Comments on: The Great Scottish Football Debate http://www.insideleft.net/archives/3070 the corinthian {scottish} football blog Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:02:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Rampage Nu Sport http://www.insideleft.net/archives/3070/comment-page-1#comment-725 Rampage Nu Sport Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:54:48 +0000 http://www.insideleft.net/?p=3070#comment-725 I think if we had one big "senior" league - say 20 clubs, playing each other once at home and once away each season that would be a good start. Below that some sort of pyramid, like the north/south suggestion - and below that regional leagues. And with promotion possible from top to bottom. To cater for the need for big derbies (eg the Old Firm every month or whatever they think they need to survive), then revamp the existing Glasgow Cup, Renfrewshire Cup, etc to make them meaningful competitions culminating in a final over two legs (one or both of which could be on 26th December or 2nd January?). But how about also revamping the relationships between local teams? For example, every team in the top division should be associated with two or more teams in the lower divisions - and obliged to field players from that team for XX minutes each season. And lower division teams are able to field (say) one player from their associated senior team each match. This would allow the lower teams to effectively become reserve teams for the higher teams. I think if we had one big “senior” league – say 20 clubs, playing each other once at home and once away each season that would be a good start. Below that some sort of pyramid, like the north/south suggestion – and below that regional leagues. And with promotion possible from top to bottom.

To cater for the need for big derbies (eg the Old Firm every month or whatever they think they need to survive), then revamp the existing Glasgow Cup, Renfrewshire Cup, etc to make them meaningful competitions culminating in a final over two legs (one or both of which could be on 26th December or 2nd January?).

But how about also revamping the relationships between local teams? For example, every team in the top division should be associated with two or more teams in the lower divisions – and obliged to field players from that team for XX minutes each season. And lower division teams are able to field (say) one player from their associated senior team each match. This would allow the lower teams to effectively become reserve teams for the higher teams.

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