For decades, it has been widely speculated that Celtic and Rangers will uproot from the confines of Scottish football and join the lucrative English Premier League.
However, the Glasgow giants’ dream of moving to England has met fierce resistance on both sides of the border. Other Scottish clubs fear for their financial survival (e.g. lost TV revenue and gate receipts), whilst a lot of English clubs fear being relegated if they are accommodated.
The ‘British Football League’ Pyramid System
The solution is to take all of Scottish football with them by merging it with the English Football League at Level 3 (League 1) and creating two divisions of equal standing: L1 North and L1 South.
It must be stressed that Level 3 is merely a starting point for Scottish clubs and is by no means a reflection of the standard they are capable of playing. Admittedly in this scenario, English clubs would hold all the cards so concessions would have to be made.
Below is a proposed British Football League pyramid system along with explanations (e.g. promotion and relegation), as well as the potential benefits to both Scottish and English clubs.
Please study it carefully:
Summary of benefits:
• An inclusive system for all clubs in Scotland and England based on merit
• English clubs below Level 3 elevated up (e.g. all current National League clubs would instantly gain Football League status)
• A pathway created for Scottish clubs to earn promotion to the Premier League/Championship
• Enormous potential commercial and financial benefits to Scottish clubs
• No English club would be relegated to accommodate the influx of Scottish clubs
• The creation of new cross border rivalries throughout the leagues
• Less travelling for lower league English clubs. Most away games in Scotland would be closer for fans of English teams in L1/L2 North than for venues in London and the South Coast. L1/L2 South clubs would rarely be required to travel north of the Midlands.
Conclusion
Although the creation of a combined Scottish-English league is likely to remain a pipe dream fantasy, the proposed amalgamated pyramid system outlined above demonstrates how it could actually work for the benefit of clubs on both sides of Hadrian’s Wall.
If ever this league system became a reality, it would be interesting to see how it played out in the coming years. Would Celtic and Rangers emerge as giants of European football? Imagine Aberdeen in a play off final at Wembley aiming to reach the Premier League. If nothing else, it would finally answer the age old question: How would Scottish clubs fare in England?
By Mark Nicholas
themarkjnblog/football 
In the meantime the top 4 clubs in Scotland would give up any chance of playing in Europe.
Aye that’s a real benefit to Scottish teams.
What a bunch of crap this idea is.
Let’s look at the bigger picture: Scottish clubs have struggled in Europe this season and will be unlikely to make any inroads in the CL given the huge gulf in finances between Scotland and the bigger leagues.
Whilst Scottish clubs would be without European football, at least for a few years, this would provide them with a pathway to the PL. From here Celtic and Rangers could eventually become major forces in Britain and Europe.
A number of other clubs like Aberdeen, Hibs and Hearts could also get to the Championship and who knows, maybe even the PL (they have bigger fan bases than clubs like Brighton and Bournemouth).
It would also provide much greater financial and commercial opportunities for Scottish clubs.
puting the likes of rangers and celtic in the 3rd divshon
As stated, it would merely by a starting point and is by no means a reflection of the level they are capable of playing.
If Celtic and Rangers were to ever join English football, they would probably need to start further down the pyramid rather than going straight into the Premier League. It would be seen as unfair to clubs battling promotion and relegation to and from it if they just walked straight in.