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3 hours ago, LongTimeLurker said:
Was waiting to see if a Shire fan would answer this. My understanding is that is now firmly on the back burner after a proposed move to Little Kerse didn't work out. The problem with Firs Park where the youtube clip starts off ties into it being owned in dubious circumstances by their former chairman Alan Mackin. The land is derelict because the local council won't provide planning permission for any other use to make sure Mackin can't sell that parcel of land at a large profit.
That is basically my understanding, although I am not sure if Mackin is still actively trying to sell it - apparently he has turned up at Shire games in previous seasons to try to reach some kind of arrangement with the club to rebuild a ground there with his involvement (which wasn't taken up for obvious reasons), and I don't know how much that land parcel of land in central Falkirk is worth now compared to 20 years ago. I don't live in Falkirk anymore but I know there is a big push to turn a lot of the empty shops in the town centre into flats, so a lot of the focus will be on there rather than the back end of the retail park.
Also the issue of where the club could get the money to actually build a ground.
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On 17/09/2023 at 22:23, LongTimeLurker said:
Pretty good video. That guy gets grief from some people but anything I've seen from him looks like he has a genuine interest in all levels of Scottish football and he's definitely nowhere near as obnoxious as some YT football folk, so I am glad he made it along to a Shire game and hopefully he does videos from other LL and below grounds. I haven't actually seen the inside of the former Firs Park for years, so I didn't appreciate how overgrown it now is, looks like a nature reserve (albeit one with cans of Strongbow Dark Fruit dotted around).
Although I do disagree we were a 'top league' team, two seasons of top flight football in nearly 150 years doesn't really count in the same way you'd consider say Dundee United to be a top flight team.
The first goal he missed was a belter:
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I think a draw was a fair result today, although 0-0 would've been the fairest. Two pretty rubbish teams, didn't see Braves scoring without a penalty, and we had to rely on Shaun Brown digging us out of a hole with a great run and cross to set up the equaliser. Overall, a dire game with a good last ten minutes.
I can't see Scullion being long for the job, tbh - I don't think we've beaten anyone aside from the two other teams who are clearly worse than us since he came in, but really the team has no discernable plan or coherence on the pitch.
Silver lining is that the guy Rankin we've signed on loan looks decent, was feeding off scraps today but was disruptive to the Braves backline. Him, Hodges, Brown and Flynn (when he's fit) could form the bones of a decent attacking unit.
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8 hours ago, leomessi1984 said:
The "crust" of something special...love it
I wonder if their promotion push will be toast now he's out the door?
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Disappointing start to the season, I think the game against Gretna this weekend is a big one. I'd agree that the next month is going to be pretty key and if he comes out of that with some poor results then the pressure is definitely on.
Could always just blame the refs, mind you.
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This is a good gesture by the club. The new board are definitely putting more emphasis on community work which is a massive positive.
I won't be at the game but I hope everyone who takes up the offer has a great time.
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I was at the game on Saturday and it's difficult to get a great view of how the season will shape up from it - Tranet were in control for the most part and the better side, I don't think they were incredible but they probably didn't need to be. I imagine the games against Gala and CSS in the next few days will be a better barometer. We looked better than the standard of performance from last season, which is a positive.
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2 hours ago, cowdenbeath said:
4 keepers is a bit top heavy.
I haven't seen any of our pre-season friendlies but I reckon we'll just play one at a time.
4 is a bit much though, Ure is on the coaching staff but MacDonald has been on the books for a couple of seasons now and he's never played afaik, not sure what the deal is there. Not sure who the planned first choice is.
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After a bit more business, our squad is now sitting at 21. Can't imagine there being many more additions from this point on.
GK
Neil Mitchell (in from Hillfield Swift FC)
Jordan Pettigrew (in from Blantyre Victoria)
Ruaridh MacDonald
Iain Ure
DEF
Kyle Ewing
Tony Coutts
Shaun Brown
Jamie Pyper (in from Berwick)
Jamie Thompson (in from Stirling Uni)
Ryan McLean (not sure who he signed from, possibly Cumnock if I'm looking at the right guy on soccerbase.com)
MID
Jack Hodge
Gregor Fortheringham
Jack Hodge
Aaron McAlpine
Ynyr Liddell (in from The Swifts)
Owen Ronald (in from St Cadocs FC)
Lewis Hynd (in from The Swifts)
Jack Simpson (in from Camelon)
FW
Jamie Penker (on loan from Spartans)
Dan Watt (in from Cowdenbeath)
Euan McGill (in from Stirling Uni)
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On 06/07/2023 at 13:35, LongTimeLurker said:
Decent video but calling Netherdale a 'monstrosity' is beyond the pale
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2 hours ago, come on shire said:
Now that the SPFL fixtures are out, does anyone know when the LL fixtures are coming out? Ta...
Shire fixtures are out now. It's a Cowdenbeath Christmas!
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8 hours ago, Deanburn Dave said:
Jamie Penker was briefly at the BU's last season in a "try before you buy" situation.
At the time the BU's were not scoring and Penker was supposed to be a finisher. It never really clicked for him and he went back to Spartans with the BU's keeping their cash in the sporran.
It may be that his lack of game time at Spartans affected his BU performances ....... but when he was at the BU's I never got the impression that he was giving 90% never mind 100%.
Yeah, I did have a look to see how he got on at Bo'ness as it occurred to me he doesn't seem to have played regularly in a while, Spartans having had a pretty stacked attacking lineup - hopefully a full season gets him going again
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Good signing - we needed more up top and Penker has scored a bunch at this level. Just got my season ticket earlier in the day, can't wait for the season proper to kick off.
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9 minutes ago, Hauzen said:
Could still be on, Goodwillie ticks all these boxes.
Social media bloke definitely trolling everyone with the "good will come" line...
Surely no one at EK is thick enough to go for this - even if they thought he was hard done by and ate up his pathetic sob story, he's been chased out of every club he's been at since Raith, and the LL clearly isn't low-key enough to get away with it given Tranet just had to bin someone off who's far less notorious than Goodwillie.
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Quite a tricky opening, especially Tranet. Should give a decent idea of the quality of the team
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The South Challenge Cup draw was tonight, and Shire have got a first round bye, and then a tie against either Sauchie or Crossgates Primrose.
When I was looking at the potential opponents I thought Sauchie would be a decent one - I'd rather it was away, but whichever one of the two is more exciting than third game against a LL opponent.
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On 17/06/2023 at 20:48, craigiemack said:
A few players still weighing up options, I am disappointed that we havent offered Dave McKay a contract. We paid a fee for him in September and he suffered a nasty injury in his first game, I felt like he deserved a chance - similarly I feel like Marc Sludden, Marc Allan and Kai Wilson deserved another year to develop considering their ages and the quality they've shown in the EofS leagues.
According to the latest club update Sludden, Allan and Wilson have all left after only being offered pre-season training (to get regular football, so can't blame them given they weren't offered contracts). I also would've liked to see them given more a chance, but I'm guessing Scullion had little interest given they were long out on loan when he came in.
Apparently McKay still isn't able to return to training yet.
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Unsurprisingly given we've got a new manager and backroom staff, there have been a few changes at the Shire. Our current squad looks like:
GK
Neil Mitchell (in from Hillfield Swift FC)
Ruaridh MacDonald
Iain Ure
DEF
Kyle Ewing
Tony Coutts
Shaun Brown
Jamie Pyper (in from Berwick)
Jamie Thompson (in from Stirling Uni)
MID
Jack Hodge
Gregor Fortheringham
Jack Hodge
Aaron McAlpine
Ynyr Liddell (in from The Swifts)
Owen Ronald (in from St Cadocs FC)
Lewis Hynd (in from The Swifts)
FW
Dan Watt (in from Cowdenbeath)
Euan McGill (in from Stirling Uni)
TBC (club have made contract offers/invited to pre-season training)
Marc Sludden
Kai Wilson
Marc Allan
David McKay
Niyah Joseph
Connelly (not re-signing), Greene (taking time out of football) and Watson (Bonnyrigg Rose) will all be loses for sure, but overall it feels like we've added a decent amount of experience to the squad which was something we were sorely lacking last season and contributed to our poor start. But I'm predicting an improvement on last season, comfortably mid-table but not troubling the top end much.
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1 hour ago, FairWeatherFan said:
It's all good. I clearly remember Ferry saying none of them were in it for the money.
Paid in exposure.
If true this is a shitty thing to do and hopefully the guys affected get their cash asap.
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https://twitter.com/record_sport/status/1661983165404069888?s=46&t=3fXnHtfZqTOy3XYcNeLMrQ
In the League for less than a week and already plotting an embarrassing name change. It's nice to see new members embracing the heritage of the LL.
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11 hours ago, Deanburn Dave said:
Big Dan Watt was at Bo'ness United this season before going to Cowdenbeath. He is a decent footballer who can hold up the ball but he isn't a striker who will score many goals. My opinion is that he should be making and taking more goals.
That can work fine as long as he has other players around him to score. He's not massively prolific himself, but I wonder if Watt could form a good partnership with Dean Watson (if he re-signs)?
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4 minutes ago, John S said:
Cumbernauld v Bo'ness
Well I had a 50% chance of getting it right
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I was at the Shire game today (first time in ages). Not a great spectacle, and there was a funfair pumping techo music next to the ground. We were very blunt up top and missed a pen in the first half. Colts were the better team overall imo. This Bright Prince guy who was playing up front for us - holy moly, the definition of a big gallut.
All the best to Colts in the semis - could be wrong but I think they are playing Stirling Uni, and EK against Bo'ness in the other?
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