jimbaxters Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Interested to see what the public actually think. Imagine consulting the paying punters, eh? What a thought! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moondancer Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 I think its got to be a senior stadium to give it a sense of occasion, I know the attendances have dropped recently and this may be playing in front of a fair amount of empty seats. As the final is televised, senior grounds have the capability to put out a professional coverage of the final instead of erecting scaffolding at two or three locations inside some of the junior grounds that may be considered suitable to stage the final. May I also point out that the logistics of running the final for a junior club would be very time consuming and costly, catering, security etc, etc. I also remember when the semi finals were played in senior grounds adding to the build up for the final. Also the majority of the players would welcome the chance of playing at a senior stadium as they've probaly played at all the top junior grounds that would be capable of holding the final Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Blastie Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 It should be Hampden........wither it's an eighth full or wan man and his dug.......It's 2 Junior clubs "Big Day Oot" !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanner Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Carlisle United Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Berg Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Carlisle United Camelon 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Prez Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 May like it's always been Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowfster Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Mid to late May at hampden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lokforever Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Newlandsfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viewparker Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Hampden , every time. I've been at a Schools cup final and the stadium although holding only a few hundred made the occasion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 St Mirren / Patrick when West teams (if pitch is better) or Dunfermline or Livingston or even Easter Road / Tynecastle if big East team(s) eg Linlithgow or Boness. If Meadow ever did get to it again I honestly think 3-4,000 fans will come out which is just 10% of the town as v Bathgate around 3000 supporters and was a semi at Firhill when Ayrshire District League and 2,000 plus v Hibs on freezing start of January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie_man Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Hampden, who cares if there's only 5,000 there, I'm sure Colville Park and Leven Utd wont give a damn in the upcoming Amateur Cup Final. Cost is an issue of course but here's an idea, why not have a double header? Amateurs at 1.00, Junior Cup at 4.00, make it a non-league finals day. Either that or St.Mirren, Airdrie, Falkirk or Livingston would suffice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F_T_Y Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 All depends on who is in the final. Hampden would be terrible. This year St Mirren would make sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster2 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 See who's in the final 1st. Seem to do that anyway then pick Rugby Park haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionel hutz Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Does anyone have a list of what grounds the finals have been played at, in last two decades?McDairmid and Tannadice are also good shouts if Tayport, St Andrews, Carnoustie or a Dundee club is involved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F_T_Y Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Remember going to a final at tannadice, Tayport v Lochee united i think it was. That would be about ten years ago now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pheasant plucker Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 On a grass pitch Sent from my iPad using Pie & Bovril mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmontheloknow Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Wherever the SJFA sees a square deal that turns a 'could' into a 'would', simple as that. 'Should' is not a consideration. At present both finalists equally share £16k - a Hampden charge wipes that out entirely. Running at a loss for vanity, pretty clever stuff. Rather than trying to corral SJFA into taking the cup final to an unsuitable venue, why not press them to sort out their PR? The grade is undersold, undervalued and ignored by too many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fan of the juniors Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Hampden, who cares if there's only 5,000 there, I'm sure Colville Park and Leven Utd wont give a damn in the upcoming Amateur Cup Final. Cost is an issue of course but here's an idea, why not have a double header? Amateurs at 1.00, Junior Cup at 4.00, make it a non-league finals day. Either that or St.Mirren, Airdrie, Falkirk or Livingston would suffice. It's easily done. Football festival even https://ticketingcontent.thefa.com/Non-League-Finals-Day-2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie_man Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 It's easily done. Football festival even https://ticketingcontent.thefa.com/Non-League-Finals-Day-2016 Yip, spot on, that's exactly what I was alluding to. In addition, the Scottish Youth Cup Final between Hearts and Motherwell is at Hampden on Wednesday night and will probably have the same sort of crowd as a Junior Cup Final would attract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeKRR1878 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Maybe if West vs East it should be in the middle e.g. Auchinleck vs Linlithgow choose Broadwood or Falkirk Stadium or round about there, in west stick to Rugby park unless 2 Glasgow teams choose Firhill, East choose Almondvale or East End Park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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