james666

Not too sure about this but at the end of the season, IF the colts are not invited back, and there is a promotion from the ll, would there be two teams promoted from the playoffs? Assuming c42 went north.

Does anyone know the amount of subs allowed for the lower leagues this season? I believe the SPFL leagues are 5 from 9 but cant find anything for non league. Found IFAB has changed the laws to allow 5 subs but not sure when it's implemented. Cheers

Any idea how promotion/relegation would work? Obviously can't see a team such as Turriff or deveronvale being happy getting relegated to the NCL.

Just a wee bit about the Aberdeenshire shield....it's actually a fairly big deal to the clubs that play in it. Most games are played with full strength sides, only Aberdeen put in a youth side which generally gets papped oot fairly early, same as the Aberdeenshire cup. Fife cup is a reserve cup to all intents with the lower tier teams putting out a stronger side.

On a fitba Park! It depends where the boundry was. What I was getting at was Brechin, quite clearly above the tay boundry wanting to go to the lowland league. Teams right on the boundry fair enough, but not a distance away

Personally I think the boundry should be in between Perth and Stirling. Perth is the natural start od the Highlands geographically but moving it slightly towards Stirling makes an move even spread of teams north and south. And as for clubs north of the boundry choosing the league they go into. Tough you got relegated, deal with the consequences.

The SoS was on par with EOS and HFL. Does that mean the HFL moved up a level? Yes there was no fluid promotion up, but if spaces became available, those were the leagues tjat clubs generally came from. Annan and Stranraer have both played in the SoS (first teams aswell as, recently, reserves) Peterhead, Elgin, ross county obviously from HFL, Berwick Rangers from Eos. To me that says tier 5, even with the lack of proper promotion /relegation. EOS WIKI PAGE The EoSFL was traditionally one of Scotland's three "senior" non-leagues which sat outside the Scottish Football League (SFL), the other two being the Highland Football League and the South of Scotland Football League (SoSFL).

What happens if the north and east veto the Junior cup changes? West clubs be feeling they've been sold a lie

From what I have been told about it, banks were complacent and thought they were a shoe in turriffs presentation and youth set up got them in. Strathspey was basically to keep Highland /Aberdeenshire fairly even. And formartine. Atholl cadger went round every club, splashing cash, buying everyone in the social club drinks etc. But as for relegation from HFL, it needs to happen soon. Lowland league is getting stronger and will only get better in the coming years as the like of Talbot and Pollok progress, but the HFL will remain stagnant with no new blood. Banks, Culter, roselea and a couple others from NRJ should be able to hold there own and push on, which should strengthen the league. The likes of Lossiemouth and Fort William are treading water knowing nothing will happen id they finish bottom of the league. As a side, what are the basic requirements for licensing?

Which, as far as I understand, strathspey were admitted to the league ahead of banks of dee. Although Turriff were a strange admission. I personally would love to see relegation from the Highland league. There are clubs comfortable in the knowledge they won't be relegated. Get rid of the dross and have a more competitive league instead of the top 6 or 7 thumping the rest every week.

As for the Junior cup. I wouldn't be happy in a couple of years if I was a colony Park fan coming up against Talbot in the cup when Talbot are pushing for promotion to league 2. Not a very fair scenario.

Exactly. No space for it. Leave it behind for remaining juniors to play for.

Caley and county play in the north of Scotland cup as they are members of the North of Scotland fa. Aberdeen, Cove, Peterhead are eligible for the Aberdeenshire cup and shield as they are Aberdeen fa affiliated. Surely there are FA's in the West region that would take the clubs and they would be eligible for those competitions. That leaves the Junior cup for North, East and any remnants of the west. Yes it will be devalued but I'll bet that teams will want to win it as they would any other competition. Would adding the Junior cup onto the calendar for non league clubs not cause a bit of fixture congestion? Especially in the Highland area. Look at Orkney, scheduled to play 2 games at the same time this weekend, Fort William have something like 9 games in hand. Once the west is incorporated into the pyramid, it's going to have it's own league cup, as the EOS and SOS do, south challenge cup, plus an other such as an Alba cup type competition where the winner plays for a Scottish cup spot in the S.E. shield. Where is the space for junior cup too? Unless reserve teams were played....

Cheers for that. Looking at it, the only way I can see it working, also addimg the Tayside clubs, would be and East league from Dundee to say Buckie and the rest of the juniors going to the NCL to boost it's numbers. 1 up from each league and 2 down from Highland league.

Is there any talk of junior clubs entering the pyramid in the north region? HFL seems a closed shop.