Why is a Glasgow team joining the South of Scotland league?

"That process started 16 months ago when there was no entry into the West of Scotland Football League (WOSFL). The only entry you could get was if a team folded. He said he decided to carry on his dialogue with the SOSFL even when league restructuring came along in the WOSFL which might have allowed his team to enter."

"I just felt, having managed there, for seven or eight years - it is quite saturated. From where we play in Glasgow we've probably got five or six teams just round about the area and we are all vying for that same type of player. We were wanting to look at a different type of player and make it more a player pathway and I felt the SOSFL gave us that opportunity."

"We can go and be competitive. We can look at players from 17 to 24 years old and give them the challenge as well where possibly they wouldn't get that in the fourth division or third division in the west."

Saltire City FC, based at Budhill Park in Shettleston, Glasgow, will become the first team from outside Dumfries and Galloway to join the South of Scotland Football League next season. Club founder Paul Davies, previously involved with Glasgow Girls FC, pursued entry into the SOSFL after finding the West of Scotland Football League too saturated with competing teams in the Glasgow area. Davies sought to create a player pathway focusing on 17 to 24-year-old athletes who might not receive adequate development opportunities in higher divisions. The club currently has approximately 10 players signed and aims to complete their squad by the end of March. They are utilizing artificial intelligence technology to identify and develop potential players.

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