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 As expected, Ricardo Portiere was swiped by Italy and is an Italian national to the howls of Neloxians everywhere. That said, the Italian netminder has been shortlisted for JVC Goalkeeper of the Year after his work in his rookie season with Black Tambourine, who moved him up from Nicosa Kingfishers at the start of the year.  Chas Cincinnati was bought from Arrian by Black Tambourine for $400k. In his maiden NPD season, he notched 4 assists in fifteen appearances. Ryan Omark was purchased from Southern Cross by third division side Anthracite Taxi for $100k. Anthracite will be moving up to the League next season after winning the NFC in small part to Omark's work. He scored 8 goals and had 8 assists in 19 games. He was part of the NFC Best 11 for this year and was runner up for NFC Player of the Year behind Vampire Lake's Bill Stevens.  Chaz O'Schex was sold to Alzate by Mapouras for $4.4 million. During his rookie NPD season, he was shortlisted for Nestacard Defender of the Year which will be awarded later this month. He played in 28 league contests, had an average rating of 8, scored 3 goals, 9 assists and was man of the match 5 times.  Dex Morgan spent his second season with Brewery and improved. He was 3rd place for NFL Young Player of the Year after making 13 appearances this year. Brewery finished 4th in the League, just missing out on promotion.  B.B. Gunn was acquired from Neloxiant by Alzate just before the end of the season when it became apparent Neloxiant would be relegated. The team sold him for $8.25 million for another defender who was shortlisted for Nestacard Defender of the Year. He had an average rating of 7.46 for Neloxiant in 25 games scored 3 goals, 3 assists and was MoM three times.  McQwik Noone was sold to Black Tambourine last December for $23 million from Academia. He scored 10 goals in 30 appearances this year.  Ches O'Shea isn't getting much work at Liverpool and a move might be in order sooner rather than later. He is only 18 though and so, he'll work into it over time, one would suspect. Who knew most of you would be teammates, huh? |
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02-09-2011, 09:18 AM
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Sorry, Nexonia, but the food is better in Italy
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02-09-2011, 01:22 PM
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Location: ...down the gravity well
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Black Tamorine huh...
As a side note, Neloxia sounds Orwellian. "We've always been at war with Neloxia."
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02-09-2011, 08:25 PM
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A bit off topic, but speaking of food, what is Neloxian cuisine like?
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02-10-2011, 11:57 AM
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'63 Awards Season
Broadcast Network of Neloxia defeated Academia Cromwell 3-0 to claim the '63 NPD Championship Final, their 5th title in club history all in the last ten years.
Here are the award winners for '63 in the Neloxian Premier Division.         Here are the award winners for all of Neloxia:   We do have a guy playing in the NFC and he won awards, so let's profile those too:    |
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02-10-2011, 11:59 AM
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Two years after selling him to Brewery for $32.5 million, Cerise have reacquired Dex Morgan from Brewery for $27 million.
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02-10-2011, 12:11 PM
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02-10-2011, 02:06 PM
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So I read this last night and started thinking of stuff that I knew off hand, but I've never actually come up with a consistent thematic menu of Neloxian delicacies in all of the years I've been doing this. I mean, I know the basics and I have some specific ideas...but it's never been fleshed out. So on the drive home I called a friend who used to work for The Food Network and asked her to come up with Neloxian cuisine for me. So I'll get back to you on this, but we're working on it.  Quote:
There's a ton of money being thrown around, but I did it on purpose because I wanted Neloxian teams to be able to get anyone they want. It doesn't work out that way and it's almost tempting me to upgrade to FM11, just for the dynamic league reputation. So far, I'm continuing to resist but as I type this I'm weakening my stance. I made the mistake of giving regional teams too much money too and I've managed to just edit it down in my game, but if I were tweaking the db again I'd fix that to make it more realistic. But save for those inconsistencies. Confederacy.dbc There's a link to the db. Let me know how it works for you. Last edited by Young Drachma : 02-10-2011 at 02:33 PM. |
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02-10-2011, 03:23 PM
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 I forgot about Dean Hoo, sorry. He was sold by White Moon to Anthracite Taxi for $18.5 million last season, scoring 8 goals and 1 assist in 9 games. He's currently in his 2nd season with the club, who are knocking on the door to the NPD for the first time in club history. |
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02-10-2011, 06:09 PM
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We know what clubs have won the most NPD titles (Cerise and Swenton Town with 9) and the team that's never been relegated (Alzate Capital) but do we know what team has the most playoff appearances?
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02-10-2011, 07:32 PM
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Wow, nice debut making the best-11. Forza Italia! Forza Azzuri!
But... The Tambourine must rise. No more of this BNN crap. Its just like Man City in the old EPL...buying yourself prestige. No, its time for a team with some tradition to win. |
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02-10-2011, 07:36 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Alabama
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Sounds like fun
Name: Deacon Palmer City of Birth: (Big city, small city, suburb, rural town) small city Second Nationality: (if you have a preference) Type of player: Wonderkid Favorite team: Hellsbath United Position(s): GK Last edited by ntndeacon : 02-10-2011 at 07:36 PM. |
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02-10-2011, 07:43 PM
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Portiere: Chas Cincinnati should play.
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02-10-2011, 08:10 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Cincinnati, OH
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Me likey the Italian dood...
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02-10-2011, 08:41 PM
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NPD History 1909-1963
A total of 29 clubs have played in the Premier Division since it's inception 55 years ago.
Let's take a look at some history as we prepare to find out how the '64 season went down: Alzate Capital has the most playoff appearances in NPD history with 40. Second on the playoff appearances list is surprisingly Downham & Bradfield Railway aka Men of Iron who have made the postseason 33 times and have been finalists a record 12 times. They're now fighting off relegation from the second division. Men of Iron boast the longest championship drought of any team that's ever won one, claiming their last title in '28. Third on the list is Cerise who have 32 playoff appearances. Here's the all-time list of number of titles and playoff appearances for NPD teams through the '63 postseason. ('64 TBD) Remember that we're playing this era out as if it's the 1900s, so that's why I've adjusted the years below. Code:
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02-10-2011, 09:44 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Osaka, Japan via Honolulu, Hawaii via Birmingham, Alabama
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Alzate Capital is da bomb!
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02-10-2011, 10:26 PM
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2064 NPD PLAYOFFS
Semi-Finals Black Tambourine 3, Academia 1 Cerise 1, BNN 1 (5-4 Cerise on penalties) Championship Final Black Tambourine 2, Cerise 1 (extra time) |
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02-10-2011, 10:32 PM
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2065 NPD REGULAR SEASON FINAL STANDINGS
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For those of you paying attention, you will know this is Anthracite Taxi's first ever season in the NPD and no team has EVER been promoted and made the playoffs in their first year. Last edited by Young Drachma : 02-10-2011 at 10:33 PM. |
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02-10-2011, 10:39 PM
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'65 NPD PLAYOFF SEMI-FINALS
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'65 NPD CHAMPIONSHIP
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02-10-2011, 10:48 PM
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02-10-2011, 11:00 PM
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Apparently putting eight player cards in CODE format in a post doesn't delight the forum as it turned out blank. So instead, I've attached the .txt files to this post. Gotta save bandwidth on that photobucket account or else, I'll have to start deleting. So fewer screenshots of randomness.
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02-10-2011, 11:13 PM
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Supporters Chant:
Can yooooou hear the Tambourine, Can yoooou hear the Tambourine, ring ring ring, it chimes for you Bankers( or opponent of the day), Can yoooou hear the Tambourine Lets party like its 1964... What, we lost to the "Taxi drivers!" |
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02-10-2011, 11:20 PM
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Good idea. If you all can come up with chants for your favorite club, I'll allocate your user up to 5 ability points that you can use anywhere or a one point upgrade of everything across the board, whichever you use. It doesn't have to be the one you play for, especially since so many of you play for the same teams (and no, I haven't intervened for any of you since initially placing you. I'm just simming right now) |
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02-10-2011, 11:44 PM
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Here's our newest guy:
 Deacon Palmer plays for Tier Four club Cranford Bridge. He hails from Hellsbath in eastern Neloxia and is in his first season with the club. If you've been following a while, you might know that Cranford Bridge have the distinction of being the worst team in Tier Four history since the inception of that league. So it's a wonder whether he'll even make it to camp with the club before being snapped up. We shall see. Last edited by Young Drachma : 02-10-2011 at 11:45 PM. |
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02-11-2011, 12:03 AM
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Now this is funny. We all know about the debutante of the ball Ricardo Portiere of Italy and Black Tambourine. What we didn't know, is he has an older brother who is also a goalkeeper. Lucas Portiere plays for Cerise, but while little bro decided to play for the homeland of their parents, Lucas stayed true to Neloxia. Lucas has only one cap, but it's expected he'll play on the upcoming World Cup squad, though not as the starter. His younger brother also deposed him of his starting job with Black Tambourine. The two were teammates briefly in '63 before he was sold to Cerise for just $35,000 when his brother was called up.
Truth be told, the older brother had been in the Black Tambourine system for a while, had spent three years with farm club Red Tambourine in the regional system and it wasn't proven whether he'd be the better player or not, but officials went with the younger brother in the end. Still, what a story huh? Code:
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02-11-2011, 01:40 PM
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The last region I haven't profiled is Southern Neloxia. Here's a regional map.
 The development of the Trans-Neloxia highway is what's fueled all of the growth of the country. Before it was built, there was no way to drive on highway from Alzate to the Marisa area, which to put it mildly was obnoxious. It's what allowed Alzate to grow beyond it's current size to become a regional center and why the South Alzate is called what it is despite it's relative distance from Alzate itself. The western part of Neloxia was always thought of as "Alzate" even though it's grown into distinct areas separate from that now. The farming communities that separate Alzate from South Alzate are strange. On the coast, you have Cromwell which isn't farming at all. Then you have a bunch of small towns surrounding the anchor cities of Holdsworth/East Holdsworth which consider themselves southern cities even though they're firmly planted in the western nexus with Alzate. The communities that separate Upton Park from the south are also wedged with people who live there and work in the capital area of Marisa, with others who commute south and work in Swenton or South Alzate's cities, though South Alzate is primarily residential communities -- we'll profile that city next -- and has the least commerce of any major city. It's almost entirely residential in character, essentially Neloxia's only true suburb. Last edited by Young Drachma : 02-11-2011 at 01:45 PM. |
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02-11-2011, 01:53 PM
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Here are some shots of South Alzate, which is comprised of cities such as New Alzate, South Alzate City, Reginald City, Mapouras, North Mapouras as well as unincorporated areas. As I mentioned previously, it's Neloxia's truest suburb, home largely to a residential population. It boasts the country's only intra-city light rail system and is connected to a regional subway system with Swenton and the Fifty Lakes area.
     South Alzate grew because of the Trans-Neloxia Highway. When it was built, the people came with it and it's yet to stop growing. Some believe it'll eventually surpass Swenton as the second largest city behind Marisa, but that remains to be seen. |
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02-12-2011, 02:16 AM
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The forum hates when you post code and I've posted this five times already and won't take. Grr..
Ok, Ches O'Peake retired before I could catch his bio to take a snapshot. Anyway...I'm simming ahead, but want to get all of your players chronicled as I do. Ended his career with 69 caps and 51 goals for Neloxia, after retiring last November he was named head coach at Enclave this past May. His achievements and final stats are attached. My goal is to sim to 2108 which will act as 2008 for my purposes. I want a hundred years of Neloxian football history and then I'm going to restart with a reformed NPD and divisions. We need more teams in each of the top three leagues, I want to emphasize less on the lower leagues and focus more on interacting with the rest of global football because the game doesn't work particularly well when you don't load a lot of players and so, I know that now going forward even though things move too slowly otherwise. Still, I wanted to be able to get immersed into the various teams and I have, to really get to know this country again. It'll be interesting to see what clubs dominate Neloxian football over the next thirty years or so to give us some kind of history. I've made more alterations to the database in anticipation of what will be the present of Neloxian football, where we figure out what clubs are the true standard bearers for the Neloxian brand of football going forward. I feel like we know, but will clubs like Alzate fade into obscurity? Is BNN the club of now? We're just going to have to see, as there are mergers and reorganizations that will change the landscape of things in the coming years. Last edited by Young Drachma : 02-12-2011 at 03:15 AM. |
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02-12-2011, 02:54 AM
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   (He's transferring to Hetfield United on November 1st)     Deacon Palmer ended up being capped for Ireland, as he had an Irish grandfather and Neloxia had him blocked at the position at the time he was able to play internationally.  |
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02-12-2011, 03:08 AM
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Here are the playoff winners and runners up since the '65 season with Anthracite broke out and won in their first try:
'66: Black Tambourine def. Cerise '67: BNN def. Cerise '68: Hetfield United def. Cerise '69: Hetfield United def. Cerise '70: BNN def. Hetfield United '71: Hetfield United def. Cerise '72: Academia Cromwell def. BNN '73: Centillion def. Academia '74: Hetfield United def. Academia '75: BNN def. Hetfield United '76: Hetfield United def. Black Tambourine In other interesting news, Alzate Capital has been relegated. As for the '77 season they've spent seven years in the second division including each of the past four years and they're in danger of being relegated to the third division this year. Meanwhile, BNN has eight titles all earned since '53. Cerise might be very unlikely in NPD playoffs, but they've won the Champions League three times since '68. No team has surpassed Swenton Town's record of nine titles as of yet, but I suspect they will before it's all said and done. |
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02-12-2011, 06:10 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Osaka, Japan via Honolulu, Hawaii via Birmingham, Alabama
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No.... third division for Alzate C?
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02-12-2011, 02:16 PM
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'77: BNN def. Academia
'78: BNN def. Black Tambourine '79: Hetfield United def. Academia '80: Academia def. Upton Park '81: Hetfield United def. Black Tambourine '82: Academia def. Centillion '83: Centillion def. BNN '84: Upton Park def. Centillion '85: Centillion def. Academia '86: Hetfield United def. Brewery '87: Academia def. Centillion '88: Hetfield United def. Enclave '89: Academia def. Upton Park '90: BNN def. Brewery '91: Upton Park def. A.D. '92: Centillion def. A.D. '93: Academia def. Brewery '94: Academia def. Upton Park '95: A.D. def. Black Tambourine Alzate Capital has spent 8 seasons in the NPD since '83 and their best finish was sixth. They've not been relegated below the second division. Cerise last played in the NPD back in '88 and have been bouncing between the second and third division since then. BNN has 11 titles, the most in league history. |
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02-12-2011, 03:07 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Austin, TX
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Sweet, it looks like I developed into a world class player
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02-12-2011, 03:30 PM
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January 13, 1997
With the demise of Alzate, Cerise and other major powers of Neloxian football came a rift. While upstarts like BNN and Academia were successful, they didn't have the eyeballs of the Neloxian public. Attendances were down substantially, revenues falling off and while Neloxia will still recognized as a global football power, the Premier Division's former leaders came together in 1996 to discuss their options. Alzate Capital, Swenton Town, Anthracite Taxi, Cerise and current members Black Tambourine were among the teams represented at the meeting. The idea wasn't so much to exclude teams that had risen from the bottom of the ranks, as much as it was about preserving the legacy of Neloxian football for those teams that had huge fan bases and had developed them globally. Even upstarts like BNN, the successful on the field but financially struggling Hetfield United and academic institutions like Academia Cromwell realized a vested stake in what they began calling the "expanded premier division." Expansion was not a new concept. The Neloxian Premier Division expanded from the Neloxian Super 8 League to feature its current lineup of 12 teams, but many believed a new format was necessary. It was also universally accepted that Neloxian football suffered by having a season not in lockstep with the rest of the Europe and this was a change implored by many for decades that been resisted by the Neloxian FA. While teams felt strongly in many cases, the Neloxian FA was opposed to dramatic changes to the Neloxian football structure. They see the conversations as counterproductive, while several clubs chose to stay out of the fray completely preferring the status quo to reign. By the '97 season, the conversations were continuing, but there was no resolution about what to do or where to truly take Neloxian football definitively. Last edited by Young Drachma : 02-12-2011 at 10:58 PM. |
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02-12-2011, 10:58 PM
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August 26, 2002
There are rumors that over a dozen Neloxian football teams are prepared to resign from the FA to start a rival league in the hopes of asserting more revenue from television. Meanwhile, the FA opposes their rumors saying money is fairly distributed right now between top divisions and lower division clubs and the call for NPD expansion stems from clubs who were once dominating falling out of the Premiership, most notably Alzate Capital and Marisa-based club Cerise. "This big teams throw their weight around and say it's about drawing fans to football. But look at the stadiums? BNN, Centillion and these teams win games, draw fans and everyone is happy. Why do these other teams say football suffers?" said M.G. O'Shea, President of the Neloxian F.A. But a report from Neloxia Public Television indicate that NPD revenues are down 40% over the past decade and television viewing has dropped increasingly. Discussing about breakway leagues have gone on for close to six years now with no real resolution and there seems to be little indication that much will change, but the conversations continue. Meanwhile, Neloxian football isn't the dominant force it once was globally. Only three Neloxian clubs have won the UEFA Champions League in the past 28 years. NPD CHAMPIONS/RUNNERS UP SINCE 1996 '96: Centillion def. Wheatbridge United '97: BNN def. Wheatbridge United '98: Brewery def. Wheatbridge United '99: A.D. def. Black Tambourine '00: Black Tambourine def. Brewery '01: Black Tambourine def. Academia |
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02-13-2011, 12:08 AM
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REPORTS: AS MANY AS THIRTEEN CLUBS PREPARED TO LEAVE FA
November 11, 2003 A report from the Swenton Daily Standard indicates that as many as thirteen teams from the Neloxian Football Associated are prepared to defect to a new league, backed by billionaire D.C. Harris, who owns Omnivore, a internet startup based originally in Alzate before the company moved to the mountain valley area called Sariņana which was almost entirely rural until about eight or nine years ago. Now, it's home to a variety of internet startups who have poised to make it into Neloxia's own Silicon Valley. There isn't even an incorporate city there, which is part of why the companies move there to avoid tax laws, but most believe a city government is coming soon. In any case, backed by the internet billionaire, the teams believe they could withstand a legal challenge by the Neloxian F.A. and take their clubs to a new league that would give them more share of the television revenues, while increasing them by improving access to the top division for more clubs. The FA resists these changes, opposes NPD expansion believing that going beyond 12 teams would irritate FIFA and any directives that would expand it beyond 18 teams might cause the league to be sanctioned. FIFA has not commented on it's feelings regarding Neloxian league expansion except to say that leagues at 18 teams and under are it's preference, save for the English Premier League which was recently founded by club seeking the same financial independence and later mimicking in Scotland a few years later. The clubs also want to expand the playoffs, to more teams, create a relegation playoff and other "innovations" they believe will improve the league. The Neloxian FA believes Neloxian football is fine as-is. Harris says that he could have a league started in as few as 18 months. Where will this situation be resolved and how? We do not know right now, except that Neloxian football fans are wondering what's next en masse. |
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May 16, 2005
NELOXIAN FA, CONFEDERATES TO MEET The Confederate League, the association of fifteen Neloxian football clubs across several FA divisions have agreed to a series of meetings. The Confederate League formed last year and staged a series of friendlies amongst its members to gauge interest in the new league format during the lengthy Neloxian football off-season. Reception to the new venture was enormous around the country with foreign teams also being invited to select matches, again to huge receptions. "We just want to prove the concept," said Swenton Town Manager Ches O'Shea, in his tenth year with the club and second season as the head man. Swenton, once a juggernaut in the Neloxia football scene has been relegated to the third division and last claimed a title nearly sixty years ago at the top level. They've just yo-yo'd since then, which fuels the argument that many upstart fans have that expansion advocates just want to be granted magic premiership access for not earning it. "We're not demanding anything other than fair share of the revenues," said Cerise Chairman Anton von Goolsby. "A dozen clubs generate more interest globally than the entire Premiership. Amongst those clubs, we haven't been successful in recent years. Why? We're sharing this money to teams who take our money they don't earn by being better and beating us with it; stealing our players and still their fans don't come out like ours do." Neloxian football TV ratings continue to drop and despite a strong showing by Brewery the past three years in the Champions League, they've lost three years in a row. "We're not the organisation we once were and the [Confederated League] wants to fix that by building a better organisation for everyone," said O'Shea, who says he noticed the flaws with the game during his time as a player and now as a manager. Still, no plan exists. With talks between the group and FA beginning in earnest, many hope this near-decade long strife can be ended sooner than later. "We need to get back to what matters," said von Goolsby. "That's football and nothing else." |
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May 3, 2007
CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY: FA, CONFEDERATES COME TO AGREEMENT Starting in two years, Neloxian football will have a different complexion. That's the news coming out of joint press conference from the Neloxian F.A. and the Confederate League. Starting in 2009, a new Neloxian division system will take affect. Here's the basics of the agreement: - 62 teams will make up a reformed Neloxian Confederation, a private company separate from the FA. The teams will participate in a league sanctioned by the FA -- a crucial piece -- but will not be subject to FA rules beyond that. - The new divisions will be called simply Neloxian Football League Divisions One through Eight. The Regional system remains untouched, though several teams are expected to defect. The FA Cup remains unchanged and is the only Cup that will remain active, as most teams felt Neloxian clubs were overstretched with the various internal tournaments and that it hurt competitiveness in Europe and around the globe. - Division One will be comprised of 22 teams, Divisions Two and Three with twenty teams each. Promotion and relegation schemes will be announced at a later date. Relegation will not occur beyond the D3 level. - The most interesting news: Neloxian football will switch its schedule and operate as the rest of Europe does starting in 2009. The season will start in August and end in May. "This was the one thing both sides agreed on from the start," said an F.A. Spokesman. Ultimately, the changes ensure -- the sides say -- the security of Neloxian football by giving the top clubs financial independence to remain globally competitive. More information about these changes will follow. But suffice to say, that Neloxian football will never be the same. Last edited by Young Drachma : 02-13-2011 at 02:19 AM. |
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02-13-2011, 04:19 AM
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'02: Men of Iron def. Enclave
'03: Brewery def. Black Tambourine '04: Anthracite Taxi def. Black Tambourine '05: BNN def. Anthracite Taxi '06: BNN def. Academia '07: Cerise def. BNN '08: Brewery def. BNN BNN ends the first 100 years of Neloxian football with the most titles -- 14. |
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02-13-2011, 04:54 AM
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I changed the Neloxian football season to match the rest of Europe's football season, because while it annoys me, it was really affecting pretty much killing us during international play. I amended the nation rules to only have the first three divisions as part of them, with the rest being present but not actually used, because it's more trouble than it's worth to me. I've expanded the top three divisions and all of the leagues have been renamed from Divisions one through eight and are now simply called Neloxian Football Division One through Eight. DIVISION ONE There are now twenty two in the top division. The season lasts 21 games, a massive departure from the past, but my idea is to make it more like the NFL where every week is a huge event each week. The two worst teams get relegated, with the next worst four playing in a relegation cup playoff with the final loser being relegated. Meanwhile, the playoffs get expanded. Whereas we took the top 4 of 12 before, we now take the top 7 teams for the postseason tournament. DIVISION TWO There are twenty teams. Top team gets promoted automatically, the next six teams play in a playoff tournament for two spots. DIVISION THREE: Back to being the lowest promotable division, but with 20 teams now. Top team gets automatically promoted, the next eight in line play in a playoff tournament with two spots to D2 up for grabs. I killed off all of the cups except the Neloxian FA Cup, because they just never took off or interest me in the end and since we're not using the lower leagues, I don't need to worry about winning lower level cups right now. The new db doesn't even include nation rules for divisions past D3 even though they all still exist notionally. The idea to keep the interesting teams involved and essentially ignore the rest. Most importantly, we now have a basis from which to work. The first setup was the prequel into Neloxia's ascent and establishing football. The next, about building on that legacy to create one of the world's global football superpowers and seeing the rise and fall of that professional legacy in a sense. The next phase is of course, slower and more paced because the teams that dominate are established now, we know the cities and where they're located, how they've emerged and grown and now it's simply a matter of living it out rather than building it. To raise additional funds, two club licenses were sold to new club owners, though only one new club was added while another was added to Division Two with an existing club taking the spot of an "expansion club." It explains why Division One has 22 teams and the others only twenty teams. FIFA is livid at the NPD flouting it's 18 team first division cap, but Neloxia officials believe this was the most prudent move and the FA gave a reluctant blessing. Two teams were granted, with Omnivore being granted one of the spots and the other to another team based in the Neloxian Northwest, an area that's grown dramatically over the past decade through growth in the tech sectors creating an area with the influence of Alzate but distinct from it due to the relative isolation in the far west from the rest of the country. We'll be moving forward next up with Neloxia's next 100 years of football. Stay tuned and thanks for following with us through two dynasties and counting! Here's the next chapter of the story: http://operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=80665 Last edited by Young Drachma : 02-14-2011 at 03:17 PM. |
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01-18-2012, 08:51 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2001
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After 100 years...
So I decided to revisit this. Easily one of my most ambitious projects ever, I've spent random times over the past few months tinkering ever so slightly with Neloxia. I've always kept the leagues, just needed some time away from them. But finally after a while, we're in the year 2100 in this same universe of Neloxia, the above teams have established some history and the country looks very different than it once did as the northern part of the nation has been grown.
Let's explore the new Neloxia, look at the powers of the modern Neloxian football universe and see how the national team has done since we last visited shall we? |
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01-18-2012, 09:00 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2001
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WORLD CUP WINNERS (2050-present)
2098: Holland def. Portugal
2094: Neloxia def. Italy 2090: Argentina def. South Korea 2086: Neloxia def. Spain 2082: Argentina def. Spain 2078: Neloxia def. Mexico 2074: Spain def. Neloxia 2070: Neloxia def. Germany 2066: Neloxia def. Egypt 2062: Germany def. Bulgaria 2058: Italy def. U.S.A. 2054: Spain def. Neloxia 2050: Neloxia def. Mexico Neloxia is just one World Cup behind Brazil's record of six overall titles. But given Brazil last made a WC Final in 2018 (and lost it) I'm not too worried about them. |
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01-18-2012, 09:07 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2001
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NELOXIAN LIGAPREMIER
The days of Alzate Capital and Black Tambourine dominating the charts are long gone. Make way for Upton Park Greyhounds, Swenton Town, Varsity, Silverfly and other clubs that you might not recall from the nascent days of Neloxian football. It is indeed a new day. We'll profile these clubs in more detail soon, but let's just look at the teams that have made the LP Finals since 2077. NELOXIAN LIGAPREMIER FINALS 2077: Silverfly def. Longsham Athletic 2078: Longsham Athletic def. Alzate Capital 2079: Neloxia Dairy def. Silverfly 2080: Silverfly def. Dondon-Foxbury 2081: Neloxia Dairy def. Silerfly 2082: Alzate Capital def. Neloxia Dairy 2083: Varsity def. Alzate Capital 2084: Neloxia Dairy def. True Believers 2085: Neloxia Dairy def. Alzate Capital 2086: Neloxia Dairy def. Kings Avenue 2087: Silverfly def. Upton Park Greyhounds 2088: Silverfly def. Upton Park Greyhounds 2089: Neloxia Dairy def. Silverfly 2090: Alzate Capital def. Opalcliff 9/3 2091: Silverfly def. Alzate Capital 2092: Varsity def. Upton Park Greyhounds 2093: Upton Park Greyhounds def. Opalcliff 9/3 2094: Dondon-Foxbury def. Silverfly 2095: Upton Park Greyhounds def. Pearlham 2096: Neloxia Dairy def. Silverfly 2097: Sam Harding def. Dondon-Foxbury 2098: Upton Park Greyhounds def. Enclave 2099: Swenton Town def. Upton Park Greyhounds 2100: Swenton Town def. Upton Park Greyhounds Black Tambourine is currently in the Ligasupreme. Cerise won League One and will be in the Ligasupreme next year too. Indeed how the once mightly have fallen! The following teams will be in the Ligapremier next year: Quote:
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01-18-2012, 09:29 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2001
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The five capital cantons have been renamed and the idea is to move the capital of the country to the northern area of the country.
If you refer to an older map, you'll recall northern Neloxia just wasn't populated. It's changing.  Here's the BEFORE map of this same area:  Cerisean was built to replace Marisa as the capital, but it has not yet been decided whether it will be or not. Still, it grows. 101k people in that increasingly growing capital suburb of the financial district that is now called Aberidia. Here are the Cantons of Old Marisa:  The current population is 3,824,428 and counting of the whole country. Once the rest of the north is fully urbanized we'll be over the 4 million mark. Last edited by Young Drachma : 01-18-2012 at 09:31 PM. |
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01-18-2012, 09:40 PM
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Here's a flyover of Siadan, which has fashioned itself as the "cultural capital of Neloxia."
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09-17-2013, 09:12 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2001
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I've never been as immersed into FM as I was when I did this dynasty and this massive db.
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