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  1. This. Also, would you really want what happened in the east, with a trickle of a number of clubs every year over a few years? It took a few years of conferences for the EoSFL to get to a proper structure. And only this season it can really be said clubs are generally at the level they belong at, with a handful of exceptions.
  2. They said they were aiming for a license but no clue if they managed to make any improvements this season. I suppose I'll find out soon enough when we head there.
  3. Geert Wilders will NOT be the next Dutch Prime Minister. Other party leaders couldn't get an agreement with him. There are now talks of getting an independent PM that all parties can agree with.
  4. I'm not sure to be honest. I assume if we get promoted, we'll be in the Highland League cups. But the clubs have regional cups to compete in as well, so maybe we'd stay in a regional cup as the Aberdeenshire Cup or North of Scotland Cup won't have us obviously?
  5. Cover, floodlights etc. aren't the issue indeed. In terms of spectator facilities it's only really the toilets I believe. But other issues aren't really visible to spectators. Things like dressing rooms and other facilities for players/officials/referees aren't to the SFA licensing standards. Obviously there are other licensing demands than just the ground but Broughty have plenty of volunteers / committee members so I'm sure they could pass those. It's more difficult to sort the other issues as I believe it's a council owned facility.
  6. No, and unlikely to get it any time soon.
  7. One QF was played last night. Lochee United had a straightforward win at Letham. It was a commanding performance from us throughout. Could even have been more, but I can't complain about the result and the effort by the lads. They picked themselves up really well after the very disappointing Broughty game last week with 2 good performances straight after. The other 3 quarter finals are being played on Saturday 16th March. Letham 0-5 Lochee United Bridge of Don Thistle v Hermes Buchanhaven Hearts v Downfield Tayport v East Craigie
  8. Sorry for the lack of updates. These were the results until the QF: Second Round Coupar Angus 0-4 Broughty Athletic Downfield 3-1 Dundee St. James Lochee Harp 1-3 Carnoustie Panmure Montrose Roselea 0-3 Tayport Letham 1-0 Scone Thistle Lochee United 4-1 Blairgowrie East Craigie 3-1 Arbroath Victoria Dundee North End 6-0 Forfar United Culter 11-0 Glentanar Bridge of Don Thistle 3-0 Banchory St Ternan Buchanhaven Hearts 2-0 Islavale Newmacher United 1-3 Banks o' Dee Juniors Rothie Roers 2-3 Deveronside Hermes 4-0 Maud Stonehaven 1-3 Dyce Sunnybank 3-0 Ellon United Third Round Downfield 5-1 Deveronside Bridge of Don Thistle 0-0 Dundee North End (pen 4-3) Dundee East Craigie 5-0 Sunnybank Buchanhaven Hearts 1-0 Broughty Athletic Letham 3-2 Culter Dyce 1-2 Tayport Lochee Utd 4-0 Banks O Dee juniors Hermes 7-1 Carnoustie Panmure
  9. I agree that it doesn't make sense to force all new clubs to go through amateur football first. For some it might work well to build up a club from amateur level, for others it's too low a level to start. If we compare it to England, there are plenty of amateur leagues in the pyramid, but it's possible to apply to start at a higher level than the absolute bottom in your region, which goes as far down as tier 20 in some parts of the country. Clubs who plan to go semi-pro straight away could apply to start at the lowest level in the National League System, which is tier 10 (step 6) all over the country now. That is indeed what happened to phoenix/re-formed clubs like AFC Wimbledon, AFC Chester, Macclesfield, Darlington, Bury, Hereford and so on (some started at tier 9/step 5 like Wimbledon but at the time that was the lowest level in the NLS in their region). There are also a number of clubs that aren't phoenix clubs / (claimed) re-starts but started as a fully new club semi-pro on step 6 straight away, one of the best known of those is FC United of Manchester but there are plenty more. With some of these clubs there were already issues when they restarted in that they took far more fans to away games than the host clubs could handle or that they were too good for that level so completely romped the league. Forcing such clubs to start at the absolute lowest level in their area would just be madness and make that far worse. A good example of that actually happened in Germany some 20 years ago. Lokomotive Leipzig reformed after bankruptcy and were forced into the absolute lowest level in their area. They absolutely destroyed all opposition, winning everything and recording wins with more than 20 goals difference a few times. Opponents had to scramble for grounds to play the games against Lokomotive Leipzig as they generally played at simple pitches without any spectator facilities that couldn't handle the expected crowds. After that first season, they were quickly allowed 2 tiers higher than the tier they were actually promoted to. And even then they again won that league with ease, although the scorelines weren't as crazy. They got promoted another few times and have since settled in tier 4, the highest regional level in Germany. I'm more than happy for a route to exist through amateur football to the pyramid. Either with amateurs being formally part of the pyramid but with a different status like in England or with amateur leagues being separate like they are now with the possibility to apply to higher leagues. But it's not an appropriate route for every club.
  10. Also, there is only a possibility to join the WoSFL if there is a vacancy. So they depend on clubs promoting to the LL (without a LL club getting relegated to the West) or withdrawing from the league to be able to get into the league. This plan is presented as increasing opportunities to get into the WoSFL, but it's none of the sort.
  11. Last time I was there was for a January friendly between Dundee United and Lochee United, well before the stand was finished. There were definitely toilets then as I used them. We got completely humped because Dundee United had some league games called off and fielded a nearly full strength XI to keep up match fitness. I know a guy who is half-Scottish, half-Italian, supporting Dundee United & Lazio. maybe I should ask if he did that.
  12. The amazing thing of this is that if you asked German football fans before this season which team would be the most likely to break Bayern's streak, very few would even name Leverkusen in their top 3. The Scottish equivalent would be if Rangers are having a poor season, Hearts & Aberdeen are unable to put up a fight, yet Celtic still can't manage to get the title as Hibs walk away with it.
  13. Dundee United Women 0-3 Hearts Women Yesterday I went to Foundation Park, opposite Tannadice (previously called Gussie Park), for this game. I haven't been there since it was improved. There is now a wee stand and catering facilities. That makes the experience a lot nicer than it was previously. The first half was very one-sided. Hearts were easily the better team. A great finish from the edge of the penalty area got them the lead and the 3-0 score at half time didn't flatter them. Dundee United did improve for the second half. Good defending prevented worse for them but they were never really close to getting back in the game. There was a group of Hearts fans who were at Tynecastle for their midday game against Celtic. They left straight after the final whistle there and made their way to Dundee for the women's team. A guy I spoke to was waiting near the exit for the final whistle, went straight to Haymarket station and jumped on a train, to pick up his car from a station in Fife so he could get to Dundee in time. Hats off to these fans for their commitment.
  14. But Lennon has no problem with the inexcusable penalty Celtic got...
  15. Yeah, quite telling really. I was at Tynecastle for Hearts v Dundee in January. A cold Wednesday night during a heavy (named) storm and it was considerably busier than today on a nice Sunday v Celtic.
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