glensmad Posted November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 Right here goes :- 1. Glencairn have been given 3 away fixtures in December, meaning that our only home game between now and January is the Scottish Junior Cup tie against Stonehaven which will unquestionably cost us money to host. 2. Taking into account our next league match is away at Shettleston on 18th November, with cup ties either side of it (one of those also away from home), that means we will have been given 4 away games in a row in the league. How on earth can that possibly be construed as a fair spread of fixtures ? 3. We have been scheduled to play away to Cumbernauld United on 2nd December, our second league meeting of the season, and that will be only our 9th league match out of 26. At that point, we will still not have played either at home or away against Petershill, Largs Thistle, Irvine Meadow, Kello Rovers and Maryhill . Surely we could have had one of those teams instead ? 4. We were originally scheduled to play Largs Thistle at home on 25th November, but that has now been postponed to accomodate the Scottish Junior Cup 3rd round. Why has this tie now been scheduled to be played at Largs on 16th December and not in Rutherglen, when we will have been away from home on four out of the previous five weekends ? 5. We have also been given Irvine Meadow away on 9th December, when we haven't played them at home yet either. Either the Meadow game or the Largs game could easily have been scheduled to be played in Rutherglen to give a semblance of balance to the home/away fixtures. 6. Today is the 7th November, and between now and 7th January (2 months exactly) we will have one home game, and we will lose money on it due to the rules on travel allowances in the Scottish Junior Cup. How are we supposed to survive and pay our bills with no income from home matches due to the scheduling of fixtures ? 7. The final two fixtures we have been given - away to Irvine Meadow and Largs - will involve us probably having to ask our players to make their own way to these matches two weeks in a row into Ayrshire instead of hiring buses which we would normally do, as we simply won't have the money to pay for buses. The frustrating thing is that absolutely none of the above is in the least bit surprising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archieb Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 A competent person in charge of setting fixtures would make SUCH a difference. Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex-german exile Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 It's nothing personal GM just incompetence. After all, Largs are away to Maryhill on 18th Nov and on 2nd Dec ???????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glensmad Posted November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 19 minutes ago, ex-german exile said: It's nothing personal GM just incompetence. After all, Largs are away to Maryhill on 18th Nov and on 2nd Dec Simply unbelievable. But true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lang Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Pollok at home 3wks in a row in December Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archieb Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 3 minutes ago, lang said: Pollok at home 3wks in a row in December Having been away all through November & most of October! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superpollok Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Pollok at home 3wks in a row in December Which at that time of year will no doubt wreck the pitch.I know your point was a dig, but fact is if all games played we will have played 6 home and away league games at the end of that run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ilford Drummer Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 4 minutes ago, superpollok said: Which at that time of year will no doubt wreck the pitch. I know your point was a dig, but fact is if all games played we will have played 6 home and away league games at the end of that run. Pollok fan in defending dinosaur shocker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrshire_nomad Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Which at that time of year will no doubt wreck the pitch.I know your point was a dig, but fact is if all games played we will have played 6 home and away league games at the end of that run. Do rangers have 3 away games in a row or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Up to 30th December now! Has the fixtures for December 23rd and 30th yet to be put up for leagues outside Super Premier or no fixtures for these dates? I know we requested a fixture for 23rd December but no fixtures at the moment. Anyone know if your club requested a fixture in Super First, as if so still to be released [emoji5]️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superpollok Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Pollok fan in defending dinosaur shocker Kilbirnie fan in pollok obsession shocker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superpollok Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Do rangers have 3 away games in a row or something? Don't know, you are from Ayrshire so will know better than me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troon Portland Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Has the fixtures for December 23rd and 30th yet to be put up for leagues outside Super Premier or no fixtures for these dates? I know we requested a fixture for 23rd December but no fixtures at the moment. Anyone know if your club requested a fixture in Super First, as if so still to be released [emoji5]️ The Premier League fixtures for the 23rd & 30th December are out, so you would assume it was only Medda that asked for a game on the 23rd?Well, we asked for one too & yet we play each other on the 16th... [emoji848] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeverleyHills Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Every Club will have a gripe throughout the season, we had the chance to change and didn't take it. As for my own Club come end November 9 away games and 4 home, albeit 3 away in the Scottish and 1 in the west. Could have played Glens at home on the 30th Sept (that game we should never have won lol)as Guy's Meadow was available, as it is on Saturday but we are away on Cup Duty. Tbh we just get on with it now, right think am going to watch that Glens v Nauld highlight's again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex-german exile Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Every Club will have a gripe throughout the season, we had the chance to change and didn't take it. As for my own Club come end November 9 away games and 4 home, albeit 3 away in the Scottish and 1 in the west. Could have played Glens at home on the 30th Sept (that game we should never have won lol)as Guy's Meadow was available, as it is on Saturday but we are away on Cup Duty. Tbh we just get on with it now, right think am going to watch that Glens v Nauld highlight's again. Why should we just get on with it?We should quite rightly point out the farce that it is fixtures lists otherwise it will never change. It is not just inconvenient that the fixtures are inconsistent it also affects the integrity of the leagues. No team should be allocated FIVE home (or away) matches in a row in an advanced fixtures list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 36 minutes ago, ex-german exile said: Why should we just get on with it? We should quite rightly point out the farce that it is fixtures lists otherwise it will never change. It is not just inconvenient that the fixtures are inconsistent it also affects the integrity of the leagues. No team should be allocated FIVE home (or away) matches in a row in an advanced fixtures list. Exactly – it’s always going to happen towards the end of the season with team that have had a lot of postponements earlier - this season for instance, Dalry will probably end up having to fulfil a lot of home fixtures on the trot in April and May due to earlier games off, but there’s no valid reason to have long stretches of home or away fixtures in October and November. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex-german exile Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Fans that are not happy should lobby their club committees too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glensmad Posted November 8, 2017 Author Share Posted November 8, 2017 1 hour ago, BeverleyHills said: Could have played Glens at home on the 30th Sept (that game we should never have won lol).... Lol, I never actually said that. I said we should never have lost the game, I thought a draw would have been a fair outcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeverleyHills Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 44 minutes ago, ex-german exile said: Why should we just get on with it? We should quite rightly point out the farce that it is fixtures lists otherwise it will never change. It is not just inconvenient that the fixtures are inconsistent it also affects the integrity of the leagues. No team should be allocated FIVE home (or away) matches in a row in an advanced fixtures list. We as in our Club, am with you all the way regarding the fixtures, we all know the problem and he thinks its his ball to do what he wants with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeverleyHills Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 2 minutes ago, glensmad said: Lol, I never actually said that. I said we should never have lost the game, I thought a draw would have been a fair outcome. Good man Peter,do agree the fixture on the 2nd December is nonsense given we still have 4 teams still to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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