afca32 Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 For too long now Berwick have been an embarrassment to League 2, providing nothing to the division other than an easy 3 points to every team that plays them. They along with Hawick and Gala, who we beat 8-1 and 4-0 respectively in the cup a few years back, are the worst team I have seen us play. I have also watched Peebles and Selkirk a few times in the last few years and they too were atrocious. Now I'm not saying a merged team would be world beaters, far from it. But they might be able to at least not stink out the bottom end of whatever league they were put in. Probably the new East of Scotland Premier Division as of next season. Some may point to Angus, a similar sized area, as evidence of 4 flourishing teams in close proximity and say the Borders could have the same. However, the people of Angus are not Tory, rugby playing mutants and each of their 4 clubs dwarf any of their Borders counterparts in size. They could be called Vale of Peebles Fairydean Albert Rangers and play at Eyemouth. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 49 minutes ago, afca32 said: However, the people of Angus are not Tory You need to spend more time in Angus tbh 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaverysam Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 For too long now Berwick have been an embarrassment to League 2, providing nothing to the division other than an easy 3 points to every team that plays them. They along with Hawick and Gala, who we beat 8-1 and 4-0 respectively in the cup a few years back, are the worst team I have seen us play. I have also watched Peebles and Selkirk a few times in the last few years and they too were atrocious. Now I'm not saying a merged team would be world beaters, far from it. But they might be able to at least not stink out the bottom end of whatever league they were put in. Probably the new East of Scotland Premier Division as of next season. Some may point to Angus, a similar sized area, as evidence of 4 flourishing teams in close proximity and say the Borders could have the same. However, the people of Angus are not Tory, rugby playing mutants and each of their 4 clubs dwarf any of their Borders counterparts in size. They could be called Vale of Peebles Fairydean Albert Rangers and play at Eyemouth.Your an absolute tool crawl back under yer stone 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Believer Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Cutting through the emotion and clickbait, mergers are maybe not that daft, if the mergee's can agree on a common aspiration beyond individual capability. The Inverness merger took 2 teams that'd struggle to aspire beyond HL, successfully to a target of participation at the top level of Scottish football. The Angus scenario would, and perhaps should, never become a merger due to the proud history of each club; albeit the respective Inverness supports endured that pain and some are happy it happened, some still don't (and will never) go to ICT matches. If the Glasgow clubs want to succesfully compete in the Champions League against top European clubs, following afca32 logic, they all merge and play at Firhill. ok, logic is pushing it a bit... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Your Own Socks Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Cutting through the emotion and clickbait, mergers are maybe not that daft, if the mergee's can agree on a common aspiration beyond individual capability. The Inverness merger took 2 teams that'd struggle to aspire beyond HL, successfully to a target of participation at the top level of Scottish football. The Angus scenario would, and perhaps should, never become a merger due to the proud history of each club; albeit the respective Inverness supports endured that pain and some are happy it happened, some still don't (and will never) go to ICT matches. If the Glasgow clubs want to succesfully compete in the Champions League against top European clubs, following afca32 logic, they all merge and play at Firhill. ok, logic is pushing it a bit... Surely the only home for Glasgow United would be Hampden?Maybe Hibs and Hearts might be ready for Edinburgh United now that Edinburgh City is claimed. Big derby day just like Manchester. Play at Murrayfield and rename the main stand The Wallace Mercer Pavillion. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dougster Posted March 18, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted March 18, 2019 A good idea, lets do the same with the Highland teams merge Forres, Ullapool Cove Keith with Oban Fraserburgh and Fort William and call it FUCKOFF for short 33 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandcowden Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 2 hours ago, afca32 said: For too long now Berwick have been an embarrassment to League 2, from an elgin fan they were never an embarrassment to the bottom league when in the tier above mind you,could elgin city ever say that? 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Believer Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 A good idea, lets do the same with the Highland teams merge Forres, Ullapool Cove Keith with Oban Fraserburgh and Fort William and call it FUCKOFF for short Today's inventive acronym prize winner [emoji106][emoji23] 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afca32 Posted March 18, 2019 Author Share Posted March 18, 2019 1 hour ago, dougster said: A good idea, lets do the same with the Highland teams merge Forres, Ullapool Cove Keith with Oban Fraserburgh and Fort William and call it FUCKOFF for short Only 2 of those 7 are Highland teams I'm afraid. But killing off Keith, Forres and Cove sounds great so I'm on board anyway! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom & Gerry Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 I think you should be more worried about your own team not Berwick. They have achieved more in the last 20 years than we have in the Scottish leagues. You maybe would like a Moray United. Elgin, Forres, Buckie, Keith, Rothes and Lossiemouth combined might do better than Elgin has done! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAC THE KNIFE Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 MERGE ALL ABOVE & GET A BETTER QUALITY TEAM ! CUT DOWN ON THE TRAVELLING FOR THE FORT & THISTLE AS WELL. PLAYING OUT OF LOSSIEMOUTH AS WELL 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzza81 Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Decent idea tbh but seems a lot of hassle. Easier just rebuilding Hadrian’s wall but a few miles further north. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Your Own Socks Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 (edited) On 3/18/2019 at 08:27, dougster said: A good idea, lets do the same with the Highland teams merge Forres, Ullapool Cove Keith with Oban Fraserburgh and Fort William and call it FUCKOFF for short Is that because all those towns voted to Remain? Racist! Edited March 19, 2019 by Bring Your Own Socks To mess up dougster's signature 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 55 minutes ago, Muzza81 said: Decent idea tbh but seems a lot of hassle. Easier just rebuilding Hadrian’s wall but a few miles further north. Hadrian's Wall runs through Newcastle not the modern border champ. This would only be an East Borders merger - you'd then need to combine Queen of the South, Annan and Gretna 2008 to form a seaside league powerhouse for the other half of the Borders. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougster Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 (edited) 57 minutes ago, Bring Your Own Socks said: Is that beacuse alll those teams voted to Remain? Racist! I’m keeping this one! Edited March 18, 2019 by dougster 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzza81 Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 1 hour ago, virginton said: Hadrian's Wall runs through Newcastle not the modern border champ. Indeed it does champ. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberdeen Cowden Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 On 18/03/2019 at 08:19, afca32 said: For too long now Berwick have been an embarrassment to League 2, providing nothing to the division other than an easy 3 points to every team that plays them. They along with Hawick and Gala, who we beat 8-1 and 4-0 respectively in the cup a few years back, are the worst team I have seen us play. I have also watched Peebles and Selkirk a few times in the last few years and they too were atrocious. Now I'm not saying a merged team would be world beaters, far from it. But they might be able to at least not stink out the bottom end of whatever league they were put in. Probably the new East of Scotland Premier Division as of next season. Some may point to Angus, a similar sized area, as evidence of 4 flourishing teams in close proximity and say the Borders could have the same. However, the people of Angus are not Tory, rugby playing mutants and each of their 4 clubs dwarf any of their Borders counterparts in size. They could be called Vale of Peebles Fairydean Albert Rangers and play at Eyemouth. Oh dear, where have you been hiding? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Your Own Socks Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 20 hours ago, dougster said: I’m keeping this one! You might have fixed the typo first. Mockery I'll tolerate. Bad grammar is unacceptable. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afca32 Posted March 19, 2019 Author Share Posted March 19, 2019 After the result tonight, Peterhead shall now be merging with Fraserburgh to form Peterfraser FC. Playing at Maud. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchBorderer Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 After tonight you can merge deez nutz On second thought, please don't 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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