It's taken me almost a month, but I've found the problem. Apparently it happens with all leagues of eight teams or less, so it won't work. I will be bringing back the one division scheme and I will resurrect this project overwriting the Premiership in CM 01/02 (which is my prefered game and I have a Feb 08 update for it). The teams are the same as last season, with the addition of Sheff Wed, Bath, Altrincham and Cardiff. Matches every Saturday and Wednesday, finishing on May 24. The first matches are tonight.

Here goes...
I have decided on a game every day, this will get the league finished at around the same time as the season.

Liverpool 3-1 Southampton
Queens Park Rangers 1-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Crystal Palace 3-2 Nottingham Forest
Bath City 0-6 Sunderland
Manchester United 9-0 Altrincham
Plymouth Argyle 0-4 Newcastle United
Brighton and Hove Albion 0-3 Cardiff City
Shrewsbury Town 1-4 Sheffield Wednesday
Bognor Regis Town 0-5 Ipswich Town
Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Everton

Southampton 0-2 Everton
Ipswich Town 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur
Sheffield Wednesday 5-0 Bognor Regis Town
Cardiff City 4-0 Shrewsbury Town
Newcastle United 4-1 Brighton and Hove Albion
Altrincham 1-1 Plymouth Argyle
Sunderland 0-0 Manchester United
Nottingham Forest 5-0 Bath City
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Crystal Palace
Liverpool 3-1 Queens Park Rangers

I've done a half-season simulation (basically, I went 'on holiday' in CM until each team had played each other once) to try and predict the table. This is what I got:

Queens Park Rangers 1-2 Southampton
Crystal Palace 0-3 Liverpool
Bath City 0-4 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manchester United 2-0 Nottingham Forest
Plymouth Argyle 1-4 Sunderland
Brighton and Hove Albion 3-1 Altrincham
Shrewsbury Town 0-8 Newcastle United
Bognor Regis Town 1-3 Cardiff City
Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday
Everton 1-0 Ipswich Town

Oh dear at Bath City...

Loving fixturelist.com by the way, that could be useful for something totally unrelated...

I've already generated the fixtures, and you can't add your own to that site. I do have quite a good piece of software though, it's free, gives you stats and can make predictions.

Yes, I forgot. So the ones on the top are/were yesterday's matches.


Southampton 2-1 Ipswich Town
Sheffield Wednesday 0-3 Everton
Cardiff City 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur
Newcastle United 8-0 Bognor Regis Town
Altrincham 1-2 Shrewsbury Town
Sunderland 7-0 Brighton and Hove Albion
Nottingham Forest 1-0 Plymouth Argyle
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-4 Manchester United
Liverpool 12-0 Bath City
Queens Park Rangers 1-0 Crystal Palace

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Crystal Palace 1-0 Southampton
Bath City 0-7 Queens Park Rangers
Manchester United 1-1 Liverpool
Plymouth Argyle 1-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Brighton and Hove Albion 1-1 Nottingham Forest
Shrewsbury Town 0-8 Sunderland
Bognor Regis Town 1-2 Altrincham
Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Newcastle United
Everton 2-1 Cardiff City
Ipswich Town 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday

Southampton 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday
Cardiff City 1-0 Ipswich Town
Newcastle United 0-0 Everton
Altrincham 1-9 Tottenham Hotspur
Sunderland 10-0 Bognor Regis Town
Nottingham Forest 4-0 Shrewsbury Town
Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 Brighton and Hove Albion
Liverpool 4-0 Plymouth Argyle
Queens Park Rangers 0-3 Manchester United
Crystal Palace 5-0 Bath City

Bath City 0-6 Southampton
Manchester United 4-1 Crystal Palace
Plymouth Argyle 0-2 Queens Park Rangers
Brighton and Hove Albion 1-8 Liverpool
Shrewsbury Town 0-3 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Bognor Regis Town 0-7 Nottingham Forest
Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Sunderland
Everton 9-0 Altrincham
Ipswich Town 1-2 Newcastle United
Sheffield Wednesday 3-1 Cardiff City

Southampton 3-2 Cardiff City
Newcastle United 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday
Altrincham 1-7 Ipswich Town
Sunderland 1-0 Everton
Nottingham Forest 1-3 Tottenham Hotspur
Wolverhampton Wanderers 7-0 Bognor Regis Town
Liverpool 9-0 Shrewsbury Town
Queens Park Rangers 3-0 Brighton and Hove Albion
Crystal Palace 3-1 Plymouth Argyle
Bath City 0-15 Manchester United

Manchester United 3-1 Southampton
Plymouth Argyle 7-0 Bath City
Brighton and Hove Albion 1-3 Crystal Palace
Shrewsbury Town 0-4 Queens Park Rangers
Bognor Regis Town 0-10 Liverpool
Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Everton 3-0 Nottingham Forest
Ipswich Town 1-5 Sunderland
Sheffield Wednesday 4-0 Altrincham
Cardiff City 1-3 Newcastle United

Southampton 1-1 Newcastle United
Altrincham 1-5 Cardiff City
Sunderland 3-0 Sheffield Wednesday
Nottingham Forest 1-1 Ipswich Town
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-3 Everton
Liverpool 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur
Queens Park Rangers 5-0 Bognor Regis Town
Crystal Palace 8-1 Shrewsbury Town
Bath City 0-6 Brighton and Hove Albion
Manchester United 4-1 Plymouth Argyle

Mr Blobby is fond of exercise, and encourages you all to do 30 minutes of rigorous activity each and every day.

And yes, the activity you're thinking of *can* be part of the 30 minutes.

Thank you for that kind contribution.

Plymouth Argyle 1-0 Southampton
Brighton and Hove Albion 1-9 Manchester United
Shrewsbury Town 3-0 Bath City
Bognor Regis Town 0-5 Crystal Palace
Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Queens Park Rangers
Everton 1-2 Liverpool
Ipswich Town 1-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Nottingham Forest
Cardiff City 0-3 Sunderland
Newcastle United 7-0 Altrincham

Southampton 6-1 Altrincham
Sunderland 2-1 Newcastle United
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Cardiff City
Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-2 Sheffield Wednesday
Liverpool 2-0 Ipswich Town
Queens Park Rangers 1-2 Everton
Crystal Palace 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur
Bath City 0-2 Bognor Regis Town
Manchester United 11-1 Shrewsbury Town
Plymouth Argyle 0-0 Brighton and Hove Albion

Brighton and Hove Albion 0-2 Southampton
Shrewsbury Town 2-5 Plymouth Argyle
Bognor Regis Town 0-12 Manchester United
Tottenham Hotspur 9-0 Bath City
Everton 3-1 Crystal Palace
Ipswich Town 2-2 Queens Park Rangers
Sheffield Wednesday 1-5 Liverpool
Cardiff City 1-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Newcastle United 2-1 Nottingham Forest
Altrincham 0-9 Sunderland

Southampton 1-2 Sunderland
Nottingham Forest 7-1 Altrincham
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 Newcastle United
Liverpool 3-0 Cardiff City
Queens Park Rangers 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday
Crystal Palace 1-2 Ipswich Town
Bath City 0-8 Everton
Manchester United 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur
Plymouth Argyle 3-0 Bognor Regis Town
Brighton and Hove Albion 6-2 Shrewsbury Town

OK, this is also broken. My savegame is corrupt. I now have three options for the game:

1) Abandon the project altogether
2) Use FIFA Manager 07 (as was used last season)
3) Attempt to find another decent manager game.

I'll keep you posted.