![]() ![]() ![]() And you're still left with the problem of how you deal with promotion to the national divisions? If Brechin win the play-offs and come up at Albion Rovers' expense then there's no way that you could have Albion Rovers in the Highland League. If you go for a 4 way split then you end up with West of Scotland and East of Scotland sides dominating. If you go for a straight north/south split then you're limiting the number of teams in the north and making the pyramid route difficult to manage. With a geographical split, somebody will always be in a regional league that doesnt really seem like it fits right. In the Highland League, Brechin face a 215 miles each way journey when they play Wick Academy. Elgin to Annan is the longest journey in Scottish senior football. Unfortunately you need to deal with the realities of geography at some point. Widening access to football should be a priority. What would Aberdeen B add to Scottish football? I'd much rather see kids given the chance to play meaningful football at smaller clubs, allowing them to develop and remain within the game if they're not top level. I'd much rather see community clubs involved than B teams. Both would have a bigger catchment than Stenhousemuir. Locally you could argue that both Forres and Nairn could sustain lower league football. Borough Briggs is a decent ground for lower league football. I have summarised the rule to make it a bit easier to digest:īy not later than 14 July in each year each Club entitled to participate in the lowest Division of the SPFL (currently League Two), in the immediately succeeding Season, shall notify the Secretary of the SPFL in writing of which of the SHFL or the SLFL it elects to be relegated to, become a member of and participate in, in the event that it is Club 42 at the end of the immediately succeeding Season and loses the Pyramid Play-Off Tie at the end of that Season. But they may prefer to remain in the Highland League given the arrangements they have now made with signing players and what not.Ī related anomaly is the Midlands League feeding into the Highland League, which IMO now makes no sense due to this change to the Club 42 relegation rule. If Brechin do not come through the playoffs then I wonder if they have a recourse to the Lowland League. Brechin is not in the Highlands quite simply, and Brechin, along with any future Club 42 that loses the playoff, should have the right to choose between the Highland & Lowland Leagues. !īrechin is in the Highland League due to bringing in a stupid rule that has apparently been reversed. (So should Jeanfield ever get relegated from the EoSFL Premier, they would drop down into this league.)Īnd something should be done to allow B teams into the SPFL (below Premiership), as there's too many senior teams in Scotland anyway. IMO the Midlands League should feed into the EoSFL, not the Highland League! The EoSFL could have a northern regional league, with this effectively replacing the Midlands League, but also potentially collecting the Perth teams and one or two in Fife. And now we have the ridiculous situation where Jeanfield (Perth) are trying to get into the Lowland League, and Tayport the Highland! Jeanfield & Tayport should be in the same league, or at least in the same league set up. The Tay (or the midpoint of the Tay Bridge which was specifically used) was probably used to artificially get more clubs eligible for the Highland League.īut the clubs around the Tay have historically played against each other. Click to expand.No need for boundaries it turns out.
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