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4 hours ago, G4Mac said:

The boundary line has worked for the past 5 years. I dont see a need to change it. Create a wosfl to sit at the same level as the eosfl at tier six, feeding the LL and its job done. No need to use any form of set up the juniors have, particularly when what you currently have works for all involved (promotion spaces excluded) .... Apart from some of the junior clubs who are unfortunately North of the line.

 

This is the frustrating thing, the juniors have now had 2 bites at the cherry to become involved and both times, because it doesn't suit them to make changes to anything they do, they have remained as they were. Other well run leagues should not be adopting what the juniors do, just because the juniors want in, how and when they like.

 

That’s clearly incorrect, my understanding is that the teams in and around Dundee (Lochee, Broughty, Carnoustie etc.) currently have nowhere to go (Lowland is outside their area and Highland aren’t letting anyone in, even if they did it’s too far away).

I’m not advocating copying the juniors because they’re the juniors, I’m pointing out that the geographical split doesn’t make any sense, when

1. Tayside teams can’t fit in

2. The geographical split between Highland and Lowland Leagues represents a population split of about 10%/90%.

so I figured that the geographical split that was there before probably makes sense, North, East and West.

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On 08/06/2019 at 19:33, LongTimeLurker said:

The main problem with shifting the boundary further north is there is already a very large population imbalance between the LL and HL catchments. It only takes one of the HL, LL, SPFL and SFA to be opposed for no change to be possible, so it's no sure thing that it can happen.

The boundary part confuses me too

that tier 5 is split along HL and LL, what would the populationh be in each catchment? I assume at least 4m in LL if not closer to 4.5m of Scotland’s 5m population.

surely tier 5 should be split along the same logical geography as the juniors, N (HL) E (rename the LL to EL) and W (create a new division at tier 5).

Then invite tayside teams to the EL (I assume the geographical  split of the juniors worked ok as it was)

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Can anyone one explain the “Tayside problem”  

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9 hours ago, santheman said:

Check back the last 500 pages. I'm sure you'll find the answer in there somewhere

I did try, was hoping for a definitive update for the season end, has anyone officially resigned?

any official announcements been made?

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I’m curious to know, last year ~25 clubs left the juniors and joined the SPFL/Scottish Pyramid level 6.

are even more teams doing the same in this close season?

I understand the majority were from the East juniors, what’s happening in the west?

a bbc article I saw last year said 99 of 158 teams voted to join the pyramid, what are the next steps after that vote?