The new season is almost upon us and already there was bad news for our teams when Dundee United were knocked out of the Europa League last night by Polish outfit Slask Warclaw.

More positively, the new Disciplinary procedures and Judicial Panel protocol were finalised this week with what promises to be another interesting domestic season.

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The Joint Action Group on football has met for the final time before the new season, delivering wide-ranging recommendations to improve the game with the "Focus on Football".   Read more and watch the press conference here.
 

The Professional and Non-Professional Game Boards were announced on Wednesday, with Rod Petrie and Alan McRae Chairing respectively.
 

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The Scottish FA and MARS have joined forces to create the Scottish FA MARS Just Play programme, a scheme that is designed to get more Scottish adults playing regular football in 2011 in an easier, more casual way regardless of their level, experience or ability.


The launch was held at Toryglen Regional Football Centre on Wednesday with Alex Rae and Bobby Petta joining in with Scottish FA staff in a small sided game.

Registrations

Registrations would like to thank all those who helped out recently with inputting registration forms.  It is anticipated that the online system will prevent such backlogs in the future.