Cowdenleith

How can you judge that he would be a crap appointment? Because he’s near the bottom of a league the club have struggled in for years doesn’t really mean all that much. Not sure magic Mick or Pep could get much more out the players at his disposal. From what I could gather on Facebook and some of the fans comments, he seems to be trying to build foundations for the future. Most fanbases would either be pleased or not bothered about a manger leaving in the position Gretna have finished, but the fans seem really disappointed.

Always knew they were a bunch of wrong uns

That’s a fair point. You would think SFA might have announced this on perhaps Sunday before East Kilbride printed and sold all the tickets, fans probably booked buses to come down etc. Very odd timing.

FFS, thought this was a wind up, what a shambles. Sorry for the clubs and fans who were geared up for the two games, a lot of revenue lost. I guess Buckie f’d up big style though at the end of the day? I suppose it gives EK time to rest up, never sure if that’s great or not to have a longish gap now.

Bryan Gilfillan stepping down as Gretna manager once they have completed their last few fixtures. Seemed to be very well thought of going by the comments on Facebook.

I don’t think that was all, I am sure the money was also used to cover some of the matchday referee/lino costs, unless I am misremembering (which is always possible at my age).

The old firm could donate 1% of their turnover to distribute to clubs outwith the top 4 leagues, after all they always have an eye out for the greater good of the game. Don’t they

Well, these last few posts relating to Cowdenbeath have been absolutely riveting. We’re in for a long summer.

Any news on what Dean Brett is doing next season? He seems to like a club close to home which is absolutely fair enough when you have a young family. How has he been overall, seems to be a starter most weeks?

That thread over there titled ‘Junior takeover’ is mental, complete mayhem, I don’t understand half of what is going on there.

Indeed so, the Uni’s rather magnificent cake offerings will be sadly missed.

Are you aware there are still 2 fixtures left in SPFL2?

Thanks, I wasn’t aware there was a lump sum payment made each year, other than Scottish Cup appearance money.

There’s no evidence on CSS social media that they have any fan based schemes to raise money. What SFA payments other than Scottish Cup money are you referring to? Agreed though, the coaching staff do a fantastic job.

I know of one CSS player who was there in recent years, but not now, was certainly financially remunerated. Not a massive amount but more than travelling expenses. I’ll leave it at that.

Surely there has to be, even to a lesser extent? Their crowds are averaging 80, say they are all adults paying £8, so that’s £640 per game. Not much over £10k on gate money for the whole season. I think they do a bit of hospitality, no lottery that I am aware of, maybe they are very well sponsored?

Someone has to be putting their hand in their pocket to fund CSS, even if it’s not on the scale of some clubs. Their crowds are negligible, they don’t appear to have any external fan funded schemes that a lot of clubs have. They have done an incredible job to be fair, and it gives hope for all clubs in the Lowland that a solid team can be built on not a huge amount of money.

Hearts at home, Hibs had a big away game.

We got told that about Bonnyrigg in 2022.

Ironic really as they were closer to the flats with the drums and megaphone going most the evening. Well done to you guys tonight, great performance.

If I had come down from Montrose for that (and there were a fair amount did) I would have been raging. The Mo fans seem very passive though, little dissension at all. Didn’t look like Montrose were up for it at all, whereas Edinburgh where biting into tackles and played very well. Seemed little urgency from Montrose until closer to the end, thought some of their players were less than committed. A few of the younger lads that came on second half didn’t seem up for the fight, a couple of them shirked 50/50 challenges which I would have been extremely pissed off with if I had been a Mo fan. Well done City, absolutely deserved victory. Seemed a decent enough crowd as well for a midweek game., probably as many there as for the first attempt.

Really poor first half from a Montrose perspective, no urgency at all. City have been the better team and have carved out the better chances, Montrose have rarely threatened. Dick Campbell sitting almost in front of us, scouting mission

What’s the crack with the wee gang of City ultras, are they banned from inside the ground? They’ve got into the wasteland bit on the opposite side, not sure if the club are just happier with them over there. Best view in the house mind you.

It’s a braw evening. Crowd is building, extremely slowly right enough.

It’s a wee bit windy again, though nothing like the other Saturday. Might as well head along as have tickets from the other week, and close to home.