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Jim McInally sees benefits of Scottish football’s regional hub stadiums plan

Peterhead manager Jim McInally.
Peterhead manager Jim McInally.

Jim McInally can see the potential advantages of regional hub stadiums.

But the Peterhead manager knows it may not be straightforward to implement.

Scottish football’s coronavirus joint response group announced last week they had discussed the possibility of stadiums hosting multiple games over a weekend when football resumes.

The idea would allow matchday resources to be centralised and for lower league games being played in a stadium like Pittodrie it could allow fans to attend while following social distancing measures.

Scotland’s longest-serving manager McInally said: “It’s a good idea, but is there any chance of it happening?

“At the end of the day would the proposal be that Peterhead would be playing at Pittodrie? Aberdeen don’t let their reserves play at Pittodrie so what chance have the likes of ourselves, Cove, Elgin and potentially Inverness and Ross County got of playing at Pittodrie.

“I do think we will reach a point where it will be up to individuals if they want to take the risk to go to a game of football.

“And if you’re still concerned wear a mask or don’t go, I think we’ll get to a stage where that happens.

“I felt it was a decent idea because it would allow fans to go to football.

“We have an average crowd of about 500 for games at Balmoor, but if we played at Pittodrie we’d probably have roughly 100 there.

“I don’t think we would take that extra 400 from Peterhead to Pittodrie and that’s just being realistic.

“There are some good ideas within it and I could see some merit in it.”