Sat May 09, 2020 9:03 am
Sat May 09, 2020 9:49 am
Forever Blue wrote:HEARTS are set to be relegated to the Championship - after league reconstruction talks collapsed.
The Jambos will be demoted having only played 30 games when the SPFL call the season later this month.
Hearts chief Ann Budge had been leading reconstruction talks.
Saturday 9th May 2020
Tynecastle chief Ann Budge was head of the task force put in place to discuss altering the shape of the leagues in a bid to save themselves, Partick Thistle and Stranrer from the drop.
But they have been unable to agree a package which will pass the voting threshold required to alter the shape of the divisions in time for next season.
Several options were discussed but the working group couldn't find any way through.
The SPFL board have the power to end the Premiership and will do so later this month, crowning Celtic as champions.
Dave Cormack, chairman of Aberdeen, said: “The strong feeling of the group was that we must focus all of our energies on emerging from the crisis we face, due to the pandemic, on getting back to playing football safely and getting fans back into grounds as soon as practicably possible.
“Whilst the group sympathises with the plight of the situation the relegated teams are faced with, it concluded that this is not the right time to consider immediate reconstruction in the midst of a crisis. But the group is willing to engage in and pick up on these discussions once we are through COVID-19.”
The group plans to meet again next week to fully focus on how we get through the financial crisis caused by the pandemic.
Sat May 09, 2020 10:53 am
Jock wrote:Forever Blue wrote:HEARTS are set to be relegated to the Championship - after league reconstruction talks collapsed.
The Jambos will be demoted having only played 30 games when the SPFL call the season later this month.
Hearts chief Ann Budge had been leading reconstruction talks.
Saturday 9th May 2020
Tynecastle chief Ann Budge was head of the task force put in place to discuss altering the shape of the leagues in a bid to save themselves, Partick Thistle and Stranrer from the drop.
But they have been unable to agree a package which will pass the voting threshold required to alter the shape of the divisions in time for next season.
Several options were discussed but the working group couldn't find any way through.
The SPFL board have the power to end the Premiership and will do so later this month, crowning Celtic as champions.
Dave Cormack, chairman of Aberdeen, said: “The strong feeling of the group was that we must focus all of our energies on emerging from the crisis we face, due to the pandemic, on getting back to playing football safely and getting fans back into grounds as soon as practicably possible.
“Whilst the group sympathises with the plight of the situation the relegated teams are faced with, it concluded that this is not the right time to consider immediate reconstruction in the midst of a crisis. But the group is willing to engage in and pick up on these discussions once we are through COVID-19.”
The group plans to meet again next week to fully focus on how we get through the financial crisis caused by the pandemic.
Scottish Football is totally corrupt, the sham vote the SPFL had was farcical.
Sat May 09, 2020 4:30 pm