I wonder if we will see two rival Scottish Premier Leagues next season? We could see a SPL consistent with the threats made to SFL clubs last week, let’s call it SPL Loyal, with Hibs, KIlmarnock and a few others. They would sit atop a feeder league containing whoever they could attract from the SFL and Sevco, who due to fan power would be excluded from the top division, no matter how few teams that division had.
Meanwhile a rival SPL could setup, let’s call it SPL Solvent, with Celtic, those from the Gang of 10 who realise they are better-off participating in a league which is likely to survive until next May, along with the teams who last season finished near the top Scottish Football league.
SPL Solvent would make no threats to exclude SFL clubs who were due promotion on merit, and would therefore attract the balance of SFL clubs; which is likely to be the overwhelming majority. This league would contain the only club with the ability to underwrite the commitments needed to bring broadcasters and commercial partners on-board. It would also be free of, moral and ethical questions, where clubs are united with their fans on what it means to organise sporting events.
It’s not the worst idea floated in recent weeks.
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por cierto, thanks.
NeilR, alas, I expect the actual future to be more incredible still.
Tim Malone, Doncaster will surely be one of the early victims of the new order.
saltires en sevilla, nowhere I know about.
Chairbhoy, agree, Hibs fans will be far from pleased.
Auldheid, any of them will do.
Philbhoy – I admire your ambition but I’d gladly settle for reaching the ole group stage of either the ECL or Europa.
DBBIA
Everyone who knows me, knows I’m a dreamer.
What would life be like without them?
Reality can sometimes be too stark to contemplate.
If you know what I mean.
Now that is what I call playing your cards close to your chest Paul…por cierto
After this one, Paul, I am getting suspicious that you might be tapping Regan’s and Doncaster’s phones. Wrong! I just realised you used the word ‘ethical’.
H H
Gordon_J
Good summary.
I think we are close to their exclusion, which will be for at least a year, before they
start in Div 3.
By which time Green will have turned to Brown.
dont
Thats what I was thinkin. BLACK is for mourning and we aint mourning!! Green, White, or both. Never BLACK!!!
bournesouprecipe,
Third division is their best case scenario right now … but even that is far from assured.
I really feel that bloggers have been overly critical of Bummer Brown just because he’s an ill informed uneducated hun pr*ck.
God, some people i know are like that.
Emdy bak from the Renaissance yet?
Report please!
SFTB you said;
‘or Honest Underwritten New Soccer Federation Regulating Ethical Entertainment ‘
LOL!! :))
Seethatthatspureqwalitybtw.csc
Back soon!
Just peelin’ the totties!
It was pointed out when new kit first seen that the black socks were what Celtic wore when they first introduced the hoops back in 1903
Paul67
Once again, big thank you for your “Xenophobia trumps racism for Brits at Euros” article few weeks back.
Dontbrattbakkinanger on 1 July, 2012 at 16:34 said:
Zbyszek -congratulations on putting on an excellent tournament. The technical level of play, with one or two exceptions, has been very good and a nice change from the dreary ball thrashing of the SPL.
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The technical level of play, with one or two exceptions, has been very good and a nice change from the dreary ball thrashing of the SPL.!
Poland played three games!
Thank you very much, DBBIA.
I loved that tournament and all games with high technical level of play. People in Poland are proud and time shown that we could be good hosts for these tournaments. I hear that guests were happy as well.
I can’t resist to say that BBC and other western media were not right with their concerns and accusations. As for so called accident in Cracow with the Dutch team, the police and UEFA investigations confirmed that Dutch black players were not racially abused during training session by the Cracow crowd. I’m sure BBC did not say a word about it. Did they?
I remember I had an argument with one of the posters who was sure the accident happened.
If I’m not mistaken, no one during this tournament in Poland or Ukraine was racially abused by the hosts. The only punished for racial abuses were Russians (not once)and Spaniards.
The best pies I ever had came from a wee baker’s down in Whiteinch. Bought 16 of them,snaffled 4,took 12 dahn sahf and introduced a couple of friends to a Glasgow delicacy. An’ y’know what? They demanded more…
Anyway…tonight’s match SHOULD be a brammer!
HH!
Paul67 – With all due respect, I don’t believe proposals for the “worst idea floated in recent weeks” is a contest worthy of your intellect ;)
If Celtic were going to instigate a League, i would rather it was a Euro League with the big clubs from the smaller countries rather than start a league with a bunch of nobodies. The Scottish league is finished. A League of this sort would be much more exciting both football wise & financially
Shocking blog Paul, imo. Let Others divide and conquer.
Thought you were bigger than that.
Celts in black sox , so historically accurate but aesthetically so wrong, except for the golf stylee items with the diamonds!
Arty on 1 July, 2012 at 16:56 said:
Maybe so, but they too swim in the same waters as the bampot shark and internet pirranha..
Celtic wore black socks in the early days, and it’s a tribute kit.
Mrs PtB wants a new Kindle.
She just wants a bog standard one – no wifi or anything. What’s the best model for the price?
Thanks in advance.
Zbsyzek – it was Eurohunguffery! Unfortunately while the tournament was a success in some ways being linked with Ukraine did Poland no favours.
PetetheBeat -is that so she can read that mucky book ?
DBIA/FiftyshadesofgreenCSC
Ciao tutti ——-
Been a scorcher -way down south.
Heading for a beach front bar in Punta Secca to watch the game . —-
Spain are the favorites but I think Italy will give them a game..
Frozen mohitos are go -way down south.
For Her Majesty and the Six Fingers of Ulster
Tigertim,
Eh? Is that irony?
Spain for me… The wee wummin says so.
As long as there’s no a trumpet band… Please, no the trumpets
BSR
Looks like the horse has just had a dump too!
I hope Italy win tonight.
Just because.
BSR -normal for Ayrshire
Had a miniature swally at lunchtime and bumped into an old acquaintance who always maintained that he didn’t support any team but would, of course, prefer Rangers to win!
He is an intelligent, well read captain of industry who absolutely floored me when he genuinely asked, ‘ Why are some of the Divuision 1 teams cutting their own throats by voting against the inclusion of Rangers?’
I drank my pint, told him that it was too long a story, and left!
There are none so blind as those who will not see. . . .
Hail! Hail!
Terrymac
Historical Football Kits…………….Glasgow Celtic FC.
Black socks galore at the beginning.
http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Scottish_Football_League/Celtic/Celtic.htm
Phil
Ha – never saw that – brill Phil
DBBIA
You taking Spain or Italy?
Terrymac
You had the chance to convert that hun to honesty and integrity.
And all you did was finish your pint and left.
Deary me!
:0)
Italy on pens, 1-1 a.e.t.
But once Greece went out a little bit of the ole emotional involvement died.
Paul67
If I were Celtic I would have opened a line of communication to very senior levels within UEFA, FIFA by now. The financial stakes for Celtic are too high to leave to the incompetents of Scottish Football and time is running out for a successful conclusion to this mess. Your proposal might be a goer if this was the case. We are the only real power in Scotland at the moment. As long as Taylor or Roxborugh don’t get a sniff of it and pass it back to the circus of hodge it and bodge it back here in Scotland.