Henry Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Fuck this sounds shit. The prospect of a cross border cup competition between Scottish Premiership clubs and English sides is being discussed by the Scottish Professional Football League board.A one-off competition against clubs outwith England's top flight is being looked at by an SPFL working group.SPFL board member Mike Mulraney told BBC Scotland: "It's been talked about."It's a medium term objective and would be a minimum of three to five years away, but it has been discussed."Another SPFL source said: "A working group has been looking at this. There is some interest in it and some encouragement has been given from some English clubs. It would be a one-off competition."It is understood at least five top Scottish clubs have expressed an interest in the possibilities of a cross border competition, which it is hoped would prove attractive to a television audience. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/31611760 Link to comment
Poodler Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 St Mirren vs Grimsby. Sky Sports all over that one. Rochdale vs Motherwell. Christ almighty Link to comment
The Boofon Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Dons v Chelsea to decide best Premiership champions. I'd enjoy that. Play it at Stamford Bridge to give them a chance. Link to comment
Poodler Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Dons v Chelsea to decide best Premiership champions. I'd enjoy that. Play it at Stamford Bridge to give them a chance. A one-off competition against clubs outwith England's top flight is being looked at by an SPFL working group. Fucking moron Link to comment
The Boofon Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 A one-off competition against clubs outwith England's top flight is being looked at by an SPFL working group. Fucking moronDoes it look like my comment is based on this competition? Moron. Link to comment
Poodler Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Does it look like my comment is based on this competition? Moron. Haha you slimy cunt Link to comment
The Boofon Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Dons v Chelsea to decide best Premiership champions.I'd enjoy that. Play it at Stamford Bridge to give them a chance. A one-off competition against clubs outwith England's top flight is being looked at by an SPFL working group. Fucking moronThat should help with the last question. Link to comment
Poodler Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 That should help with the last question. If you want to be pedantic about it, the English Premier League hasn't been called the premiership for 10 years Link to comment
The Boofon Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 If you want to be pedantic about it, the English Premier League hasn't been called the premiership for 10 yearsI wasn't being pedantic. You're a bit on the slow side (ChutneyLove keeps you going) so thought you'd need help. No harm done mongo. Link to comment
Guest RosemountRed Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 .This'll never happen, pie in the sky stuff. Priorities should be: 1. Ticket prices2. Alcohol at games3. Safe standing Not this utter garbage. Link to comment
The Boofon Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Oh and it's 8 years not 10. Link to comment
dunc_afc Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 This idea sounds fucking horrendous so i would expect that Neil 'lego top' Donkeycaster has already made this top priority for him and all of his staff. Before you know it it will be time to kick off the inaugral 'Unable to find sponsorship Anglo-Caledonian lower division English versus Scottish teams not in Europe Cup'. Link to comment
Pudgie Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 .This'll never happen, pie in the sky stuff. Priorities should be: 1. Ticket prices2. Alcohol at games3. Safe standing Not this utter garbage. [Facebook addict "full time mummy"] If you can't go without a drink for two hours there's something wrong with you. It's not safe for children! [/Facebook addict "full time mummy] I probably wouldn't mind this as a quick pre season type thing. Get the TV involved and make a bit of cash. Anything serious and you're just getting stupid. I think it would be interesting to see how we fare against some of the Championship sides. There's maybe a chance to give our league a bit of credibility and stop folk saying we'd struggle in League 1. Link to comment
Robbie Winters Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 I remember the Anglo Scottish cup, fuckin pishDons v OrientDons v Middlesbrough, cuffed them I think Also remember the Huns disgracing themselves in Chesterfield.Hey maybe thats the plan, lower league clubs like Sevco getting to play on the big stage like Rochdale, Shrewsbury and Newcastle Link to comment
BrianFaePerth Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Peterheid v Plymouth on a Tuesday night in January. Sounds like a winner. Link to comment
The Boofon Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Peterheid v Plymouth on a Tuesday night in January. Sounds like a winner.Game called off 30 minutes before kick off. You'd be pretty annoyed if you were a Plymouth fan travelling up for it. Link to comment
spamspamspam Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 think I might add this to things I dont give a shit about Link to comment
360 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 It would prove that second tier English footy is vastly superior to top tier Scottish fitba. No wonder you're all against the idea... Link to comment
Clydeside_Sheep Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 I seem to be in the minority but I like the idea of a pan-British tournament. Spirit of the Dambusters, and all that However the actual proposal mentioned above leaves much to be desired. I think the idea of a British League Cup would be cracking, instead of all the nations playing their own moribund league cups. I know there was something tried before, but I dont know anything about that. I was thinking of all 4 home nations at first, but to keep fixtures down we could limit it to Scotland and England only; Wales and NI are pish anyway. Each nation could play an internal league cup, up until the equivalent of their quarter finals (ie 8 teams left). Then the remaining teams could come together in a single, combined finale - it would throw up some interesting fixtures alright. Playing the same teams as many as 4 - 6 times as season (as can happen in scotland) is dull as dishwater and anything thats new or fresh can only be a good thing. While it wouldnt have the same status as a european trip, it would still be a good laugh to go away with the lads for a couple of days and have a piss up in (say) London or Manchester, before taking in the game at an EPL-standard stadium. Whats not to like? It would get decent sponsorship and so for most clubs would probably be a decent little earner. It would also be more prestigious to win it, than any of the existing league cups. it could carry a european place even. 1 Link to comment
Ke1t Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Fuck it, why not... ditch the League Cup and play an Anglo-Anglo Bitches cup instead. First step towards full integration of leagues north and south of the imaginary border. Aberdeen vs Liverpool, Man United/City, Arsenal Newcastle... sounds rare to me... get a bit of those fuckers' Telly money. Or Aberdeen vs Ross County and struggling to stay in the black. Time to stop all this fucking SPFL nonsense... it's nothing more than a closed shop for the 2 Weegie teams anyway. English wouldn't pander to their shite for one second. EDIT: This might be the first time me and Creeping Jesus there ^^^^ have ever agreed on something. 1 Link to comment
Clydeside_Sheep Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 EDIT: This might be the first time me and Creeping Jesus there ^^^^ have ever agreed on something. Creeping Jesus It is not the first time, we have formerly agreed on: - the desireability and great prowess of Jeep Cherokee vehicles (esp the XJ model)- the high quality of the "Evil Dead" series of films- various points regarding various armed conflicts Probably more too, for example us both being Aberdeen fans implies agreement there too! Link to comment
Oregon Red Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 I would prefer some sort of "cup" against maybe Dutch league teams.The Anglo-Scottish cup thing has been done before and failed Link to comment
wicker83 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 It will be as successful as that Carling Nations Cup nonsense from a few years ago. Link to comment
fine-n-dandy Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Be alright if they ditched the Scottish & Guff League cups & combined them & gave the winners a Europa place. Give some wee diddy Guff sides (like Boro) a slim chance to get into European football. Link to comment
Ke1t Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Creeping Jesus It is not the first time, we have formerly agreed on: - the desireability and great prowess of Jeep Cherokee vehicles (esp the XJ model)- the high quality of the "Evil Dead" series of films- various points regarding various armed conflicts Probably more too, for example us both being Aberdeen fans implies agreement there too! I see... if you ditch your god-bothering nonsense we can get married. EDIT: Oh, you'd have to get over your homophobia first... forgot about that Link to comment
Tord31 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 not a realistic shout whatsoever. one off pre-season mini tournament would be the extent of anything. Link to comment
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