Only coo in the village Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 14 minutes ago, cowdenbeath said: Most of our players were too busy to play football as they were away fighting a war. Aye, how selfish of them, go away galavanting to fight in world war 2 instead of completing their fixtures. Tsk! Tsk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320Lichtie Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Why is there all this Cowden chat over the war?Maybe it is the reason only 277 turned up the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headthebaw Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Why is there all this Cowden chat over the war?Maybe it is the reason only 277 turned up the day Wow. How many loons made the trip? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeSAFC Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Highest attendance of the day at Forthbank today. A very good 694. A good attendance considering how shite we are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogs_Dollox Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Wow. How many loons made the trip? 276 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 18 hours ago, cowdenbeath said: Most of our players were too busy to play football as they were away fighting a war. 17 hours ago, Only coo in the village said: Aye, how selfish of them, go away galavanting to fight in world war 2 instead of completing their fixtures. Tsk! Tsk! To be clear I wasn't endorsing the apparent motivation, although I suppose the other clubs might have said the same thing. It's interesting what happened during and after the war. At the outbreak the existing SFL First & Second divisions of 20 & 18 were suspended. After a few weeks of friendlies and local cup-ties, they were replaced with SFL Eastern & Western divisions of 16 clubs each who would also play in a SFA War Emergency Cup replacing the Scottish Cup. Brechin, Forfar, Montrose, East Stirlingshire and Edinburgh City asked to or were required to withdraw and Leith and St Bernards had to toss over it (St Bernards won); halfway through the resulting division Cowdenbeath resigned after playing everyone once. At the end of the season the 'Phoney War' ended and the SFA shut down for the duration although a Southern League and later a North-Eastern League operated. By 1946-47 Kings Park and St Bernards had folded but Stirling Albion joined... In terms of how the leagues were restarted - as A & B divisions of 16 & 14, with the rest in a new C division - compared to 1939-40:A Division Aberdeen, Celtic, Clyde, Falkirk, Hibs, Rangers, Hearts, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, Partick, Queen of the South, St Mirren, Third Lanark + Morton, Queen's Park ... were in Second Division 1939-40 but were promoted to A Division 1946-47. Both had played in the Southern League for the duration - while Aberdeen, Kilmarnock and Queen of the South had not.B Division Airdrieonians, Dumbarton, Dundee, Dundee Utd, Dunfermline, East Fife, Raith, Stenhousemuir + Albion Rovers, Alloa, Arbroath, Ayr, Cowdenbeath, St Johnstone ... were in First Division 1939-40 but were demoted to B Division 1946-47. This was especially harsh on Albion Rovers as they had played in the Southern League for the duration - as had Airdrieonians and Dumbarton.C Division + Brechin, East Stirlingshire, Edinburgh City, Forfar, Leith, Montrose ... were in Second Division 1939-40 but were demoted to C Division 1946-47. All had been withdrawn in October 1939. + Stirling ... were a new member Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loondave1 Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Wow. How many loons made the trip? 276 Based on my standing on the old stand bench seats and guesstimate plus directors in the newer stand id say about 40/50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokie_Bacon_crisps Posted January 3, 2017 Author Share Posted January 3, 2017 Update at the half way point in the season. I'll update again when we reach the 3/4 stage. Today's Angus Derby really changed things, but a very impressive attendance in Elgin today with 1091 for the 2nd highest attendance this season. Arbroath - 6517 / 9 = 724.11 Elgin City - 5872 / 9 = 652.44 Forfar Athletic - 5178 / 9 = 575.33 Stirling Albion - 5175 / 9 = 575 Clyde - 5030 / 9 = 558.88 Montrose - 4136 / 9 - 459.55 Berwick Rangers 3685 / 9 = 409.44 Edinburgh City - 3484 / 9 = 387.11 Annan Athletic - 3235 / 9 = 359.44 Cowdenbeath 2813 / 9 = 312.55 Highest Attendance - Arbroath vs Montrose - 1731 Lowest Attendance - Annan Athletic 2 - 0 Cowdenbeath - 241 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320Lichtie Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Lichtiessssssssss [emoji1145][emoji1145][emoji1145] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogs_Dollox Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Lichtiessssssssss [emoji1145][emoji1145][emoji1145] 7 poi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeSAFC Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Forfar are top and we are all but getting the same crowds as them while we're sat joint bottom. Embarrassing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loonytoons Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 3 minutes ago, JakeSAFC said: Forfar are top and we are all but getting the same crowds as them while we're sat joint bottom. Embarrassing. It is embarrassing being bottom. Suck it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeSAFC Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 It is embarrassing being bottom. Suck it up. Both are embarrassing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowdenbeath Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 24 minutes ago, JakeSAFC said: Forfar are top and we are all but getting the same crowds as them while we're sat joint bottom. Embarrassing. Forfar has a population of just over 14,000, while Stirling's is just under 46,000 so for them to get the same crowds its embarrassing for Stirling if anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loonytoons Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 6 minutes ago, JakeSAFC said: Both are embarrassing. I'm sure you are correct, Berwick must also be embarrassed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Feet Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 I'm sure you are correct, Berwick must also be embarrassed. Na we're good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeSAFC Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Forfar has a population of just over 14,000, while Stirling's is just under 46,000 so for them to get the same crowds its embarrassing for Stirling if anyone. We know it is, too many buses heading to watch the manky mobs on a Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320Lichtie Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 We know it is, too many buses heading to watch the manky mobs on a Saturday. Same story with every town tbf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeSAFC Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Same story with every town tbf Exactly, a city like Stirling with 1 proper club should be getting at least over 1K at games. People arent interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogs_Dollox Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Forfar has a population of just over 14,000, while Stirling's is just under 46,000 so for them to get the same crowds its embarrassing for Stirling if anyone. Telt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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