Hampden chief Ian Maxwell has pleaded with clubs to sacrifice their own self interest and rubber stamp his B team plan for the good of the national game.
Maxwell’s controversial proposal to create a new Conference League at the fifth tier of the SPFL – which would include colts teams from the Premiership – will go to the vote tomorrow at the SFA’s AGM. And the chief executive is convinced the blueprint will help our top clubs fast-track talented young players into the Scotland set-up. Maxwell’s strategy has attracted fierce criticism from a host of minnows who fear the new league might block their route into the SPFL.
But he is adamant that the game in this country is crying out for radical change – and has urged club chiefs to be brave enough to back it. Maxwell said: “I would love it to be carried because it will have a really positive impact. But people will make their own decisions. People will vote whichever way they think is best for them. We can’t just implement things that we think are right. It’s a democracy.
