TxRover Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 How’s Davo looking? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theoriginalhedge Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 5 hours ago, TxRover said: How’s Davo looking? Just settling in . Looking fairly comfortable without being a stand out. Saying that , he seems to be marshalling everything around about him as Paton is doing with the midfield and Wood is doing up front. Quite a solid spine to the team . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevsmart Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 Noticed this morning that finally the Official Highland League website has finally realised that Turriff only scored once last week. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Shaker Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 51 minutes ago, kevsmart said: Noticed this morning that finally the Official Highland League website has finally realised that Turriff only scored once last week. The official Highland League website needs a boot in the arse. You'll get all the goalscorers, tables, stats on Fitbanorth.com, usually from Saturday evening, but it depends on how much of a weekend I've had. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm_1982 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 I find it quite staggering that the official Highland League website only has scorelines and doesn’t have goalscorers, lineups etc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 You are no longer in a league that has armchair fan interest in Old Firm derbies subsidising everything. It's more that SPFL League 2 is inflated up beyond what it would be if it had to stand on its own two feet than the HL being the diddy league that time forgot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Shaker Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 The Highland League doesn't have a decent website because for nearly twenty years a procession of interested amateurs and club enthusiasts have done most of their work for them for free. Even though the league (and several cup competitions) have been sponsored by local papers, getting the correct information about games is a nightmare, with myself having to correct the entire press corp about Mitch Megginson's goal tally one season, and then again with the top scorers in the 2019/20 season. The post-season books about the league are a valuable source of details, but the SHFL itself remains uninterested. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm_1982 Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 The Highland League doesn't have a decent website because for nearly twenty years a procession of interested amateurs and club enthusiasts have done most of their work for them for free. Even though the league (and several cup competitions) have been sponsored by local papers, getting the correct information about games is a nightmare, with myself having to correct the entire press corp about Mitch Megginson's goal tally one season, and then again with the top scorers in the 2019/20 season. The post-season books about the league are a valuable source of details, but the SHFL itself remains uninterested. That’s crazy really. So what’s the best source of information for results and scorers then on a matchday? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Shaker Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, gm_1982 said: That’s crazy really. So what’s the best source of information for results and scorers then on a matchday? Fitbanorth.com is the best outlet on a Saturday. There's postponement updates in the morning, and a match updates thread which is filled in with dazzling accuracy and lightning efficiency if I'm near a computer, or with bare bones accuracy if I'm not at a Lossie game, but the rest of the posters fill it in if the mods are busy. It's usually completed come Saturday evening, along with updated league tables, scorers tables, and other relevant bits unless I'm on the pop somewhere, in which it'll be done Sunday some time. There's a match thread for every game to cover pre- and post-match whining. The league site aims to have scores and the table up by 1715hrs every week but... well. Alternatively, there's Twitter (which most clubs are vaguely handy at), and Facebook, which is more miss than hit. Too many clubs still refer to players by matey nicknames so the outsider has no idea who has scored, or post meaningless pap like 'Goal 1-0' and not saying who scored for whom, or stop updating when the beating gets too heavy. Of the 17 clubs outside of Brechin, the ones with actual functioning websites are Wick, Huntly, Nairn, Vale, Rothes, Fraserburgh, Turriff (I think), Buckie (kind of), Brora (kind of). The rest, pth. Good luck finding out anything about them. There is also HFLhub.co.uk, which occasionally has scorers added come Saturday evening. The Press and Journal is by far the best printed source on a Monday, and in midweek, but their midweek output can occasionally be nowt but bits ripped from Twitter and reassembled into a report. They're still trying to work out how to monetise their involvement, and how to maintain an interest without Cove, but seem to be giving it a good go again this season. Edited August 3, 2021 by Jimmy Shaker 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theoriginalhedge Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 1 hour ago, gm_1982 said: That’s crazy really. So what’s the best source of information for results and scorers then on a matchday? I think we basically have to just enjoy this season and hope we get back into the SPFL at the first time of asking. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
City_slicker1906 Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Is there no game highlights this year? Noticed the camera at both games and interviews with Andy but haven’t seen any highlights being posted. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
City_slicker1906 Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Is there no game highlights this year? Noticed the camera at both games and interviews with Andy but haven’t seen any highlights being posted.Mystery solved 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 How easy will it be to get into your game at Deveronvale if I were to make the journey? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitburn Vale Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 25 minutes ago, Mr. Alli said: How easy will it be to get into your game at Deveronvale if I were to make the journey? Message Deveronvale directly 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Feet Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 25 minutes ago, Mr. Alli said: How easy will it be to get into your game at Deveronvale if I were to make the journey? Quite easy I would imagine but someone from Deveronvale will know better. Supporters bus going from Brechin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 1 hour ago, Cold Feet said: Quite easy I would imagine but someone from Deveronvale will know better. Supporters bus going from Brechin That's good. What time is it leaving at, just as a matter of interest. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Team in Angus Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 28 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: That's good. What time is it leaving at, just as a matter of interest. Leaves at 10.30am 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, Best Team in Angus said: Leaves at 10.30am Long day, home about 9 pmish? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a_n_d_o Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 1 minute ago, Jacksgranda said: Long day, home about 9 pmish? It's not that far, under 2 hours away. I'd imagine bus will be back about 7pm and only left early so folk could get a good few pints in and enjoy their day out. If I go i'll be driving up, although looks like it'd be by myself at the minute 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbigal Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 The Highland League doesn't have a decent website because for nearly twenty years a procession of interested amateurs and club enthusiasts have done most of their work for them for free. Even though the league (and several cup competitions) have been sponsored by local papers, getting the correct information about games is a nightmare, with myself having to correct the entire press corp about Mitch Megginson's goal tally one season, and then again with the top scorers in the 2019/20 season. The post-season books about the league are a valuable source of details, but the SHFL itself remains uninterested. In the olden days when I played for the Vale, we used to look forward to the green final on a Saturday night. It was decent for the highland league.Not sure if any Saturday night sporting papers have survived.Sporting Post in Dundee long gone. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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