made such as where clubs at these levels do not have any stadium set in the database.

Any comments are welcome.


The league setup includes:

* Southern Premier League
* Northern Premier League
* Isthmian Premier League
* Southern League One Midlands
* Southern League One South / West
* Northern Premier League First Division North
* Northern Premier League First Division South
* Isthmian League Division One South
* Isthmian League Division One North
* Southern League Cup
* Isthmian League Cup
* Northern League Challenge Cup
* Northern League Chairmans Cup
* Northern League Presidents Cup
* FA Trophy - Expanded to include all rounds so all Level 7 and 8 teams are included


Competition histories for:

* Southern League Cup
* Isthmian League Cup


Instructions:

Put the file in:

PC – My Documents > Sports Interactive > Football Manager 2010 > editor data
MAC – Documents > Sports Interactive > Football Manager 2010 > editor data

Don't overwrite the config.xml file! Instead, you should give your file an original name of your own choice.

Open the game, when clicking 'New Game' inside FM, you will get a dialog box appear called Choose Database. Notice in this box it will have section saying Editor Data Files and a 'Change' tick button. Clicking this button will allow you to select which of your files to load into your game, tick to load '10.01.02 England Levels 7 and 8'.

For full advice on how to use the file and FAQs regarding editing leagues see here.


Credits:

Thanks to uncle ron at SI forums for creating this!