Christison said `we had no option'

Last updated : 16 June 2013 By Fargone

christisonFrom the official AFC site:  Arbroath chairman John Christison felt “sick” during the SFL annual meeting which sounded the death knell of the football organisation.

However, as painful as the Hampden decision was, he said it was the correct course of action to take.

Christison said: “I can’t say I’m happy. I actually felt quite sick at one stage to think that after all these years that’s the demise of the Scottish Football League.

“But we had no option at the end of the day and it probably was the right way to go.”

At Wednesday’s meeting at Hampden, 23 out of 29 SFL clubs – one more than required – voted for the reconstruction plans. Rangers did not get a vote as they are associate members having joined last summer.

The vote took place with the ever-present threat of a breakaway by the First Division clubs to make an SPL 2 hanging over the Second and Third Division clubs