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Premier League Marathon

The English season has been expanded to it's maximum length (11 months) and leagues have been altered.

Premier League is still 20 teams but they play each other 5 times (95 matches).
Championship and League One are both now 34 teams and play each other 3 times (99 matches)

There are 3 automatic promotion/relegation places between the Premier, Championship and League One but no leagues below this are included.

The FA Cup is currently only the 20 Premier League sides although I may expand it to include more if it allows me to add more matches.

Clubs do get a rest during the international breaks but are otherwise playing matches every 2-4 days. Late in the season (due to Champions League matches / fixture congestion) I have seen maybe 4 matches being played in 7 days in what is a gruelling season where if it is to be completed will take a serious amount of squad management. Furthermore, the season actually takes 12 months (and not the 11 the editor states) so matches continue through the Summer and even during the 2020 Euros so this is probably when it's beneficial to sign non-international players while many key players will be on International duty. One example is Man City, who during 1 test I saw 15 players on international duty during the Euros while Spurs had 9. The highest appearance count I've seen so far is Bernt Leno with 109 in a season, it would have been even higher had he been German #1. At youth level I have seen Harvey Elliott play over 150 matches in 1 season as he probably doubled up for the u23s and u18s. The Premier League season ends on the 25th July and the next season begins only 4 days later so there is no pre-season break.

The transfer window in England has been removed so domestic signings can happen at any time.

To help financially, prize money is rewarded after each match based on win/draw/loss so teams won't have to wait till the season ends.

If anyone wants to give this a go and persists through a full season good luck to you, I just thought this would be a huge challenge in a number of ways and worth creating. If you can get a regular goal scorer and manage his game-time/workload there is a decent chance of reaching 100 goals in 1 season. There would have been a better chance in a 34 team / 99 game Premier League season but felt a 20 team EPL would be more popular with the teams left untouched.

ENJOY! - or at least try too *Insert evil laugh here.


If anyone attempts this and has any feedback please let me know. This is for any errors found, possibly changing to a 34 team EPL, expanding the FA Cup or any other suggestions.