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Membership confirmed for next season - 16 teams:

http://burntislandshipyard.co.uk/other-news/club-to-feature-in-lowlandeos-u20-development-league/


Scottish League (1)
Edinburgh City

Lowland League (8)
BSC Glasgow
Cumbernauld Colts
Edinburgh University
Edusport Academy
Selkirk
Spartans
University of Stirling
Whitehill Welfare

East of Scotland League (5)
Burntisland Shipyard
Heriot-Watt University
Lothian Thistle HV
Preston Athletic
Tynecastle

South of Scotland League (2)
Bonnyton Thistle
Mid Annandale



First clubs from Ayrshire, D&G, Fife and Borders (since moved to U20s + Fridays).

"Central belt" non-participants:

Civil Service Strollers (LL)
East Stirlingshire (LL)

Kelty Hearts (EOSL) - team in SYFA Fife U19s
Leith Athletic (EOSL) - teams in SYFA South-East U21s & U19s
Ormiston (EOSL)



EK announced joining SPFL West U20s. It's been short of numbers recently.

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Draws for the various competitions, from EOSL FB:


QUALIFYING LEAGUES – The top 2 in each section will qualify for the League Cup:

Section A – Preston Athletic, BSC Glasgow, Whitehill Welfare
Section B – Spartans, Tynecastle, Selkirk
Section C – Edinburgh City, Cumbernauld Colts, Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale
Section D – Mid Annandale, Bonnyton Thistle, Burntisland Shipyard

In each section the fixtures are Club 1 v Club 2, Club 2 v Club 3 and Club 3 v Club 1



LEAGUE CUP

Quarter-finals

(1) Winner Section A v Runner-up Section B
(2) Winner Section B v Runner-up Section A
(3) Winner Section C v Runner-up Section D
(4) Winner Section D v Runner-up Section C

Semi-finals

Winner Tie 1 v Winner Tie 3
Winner Tie 2 v Winner Tie 4



CHALLENGE CUP

First Round

Tynecastle v Preston Athletic
University of Stirling v Heriot-Watt University
Whitehill Welfare v Edusport Academy
Cumbernauld Colts v Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale
Bonnyton Thistle v Spartans
Edinburgh University v Edinburgh City
BSC Glasgow v Selkirk
Mid Annandale v Burntisland Shipyard

Quarter-finals

Edinburgh University/Edinburgh City v Whitehill Welfare/Edusport Academy
University of Stirling/Heriot-Watt University v Bonnyton Thistle/Spartans
Tynecastle/Preston Athletic v BSC Glasgow/Selkirk
Mid Annandale/Burntisland Shipyard v Cumbernauld Colts/Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale

Semi-finals

Tynecastle/Preston Athletic/BSC Glasgow/Selkirk v Edinburgh University/Edinburgh City/Whitehill Welfare/Edusport Academy
Mid Annandale/Burntisland Shipyard/Cumbernauld Colts/Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale v University of Stirling/Heriot-Watt University/Bonnyton Thistle/Spartans



KNOCKOUT CUP

First Round

Preston Athletic v Spartans
Edinburgh University v Mid Annandale
BSC Glasgow v Selkirk
Edusport Academy v Cumbernauld Colts
Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale v Bonnyton Thistle
Whitehill Welfare v Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh City v Tynecastle
Burntisland Shipyard v University of Stirling

Quarter-finals

Whitehill Welfare/Heriot-Watt University v BSC Glasgow/Selkirk
Edinburgh University/Mid Annandale v Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale/Bonnyton Thistle
Preston Athletic/Spartans v Burntisland Shipyard/University of Stirling
Edinburgh City/Tynecastle v Edusport Academy/Cumbernauld Colts

Semi-finals

Preston Athletic/Spartans/Burntisland Shipyard/University of Stirling v Whitehill Welfare/Heriot-Watt University/BSC Glasgow/Selkirk
Edinburgh City/Tynecastle/Edusport Academy/Cumbernauld Colts v Edinburgh University/Mid Annandale/Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale/Bonnyton Thistle

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Fixtures for the forthcoming season (Excel spreadsheet):

http://www.eosfl.com/downloads/eosfl/U20-Fixtures-2017-2018.xlsx


First games Aug 18th... unis join Sep 22nd, when league properly starts... Christmas break December 22nd & 29th... Easter break March 30th... last games May 18th, then cup finals.

Challenge Cup no longer 2-legged.


It appears 'bespoke' ground are as follows:

BSCG - Scotstoun Stadium
Burntisland - Kelty Hearts FC
Edusport - Benburb JFC
LTHV - Meggetland Centre
Tynecastle - Saughton 3G
Whitehill - Lasswade HS


Cumbernauld, Edinburgh City and Spartans (sharing Ainslie Park), Edinburgh Uni, Heriot-Watt Uni, Mid Annandale, Preston and Selkirk using their first-team grounds and Stirling Uni their second-team ground. Bonnyton appear the same as what the SOSL refers to as Townholm Park is on the street the U20s call Harriet Road. However some Preston games are listed at Middleshot 3G on their website and they're listed with both on EOSL website, ditto Whitehill with Rosewell.


Haven't seen it announced but it can't be long until the Youth Cup is drawn as R1 - which usually only has a few ties tbf - is normally mid-August, unless there's been some re-jigging.

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Preston withdraw:


https://twitter.com/PrestonAthletic

@PrestonAthletic regret to announce the Club are unable to take forward a 20s development team for season 2017-2018


https://twitter.com/whitehilwelfare

U20s update ... Please note that due to the withdrawal of @PrestonAthletic Fridays @whitehill20s has been cancelled. This means that ourselves and @BSCGlasgow both qualify for the knock out stages of the League Cup. Our game on August 25th will determine 1st & 2nd.

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