Falkirk have called for a 16-team Ladbrokes Premiership.

Chairman Doug Henderson warned that attendances would suffer and Scotland's absence from international tournaments would continue unless the top division was expanded.

Henderson told the club's annual general meeting: "Our league structure is out of kilter with the economics of football in Scotland and I believe that my counterpart chairmen recognise what we have currently is outdated.

"Playing other clubs four times a season is not attractive to most football supporters - as surveys show - and there is a slippage of attendance for many clubs in the premier league.

"Television dictates our fixtures with high revenue Saturday games often being moved to midweek with little consideration given to fans and their families, or the financial consequences for clubs like Falkirk."

Henderson, who reported a cash reserve for his Championship club, added: "Reflecting economic reality and the need for premier division full-time football, I believe that we must put vested interest aside and reform our leagues bringing about a 16-team premier division.

"There are suggestions that the League Cup should be restructured. But, I don't believe that a sectional League Cup would be attractive to supporters - unless the leagues themselves are restructured."

The Scottish Professional Football League's three-year moratorium on league reconstruction, which was set up when the two leagues merged, ends next summer.