I don't know much about it either but from what I understand they can move up one division per year if they win their league. It will likely take multiple decades though as the leagues will get much more difficult to win.

It appears the lowest tiered team to ever climb the ranks to premier league is from the 4th tier, which has happened a number of times and each time taking a decade or more to jump from 4th tier to the premier league.

Pete has the cheat code so I am not going to count him out but it's going to be a hell of a mountain to climb.

Maybe we will take a Stacker Sports road trip (plane trip in this case) and go see a Real Bedford game someday.

I'm glad you posted this, because I have the same questions. Maybe some European football(!) fan can help us.

Peter had an episode of WBD talking about him buying the club, back story, and future plans if you're interested.

But yea, they just won rank 9 and will be promoted to rank 8 next year. Premier League is rank 1, so if everything goes perfectly, it will be another 8 years to get to the Premier League. But like GR said, it will probably not happen that smoothly and likely take decade(s), because it gets a lot more competitive at the higher ranked leagues.

The only thing stopping/slowing him down is if the other owners in leagues above him realize the cheat code and start doing it themselves. He probably has at least another epoch before that would happen.

it will never happen. something else to go from 9 to 8 than from 2 to 1

They play Spartan South Midlands Football League Premier Division. That's Level 9 in the English league system. So, 8 years is a minimum, even if they win their league each year.

With their budget you could create club in, for example, Latvia, and would possibly get into UEFA European competitions in 3 years, starting from bottom.

Anything is possible, depends on how much money they want to throw at it. Climbing up to the third division (fourth tier) is definitely do able, have a look at Wrexham FC (Ryan Renolds team). They've done two leagues in two years and will be in the 2nd divison (3rd tier) next year. Entering the top 4 professional leagues is when you start to get the regulations. Capacity, facilities, Safety, Lighting Their ground will need to upgraded or it would be probably easier if they just relocate to a new stadium. The rules will become even more onerous once you get to the top 2 leagues. i.e all seater stadiums with a minimum capacity of 21,000 That's just the infrastructure, then you get to the players. They will need to start spending on some good players and a good manager, i.e entice quality players from higher divisions to come down and join them. More money. Throwing money at players and managers often doesn't actually work and you go down as fast as you came up. Lets not forget the owners, who can also balls things up. Wrexham FC is a good example to have a look at with what you can do with a manager who knows what he's doing (and should really be at a team far higher) and players who should also be a better clubs. One of the hardest things is to hang on to your best players and manager when the big money comes along and tries to lure them away for a shot at playing in the Premier league of first division.