With the rumour of SPL and SFL pushing through a merger as soon as possible... do people on here see this as a positive step? Then we will have the SPL running the leagues and the SFA running the national game? Also, it would mean the Huns in SPL2 for 2012/2013. Me, as long as the merger happens then plans are put in place for season 2013/2014 for a change in league structure from top to bottom then I'm all for it! League reconstruction not the Huns in Div 1!!! 16 Team: SPL 18 Team: Championship 20 Team: League 1 3 Regionalised Pyramid Systems (North/Highlands, West Coast/Central and Midlothian/East Coast) Invite in some Highland League teams/Junior teams into League 1. SPL: 2 Automatic Down with 1 relegation play off place (3rd bottom) Championship: 2 Automatic Up with three play off places (3rd, 4th, 5th) 2 Automatic Down with 1 relegation play off place (3rd bottom) League 1: 2 Automatic Up with three play off places (3rd, 4th, 5th) 2 relegation play off places with 6 promotion play off places from 3 regionalised Leagues
It's a load of ****e. Just tell half the teams in Scotland to **** off. We don't need over 50 teams in a league system for a country of 6 million. Three leagues of 12 is the maximum we should have for me.
Im all for 16 team SPL BUT only playing each other twice. Cut down on games and the monotony for fans.
Straight to the point The quality in Divisions 2 and 3 are probably around the same as the good junior teams. A guy I work with was a journeyman defender around those divisions, but then went to Bathgate because they could pay him more. There should be a way for junior teams to get promoted to the senior leagues. Quite a few are much more organised and better run by the teams who simply don't give a **** because they know they can't be relegated from Div3. Clyde
I'd be for SPL teams playing each other twice a season in a 16 team league with a 14 team tier two then a 10 team rd division - wog boy's right, more pish teams just brings down the mean standard - an it is pretty mean at the moment
There are a lot of teh junior teams who deserve a chance, in my opinion, better football/players and structire when compoared to soem 2nd n 3rd division teams!
We've got way too many clubs and divisions. It was the same with my pal, he was on Ross County's books when they got relegated to Division 2 a few years back but could get a better deal off Forres Mechanics Even SPL players get ****e wages. I know for a fact that I earn more than most of the ICT squad do each year.
Learn to spell you useless ****. Mick - If you're reading this, how does this guy still get to be a mod? (I'm expecting this to be edited with spelling mistakes added)
The referees probably get more money than most of the players!! £1k a game at the moment. No idea if that's taxed though, or if they stand outside the changing rooms at full time and get paid in cash
The refs also have ordinary jobs too. They'll be minted. £1k per game plus expenses. ****ing cushy number that one, the only risk is getting your windows in and dog ****e through your letterbox after a contentious OF game.
Irvine Meadow would be able to be a big club if they had the chance to grow beyond the junior game, Irving is a fairly large town and they already have a better team than all the div 2 and 3 teams and get larger gates.
Doesn't Irvine have at least three junior teams as it is? And then there's all the teams like the Buffs (Kilwinning) and the like from the surrounding area. **** Ayrshire - they've already got an SPL team and a team that has a good cup run every year. Most folk I know from Irvine support Killie anyway - maybe people who go to see "The Medda" already go to other non-junior games? Certainly, I think the north of the country should have more teams involved. If someone's going to enter the SFL, it should be Huntly or Cove Rangers.
There's 2 in Irvine I think Medda and Vics, and **** the north, They've got Peterhead, Aberdeen, Ross County and Inverness and it's a **** to get to from Glasgow Irvine is doon the road.
To be fair Peterhead, County and Caley are three of the best run teams in Scottish Football. They've all got decent stadiums for the size of the clubs. Ross County have the best club owned training facilities out-with Celtic, Rangers and Hibs. They have indoor pitches FFS. They had them when Celtic were still at Barrowfield.
The main problem with Scottish football is that we have unfit players with poor technique and tactics that haven't evolved since the 70s. No amount of rejigging the league structure will change this.
SPL2 Is the most unimaginative name ever. Might as well call it SPL-A, SPL-B and SPL-F. F being foundation, or if you will, the ***** league.
