Ruthrieston Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 14 July Edinburgh Utd 0 Vale of Leithen 2 17 July Easthouses Lily v Vale of Leithen 21 July Newburgh Juniors v Vale of Leithen 24 July Tollcross Thistle v Vale of Leithen 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newcastle broon Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 Finally found a Vale thread No sure if the other title contenders will be happy should the Vale be giving up home advantage IF Victoria Park falls foul to the weather OR Is it a case of well done the Vale on showing a bit initiative ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter's Nutmeg Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 7 minutes ago, newcastle broon said: Finally found a Vale thread No sure if the other title contenders will be happy should the Vale be giving up home advantage IF Victoria Park falls foul to the weather OR Is it a case of well done the Vale on showing a bit initiative ? Mixed feelings on this Newky, one one hand they could be commended for showing initiative. On the other hand it could be viewed as being unfair on other teams in terms of travel, and of course the surface at Ainslie is more conducive to playing flowing football. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk St Moritz Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 1 minute ago, Baxter's Nutmeg said: Mixed feelings on this Newky, one one hand they could be commended for showing initiative. On the other hand it could be viewed as being unfair on other teams in terms of travel, and of course the surface at Ainslie is more conducive to playing flowing football. BSC have also given up home advantage this weekend, playing Gala at Broadwood. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 (edited) It has happened before in isolated instances... Gretna v Gala at Annan for storm damage; Stirling Uni v Dalbeattie at Spartans as felt Forthbank pitch couldn't stand Saturday-Sunday games in January; plus BSCG v Selkirk at Gala, v Edusport and Preston at EK, v Spartans at Airdrie, v Stirling Uni at Spartans (closed-door) and v Threave at QotS due to the well-known end-of-season issues they had at Maryhill. Doing so for convenience, as seen this weekend, is a new development. NB raises an interesting point. Some may consider getting games on Saturday afternoon as admirable - others that it's unprofessional or skews a level playing field. Edited February 7, 2019 by HibeeJibee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedirules Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 Do not agree with this in the slightest ! If there were a backlog or fixture pile up then perhaps yes ,,,,,,,,,,,,but neither apply here Totally unfair on the other teams who have had to play on their rotten coos field of a pitch Just because they train at Spartans they now want to play there as well ,,,why dont all the reams just play wherever each week then ,,,pathetic 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk St Moritz Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 27 minutes ago, HibeeJibee said: It has happened before in isolated instances... Gretna v Gala at Annan for storm damage; Stirling Uni v Dalbeattie at Spartans as felt Forthbank pitch couldn't stand Saturday-Sunday games in January; plus BSCG v Selkirk at Gala, v Edusport and Preston at EK, v Spartans at Airdrie, v Stirling Uni at Spartans (closed-door) and v Threave at QotS due to the well-known end-of-season issues they had at Maryhill. Doing so for convenience, as seen this weekend, is a new development. NB raises an interesting point. Some may consider getting games on Saturday afternoon as admirable - others that it's unprofessional or skews a level playing field. You say its happened in "isolated instances", then provide 6 x examples of BSC doing it in previous seasons :-) And haven't all the instances you have identified have been for a form of "convenience", therefore how is it a "new development?" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginaro Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 Just surprised they aren't playing at Gala since it's much closer and GFR aren't at home, though if they train at Spartans that may be why. There isn't a backlog but Vale have played the least amount of games. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newcastle broon Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 56 minutes ago, Kirk St Moritz said: BSC have also given up home advantage this weekend, playing Gala at Broadwood. Yes for different reasons though. Personally think moving yer home pitch shouldn't be allowed at all,granted the BSC problems in the past,I'm sure ww had to name a 2nd pitch think that was a floodlighting issue if memory serves right. Is it no making the league look a bit amateurish especially wi the profile having been raised this season more than ever ? Don't think we'd ever see e.g Cowdenbeath play at East End Park ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk St Moritz Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 12 minutes ago, newcastle broon said: Yes for different reasons though. Personally think moving yer home pitch shouldn't be allowed at all,granted the BSC problems in the past,I'm sure ww had to name a 2nd pitch think that was a floodlighting issue if memory serves right. Is it no making the league look a bit amateurish especially wi the profile having been raised this season more than ever ? Don't think we'd ever see e.g Cowdenbeath play at East End Park ? I tend to agree, but the argument is lost when describing all the instances of the past, and the fact that BSC also have to move to Broadwood this weekend as they can't get first dibs on their "home" venue. Also pretty sure Gretna played a top-flight game v Rangers at Fir Park in 2008, due to Raydale being weather-problematic? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter's Nutmeg Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 1 hour ago, Kirk St Moritz said: BSC have also given up home advantage this weekend, playing Gala at Broadwood. Very true, but the travel is similar for Gala, and the surfaces are much the same? As I have said, VoL’s decision could be viewed both in a positive light or a negative one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlansHotBath Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 1 hour ago, Kirk St Moritz said: I tend to agree, but the argument is lost when describing all the instances of the past, and the fact that BSC also have to move to Broadwood this weekend as they can't get first dibs on their "home" venue. Also pretty sure Gretna played a top-flight game v Rangers at Fir Park in 2008, due to Raydale being weather-problematic? Think they played all their games there that season since Raydale was never SPL standard? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlansHotBath Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 Anyway, I'm not really in favour of this unless it was an absolute emergency (like not being able to finish the season due to a backlog of fixtures). Not sure it's really at that point yet, is it? That being said, Shire played some South Challenge Cup games at the Falkirk Stadium when we were still at Ochilview (in our first season in the LL, I think?), different competition from the league but you could maybe make the same argument there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 1 hour ago, AlansHotBath said: Anyway, I'm not really in favour of this unless it was an absolute emergency (like not being able to finish the season due to a backlog of fixtures). Not sure it's really at that point yet, is it? That being said, Shire played some South Challenge Cup games at the Falkirk Stadium when we were still at Ochilview (in our first season in the LL, I think?), different competition from the league but you could maybe make the same argument there. My understandinf was that Shire played the South Region Cup games in 2016/17 at the Falkirk Stadium as we only had a contract for league games at Ochilview that season and cup games were then charged on top per individual game. Falkirk's price for these games were more competitive so we played there 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surely not! Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 My understandinf was that Shire played the South Region Cup games in 2016/17 at the Falkirk Stadium as we only had a contract for league games at Ochilview that season and cup games were then charged on top per individual game. Falkirk's price for these games were more competitive so we played thereStirling uni for a good few years used to play cup ties back on campus rather than at Forthbank. Perhaps for the same thing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selfassemblyshire Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 Think they played all their games there that season since Raydale was never SPL standard? Aye they did. Fir Park was a coo field for the whole season because of it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 I seem to recall a certain club giving up home advantage to play some Glasgow non-entities called Celtic in the Scottish Cup years ago... perhaps their pitch wasn't playable as the game was between November and March.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
info Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 6 hours ago, Ginaro said: Just surprised they aren't playing at Gala since it's much closer and GFR aren't at home, though if they train at Spartans that may be why. There isn't a backlog but Vale have played the least amount of games. Probably Spartans will cost a lot less than highering Gala pitch? Just a thought! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newcastle broon Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 (edited) 8 hours ago, tamthebam said: I seem to recall a certain club giving up home advantage to play some Glasgow non-entities called Celtic in the Scottish Cup years ago... perhaps their pitch wasn't playable as the game was between November and March.. I seem to recall a certain club playing all around Edinburgh looking for pitches because there were flower shows taking priority at theirs. Edited February 8, 2019 by newcastle broon 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab B Nesbit Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 9 hours ago, tamthebam said: I seem to recall a certain club giving up home advantage to play some Glasgow non-entities called Celtic in the Scottish Cup years ago... perhaps their pitch wasn't playable as the game was between November and March.. Oh Tam the irony ... . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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