FANS will vote with their feet tonight and tomorrow as the Co-operative Insurance Cup semi-finals look certain to be played out in front of poor crowds.

FANS will vote with their feet tonight and tomorrow as the Co-operative Insurance Cup semi-finals look certain to be played out in front of poor crowds.

However, David Longmuir, chief executive of the Scottish Football League, has revealed there are no immediate plans to shake up the competition in order to attract fans - and that the European place is long gone.

Rangers play Falkirk tonight with Celtic vying for a place in the final with Dundee United tomorrow but tickets have been slow to sell.

The League Cup has been criticised for not doing enough to capture the attention of supporters who have other demands on their finances.

There have been various calls to re-jig the current format, with one idea being to play the semi-finals over two legs or to bring back the European place that was once awarded to the winners.

But Longmuir said the SFL are happy with the way the tournament is going.

"As far as we are concerned this is the second most prestigious Cup competition in the domestic game," he said.

"We have a top sponsor for this competition who has just committed to the tournament for another two years and I think in itself that tells you something.

"We want to do everything in our power to make the competition attractive, but there have been no decisions or consultation made on the future format of the tournament.

"There are no plans to change anything just yet.

"We are always open to looking at new ways to improve, but so far there is nothing that we are considering.

"The European place isn't a possible idea for us because that is something that is decided by Fifa and Uefa.

"It isn't within our power to decide that the winner of this competition will win a European place along with the Cup."

Longmuir has also insisted that the current climate as the country heads into a recession has to be taken into consideration when it comes to looking at the poor ticket sales for this week's games.

"The games are coming at the end of a long month and it is traditionally quite a challenge to attract lots of supporters at this time," he said.

"We did what we could to make the pricing policy attractive and we have children under-16 getting in for £5.

"The sponsors have put a lot of money into this competition and we don't want to undervalue it."