Doncaster's masterplan faces First Division red card
With the predictable exception of Donald Findlay’s Cowdenbeath clubs in the First Division are coming out in public to state their opposition to the plan.
Dundee and Dunfermline are in the difficult situation of waiting to step up to the SPL but typical of Doncaster’s incompetence both clubs are in the dark as to who replaces Rangers.
In business Doncaster would be commended for the hard work he is putting in to find a solution- in sport his position is untenable as he snaps the rules rather than bends them to accommodate a club with a handful of players, question marks over the ownership of a stadium and no audited accounts.
Falkirk and Raith Rovers have already stated their opposition to Sevco being placed in the First Division with Les Gray of Hamilton dealing with the issue full on.
He said: “My personal view is that clubs in the First Division would never vote for Rangers to be admitted.
“Morally, for reasons of football integrity, I think they should have to apply for entry to the Third Division.
“I have deliberately not spoken to anybody about this because, to be honest, I’m sick hearing about it. But the bottom line is that there is no mechanism for Rangers to be admitted into the First Division.
“Something would have to be changed, which would be a radical alteration requiring a percentage of the member clubs, who would then have to vote on it in a short space of time. That would then have to be put to the other member clubs within the SFL.”
Steven Pressley has been a vocal campaigner for league reconstruction and can back up his argument based on performances.
Last season the First Division side put Rangers and Dundee United out of the League Cup.
At any other time the current proposals would be worth consideration but the haste with which Doncaster has drafted his cunning plan isn’t lost on the Falkirk boss.
Pressley said: “If the proposal is an additional play-off place to the SPL and a small amount of money through greater distribution of wealth in exchange for Rangers finding themselves in Division One, I will be absolutely disgusted by our authorities.
“Once again we would have shirked a terrific opportunity to completely revolutionise our game and take it forward through reconstruction.
“I believe these proposals have been drafted solely to get Rangers into the second tier not to find a solution which is best for the overall game in Scotland.
“This isn’t even about Rangers. This is about how the clubs deal with being forced to change and whether they grasp the chance to do something special.
“The SFL will never have a better opportunity to force change than they do now and if they give up the chance for change for a play-off place and a small amount of extra money they have sold the supporters down the river.”
Doncaster’s reconstruction plans require the backing of 75% of SFL clubs, with three clubs already stating their opposition the votes of another four are required to kill off the Sevco for Division One scenario.
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