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Scottish Football League - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (548 words) |
 | The Scottish Football League is a league of football (soccer) teams in Scotland. |
 | The league was formed in the 1890s to provide the growing number of football clubs in the country with a more consistent fixture list. |
 | This permitted more frequent fixtures between the top clubs; the expectation was that meant greater revenue for them, and it was hoped it would stimulate greater interest, at a time when attendance at league matches had drop alarming. |
| Scottish Premier League - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (690 words) |
 | Previously the Scottish Football League had a two divisional structure (Divisions One and Two) between which clubs were promoted and relegated at the end of each season. |
 | In 1998 the football clubs in the Premier Division decided to split from the Scottish Football League and form the Scottish Premier League (sometimes branded as the Premierleague). |
 | when every club has played every other club 3 times, either twice away and once at home, or vice versa), the division is split into 2 halves, and clubs play a further 5 matches, against the teams in their half of the division, taking their total to 38 games. |