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Sad to see the dale go down again relegation 2 seasons in a row is painfull to take there has been too many poor descions made ie managers and players not up to the challange.great point also today spurs last game at white hart lane in order to progress the club yet the dale wont move forward with risk of loseing the volley proven fact clubs that stand still get left behind. 

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10 minutes ago, Daleman said:

Sad to see the dale go down again relegation 2 seasons in a row is painfull to take there has been too many poor descions made ie managers and players not up to the challange.great point also today spurs last game at white hart lane in order to progress the club yet the dale wont move forward with risk of loseing the volley proven fact clubs that stand still get left behind. 

2 in 3 seasons you mean.  You were in the Premier Last year.

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Tough division to get out of these days as Oakley and Edinburgh found out this season. Pumpherston and Lochgelly should be just as strong, Oakley will be better, as will Easthouses.

 

I'll put my neck on the line here and say the Dale won't finish in the top 6 in next seasons south division.

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Not the best season for the dale. But rebuilding all aspects off the Club are underway. The clubs AGM is the 28 this month in the pavilion at 12:15. Feel free to attend and give the club your views,.as for standing still that is far from position the club are in. Again attend the AGM  and listen to what the club plan for the future. 

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Daleman, best idea is to go to your agm at the end of the month, get involved and make changes (if your not already involved).

At a time when the teams from armadale community football club are reaching local finals and hopefully winning them again, its time to for the juniors to get involved and benefit from these young players coming thro.  Why should they as young adults not have a path to junior football? 

Its not too late either i understand to get involved with the proposals for watson park.  The community club did offer a number of things including calling a new facility the volley.

You have a passion for the club i can see,  the volley is important but changing things will give the club a chance to create new memories and get back to where they belong.

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The Club understands that a good youth set up would only benefit the club. However the current West Lothian league doesn't go to under 21's which is one of the reasons we feel for kids leaving football late teens. It would also benefit youth teams if a pathway to junior football were available and possibly encourage teams to keep going to under 17's 19's etc. The history surrounding volunteer park should be a selling point for Armadale clubs. All the visitors to the volley are mesmerised by Armadale great history. A rebuilding programme for the club is about to get underway and we encourage anybody with an interest in the club to attend the AGM. 

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Will attend the agm and look forward to hearing the plans for the club. The one thing that i hope can change is that everyone can get together and have a plan that puts the community and club on the same path and benifits both in the long run. Linlithgow west calder and muierston all play in the 21s edinburgh league broxburn do well at u19s age group to attract the best talent and develop it you need the best facilities/ coaching structure if everyone in Armadale pulled the same direction im in no doubt everyone would get the benifit. 

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I'm sorry the volley is not in a great shape, a new facility would attract new players and investment, broxburn and blackburn are good examples of what junior teams can achieve when getting on board with a community set up. Just ask them.

It should be noted the juniors didn't want to join the plans for a new facility or join the community club.  A matter which was never raised with the public of armadale which the club claim to be so supportive of, good we see them at each game!!!

When a player turns up interested in signing to armadale but then goes to look at broxburn/blackburn which does he choose?  History may be important to us older ones but its now that matters to young players and should be now and the future for armadale juniors.  No reason why the history can't be incorporated into a new facility ie a museum ?

As for players playing now the community club has teams in west lothian and forth valley.  Surely even players at 16 would benefit from training with juniors as would good amateur players within the commumity club. 

Armadale has a choice, do we have a facility that incorporates all teams from kids to adults or do the juniors struggle on and live in the past in the bottom league ??

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OBVIUOSLY it's only your opinion that counts. Why weren't Armadale thistle football club never invited to the table until it became clear huge funding could be obtained thru the clubs volunteer park. The club have been in Armadale 82 years. ARMADALE THISTLE WILL PROSPER AS THEY HAVE BEFORE. And for the record Broxburn is probably the worst playing surface in junior football. Just ask any junior club. ATTEND THE AGM AND HAVE YOUR SAY. 

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15 minutes ago, daleboy1969 said:

OBVIUOSLY it's only your opinion that counts. Why weren't Armadale thistle football club never invited to the table until it became clear huge funding could be obtained thru the clubs volunteer park. The club have been in Armadale 82 years. ARMADALE THISTLE WILL PROSPER AS THEY HAVE BEFORE. And for the record Broxburn is probably the worst playing surface in junior football. Just ask any junior club. ATTEND THE AGM AND HAVE YOUR SAY. 

I'll be coming along to hear the Chelsea pensioners latest great idea . Don't know what the dales relegation and the pie in the sky watson park idea has to do with it . Always the same when something bad happens to the dale some over protective parent that's never kicked a ball makes out it because there's no community involve not from the dale . Is it the same reason the pubs are closing , is it the lack off a pavilion at Watson park that led to the steelworks and brickworks closing . By the way how are the plans for the pie in the sky pavilion getting on ,haven't seen a planning application as yet . 

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Armadale juniors were invited to take part in the watson park process from the start, they attended the open meetings run by the council, the sfa have tried to help bridge the gap.  I'm aware of a previous member on the juniors  committee who was involved with the juniors and the community club who tried to get the juniors to just talk but to no avail.  

As to the value of the volley i think you'd find it is much lower than many would think.

The town based work that the community club in broxburn does far outweighs whats done in armadale.  However the potential is a facility for all in armadale which benefits all. In a time when money is short and will be for a long time, why shouldn't we do something for the town as well as the football clubs.  Read the social documents on the community club website (www.armadalecommunityfc.co.uk) and then tell us why a facility for all while maintaining the needs of the juniors isn't a good idea.  

 

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It all sounds ideal becoming part of a community club but its never worked for Bathgate.

Maybe the time is right now for everyone to come together and get things put into place, then the club can move forward while in the lower division.

if it can be done right and focus on a pathway to the first team ie juniors then its got to be a good thing for the whole of Armadale. 

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3 hours ago, pie n beans said:

It all sounds ideal becoming part of a community club but its never worked for Bathgate.

Maybe the time is right now for everyone to come together and get things put into place, then the club can move forward while in the lower division.

if it can be done right and focus on a pathway to the first team ie juniors then its got to be a good thing for the whole of Armadale. 

Aye but Armadale has the biggest community club in west Lothian with more than 500 kids on the books .supercommunity club .bigger than muireston and Blackburn .the dale should jump at the chance of giving up on the park they totally control and move into this modern masterpiece .gotta be big if it can house 500 kids and a junior club . Hearing the pensioners are giving up to a bunch off Middle Aged spivs .this will be good .canny wait ti hear aw the mince at the AGM .

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5 hours ago, pie n beans said:

It all sounds ideal becoming part of a community club but its never worked for Bathgate.

Maybe the time is right now for everyone to come together and get things put into place, then the club can move forward while in the lower division.

if it can be done right and focus on a pathway to the first team ie juniors then its got to be a good thing for the whole of Armadale. 

Bathgate will benefit in the long run with so many young teams, maybe more of a long term outcome. 

In armadale, twenty odd teams going one way and the juniors in the other direction. 

Some people are trying to create a more positive approach, real plans on and off the park, proper business plan and meet social needs in the town.  A new facility is proposed to address football at nights/weekends but during the day offer access to schools and support other groups. Run for the community and not just one team!  To gain the most from this all are invited on board from the start.

 

 

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Toe the party line Bathgate .community football clubs are the future . Must be twenty odd players in each Armadale team .not much game time for the kids ,and where do they train ?i walk my dog right round the dale and lucky if I see a couple of teams training.if they auld farts give up the volley there will be hell to pay .how are you getting on with the bowlers ? Could use the bowling green for training sort out they auld has been a as well . The dale are a joke but they know more about football than the idiots that run the community club .twenty teams my arse .

 

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Get an Astro at the volley and make that a base where everyone trains and play with the juniors taking priority lots of grants available.

if you can get the community thing up and running and get girls teams involved, it could work buts lots of red tape to get through.

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