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Scottish Football Chaos

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Well, it has been a difficult time in Scottish Football since the game was stopped on 13th March following the Covid19 outbreak. At that time Hearts were bottom of the SPL by four points but, with the split in the table arriving shortly, still had eight games to play. The initial thought was that this would only be a short-term measure but as time wore on and the pandemic spread it became obvious that there was going to be a long period with no football and thoughts turned to what to do if the season could not resume. This then became a signal for Scottish football to descend into what could only be described as a farce as decisions were made without regard to the consequences for the clubs involved.  On 8th April the SPFL announced  a plan to end the leagues as they stood which would allow prize money to distributed to the member clubs in line with their current position in the league table. Lower league clubs had been complaining about cashflow difficulties without the benefit of mat