Darren Young calls for help for clubs during testing times

All 20 of Scotland’s clubs in those two divisions are putting on a united front and this week submitted proposals to resume their league campaigns to the Scottish Football Association.

To reassure the football authorities and the Scottish Government that they can do so safely, their document outlines improved safety and testing measures to be introduced.

These would include polymerase chain reaction testing for players involving throat and nose swabs.

Should those proposals persuade the powers that be that the leagues can kick off again, the suggestion is that training will begin in mid-February with league action resuming at the start of March.

Bayview boss Young, though, says the project won’t be straightforward for lower division sides.

“They’re talking about doing the once-a week-testing but the thing with that is the SFA don’t want to know – they just want the results,” said the 42-year-old.

“They’re not going out of their way to help and saying ‘you use these people for it’ or ‘you use this testing place’.

“It would make things a hell of a lot of easier if the SFA, who are talking to the joint response group, said ‘if you’re a player in this area, go here’.

“That would show that they’re trying to help rather than cleaning their hands of it.

“It doesn’t make sense because we’re testing and then the guys are going to their work the next day.

“Whatever needs to be done, we’re more than happy to do it, but there’s going to be flaws with how we go about it.”