In reply to Andrew Lamb, the better-run clubs are generally in the lower leagues, with notable exceptions such as St Johnstone FC and others such as Ross County FC and Hamilton Academicals FC – with Heart of Midlothian FC almost going bust and Rangers FC going into administration.
Had Gretna FC asked for some advice from lower league clubs about how to live within their means they would not have followed into administration.
As for emotions dictating good sense, then I think Rangers FC is absolutely a case in point where they wanted to spend £10 for every £5 Celtic FC spent, despite it being complete financial madness to do so, in order to be top dog in Scotland.
Hearts did not want to leave Tynecastle, pictured, and hounded one of their chairmen out of the club for suggesting a move to Murrayfield – and we all know what almost happened in that case.
I have no problem with reality checks, but it is some of the bigger clubs that require a reality check, in my opinion, not the smaller clubs.
I would have three divisions of 14 teams playing each other twice and further seven games with top seven playing bottom seven plus two automatic European places.
Plus play-offs for the remaining place or places with automatic relegation for bottom three sides and automatic promotion for two sides in lower divisions, with play-offs for the remaining place, as in England.
There would be automatic relegation for bottom three sides with Highland League and Lowland league champions promoted to the SPFL rather than via play-offs, and if benefactors wanted to come in to fund it, so much the better.
Peter Ovenstone, Peterhead.
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