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Burnieman

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  1. Interesting time to get rid of your management team.
  2. Went to the game on Saturday, thought Laurie Devine was one of your better players which was good to see, involved in a lot going forward. Good to see him progressing. MOTM was your keeper who stopped it being two or three to Hearts in the first half.
  3. That's why I said it's pretty unlikely. Any new club would probably look to start in the amateurs anyway to find their feet. Anyway, the WoSFL have made their decision whilst maintaining a closed door policy until someone leaves. Let's see how that all pans out.
  4. There's many Community Clubs who exist quite happily without an adult team, they don't need anywhere to go. Some may choose to field an amateur side of course, but they shouldn't be obligated to in order to apply at some unspecified point in the future. Clubs can meet all the requirements of the WoSFL facilities wise without the need to have an adult team until they actually apply.
  5. I'm not sure that being forced to go through SAFA proves anything to be honest, amateurs is literally a whole different ball game. The points you raised can be addressed by more stringent processes such as no ground sharing and proper facilities.
  6. Community Youth Clubs will continue to play in youth football, they don't need to go anywhere. Clubs that are already amateur don't need to go anywhere. Clubs that perhaps don't even exist don't need to go anywhere. The only issue that needed addressing in the west, and still needs addressing, is the closed door to accessing the league.
  7. A club can play wherever they like, what shouldn't happen is they are obligated to join the SAFA before being eligible to apply to the WoSFL.
  8. Agreed, it's a fairly outdated principle and one which England got rid of in 1974.
  9. None of it makes any sense, regardless of which amateur league is involved. Your post merely underlined it. Let clubs outside of the Pyramid choose whatever path best suits them/prepares them for any future application to senior football.
  10. Take a step back. If the amateur league covering a particular area has no member clubs close to being at a level to move to senior football [your words] or have any ambition to, how can it be an attractive place to play for clubs that are? why should any club waste their time playing in that environment for an indeterminate period of time with no guarantee at the end of it? why do they need to, what is the benefit? none of it makes any sense.
  11. I was there last night, to say I was shocked at the state of the pitch is an understatement. I can honestly say it's the worst I have seen at any senior level (tier 1-tier 9) of football for a very long time. It pished down all second half which made things worse as well, there were areas of the pitch where it barely bounced. Praise to the auld guy at half time walking around with a fork, his level of ambition was admirable. Sharing with Broomhill appears a bonkers decision from an outsiders perspective.
  12. Let's just deal with "what's the alternative". Does there need to be an alternative? prospective clubs carry on as they are, which may already be in amateur football, or it may be in youth football. It may also be youth football morphing into amateur if they want their oldest team to keep going beyond U19/20/21. If these clubs harbour any ambitions on joining the Pyramid then they take steps towards meeting the requirements, and then apply. That equally applies to a brand new club which doesn't currently exist (although I doubt there will be many). There is no need to force them down a particular path, wait an indeterminate amount of time for a vacancy, and even then still have to apply with no guarantee of success. It all seems such a pointless exercise. Open the WoSFL to more than 80 clubs is the answer, if you're looking for an alternative.
  13. But your assertion is that clubs wanting to join the Pyramid should join a league like this for an indeterminate period of time before being able to apply to join a senior league. You've just holed your whole argument below the waterline.
  14. There should be no closed doors in the Pyramid, leagues should always be open to new applicant clubs. The SoS was a viable route whilst the LL was not at capacity. Now that it is, there's really no reason why a club in Glasgow or North Ayrhire would ever consider joining.
  15. Is Amateur football declining simply because there's less players, less people playing "social" football?
  16. Part of the issue here is there is no overall application of standards in the Pyramid, it's every league for itself. The SFA are also useless and causing issues by refusing to allow regionalisation of lower divisions.
  17. Agree, and I'm not sure why the WoS went down the route of closing the door at 80 clubs.
  18. I was responding to a post which intimated a solution was required to a problem. To repeat, there is no problem on the EoSFL. There are what, 6 vacancies potentially upto 8 which aren't all going to be filled anytime soon. Clubs wanting to join the EoSFL need to meet some basic ground criteria, EoSFL clubs wanting to join the LL need an Entry Licence, clubs wanting to join the SPFL need a Bronze Licence. You need to meet standards to progress, and if you want to come out of amateur or youth football into the EoS, you need to put in a bit of effort. Linton Hotspur have shown what can be done, but I don't think there's much of a queue of clubs ready to follow them at the moment. Existing clubs who don't meet criteria were assessed and warned some time ago to bring their grounds upto EoS requirements.
  19. EoSFL isn't full, which is the point under discussion. Therefore there is no "solution" required as mentioned above.
  20. I don't think they've shafted anything, the Pyramid looks fairly healthy to me, but that's a tiresome debate and nothing to do with Campbelltown or the daft point being made.
  21. Not promoting anyone, just illustrating that condeming all clubs who originated from youth football because of the actions of one, is moronic. Colts could be an SPFL club next year.
  22. So what St Peters do reflects badly on everyone. Cumbernauld Colts, jumped up boys club?
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