[Queensthroughandthrough]

What on earth do they do in Whithorn these days? Is not about time they got their heads together and reformed the local football team?

I would think the locals would love to challenge the other teams in the Wigtownshire area. If teams can come from Glencaple, New Abbey and Gatehouse of Fleet, then surely Whithorn can form a committee and get a team of players together to represent the town.

Queens biggest victory was against Whithorn in the Scottish Cup by the way

[P.A.F.C]

Queensthroughandthrough, on Apr 25 2008, 15:44, said:

What on earth do they do in Whithorn these days? Is not about time they got their heads together and reformed the local football team?

I would think the locals would love to challenge the other teams in the Wigtownshire area. If teams can come from Glencaple, New Abbey and Gatehouse of Fleet, then surely Whithorn can form a committee and get a team of players together to represent the town.

Queens biggest victory was against Whithorn in the Scottish Cup by the way

Whithorn have a team in Stranraer winter league and have been running for years but obviously not in south as they once did.

[Queensthroughandthrough]

P.A.F.C, on Apr 25 2008, 15:48, said:

Whithorn have a team in Stranraer winter league and have been running for years but obviously not in south as they once did.

Bring it on

I hope they have ambitions to compete in the South League.

[Hoss]

Queensthroughandthrough, on Apr 25 2008, 17:29, said:

Bring it on

I hope they have ambitions to compete in the South League.

all the stewartry clubs have struggled a wee bit with Stranraer F.C. going into the league..could you sustain another team?

[Queensthroughandthrough]

Hoss, on Apr 26 2008, 07:36, said:

all the stewartry clubs have struggled a wee bit with Stranraer F.C. going into the league..could you sustain another team?

Someone like the Sloan brothers to help them get started would be a good thing

Come on Tucker, go for it

[RabCNesbit]

Hoss, on Apr 26 2008, 07:36, said:

all the stewartry clubs have struggled a wee bit with Stranraer F.C. going into the league..could you sustain another team?

Do you mean Wigtownshire Clubs m8?

[P.A.F.C]

Hoss, on Apr 26 2008, 06:36, said:

all the stewartry clubs have struggled a wee bit with Stranraer F.C. going into the league..could you sustain another team?

Ithink you mean WIGTOWNSHIRE not Stewartry and the chances of Whithorn getting into south would mean they would have to play at BALLGREEN(TARFF ROVERS) .It would be possible to muster a team from Machars end of Wigtownshire but i doubt it it would be a starter.

[tuckersloan]

The general perception is that all the Wigtownshire teams have struggled since Stranraer FC entered the league. Stranraer have more players from our team last year than that of either Wigtown or Athletic. We have sufferred but despite all this we are still having our best season in many a year. Both Athletic and Wigtown are doing far worse than recent seasons. It has affected all 3 teams but the stats suggest we have coped the best with it all.

This post has been edited by tuckersloan: 27 April 2008 - 06:14

[gbar_2007]

tuckersloan, on Apr 26 2008, 20:07, said:

The general perception is that all the Wigtownshire teams have struggled since Stranraer FC entered the league. Stranraer have more players from our team last year than that of either Wigtown or Athletic. We have sufferred but despite all this we are still having our best season in many a year. Both Athletic and Wigtown are doing far worse than recent seasons. It has affected all 3 teams but the stats suggest we have coped the best with it all.

If you look back to Wigtown's final game of last season I think you will find they lost their entire first XI. Not all to the Reseves but Dalbeattie, Creetown, Sunday league etc

How many did NS lose??

[I'm blue dabededabada]

gbar_2007, on Apr 29 2008, 10:08, said:

If you look back to Wigtown's final game of last season I think you will find they lost their entire first XI. Not all to the Reseves but Dalbeattie, Creetown, Sunday league etc

How many did NS lose??

Dont really see what this post has to do with the topic. The post stated that all Wigtownshire teams have suffered due to the introduction of STRANRAER FC RESERVE TEAM. All tucker stated was that
1) Many of the current reserve team played for Newton last year
2) WE have not suffered as we have more points than last year

If you wish to pick fault in either of they points go ahead, but I think you will find they are facts. As for losing players to the sunday league well I would keep that one quite if I was you.

Never mind Im sure you will have loads of players to pick from next year when a certain £10,000 starts to be distributed around if the rumours are correct. Maybe not the year after though when the money is gone and they move on again.

[gbar_2007]

I'm blue dabededabada, on Apr 29 2008, 15:31, said:

Dont really see what this post has to do with the topic. The post stated that all Wigtownshire teams have suffered due to the introduction of STRANRAER FC RESERVE TEAM. All tucker stated was that
1) Many of the current reserve team played for Newton last year
2) WE have not suffered as we have more points than last year

If you wish to pick fault in either of they points go ahead, but I think you will find they are facts. As for losing players to the sunday league well I would keep that one quite if I was you.

Never mind Im sure you will have loads of players to pick from next year when a certain £10,000 starts to be distributed around if the rumours are correct. Maybe not the year after though when the money is gone and they move on again.

Rich coming from a NS player.....you have a team full of sunday league players.

What makes you think the £10k is a one off?

[gbar_2007]

marf-1870, on Apr 30 2008, 11:55, said:

Is that the dummy being spat?

No, it's the truth!

Wigtown lost 1 player to the sunday league last year.......Ross McCrindle.............and he would walk into Newton's team

[FC_1919]

gbar_2007, on Apr 30 2008, 12:45, said:

No, it's the truth!

Wigtown lost 1 player to the sunday league last year.......Ross McCrindle.............and he would walk into Newton's team

Why are you proud someone left you for Sunday Am's? Says more about your club than anything else surely?

[boyfaethetoon]

FC_1919, on Apr 30 2008, 12:47, said:

Why are you proud someone left you for Sunday Am's? Says more about your club than anything else surely?

to be honest the south is getting more like a sunday pub league every season with the exception of Threave, Stranraer and Cricton the rest would struggle in a decent pub league. the rest go about their business like pub league teams. What do you think big fella?

[FC_1919]

boyfaethetoon, on Apr 30 2008, 13:23, said:

to be honest the south is getting more like a sunday pub league every season with the exception of Threave, Stranraer and Cricton the rest would struggle in a decent pub league. the rest go about their business like pub league teams. What do you think big fella?

I think alot of the clubs like Abbey Vale are a very well run club, they just dont have that great a squad. I would go as far as saying they were better run than the Crichton, but they are making the right moves with their lottery though. I am sure other clubs for Wigton etc are well run I just dont know enough about them.

I was at the Dumfries game on Monday, I am truely awful football player, but why do some of the players kid thereselfs by trying to mix it with the top South teams. Surely some of the boys know there not very good and would be better playing amatuers?

This post has been edited by FC_1919: 30 April 2008 - 13:00

[P.A.F.C]

I'm blue dabededabada, on Apr 29 2008, 14:31, said:

Dont really see what this post has to do with the topic. The post stated that all Wigtownshire teams have suffered due to the introduction of STRANRAER FC RESERVE TEAM. All tucker stated was that
1) Many of the current reserve team played for Newton last year
2) WE have not suffered as we have more points than last year

If you wish to pick fault in either of they points go ahead, but I think you will find they are facts. As for losing players to the sunday league well I would keep that one quite if I was you.

Never mind Im sure you will have loads of players to pick from next year when a certain £10,000 starts to be distributed around if the rumours are correct. Maybe not the year after though when the money is gone and they move on again.

Previous post to gbar s had nothing to do with topic either , Whithorn is subject not Newton,Wigtown or Stranraer.

[boyfaethetoon]

FC_1919, on Apr 30 2008, 14:00, said:

I think alot of the clubs like Abbey Vale are a very well run club, they just dont have that great a squad. I would go as far as saying they were better run than the Crichton, but they are making the right moves with their lottery though. I am sure other clubs for Wigton etc are well run I just dont know enough about them.

I was at the Dumfries game on Monday, I am truely awful football player, but why do some of the players kid thereselfs by trying to mix it with the top South teams. Surely some of the boys know there not very good and would be better playing amatuers?

Yes your right i should've included Annan in my last Quote but after watching a few games the standard of football is terrible outside Annan Threave Cricton and Stranraer the rest really are just pub teams. They might be well run but Joe Public could get a game with the rest.

[RabCNesbit]

I'm blue dabededabada, on Apr 29 2008, 15:31, said:

Dont really see what this post has to do with the topic. The post stated that all Wigtownshire teams have suffered due to the introduction of STRANRAER FC RESERVE TEAM. All tucker stated was that
1) Many of the current reserve team played for Newton last year
2) WE have not suffered as we have more points than last year

If you wish to pick fault in either of they points go ahead, but I think you will find they are facts. As for losing players to the sunday league well I would keep that one quite if I was you.

Never mind Im sure you will have loads of players to pick from next year when a certain £10,000 starts to be distributed around if the rumours are correct. Maybe not the year after though when the money is gone and they move on again.

Did newton not get the £10000 to?

[I'm blue dabededabada]

RabCNesbit, on Apr 30 2008, 21:16, said:

Did newton not get the £10000 to?

Yes the £10,000 is not the issue its that by all accounst this money is going to be used by Wigtown to pay out large sums to attract players. I wonder how many of these young local players that are showing potential will find themselves in the starting 11 when the big signings come in.

Also I wont be drawn into the merits of one individual player and whether they would walk into the newton team or not. I have spoke to Ross quite a few times and he is a decent guy so I would rather not discuss this in an open forum.

Newton a pub team? We are sitting mid table so that doesnt say very much for many other teams if that is the case. And if we are a pub team, what are teams who are sitting with almost half our points? Yes we got beat last night with a poor performance but on Monday night we got a deserved draw against Dalbeattie that included 6-9 East players. I doubt many pub teams could achieve that or gain 35 points already.

People can make comments about the standard of the league but you only have to look at the south v east cup to see that this is not true. Everybody goes on about the deterioration in the standard but Threave have proven themselves to a class act against league sides this year and they are still not walking away with the league. Teams sitting in mid table and below also have had creditable performances in the same cup. Its easy to sit back and criticise and no doubt with work committments some teams can field weak teams but the overall standard is no worse than previous years.

[P.A.F.C]

I'm blue dabededabada, on May 1 2008, 11:08, said:

Yes the £10,000 is not the issue its that by all accounst this money is going to be used by Wigtown to pay out large sums to attract players. I wonder how many of these young local players that are showing potential will find themselves in the starting 11 when the big signings come in.

Also I wont be drawn into the merits of one individual player and whether they would walk into the newton team or not. I have spoke to Ross quite a few times and he is a decent guy so I would rather not discuss this in an open forum.

Newton a pub team? We are sitting mid table so that doesnt say very much for many other teams if that is the case. And if we are a pub team, what are teams who are sitting with almost half our points? Yes we got beat last night with a poor performance but on Monday night we got a deserved draw against Dalbeattie that included 6-9 East players. I doubt many pub teams could achieve that or gain 35 points already.

People can make comments about the standard of the league but you only have to look at the south v east cup to see that this is not true. Everybody goes on about the deterioration in the standard but Threave have proven themselves to a class act against league sides this year and they are still not walking away with the league. Teams sitting in mid table and below also have had creditable performances in the same cup. Its easy to sit back and criticise and no doubt with work committments some teams can field weak teams but the overall standard is no worse than previous years.

As we have gone off original topic might as well add that Wigtowns 10,000 WILL NOT be used to entice players to the club and that many of the players who had left last year are i believe (am not saying that its fact in other words) returning next season.It is my opinion that any club using this handout should be refused any future monies should it be proven that it was used for this purpose considering the majority of parks and facilities are poor.

[boyfaethetoon]

I'm blue dabededabada, on May 1 2008, 12:08, said:

Yes the £10,000 is not the issue its that by all accounst this money is going to be used by Wigtown to pay out large sums to attract players. I wonder how many of these young local players that are showing potential will find themselves in the starting 11 when the big signings come in.

Also I wont be drawn into the merits of one individual player and whether they would walk into the newton team or not. I have spoke to Ross quite a few times and he is a decent guy so I would rather not discuss this in an open forum.

Newton a pub team? We are sitting mid table so that doesnt say very much for many other teams if that is the case. And if we are a pub team, what are teams who are sitting with almost half our points? Yes we got beat last night with a poor performance but on Monday night we got a deserved draw against Dalbeattie that included 6-9 East players. I doubt many pub teams could achieve that or gain 35 points already.

People can make comments about the standard of the league but you only have to look at the south v east cup to see that this is not true. Everybody goes on about the deterioration in the standard but Threave have proven themselves to a class act against league sides this year and they are still not walking away with the league. Teams sitting in mid table and below also have had creditable performances in the same cup. Its easy to sit back and criticise and no doubt with work committments some teams can field weak teams but the overall standard is no worse than previous years.

The league really is poor and most of the teams would serve better in tha amateur leagues when i watched the south years ago it was a right good competative league with players like Bobby Mckie Sandy Sutherland and Jim Bark ect all playing in it and more weeks than not first team players stepping into the Stranraer Reserve team I used to enjoy the south rather than first team matches now i only watch the south if nothing else is on.

[RabCNesbit]

boyfaethetoon, on May 1 2008, 18:31, said:

The league really is poor and most of the teams would serve better in tha amateur leagues when i watched the south years ago it was a right good competative league with players like Bobby Mckie Sandy Sutherland and Jim Bark ect all playing in it and more weeks than not first team players stepping into the Stranraer Reserve team I used to enjoy the south rather than first team matches now i only watch the south if nothing else is on.

Have you seen any amateur leagues lately bftt? Think you are being a little bit hard on the south league m8. How many south games have you seen this year?

[boyfaethetoon]

RabCNesbit, on May 1 2008, 18:50, said:

Have you seen any amateur leagues lately bftt? Think you are being a little bit hard on the south league m8. How many south games have you seen this year?

To be honest i've only seen a couple of amateur games here but watched about 12 in ayrshire and the games here were crap to be honest but in ayrshire they weren't too bad I've watched about 20 south games this year including last night at the Cricton and i've only seen maybe 1 decent game out of that. I also go to the auchenleck talbot games when i can and the standard there is better by far.

[RabCNesbit]

boyfaethetoon, on May 1 2008, 18:58, said:

To be honest i've only seen a couple of amateur games here but watched about 12 in ayrshire and the games here were crap to be honest but in ayrshire they weren't too bad I've watched about 20 south games this year including last night at the Cricton and i've only seen maybe 1 decent game out of that. I also go to the auchenleck talbot games when i can and the standard there is better by far.

Well why dont you just go and watch Ayrshire games then