The boy has done more for the Scottish game than the SFA have, mans a legend!

he understands that scottish football has a lot of history, the crowds are smaller than england because the population is much smaller but scottish football has its own unique character because of the local people who lend support to their teamsbut he also makes it clear most people support either celtic or rangers in addition to their local team but some of the smaller clubs once dominated the scene in scotland and that belief in the impossible is what scottish football is based upon to slay the 2 giants is what it is all about

One of the best in football, never mind Scottish football, but what he does in the Scottish pyramid is absolutely wonderful

He really is. His channel has done wonders for the game north of the border. Imagine we had people like that up selling opur game, we just have the bought and paid for wanks like Doncaster et al

Dude's videos were an absolute help in understanding the Scottish pyramid when I was doing my FM23 save and making videos on it. Legend!

But once it becomes an international commercial product the passion warmth and history will be minimized just like it is in the premier league. I don’t think these Hibs supports want their stands to be filled with thousands of Chinese and Arabs like there are in premier league stadiums

The problem is 2 fold. One is economics and the other is the lack of quality footballers. The likes of Aberdeen and dundee united aren't ever to get back to theircoverachieving days until there is a more level playing field economically ( as there was before the bowman ruling, tv money and commercialism of the game) and when Scottish youngsters are out playing football, getting quality coaching in every community. The second could be achievable but in the uk governments don't like to spend money on sport.

This, Sam North, Superscoreboard, the patter. I know Scottish Fitba is special.

@@graduke1aye but I’m a free enterprise world what can u do. Other than the American way with league sponsorship divided equally and drafts on youth players with ownership of that player dependant on the development you put in. The only way imo is for us the people to appreciate grassroots football more but we don’t we’d rather watch Southampton vs Burnley than our local junior league teams.

​@@chelseachelseafcsuperfan7220 would they rather it remains 70% empty ?

we have many a chant to sing tae the gers about that

Love it. Watched it last night with loads of other songs

​@@symblitz699 cringe

Remind me : which little club were Hibs destroying that day ?

Scottish it's full of Ireland flags.

@@L1am21 that's just Celtic cause they're Irish in background but I mean all the other Scottish clubs the proper mid table ones and stuff besides Rangers and Celtic

@@auhsojrellim5346 hibs are also Wanna be Irish as well.

@@L1am21 You don't have a clue what you're talking about.

@@iberian5319 rangers dont fly England flags they fly union flags that Scotland is in.

Puriity ? You can get that in all the lower leagues in England, from Championship down - because the Scot PL is Championship, League One and Two, in one top division ! Don't forget, Scotland is 5 million people.

I feel the same way. I follow several leagues and teams but Scotland has a different feel (and a lot of potential imo)

I feel bad that SPFL give the rest of the world two league matches a week: one Premiership and one Friday Night Championship Fitba.

American here too. I went to a game at Hearts in February and the atmosphere was fantastic. SPL deserves some more love

As Americans, we have a special connection to Scotland in the world of soccer. Their immigrants are the main reason we had any soccer culture here at all... Now in the modern era obviously there's a ton of other influences (I'm Latino, in South Florida so obviously when I go to Inter Miami games all the songs are in Spanish and based on Argentine originals lol) but the motherland of American soccer is Scotland... And i think that's awesome.

Condolences on your loss, I’m glad he got to see the Scottish Cup victory a few years back.

I think the sky tv deal is the wrong direction. The SPFL need to try and disrupt the apple cart otherwise they will always be stuck at the bottom rotting. They should have made an spfl TV. Or they should sell the rights to a tech giant like Amazon or Apple and have the games broadcast on an online platform. We will never get a fair deal from London centric media.

It also need a major overhaul of the leagues, pyramid and squad rules. Without them we wont get a better tv deal and investors. Domino effect also.

Shows Scotland needs Independence from the UK, in the UK they are fed scraps by English companies because they can. These same companies pump money into English football even English womens football and give us less than the bare minimum. Look at the BBC they pay about 200x the money for EPL highlights as they do for Scottish football highlights. How can they afford £70million per season for EPL highlights but only around £500k per season for Scottish League highlights? they buy the rights to the Scottish Cup final but do not show it on BBC in England etc meanwhile they put the English finals on Scottish BBC. Same with Sky Sports they are allowed to show like 65 games but they only show like 45, they have no interest in investing in Scottish football or promoting it but they will promote and invest in English lower League football and English womens football and English rugby etc, the English rugby deal with Sky is more than the Scottish football one even though Scottish football has more viewers and thats even with them giving Rugby less money than they used to, they used to give them £40million per season and cut it to £26million. All other small countries get more money as they have all their own national TV channels raking in the money, English companies rake in our money and then give us peanuts back.

@@jacksonbow2766 I’d have 3 leagues of 20 teams. 3 go up, and 3 down, every year. It’s the simplest and best format.

@@BillyMcMorran ok, thats one way to do it. I prefer 3 leagues of 16, then regionals. Or 16-16 then an 18 team National league with regionals behind that, 2 up 2 down and a play-off system like the English. We need to do something different in the Premiership though to allow other teams a shot at the title. I would use something similar to the Belgian style and American styles. Have a 30 game regular season, then split the league into groups of 4 for a further 6 games. Top 4 play for title and forst Euro spots. Next 4 play for remaining Euro spots. Bottom 4 to fight against the 2 relegation spots. We can even do something similar for the other leagues to keep them entertaining. We also need to open the pyramid properly. I would have 4 regional leagues at tier 4. HL, LL, East and West. All 16 teams. Have the Champions all play a mini league for 2 automatic promotion slots to National league. We also need league rules for squads changed. Maximum number of foreign players limited to 16 or 17 players. Homegrown player quotas to min of 8 and squad sizes no bigger than 27 players. I would even put youth player quotas in there. Currently even the teams in Europe have players extra for the league that are not in their European squads because of the UEFA squad rules. We also need to distribute the TV money evenly across the league. The OF cannot claim they get to keep it because of Skys preferences. Sky make that decision and it is not for the OF to milk. The proze money can also be distributed better. The focus should on bringing the other clubs up.

Hundred percent correct . League needs to change playing teams 4 or even 6 or seven times in one season is a dead horse .and tv deal is poor .

Danny that’s so kind and I really appreciate you taking the time to say this. Thank you

​@@stuntpeggnieve Celtic and Ranger would not even survive in the championship, My club Millwall would beat both of them.

@@johndunnburgess6403same Milwall that’s bought a hibs striker?

Soccer 🤦‍♂

Passion my arse. The stadiums are always half empty.

​@@gumbo7215haha jealous English. better atmosphere in Scotland league 2 than the English premiership. It's a joke, English teams all have 2 songs that are sung quietly.

@@gumbo7215 if you had half a brain cell mate, you would be truly dangerous 😂

@@Eggyfart83 The average attendance in Scottish League 2 is 567, but that's the 4th tier, so I assume you meant Championship. The Scottish Championship's average attendance is 2,200. Absolutely no way on Earth you can pretend that it has a better atmosphere than the Prem. There's a better atmosphere in the English non-league (average attendance = 3.3k) than there is in The Scottish Championship. The last Notts County match I went to had 11k attendance, to watch them play a meaningless dead-rubber against York City.

@@0xmoo think you are jealous the statement is infact correct going on capita Scotland has the best support in Europe ! It’s easy to crow when sky through millions to England while the rest get a pittance. I’d love to see you on the same deal as us then see how long you have the best league in Europe. England doesn’t want Scottish teams out performing them or why wouldn’t sky put more money on the table to Scottish clubs to help our game thrive more . It’s not a level playing field & everyone knows it .

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Well sir, you played yourself Congrats!

'Scottish football isn't as bad as people think. Rangers lost the Europa league final on a penalty shootout, Arsenal & United failed to get to the final this season.' - Cracking post.

I think it Is tbf

But look at our teams in Europe this season. Rangers and celtic were the worst team in the ucl ever,celtic were underwhelming, dundee United bottled a lead against az (werent expected to win but could have gave a better showing), motherwell got humiliated and hearts got an unlucky group draw. To improve scottish football more teams like hibs and aberdeen need to be competitive in European group stages and have actual ambition instead of being content with where they are now

Agree, this is spot on. Other small countries run themselves and have interest in their own countries and their own teams, sports. In Scotland pretty much all big companies are run by England and their only interest in Scotland is making money, not promoting and advertising and investing in Scotland because they don't care about Scotland because they are English. The UK is a myth really, English people care as much about Scotland as French people care about Switzerland or Italians care about Croatia. Yet English people get to run Scotland.

Spot on. It’s insane how Scotland seems to be the only country where fans can’t watch their team if they can’t get a ticket and the game isn’t on sky sports. Playing away to Ross County means that if the match isn’t on sky then you’re basically not allowed to watch your team at all. So unfair

Even then, they might have 10x the population but they give themselves 50x of the revenue that they collect (partly) from us.

@@celticbarry9877 I think that's a little harsh, Barry. Remember that Scotland does have its own government and parliament. In my experience, Scotland is viewed the same in England as any other part of the country. Lots of English people study/work in Scotland and vice versa so there are lots of ties between the two, definitely more than the other countries you mentioned. I think if you spent some time in England, you'd realise we're not as divided as some politicians might make out!

The difference with the Scandinavian TV deals is that they broadcast every single game, so obviously get more money for that. However their kick-off times are different to ours - would there be any many fans at Premiership games when they are all on TV and none of them are at 3pm on a Saturday?

Not Aberdeen?

Go.... I can highly recommend it. I've seen a few Scottish matches this season and it's well worth the effort

So lovely, Yuma. I’m chuffed that you feel this way because all those emotions I feel, I try my best to relay them, with just the use of a mobile phone!

@@stuntpeggnieve top tier video this

More than welcome my friend! Stand free ❤

Thank you Andrew!

​@@stuntpeggnieve Thank you for another video, regarding other British Football, Nieve. You say you have been on this planet for 22 years? I have had my prayers answered, that I have been lucky to be, come this mid June, 58 years, on this planet. The only real bad footballer in the world, in my Dad's opinion, has been nearly, because he always used to say, nearly don't score.

Croatia's population is roughly the same as Scotland's, its domestic league is dominated by a couple of clubs, and they tend to do very well in the Euros and the World Cup. If a country that's been independent for 30 years can achieve this then I'm sure Scotland can.

@@geoffpoole483 just need our independence first

@@rossmurphy5 Hasn't everyone got their independence, through having their own national parties, Scottish National Party, Plaid Cymru, Sein Fein, the Houses of Parliament? It is true what David Cameron said, we really are stronger together, otherwise why did people only just vote in favour of the UKIP and Brexit parties, and leaving the EU?

Ahh thanks Stu, for a band that were so massive I feel like they’ve become quite underrated, I don’t know many my age who have even heard of them!

…and Deacon Blue!

​@@brianandrea3249 spot on!!

Absolutely; it’s only Celtic and Rangers that pack their allocations out. 🍀

@@vincentmcnabb939 ok there was empty seats when you and rangers where there nune when hearts where there

People are so dumb we know there are empty seats but still biggest supporters in Europe

Neither can I. I think if it was pushed better in the media, a lot of English would start giving it more time. Maybe pick a Scottish team etc.

@@stuntpeggnieve Bit awkward for me living in Devon and following Plymouth Argyle but I always keep an eye out for Dundee FC for some unknown random reason.

"the fans care about the team more than us English"...utter rubbish. Evidence? Thought not.

@@thelouderyouscream They appear to have more charisma than English fans, premiership clubs in England always have tourism to fund them, not so much the Scottish. Not saying the English are not patriotic but sometimes popularity celebrity subdue things. Grassroots is whats important and where it starts. And supporting a mediocre football club is more important than being an armchair glory fan.

@@thelouderyouscream Better crowds per population with a worse product?

That is certainly true about our professional sports, but I do think that American college sports fandom is our best analog for European sports fandom.

@alecerdmann8505 yeah I’m French and I’ve been to college football and basketball games, it’s equally as fascinating and rich in terms of history and culture as our football. The NBA and NFL are fake and terrible but, although the atmosphere is logically a bit different, watching Ohio State against Notre Dame in South Bend was really similar to legendary European nights in Champions League football.

some limbs in the Hibs end for our goal!!!

I remember Jason Cummings scored a goal that was disallowed wrongly and the keeper we had in goal was shocking otso Virtanen and you scored like a minute in

That was a hard one to take, I do like remembering all the European teams we play, Dnipro had that affect !

Thank you so much Mitch! So lovely

Exactly this

Although Celtic dominate the League. since 2010 Dundee Utd, Hearts, Inverness, Hibs, Kilmarnock, St Mirren, Aberdeen, Ross County have all won silverware be it Scottish or League cups

And of course St Johnstone who won both in one season in 2021

I'd actually say Scotland being in the UK is what holds Scotland back, other countries Greece, Norway, Sweden, Croatia, Romania etc pretty much everyone get better TV deals than us because those TV companies in their countries are run by people from those countries and they want to invest in and promote their football teams. In Scotland English companies give us pennies because there is no real Scottish companies. The BBC pay the equivalent of 35x the money for EPL highlights as they do Scottish Premier highlights, the BBC have the rights to the Scottish Cup final and don't put it on English BBC channels. England holds back Scottish football. It's not the case in Norway where their own people and companies have interest in their own country, in Scotland we are a backwater of England. The BBC put the English womens FA Cup final on all countries main channels but put the Scottish Cup final only on Scottish BBC.

doncaster at his best

Aye, that was a great atmosphere, and the first time SoL had really been played over the tannoy.

Your talking absolute rubbish Rangers we’re the only team to vote against the tv deal every other team voted for the mediocre scraps on offer from sky

Cheers pal. You're nice for saying

I 100% agree. I even sent that clip to my Mum who hates footy, and she loved it

the result is completely random hibs have won 1 in 11

So best keep it as it is with its passion and nostalgia rather than ruining it with money? Because money would change it.

@@fatdaddy1996 I never said money had anything to do with it...

That is very true. One of only 5 teams to have over 100 trophies. They’d be successful in any country.

Oh let's be honest. celtic and Rangers have bought the title for the past 100 years. their rivals are dirt poor.

@@asensibleyoungman2978 you just love talking nonsense. Very strange for a scot who supports Barcelona 😂

@@ajorngjdonaydbr It's not entirely wrong though, considering the investment they get and the worth of their squads compared to the rest of the league

I’ve never looked at it like this before, but you are totally right!

Stenhousemuir, East Fife, Forfar, Queen Of The South

Heart of Midlothian to give us our full name is even better 😁

Calm doon bro. I know you support the sheep but celtic still ain't gonna shag ye.

Yasssss Aberdeen Stand Free ❤

Haha! Love it. Thanks Ross 🙏

Fester Road is a Meccano set.

hart is a poor mans craig gordon

​@@user-ix1ki1po5r must have missed Craig Gordon win the EPL, win the PL golden gloves, win the FA cup etc

It upsets me deeply that we don’t serve them in England. Deeply.

@@stuntpeggnieve Imagaine my disappointment to move back from Scotland to realise that Greggs didn't sell Macaroni Pies in England and Wales.

@@Squimple hang on. You’re telling me that the greggs in Scotland do macaroni pies?

@@stuntpeggnieve They did when I was up there.

@@Squimple Greggs discontinued Macaroni Pies in 2015

With Atletico taking that weird in between spot

Don't flatter yourself. Real Madrid have 14 CL and Barcelona have 5. Both are European giants. celtic & rangers are nobodies in Europe.

@@gumbo7215 hes saying its the same issue. not comparing the clubs ya melon.

@@gumbo7215 Spain is 10 times bigger dingbat.

It sounds like such a sensible decision but I imagine plenty of the owners of clubs in the SPL will have something to say about the revenue loss from one less fixture against Celtic and Rangers. It all boils down to whether or not the right people are willing to do what’s best for the game

@@stuntpeggnieve hopefully they realise it will help them in the long run

Scotlands number 1what?

@@D4773n casual firm for a start. Most successful Scottish team in Europe also with 2 European trophies. Had the best manager the worlds ever seen in Fergie. Aberdeen has plenty to shout about

@@CME1994European cup> cup winners cup and super cup

Fckn hilarious!! He was just above average at Scunny back in the day.. 👏😂

@@Gastradamus no one in this comment section can name anyone who’s done well for scunthorpe 😂 not gonna judge a player that’s ended up at that house fire of a club.

There is a glimmer of hope for all Scottish Premier sides to win one of the cups.