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  1. There once was a secretary named Tom, Who did demolish junior football with aplomb. He declared the Lowland League would surely fall apart, But such an utterance was simply a ripping brain fart. His chances were many, to preserve his realm, Yet in the east, pressure would overwhelm. For it was in the fine county of sunny Fife, Rebellion did grow and start to run rife. Tom's campaign to remain free from rest of the land, Started to falter, as matters did get out of hand. Join us, the Lowland League, they did lobby, Despite their match which was stopped, to scoop up a jobby. One by one, dominoes fell as each town's team changed sides, Except in West Lothian - the land of the blind. His empire, Tom alleged, enemies wished to muller, In frustration, his henchmen attacked people of colour. He insisted his grade was superior in every way, Yet fixtures, no-one knew until just days away. From receivers of yellows and reds, monies it would docket, His association, hard cash, it would pocket. And so the east, it had completely fell, Yet writing on the wall, Tom could not tell. In Ayrshire, clubs feared something was amiss, Believing beyond their horizon lay a bottomless abyss. The junior heartlands of the west, his last stand, Even as many heads did remain stuck in the sand. Going senior, it seemed they just could not hack it, Common sense, yes indeed, they did very much lack it. One last chance they had, to join the senior zone, But they refused and the lowland league went it alone. And so years of junior history went down the pan, Thanks to secretary Tom, a very foolish old man. His commitment never, not once, did waver, To offer up disinformation, and personal favour. But in the end everything did turn out just right, As there were to be no trips to Elgin, on a Tuesday night.
  2. I have to say I think that's a fair call. Much as I do think BSC deserve kudos for establishing themselves at senior level, there has to be some kind of time limit on getting somewhere permanent to play. If they really can't find somewhere in Glasgow then its in their own interest to rename themselves and commit to being part of another community, be that Alloa, or elsewhere.
  3. Yes indeed, I grew up in nearby Saline and was disappointed when Vic folded a few years back. An unusual but charming setting with lovely views of the Fife countryside, and the Ochils to the west. A fully enclosed ground as well, would easily meet EoS standards or be easily and quickly improved if necessary. Within very easy reach of Dunfermline, and Saline and Steelend itself has a good 1,500 or so living there if memory serves correct.
  4. Fantastic to see new and ambitious youth sides like BSC enter the senior leagues a few years ago, and now Edinburgh South in the EOS. I can't understand why anyone would slate them whatsoever. With various different levels of boys and girls football, that's a lot of friends and families on which to build a support base. And even if they don't succeed in drawing many fans, they're still giving their youngsters something to aim for and lessening the chances of those who don't make the grade at a higher level slip out of football altogether. This in turn encourages more interest in seriously getting into playing the game if there's less feeling that it's all for nothing if you can't ultimately go on to make it at a pro grade. I'm sure BSC would be the first themselves to admit their tenancy in Alloa is far from ideal, but I think they will sort that out in due course. They deserve a break. Since, for the few that don't seem to have noticed, Scottish football needs all the help it can get in recent years particularly at youth level.
  5. Very good points. The promotion playoff however is four games. Surely a way could be found to play these once football returns? Or go for the 14-12-12 setup to keep consistency with their plans for all levels. Shutting out Kelty and Brora isn't necessary.
  6. HL and LL should aggressively pursue legal action. Scottish football has been held back in the dark ages long enough.
  7. Yes I have. The Elizabethan in Dunfermline one example just off the top of my head. How is the winter football idealists' list looking? Genuinely curious.
  8. Summer football offers many advantages. Yes there would still have to be games played in the colder months and our weather is crap at any time of year, but overall there would be fewer games lost to the weather if we could play through summer. Not to mention more long summer nights to enjoy time in your local beer garden before and after matches. For teams without floodlights or even those who could make a saving by not switching them on, those long nights would allow for midweek games without lights on. Having the close season is just a convention, there's no real logical reason to play sports outside in the winter in northern Europe if it can be avoided.
  9. Fairly certain the EOS stated they only let Kinnoul in at the last minute only because Eyemouth dropped out. Burnie is on to something - not sure a hard deadline is really necessary, even if so end of March seems a bit soon. Will be interesting to hear what reception Livingston get next season elsewhere in the West Lothian league, if everyone thinks they're leaving the following season.
  10. I think the EOS are being very careful to stick to their own rules right now, to ensure the SPFL2 clubs continue to have absolutely no leg to stand on with their plan to cancel HL-LL promotion playoff this year.
  11. Time for PnB's webmaster to set up a WSOL forum. This thread has pretty much ran its course and only Tayside, WL and the north juniors are relevant to this topic now. "Junior football, what is the future?" the answer is in my view that the juniors had no future and deep down everyone knew this, but not everyone wanted to face up to it, hence the agonizingly slow pace of progress towards a desperately-needed pyramid since the idea took root in the early 2000s. Now that the key juniors region, the west, have all signed up to join, the question originally asked by Bman has now been largely answered. North and Tayside will inevitably join in some form, possibly even in time for next season. WL clubs may hang on for another season before either swallowing their pride and joining the EOS, going amateur, or dying. I don't believe the HL/LL line will move significantly, the joining of the west juniors makes the imbalance in numbers on either side of the divide too big to increase even further. Once all this virus craziness has subsided, there will never have been a better time for semi-pro football in Scotland. This whole thing is a massive breath of fresh air for the entire Scottish league. The WSOL is going to be fantastic. And in a few years the Lowland League will rival league 2 for quality and there will be a lot of intriguing movement up and down the leagues as licensing, increased competition, focus on youth, and the incentive of knowing that a pathway exists to higher levels generates quality in the lower tiers which will float upwards and improve all levels as it does so. I predict than within ten years at least half a dozen ex-junior teams will be permanent fixtures in the SPFL and those who manage to fully understand and grasp the opportunity which is emerging, by putting in place some kind of long term vision or plan for themselves, may even make it to the second tier. Meanwhile the improvement across the board in the lower tiers will also spur on long-standing strong senior sides who have long had aspirations to join the ranks of the SPFL, to rise as well. Most of all, having a fully functional pyramid which allows teams to rise up through the leagues may finally lead the lower tiers to get the recognition they richly deserve from football people like myself who were ignorant or perhaps even foolishly disdainful of life outside of the SPFL until Kelty Hearts revolution-inspiring move to the EOS in 2017. I've missed out on a few decades of the intimacy and passion that semi-pro local football offers in my lifetime, but I think the best is yet to come and the Lowland League in particular in the next few years is going to become the most fascinating competition in UK football for quite some time.
  12. Here's an off the all idea to solve this. It's complicated but it might just work. Essentially use next seasons games to double up to also settle the current season's tables, and arrange the fixtures in such a way that relegation and promotion for this season can de decided as quickly as possible, before fixtures between teams possibly not in the same division next year could take place. Could cancel or delay next seasons cups to create the necessary time. Declare 2019/20 winner as soon as it's mathematically sealed, the champs have a celebration in the middle of next season which would double as a "we all beat the pandemic" feel good moment. All outstanding games then take care of themselves by next seasons fixtures doubling up for this seasons where relevant. For teams no longer in the same division, they play outstanding games when cups would have taken place. But these games could take place anytime since promotion and relegation would have been dealt with already and these would just be for season 19/20 table completeness. Would be bit strange, but these are strange times. And it might just preserve sporting integrity. Any thoughts on this idea lads? Anyone better at small details than me care to so some calculations, or rip this theory apart? Of course all depends on when next season may start.
  13. How the f**k are "millions" of young men flooding into the country? That's absolute pish.
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