I swapped La Liga clubs with Andorra and Gibraltar

Welcome to TomFM! In today's Football Manager 2023 experiment video I swap La Liga clubs with teams from Andorra and Gibraltar. Will the likes of Real Madrid and Barcelona be able to turn the fortunes of these European minnows around?
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[@JustK4Y1512]

Fun fact: Lincoln Red Imps did compete in the Conference League group stage last year, they did pretty well for a Gibraltar side too, not having 7-0 losses or something like that

[@TomFM]

They just need to keep getting there now!

[@JustK4Y1512]

@@TomFM they still hit the champions league qualifying rounds on a yearly consistent basis, so I’m praying 🙏 Don’t know why they did so bad in your save tho, ain’t realistic at all 🫤

[@connecticutandrhodeisland]

lee casciaro fans😊🎉

[@rutgerniemeijer]

They're also the club in the world with the most trebles, having consistently won the rock cup, the Gibraltar Premier league and the Gibraltarian super cup.

[@scpjack7856]

The team Real Madrid played in the first season, Spartaks Jūrmala, have actually folded now. They were unable to afford a licence for the Virsliga this season and have not competed since. Such a shame because Jūrmala is a lovely town that deserves good football.

[@SK-io2no]

Ikr, sad to see it. Heard of it but are there any other Latvian teams struggling and folding or dropping leagues because of financial reasons?

[@scpjack7856]

@@SK-io2no A few have recently. Most notably Skonto, the most successful team in Latvian history that provided a lot of the 2004 squad, went bust several years ago and essentially reformed as Riga FC (the team I support). A handful of teams have dropped down the leagues or folded since. Football is not well supported in Latvia compared to hockey and basketball, so there is a lack of investment. The professionalisation of the Virsliga (as well as TV coverage and licencing such as the deal with Sports Interactive) has improved things a lot, but as we have seen with Spartaks it isn't a panacea.

[@SK-io2no]

@@scpjack7856 Oh yeah. Well the situation in Estonia is somewhat similar although the better teams have been stable for quite some times, the most recent giant to go out of business (or more the club got into financial problems and nowadays from there it departed and two separate clubs exist in lower leagues of Estonia) was Infonet and that happened around 2016. But during recent years teams have said no to promotion to top tier cuz of finance reasons and mid to bottom table teams have struggled with finances, most importantly the likes of Viljandi Tulevik which gave away it's Estonian Premier League position two years ago to compete on lower league. And ofc the scandals of Maardu. But for some the struggles of others are lifeline's as for example Pärnu Vaprus has thanks to others withdrawing survived relegation whilst being dead last in league.

[@scpjack7856]

@@SK-io2no Thanks for the insight, always interesting to learn more about football from around the world (I am from England but started following the Virsliga after doing an FM save with Riga). A similar situation to Parnu Vaprus happened in Latvia. Supernova were relegated humiliatingly last season, but were allowed to stay because of Spartaks folding, and they are now being humiliated this season as well.

[@SK-io2no]

@@scpjack7856 Yes, it does happen. To give some credit to Pärnu Vaprus is that this season they are fantastic. Pretty cool to see that FM has made you follow Virsliga. Me on the other hand have found my favourite non-league team in England thanks to managing them in FM, Croydon :) Btw sorry for my poor English language, as you can tell i'm from Estonia.

[@FozzQuaker]

The Frank Lampard Arena in Nottingham and Stuart Pearce Arena in Wolverhampton... I love some of the new Stadium names in Football Manager

[@TomFM]

It throws up some really bizarre stadiums!

[@FozzQuaker]

@@TomFM It most certainly does...I always dreamed of seeing the Alan Shearer Arena in Sunderland 🤣🤣🤣 A snowball would stand a better chance in hell, but we are talking about Football Manager here...

[@Jothamvvw]

There's also the Jürgen Klinsmann Park in Freiburg.

[@mamamariofan8080]

6:33 que bonito volver a ver el hércules en primera

[@cundsmobile4540]

Swap wales teams with england and see if wales cane jump up the rankings

[@Froge0]

Would say Premier League + Championship Top 4 with Wales & Northern Ireland just to fully empty out the Premier League

[@jackjones1629]

Or mabye swap Swansea and Cardiff with the two best welsh prem teams somehow never seen it

[@TomFM]

Did a very similar video on that recently, it went well!

[@cundsmobile4540]

@@TomFM oh my bad g i must have forgot i watch every vid lol oops

[@andabossftw]

College Europa are also in the 4th tier at the end of the sim. Also I am noticing that because there are 8 Spanish Teams in the Andorran top tier, it means every season the promotion is alternating between last season's relegated club and the best Andorran team still in the Andorran league

[@Pokemaster_416]

4:19 never thought I’d see Solly March score for Real Madrid

[@Verner-eh4pk]

2:11 My local team right there lol. Never thought I'd see them in this.

[@owendoyle779]

Everton winning the conference league at the Frank Lampard arena is hilarious

[@FozzQuaker]

And West Ham winning at the Stuart Pearce Arena...in Wolverhampton

[@longlifetometal1995]

5:09 I'd like to pay respects to Pas de la Casa players. That's rough 😕

[@pokezod7832]

Interesting Prize Money didnt have an effect since some of the better Andorran and Gibraltarian sides in the first few seasons should have earned quite a lot of money that might have helped them stay at least in the 2nd division

[@andylindress]

Great content Tom.. Loving it.. Is there a video to show how to swap teams to different leagues through editor?

[@beatman998]

I remember taking a screenshot and sending it to you on twitter of you reaching 10k subs. Wow now nearly 100k well done Tom 👍

[@TomFM]

You're a real OG! Thank you!

[@skfootballmanager]

I Great Video! May be you can do a Video with Swiss (League or Teams.) I Would love it

[@jorgefranco7465]

Dude, I might be wrong on this, specially because I’m a portuguese that doesn’t speak Catalan, but I believe Engordany is read like Engordañ. At least in Catalan they write Catalunha as Catalunya, as well as Espanyol for the football club. Cheers mate, have a nice one 🤙

[@rhyswilliams7113]

Yeah Tom you need to do this for with England swapping with Wales Scotland and Ireland

[@joca8129]

7:49 Derbi Minhoto in the final ahaha

[@chknwings99agamingchannel31]

You should do this with Germany, Luxembourg and Litchenstien

[@Dan_WATP]

ah Lincon Red Imps...... take me back to a special series

[@FootballFinlay]

Put all the national teams in the FA Cup or Carabao Cup, I think it would be interesting to see who would win. 🏆

[@EuanBCFC]

That already exists mate it’s called the World Cup

[@FootballFinlay]

@@EuanBCFC Wow, what an interesting fact, I'll totally change my comment because of that MIND-BLOWING NEWS.

[@FootballFinlay]

@@EuanBCFC Also, is my emoji the World Cup trophy? I didn't think so MATE.

[@cal-efc8062]

Seville winning Europa League who seen that coming 👀

[@HazstarXeditz]

Where do you get your background music?

[@SantiagoPereiraYaquelo]

It would be interesting to change the leagues, those that are in the database and those of the smallest countries in Europe, and distribute the big teams equally. Eg Real Madrid to Andorra, Barcelona to Gibraltar, Man City to San Marino, PSG to the Slovakia league... things like that and see if in years, European football will even out.

[@NINEmmDeathWish]

Tom is going to Andorra for the 100k subscribers special

[@RobaMostarRoba]

solly march playing for real lmao

[@zackk3635]

Tom. How do u get the national teams badges??

[@cartzd]

Please do an experiment involving catalonia

[@nickysturzu]

You should do the same thing with Luxembourg and Liechtenstein...maybe put teams from Germany in there

[@orangefutshorts]

Challenge: Add one world class player to every Saudi Arabia team e.g., Benzema to Ittihad and see how they go

[@cronandmongler9291]

Tom how do I get the in game editor because I couldn’t find downloads on the game

[@ZekPlaysHD]

The in game editor is a part of the base game. Just make sure to toggle it on when you set up a new save.

[@MiroHeinonen]

How about swapping Serie A clubs with the leagues of Malta and San Marino?

[@malta_ball701]

Do the same thing with italy malta and san marino

[@heichan8657]

Andorra FC is owned by Pique and in the 2nd tier of spanish football

[@oliverward8296]

there is another Gib team Hound dogs couldve been added

[@JTB_FM]

you should of put andorra fc from the 2nd tier in laliga

[@redknight1733]

do it for germany and liechtenstein/luxemburg

[@nilsbaumann4926]

@TomFm Please can you do a Swiss video? Thanks

[@nilsbaumann4926]

Great video

[@skfootballmanager]

i would also like to see a swiss Video!

[@meelooxavier6502]

So, you're going to Istanbul to see Inter win? :p

[@fortnite_fish]

put swansea, cardiff, newport and wrexham in the welsh league and see what happens

[@mainchannel1566]

Portugal dropped to 8th. I wonder if it's because they are not receiving big transfer fees from Spanish clubs, so they can't reinvest?

[@redexlol2129]

KuPS💛🖤

[@akaalaine6149]

Can you do a video where you give the finland's veikkausliiga (best league in finland) a billion dollar tv deal?

[@akaalaine6149]

and btw good video

[@Sinisterss]

Nah unnecessary dig at Mallorca there

[@jackhurst8104]

Shock that Sevilla win the Europa League 🤣

[@nutellashockabz1823]

22 mins ago

[@Mudisolo]

You put Real Madrid with the best teams on la liga, Sevilla, valencia , atlético, Villarreal, and Barcelona alone with the worst teams from la liga 😂