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[emoji23][emoji23] nae bother Francis

Also I have nothing to do with Onthank committee

Totally agree with the post about respect being a 2way street. Francis never shows any of our boys respect so again I’ll stand by what I said. We have had no issues whatsoever with any other referees. I agree they guys have a thankless task at times and are Probz doing it for the love of the game. What I will ask though is, if there is constant controversy surrounding him why does he continue to get away with it ?

What I will say on this.... irrespective of the result which beith won fair and square. Francis has basically said he’s never felt so threatened for his safety and considering quitting through this game. On the field there was some poor discipline from onthank agreed. After the game he says he never felt threatened and this is what happened, the beith manager tried to walk alongside Franny away from the onthank lads and he started going that way with beith gaffer and then turned and chose to walk alongside onthank boys back through the housing scheme back to the changing rooms at the junior ground. Is this the actions of a man who is severely threatened ? A disciplinary hearing before to another matter the accused wasn’t allowed to put his side across. Tonight the onthank manager has been shit out the meeting and not allowed to express his side. To me that tells me two things... they are either corrupt or covering Francis Andrews arse

Whitletts in 2B for me. They are best side I’ve seen in that division so far. Will be tight though.

Must admit I’m surprised at that score line when game got abandoned. Not seen much of Largs and they may very be a good side but Heathside against Onthank last week didn’t look like a side who should be at the bottom end tried to play football ....as for the onthank game today. Game was stuffy and on a park that cut up pretty bad it wasn’t a game for the eye. In all honesty Onthank keeper had ZERO saves to make apart from the odd cross. Onthank missed atleast 3 great chances and in the end it was an OG that won it for beith. Francis Andrews needs to re-sit his exam, the way he conducts himself to players is shocking. I’m all for respect to refs etc but he’s one once he gets the shirt on does what he wants and speaks to people how he likes with no reaction as the association back his every word. I appreciate refs job is hard and they ain’t all bad in fact some are very approachable and enjoy banter but refs like Francis are ruining our game and he gets away with it unchallenged.

Good win for Onthank today 2-1 against a very stuffy Heathside. Conditions were poor. Heathside went down to 10 due to an absolute leg breaker of a challenge, luckily lad was ok. Top 2 probz without their reach but 3rd a possibility.

Onthank will be fine!! Tragic circumstances but all the lads would like to make Skoda proud and have a decent finish. The club is as strong as it has been. Chiz is in the process of a rebuild along with good committee men such as Sturdy,Hairsy,Gordo. The club is in good hands.

It was just a poor display and discipline let us down. Won’t get into too much details on here as it’s not the place to vent internal stuff but it wasn’t an Onthank performance yesterday but as I said Dalry were more than deserved winners before we even had 2 men sent off so all the best to them. We will go again next week and try to do better than this week that’s for sure

Is this your opinion based on today ? Considering they scored 24 goals in 3 previous games I think gash is very harsh

1-0 before going down to 10 men. Tbf with 11 men Dalry deserved the win no matter what happened in the game. Poorest Onthank have been in weeks few boys missing also but that’s not an excuse on the day not good enough and Dalry were far better side on the day. Absolutely shocker from everyone in an Onthank shirt today.

That’s true. Managers etc can only talk to players, when they go on the park it’s down to the individual. Some refs don’t help with the way the speak down to some players. Some refs are first class though and can have banter with players so it’s a 2 way street or it should be this way anyway but unfortunately it doesn’t happen too often and refs sometimes bring on the abuse themselves . Thankless task at times being a ref but I can see argument for both sides. Doesn’t mean players can behave the way they like though

Do they not give u minutes from the meeting to look over what was said ? Skoda’s previous may well have made them make an example of him. Shame he won’t kick another ball this season as the wee man has turned a corner and enjoying his life again so hopefully he’s back doing what he does best soon enough

IMO whether they don’t speak or not referees should not be allocated games with his son and nephew in the side. If they reports are similar then that ban is a joke for Wee Skoda and should be similar for both. Fair play Keiran for your honesty on the situation, if only the referee had been more honest lol. Francis Andrews is probz one the associations most highly rated refs with his senior background so they will always back him to the hilt. Hopefully Skoda can do something to get ban reduced but tbh I think it would be a wasted effort

As I said earlier all joking aside hopefully they show some leniency and as u rightly said the incident will be dealt with and deservedly so. Hopefully he’s back playing soon enough and staying out of trouble. From what I’m aware he’s not even picked up a booking since he’s been with Onthank so hopefully he will learn the lesson for the future.

Let’s get it’s set up for charity, Skoda/grim Reaper v quickoverayard/the referee tag team match

Probz the same folk who were celebrating when he was banging them in for Craigie!!!! Wouldn’t have been a wee p***k then. Wee Skoda was loved at craigie also so whoever calling him a wee p***k genuinely don’t know him.

Not sure mate wasn’t at the game it happened at. Heard he threatened the ref but that happens all over everyweek. Should be punished and rightly so but hopefully it’s not a lengthy ban or 6months etc

Hopefully they go easy on the wee man. He’s had a tough time and he’s a decent wee lad who seems to be happy again so hopefully they show some leniency and the ban isn’t Aslong as expected so the wee man can keep enjoying his footy and scoring goals like he has been. Onthank will be a better squad and side with Skoda in it

I agree Skoda massive player but an upcoming ban looking likely hopefully it’s not for the long haul

Good to see it’s finally coming together with the new boys Chizzy has added along with what he already had at the club

Auchinleck 0-11 Onthank

I agree possibly merging Ayrshire with some league possibly in Glasgow as that’s not too far to travel and some league centrally could also merge. This would give teams fresh competition and I would definitely look forward to that. It will never happen though as was stated earlier all leagues have their own agenda.

Football in Ayrshire is also dying. Since I started playing in the amateur leagues just over 10 years ago you had 4 or 5 leagues all with Atleast 10 teams. Places like Irvine and Ayr all had Atleast 4 teams like Clark Drive,Girdle,Bourtreehill and the teams still going and in Ayr Wallactoun,Ayr Ams etc. It’s sad to see so many teams fold and also lost a few big guns such as Knockentiber,Newmilns. I’ve noticed there doesn’t seem to be as many young boys as interested now as when I started playing not sure why this is happening but it’s definitely something I have noticed.

Craigie seem to have picked up lately also which is good to see