Plans for a Conference involving Rangers, Celtic, Hearts and Aberdeen B teams to be established at tier five of Scottish football look set to be backed by Lowland League clubs.
The new division would come into play for season 2024-25 - and the Old Firm and Hearts colt teams could be invited back for another year in the Lowland League to bridge the gap. An indicative vote was held at this week’s meeting of the Lowland League board where the proposals - outlined in a pyramid working group paper last week - were discussed.
Seven clubs were in favour of the move with six against and three abstaining. When the resolution goes to the formal vote it requires a minimum eight clubs in favour - with a casting vote - to pass. That would give the pyramid working group the go ahead to negotiate with the SPFL over the make-up of the new division.
