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zizu Kilbane
Jack Charlton Joined: 23 Oct 2007 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 8357 |
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Posted: 11 Nov 2009 at 4:17am |
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Old Firm switch up for discussion
Proposals to accept Glasgow rivals Celtic and Rangers into an expanded Premier League will be put forward for consideration this week. Bolton chairman Phil Gartside will pitch plans for a two-tier league of between 36 and 40 teams on Thursday. It is understood there would be a top tier of 18 clubs, with promotion and relegation to and from the league. Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill and Spurs boss Harry Redknapp have backed the inclusion of the Scottish clubs. Former Celtic manager O'Neill told BBC Radio 5 live: "I would like to see both teams in the Premier League. I think it would make the Premier League even stronger. "I've been there, Celtic is just an unbelievable football club and Rangers also.
"I don't think for one minute the likes of ourselves, Aston Villa, would sit back and think 'well that's it', or just give up. I think all clubs would try and get stronger because of it." Redknapp told the Daily Record: "I would welcome Celtic and Rangers to English football if they wanted to play down here. "No doubt about it, I'm sure they would be good for the English game." The proposals are a revival of Gartside's ideas which received a hostile reception from the Premier League's 20 chairmen six months ago. However, Gartside, the driving force behind the revamp, has tweaked the original plans to include promotion and relegation to and from the dual-tier league, while the two Scottish clubs would initially be invited to join the lower tier. The Bolton chairman is also believed to be open to inviting an Irish franchise into the league in the future. Former Birmingham City chairman David Gold told BBC Radio 5 live that the Premier League needed "new thinking, new proposals, new ideas" to "save itself from itself". However, Stoke owner Peter Coates said there was no need to change a league which was already an "enormous success". "There is no indication that it [the Premier League] needs Rangers and Celtic to take it further," he said. And BBC Sport's Dan Roan said the proposals would represent a "radical overhaul" of the pyramid structure. "Gartside is one of the most powerful men in the English game," he told BBC Radio 5 live. "He's
one of the longest-serving chairman in the Premier League, a man who
sits on the FA board, one of just three professional representatives on
the FA board, so I think it's fair to say that it's a serious proposal
and deserves to be listened to." Would be very bad for the domestic game here if there was a team from Ireland competing in the English league system |
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The Saint
Jack Charlton Joined: 29 Nov 2007 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 5294 |
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f**k off Gartside we already have our own league
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Shoco
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he can f**k right off, he hasnt a clue about irish football and the damage it would do to our domestic league
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MayoMark
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LOI would be dead if this happened
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They finally did it man... They killed my f**kin' car...
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t_rAndy
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Reckon it'd be blocked. FAI blocked Wimbledon coming here all those years ago. Reckon they'd get the government behind them to stop them too. But you never know, they could play out of the North or something like that
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OldBawnHoop
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Didn't Bertie want this to happen years ago? Mightve been someone else
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FREEWHEELER
Robbie Keane sPICE UP YOUR LIFE Gwan MONROY Joined: 29 Mar 2007 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 24595 |
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Won't happen......
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We'll never die, we'll never die, we'll keep the Green Flag flying high......Shamrock Rovers will never die, we'll keep the Green Flag Flying high. 19 Leagues and 25 Cups.....
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Barry
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an irish franchaise WTF as said by andy was mentioned years ago with wimbledon never happened , if it did go ahead anyone who supported this franchaise **** would get death threats in there mail from me
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Saint Tom
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for this to happen the fai would have to approve. it will not ever happen
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My destination inchicore my next stop being kilmainham
Where patriots and super saints are the topics of conversation |
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Gouldinho09
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This has Torpedo Fingal written all over it. It would give me something to do during the winter. I would be in the away section every week
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t_rAndy
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Celtic and Rangers have been rejected so it's grand!!!
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