Kilmarnock manager Kenny Shiels believes that reducing the price of admission is essential for the country’s clubs if they are to increase attendances, and he has called on First Minister Alex Salmond to play a part by compensating for any...
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I trust the First Minister will tell Shiels where to go in terms more appropriate to the terraces than the debating chamber.