DA Baracus Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Why do folk still refer to the top league in Scotland as the 'SPL'? It hasn't been the SPL for 5 years now. Also some refer to the top league as the SPFL. That's the name of the league body, also formed 5 years ago. The top league in Scotland is called the Premiership. None of this is difficult. Why do folk struggle with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Premiership is an absolute riddy. SPL, forever and always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Im_Rodger Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Although the SPL was the superior name, anyone that doesn’t call it the Scottish/Ladbrokes Premiership is a riddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Why do folk still refer to the top league in Scotland as the 'SPL'? It hasn't been the SPL for 5 years now. Also some refer to the top league as the SPFL. That's the name of the league body, also formed 5 years ago. The top league in Scotland is called the Premiership. None of this is difficult. Why do folk struggle with it? Folk still call Snickers Marathons. CHANGE IS NOT GOOD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted May 20, 2018 Author Share Posted May 20, 2018 5 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: Folk still call Snickers Marathons. CHANGE IS NOT GOOD See also; Opal Fruits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 See also; Opal Fruits Precisely. The list is endless and we all do it. You probably just cant think of the thing you do it with, but there will be one. For me its pubs. Although I havent been for a while, my most frequented nightclub in Falkirk is the Maniqui. This despite it having been called Storm since before I was old enough to go. I used to regularly drink in The Canteen. I never once had a pint in it when it was called the Canteen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Get the name "Premiership" straight into the sea and the next opportunity. It's an embarrassment. We're our own nation and we have our own league. We don't need to cosy up to England in the hope that we can feed off their scraps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radford Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 It has been a disastrous bit of rebranding. When the top league became the SPL, it was fresh and unique. There wasn't a requirement to change the names of the divisions in 2012 but when they decided to do so, they made terrible choices. We went from a situation where Scotland had set the trend with Premier Division and then SPL to simply trying to copy England. SPL had been so successful that many down south referred to their top tier as the EPL. I would go back to SPL but unfortunately I worry the whole thing would become a tiresome new club/old club argument considering the timing of the change. There were other issues during the SPL era (overspending for example) but as a name, it was ideal. Even a change away from Premiership now wouldn't make much difference as SPL is ingrained on the minds. Not sure what the answer is but the current situation is amateur. The blame doesn't lie with folk that can't, for whatever reason, get their head around the names but with those that came up with them. As said, a disastrous piece of rebranding that would likely cost someone their job in a business environment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 I like to call it the Top Deck. Like the shandy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gannonball Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Any welt that corrects you on saying SPL should recieve an automatic banning. It was an utter embarassment changing all the names to mirror english football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddist Monk Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 5 hours ago, DA Baracus said: None of this is difficult. Why do folk struggle with it? It's not difficult but it is awkward. Which do you prefer? Saying, "SPL" or "SPFLP"? I do sometimes call it the Premiership but that just sounds English. I also continue to call the Championship the 1st division, and the lower leagues I call incrementally (ie: what I call the 3rd is really the 2nd). Anyway, that's my answer, it's not that people struggle but find the naming conventions awkward and default back to the easiest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 3 hours ago, Cerberus said: Get the name "Premiership" straight into the sea and the next opportunity. It's an embarrassment. We're our own nation and we have our own league. We don't need to cosy up to England in the hope that we can feed off their scraps. The top flight in England hasn’t been known as “The Premiership” since the 2006-07 season. And in fact, the league has always been officially “The Premier League”, with “Premiership” only used for sponsorship reasons in those first 15 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree house tam Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 9 minutes ago, ali_91 said: No idea why people get worked up about this when there’s a league called the ‘Championship,’ with Falkirk and Partick Thistle* in it. Now that’s a riddy. *amend to Dunfermline at 5.15 if things go wrong. Falkirk,Partick,Dunfermline? Just need Dundee for bingo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 I absolute despise the new names. There was nothing wrong with the SPL, and I also like how we called the leagues below “divisions.” The new names are a complete embarrassment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Fitlike Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 SPFL First Division SPFL Second Division SPFL Third Division SPFL Fourth Division Because that is what they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 3 hours ago, Cerberus said: Get the name "Premiership" straight into the sea and the next opportunity. It's an embarrassment. We're our own nation and we have our own league. We don't need to cosy up to England in the hope that we can feed off their scraps. Find this odd, considering the English top flught is widely called the EPL, or English Premier League. So surely moving away from the SPL meant we're further away from them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 The football leagues rebranding was hailed as a huge success at the time, sensible people looked at it and said that very little has actually changed here. The clubs had a chance to actually change things but they didn't really want change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcor Roar Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 I'd put up with the silly name if they would only increase the teams to remove the post split imbalances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marten Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 2 hours ago, RandomGuy. said: Find this odd, considering the English top flught is widely called the EPL, or English Premier League. So surely moving away from the SPL meant we're further away from them... I have lived in England for 8 years (until last summer). In that period, I have never heard any English person referring to the Premier League as the EPL, only the odd person from Scotland or elsewhere, and then mainly to make clear which country they are talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Who gives a f**k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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