It is not a fair league, lacks credibility- Micky Beale hits out at SPFL
Soccer Football - Scottish League Cup - Semi Final - Rangers v Aberdeen - Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland, Britain - January 15, 2023 Rangers manager Michael Beale reacts Action Images via Reuters/Jason Cairnduff
Micky Beale believes that the SPFL isn’t a fair league and lacks credibility.
The rookie Ibrox boss isn’t a fan of the split which ensures that every team has a different set of fixtures.
This season it looks like Celtic will face a top six team three times at home and just once away, by the time of the split at Fixture 33 Ange Postecoglou’s side will have hosted two Glasgow derbies, Hearts, Hibs and Aberdeen twice with just one away visit to each of those sides.
Ibrox chief Stewart Robertson has sat on the SPFL board every second year without questioning the set up but with 10 matches left to go Beale is starting to squeal.
He told the Daily Record:
Everyone has an opinion on whether Celtic and Rangers should be in the league or out of it. I have a personal opinion on the split. Unless everyone plays everyone else the same amount of times, it’s not a fair league.
Why not just add two more teams and then we can have a six and an eight split? The more complicated you make the competition, the less credibility it has as well. That’s not me talking down the league.
In the first batch of fixtures for next season Celtic will travel to Ibrox and almost certainly to Hearts, Hibs and Aberdeen, every club is aware of the scheduling with no alternatives put to a vote.
