Go Now Bigots

We've had another week of the bigot brothers from the West Coast telling the rest of Scottish Football how we hold them back and they need to move to the English Leagues to "fulfil their potential". Their mates in the (mainly) Glasgow press have enthusiastically backed them up.

Well I think I speak for the vast majority of fans of other teams in the SPL when I say, just go. Now. Leave us all in peace. We will survive very well without you. The league would be very competitive, with Aberdeen, the Dundee and Edinburgh teams all fighting for the title every season. The likes of Motherwell and Killie would also have a great chance of getting in on the act. You'd never know who was going to win the Cups, it would be wide open.

The crowds would be like the Leagues in Ireland and Wales the Glasgow press advise us. Nonsense. With a chance of winning the title the clubs I've mentioned above would get healthy crowds. Aberdeen games against Hearts and Dundee United have a healthy needle already and that's with only a European place up for grabs. Imagine if it were to win the title.

The TV money wouldn't be enough. Celtic and Rangers hoard 80% of it already. I'd be confident the SPL could negotiate a deal worth more than the 20% the other teams get just now.

We'd also get rid of the disgusting sectarian bile Celtic and Rangers specialise in. Every now and again UEFA make noises about sorting this out. The SFA do nothing. So they continue to sing their songs of hate.

My worry is that the English won't want them. And who can blame them. They saw how the Old Firm behave when Rangers "fans" trashed Manchester at the UEFA Cup Final. They won't stand for the sectarian tosh in London.

If there was a English Premier League 2 and the Old Firm had to start there, how long would it take them to get promoted into the top division? The Championship is a notoriously difficult league to get promoted from. I can't see EPL2 being any easier. A couple of seasons without promotion, no trophies and no Europe and the glory hunters would disappear like snow off a dyke. I remember the early 80's when the attendances at Ibrox hovered around 10,000.

So goodbye and good riddance Old Firm. Don't let the door hit your arse on the way out.

Music today Walk on By by the Stranglers. What a cover should be - a totally different take on the original.