retired_gazbo1986

Hi,

I recently started a game with Northwich, and shockingly, am sitting in 4th with 12 games gone. I was just wondering - If I do achieve promotion to the football league, will I be accepted? Or is the stadium size (2500) going to be an issue?

retired_kswansonwoolf

You will be accepted. In CM03-04 you can go all the way to the Premiership with a 500 seater- according to my experience of course.

retired_nekh_20

If I am honest, in CM03-04 I am yet to get out of the conference.

There is actually a criteria that should be met by conference sides who are to be promoted to divison 3. 6000 seats I think it was in CM 01-02.

Usually your stadium would be expanded to meet the requirements.

KingsbayYHPE

My learned colleague is nearly right, in that the capacity is 6000 with 1000 of those seated...at least it was last time I looked :cool:

retired_sargent

Just in from the Times today

" The criteria for Football League membership:
A newly qualified member (i.e. clubs promoted from the conference) must have a stadium that holds at least 4000 seated supporters, of whom 500 must be under cover. Clubs must also show that they have the ability to increase their capacity to 5000 (with 1000 under cover) and must do so by May 31st of their first season in the League. After three seasons in the League, all member clubs must have a minimum capacity of 5000 (2000 under cover)."

I hope that FM will have this included.

retired_mekeesha

AFAIK all versions allow you promotion but expand the stadium to the required specs in the close season. I had this with Inverness Caley once and started the next season with phenomenal debts and soon found myself sacked - like it was my fault. That was the only time in my CM career I'd ever taken a club into the top flight too

KingsbayYHPE

The SPL, the biggest bunch of dÂ*ickheads in existence.

The year following the refusal to allow Falkirk promotion to the SPL as it would have meant either allowing them in with the "sub-standard" Brockville as a home ground - knowing full-well that The Falkirk Stadium will be completed by the end of this season - or, God forbid, allowing them to groundshare until their new Stadium was completed (the second time they've been turned down, btw), they've now decided to allow Clyde and Inverness Caley Thistle to groundshare with Killie and Aberdeen respectively, depending which one is promoted, and of course there's agreement been reached to let Hearts use Murrayfield if the Tynecastle problem can't be resolved.

retired_mekeesha

Have to agree with you there. I'm [not really] shocked that the most vital match on Saturday was completely overlooked by Sky and I hope to heavens now that my team beat St. J and secure the championship, and that the deal to ground share with Aberdeen goes through.

Was the SPL's idiot policy what prompted Airdieonians to build a new stadium and promptly go bust?

Certainly St. Mirren and Partick were left with no chance of building a squad to survive in the SPF as a result of their compelled invwestments in stadium improvements. It was all a nasty conspiracy by the 10 SPL sides in annual danger of relegation to pull up the drawbridge.

retired_melissaann

that happened when i was managing man utd

now on the other hand macclesfield have some debts already so i dont want to go by that issue

KingsbayYHPE

Ah, Man Utd. One of the all-time favourite Lower League Clubs