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    Apologies, previously posted in the wrong section.

    Hello,

    The youth leagues in their current state are not quite up to date and comprehensive for the playable leagues.

    The handbook for the Cymru Premier League Development League (which is currently in the game but not quite named correctly) can be found here: https://handbook.faw.cymru/regulations/competition-regulations/cymru-premier-development-league/

    As outlined in the handbook, this should have a North and South division (as it currently does) and should include teams that have 'academy' status, those of which have this designation are obligated to join. I would suggest that this should work in a similar fashion to the youth level function in England.

    There are also the FAW Youth Leagues: https://handbook.faw.cymru/regulations/competition-regulations/faw-youth-leagues/

    The handbook states that this should also be split into North and South. In practice according to the Cymru Football app (which is officially linked to the FAW) they have further split so there are NE, NW, SE and SW divisions (the suggested boundaries of which could be borrowed from the existing Ardal Leagues). These leagues are not obligatory, and are limited to Tier 1, 2 and 3 sides that do not have a team in the Cymru Premier League Development League.

    As with my post regarding the reserves, fleshing out the youth system in Wales would make the leagues far more attractive to players, as it is a league that really demands a long term commitment to a save to enjoy it. Long term saves rely so heavily on youth development and regens that the wider structure would do wonders for. Even if the exact teams in each division cannot be worked out, having the structure in place for the game to start pulling in teams at the start of a save would do wonders for the depth, quality and enjoyment of the game when playing in Wales.

     
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    Additional information:

    Both Cymru Premier League Development Leagues currently have between 9 and 11 teams, but the handbook doesn't specify an upper limit allowed in a season if more teams qualify to be included - I can't image they'd allow more than 20 in each league though. The same would apply with the FAW Youth Leagues, as this would then mean that between all six leagues outlined there would be capacity of 120, which would fit the 108 teams in the top three tiers.

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    • Cymru Premier League Development League North:
      • The New Saints
      • Newtown
      • Colwyn Bay
      • Airbus UK
      • Connah's Quay Nomads
      • Caernarfon Town
      • Aberystwyth Town
      • Flint Town United
      • Bala Town
    • Cymru Premier League Development League South:
      • Briton Ferry
      • Barry Town United
      • Haverfordwest County
      • Llanelli Town
      • Cambrian and Clydach
      • Merthyr Town (from English league pyramid)
      • Cardiff Met Uni
      • Penypont FC
      • Pontardawe Town
      • Pontypridd United
      • Carmarthen Town

    Here are the teams with that academy status that are competing in the Cymru Premier League Development league in the 23/24 season. Like with how the English pyramid youth system works in game, teams should be able to gain (and lose) youth level to qualify to play in these two leagues, with a maximum of 20 teams in each.

    Then, each season the remaining teams in tiers 1, 2 and 3 of Wales should be invited to join the FAW Youth League. They are then geographically split into the four divisions  (FAW Youth League North East, FAW Youth League North West, FAW Youth League South East, FAW Youth League South West), with each league having a minimum size of 8 and maximum of 20.

    The depth this would add to playing in Wales would be huge particularly for long term saves as it would incentivise club growth, and long term the skeleton of the system would then be in place for future games.

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    Further information: The winners of the Cymru Premier League Development League North and South leagues then playoff for an overall competition winner:

     

     

    Haven't researched, the FAW Youth Leagues do not do this, and only have winners of the regional leagues.

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