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Cypriot equivalent of P&B will no doubt be calling for summer football after that result. Good for Celtic as they would have been the top unseeded team in the play-off round.

No - all non-SFA licence holders must take part in the first preliminary round. https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/media/3985/2018-19-scottish-cup-format-composition.pdf

While it's good that it's being sorted - why were Talbot and Beith given games in the first place, given it's been known since the last day of the season they would both be playing in the big Scottish Cup first preliminary round on 11th August?

http://www.sconethistle.org/jaggies-news-plenty-to-cheer-about/ Don't think it's a belief if the clubs that moved are in the pyramid and the Juniors are not!

Only 13/55 UEFA countries have a summer season, so we're starting at the same time as most of our opponents. For the next UEL round, Aberdeen start a week earlier than Burnley and Hibs three weeks earlier than Asteras Tripolis, though Rangers start a week later than their Croatian opponents Osijek.

Seeing Dunfermline there reminds me how silly it was to allow the Scottish Cup runners-up into Europe - Queen of the South, Falkirk, Gretna and Dunfermline amassed a win and two draws between them, no help to the coefficient in the mid-late 00s.

Clubs calling themselves senior not going down well with the basement dweller that is Pyramid News

No, but if they beat Burnley they would then be playing an unseeded team in the next round.

2016-17 - Celtic v Lincoln Red Imps, Aberdeen v Ventspils and Hibs v Brondby

Let's say the HL was cut down to 16 teams, with Banks O'Dee gaining promotion as licensed North Superleague winners. Do you think there would be enough teams from the North and Tayside Juniors (and perhaps even NCL?) willing to form a North of Scotland league at tier 6 covering everything north of the Tay Bridge? Teams that could form a NoS: Lossiemouth Strathspey Thistle Fort William (difficult one for travel as they will be even further away from the other teams?) Hermes Dyce Juniors Culter Ellon Maud Montrose Lochee United Broughty Athletic Carnoustie Panmure Forfar West End Downfield

Disappointing to say the least - I'd just about got over the loss of the European Football Show! The Serie A games were usually good, especially with a bit of VAR thrown in, and would've been even more interesting with Ronaldo this season.

If anything the league should be reduced in size to 16 teams to match the LL and avoid fixture congestion. Of course you would need to create a league below it at tier 6 for teams to drop into, which could involve a merger of the Tayside and North Juniors.

There was grumbling from the east about fixtures not being published soon enough near the end of last season.

Interesting result from Iceland - Valur beating Rosenborg 1-0, winner plays Celtic. APOEL lost 3-1 away to the Lithuanian champions, would be potential opponents in the play-off round.