new plans for league reconstruction have failed, meaning hearts, partick thistle and stranraer have beencrease the size of the premiership from 12 to 14 clubs would have seen all three avoid the drop. however, just 16 out of 42 backed the idea, meaning hearts go into the championship, partick thistle into league one and stranraer will play in league two. the championship will also be shortened by nine games to 27 next season, with teams facing each other three times instead of four. meanwhile, kilmarnock have named alex dyer as their permenant manager after he agreed a two—year deal. dyer‘s been in interim charge since december and led the club to 8th in the premiership last season. following continued protests around the world, aston villa boss dean smith says football will unite in support of black lives matter when the premier league returns this week. his side play sheffield united on wednesday evening. players names will be replaced with black lives matters on the back of shirts, whilst all tops will also feature badges supporting the movement and for the nhs. all of our players fee