Comments on: Should The Old Firm Join The English Premier League?

By: western european super league

western european super league — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:32:46 +0000

I think we should not join the English league as it would destroy years of history.
We should crate European super league with other big sides from small nations. Cut the domestic league in half to 22 games. then use the free weeks to play a european super league.
This way we could have our cakes and eat them. keep the domestic leagues and qualification for europe and play big sides across Europe like Rapid Vienna, Ajax, Sporting Libon, Porto.

By: Tony

Tony — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:06:56 +0000

Simple answer is never, keep your backward looking bigotry in the SPL where it belongs.
If the situation was reversed and the SPL was a huge success and Man U and Chelsea were asking to join I can guess the reaction from north of the border. The whole thing just stinks of hypocrisy.
Bring on your independence

By: Nicomachan

Nicomachan — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:06:58 +0000

This topic has been visited and revisited for decades. The economic climate of football is shifting to a restructure of financial survival. As EPL player salaries climb north of 1B and club debt is reaching an excess of 2B the financial foundations of clubs and leagues are being anchored in the late winter’s lakes with spring closing quickly behind them.

As we stand on this thawing ice with the cold waters soaking our feet we have to think about the future. There already was a proposed consolidation of the Scottish and Welsh leagues with and intended unification occurring in 2012.

We are seeing EPL clubs being offerred up at desperate auction like prices. And money mongols gobbling struggling clubs, buying players to bring preceived contention to the league titles, over inflating fair market value of player salaries in a pursuit of silverware.

Though I am not apposed to the idea of a consolidation. At this juncture of the financial instability I feel its imparative we entertain the idea with a futuristic survival strategy approach.

I don’t feel this is a question of IF it should be done so much as WHEN it should be done and could league consolidation be beneficial else where. Say Bundesliga, Dutch and Belgian …

By: aimo

aimo — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:20:45 +0000

i wanna see rangers battling celtic for survival..it would be nice not just to see one of them win titles, maybe taking them to the premier league will help them signing bigger and more well known players, flourish financially, and finally make room for other scottish teams to grow

By: North of the Border

North of the Border — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:54:13 +0000

Shakira,

Why do the Old Firm owe a charitable obligation to keep the rest of Scottish football alive ? They are being slowly strangled by the receipt of £1m or so in domestic TV revenues in comparison to the £40m-odd earned by even the poorest EPL sides – the annual forays into Europe don’t even come close to closing the deficit, especially given the lack of funds to invest in decent players.
In any event, losing the Old Firm may in fact be just what the SPL needs – a genuinely competitive league for once. Hibs enjoyed their highest attendances for years when they were relegated to Div 1 of the SFL. Why ? Because for the first time in years they were competing for a league title.

By: Shakira Graham

Shakira Graham — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:27:51 +0000

I have a sense of tradtion, I was simply pointing out that there are Welsh clubs playing in the English Footbally pyramid, not everyone knows that. Personally I am against Celtic and Rangers coming in straight to the EPL, if they were to join they should have to work thier way up from say League Two, they shouldn’t be given an automatic spot in the EPL. It would also pretty much kill the SPL and Scottish football if those two left so they need to stay where they are.

By: harry

harry — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:08:41 +0000

well done shakira. however there has only been a welsh league since the early 1990s. scotland has had a league since the 1800’s. does this make any sort of sense? or do you have zero sense of tradition?

By: Colin Brown

Colin Brown — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:01:38 +0000

It will never happen and why? Football politics, there people in certain parts of Europe who would see such a move a an front to their power.Other smaller football clubs would see such a move as a threat to their income. As I said football politics.

By: forweg

forweg — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:12:17 +0000

I’d like to see ALL the Scottish clubs enter English leagues, as well as Irish clubs. More competition is a good thing.

Magners League rugby does it, so why not?

By: Shakira Graham

Shakira Graham — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:34:12 +0000

You do realize there are Welsh clubs playing in the English football system like Cardiff City, Swansea, Wrexham.