The amateur game is losing clubs, and money is tight for the ones still standing. Before anyone drafts another league structure behind closed doors, we want to hear it straight from the clubs who'd actually have to play in it. Five minutes, no jargon, and it goes straight to the person putting this proposal together.
Folding or merging clubs shrink leagues and make fixture lists harder to sustain.
Pitch hire, referee fees, insurance and travel are squeezing committees run on volunteer time.
The same small group of people carrying admin, discipline and finance year after year.
Leagues and cup formats often get set from the top down, with little club input beforehand.
Most of the well-known problems in Scottish amateur football — club numbers, cost, admin burden — are talked about a lot, but decisions about league structure rarely start with the clubs themselves. This is a genuine attempt to build a league that clubs actually want to apply to, rather than one they feel they have to tolerate. Every answer below feeds directly into that design — nothing here is a formality.
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