Spherical Planet
Well-known member
Just to reinforce that point, kelly. I was given an option of playing senior football with one of the Angus clubs for £75 p/w (training twice a week), or signing with a Dundee junior club for £125 p/w (training once a week)?This idea was floated and it was rejected why? well junior teams wanted in ,lower league teams wanted to keep there funding and not share it with any new comers ,
feck the increase in crowds that would mean an increase in costs /safety certificates ,police costs /parking
if stenhousemuir only buy 86 pies then they won't be buying anymore than that so it became a non starter the bowling club syndrome kicked in andbecame a shut shop if you have a look at what the handouts they get and what they actually invest at grassroots level it's shocking
without the cash divid up by the league these clubs would go under ,,,
and thatis the real problem in Scottish football lower league clubs sucking the life out of Scottish football and offering nothing in return , the cash would be better used to develop youth league systems
The english fa made sure everyclub outwith the epl all got millions in funding for youth development they structured payments every year and structured leagues through every age group
They invested big money in there academys and sports science and every 5 yrs the funding is under review , some of the championship clubs have better training infastructure for there youths and on a level with ajax have
Scottish fa got us Sponsership from roddy mcdonald and that's it ,a couple of bibs an astro turf 5s pitch for a photoshop and an alky twat like mcleish rolled out every year to tell us how great were doing
Get rid of the masonic cabal running scottish football into the ground ,,,, then football would have a future ,,,,,Barry Hearn the boxing promoter summed it up within day of being in the sfa's company
a shambless were his words
Senior football is a joke. Scotland cannot sustain 42 clubs unless those clubs themselves are prepared to be used as feeder clubs for the 6 relatively big-hitters.
Go into any of those smaller towns and cities and look at what kits the local population are wearing. You won't see many Montrose kits being sold in shops up there, but they'll be more than happy to take their cut of the pie when the money is being dished out.
I'm all for some type of pyramid scheme, but 42 senior clubs in a population of 5.5 million???
Come on to fuck............this time next year, I fully expect 20 clubs to go the way of the dodo and the huns!