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Well, these last few posts relating to Cowdenbeath have been absolutely riveting. We’re in for a long summer.
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4 hours ago, Omnishambles said:
Top 6, third round of the Scottish and picking up some silverware in isolation isn't a bad season at all, but I think - particularly in the league - we've fallen short of a lot of people's early season expectations. Agree with this Summer being a crossroads moment somewhat, in terms of how we're approaching the aim for next season. We've done well already to keep the likes of Robbie McIntyre, Broque Watson, Kelby Mason, Euan Bauld and Cammy Ross for another season. There's a more than capable squad there when everyone is fit. The priority would be addressing the depth a little and smoothing out our inconsistency. Whoever happens to be overseeing that is anybody's guess with our dugout turnover recently.
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?
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33 minutes ago, PossilYM said:
Being polite here.
You seriously thinking anybody from the old West Juniors gives an eff about the LL.
It's still the 1950s in that forum
That thread over there titled ‘Junior takeover’ is mental, complete mayhem, I don’t understand half of what is going on there.
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12 minutes ago, GNU_Linux said:
Sad day for home baking enthusiasts of this parish
Indeed so, the Uni’s rather magnificent cake offerings will be sadly missed.
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1 hour ago, Bestsinceslicebread said:
Regarding relegation from the Lowland this season
So Buckie play East Kilbride in the Highland/Lowland play off and the winners play Clyde to see who goes to SPFL2 or highland or Lowland leagues.
Am I correct in thinking that if Buckie defeat East Kilbride and then go onto defeat Clyde this will means that both East Kilbride and Clyde will be in the Lowland League 24/25 season but as it means an extra team is joining the Lowland, this will mean that Gretna as the second bottom team will also be relegated along with Edinburgh Uni. Is this correct?Are you aware there are still 2 fixtures left in SPFL2?
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1 minute ago, Burnieman said:
Well member clubs receive their annual payment in December each year, and depends on what level you're playing at. It's anywhere between £4,000 to £12,000 in recent years for EoS clubs. Then there's Scottish Cup appearance money on top of that. Then of course, there was a Covid payment in 2021 from the National Lottery via the SFA which for LL clubs amounted to around £20,000.
Thanks, I wasn’t aware there was a lump sum payment made each year, other than Scottish Cup appearance money.
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58 minutes ago, Burnieman said:
Clubs like CCS don't survive on gate money alone. Lottery, raffles, bar takings, sponsors, SFA payments all add to it. Players may also be paid not much more than expenses. Either way, Jardine and his coaches do a tremendous job.
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.
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43 minutes ago, FuzzyBear said:
Was there today and crowd was about 170. Maybe 30 in bar before the game.
Was told that none of the CSS players get paid which says a lot about Jardine when it is clear they are all good enough to get paid elsewhere.
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.
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8 minutes ago, Burnieman said:
I don't think there is.
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?
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8 hours ago, Burnieman said:
Low, from what I understand of it. Gary Jardine works wonders with them.
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.
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4 hours ago, FuzzyBear said:
I was astonished at how few fans Tranent had at Linlithgow.on Saturday.
Hearts at home, Hibs had a big away game.
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3 hours ago, Moorie said:
I don’t think Buckie are interested in going up.
We got told that about Bonnyrigg in 2022.
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1 hour ago, Bay Citizen said:
They could come in but the centre didn’t want the drums and the megaphone on a week night.
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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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It’s a braw evening. Crowd is building, extremely slowly right enough.
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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.
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Great place to visit, love the ground, depending on the way you are driving a stop in Nairn is well worth it, beautiful beach there.
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The chap that presented the Andy Forbes trophy was his son of the same name, is that right? I was struggling to hear when he was introduced.
Think I heard it said that he was a goalie and coach in his time, I take it that is the same person mentioned in the Jubilee Athletic article in Saturday’s programme?
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2 hours ago, Burnieman said:
From what I saw in the games against Hearts B, Cowden have the basis of a very decent team. Haven't seen you against anyone else but if you can find consistency then you'll be top 6 (inc B teams) next season.
The team were on fire that night at Ainslie Park, especially the first half, could have been 3 or 4 ahead but for some great goalkeeping by the Hearts lad Liam McFarlane.
I don’t get to all the games, but that game was the best I saw them play this season, plus a couple of the Viaplay matches they did very well against higher opposition at the start of the season.
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5 minutes ago, Cowden Cowboy said:
No
Ha ha, thanks for confirming, was a long shot.
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What are the thoughts of EK fans if the club fail in the play offs? Would Mick and co. be moved on and someone else given the chance, or would they be trusted with another big wedge by the club’s benefactors to try all over again?
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4 minutes ago, UsedToGoToCentralPark said:
No parachute or league Cup cash, going to be a tough one, just need to hope we get players who just click with each other and a manager who can make it happen. Hopefully EK go up to balance the league a bit more.
Any chance we squirrelled away the league cup cash to spend in 24/25, as that would not have been in any budgetary projections heading into 23/24 as only got the invite last minute?
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There was a coo
in Lowland League
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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