And these leagues are filled with proud clubs rich in tradition, kept going by directors and volunteers hoping this will be their year and supported by fans for whom this often-at-times unglamorous existence is still special, still matters and still provides magic moments.

These clubs are woven into the fabric of Scottish Football and rather than be derided, should be valued for what they do bring to the game and the superb stories they have helped create.

Of course, not everyone can be successful. That’s football. For some, there can be dark periods when the negatives smother the positives; where the light at the end of the tunnel is just another train bringing a carriage-full of problems.

However, like the current coronavirus crisis we’re living through, these days will pass.

Basement boys Brechin City, for example, have endured three seasons of hell since their thrilling promotion to the Championship but only need to look across at Angus rivals Arbroath for inspiration.

And these backwaters continue to act as the perfect environment for young players – and coaches – to learn their trade. Even if these part-time clubs are not being upwardly mobile, they still provide a platform for Premiership kids to gain vital first-team experience; to learn alongside men against men; to fight for precious points.

They understand, quickly, that down in League One and League Two, it matters. It matters as much to those wrapped in blue-and-white scarves beyond the bandstand at Stranraer’s Stair Park as it does to those sporting green-and-white hoops at Celtic Park.

They realise that the joy of a last-minute victory or the pain of a costly defeat is felt as keenly at Borough Briggs in Elgin as it is at Ibrox on Glasgow’s south side.

Miles are clocked up by fans on sunny Saturday afternoons and freezing Tuesday nights because there is a sense of purpose in the pursuit of glory, all fuelled by hope.

The Smokies finished second-bottom of the football league in 2015-16 but when the country went into lockdown, Dick Campbell’s troops were on the fringes of a Premiership play-off place. Fortunes change quickly in the SPFL’s so-called backwaters.

layers swap overalls or suits for training kit almost every night of the week because they live for matchdays. Coaches intently study whatever video footage they can lay their hands on of the next week’s opposition to inform their decision-making while boards of directors and committees discuss how they can find the money to bring in ‘that one player’ who could really make the difference.

In League One and League Two you will find no hangers-on. Instead, there are clubs striving to get better and climb the pyramid, put the stars of tomorrow on the road to success and act as the heartbeat of their communities.

There is a place in Scottish Football – and the SPFL – for all of this. Or at least there should be. This is what Scottish Football is about and it should be celebrated.