Can someone help me out with the level of this league? Above or below NZ national league?
Top 2 leagues Allsvenskan and Superettan (Tyler Lissette playing in this) have 16 teams each. Next tier has 32 teams (division 1; split north/south?) and I see francis’s club has a ground capacity of 1,000.
You would think it would be very average. Third tier (and with 32 teams) in a country, that probably at a wild guest, has it's best 100 players playing in higher European leagues or elsewhere like the US (a number of Swedes in MLS).
And yes the crowds are tiny. Joel Stevens in the same league with Husquvarna, gets to play usually in front of 100-150 folks.
Still there must be some money in the league (maybe they also have a rorted pokie money scheme) - and yes is in Europe so could open some doors.
Though only Kiwis that come to mind who have currently agruably moved onto higher levels of football, from the Scandinavian leagues are Nikko Boxall (Denmark Div 2 - and yes still Scandinavia) and Steven Old (League 2 in England). Like I said agruably higher levels.