New set up for Scottish football?

[Big Joke New]

With various teams getting together to review the set up of Scottish football I have had a quick think and came up with my own plan for league restructure. The biggest problem we have is there are too many clubs chasing too few supporters.

England has 10 times the population of Scotland but only 92 clubs in the 4 divisions. Therefore it makes sense that we only have 10 clubs.

Therefore via a system of mergers I propose we have the following 10 teams in a new league. No promotion or relegation.

• Rangers
• Glasgow City (merger of Sellick, Partick, Clyde, Queen's Park)
• Edinburgh United (Hearts, HIVs, Livingston, Edinburgh City)
• Highland Sheepshaggers (Aberdeen, Ross County, Inverness CT, Cove Rangers, Elgin, Peterhead)
• Tayside (Bumdee, Bumdee United, St Johnstone, Arbroath, Montrose, Forfar, Brechin)
• Southern (Kilmarnock, Ayr, Queen of the South, Stranraer, Annan)
• Lanarkshire (Murderwell, Hamilton, Airdrie, Albion Rovers)
• Fife United (Raith, Dunfermline, East Fife, Kelty, Cowdenbeath)
• West of Scotland (St Mirren, Morton, Dumbarton)
• Central (Falkirk, Alloa, Sirling Albion, Stenhousmuir)

Names could be made more interesting of course

I think it's the way forward. Any thoughts?

 

[iaatpies]

Aye.

Do you prefer smoking whatever you were on when you thought of that, snorting it or injecting it?

 

[Big Joke New]

Aye.

Do you prefer smoking whatever you were on when you thought of that, snorting it or injecting it?

well it was tongue in cheek but you can take it seriously if you like

 

[blue diesel]

The only way forward is to disband Sellick for the good of football,
And new people in to run the game,

 

[Virgil Hilts]

Wonder when Dolly, the Dundee cubs etc will reverse the 2012 reunification of the 4 Leagues?

 

[MiseryHatesCompany]

Merging clubs doesn't guarantee anything, chances are you'd alienate both sets of fans.

 

[cambridgeblue]

I'd merge Queens Park into Rangers - so our B team can play at Hampden.

 

[Tony75tfc]

I'd merge Queens Park into Rangers - so our B team can play at Hampden.

Queens park dont play at hampden anymore , they play at firhill until their new ground is ready at lesser hampden

 

[Big Joke New]

Merging clubs doesn't guarantee anything, chances are you'd alienate both sets of fans.

It guarantees us a laugh

 

[superallythe2nd]

Merging clubs is all well and good on paper but a non starter in reality. Let's be honest, who is anyone to turn round one day and say to clubs such as Motherwell, Hamilton, Airdrie and Albion "Right guys, I know you have all been around 100+ years each but now we're putting you all together and you're going to be called Lanarkshire. Suck on that". Whilst these clubs maybe amass around 10,000 regular match going fans between the four of them is irrelevant - you are on a surefire way to completely alienate that 10,000 from the Scottish game completely.

If the clubs arrive at that agreement themselves, fair enough. However, they all know the resistance it would get from fans.

 

[Bri RTID]

With various teams getting together to review the set up of Scottish football I have had a quick think and came up with my own plan for league restructure. The biggest problem we have is there are too many clubs chasing too few supporters.

England has 10 times the population of Scotland but only 92 clubs in the 4 divisions. Therefore it makes sense that we only have 10 clubs.

Therefore via a system of mergers I propose we have the following 10 teams in a new league. No promotion or relegation.

• Rangers
• Glasgow City (merger of Sellick, Partick, Clyde, Queen's Park)
• Edinburgh United (Hearts, HIVs, Livingston, Edinburgh City)
• Highland Sheepshaggers (Aberdeen, Ross County, Inverness CT, Cove Rangers, Elgin, Peterhead)
• Tayside (Bumdee, Bumdee United, St Johnstone, Arbroath, Montrose, Forfar, Brechin)
• Southern (Kilmarnock, Ayr, Queen of the South, Stranraer, Annan)
• Lanarkshire (Murderwell, Hamilton, Airdrie, Albion Rovers)
• Fife United (Raith, Dunfermline, East Fife, Kelty, Cowdenbeath)
• West of Scotland (St Mirren, Morton, Dumbarton)
• Central (Falkirk, Alloa, Sirling Albion, Stenhousmuir)

Names could be made more interesting of course

I think it's the way forward. Any thoughts?

you having a good day mate?

 

[Madjid Moments]

Celtic can go and play in the Irish league

 

[AzorIbrox]

Merging clubs doesn't guarantee anything, chances are you'd alienate both sets of fans.

Just have to look at Inverness Caledonian Thistle as an example of that.

They have never properly managed to unite a fanbase even a generation after the initial merger.

 

[MiseryHatesCompany]

Just have to look at Inverness Caledonian Thistle as an example of that.

They have never properly managed to unite a fanbase even a generation after the initial merger.

Shame really as they've done well

 

[superallythe2nd]

Just have to look at Inverness Caledonian Thistle as an example of that.

They have never properly managed to unite a fanbase even a generation after the initial merger.

A fair element of coercion in that merger too

 

[Laudrup1]

The sooner Scotland stops comparing itself to English football which is an entirely different product given the money in it, the better.

Look at what other countries do who are of similar size and stature to us.

Changing the professional leagues won't make much of a difference at the top level. The grassroots is where the issues really lie mainly.

 

[BroomloanWATP]

Highland Sheepshaggers (Aberdeen, Ross County, Inverness CT, Cove Rangers, Elgin, Peterhead)

Only two of these teams are actually in the Highlands, I demand a recount.

 

[Big Joke New]

you having a good day mate?

brilliant

 

[fergie1959]

With various teams getting together to review the set up of Scottish football I have had a quick think and came up with my own plan for league restructure. The biggest problem we have is there are too many clubs chasing too few supporters.

England has 10 times the population of Scotland but only 92 clubs in the 4 divisions. Therefore it makes sense that we only have 10 clubs.

Therefore via a system of mergers I propose we have the following 10 teams in a new league. No promotion or relegation.

• Rangers
• Glasgow City (merger of Sellick, Partick, Clyde, Queen's Park)
• Edinburgh United (Hearts, HIVs, Livingston, Edinburgh City)
• Highland Sheepshaggers (Aberdeen, Ross County, Inverness CT, Cove Rangers, Elgin, Peterhead)
• Tayside (Bumdee, Bumdee United, St Johnstone, Arbroath, Montrose, Forfar, Brechin)
• Southern (Kilmarnock, Ayr, Queen of the South, Stranraer, Annan)
• Lanarkshire (Murderwell, Hamilton, Airdrie, Albion Rovers)
• Fife United (Raith, Dunfermline, East Fife, Kelty, Cowdenbeath)
• West of Scotland (St Mirren, Morton, Dumbarton)
• Central (Falkirk, Alloa, Sirling Albion, Stenhousmuir)

Names could be made more interesting of course

I think it's the way forward. Any thoughts?

Hopefully you get your wish when the scum are shut down.

 

[VforVolunteer]

Brilliant

 

[Tim Hunter]

I'd merge Queens Park into Rangers - so our B team can play at Hampden.

The Queen's Rangers has a ring to it.

 

[Joe_1991]

Sod the SPL let them all rot and we can go to the English Premiership

 

[Jase]

Celtic can go and play in the Irish Sea.

Just corrected that forya.