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47 minutes ago, Anychance said:

I know it’s luck but the fixtures have worked well for the top teams in conference A against conference B top teams

It's still early doors. Some of the current Top 6 vs. Top 6 have only played one fixture due to postponements and abandonments.

So far Conference A 7-4 Conference B. Other than the 8-1 loss for Glenrothes, the only disappointment is probably Dalkeith losing both games having had home field advantage.

1st Tynecastle (2-0)

Haddington Athletic 1-3 Tynecastle
Heriot-Watt University 1-3 Tynecastle

2nd Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts (1-1)

Haddington Athletic 1-2 Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts
Leith Athletic 3-2 Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts

3rd Glenrothes (1-2)

St Andrews United 8-1 Glenrothes
Glenrothes 2-1 Leith Athletic
Lothian Thistle HV 4-2 Glenrothes

4th Dalkeith Thistle (0-2)

Dalkeith Thistle 2-4 Dunipace
Dalkeith Thistle 0-2 Lothian Thistle HV

5th Preston Athletic (0-1)

Leith Athletic 2-1 Preston Athletic

6th Edinburgh United (0-1)

Edinburgh United 0-4 Haddington Athletic

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EoS First Division Inter-Conference: Conf A v. Conf B

Craigroyston 1-7 Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts
Dunipace 0-2 Glenrothes
Haddington Athletic 4-0 Tweedmouth Rangers
Heriot-Watt University 2-3 Preston Athletic
Kinnoull 2-0 Hawick Royal Albert United
Leith Athletic 2-0 Dalkeith Thistle
Lothian Thistle HV 0-3 Edinburgh United
Oakley United 0-3 Coldstream
St Andrews United 5-1 Arniston Rangers

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To update the Top 6 v Top 6 since they've stayed the same, it was a pretty good day for Conference B. Going in to today it was Conference A 7-4 Conference B.

Now its Conference A 8-7 Conference B

Tynecastle (2-0)

Haddington Athletic 1-3 Tynecastle
Heriot-Watt University 1-3 Tynecastle

Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts (1-1)

Haddington Athletic 1-2 Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts
Leith Athletic 3-2 Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts

Glenrothes (2-2)

St Andrews United 8-1 Glenrothes
Glenrothes 2-1 Leith Athletic
Lothian Thistle HV 4-2 Glenrothes
Dunipace 0-2 Glenrothes

Dalkeith Thistle (0-3)

Dalkeith Thistle 2-4 Dunipace
Dalkeith Thistle 0-2 Lothian Thistle HV
Leith Athletic 2-0 Dalkeith Thistle

Preston Athletic (1-1)

Leith Athletic 2-1 Preston Athletic
Heriot-Watt University 2-3 Preston Athletic

Edinburgh United (1-1)

Edinburgh United 0-4 Haddington Athletic
Lothian Thistle HV 0-3 Edinburgh United

 

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22 minutes ago, FairWeatherFan said:

Yeh certainly since EOS League was reorganised in 1980s... It could be an all-time record as even in the "olden days" the season started a few weeks later than now; there were few if any midweek games early in the season (and none by floodlight of course); plus lots of cup-ties with replays etc. throughout the autumn. My guess would be that it probably did happen back-in-the-day at some point as there are 20-odd weekends from 2nd Saturday in August to Christmas - so there might've been a club now and then who played a couple of midweek games, lost all their cup-ties and didn't suffer any postponements.

Of course Stirling Uni EOS cannot play in any cups except the League and King cups the former of which doesn't start until the spring, so they tend to get a bit ahead. They actually had a blank week on August 10th and suffered 2 postponements during last 3 weeks.


It's interesting to see how the total league games (including League Cup sections/Qualifying League where appropriate) has risen inexorably over last decade with the introduction of the fixture-list, more floodlights, etc.

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1987-95    24     Premier Division (18) + LC (6)
                      24     First Division (18) + LC (6)

1995-97     24/26     Premier Division (18) + LC (6/8)
                       28/30     First Division (22) + LC (6/8)

1997-98     22     Premier Division (18) + LC (4)
                       26     First Division (22) + LC (4)

1998-99     18     Premier Division
                       24     First Division

1999-00     28     Premier Division (22) + LC (6)
                       26     First Division (20) + LC (6)

2000-05     22     Premier Division
                       22     First Division

2005-06     25     Premier Division (22) + LC (3)
                       23     First Division (20 + LC (3)

2006-07     26     Premier Division (22) + LC (4)
                       24     First Division (20) + LC (4)

2007-08     27     Premier Division (22) + LC (5)
                       27     First Division (22) + LC (5)

2008-11     22     Premier Division
                       22     First Division

2011-12     27     Premier Division (22) + QL (5)
                       29     First Division (24) + QL (5)

2012-13     27     Premier Division (22) + QL (4)
                       30     First Division (26) + QL (4)

2013-14     26     Premier Division (18) + QL (8)
                       26     First Division (18) + QL (8)

2014-15     26/27     Premier Division (24) + QL (2/3)
                       30/31     First Division (28) + QL (2/3)

2015-16     31    league (28) + QL (3)

2016-17     24/25     league (20) + QL (4/5)

2017-18     26     league (24) + QL (2)

2018-19     27     conferences (24) + QL (3)

2019-20     30     Premier Division
                       34     First Division conferences

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EoS First Division Conference B

Arniston Rangers 0-0 Dalkeith Thistle
Easthouses Lily MW 3-4 Edinburgh United
Glenrothes 1-2 Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts
Hawick Royal Albert United 1-2 Tweedmouth Rangers

EoS First Division Inter-Conference: Conf A v. Conf B

Haddington Athletic 5-0 Preston Athletic
Peebles Rovers 0-3 Coldstream

EoS First Division Inter-Conference: Conf B v. Conf A

Stirling University (EoS) 0-1 Kinnoull

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EoS First Division Conference B

Coldstream 5-0 Tweedmouth Rangers
Easthouses Lily MW 0-5 Dalkeith Thistle
Edinburgh United 3-2 Arniston Rangers

EoS First Division Inter-Conference: Conf A v. Conf B

Ormiston 1-3 Preston Athletic
Peebles Rovers 1-1 Hawick Royal Albert United

EoS First Division Inter-Conference: Conf B v. Conf A

Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts 2-1 Oakley United
Glenrothes 5-1 Burntisland Shipyard
Tynecastle 2-2 Lothian Thistle HV

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Tynecastle's winning streak is over thanks to old rivals Lothian Thistle HV. Now its all about the unbeaten streak :)

Elsewhere in Inter-Conference play it was a good day for Conference B 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.

 

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6 minutes ago, The Mantis said:

Can anybody explain the system for listing the fixtures for the two conferences and inter-conference games on the official EOS website? Seems to be a bit random.

I’ve tried to understand it but there seems to be no logic to it 

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24 minutes ago, The Mantis said:

Can anybody explain the system for listing the fixtures for the two conferences and inter-conference games on the official EOS website? Seems to be a bit random.

I think its do with how it pulls the information from the future list. It goes by Kick Off times, so when it pulls the information across to the Match Centre information that is how its replicated. The added complication this year is the First Division Conferences and Inter Conference games making it a bit messy.

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1 hour ago, FairWeatherFan said:

I think its do with how it pulls the information from the future list. It goes by Kick Off times, so when it pulls the information across to the Match Centre information that is how its replicated. The added complication this year is the First Division Conferences and Inter Conference games making it a bit messy.

Must be something along those lines. Sure isn't alphabetical and not grouped by conference either.

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1 minute ago, The Mantis said:

Must be something along those lines. Sure isn't alphabetical and not grouped by conference either.

You'll notice this is next week's fixtures on the Match Centre on the websitre homepage.

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Then in the fixtures

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So you can see for the Premier Division it's pretty simple. Earliest start time then alphabetical order.

For the First Division I think it tries to order Conference A and Inter Conference first, then start times, then alphabetical? Or close to that.

That's why the solely Conference B games are last on the list.

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EoS First Division Inter-Conference: Conf A v. Conf B

Leith Athletic 0-0 Tynecastle

EoS First Division Inter-Conference: Conf B v. Conf A

Tweedmouth Rangers 6-1 Peebles Rovers

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Leith-Tynecastle will be considered an upset. Leith played 40+ minutes of the 2nd half with 10 men after having a man sent off.

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Tynecastle still unbeaten... 14 games left to see if they can become "invincibles":

Sat 18 Jan     Oakley (H)
Sat 25 Jan     Preston (H)
Tue 28 Jan    St Andrews (H)
Sat 08 Feb     Ormiston (A)
Sat 22 Feb     Dunipace (H)
Sat 29 Feb     Edinburgh Utd (A)
Sat 14 Mar     Inverkeithing (H)
Sat 21 Mar     Glenrothes (A)

date tbc          Dalkeith (H)
date tbc          Burntisland (A)
date tbc          Craigroyston (A)
date tbc          Easthouses (A)
date tbc          Hawick (A)
date tbc          Preston (A)

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EoS First Division Conference B

Coldstream 0-2 Preston Athletic
Glenrothes 1-2 Arniston Rangers

EoS First Division Inter-Conference: Conf A v. Conf B

Craigroyston 2-5 Stirling University (EoS)
Dunipace 2-0 Hawick Royal Albert United

EoS First Division Inter-Conference: Conf B v. Conf A

Easthouses Lily MW 2-4 Ormiston
Edinburgh United 3-3 Burntisland Shipyard
Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts 0-3 Lothian Thistle HV
Tynecastle 10-3 Oakley United

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Arniston with a bit of an upset win over Glenrothes stands out.

Stirling University (EoS) gets their first points from Inter-Conference play with a win over Conference A's bottom side, Craigroyston.

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Most could accept that Tynecastle winning this conference and automatic promotion is a case of "when" not "if": but everyone behind them continue to drop points and it's had to say any look especially stand-out.


Inverkeithing will be content to have a slight points cushion but have still to face Kinnoull, Heriot-Watt Uni, Dunipace and St Andrews in inter-conferences games plus visit Tynecastle which could seriously erode their lead.

Preston have almost the same challenge (sub LTHV for Heriot-Watt Uni), but have to face Tynecastle twice.

Edinburgh Utd also similar to Inverkeithing (sub Leith in this case), but they only still have to face Tynecastle at home.

Glenrothes and Dalkeith will need to find some serious form to get themselves into strong reckoning for finishing 2nd.

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EoS First Division Conference B

Dalkeith Thistle 1-2 Glenrothes
Stirling University (EoS) 2-2 Coldstream
Tynecastle 3-2 Preston Athletic

EoS First Division Inter-Conference: Conf A v. Conf B

Craigroyston 0-4 Tweedmouth Rangers
Lothian Thistle HV 1-0 Easthouses Lily MW
Kinnoull 4-0 Edinburgh United
Oakley United 5-0 Hawick Royal Albert United
Ormiston 0-3 Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts

EoS First Division Inter-Conference: Conf B v. Conf A

Arniston Rangers 1-3 Heriot-Watt University

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First time Tweedmouth has won consecutive games since a pair of QL fixtures in debut month Aug 2016. (They won consecutive league games in spring 2017 but lost cup-tie in between).

EDIT: Incredibly also their first clean-sheet in 115 attempts. That's crazy :lol:.

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