Mick Kennedy's damning Conference League view hasn't changed now he is East Kilbride boss

New East Kilbride boss Mick Kennedy says his views on the proposed Conference League in the Scottish football pyramid setup haven't changed after claiming anyone who supports the idea should be "ashamed".

The new Conference containing Premiership B teams would slot in between League Two and the Highland/Lowland Leagues, creating a new fifth tier for the start of the 2024/25 season and put another barrier in place for ambitious clubs in the tiers below to reach the SPFL.

Member clubs, including Kennedy's new employers, will vote on whether to approve the plans at the Scottish FA's AGM in June.

But reports suggest the majority are in favour of the proposals, which only needs 51 per cent of the vote for the motion to pass instead of the statuatory 75 per cent in the SPFL, as the Conference would be run as a seperate entity.

It comes after Lowland League clubs voted to allow B teams into their setup for a third consecutive season earlier this month.

In the new Conference, three teams each from the Lowland and Highland Leagues would feature, alongside Celtic, Rangers, Aberdeen and Hibs B teams.

Last month while he was still boss at West of Scotland Premier Division side Darvel - who would drop from tier six to seven in the pyramid - Kennedy vented his disgust at the proposals, tweeting: "Only in Scotland would league reconstruction to progress our game relegate over 200 clubs, anyone who supports this should be ashamed.

"There's a reason the new conference requires no voting power, because they already know it's wrong on so many levels.”

And when asked about his views now he has joined East Kilbride, he says he stands firm on that, but suggested he has sympathy for the situation Lowland League clubs were put in.

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