This might be controversial, but it's only my opinion, rightly or wrongly informed.
Glasgow teams have taken the spoils from Scottish football, and with little resistance from other clubs, have accumulated wealth, so it strikes me as unfair, that you should be allowed to join the lower ranks of the English leagues, and compete against teams that have no wealth.
Firstly, would it be economical for those fans and smaller clubs to have to travel enormous distances to watch their teams play in Glasgow? Portsmouth fans for example, would have a round trip of just under 900 miles.
If a fan from Portsmouth is willing to travel to Newcastle, why not Glasgow? What about in Spain where fans from Malaga have to travel to Deportivo. It's virtually the same. You also fail to take into account the massive payout these clubs would receive when we play them away. We would almost certainly fill out our allocation and then some.
Secondly, should they have their own chances of promotion hindered, by allowing a much bigger team to play in their division? There are 24 clubs in our 2nd division. 4 are relegated, and 2 are promoted, so should we relegate an extra 2 clubs to accomodate you?
I agree. But for progression to happen, someone has to lose out. That just happens, unfortunately.
Celtic as a business would also suffer, not to mention the loss of income for the Scottish FA.
Short term, of course. Long term, no chance.
You would lose the revenue you get from tv coverage, sponsorship, European football, not to mention the earnings via Scottish titles etc, and your players would all leave, as contracts would become void. Your club would enter administration.
Nope. We are Celtic. Where-ever we play there will be a TV crew. Do you not think that stations would not want to capitalise on a club virtually starting over again? It would be a big deal and it would be shown on TV. Sponsorship most likely would not be affected as every second week your product would be exposed to 50,000+ fans. Actually, you get more money from finishing 20th in the Premier League than you do for finishing first in the SPL. No loss. Of course we would lose some players. However, I would like to think that some of our homegrown talent would like to experience the massive journey and be a part of history. Our club right now is in the best financial position in years. You clearly do not know about Celtic's finances. You are in no position to make such a ridiculous claim. Celtic will never go into Administration.
We can go on, and on, but the simple matter of fact, is that no amicable solution would be possible, and as such, it will never happen.
I agree.
Scotland is another country, and a totally seperate entity regarding football, and the solution long term is not to take the good teams out of Scotland, but to make the Scottish league better. You may say that this will never happen, and it probably won't to the degree of the Premier League, but everybody in the world wants what everybody else has, and it isn't possible.
Yup, Scotland is a different country. It has a totally seperate entity regarding football. But so does Wales. Swansea, a WELSH club playing in the top flight of England.
Your fans, in their present position, already have more than most fans do, but your clubs have no more right of passage into the English leagues as Barcelona do, or Club Brugge, and we both know it won't happen, as there is no benefit what so ever for any English clubs to be had, other than an already small piece of the cake getting smaller.
It isn't an impossibility but I don't think it'll happen in the future. We have just as much right to be there than Swansea. Cardiff and Wrexham.
There has been talk of a European league for the top clubs, but once again, that is simply a case of the big clubs wanting everything for themselves, and balls to everybody else (similar to the birth of the Prem) but it wouldn't work outside of the current European competitions, as how could fans possibly afford to travel abroad every other week. Isn't football already expensive enough?
Agreed.
There is nothing to stop Scottish fans from supporting English clubs, but as far as becoming part of the English set up, it won't happen.
I know plenty of people that support the Man Uniteds, Chelseas and Citys. I call them glory hunters
A Scottish v English cup is the best you could hope for.
Probably.