Scottish premier league.

[Winston Biscuit]

Aberdeen beat Celtic in the Scotch cup final

[AthleticoSpizz]

Dropping down the pyramid a bit, Dumbarton lost both of their pre-season friendlies 2-0. Nothing untoward there, other than their entire matchday squads were trialists (inc. the bench).

[Sutekh]

Dropping down the pyramid a bit, Dumbarton lost both of their pre-season friendlies 2-0. Nothing untoward there, other than their entire matchday squads were trialists (inc. the bench).

Not friendlies, they were playing both games in the Stirlingshire Cup.

[AthleticoSpizz]

Indeed

[Dirk Gently]

No SPL but one level down - but the odious little gobshite Billy Davies gets his first job in football for about a decade as "Technical Head Coach" at Morton.

[From Despair To Where?]

3 games in and Rangers already trail Celtic by 6pts. Is it too early to say the title's done and dusted?

Russell Martin is not a popular man in Govan. No wins in the league and thumped at home in the CL qualifier.

Rangers have spent £10m on transfers this season including £2.2m on a player from Sheffield Wednesday who would have been free if they'd waited another 2 weeks. They spent another £4.5m on a player they've had on loan for 18 months who's only played 16 games.

[Sutekh]

3 games in and Rangers already trail Celtic by 6pts. Is it too early to say the title's done and dusted?

Russell Martin is not a popular man in Govan. No wins in the league and thumped at home in the CL qualifier.

Rangers have spent £10m on transfers this season including £2.2m on a player from Sheffield Wednesday who would have been free if they'd waited another 2 weeks. They spent another £4.5m on a player they've had on loan for 18 months who's only played 16 games.

Not quite done and dusted yet, that’ll happen next week after Celtic beat them. Scottish title chase will then have lasted 4 games this season, which is actually about 15 games less than normal.

Someone really needs to fix the stupidity of Scottish domestic football. Going back to two divisions would be a start.

[Stranded]

3 games in and Rangers already trail Celtic by 6pts. Is it too early to say the title's done and dusted?

Russell Martin is not a popular man in Govan. No wins in the league and thumped at home in the CL qualifier.

Rangers have spent £10m on transfers this season including £2.2m on a player from Sheffield Wednesday who would have been free if they'd waited another 2 weeks. They spent another £4.5m on a player they've had on loan for 18 months who's only played 16 games.

Not quite done and dusted yet, that’ll happen next week after Celtic beat them. Scottish title chase will then have lasted 4 games this season, which is actually about 15 games less than normal.

Someone really needs to fix the stupidity of Scottish domestic football. Going back to two divisions would be a start.

I would have thought given there is now promotion between league/non-league that that would make sense to a degree.

A pyramid such as:

Prem - 18 clubs
Div 1 - 20 clubs
Div 2 (2 regionalised divisions) of 16 (for example) - Reserve teams can play at Div 2 level but no higher.

It won't happen as Celtic/Rangers won't want to give up a derby for a home game v Arbroath.

[From Despair To Where?]

I don't think going to a 2 League system will make any difference. You'll just have a league that stratifies in a way that mirrors the current set up and it's not just the Old Firm that want to maintain 2 home games against both against Celtic and Rangers.

There's also already not enough money coming into Scottish football outside the Old Firm so I'm not convinced diluting the league will make it any more attractive to broadcasters.

If you look at other countries with similar populations, they also have 10 or 12 club leagues.