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A fit MCColm could be the difference

The beer is good thou

PM’d you the answer

Wrong club, that was me at the buffs. he sells bitpies, bits of steak and bits of sausage

Maths

if you could be bothered, aye I suppose

I didn’t make the switch as you put it. I resigned as the Buffs chairman due to lack of support on an issue from the committee. I was asked to help with some projects at Darvel around ground improvements, something I enjoy doing, so I’m doing that. I’m glad I’m still in your thoughts

My big team obviously. I also had a team before the Buffs but shhh don’t tell anyone

The work was required to keep the ground open and usable, the original plan would have closed 50% of the ground for this match, which would have then been the SFA requirement going forward due to grass surface, this would have been difficult to steward on a match day. This work was already planned for the summer just brought forward for the cup match. the works been completed on time and under budget to a higher spec than originally set out.

At Darvel 6 new turnstiles have been added and 3 new 4m emergency exit gates, the ground can be evacuated in 7mins I think that’s the main difference with newlandsfield, the P&S factor calculation of the ground is actually about 4500, it was lowered to 4000 to be safer on 2 people per sqm rather than 3 or 4. the barriers are rated at 40 newton per kg, and uprights are spaced at 1.2m rather than 1.5m to increase strength, Aberdeen we’re also offered OXO crush barriers to be hired in. All the ground works are complete and achieved on schedule and the car park is being tidied up at the moment. Given Aberdeens current form maybe they’d prefer to play this at another ground as it doesn’t suit them There nothing wrong with the works done, the safety calculations or the match safety plan.

We have multi exit points. Ie Buffs can empty the “park” in minutes onto other pitches if there’s an incident like fans letting off fireworks etc and something goes wrong

About 2200

it’s more about how many you can squeeze out in a hurry

I did have a look but you can’t play trailists or Kev Nicol in Cup games

What is it I’ve done now? I didn’t delete minutes of any meetings.

Contact your club chairman I shared all the information with him I can only wish I had the influence to overcome an SFA suspension, unfortunately it was an admin error on the club admin system which isn’t great and hasn’t been the first time, this also happened last season with another team, exact same situation, and it’ll probably happen again. Good luck with your season

The Eglinton team is made or mostly of guys from Kilwinning that have played together for years. a couple have made the bench over the years for The Buffs but the first team has a 22 man squad and a full U20s and U19s

although the team were part of the KRFC pathway as kids they are out on their own, no official connection between the two clubs. The KRFC amateurs was just the name, the main club didn’t have any input. we wish them well, it’s a big step up

Abbey park was our 2nd or 3rd ground. Or current ground is closer to our original ground in Claremont crescent

It’s as bad as Irvine Celtic

Once the decision was made by the committee we informed the manager straight away. I think it would have been disrespectful to Chris for him to find out from someone else while waiting to get to the end of the season. He’s a massive part of our club and history and we’ve always been pretty straight with each other.

I can 100% assure you the club haven’t spoken to anyone.

The playing staff budget has been the same for the past 4 years, it hasn’t been decreased at all.

Wouldn’t we all love Auchinleck’s squad that’s been built over the last 5/6 years. but considering we’ve only had real changing rooms for a couple of seasons, gives a wee bit more time. “Steady the Buffs” isn’t printed on our kits because we like it, it’s the mantra of the club, one we’ll be sticking to. Not being in a relegation spot considering the off field improvements we’ve made is something I’m proud of everyone at the club for. Over the next couple of seasons we can reduce our borrowing and focus on the field, but again that will be done in a Steady, Buffs way, our planned Halo scouting system that will be coming next season should over time give us an advantage.

There will be a Division 4 next season, not a development league