One of the big issues in Scottish football is the chasm between the haves and have nots.
Prior to the pandemic, Celtic and Rangers enjoyed average attendances of approaching 60,000 and 50,000 respectively.
Meantime, seven of the other ten clubs in the Premiership have average attendances of under 6000.
That is a big enough gap – but it becomes dramatic in the lower leagues.
Of the twenty clubs in Leagues One and Two only THREE enjoy average attendances of over 1000.
Brechin City are this season threatened by demotion from League Two. They have average attendances of under 500 and, in the last season before the pandemic struck, they had the largest fall in attendances compared to the previous season, to the tune of 26%.
Brechin want reconstruction to save them from relegation but, in reality, what they and other lower division clubs need is a injection of funding. Brechin City’s current attendances cannot be delivering them much more than £70,000 revenue in a whole season.
The suggestion we have made is that of the £40 million Celtic and Rangers will be asked pay each season to remain in the Premiership, £5 Million should go to the 30 lower division clubs. On average, they would get more than £150,000 per season.
What would that be for Brechin City?
TRANSFORMATIVE.
Time for Change.
Brechin City propose Colts league reconstruction with play-offs ‘fundamentally unfair’ | The Scotsman
— Read on www.scotsman.com/sport/football/international/brechin-city-propose-colts-league-reconstruction-with-play-offs-fundamentally-unfair-3207683
Scottish Football Matters 