Stag Nation

I don't think anyone is suggesting that a plastic pitch is as good as a top-flight league one. But the top league clubs have the resources to spend a fortune on maintaining their pitches, and generally have the luxury of only using them once a fortnight. It's absurd to compare that with grass pitch maintenance and utilisation at WOSL level.

Why did any of this have o wait for a "meeting" with the SJFA, for something that could be answered in a two-minute phone call?

You may be right. Some might think they want to continue the Juniors' century-long sulk, cutting themselves off from the rest of Scottish (and indeed world) football for reasons no-one can remember.. Like Francis Urquhart, I couldn't possibly comment.

Not necessarily. It depends on what exactly the contractor was engaged to do. Were the drains within the scope of the contract? If not, it's the club's fault.

Why do you think the SFA would give them office space rent-free? Do the SPFL & SJFA enjoy free offices? I doubt it.

o you mean the Blazers at Beith, for failing to get licensed, or those at Darvel, Talbot, Clydebank etc. for letting them win?

If Talbot are serious about progressing, they need to concentrate on the league and forgo the cups. I’d like to see them do that, but otherwise they will be seen as still having the Joonyur mentality.

So remind us: who sold their old ground?

Is it just me, or is this proposal the daftest we've seen so far on P & B?

Liquidation is, by definition, irreversible. Except in the imagination of Sevco fans.

Why the LL and not the Highland League?

Darvel are apparently in deep financial trouble. You're suggesting that they should be turning away, or at least discouraging, paying customers. I'd respectfully suggest that may not be their best strategy

IIRC what “killed” them was going broke. Mainly because the owner sold the ground without any plan in place for a replacement. Nothing to do with the “senior grade”, whatever that means.

If SPFL did try to expel EC an that basis, I'd have thought any court would overturn it on the 'de minimis' principle.

Some might wonder why the SJFA would care about the impact on these new-dangled senior leagues.

I’ve thought about it, as have most of the posters on here. You’ve failed to explain what would be the attraction for the EPL clubs, their fans and sponsors. The harsh reality is that introducing Scottish clubs would reduce the quality (and profitability) of the league. The OF “might” be exceptions, but they’d bring a hefty downside in the shape of hordes of knuckle-dragging bigoted supporters laying waste to English towns.

I seem to remember that the FA's preference was for Highbury, but the pitch there was too small to meet the World Cup rules. White City had a much greater capacity then any of the other London options.

Plug? I thought it was Steve Cooper.

As you're a legal expert, I'm surprised you don't know that there is no libel in Scots law.

What? Not circular like most "soccer" grounds?

Not long after I joined this forum in 2011, it went into meltdown over the Rangers/Sevco fiasco. Almost everyone (apart from”Rangers” supporters) banged on - correctly - about “Sporting integrity”). Whatever happened to that?

This has already been posted, with very little response. I suspect people on here are fed up with such requests.

They may not be happy, but they knew the rules.

AFAIK all clubs in the HL and LL are licensed. It's a condition of entry.

Should I try to explain the law on defamation?