Do you back ‘League 3’ plan?

10 May 2014 | 6 comments

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The  Football Association commission’s  plan to boost English football includes a proposal to create a new tier for Premier League B teams.  This tier, League 3, would be between League 2 and the Conference and would initially be made up of 10 Conference teams plus 10 Premier League B teams.

 Some Premier League clubs have expressed support for this idea but there has been a negative response from the lower tiers. The Football Conference  issued a statement saying  that representatives of the Conference were not consulted about the proposal and feel it threatens the existence of the Pyramid on which the English game is based.

 Supporters Direct (SD) and the Football Supporters Federation (FSF)have said that supporters should also be consulted.  The SD statement  said that the introduction of B teams would  reinforce the present system  that stockpiles talent.  The FSF  have put a poll on their site to get fans’ opinions on B teams.

Blues Trust is in agreement with the statements made by SD and FSF.  We strongly agree that the FA should consider supporters’ opinions on this matter.  We encourage all fans to make their views known by taking part in the FSF poll.

6 Comments

  1. Phil
    Phil on 10 May 2014 at 1:35 pm

    Only if it was between conference and lower leagues

  2. edd77
    edd77 on 10 May 2014 at 3:23 pm

    100% no

  3. Chris W
    Chris W on 10 May 2014 at 6:52 pm

    Totally against it, the Premier League should form their own inter league games for the young players or do as they are doing and loaning them out to help lower league clubs and give these players some experience.

  4. Dave
    Dave on 10 May 2014 at 7:47 pm

    They should seek to reinstate the old Combination Leagues for each Division and play like the old reserves used too!

  5. Bluehobba
    Bluehobba on 10 May 2014 at 8:05 pm

    No not interested in it. Not sure what benefit will come out of it. Will it be a glorified Pontins league or something but if the top prem B sides play each other then TV will come into it and make them even richer?

  6. Clive Harris
    Clive Harris on 12 May 2014 at 8:12 am

    Greg Dykes proposal may be supported by Premier League Oligarchs but I do not believe it is supported by the Football League, Football Conference et al.
    If Greg Dyke wishes to deal with the demise of english players in the top flight, which began with the formation of the Premier League, he should propose the introduction of fifty plus one control of Premier League clubs and more equitable division of television money.

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