Burnieman

I assume you agree that you very much can?

I believe at the 4 leagues meetings (LL, WoS, EoS, SoS) they agree where each club will go in the event of relegation, not sure how much input the clubs have themselves or whether they have the right of appeal. We could get to squeeky bum time for former SPFL clubs as soon as next season if the HL Champ win the play-off, that almost certainly puts both Gretna and Edin Uni down, so for next season it would get a lot tighter at the bottom than ever before, no stick-on certainties for the drop and the team coming up from tier 6 will be competitive.

They could probably shove it 6-8 foot closer and widen the walkway at the rear. Probably cost more than it's worth doing.

Yeah agree with that, although you can already walk behind the "main" stand, that's where the toilets are and accessible from both ends. Terracing at the north end and down the side to halfway would be enough for Spartans really and as you say, stick in toilets and maybe another pie hut open for bigger away supports.

Agree. These modular stands are great for getting seats into place quickly and reasonably cost effective but a lot of them could be doing with going on a plinth/platform so the front row isn't staring at the pitshside barrier.

Yeah the problem is the barrier is maybe 10 foot outside the footprint of the seats and you need to give people room to stand as well. I guess they could cordon the whole area off and shove people round to the other stand, although for Spartans games that's normally the away area.

Looks increasingly likely Dunipace and St.Andrews are going up, and one (or two) from Camelon, Nitten, Whitburn.

It's around 2 foot over the line, not even close.

That may well have been the reason, it wouldn't surprise me and the LL aren't renowned for consistent decision making either. Probably equally as likely to do with getting access to a better home ground on 3g rather than Whitehill Welfare on grass. In OG Broomhill's case, didn't they get better crowds with the Friday/midweek games? Given we have a whole part-time league system (Development League) played on a Friday night with a good percentage of players who work, not sure why's it's deemed an issue anywhere else. We should be looking to move games away from the Saturday 2.30/3.00 timeslot in an effort to broaden the appeal and maybe get more punters in.

Try slowing it down, using pause, and opening your eyes.

Behave yourself, feel free to actually engage with any of the points. Some of the shite posted on here about B teams is beyond belief

So you don't actually know the point I'm supposed to be missing is either? Just looking at results, Hearts have dropped points in 12 games in the league this season, 6 lost and 6 drawn. Only 3 of those were on a Saturday. What advantage? B teams do have an advantage in that they are full time pros and them, and to a certain extent Uni of Stirling who also train more than your average LL team, benefit from that.

You play games during the week anyway, Friday's are during the week. Other teams play regularly on days other than Saturdays due to groudsharing clashes. B team players are full-time. Which point did I miss?

That equally applies to any midweek game. I think the fact that the B teams are full time pros is more of an advantage than anything, regardless of kick-off time.

Not this season at Spartans and Hearts B games, they have barriers either end of the stand and stewards won't allow you to stand within them. Never had an issue seeing what's going on in the bottom corner nearest the building although have never sat in the front row, maybe right by the corner flag is partially obscured, but it's not a biggie.

They don't actually.

Modern football at all levels sees games being played every day of the week. A great many Championship and L1 games have been played on Friday nights for TV. Football all over the world are split across Thur/Fri/Sat/Sun/Mon as a matter of routine. "Tradition" went out of the window a long time ago I'm afraid. As you will know, Uni of Stirling play quite a few games on a Sunday due to fixture clashes, as do Broomhill, and Celtic B, it's just a reality of groundshares. Hutchison Vale share Ainslie Park on a Saturday with Spartans, so Hearts B presumably decided to make Friday night match day so people knew in advance what to expect rather than chopping and changing. I think they have had one re-arranged game on a Saturday there. For away teams, it's once or twice a season and little different to scheduled midweek matches anyway.

Can you pass onto him that the Hearts B v Gretna crowd is listed in the Gretna programme as 557, not 350, which is in line with my own estimation as I was at the game. Celtic B v Gretna is listed as 200, not 130. Can't help with BU figures unfortunately.

Friday night football is great and more should be made of it by other clubs to maybe get more through the gate, plenty neutrals normally turn up at Hearts B games because of it. A dozen or so German groundhoppers in attendance on Friday. There is no such things as a "Saturday afternoon league".

Yeah, 583. the ground only holds 600......

We're talking apples and oranges. LL would run both divisions, all members equal etc so yes, I think pro/rel would be a lot different than LL v EoS/WoS. It's all theoretical however the Pyramid should be continually evolving to suit the needs of the clubs in it, and we have an issue of pro/rel between tiers 5/6 which needs a solution.

I have nothing to do with Blackburn United these days, maybe play the ball not the man. Pro/rel between LL1 and LL2 would be more than between LL and tier 6 currently, which is the point,

No they are not, some are, some will move up to fill gaps created. What about the rest of my post about increased opportunity to move up tiers which doesn't exist now which is the bigger picture.

It's not exactly the same at all if you read what I wrote. The LL will not open up any further until the SPFL reciprocrate, that won't happen either. It's not right IMO but here we are. Does it really matter if tier 6 is called WoS Premier of LL2, not really, but what it would provide is more opportunity for promtion to tier 5, upto 3 auto promotion places instead of a play-off.