lithgierose Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 1 hour ago, Burnie_man said: So we're looking at Bo'ness, Camelon, Tranent, Musselburgh, Haddington, Dunipace, St.Andrews, Dunbar and Dalkeith all at various stages in the process with hopefully most getting the Licence at next years AGM. Newtongrange and Sauchie are probably the major omissions from any sort of indication that they're going for Licencing. Sauchie hosted a semi final a few years ago. They had lights then. Someone put the kettle on in the pie hut and blew the lights 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Could be about anything. While they might have floodlights in place, they might not be up to the new standard and they could have other expenses to consider. Also noticed from their twitter feed that their Community team has used Grangemouth Stadium for a game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie_man Posted December 30, 2019 Author Share Posted December 30, 2019 EoS no doubt on the agenda. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 10 minutes ago, Burnie_man said: EoS no doubt on the agenda. Gauging interest in starting a fox hunt. Lot of investment in dogs, horses and spiffy uniforms required! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason King Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 2 hours ago, FairWeatherFan said: Could be about anything. While they might have floodlights in place, they might not be up to the new standard and they could have other expenses to consider. Also noticed from their twitter feed that their Community team has used Grangemouth Stadium for a game. I imagine, as with Pennies leasing Dunipace for games, that if the EoS side have a fixture added such as a cup tie then they take preference over the Junior sides and ergo they have to find somewhere to play. Pennies played a home game at Grangemouth the other weekend as Dunipace moved their home game from the 28th to the 21st. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Jason King said: I imagine, as with Pennies leasing Dunipace for games, that if the EoS side have a fixture added such as a cup tie then they take preference over the Junior sides and ergo they have to find somewhere to play. Pennies played a home game at Grangemouth the other weekend as Dunipace moved their home game from the 28th to the 21st. This was from Saturday just gone with Sauchie Juniors away to HoB in the league. So there was no conflicting dates and the game would have been known since the fixture list was announced.. Which is one of the reasons it caught the eye. Edited December 30, 2019 by FairWeatherFan mention it was a league fixture. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perthmo Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Beechwood was badly waterlogged. Given there was no chance of it being playable decision was made to book Grangemouth. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 West region juniors have brought forward their meeting from the 30th to 16th of January to discuss the proposals tabled at the last PWG. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie_man Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 On 31/12/2019 at 18:18, GNU_Linux said: West region juniors have brought forward their meeting from the 30th to 16th of January to discuss the proposals tabled at the last PWG. Probably because the PWG are due to meet before 30th. I think the EoS are meeting towards end of January. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Does the East Region Junior League have a meeting arranged to discuss the proposals? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie_man Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Dev said: Does the East Region Junior League have a meeting arranged to discuss the proposals? I believe they had a meeting last month, and seem to be under the impression that ERJFA at tier 6 remains a possibility despite it already being rejected. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 I believe they had a meeting last month, and seem to be under the impression that ERJFA at tier 6 remains a possibility despite it already being rejected.Presume theres still nothing about a reunified superleague on the table? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie_man Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 4 minutes ago, GNU_Linux said: 38 minutes ago, Burnie_man said: I believe they had a meeting last month, and seem to be under the impression that ERJFA at tier 6 remains a possibility despite it already being rejected. Presume theres still nothing about a reunified superleague on the table? Not heard anything, I think their claim was that it would happen if they were allowed to enter at tier 6. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginaro Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Didn't know where to put this as there's no League 2 trapdoor thread... https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51111688 Quote The geographical boundary separating the Highland and Lowland Leagues will be reviewed later this month. Currently, if a club is relegated from Scottish League Two, its new placement is decided by whether it is based north or south of the River Tay. That means the relegated side could join the league that did not have its champions promoted, creating complications for organisers. The present system has been in place since the 2014-15 season. But it could be altered after a Hampden meeting between all relevant bodies on 29 January. As things stand, the bottom League Two side faces a two-legged play-off against the winner of a play-off between the Highland and Lowland League champions. 'A lot of work needs to be thought through' Former Montrose chairman Derek Sim Playing in the Highland League, there are a number of clubs around the Aberdeen area, so the travel costs and the time getting to matches aren't too great. However, if you look at the Lowland League, with the clubs based between the Edinburgh and the Glasgow areas, you will probably find that in terms of the number of games you would be playing, your overall travel costs would be less than travelling in the Highland League. And obviously the games that are outwith the Aberdeenshire area, and moving in to Moray, Inverness, Brora and dare I say Wick. So I think there is a lot of work that needs to be thought through by the Scottish FA and the current set-up that we have. Bit in red - how is that any different to what happened last season, where the LL has rules in place to deal with that situation, and the HL just went with one less team? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie_man Posted January 15, 2020 Author Share Posted January 15, 2020 6 minutes ago, Ginaro said: Bit in red - how is that any different to what happened last season, where the LL has rules in place to deal with that situation, and the HL just went with one less team? There's a process in place to deal with it, it's not anything new, eg the EoS clubs know there could be 4 relegated depending on what happens or doesn't happen between SPFL2 and LL. Not sure what relevance that has to the boundary, The meeting referred to in the next PWG. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 47 minutes ago, Ginaro said: Didn't know where to put this as there's no League 2 trapdoor thread... https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51111688 Bit in red - how is that any different to what happened last season, where the LL has rules in place to deal with that situation, and the HL just went with one less team? Hopefully common sense prevails and it gets changed to the Highland Boundary Fault line: and the next item on the agenda after that is LL East and LL West to fix the massive population imbalance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Based on Google Maps with miles rounded up so they shouldn't change, but the estimated times will change based on their fastest times estimates. Brechin City v. the current HL and LL. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie_man Posted January 15, 2020 Author Share Posted January 15, 2020 2 minutes ago, FairWeatherFan said: Based on Google Maps with miles rounded up so they shouldn't change, but the estimated times will change based on their fastest times estimates. Brechin City v. the current HL and LL. A perfect illustration why a change isn't required. Moving more clubs into the LL area is crazy. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Think Brechin are based in Grangemouth in training terms, so Brechin isn't necessarily the real starting point in travel terms. Brechin's argument appears to be that they would find it a lot more difficult to recruit players of sufficient standard who would be willing to play away games in Wick as opposed to Dalbeattie at tier 5, so doubt those numbers would sway them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Just now, Burnie_man said: A perfect illustration why a change isn't required. Moving more clubs into the LL area is crazy. And versus everyone by time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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