04 Sep 2026 22:27:45
Stenhousemuir with another fantastic win keeping them at the top of the table.
SPFL Posts 3
04 Sep 2026 18:28:45
EHL see the reccomdations from the SFA are out for youth development look like it was a waste of time the conference! Don't see how these will help a pathway to 1st team what's your thoughts? - Two under-21 Scotland-eligible players start in all Scottish Gas Scottish Cup matches, with one player on the pitch at all times.
Two under-21 Scotland-eligible players start in all Premier Sports Cup matches, with one player on the pitch at all times.
Under-21 Scotland-eligible players in all four William Hill SPFL leagues to play an average of 60 minutes per game, across the season, (6% of available minutes).
04 Sep 2026 20:13:44
How does 60 minutes per game amount to 6% of available minutes over the course of a season? 60 mins per game would be over 60% of a single match, so also over 60% over the course of the season, unless I've misunderstood what you mean, then apologies.
04 Sep 2026 20:33:55
Tav lifted from an article makes absolutely no sense whatsoever! No mention of colt teams or under 21 league or expanded leagues! I don't, but surely these would be better ideas!
04 Sep 2026 20:50:57
Think taking per game 11 players play 90 minutes = 990, and under 21 have to play 60 minutes, then 60 is 6.06% of 990. Not sure if that's correct, but gave answer from article.
04 Sep 2026 21:43:40
It's the result of the following equation.
Minimum Investment Costs + Maximum Administration Cost = Illusion of doing something whilst creating roles to line more pockets.
04 Sep 2026 21:50:30
Was Craig Mullholland there? Would hope he would have had a bit more to put in with his background! SFA is a s***show.
04 Sep 2026 23:05:31
You could be on to something there, Shanksi.
04 Sep 2026 23:44:34
Or they could just let B teams into the league and they could play a helluva lot more minutes at a good level. Can't be forced into playing players that are not good enough and if it hasn't been earned.
06 Sep 2026 11:28:09
They should do away with all the lower leagues and make one big league for them all. That would help all the smaller clubs stay afloat and would be really nice to see them all battling it out for promotion to the SPL.
04 Sep 2026 18:25:27
EHL, hope you had a good day today buddy at the SFA summit, hopefully the discussions that you were involved with will benefit our game, especially our youngsters in the long run.
Talk about playing 2 under 21's in both the cups, obviously more details will come out.
04 Sep 2026 13:36:45
No away fans at any Old Firm games for this season.
04 Sep 2026 16:37:03
Should be always until both teams get their own support to toe the line. But that's never going to happen as the numpties will wreck it for the majority. Neanderthals nothing more.
04 Sep 2026 17:24:43
Fork, agree, and the main point is how do they get the clubs to act against their own fans? Strict liability imo is the only way. With no away fans, then they can't argue a big boy did it and ran away. Are the SFA strong enough to go further though?
04 Sep 2026 21:09:11
Thing is, it'll be "token" interventions with little impact. Then the ban will lift and it's back to square one. The SFA serve their own self interest.
04 Sep 2026 22:08:16
Am fecking sick of myself and others losing out to absolute morons. I honestly believe the ubs and gb don't even like football so much. They just thrive on negative energy. How could you really care about your club, if all you do is strive to bring it down constantly. I just don't get what these little neds actually want.
I'll await the usual, but they sing for 90 minutes and create banners, which is basically saying they can do as they please because they bring atmosphere. It's like the local scallywag that gets away with murder in his community because his uncle is the local gangster.
04 Sep 2026 22:24:43
Fork, we don't need to wait for the SFA to act here though. They are our fans in our stadium, so for once we can't blame others and can act and stop it. If the club truly wants to rid itself of the sectarian elements, then they need to act.
My point is that neither club seems to want to, so the SFA were a hope that would force them to.
04 Sep 2026 12:01:53
Not directly related to Rangers, but see SFA are have a jolly at St Andrews(could use offices at Hampben & save money) to resolve issues on development of home grown players, what has Maxwell contributed to Scottish game since being appointed.
One of biggest issues is facilities, where I live we had school with 2 pitches, but in there wisdom council sold of old school for housing & built new school on pitches without make any provision for new pitches.so village was left with nowhere for Kids or anyone else to play,
Can't see anything positive coming out of there meeting
04 Sep 2026 12:27:53
I'm looking forward to a wee trip to St Andrews.
04 Sep 2026 12:36:19
Jasper, all Scottish league teams have been invited to attend. Wouldn't call it a jolly.
04 Sep 2026 12:52:35
Jfm, of course it is a jolly. I really hope EHL updates us on the menu.
Spoke to someone who is attending, says St Andrews is central.
04 Sep 2026 13:06:52
St Andrew's is brilliant. Dug loves it.
04 Sep 2026 13:16:30
Not sure you can blame the SFA for your Council selling their playing pitches.
St Andrews is central and takes people away from the link with the SFA by not having it in their buildings.
Also, if more people like EHL are attending then perhaps we might not get clubs just looking after themselves and thinking about the bigger picture.
The clubs need to vote for these changes and most aren't interested in much more than themselves otherwise we wouldn't need this meeting and they would have voted for the changes suggested in the last report/review. Yes, SFA don't help, but it is always a Club vote, I believe, which is needed to make changes so if anything blame the clubs for this.
04 Sep 2026 14:19:08
Angus, very sadly, whatever EHL says and believes will have zero interest to the blazers.
04 Sep 2026 16:31:34
John, I know but if there are more like minded I hope they may have to eventually. However, too much self interest involved to ever effect change, I think.
04 Sep 2026 17:00:04
That's not true John, i have confidence in my proposal: Restructuring the Scottish Football Pyramid (The "Super Baw" Model)
This outlines a radical, franchise-style restructuring of the Scottish Football Pyramid by replacing the traditional promotion and relegation system with a closed-loop, two-conference format. This model maximises regional rivalries, guarantees high-stakes television, and introduces groundbreaking talent distribution mechanisms via the SPL Draft and Combine
The regular season is engineered for high-intensity, short-campaign drama. Every single match carries immense weight, completely eliminating the "meaningless mid-table dead rubbers" of the current system.
The regular season will see each team play 22 games in their specific regional division with the goal to win the Divisional Championship or secure a top-four seeding to enter the postseason tournament.
The pyramid is split into two 24-team Conferences containing a total of 48 elite and historic Scottish clubs. Each conference is divided into two regional divisions of 12 teams, keeping travel costs low and traditional local derbies alive.
Scottish Football Conference North (SFC North)
Highlands & Islands Division: Aberdeen, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Ross County, Dundee, Dundee United, St Johnstone, Peterhead, Elgin City, Cove Rangers, Montrose, Arbroath & Brechin City
Lowlands & East Division: Hearts, Hibernian, Dunfermline Athletic, Raith Rovers, Falkirk, Stirling Albion, Alloa Athletic, Kelty Hearts, Spartans, East Fife, Cowdenbeath & Bonnyrigg Rose
Scottish Football Conference South (SFC South)
StrathClyde West Division: Rangers, Celtic, St Mirren, Kilmarnock, Greenock Morton, Ayr United, Partick Thistle, Queen's Park, Clyde, Dumbarton, Stranraer & Albion Rovers
Central & Borders Division: Motherwell, Hamilton Academical, Airdrieonians, Livingston, Queen of the South, Stenhousemuir, Annan Athletic, Caledonian Braves, East Kilbride, Gala Fairydean Rovers, Berwick Rangers & Linlithgow Rose
The Postseason & The Super Baw. The drama culminates in a high-stakes, single-elimination tournament where standard league positioning is replaced by knockout football.
The top 4 teams from each of the four divisions qualify, with the winners of the Divisional Semifinals facing off to crown the SFC North Champion and the SFC South Champion. These matches alternate venues annually between iconic regional grounds.
The Super Baw is the ultimate grand finale. The SFC North Champion meets the SFC South Champion in a unique, neutral-venue spectacle hosted at Hampden Park. Featuring a massive half-time show showcasing Scottish music talent, it will stand as the single biggest sporting event in the nation's calendar.
The SPL Combine will be hosted at the Oriam National Performance Centre over one week in the summer off-season, the Combine brings together the top 100 young players from Scottish youth academies, lower-tier developmental leagues, and international invites. It will see a combination of Physical Testing, Skill Drills and Front Office Interviews
The SPL Draft will be a televised, multi-round event where franchises select new talent. Determined in reverse order of the previous season's standings. The team with the worst regular-season record gets the #1 overall pick. The Super Baw champion picks last at #48. Teams are permitted to trade future draft picks for established star players, creating a dynamic transfer market without massive cash transactions. "Mr. Irrelevant" will be the final pick of the 5th round (Pick #240) is affectionately dubbed "Mr. Baw", earning a guaranteed one-year developmental contract and a traditional parade in their new home town.
What's not to like?
04 Sep 2026 18:25:57
Way too much info, I will read it and digest further.
04 Sep 2026 18:33:21
Think that is maybe a bit too far out for Scottish teams to vote for but there are elements across that proposal which work in many countries and even sports. Would the fact that every game has some meaning not reduce the chance of them playing youngsters? Just that I don't understand how that incentive would work to play youth, but it will be my ignorance.
I see the 3 proposals being voted for and it is at least. Step in the right direction if a little safe.
On another note, hope the sausage rolls were fine. 😉
04 Sep 2026 18:59:36
Brilliant @EHL 👌
And with games reduced to 60 mins and played over 4 x 15 min periods, fitness levels will increase 10 fold.
Just wondering if the 'refs' wearing Newcastle style kits would be a problem whenever St. Mirren are involved?
Other than that it's definitely the way forward!. 😁
04 Sep 2026 20:04:54
Not forgetting the 30-minute half-time show featuring the very best local talent.
04 Sep 2026 10:24:24
Now that the window has closed.
Does Katie Taylor win her curtain closing fight?
04 Sep 2026 11:51:00
Hopefully Gazza, girl is an absolute machine and has really brought women's boxing to the forefront. There's an excellent documentary on Amazon about her Gazza, shows how hard she works behind the scenes to be as good as she is, really good watch.
04 Sep 2026 11:53:48
It's never a fight in my house. I just shut the curtains while my wife is upstairs. 🤣😂
04 Sep 2026 12:06:10
Would she win if the window was open? 🤔😜
04 Sep 2026 12:08:46
What a way to go out, BB.
In front of 80, 000 of your own fans in a stadium setting.
I really hope she can sign off with a win.
I'll have a look at that docu, thanks.
04 Sep 2026 18:31:23
Win or lose, she's a legend of the sport, Gazza, but would love her to win. She's wanted a big stadium fight in Ireland for years, finally got her wish. Go smash it, Katie. 💪
03 Sep 2026 20:45:26
McPake and Wilson at it again.
Honestly so happy to see McPake performing in the SPL.
03 Sep 2026 21:41:55
Really entertaining game. McPake gets MOM.
03 Sep 2026 21:52:28
Enjoyed the game. Not sure about Hibs disallowed goal, just looked like 2 players coming together.
03 Sep 2026 21:58:08
Yeah, was brilliant again, Jfm10.
Hopefully see him getting a call up.
04 Sep 2026 06:43:35
Thought Mendy had great game apart from losing possession at Hibs goal.
04 Sep 2026 11:10:27
Was a good game to watch, with plenty of drama and excitement. Terrific to see someone actually take on a defender for both skill and pace. The enthusiasm shown from the two Hearts lads in their post-match interview was a joy to watch.