We Need More Teams In The Scottish Soccer League

We need part time, and full time and B teams in the Scottish Soccer League.
We Need More Teams In The Scottish Soccer League.
A famous figure in Scottish football has said that half the clubs in the SPFL are not professional and are not doing enough for Scottish football. He claimed that they did not produce good players, and that they were not good enough to be called professional.
I think this is not true.
We need as many clubs in Scottish football as possible.
It is often the case you meet Scottish people who say we should cut the number of clubs in the Scottish League. 
I think that is not a good idea.
We need as many clubs in Scotland as possible.
The more clubs, we have the more chance we have of developing international players, and good managers.
It is not true to say the smaller clubs have not done anything for the game.
They give teams for the other sides to play. They open up large communities to the Scottish League, rather than watching someone else’s league.
One of the great things about Scottish football is how many teams there are.
It makes Scottish football more interesting to have loads of football teams.
My view is we should have the big football clubs having B Teams in the lower leagues. In the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, Spain, Germany, France and Croatia, the big sides have B teams playing in the lower divisions. So that young players can get early competitive experience.
If we do that we will need teams in the lower divisions for those B teams to play against. So having tough part time sides for them to play would be good. It gives them real experience of tough players, and real games.
The lower leagues are a great development ground for young managers. And many managers started their careers in the lower leagues.
Alex Ferguson started managing at East Stirlingshire.
Craig Levein started managing at Cowdenbeath.
Alex Totten started managing at Alloa Athletic,
Jack Ross the manager of Hibs, started at Alloa Atheltic.
Craig Brown the former Scotland manager had a spell as boss of Clyde.
Jock Stein started his playing career at Albion Rovers.
Billy Reid started managing at Clyde FC.
Paul Hegary started at Forfar Athletic.
Jock Wallace started managing at Berwick Rangers, Jim Jeffries also had s spell at Berwick Rangers, before he became Hearts boss
Billy Stark managed at Queen’s Park.
Of the current international generation squad many Scottish players have developed a part of their career in the lower leagues,
Most Importantly.
Andy Robertson – Played for Queen’s Park for a season, before he was spotted by Dundee United.
Other players to have developed in the lower leagues include;
Michael Devlin played on loan for Stenhousemuir. 
Ryan Porteous played on loan at Edinburgh City.
Kenny McLean played for Arbroath on loan.
Eamonn Brophy played on loan at Dumbarton, and Queen’s Park.
Scott Bain played on loan at Elgin and played for Alloa,
Stuart Findlay played for Dumbarton.
Robert Snodgrass played on loan for Stirling Albion.
Lawrence Shankland played for Queen’s Park.
Johnny Russell played on loan for Forfar Athletic.
Plus one of the most consistent Scottish players Kenny Miller had a spell at Stenhousemuir before he hit the big time.
Some teams might go 100 years without developing a player or top coach for the national side. But some teams might have a great spell where they produce a couple of players and maybe even a deputy manager for the Scotland team.
Some will claim that if we shut down the smaller sides that will leave more resources for the bigger sides.
But all the big sides do when they get more money is go out and buy some big name player. How does that help the national side?
We need a system which develops and keeps good players in Scotland. But also has as many chances as possible each weekend for Scottish players to develop.
So I say have more sides, not less sides. Give more opportunities for young Scottish players to develop against proper sides.
Thanks for reading.
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