FM16 Backgrounds MyPack v2.2

For a number of years (about 5 I think), I have been working on this pack. A year ago I posted it up online and it seems to be popular so I have released regular updates.

It contains images for over a thousand clubs and international sides across the world.

Each team has an image for the club reflecting the exterior of the stadium and another for the interior often during a match. For the exterior images I try to get images giving a bit of flavour for things going on around the stadium. Fans going to the game is my favourite but also just local life around the stadium.

I try to keep the quality high and am rarely happy to compromise over the quality of an image. I would rather leave a club without an image than use one of substandard quality.

The intention is to add good quality images of lower league teams in England down to level 9. Currently the number completed stands at 51%. All teams down to level 7 are complete now.

Screenshots

MyPack VERSION 2.2 contains:

international - 201 pics of 198 teams
England - 646 pics of 330 teams
Scotland - 107 pics of 54 teams
Ireland - 24 pics of 12 teams
Wales - 24 pics of 12 teams
Northern Ireland - 72 pics of 38 teams
Italy - 84 pics of 44 teams
Germany - 116 pics of 60 teams
Spain - 86 pics of 43 teams
France - 110 pics of 55 teams
Portugal - 34 pics of 17 teams
Netherlands - 34 pics of 17 teams
Belgium - 49 pics of 25 teams
Austria - 46 pics of 24 teams
Switzerland - 48 pics of 25 teams
Denmark - 24 pics of 12 teams
Norway - 52 pics of 26 teams
Sweden - 79 pics of 44 teams
Finland - 43 pics of 22 teams
Iceland - 24 pics of 12 teams
Faroe Islands - 5 pics of 3 teams
Russia - 74 pics of 39 teams
Ukraine - 62 pics of 33 teams
Poland - 32 pics of 16 teams
Belarus - 22 pics of 12 teams
Croatia - 24 pics of 14 teams
Serbia - 28 pics of 14 teams
Czech Republic - 30 pics of 15 teams
Romania - 35 pics of 18 teams
Bulgaria - 25 pics of 13 teams
Montenegro - 12 pics of 6 teams
Slovenia - 18 pics of 9 teams
Slovakia - 22 pics of 11 teams
Greece - 34 pics of 17 teams
Turkey - 35 pics of 18 teams
Cyprus - 4 pics of 2 teams
USA - 37 pics of 19 teams
Australia - 19 pics of 10 teams
Brazil - 39 pics of 20 teams
Argentina - 40 pics of 20 teams
Mexico - 36 pics of 18 teams
Uruguay - 32 pics of 16 teams
Chile - 36 pics of 18 teams
Colombia - 30 pics of 17 teams
Egypt - 4 pics of 2 teams


My Pictures

158 of the images I have contributed myself from pictures I have taken at grounds I have visited. When I have a chance I'll swing by a stadium and get some pictures so I can add my own into the pack. Images are Mainly from the north of England but I aim mainly for the lower league teams who are difficult to get images for, right down to level 9 of the football pyramid. I'm not a professional (or even amateur really) photographer but I'm pretty pleased how the images have come out. I know what I'm looking for in an image after a few years doing this so tend to get good images for the pack (in my opinion anyway).

The clubs for which I took at least the exterior image are below.

scotland, burnley, everton, hull, leicester, liverpool, man city, man utd, newcastle, sunderland, blackburn, bolton, leeds, middlesbrough, sheff wednesday, wigan, barnsley, bradford, oldham, preston, rochdale, scunthorpe, sheff utd, accrington, burton, bury, carlisle, hartlepool, mansfield, alfreton, fc halifax, gateshead, grimsby, macclesfield, bradford park avenue, chorley, colwyn bay, guiseley, harrogate, hyde, northferriby, stalybridge, stockport, stneots, ashton, belper town, blyth, buxton, curzon ashton, fc united, whitby, brighouse town, clitheroe, darlington, droylsden, farsley, harrogate railway, kendal, new mills, ossett albion, ossett town, padiham, radcliffe borough, scarborough athletic, brigg town, goole, leek town, mickleover, rainworth minerswelfare, sheffield, stocksbridge, bishop auckland, celtic nation, dunston uts, jarrow roofing, penrith, sunderland rca, worksop, worksop parramore, garforth town, thackley, cleethorpes town, bridlington town, tadcaster albion, albion sports, glasshoughton welfare, pickering town, barton town, liversedge, silsden, colne, nelson, barnoldswick town, celtic, hamilton, kilmarnock, motherwell, partick thistle, dumbarton, hibernian, rangers, st mirren, airdrie, albion, ayr, berwick, queens park, bsc glasgow, gretna 2008, connah quay, prestatyn town, rhyl and toulouse

How to install MyPack Backgrounds in FM 2016

Download the .zip file and extract its contents to the "DOCUMENTS/SPORTS INTERACTIVE/FOOTBALL MANAGER 2016/GRAPHICS/BACKGROUNDS/".
You may need to create the graphics/backgrounds folders if they don't exist.

Alternative config files

In the file are three .zip files. These contain different config files each loading the interior and exterior images slightly differently.

exterior on club and squad interior on stadium.zip - This is the default option, exterior images are loaded on club screens and interior image on the stadium image (small stadium pic)
exterior on club interior on squad and stadium.zip - The club info page displays the exterior stadium image while the squad screen displays the interior image.
interior on club and squad exterior on stadium.zip - Reverses the default option with interior images loaded on club screens and exterior image on the stadium image.

To use the alternatives simply locate the file in the Pictures folder, right click and select "extract here". Select to overwrite existing files if popups appear.

Competitions

There are also images for many of the competitions (Premier League etc.). If you do not wish to use these, simply delete the 'Competitions' folder in the pictures folder.