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  1. 9 minutes ago, FairWeatherFan said:

    Bit more than the Highland League, who at least have the excuse of the Scottish Cup that would give them the same experience as what 90% of the entrants would have in a non-league national cup.

    We already know the odd North Region club would sit out of the Junior Cup. Not sure they, the NCL, SoSFL, and some Borders clubs would be thrilled by a competition that extends to the Highlands down to D&G & Borders.

    Regionalising the early rounds solves some problems but also erodes the point of a national trophy.

     

    Totally agree with what you say but even if the first 2 rounds were loosely regionalised (North and South for example) then you may get to play against teams from another league and then when the cup goes All-In, it will be Round 3 and the small teams who make it that far will have much more incentive to stretch themselves into playing these games

  2. 4 hours ago, St-ow! said:

    This is more relevant to the earlier discussion about dividing our football into a couple of regions, but I enjoyed this article on the i news website about the English experience of the same.

    https://inews.co.uk/sport/league-one-two-north-south-sunderland-portsmouth-ipswich-efl-421509

    It seems to cover most of the issues that I've seen debated on P+B. 

    (And keep an eye out for Coventry.)

    And then you have Gloucester City playing in the Conference North (National League North).

    It’s a silly idea especially in Scotland where the tier 5 split after a few seasons will be straight through the middle of the central belt. I don’t think teams like East Stirlingshire are going to be chuffed playing in a “North” league and travelling 100’s of miles while Linlithgow play in the “South” league!

    The English system looks good in paper but simply doesn’t work, we should be looking at the German system and adapting that to suit our own circumstances 

  3. 2 minutes ago, rockson said:

    Where does their ground sit in comparison to the midline of the Tay Bridge?

    (I know that boundary is only defined for relegation into the Lowland League not promotion to it but it's an interesting point.)

    It’s close. Think it might be different if you set up the map to true north and magnetic north... cue 3 weeks of debate on whether they are HL or LL now 🙈😂

  4. 36 minutes ago, Burnieman said:

    The "delusion of grandeur" comment was repeated last week by the Whitburn committee guy on Facebook when commenting on clubs initial moves to the EoS.   Same auld Junior mentality.

    Did it not start from that horrendous Gordon Parks column at the start of last year?

    It seems to be in the SJFA handbook of delusion along with some sort of comment about more travel (Gala/Coldstream every week or Elgin on a weekday night) and some jibberish about losing their connection with the community, which a lot of these clubs haven’t  bothered about for the last 20 years anyway

  5. 12 hours ago, GordonS said:

    In fact, fk it... for those giving it the "Sturgeon's just being different for the sake of it" bullshit, here's a harsh dose of objective reality.

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    These aren’t actual COVID deaths, these are “deaths 28 days after a positive test”... another smokescreen to all this madness to fiddle the numbers to suit. Let’s see the miraculous drop in other deaths over the same period

  6. Only just catching up with this... hardly surprising tbh. Sums up the type of people running these clubs and anyone who thinks more out of the box is chased away by these little hard men. Nothing will change because no one with another opinion is welcome into “their” (not the community’s) wee clubs.

    With the exception of Harthill, the other clubs looking to go west are only doing so to save face after all the shouting and lies that they have spread to date. The travelling to Gala is one that’s nearly as delusional as £250k toilets :1eye

  7. 1 hour ago, LongTimeLurker said:

    Surprised this didn't create more of a stir. Sounds like 10+ amateur and youth clubs from old west region sort of territory want to step up and think they can meet EoS style ground criteria in time for next season despite what's happening on COVID lockdowns right now. Find that mildly mind blowing where revelations made by officialdom on P&B go.

    Let’s start the speculation then...

    I’ll start with Colville, based on absolutely nothing apart from they have their own private park

  8. On 30/01/2021 at 14:57, DiegoDiego said:

    Indeed I am.

    I'd be delighted to see Bonnyrigg, Pollok, the Broch, Tranent et cetera playing at national level. I think folk do the league two teams a bit of a disservice though. Of the ten, four of them have been in the second tier since the formation of the SPL, three have only been elected/promoted to the national leagues this century, Queen's Park are full time and have paid incredible service to the game. Then there's Stenny and Albion Rovers.

    It's obvious a system should be put into place to enable clubs to fulfil their potential, it removes friction from the machine, it runs smoother as a result, and removes anomalies.

    I'm the opposite of people who advocate Leagues one and two regionalising. Plot the finances of Scottish clubs and you'd get something close to exponential. That's why small leagues at the top end are a good idea. However, there's really not much difference between club 30 and club 70. I'd propose expanding leagues one and two to eighteen clubs once the LL, HL and former juniors are close to finding their appropriate place in the pecking order.  It'd give more variety of opposition, improve fluidity due to fewer bottlenecks and more promotion/relegation, remove the supposed existential threat to the likes of Cowden and Stenny, help solve the Highland League's issue with disparity and allow an extra further sixteen clubs to play at the national level which they're clearly capable of.

    Totally agree but try posting this on Fitba North and see the reaction you’ll get there... never going to happen unfortunately 

  9. On 27/01/2021 at 10:00, latapythelegend said:

    There is a pitch that uses the boundary wall to Berwick Castle to semi-enclose it.

    This pitch only seems to get used over the summer for an annual tournament with local Scottish/English amateur teams. Great fun on a decent summer’s night.

    23 hours ago, afca32 said:

    Ancrum in the Borders have a lovely wee pitch.

    There’s a few in the Borders...

    Earlston is nice and would always play like a bowling green.

    Derbies at Greenlaw can always be tasty with decent crowds.

    Tweedmouth at the Arches in Berwick was my favourite though, when they cut the grass!

  10. Having played Border amateur when I was young (15-16), playing for any of the EoS teams was a big deal. Whether it was VoL, Coldstream, or even Kelso/Eyemouth at the time. It didn’t matter where they were in the table, it was always the next step. Which is probably why Fairydean got such a hard time when they only had players from Edinburgh and the Lothians.

    There will always have young local players willing to play and show their talents on a decent stage.

    Hopefully Newky is right and now they have the floodlight situation under control, they can add a couple of more experienced heads to help these boys produce their best and make sure VoL can compete at a decent level (LL or EoS Prem) for years to come. They deserve it

  11. 4 hours ago, pipedreamer said:

    If the Highland League objects to clubs in their catchment being a feeder to their league then would the sfa step in and remove them from the pyramid playoff as they would no longer be complying with the rules they agreed on. 
     

    Dundee clubs saying they are in no mans land cos the HL doesn’t want them is nonsense. They’ve sat with theyre heads up their arse hoping someone would force them into LL catchment rather than engaging with the HL to sort a solution, they already play in a cup with clubs in the NRSJFA so this bleating on about being hard done by is pish.

    Nail on the head.

  12. 12 hours ago, jimbaxters said:

    What do you think the world has been doing for the last 9 months? Thank goodness you're here!

    I’ve been working all summer with minimal protection around loads of different work colleagues in an enclosed space, so I have been totally switched off from all the propaganda. Although according to the government and the good dentist, we should all be dead by now... but there’s not  been even a single case among us!

    With the lack of being able to play or even watch football, see my friends or family and generally get out the house every weekend, I’ve not been in the best frame of mind which is why I haven’t posted on here for months. So this has been building...

    Even if it HAS gone through us all at work, no one has been bad enough to take more then a couple of days off or bothered about getting tested, and we certainly haven’t been stupid enough to download the tracking app on our phone so the government can randomly tell us to take 2 weeks off work unpaid for no reason.

    Yes, I have been very careful around certain people who are vulnerable, I have not seen my best mate or certain family members since March and that is really affecting me too! But I like to think I’m a mature adult who can make these decisions myself without the government ramming their agenda down my throat with these hysterical adverts and news bulletins. As for my mental health, I suppose I’ll manage... there’s a lot of people in a worse position than me who desperately need help right now, and for what?! We have all been played like banjo’s and more people are losing there life’s (mentally, financially and literally) over the “protection” rather than the disease itself!

  13. Back to the original question, “Has Covid Killed The Banter”.

    From what I can see it’s the only thing under 50 that it’s killed. Yet we are all sitting in our houses all weekend bickering about whether the entire football season should be scrapped. While 100’s of local businesses are going bust and people are losing their livelihoods every single day. Let’s think about that for a second... I’m sure I’ll get torn apart by the fear-mongers who believe this is all justified though!

  14. 1 minute ago, Genuine Hibs Fan said:

    Aye, hard one to dislike Exeter, seem to have built something slowly but steadily. As much as they love a pushover try they play some lovely stuff at times  Plus Hogg and Gray obvz. 

    Hard to like as well though with the "sorry if you're offended" approach to their cringeworthy native American cliches

    Yeah strange team all around but as long as they annoy the hooray Henry’s of rugby down there more than me while giving a couple of Scottish lads a top platform to perform on, it’s all good with me 😎😂

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