Friday, November 20, 2020

PAN-GREAT BRITAIN CUPS AT SOCCER


PAN-GREAT BRITAIN CUPS AT SOCCER

I am putting forward the idea that the football authorities in England should help football in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. 

I do not support merging the British leagues. I support Pan-Great Britain cross border cups on top of domestic and European competitive football.
I do not want to get rid of the national domestic leagues. I want a best of both worlds where we keep domestic and European football, but have on top of that cross border cups. 
I want to have 3 strong leagues in Great Britain, rather than just one or two. 
In recent years, English, Welsh, and Irish sides have been invited to play in the Scottish Challenge Cup. So UEFA would be OK with cross border trophies. 
I do not want to get rid of Scottish, and Welsh sides playing in Europe. I do not want to abandon over 100 years of football history and identity by getting rid of the Scottish and Welsh Leagues. 
There are various ideas that could be tried for cross border cups;
1. A British Premier Cup - Played between all Scottish Premier and Welsh Premier sides. Plus all English Premier sides who have not qualified for Europe. 
2. Invite all Scottish Premier sides who have not qualified for Europe, plus a selection of Welsh sides into the English Football League Trophy. That is the trophy played by English League One and Two sides. 
3. Invite selected Scottish and Welsh sides into the English FA Cup or English League Cup. 
4. Invite all Welsh Premier sides and a selection of Southern Scottish sides into English non-league FA Vase and FA Trophy. 
5. Allow Glasgow Celtic, and Glasgow Rangers to play under 23 year old sides in the English under 23 year old trophy called the Premier League Cup of England. 

If the English really want to help Celtic soccer then having cross border cups on top of domestic and European soccer is the way to help us. 
Imagine games like Manchester United v Glasgow Celtic, Aberdeen v Coventry City, Glasgow Rangers v Wrexham, Dundee United v Luton Town, Holywell Town v Peterhead, Dundee v Manchester City, Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Wolverhampton Wanderers, Ross County v Wrexham, Ross County v Notts County, Stoke City v Greenock Morton, Dumbarton v Connah's Quay Nomads, Bangor City v Chester City, Hibernian v Newport County, Liverpool v Heart of Midlothian, or Motherwell v The New Saints.

The Irish sides could be invited into the trophies too. 

I would want Pan-Great Britain cups all the way down the levels at male and female soccer, and at different age groups. It would really help Celtic soccer. 

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