Less than 48 hours after two SPL clubs blocked league reconstruction plans David Longmuir is looking to come up with a plan B.
The SFL chief was one of the three architects of the recent proposals, alongside Stewart Regan and Neil Doncaster, and is hoping to revive some of the proposals rejected by the SPL.
Ensuring a new income distribution model is the priority for First Division clubs struggling to retain full-time football.
Hamilton Accies will host a get-together of First Division clubs, plus Dundee and Queen of the South, on Friday with Longmuir taking part in the talks.
“Yes, there will be a meeting of clubs with a view to what can be done to rescue this situation,” Longmuir told the Daily Record. “It’s not about an SPL 2, a breakaway or any more divisiveness.
“That’s the kind of negative language which has to be binned. It’s not about a whole raft of teams wishing to resign from one set-up and join another.
“It’s about trying to rebuild bridges so that a bit more money is spread around between clubs under one league body, with play-offs being introduced to the set-up.”
Hamilton were hopeful that a new league set up would provide them with a cash boost with chairman Les Gray deflated that reconstruction plans have failed.
He said: “I’m struggling to work out what happened in three months for there to be support for reconstruction and then suddenly there isn’t.
“Scottish football as a business model is broken. The game’s gubbed. I’ll be at the forefront of setting up a meeting to explore all other options.”
Yes Mr Longmuir we believe you lol SPL2 here we come eh with gers getting a wee help to get them back to top tier quicker and St Mirren chairman says he voted no and was nothing to do with gers pmsl some are gullible not I
THE GAME IS BROKEN……
Who is longmuir kidding . He has been trying to put a spoke in the wheels of reconstruction to help sevco .
So there was no PLAN B,funny two days later they are going to come up with a Plan b.
ME THINKS THIS STINKS OF NEWCO.
everything stinks of newco/sevco i god knows why because even in new form they continue to bankrupt themselves,bully and bring disgrace on scottish football.dont want em,dont need em and we’ve all just done just fine without em so f**k em
Any new money will come from Celtics pockets, and that was on the table.
Longmuirs negative presentation after Greens speech at the last SFL meeting put paid to SFL teams support, plus the speed he cancelled Fridays vote was astonishing, and why cancell it any way?
Longmuir backed the wrong horse, the first Division teams will toss him out the door when they discover any Longmuir/Green/Gilmour/McGregor plan for Sevco.
when a guest club in the third division’s chairman makes a statement praising two spl clubs you dont have to work in a sewage plant to know somthing stinks.
time will tell and football supporters will show the power of the consumer should’nt be f****d with.
when gilmore pass’es sevco on the way down his clubs supporters can say your welcome. as a celtic supporter i would be really angry if my club did any buisness deals loans
(too quick on the trigger there) on players
and i’d hope other spl clubs would follow suit.for what they’ve done.
this shouldnt go away without reprocussions for ross county and sevco 2
. HH .AND DING DONG.
Any proposals for change MUST come from the SPL no longer can we have the tail wagging the dog. Longmuir is looking after his own self interest / job, the SFL are completely irrelevant – they have no money and rely on handouts from the SPL.
Lawell said the current format wasn’t palatable, but ANY proposed changes MUST be based on (1) No fast track for ANY club (2) Strict procedures for clubs going into Administration / Liquidation (3) Much tighter financial controls (Audited accounts MUST be submitted by due dates, learn from Germany) (4) Amalgamation of running bodies MUST include the SFA, why cut to two bodies to run 42 clubs, one streamlined fit for purpose association is surely more than enough (5) No jobs for the boys, the task of re-structuring Scottish Football is too vital to be left with those who have already failed us
Plan B!!! Don’t make me f…ing laugh. The status quo has now been cemented in, the three bodies are still in place and there won’t be a single change to to improve our game.
Time to start looking inwardly I’m afraid. This is a statement from someone who purchased two season tickets for a first division part time club in thanks for standing united against sevco.
All our energies now must be turned to getting as many supporters as we can to attend our home games. More concessions means more people means more money.
I feel really sorry for struggling clubs but we’ve tried our best to try and at least get some improvement for them. We’re we can all unite is in the unashamed effort in making the teams who caused/colluded to take us to this point suffer.
Hail hail
Iam sick of ex Celtic players saying that sevco are missed, my fecking arse all that bile singing hatred bigotry from there fans grow up, I do;nt miss them there like Thatcher DEAD leave it at that,
100% John, I’ve watched a bigger range of football mainly SPL and 1st div and can honestly say the standard if anything has improved.
In the imortal words of Jock Stein ” you get the same 3 points for beating Kilmarnock as you do for beating Rangers” so to all current or ex Celtic players, if we take big Jock’s advice then maybe we will stop leaking points at the rate we have been and STOP fixating on the shame of Scottish football.
If we never play them again it would not make one difference to my love and commitment to Celtic football club
Hail hail