Welsh Clubs V Scottish Clubs Cup Trophy Ideas.

 

Welsh Clubs V Scottish Clubs Cup Trophy Ideas.

I think there should be football / soccer trophies where top Scottish club sides play top Welsh club sides.

Scotland and Wales take up large parts of the island of Great Britain. So travel should not be too much of an issue.

There are big clubs in Scotland and Wales, with long histories, and passionate fans.

Clubs include amongst other big clubs Glasgow Celtic, Glasgow Rangers, Aberdeen, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Dundee United, TNS, Cardiff City, Swansea City, Wrexham, and Newport County.   

Ideas could include;

A.      A Scottish – Welsh Super Cup. This could be done at male, female and youth football. One leg finals played at a participating team’s stadium. With the host nation swapping each season. Ideas could include, the Scottish Premiership champions versus the top Welsh side in the English league. Or the Welsh Cymru Premier champions v the Scottish second tier champions. Or the Scottish women’s champions versus the Welsh women’s champions. Or the Scottish Youth Cup winners v the Welsh Youth Cup winners in a Scottish – Welsh Super Youth Cup.

B.      A Scottish – Cymru Premier Cup. A group stage trophy of 12 sides. 6 Welsh and 6 Scottish sides. The trophy could have the top 6 Scottish Premiership sides, and the top 4 Welsh sides in the English leagues, plus the top 2 Welsh Cymru Premier sides.

This would lead to 3 groups of four. With the top 2 in each group, and 2 best 3^rd placed sides qualifying for the knockout stages. The knockout stages could be a quarter-final, semi-final, and final. The teams with the best group stage records could have home advantage.

There could be seeding or even what I call reverse seeding. Where the top 2 sides of each country play in the same group. The 3^rd and 4^th best placed sides of each country play in the same group. And the 5^th and 6^th best sides of each country play in the same group.  

Scottish teams have played played Welsh clubs in friendlies, the Scottish Challenge Cup, and UEFA trophies before.