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Scottish reconstruction plans defeated

April 15, 2013

By ESPN staff

 

St Mirren and Ross County have both voted against the league reconstruction plans in Scotland.

 

Monday's vote between Scottish Premier League clubs had required an 11-1 majority to be passed and, had it been successful, a vote among lower-league clubs was due to take place on Friday.

 

However, with the two SPL clubs voting against, the proposals have been defeated.

 

The plans were for a 12-12-18 league structure. At the halfway point in the season, the teams in the top two divisions would split into three groups of eight, with the 'middle eight' having their points reset in their new mini-league. The plans were described as "convoluted" by Scottish Football League chief executive David Longmuir when they were agreed in principle in January.

 

St Mirren had been in favour of a larger division and said last week that the proposals should not be considered "a take-it-or-leave-it situation". Dundee United chairman Stephen Thompson, however, insisted: "It's this or nothing else."

 

Ahead of Monday's meeting, St Mirren chairman Stewart Gilmour had added: "I don't know until we get in there but I hope we can have some form of compromise.

 

"One must stand with what one thinks and feels with one's heart and one's head. However, I do think there's a way forward to get into one body; way forward for an all-through distribution model and I'd like to work hard towards that."

 

Aberdeen chairman Stewart Milne broke the news that the proposals had failed after the meeting and showed frustration with his Saints counterpart.

 

Milne said: "One club in particular you would need to ask just exactly what their agenda is - St Mirren. What was on the table for everyone to consider today was back the plan, an opportunity to move Scottish football forward.

 

"If it doesn't deliver to the extent that ten clubs genuinely believe it will deliver, then the opportunity is there to re-look at it down the line within two to three years. It's the status quo. The offer of changing the reconstruction rules was rejected by the two clubs, which no one can see the logic behind."

 

Good on St. Mirren and Ross County, fucking stupid set-up proposal. They have it half right with the pyramid set-up and play-off proposals and fairer distribution of money but the actual numbers for the league was ridiculous. Also why just say there is no alternative to the proposals on the table? What kind of idiot says that in this situation ffs.

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MOTD must have been awesome that night:

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I doubt it like. The first 45 minutes would be spent on the Liverpool match, followed by 10 minutes of Liverpool banters, with the last 5 minutes dedicated to the rest of the goals.

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http://assets.espn.go.com/design05/images/2013/0415/sergioaguerostampsondavidluiz(clearview)20130414_576x324.jpg

 

Caption contest. :lol:

 

OH MAH GARRRRRGGGD! SHARPSHOOTER! SHARPSHOOTER!

 

IS that an actual two footed lunge on the chelsea players arse piece?  RING STING! :lol: :lol:

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"LONDON -- A fan punches a police horse as the streets of Newcastle are turned into a battleground." - Little old Noocastle, London?

 

"Newcastle was also forced to condemn its own fans on Monday." - Would like to know where the force came from...

 

And, as an afterthought,

 

"in Brazil, two Ceara fans were shot in the head after being confronted by supporters of local rival Fortaleza." - Priorities in order, then. Down with England, but those zany Latins...

 

Obviously shit journalism is worldwide, but sad that we're anywhere in that picture. Fwiw the boss in my city centre bar said there was nothing kicking off there, just a few idiots acting out up the street as they would do any other time the opportunity presents itself. Like every Friday and Saturday night. Still, stories have to be spun and submitted, unfortunately. I couldn't live with myself if I was a professional liar, like.

 

Sigh.

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From tweets of @JNorthcroft

 

Figures in today's Times show which clubs outperform their wage budget. Kudos to Swansea, Everton, WBA, Southampton - and Manchester United

 

Also striking in Times figs: only one club with wage bill less than 50% turnover. Norwich, though MU and Swansea close

 

Wage budget table: 1. City 2. Chelsea 3. MU 4. Arsenal 5. Liverpool 6. Spurs 7. Villa 8. Newcastle 9. Sunderland 10. Everton 11. Fulham.12. QPR 13. Stoke 14. WBA 15. West Ham 16. Wigan 17. Norwich 18. Swansea 19. Reading 20. Southampton

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