santheman Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 With the proposed reconstruction meaning that 6 Central League teams would have to move to join 10 Ayrshire based teams to make up one of the 16 team leagues, what are the thoughts of the current 1st and 2nd division Central League teams and their supporters? What 6 teams are most likely to be affected Are you excited by the prospect of playing different teams and seeing different places or are you dreading the potentially longer trips down to places like Craigmark. Hopefully we get some good debate on here without going off track about floodlights etc etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glensmad Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 It's extremely unlikely that Larkhall Thistle would be one of the teams moved to the Ayrshire League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lang Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 It's extremely unlikely that Larkhall Thistle would be one of the teams moved to the Ayrshire League. Why not,handy for Muirkirk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glensmad Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Why not,handy for Muirkirk! Good point actually, I forgot that there's a shortcut across country from Lesmahagow-ish to Kilmarnock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig O'Lea Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 When we played down at Larkhall earlier in the season the ref was from Kilmarnock. East Kilbride to Hurlford is about half an hour along the A726 and M77, probably quicker than them travelling to say New Tinto Park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StRochsFC Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 personally (and not yet view of club) I think the proposal is very good. Surely all teams want to Progress - so eventually travel would increase. For me (and this is the controversial bit) I would do away with West and East Regions and allow all the top teams to be in same division Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santheman Posted February 12, 2017 Author Share Posted February 12, 2017 Larkhall to Darvel 18.4miles Larkhall to Benburbs park 18.4 miles And there is the problem that would face whoever had to decide who went where. Larkhall Lanark Lesmahagow Wishaw Carluke Newmains are all probably just as close to the South Ayrshire based teams as Neilston Johnstone Burgh Greenock Port Glasgow are to the North Ayrshire based teams. You could argue that some of the Glasgow based teams are as well placed for travel with the M77. It will prove to be interesting how they sort it out if the plans do indeed go ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackD1908 Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Have the teams potentially moving to the western league not already been identified as Arthurlie, Benburb, Greenock, Renfrew, Neilston, Johnstone Burgh, St Anthony's and Port Glasgow? No matter who moves if the changes go ahead you'll be closer to some new teams and further away from others. Pollok is closer to Arthurlie than Kilsyth, just as we are closer to Beith than Shotts. In the grand scheme of things with the exception of the odd few places like Shotts, Maybole and Kello, the difference wouldn't be that great for most Glasgow and Lanarkshire teams, regardless of division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 To be honest, apart from travelling to a handful of outlying teams (Kello, Craigmark, maybe Maybole) there wouldn't be that much of a difference - the Central Second for example covers an area from Port Glasgow and Vale of Leven in the west to Dunipace in the east, which can't be a kick in the arse off 50 miles and nobody seems to bat an eyelid about the distance. The only change proposed is that some of the travel will be on a north-south axis rather than the current prevalent east-west one. You'd get to the likes of Muirkirk from say Newmains quicker than you would get to Inverclyde...motorway a lot of the way, and you don't have the hassle of going through Glasgow. It's just the fact of things changing that some find challenging rather than the scale of the changes proposed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santheman Posted February 12, 2017 Author Share Posted February 12, 2017 28 minutes ago, JackD1908 said: Have the teams potentially moving to the western league not already been identified as Arthurlie, Benburb, Greenock, Renfrew, Neilston, Johnstone Burgh, St Anthony's and Port Glasgow? As the proposed 16 team 3rd tier would consist entirely of current district level teams, Arthurlie and Renfrew would have to see a massive downturn in their fortunes.to end up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glensmad Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 The thing I would be against would be the midweeks just say like our league this season ek thistle only played 8 games so will need to play 3 games a week soon so what happens if them needed to be sent down to Kello and Craigmark in the same midweek or for the likes for those 2 teams travelling to likes ourselves or lanark and dunipace twice in the same midweek for a half 6 kick off I'm sure teams would struggle to get boys to make it from work it's hard enough just now just a thought That's the way it is in the Super Leagues at the moment, though. I'm sure a team will be sent to Girvan midweek this season at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the shire Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 That's the way it is in the Super Leagues at the moment, though. I'm sure a team will be sent to Girvan midweek this season at some point. agree but some smaller teams would struggle to do so in my eyes especially if say they get 2 of those midweek away in the 1 week especially if it was a 6.30 ko just a point I maybe wrong though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 What are the odds of 1 of the 6 Central teams being sent to the 2 furthest away Ayrshire teams twice in the same midweek? Almost miniscule, surely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the shire Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 What are the odds of 1 of the 6 Central teams being sent to the 2 furthest away Ayrshire teams twice in the same midweek? Almost miniscule, surely. Agree but wouldn't be the strangest thing in our fixtures list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dipple burn Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 If the fixtures man had any sense he would try and get the furthest away ties played on a Saturday. However this is the Juniors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lang Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 What are the odds of 1 of the 6 Central teams being sent to the 2 furthest away Ayrshire teams twice in the same midweek? Almost miniscule, surely. With our current fixture man,- Evens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KilsythCoyle Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 2 hours ago, glensmad said: That's the way it is in the Super Leagues at the moment, though. I'm sure a team will be sent to Girvan midweek this season at some point. Pretty sure knowing our luck that'll end up being us lol. Wouldn't be popular amongst supporters at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archieb Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 All very interesting, but why has the previous reconstruction thread been deleted? Mods?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drs Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 I started it and I just deleted it, the thread had clearly run its course as the talk of reconstruction was long gone and the usual suspects diverted it down the path of floodlights and fixture lists instead of the important point of changing the league structure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie_man Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 12 minutes ago, drs said: I started it and I just deleted it, the thread had clearly run its course as the talk of reconstruction was long gone and the usual suspects diverted it down the path of floodlights and fixture lists instead of the important point of changing the league structure. That a shame, there was some good discussion on there and after the brief mud flinging over the weekend, it had turned back to re-construction. Pity you've decided it needed deleting, I wasn't even aware you could do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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