boy fae the scheme Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Disappointing news to hear that the Crichton are folding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharky Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Aye it's bad crack. Always good playin them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Is this actually true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boy fae the scheme Posted May 3, 2015 Author Share Posted May 3, 2015 Yeah it's on their Twitter account Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsawand Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Shite news. Not good to see any team folding. Even more so a great servant to the league like the Crichton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neily1690 Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Will this be at end of season, or will game be off tommorow nite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boy fae the scheme Posted May 3, 2015 Author Share Posted May 3, 2015 My understanding is the end of the season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debian Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Surely a club like the Crichton can rally around and sort this. I used to love playing at the Crichton. Could there be a tie in with the University even? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Sad development... In the wake of Tarff Rovers and Stranraer Athletic they are the third of the 'smaller' or 'non-traditional' clubs to have won the SOSL in recent decades then folded a few years later. Only 7yrs ago they were playing in the Scottish Cup itself. Are there just too many Senior clubs now with Annan, Gretna, and most obviously the recent proliferation in and around Dumfries with Lochar, Heston, YMCA, Mids, etc.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
info Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Probably true .The number of clubs in the South and the young population of the area does not add up. Credit to the clubs that keep going and something for the Southern Counties AGM to think seriously about when they think about bringing in Central belt clubs. Financial support is difficult to find for so many clubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outsider Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Probably true .The number of clubs in the South and the young population of the area does not add up. Credit to the clubs that keep going and something for the Southern Counties AGM to think seriously about when they think about bringing in Central belt clubs. Financial support is difficult to find for so many clubs.There's nowhere near the amount of adult teams in this area compared to say the early 80's. There used to be the South league, two leagues in the Saturday amateurs containing 26 teams, think Sunday league had two divisions then there was the Sunday pub league as well. What have we got now 14 teams in the South league and two leagues on a Sunday, no Saturday amateurs or pub league so possibly between 35-40 less teams than there used to be. Think the biggest issue could be finance with pitches, referees, linesmen and travel all to be paid for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky85 Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Does anybody think that part of the problem is Sat/Sun issue?? It is unbelievable that if you play for ie Lochar in the south that u can't play on a Sun for ie the bombers with your pals In England u could be playing in EvoStik league for Workington Reds making £100 per week yet still eligible to play on a Sunday morning with your pals Remember when footy used to be about fun?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theProdigy Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Does anybody think that part of the problem is Sat/Sun issue?? It is unbelievable that if you play for ie Lochar in the south that u can't play on a Sun for ie the bombers with your pals In England u could be playing in EvoStik league for Workington Reds making £100 per week yet still eligible to play on a Sunday morning with your pals Remember when footy used to be about fun?! Think it's possible that it is part of the reason! But with the talk of the SFA integrating the amateur, welfare, senior, junior and Sunday/pub sides together for the Scottish Cup there would have to be some sort of rules barring you playing for multiple teams... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICEMAN Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Sorry to hear about the crichton decent bunch o lads. I think the league need to have a good look at how they arrange their fixtures like the teams from the shire down at uppers or mids mid week with boys not finishing work till 5.30 , a bit of common sense or we might see more teams struggling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
left half Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 One of the inherent problems of 'not belonging' anywhere is a lack of fan base and lack of identity compared with clubs based in small towns or villages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFS69 Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 This could be an opportunity for the YM to snap up some better players and try and become more competitive, tbh none of crichton players are good enough for top 3 teams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry_Tibbs Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 RIP Crichton. Does anybody think that part of the problem is Sat/Sun issue??It is unbelievable that if you play for ie Lochar in the south that u can't play on a Sun for ie the bombers with your palsIn England u could be playing in EvoStik league for Workington Reds making £100 per week yet still eligible to play on a Sunday morning with your palsRemember when footy used to be about fun?! If you are paying your players you probably don't want them getting injured while playing Sunday League. Makes no sense for amateurs though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wigtownshire Bull Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 RIP Crichton. If you are paying your players you probably don't want them getting injured while playing Sunday League. Makes no sense for amateurs though. They surely don't pay players to play in this league ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorer1980 Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 Rumour has it the crichton has new management for next season, the 1 and only speedy clark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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