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I’m sure he previously had quotes attributed to him basically saying that as he’d played for England through the age groups he felt an obligation to stay available for England for the foreseeable future. I’d put this in the Arfield category rather than Harry Souttar. Jay McEveley said he wanted to play for England, but would maybe play for Scotland if he wasn’t good enough; and Matt Ritchie said he was English. Dominic Matteo had even been an unused sub for England. All of them seemed to be fully committed when on the pitch and hopefully Gunn would be the same if he ends up playing for us

I’m sure Dominic Matteo was an unused sub in a qualifier for England and then later got capped for Scotland. He’s probably the only player on a team sheet in competitive matches for two countries

The SOS league covers the same geographical area as the west juniors, but there are only 4 clubs(EK, BSC, Cumbernauld and Bonnyton) who come under SOS from out with D&G, and Kello are the only D&G club who are in the SJFA. The same issue would happen if, for example, Tarff Rovers re-formed and wanted to join the SJFA as they would have play in the Ayrshire district league. If the west juniors came across enmasse the best solution would be for SOS (D&G) league to become a third district below the top west leagues, with the west premier winner taking part in the promotion playoff for the lowland league. A similar solution could be found if the same thing happened with the east juniors although there is more crossover geographically with clubs coming from the same areas.