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Scottish soccer team letting fans vote on whether to re-sign goalkeeper

Livingston FC is taking fan engagement to the extreme.

The Scottish Premiership club must decide whether to re-sign third-string goalkeeper Gary Maley. Rather than look to the front office professionals whose job it is to make these decisions, the team is leaving it up to the fans.

Here’s the Twitter poll Livingston FC started on Monday.

Is this for real?

Wait. That’s a joke, right? United Kingdom humor has a tendency to get lost in translation.

Apparently not.

Some on Twitter are asking if this is even legal. Livingston FC does not seem to be concerned.

Meanwhile, Maley’s keeping tabs on the responses.

Including this one from the team’s assistant manager Davie Martindale saying “we have to move on.”

And teammate Marvin Bartley proclaiming “bye big man.”

Again. We’re not really sure here who’s joking and who’s not.

According to the Daily Record, Maley, 37, just finished his fourth season with the team and is the only part-time player on the roster.

Gary Maley's fate is in the hands of Twitter users. (Rae Irvine/PA Images via Getty Images)
Gary Maley's fate is in the hands of Twitter users. (Rae Irvine/PA Images via Getty Images)

Surely an endearing nickname like “Stretch” has got to work in Maley’s favor, right?

As of the time of this post with a day remaining in the poll, the votes were in favor of re-signing Maley 57.7 percent to 42.2 percent, with 17,750 results.

Maybe this experiment will work out in Maley’s favor after all.

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