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Standard Motion · S2M-01404 · Session 2

Scottish Football Supporters Against the Scottish Premier League

Lodged by Fergus Ewing SNP Lodged 2 Jun 2004 31 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament believes that the refusal by the Scottish Premier League (SPL) to accept First Division Champions, Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club, as being entitled to promotion to the SPL is unfair and unreasonable and urges every MSP to register concern by signing the on-line petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/spl/petition.html set up by the fans of Inverness Caledonian Thistle which reads: “Scottish Football Supporters against the SPL - To: Scottish Premier League, Scottish Football Association, Scottish Football League, Scottish Parliament - The following persons wish to make known their anger at the Scottish Premier League's (“SPL”) decision to deny Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC the right to take up their place in the SPL (on 1st June, 2004). We would also like to protest against the SPL’s management of the Scottish game as a whole, and to call for the Scottish Football Association (“SFA”) to take control of the administration of all leagues in Scotland. This, in our opinion, is the only way that the Scottish game can progress.”

Signatures by party

31 MSPs besides the lodger · 16 from other parties
SNP 15Con 7LD 3Green 2SSP 2Lab 1SSCUP 1

Party on the day each MSP signed. Signing a motion is voluntary and not whipped. Who signs whose motions

Vote

No recorded vote on this motion. Most motions are never debated, and many that are debated are agreed without a division. Vote records are published from 2011.

Supporters

31 MSPs

SNP 15 Con 7 LD 3 Green 2 SSP 2 Lab 1 SSCUP 1

Show all 31 supporters by party

SNP 15

Con 7

LD 3

Green 2

SSP 2

Lab 1

SSCUP 1

Party shown is each supporter’s party when the motion was published.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2M-01404 by reference.