Northern Ireland save ideas
Football Manager save ideas in Northern Ireland. 17 save ideas, difficulty from 4 to 9 out of 10. 15 are playable in the base game. Easiest: Ards (4/10). Hardest: Belfast Celtic (9/10).
- Ards
NIFL ChampionshipArds won the Irish League in 1958 and beat Standard Liège in Europe in 1973. They've spent decades without a permanent home in their own town after losing Castlereagh…
- Carrick RangersNIFL Premiership
Carrick Rangers beat Linfield to win the 1976 Irish Cup while outside the top division, then faced Southampton in Europe. Recreate that famous cup run and go further…
- CliftonvilleNIFL Premiership
Founded in 1879, Cliftonville are the oldest football club in Ireland and still play at their historic Solitude ground. They have survived while the sport around them…
- ColeraineNIFL Premiership
Coleraine won their only Irish League title in 1974. They finished runners-up and won the Irish Cup in 2025/26, so the groundwork for a new challenge is there. Finally…
- CrusadersNIFL Premiership
Crusaders won three titles between 2015 and 2018, but only survived the 2025/26 relegation play-off on penalties against Annagh United. Take the Belfast club from the…
- GlenavonNIFL Championship
Glenavon became the first Irish League champions from outside Belfast in 1952. In 2025/26 they lost their opening 11 games and were relegated after 21 years in the…
- Harland & Wolff WeldersNIFL Championship
Founded by workers at Belfast's famous shipyard, the Welders began with a collection among employees and grew into a senior football club. Take a team tied to the yard…
- Limavady UnitedNIFL Premiership
Limavady knocked Linfield out of the 2026 Irish Cup while in the Championship, then won promotion to the Premiership for the first time since 2008. Keep the…
- LoughgallNIFL Championship
Loughgall put a village of around 300 people into Northern Ireland's top flight in 2023. Relegation followed in 2025. Get them back up and see whether a club from one of…
- Moyola ParkNIFL Championship
Moyola Park won the first Irish Cup in 1881, beating Cliftonville in the final. They won promotion to the second tier for 2026/27 after years outside senior football…
- Newry City AFCNIFL Championship
Newry City's original club was wound up in 2012. Supporters started again and climbed from local football to the Premiership in five seasons, before further relegations…
- PortadownNIFL Premiership
Portadown won four Irish League titles between 1990 and 2002, including a double in 1991. Relegations and off-field trouble have since interrupted that success. Rebuild…
- GlentoranNIFL Premiership
Glentoran held Eusébio's Benfica to two draws in the 1967 European Cup but went out on away goals. They haven't won the Irish League since 2009. End the domestic drought…
- LarneNIFL Premiership
Larne became the first Northern Irish league club to reach a major UEFA group/league phase in 2024/25. You start with a domestic structure already playable in FM, but a…
- LinfieldNIFL Premiership
Linfield have won more Irish League titles than any other club and reached the European Cup quarter-finals in 1967. Another domestic title won't make this save special…
- Lisburn DistilleryPremier Intermediate League
Six-time Irish League champions Distillery drew 3-3 with Benfica in the 1963 European Cup and later faced Barcelona. Financial problems sent them into Northern Ireland's…
- Belfast CelticNorthern Irish regional amateur leagues - verify
Belfast Celtic won 14 titles before leaving the Irish League in 1949 after violence at a match against Linfield. A separate modern club now carries the name in…