HibeeJibee Posted May 25, 2018 Author Share Posted May 25, 2018 Heriot-Watt lost at Whitehill but Cumbernauld only won 5-4 at Bonnyton. Title confirmed as HW's on GD. Supplementary hat-doff to Stirling Uni... only 10 players tonight... including 2 goalkeepers (outfielder of which scored!)... won 3-2 at Mid Annandale . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster20 Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 Seemingly could be 10+ new teams entered in the Lowland/Eos U20s league. Surely 2 leagues would be set up for next season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted May 26, 2018 Author Share Posted May 26, 2018 Given that otherwise you'd be playing 50+ league games, I suspect that's likely, aye ... Certainly a number of EOSL applicants from the Juniors - and Inverkeithing - have cited the U20s as a reason for joining, and in many cases stated they intend to join, also Kelty and someone else I can't remember from among existing clubs. Tbh you could do all sorts of stuff... conferences, pre-leagues, all manner of set-ups. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz1959 Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 The last game of a very competitive season takes place on Monday 28th May with the Knock Out cup final at the Oriam between Spartans and Cumbernauld Colts 7.45pm kick off. Admission is £5 adults £3 consessions, Under16's free. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie_man Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 I see Kelty have been signing former Raith U20 players who were FT. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter's Nutmeg Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Hearing 26-28 teams have applied for next season, looks like 2 divisions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leomessi1984 Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 2 hours ago, Burnie_man said: I see Kelty have been signing former Raith U20 players who were FT. Hopefully a few in there with mind to the 1st team soon enough! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz1959 Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 I hear 28 teams next season. 2 leagues of 14 with the winners of each league playing for the title. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leomessi1984 Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Kelty sign Jordan Elliot from Swansea City under 18s 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz5 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Hoping someone can answer a couple of under 20's related questions for one of the new teams.First one is easy, is it 5 on the bench or 7 on the bench and is it rolling subs or 3 from 5/7?Second potentially a bit trickier: if you have an Under 17 SYFA team is there any logical link between then an your 20's if you wanted to promote a high performing player for a few games? Or do you need to go through the charade of cancelling/re-registering even though it's players in the same pathway at the same club?Any advice from you experienced under 20's folks much appreciated.[emoji106] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted June 21, 2018 Author Share Posted June 21, 2018 Wouldn't swear to this but I think it's 5 subs from 7 now. I don't think it's rolling subs. There are triallists and over-age players allowed except in knockout cup-ties (capped at a certain number per game and any individual player a certain number of times in the season). There are various types of dual recognition and dual registration, to save clubs having to re-register players, but in usual Scottish football fashion no doubt it's got exceptions... having universal registration would be far too simple! One registration covers first-team + U20s. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyril Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Are the leagues being split regionally? What happens in winter? will teams without floodlights have to book parks? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted June 29, 2018 Author Share Posted June 29, 2018 Games are on Friday nights. Most actually use 3Gs anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted July 3, 2018 Author Share Posted July 3, 2018 (edited) Really interesting mix of teams next season: 1 SPFL (Edinburgh City) 9 Lowland (non-participants are East Stirlingshire; Civil Service Strollers; all Border + D&G clubs except Gala; plus EK who make-up numbers in SPFL league)16 EOS 2 SOS (Bonnyton + Mid Annandale) Bonnyton, Mid Annandale and Gala carry presence to Ayrshire, D&G and Borders. All the "first wave" of new EOS clubs have joined except Bonnyrigg (who have traditionally favoured SYFA U21s), Crossgates and Easthouses. Of the existing EOS clubs from the central belt only Burntisland, Ormiston and Leith (who also play SYFA U21s) don't feature. Burntisland, Civil Service and Selkirk have featured recently but not next season. Edited July 3, 2018 by HibeeJibee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie_man Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Any indication as to when fixtures will be released? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted July 4, 2018 Author Share Posted July 4, 2018 They're usually out around the middle of July. Apparently the SFA is turning the Scottish Youth Cup into an U18s tournament, in connection with SPFL turning U20s into "reserves"... so unfortunately that particular opportunity is ending. Disappointing they wouldn't continue the Youth Cup nor another tournament at that level, but it's all about the big boys these days. Some non-league teams had great runs and taken notable scalps in SYC. 17 hours ago, gogsy said: East Kilbride? They were playing in development league west last season, no mention of them? Presumably doing so again, though as regards Berwick's U20s I'd heard there weren't enough teams for East & West, and so it was being combined into a national semi-pro "reserve" division. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie_man Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 1 hour ago, HibeeJibee said: They're usually out around the middle of July. Apparently the SFA is turning the Scottish Youth Cup into an U18s tournament, in connection with SPFL turning U20s into "reserves"... so unfortunately that particular opportunity is ending. Disappointing they wouldn't continue the Youth Cup nor another tournament at that level, but it's all about the big boys these days. Some non-league teams had great runs and taken notable scalps in SYC. Presumably that means then no more non-SPFL clubs in the Youth Cup? very disappointing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted July 4, 2018 Author Share Posted July 4, 2018 (edited) No idea how it will work at U18s level, just going by some chat on the cup sub-forum thread from a while ago and a newspaper snippet. Originally it was open to all SFA members, including non-leaguers... then it was widened-out to all clubs in the senior U20s leagues, i.e. including non-SFA members. So if it reverts to the original criteria then all LL clubs plus a few EOSL would still be able to enter, if they've U18s teams (perhaps a bespoke mixture of U17s & U19s given those are SYFA age-groups)... i.e. Spartans, LTHV, Cumbernauld, BSCG, EK, Gala, Kelty. Edited July 4, 2018 by HibeeJibee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowdenbeath Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, HibeeJibee said: They're usually out around the middle of July. Apparently the SFA is turning the Scottish Youth Cup into an U18s tournament, in connection with SPFL turning U20s into "reserves"... so unfortunately that particular opportunity is ending. Disappointing they wouldn't continue the Youth Cup nor another tournament at that level, but it's all about the big boys these days. Some non-league teams had great runs and taken notable scalps in SYC. Presumably doing so again, though as regards Berwick's U20s I'd heard there weren't enough teams for East & West, and so it was being combined into a national semi-pro "reserve" division. The Youth Cup originally started as an U18 tournament and was so for many years it only went up age groups along with the SPL/SFL/SPFL youth leagues over the years. Just back to the original idea. Non league sides would still be able to take part just have to use players who are in the age criteria. The reserve league below the top division is a combined East/West and the reason Cowden didn't enter a side. Edited July 4, 2018 by cowdenbeath 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted July 4, 2018 Author Share Posted July 4, 2018 (edited) 11 minutes ago, cowdenbeath said: The Youth Cup originally started as an U18 tournament and was so for many years it only went up age groups along with the SPL/SFL/SPFL youth leagues over the years. Just back to the original idea. Non league sides would still be able to take part just have to use players who are in the age criteria. Unless they'll open-up the cup to any senior club (i.e. on the basis of the adult team) that won't be the case. For a long time it was only open to SFA member clubs; then latterly to SFA member clubs and non-member clubs playing in one of the senior U20s leagues. As there aren't senior U18s leagues the last method can't work? Some clubs haven't anyone that age anyway (e.g. unis) even if they did throw-open the doors. Of the 28 clubs playing in this coming season's Lowland & EOS U20s only 12 are SFA members (including Edinburgh City) - and 3 of those can't have any players eligible at U18s level (Edinburgh Uni, Stirling Uni, Edusport), while some of the remaining 9 also might not have teams at that age-group. Previously all 28 could have entered the SYC. Edited July 4, 2018 by HibeeJibee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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