welshbairn Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 https://twitter.com/FortWilliamFC/status/1101879105262366721 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmontheloknow Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 17 hours ago, welshbairn said: https://twitter.com/FortWilliamFC/status/1101879105262366721 Not being funny but unless it requires ambulance attandance, move him onto the sidelines and get on with it. Injuries are commonplace in football and the only time games usually get abandoned is when there is such a delay due to being unable to move the player in question. I've been at one which resumed despite a lengthy wait for an ambulance to arrive (broken leg). Maybe the weather gave the ref an excuse in this scenario though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 Just now, cmontheloknow said: Not being funny but unless it requires ambulance attandance, move him onto the sidelines and get on with it. Injuries are commonplace in football and the only time games usually get abandoned is when there is such a delay due to being unable to move the player in question. I've been at one which resumed despite a lengthy wait for an ambulance to arrive (broken leg). Maybe the weather gave the ref an excuse in this scenario though. I think it was the standing water, Claggan Park is a bog. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesGroundHopping Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 I heard that the game should never have gone ahead in the first place, but they were put under pressure from wick to play anyway after the long Journey. The pitch was always unpayable with the ball getting stuck in two inch deep puddles. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Back Paddy Flannery Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 I suppose its worth having the league an utter farce so some football hipsters can go and ironically watch a gameIf the Highland League were willing to introduce some form of relegation and promotion system then I highly doubt anyone would disagree with it. As it stands they don't, and seem quite happy to continue having members who are quite clearly Sunday league standard. The powers that be value a closed shop over a competitive league. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 1 hour ago, Bring Back Paddy Flannery said: If the Highland League were willing to introduce some form of relegation and promotion system then I highly doubt anyone would disagree with it. As it stands they don't, and seem quite happy to continue having members who are quite clearly Sunday league standard. The powers that be value a closed shop over a competitive league. The Highland League is quite split on what to do, it certainly isn't of one mind. The Stables plan a few years ago for splitting into 2x 10 divisions wasn't quite 50/50 but with only 18 votes you would only have had to sway a couple of votes to the split side and it would of passed. The compromise of splitting if they ever exceed 20 members is probably the best bet for any change. The problem with that is no one is applying. Any North Caledonian League side would struggle in the bottom half of the table. And the Aberdeen North Super League clubs seem content playing the majority of their games in the greater Aberdeen area. The North of Scotland really needs the North of Tay East Region Juniors to add some quality to that side of the pyramid. Highland League table for the last ten years so far... North Region Super League table for the last ten years so far... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humphrey Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 the Tayside clubs are NOT going north en bloc. only MUPPETS that suggest it would do that and theres plenty of them on here. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 1 hour ago, humphrey said: the Tayside clubs are NOT going north en bloc. only MUPPETS that suggest it would do that and theres plenty of them on here. Doesn't matter who's on here saying what. It's the ones that created the Highland/Lowland League boundary in the first place you have to worry about. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclizine Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 23 hours ago, humphrey said: the Tayside clubs are NOT going north en bloc. only MUPPETS that suggest it would do that and theres plenty of them on here. Good point, the Tayside district clubs won't be moving en bloc. Only those north of the mid-point of the Tay Bridge will be in Highland territory. That was your point, wasn't it, mate? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 (edited) Fort William look like hitting 200 goals conceded this afternoon, 11-1 down with 15 minutes to go, 2 more needed. Finished Turriff 12 FW 1. 199 goals conceded, GD 182 Edited March 16, 2019 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peternapper Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 After having to abandon my trip to Berwick to follow Peterhead yesterday headed over to the Loco,s v Lossie game. Was standing just along from the small group of Lossie fans who I must say encouraged their team at every opportunity despite a 7-0 defeat think the 0 was the only thing they were expecting. Not sure if the guy along from me was a Inverurie supporter but he was cheering every miss late on as he had a bet on 7-0. A entertaining afternoon for the neutral. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland Capital Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 12 hours ago, peternapper said: After having to abandon my trip to Berwick to follow Peterhead yesterday headed over to the Loco,s v Lossie game. Was standing just along from the small group of Lossie fans who I must say encouraged their team at every opportunity despite a 7-0 defeat think the 0 was the only thing they were expecting. Not sure if the guy along from me was a Inverurie supporter but he was cheering every miss late on as he had a bet on 7-0. A entertaining afternoon for the neutral. I saw Lossiemouth play Clach once a few years back and there was one fan who spent the entire game (literally the entire game!) shouting 'MON LOSSIIIEEEEE!'. Some man. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Shaker Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 After having to abandon my trip to Berwick to follow Peterhead yesterday headed over to the Loco,s v Lossie game. Was standing just along from the small group of Lossie fans who I must say encouraged their team at every opportunity despite a 7-0 defeat think the 0 was the only thing they were expecting. Not sure if the guy along from me was a Inverurie supporter but he was cheering every miss late on as he had a bet on 7-0. A entertaining afternoon for the neutral.One of the Lossie supporters had the 7-0 lucky score ticket bought before the game. Was probably him. Lossie have done 8’s and a 9 at Inverurie in recent years so 7 was a good afternoon. Could have done without giving them the early goal as Locos didn’t like it when they’d to work for their win at The Bernagow earlier this season. Weird sense of entitlement with that lot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Keith 11 Fort William 0 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senorsoupe Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 On 3/23/2019 at 13:52, Jacksgranda said: Keith 11 Fort William 0 The fact that a player named Keith scored 5 goals for Keith is brilliant 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boulderdomb Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Will Fort William ever become a better club? Is the will/ability there or is all the attention for being so poor taken over? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmontheloknow Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 8 hours ago, boulderdomb said: Will Fort William ever become a better club? Is the will/ability there or is all the attention for being so poor taken over? Their challenge is attracting better players - where will they come from? Shinty is a big participation sport competing for youngsters, for a start. So the talent pool is already diluted. I live and work in an area with shinty teams but it seems to be nowhere near the level of it in the Fort. So they end up casting the net far and wide, generally in the direction of the Inverness amateurs where the players usually are not good enough - and those that are move on to better clubs closer to home. Getting players to commit has been a problem in the past. My stats for Highland are a bit behind right now but by Sept 15th they had used 34 players. A couple of other teams, Rothes and Clach had used 24. Watching games at Claggan is fine as a football tourist but I'd not fancy it much every week. I'll go again but the one game I was at had barely 30 people at it and that included away supporters. I don't see things changing much any time soon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Shaker Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 At the last count - and this is by no way complete as I've still a dozen or more games to add to the database for this season - Fort were well beyond 50 players used this season. I would be surprised if there's more than a few teams in the league even gone through half of that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 On 25/03/2019 at 06:47, cmontheloknow said: Watching games at Claggan is fine as a football tourist but I'd not fancy it much every week. I'll go again but the one game I was at had barely 30 people at it and that included away supporters. I don't see things changing much any time soon. The annoying thing for me is that the spectators are kept so far away from the pitch, even on the rare occasion a game isn't postponed. No idea what that's about. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmontheloknow Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 6 hours ago, welshbairn said: The annoying thing for me is that the spectators are kept so far away from the pitch, even on the rare occasion a game isn't postponed. No idea what that's about. On my visit last season, the pitch was laid out with the stands at each end (becaue of drainage problems I think?) so the touchline was close but obviously that's not the usual. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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