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EK don't seem to be winning many friends in this league. The Shire fans have fitted in better than the "glory hunters" from the New town. We hardly ever heard from EK fans before this season.
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27 minutes ago, WakeyWakey said:
Apparently The Shire are favourites for tomorrow... http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/east-kilbride-boss-labels-east-8747221
Why do people give that rag any credence whatsoever? Almost as bad as The Sun.
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4 hours ago, matty0310 said:
Stirling Uni playing two games in one night would be a bit unfair, don't you think?They managed it a couple of seasons ago to get over a player ban. Not that I am bitter or anything.
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12 minutes ago, craigiemack said:
East Stirlingshire season ticket only £80
Gretna £70 which includes all cup matches with the exception of the Scottish Cup.
I bought mine on Saturday.
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9 minutes ago, newcastle broon said:
I noticed your club was £6 with kids free Cic are senior citizens free as well or do they pay an admittance fee ?
They pay the normal admission price.
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50 minutes ago, RalphM said:
I don't get how entry prices can vary around the grounds, I'd have thought the league would have set the prices at the start of each season
Why?
Each club have their own individual circumstances. It should be left up to each club what to charge.
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17 minutes ago, newcastle broon said:
was it no part of the criteria that some sort of youth set up had to be in place anyway ?
No. If a youth system was in place, certain additional criteria had to be met. However you don't need a youth setup to get the license.
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1 minute ago, Rocky85 said:
Should maybe test the theory next season........
Good news indeed.
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18 minutes ago, gaz1959 said:
South of Scotland teams can enter. They were all sent application forms, but no teams applied. The league allows teams from all 3 leagues to join if they wish. Lowland, EOS and SOS.
That is correct they are allowed to enter but if they did, (allegedly) a few of the "Edinburgh" clubs based would withdraw due to the increased travelling costs.
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2 minutes ago, Queenserse said:
I was told at the time that this league was not set up on the proviso that no DnG teams from either league would be permitted to apply. So why are Edusport in it?
I don't thnk that they play their U20 matches at Annan.
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D&G participation.
I think that if any of the clubs down here joined, you may see an exit of some of the existing clubs. Travel costs at our level prohibit any D&G involvement.
What needs to happen first of all is to sort out the ridiculous registration rules that prohibit SYFA registered player's turning out for their parent club.
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How many times is Danny Alexander going to mention the Highlands?
once already
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I thought Gretna 08 had nothing to do with the Gretna of old cic
And where did I say they did?
The only connection is the supporters of the old club formed a new club to keep football in Gretna as fine you know. No body who ran the old club has or had nothing to do with the new one.
This was more of a personal observation pf the amount of clubs that I have seen playing a club hailing from Gretna who play in black and white,
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In a similar vein. It got me thinking about how many clubs Gretna / Gretna '08 have played since the old Gretna were elected into Scottish Football in 2002.
These are all clubs that the old and new Gretna have played at least once in official competitions in the last 12 years. I make it 77 and I have seen almost all of them in at least one of the matches played.
Abbey Vale
Aberdeen
Airdrie United
Albion Rovers
Alloa Athletic
Ayr United
Berwick Rangers
Berwick Rangers EOS
BSC Glasgow
Celtic
Civil Service Strollers
Clyde
Coldstream
Cove Rangers
Cowdenbeath
Craigroyston
Creetown
Crichton
Dalbeattie Star
Derry City
Dumbarton
Dundee
Dundee United
Duns
East Fife
East Kilbride
East Stirlingshire
Easthouses Lily
Edinburgh City
Elgin City
Eyemouth United
Falkirk
Fleet Star
Forfar Athletic
Gala Fairydean
Gala Fairydean Rovers (merged but is it officially a different club??)
Greenock Morton
Hamilton Academical
Hawick Royal Albert
Heart of Midlothian
Heriot-Watt University
Heston Rovers
Hibernian
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Kelso United
Kilmarnock
Leith Athletic
Livingston
Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale
Mid-Annandale
Montrose
Motherwell
Ormiston
Partick Thistle
Peebles
Peterhead
Preston Athletic
Queen of the South
Queen's Park
Raith Rovers
Rangers
Ross County
Selkirk
Spartans
St Cuthbert Wanderers
St Johnstone
St Mirren
Stenhousemuir
Stirling Albion
Stirling University
Stranraer
Threave Rovers
Tynecastle
University of Edinburgh
University of Stirling
Vale of Leithen
Whitehill Welfare
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. Priceless it's the way forward Grim
Do the referees give up their time and who pays for the hire of the pitch? I think to charge is fair enough if you are going for an afternoon's / morning's entertainment.
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The Scotsman website is saying that there are unconfirmed reports of a number of people being killed.
Sad news indeed.
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I'll be doing it for the first time in August.
I have never been bothered with Midges in the past. Am I in for a rude awakening?
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I have a ticket for sale for the Barras gig on Friday. I am selling it for what I paid for it, face value and booking fee, £33.
I can't go as I am now having to work Friday evening.
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Jesus. You must have some side if Brandon Marshall is your back up.
True I am spoiled for choice with WRs. Eric Decker is having a great season so far and Justin Blackmon scored a lot last week after coming back from suspension. He was on my bench last week and had 136 yds receptions and one touchdown. Hard to leave out again.
Marshall has has not been brilliant the last three weeks after a great opening two weeks.
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I'm in a quandary, do I risk keeping wide reciever Calvin Johnson in my fantasy team? He was injured in the warm up last Sunday so got me no points. He hasn't trained so far this week but could be back for Sunday. He has already gained me losts of points this season so I am loathed to drop him to the bench even for a week.
I have Brandon Marshall of the Bears as back up however.
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Who gets the chance to get the tickets presale?
I first saw them in King Tuts around 1993?? Much to my wife's annoyance (she wasn't there) as she is a massive fan. We must have seen them around a dozen times since in venues all over the country but not The Barrowlands.
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I can't find anything in the SFL or SFA rules that you have to have been in business as a football club for 3 years to join the the SFL. I did find this (below) in the Club Licensing section of the SFA rules, but there's nothing to say you can't put zeros in when you haven't been trading. The point of the financial records is to show you are a responsibly run football club, not to show how long you have been in existence. I fully admit I could be wrong on everything I've said here, feel free to prove me an arse..
P.S. As far as I know the UEFA 3 year rules only apply to the Champions League and Europa League..
We have had to wait three years before we could apply for SFA membership (which is now in).
Anyway there is life after death (even though the new club was formed before the old one was technically dead)
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pre season friendlies announced yet???
Tuesday 5th July Away to Gretna 2008 according to the Gretna website
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The Gretna 2008 Thread
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Having read Scott's original post, I decided to take in the Gretna match today. It has been so long since I have been to Raydale, Hibs have even won the cup .
At the start of the match, I feared the worse when I saw the main Gretna striker, he looked so unfit. How wrong could I be, he was the hardest working player on the park. He must have covered every blade of grass on the pitch. Other than him, there was no other outstanding Gretna player. The team just seemed to be well organised and tight in every area. The new management team have certainly got them working well together.
Defensively, I think that any team will find them hard to break down this season. I can only think of one effort that the students had on goal, when Jamieson saved well from the near post (Johnny captain??). This was despite the uni team having large periods of being on the ball, they just seemed to do nothing with it.
Up front Gretna looked threatening for the majority of the match. I can see why they put six past Whitehill last week (Sir Peter must have been worth hearing). Today they could easily have done the same. There was certainly more than goal between the teams.
It was good to be back and it won't be my only visit this season.