Former Rangers star branded 'disrespectful' over Lowland League side's lack of professionalism comments

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Former Rangers star Kirk Broadfoot has been branded 'disrespectful' by East Kilbride manager Mick Kennedy after the defender claimed there was a 'lack of professionalism' at Lowland League side Open Goal Broomhill last season.Broomhill - managed last season by Open Goal podcast host and ex-midfielder Si Ferry, who is now Kennedy's assistant at East Kilbride - have come in for criticism from Broadfoot over claims players would 'drink on the bus' after matches and some people at the club took treated their roles 'like a hobby rather than a job.'Having now joined Championship side Morton, ex-Kilmarnock and Inverness man Broadfoot didn't hold back in his assessment of part-time football last term.And that has led to Kennedy, who took the reins at Lowland League club Kilby this summer, defending the fifth tier.In a reply to the story on social media, he tweeted: "Disrespectful to say the level unprofessional, there are many staff and players who take what they do extremely seriously."I’m sure they don’t see it as a hobby, you’d think if the the level was that unprofessional he would have stood out more when playing." In an interview with The Greenock Telegraph, Broadfoot said: "I actually found it more difficult going part-time than I did coming back into a full-time environment. “When you’re part-time, you’re spending a lot of time waiting and sitting about."There’s a lot of dead time that you find yourself needing to fill.“That’s why I kept on training myself every morning.

It wasn’t just for a physical aspect, it also made me feel better mentally that way.“I’m not going to lie, I found the whole Open Goal project tougher than I thought.“I found the lack of professionalism really tough, things like drinking on the bus after