Patches O'Houlihan

The youth club does not fund BSC Glasgow, in fact the youth side of things is now a registered charity. They are both separate entities, whilst still looking to provide a pathway.

A bit longer, and Yes.

The official attendance was 147

There are 2 ways of looking at this. If the promotion issue is enforced in an already established league then your scenario is fair enough. However, if teams enter into a new league set up, and know the rules before they start, then they can have no complaints. In my opinion no relegation or promotion means our game stagnates, and we are in no position to further damage the Scottish game as a whole.

It’s not really meritorious then? Say the first 4/5 clubs refuse to go up, how far do you go down?

Kyle picked up a knock in his first game for us, and is on the road to recovery at the moment.

In other news, Elvis is dead, man has landed on the moon etc etc In all seriousness the criteria is far reaching and is quite onerous. Admittedly the ground forms a large part of the criteria, but the rest of it should not be underestimated.

You really need to let go of your anger and loathing, you’ll feel better for it.

It will be on the pitch next to the Badminton Academy, the pitch is on your far right as you come through the gates. No issues re parking at all tonight, the Warriors have an away fixture this weekend.

Apologies, yes they will be in attendance as well.

I believe the LL, EoSL, SoS leagues will all be in attendance as well as the the 2 mentioned above.

I do hope for change, but your comments are way wide of the mark, and I disagree with them. Is that not the point of the like/dislike option??? I apologise if they have caused offence. The level of scepticism is understandable, and there is only so much I can say to allay those fears of those who feel that way. We should all be a little more clearer after the powers that be meet.

I’ll make this my final post on the subject. We have put the idea out there, and will take the flak that comes with it from the more sceptical people. However, I can assure you that everything was done with the best intentions. I genuinely hope there is change for the better, because Scottish football needs it in my own opinion. How that comes about is up to the guys in power, we can only ask them to look at ways of improving things. Cheers, and happy New Year.

Quite the opposite. Do you honestly think we would go out of our way to find email addresses of retired committee members??

I've tried to be as helpful as possible so far, so one last time I’ll try and clear things up. We have floated this idea to some clubs to get a representative view, if that view was positive then we would push on with it on a wider scale, but only after the meeting on the 5th. TJ is completely against this idea, and claims to have his own plan, which up until now has been a mystery. We would love this to come to fruition but realise the sceptics out there are waiting to shoot it down, that’s Scottish football for you. Our proposal may never get off the drawing board, and TJ will be doing all he can to stop it, but if it acts as a catalyst for change then so be it. As I said I’ve tried to be as helpful and honest as I can, but apologise if some of the answers aren’t agreeable to you.

It’s not in our power to invite clubs to any meeting called by the governing bodies? All we have done is put the idea out there to get a feeling for support, or otherwise, ahead of the already arranged meeting on the 5th? It can then be discussed by the powers that be as an option. However as TJ has apparently got his own plan it may not even make it off the drawing board.

Jeezo, this is a new level of conspiracy, even for here!! The manager of the team has no input into this, but if it suits you to think he did then crack on.

It seems that whatever answer I give will be taken the way the recipient wants. Let’s see what happens in the coming month.

In answer to your question, it’s not a closed shop. The result of the meeting in the 5th will go a long way to determining which clubs will want to take part. Happy New Year to you.

As previously stated, our intention is to have a team at every level to allow people to play to a level comparable with their ability. These proposals have certainly been accelerated by the refusal to allow us into the Juniors, however there is no doubt that they would have been presented regardless.

We are trying to do the right thing by allowing the process to take its course, which culminates with the meeting on the 5th. The result of that meeting will go a long way to determining the next steps. If TJ does have his own plan, as he claims, then it would appear clubs will have a choice to make.

I think you’ll find that the proposal, when presented to those in power, will be comprehensive. However I am sure TJ will do all in his power to avoid that very scenario.

I wasn’t aware there was a criteria for forward thinking?? I’ll treat your shambles comment with a degree of contempt as you obviously don’t know anything about the running of the club.

Thanks mate, I appreciate the support.

Cheers, all the best.