Baxter's Nutmeg Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 (edited) News reaches me from a friend in the East that an EGM has been called for by certain clubs in order to change the rules re relegation this season?? I have no reason to doubt the info, however will stress it’s just what I’ve been told? Edited January 10, 2019 by Baxter's Nutmeg 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelheart Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Technically Selkirk should be team removed and winner of playoff promoted quite simple really imo 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter's Nutmeg Posted January 10, 2019 Author Share Posted January 10, 2019 4 minutes ago, Kelheart said: Technically Selkirk should be team removed and winner of playoff promoted quite simple really imo I suppose that’s the argument they will use, be interesting to see how it pans out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 4 hours ago, Kelheart said: Technically Selkirk should be team removed and winner of playoff promoted quite simple really imo That's one perspective, but not the view the league took at the time. The rules say the bottom club is relegated; Selkirk won't be the bottom club, they are not members of the SLFL and not on the league table. If you check the website, Whitehill Welfare are bottom. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelheart Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 3 hours ago, GordonS said: That's one perspective, but not the view the league took at the time. The rules say the bottom club is relegated; Selkirk won't be the bottom club, they are not members of the SLFL and not on the league table. If you check the website, Whitehill Welfare are bottom. Agreed but Selkirks demise may be whoever finishes bottom reprieve as league still need a certain amount of teams and just say none of the teams are licensed who are in for promotion then we have a proper clusterfuck so ?? Going to take a season or two before the whole EoS /LL gets any sort of stability 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie_man Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Agreed but Selkirks demise may be whoever finishes bottom reprieve as league still need a certain amount of teams and just say none of the teams are licensed who are in for promotion then we have a proper clusterfuck so ?? Going to take a season or two before the whole EoS /LL gets any sort of stability For the purposes of this season, Selkirk never existed, therefore as per the rules the bottom team goes down.All the main contenders in the EoS Conferences are going through Licencing now, and you have Linlithgow who are already Licenced. You'll have 16 next season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelheart Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 28 minutes ago, Burnie_man said: For the purposes of this season, Selkirk never existed, therefore as per the rules the bottom team goes down. All the main contenders in the EoS Conferences are going through Licencing now, and you have Linlithgow who are already Licenced. You'll have 16 next season. So if bottom goes down will mean two up then which is hopefully going to happen in the long run anyhoo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie_man Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 So if bottom goes down will mean two up then which is hopefully going to happen in the long run anyhoo One team promoted on merit, one team promoted by application (or the bottom team can re-apply) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter's Nutmeg Posted January 11, 2019 Author Share Posted January 11, 2019 33 minutes ago, Kelheart said: So if bottom goes down will mean two up then which is hopefully going to happen in the long run anyhoo There is also the possibility that the bottom team in Div 2 could be relegated to the LL, which would alter that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newcastle broon Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 11 hours ago, Baxter's Nutmeg said: News reaches me from a friend in the East that an EGM has been called for by certain clubs in order to change the rules re relegation this season?? I have no reason to doubt the info, however will stress it’s just what I’ve been told? 10 hours ago, Baxter's Nutmeg said: I suppose that’s the argument they will use, be interesting to see how it pans out. Howay then spill the beans then, you seem to know more than yer letting on Mr. B 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter's Nutmeg Posted January 11, 2019 Author Share Posted January 11, 2019 6 minutes ago, newcastle broon said: Howay then spill the beans then, you seem to know more than yer letting on Mr. B Just been told that certain clubs have asked for the rule to be changed, in essence making Selkirk the relegated club. Honestly don’t know much more than that Newky, was told by a good friend in the East. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newcastle broon Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 8 minutes ago, Baxter's Nutmeg said: Just been told that certain clubs have asked for the rule to be changed, in essence making Selkirk the relegated club. Honestly don’t know much more than that Newky, was told by a good friend in the East. Dinny get my hopes up its been the most stressful season as it is 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grinderbrokeyourhearts Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Hopefully in time it'll be two up and two down. There's a lot of stabilisation to go on in the next decade which is shown by Hawicks position in conference A.That way the LL will become a better product and that should be the collective direction not self preservation. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midge Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Baxter's Nutmeg said: Just been told that certain clubs have asked for the rule to be changed, in essence making Selkirk the relegated club. Honestly don’t know much more than that Newky, was told by a good friend in the East. As it should be imo, they did start the season. Not the fault of any other club, so why should they be punished. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter's Nutmeg Posted January 11, 2019 Author Share Posted January 11, 2019 6 minutes ago, Midge said: As it should be imo, they did start the season. Not the fault of any other club, so why should they be punished. True, however you could argue that the rules were also in place at the start of the season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie_man Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 As it should be imo, they did start the season. Not the fault of any other club, so why should they be punished.Their playing record was expunged, they effectively didn't exist this season and the rules state "bottom club" is relegated, so clearly 15th is bottom in a 15 team league. The bottom club then has a chance to save themselves by re-applying for the vacancy, if they want to. It doesn't however set a great example IMO when the LL are trying to get the SPFL to open up more. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midge Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Baxter's Nutmeg said: True, however you could argue that the rules were also in place at the start of the season. Selkirk were also in place at the start of the season in a 16 team league, you can’t argue the fact they were also the “bottom club” either. Edited January 11, 2019 by Midge 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter's Nutmeg Posted January 11, 2019 Author Share Posted January 11, 2019 12 minutes ago, Midge said: Selkirk were also in place at the start of the season in a 16 team league, you can’t argue the fact they were also the “bottom club” either. That’s the point I’m making? They resigned from the league, and ceased to be the “bottom club”? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golum Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Baxter's Nutmeg said: True, however you could argue that the rules were also in place at the start of the season. True but as said so were Selkirk You can debate and argue all you want but Selkirk were in the league so should be classed as bottom , last , relegated ( and as they resigned they should and have been dumped out altogether ) Question if Welfare resigned now where does it end ? The main problem is promotion from the LL not the relegation from it 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie_man Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 8 minutes ago, Golum said: True but as said so were Selkirk You can debate and argue all you want but Selkirk were in the league so should be classed as bottom , last , relegated ( and as they resigned they should and have been dumped out altogether ) Question if Welfare resigned now where does it end ? The main problem is promotion from the LL not the relegation from it That would only be correct if all remaining matches were awarded as 3-0 wins for the opponents and Selkirk's playing record remained, however their playing record was wiped from the books, expunged, deceased. They can't be bottom as they are not in the league. A big problem for the Pyramid at the moment is the reluctance of the LL to open up at the bottom, it seems some people are getting twitchy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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