Joy for U21 and U22 players as Scottish FA extension granted

The Scottish FA can confirm that agreement has been reached across the game to allow the Scottish Lowland Football Development League to extend the age group limit to Under-21 for season 2021-21.

The decision enables around 400 players who would otherwise have become ‘over-age’ to remain eligible to participate in the coming season’s development league. The Scottish Youth FA will also extend their age limits to include Under-22 players for the coming season only.

Initially, concerns were raised about the potential negative impact on the player pathway should an extension be permitted to one element of the game in isolation.

Due consideration and discussion was required to ensure that no other age groups across the game were adversely affected by any changes.

The Scottish FA would like to thank the Scottish Youth FA and SLFL for their collaborative approach to reaching an amicable solution.