Northern Ireland save begins in January but no matches until August?

[3runhomer]

I started a save in Northern Ireland. It’s a 3rd tier club (Distillery). The save started in January but matches don’t start until August! Is that how it’s supposed to be, or is it a bug?

More than 200 days is a crazy long time to train. I can schedule friendlies but all of our players are on non-contract so they get paid when we play ... and we lose money. Less than 100 fans show up for friendlies and that’s not enough to cover paying the players. 

So is this a glitch or is it supposed to be this way?

[Muttley84]

Did you also load other leagues, maybe one like Republic of Ireland which starts in January? That might be one explenation if you selected that league first. 

If you only have loaded N. Ireland I don't see how that could happen.

[3runhomer]

3 hours ago, Muttley84 said:

Did you also load other leagues, maybe one like Republic of Ireland which starts in January? That might be one explenation if you selected that league first. 

I did load Ireland and Wales, and I started unemployed so that must be it. Thanks for clearing up the mystery!

Now I have to figure out what I’m going to do with my players for months.  Haha. Maybe I’ll start over with a different setup.