No decision on SPL future

An agreement as to whether the Scottish Premier League will be cut to 10 teams is no closer to being reached.

A representative from each of the 12 clubs met at Hampden Park for the annual general meeting on Monday to discuss the possibility of the top flight being reduced by two teams, but there has been little progress.

It would mean 12 teams in the second-tier Scottish First Division, with SPL chief executive Neil Doncaster publicly backing the changes.

But Kilmarnock chairman Michael Johnston has spoken against the 10-team league, and believes it will not happen.

“I certainly haven’t changed my position and I know that there are a lot of other people around the table who haven’t changed their position either,” he said.

“I’m not worried about anything that happened today.”

Discussions regarding a SPL TV channel and a possible merger with the between the SPL and the Scottish Football League will continue in future.

The five-man board of directors was also finalised with Motherwell’s Derek Weir joining chairman Ralph Topping, chief executive Doncaster, Celtic’s Eric Reilly and St Johnstone’s Steven Brown.