mrman2011 Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 Surely it's time to abolish all the regional cups or at least downsize them and just have a big national (Non-League) trophy Featuring - Highland League (18 Teams) - Lowland League (16 Teams)- No Rangers & Celtic B teams - Midland League (19 Teams) - North Caledonian League (11 teams) - Northern Superleague (14 teams) - East of Scotland Football League (18 Teams) - South of Scotland Football League (13 Teams) - West of Scotland League (20 Teams) - Northern First Division (8 Teams) - Northern Second Division (9 Teams) - East of Scotland First Division (30 Teams) - West of Scotland Conferences (46 Teams) - East of Scotland Conference X (11 Teams) - West Of Scotland 4th Tier (8 Teams) 223 Teams would be involved. Of course this will create 8 dates but will be doable as they could use Midweek as well for the teams who have floodlights (Most should have these). Open Draw but ensure all Highland & Lowland League sides have a bye from the 1st round. Deep down you will all want this to happen and it will create a massive amount of interest among all fans of these teams and this works really well in England for their FA Trophy and i believe that Wales have something similar and that i would assume be a success too. We could have fixtures like Brora Rangers vs Harmony Row & New Elgin Juniors vs East Kilbride Final could be staged at Hampden and on the same weekend as the Scottish Cup (or even as a warm up event at 12pm?) get this on TV and it will showcase more sides below the Scottish Football League and increase brand awareness for these sides to be known across Britain and maybe the world too. Aside from the dates its a no brainer and there should be ways to create this, Drive & Maximise interest and make it a firmer case for it to be in the scottish calender all year. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 Nah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfha Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 Never happen m8. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 The usual suspects with senior vs junior obsessions will oppose this for blazer politics reasons but even if a few of the leagues steer clear initially it's still well worth doing and the obvious next step in terms of having an integrated national pyramid system. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclizine Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 (edited) On 01/05/2022 at 12:16, LongTimeLurker said: The usual suspects with senior vs junior obsessions will oppose this for blazer politics reasons but even if a few of the leagues steer clear initially it's still well worth doing and the obvious next step in terms of having an integrated national pyramid system. There's merit in exploring the idea, although it will come up against all the obstacles mentioned in the myriad of previous threads. The self-confessed troll OP's idea of scrapping all local and regional cups to implement his scheme is probably bringing him the downvotes. Edited May 2, 2022 by Cyclizine 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrman2011 Posted May 4, 2022 Author Share Posted May 4, 2022 On 02/05/2022 at 14:25, Cyclizine said: There's merit in exploring the idea, although it will come up against all the obstacles mentioned in the myriad of previous threads. The self-confessed troll OP's idea of scrapping all local and regional cups to implement his scheme is probably bringing him the downvotes. Seems to be but this would be better to have then local cups where only 10-12 clubs will take part 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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