More North English Teams In The Scottish Football Leagues

Idea For More North English Teams In The Scottish Football League System.

This is an idea for Scottish, and Northern English soccer / football. 

With the allowance of Tweedmouth Rangers, and Berwick Rangers, in the Scottish football pyramid system.

I do not mind English clubs in the Scottish leagues. 

But I don’t support Scottish clubs joining the English Leagues, as people would wrongly think Scotland was part of England. And all the Scottish major trophies would suddenly be relegated to the status of lower-tier trophies if leading Scottish clubs joined the English leagues.

Also, I would not support a British League as once again people would think all the Scottish major trophies in history were the status of lower-tier trophies, while all the English trophies would be given the status of forerunners of the major British league trophies. 

But nobody would think England is part of Scotland. And Northern English clubs joining the Scottish leagues would strengthen the Scottish leagues system, and potentially enable extra places for English clubs in Europe, via the Scottish leagues.

When I say Northern England I mean the far North, as in Northumbria, Cumbria, Durham, Tyne & Wear, and North Yorkshire.

Scenario 1; Northern League. Northern English clubs joining the Scottish pyramid system.

The plan would be the entire Northern League of England joins the Scottish football pyramid system. 

The Northern League is an historic football league in the English pyramid system. It is at level 9 and 10 of the English pyramid system. It has clubs that by Scottish standards would be relatively big clubs. 

These clubs could join the Scottish pyramid system on level with the Scottish Highland League, the Scottish Lowland League West and Scottish Lowland League East. The champions of each league could have a play-off to decide who plays the bottom side in the SPFL League Two.

Clubs in the Northern League include Ton Law Town, Washington, Carlisle City, Shildon, Redcar Athletic, Whitley Bay, Guisborough Town, Sunderland West End, North Shields, Bishop Auckland, and Penrith.

 

Scenario 2; Clubs in the North of England, that are in the Northern League, National League, Northern Premier League, and EFL League Two join the Scottish pyramid system.

So allow the Northern League in. But also allow in teams from the English League Two downwards that are located in Northumbria, Cumbria, Tyne and Wear, Durham, and Northern Yorkshire.

This could be additional clubs like Carlisle Utd, Harrogate Town, Whitby Town, Hartlepool United, Morpeth Town, Workington, Scarborough Athletic, Hebburn Town, Stockton Town, South Shields, York City, Barrow, Gateshead, Blyth Spartans, and Darlington. 

Scenario 3.

Invite in all the bigger clubs of the region into the SPFL.

Including Sunderland, Newcastle United, Middlesbrough, Leeds United, and Bradford City. Plus all the clubs in the region in the EPL, EFL, National League, Northern Premier, and Northern League.

This would help the Scottish league grow in size. It would also allow Scottish club sides to play some more big English sides. And it would do little damage to England’s football league system. As England has many big clubs.

The clubs joining from the English leagues could play in the Scottish Cup, and Scottish League Cup.

Women's Football.  

Also allow Northern English sides into the Scottish Women’s Leagues. So teams like Sunderland, Durham, and Newcastle United could play in the Scottish women's league system.