I awakened this morning to find the (Glasgow) Herald giving over a full page to the vexed question of whether or not the Old Firm should be allowed to enter a second team in the lower divisions of the Scottish League.
This one is as old as Walter Smith, in fact, it is maybe older than Craig Brown. I can certainly remember discussing this very subject on a train journey back to Glasgow after watching Alex Ferguson's Aberdeen win at Pittodrie. It wasn't really a goer then, movement between the three Scottish divisions was more fluid then, today, it aint gonna happen, such is the gap between the SPL and even the lower reaches of the Irn-Bru First Division.
But, now there is a clear division between big and wee teams, yes, it makes sense. Of course, what would really help make it happen would be proper overhaul of Scottish football. In this we are all in thrall to Henry McLeish's Review Body. Now given my low opinion of politicians, fine man though the former East Fife wing half is - I'm not holding my breath for change. But, should the turkeys finally vote for Christmans and change come along, yes, SPL Under-23 teams playing in new regional leagues, with perhaps even the Celtic and Rangers Under-23s getting as far as the First Division, would be no bad thing in my opinion.
The Herald, whose sports desk have had a good week, also ran an interview with Michael Johnston the Kilmarnock chairman this week. Wee Michael had some interesting and all-too-true points to make, not least on the manner in which the Big Two dominate how Scottish football is run.
All I can say is, well, there are two of them and ten of you in the SPL, you guys can sort them out, if you can just find your Mitres and face-up to them. You hold all the aces, even if they were to take their bigotry to the Irish League, they'd have to start at the bottom and work up, and as for the Football League, far less the (English) Premiership - you're having a larf!!!
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