The Fans’ Plan for the Future of Scottish Football
Supporters Direct Scotland, the voice of football supporters’ trusts in Scotland, today publishes The Fans’ Plan – key recommendations to shape the future of Scottish league football based on the results of supporters’ surveys over the past two years and a detailed analysis of the issues facing the game.
The Fans’ Plan calls for:
- greater competition within Scottish league football structures
- equal funding for each team in a league
- support for clubs by central league management to increase the average attendance over a season of 20% by 2016, and achieve an average stadium capacity utilisation of 65% within 10 years
- two leagues of 16 teams, and a qualifying league of 10
- re-introducing the League Cup, with a mini-league qualifying format structured on a geographical basis with four teams in each group
- improved training and professional development for all players including greater use of Modern Apprenticeships and post-career planning
- the establishment and implementation of a strong club licensing scheme
Read the full article on the Supporters Direct website
The future of Scottish Football – I would like to see bonus points introduced. If we have a league structure where teams play meet each other twice – home and away then … if team A win both games then team A will get 2 bonus points. If the outcome is a win for team A and a draw then 1 bonus point goes to team A. No bonus points for both games ending in a draw. This will, to some extent, reduce meaningless games.
I like it John!