Jerry Macguire Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 16 minutes ago, Gordon EF said: 3 down from 16 isn't exactly mental. It's fewer spots per club than 2 from 10 which was the standard for a long time in the SPFL without folk thinking it was mental. You'd expect 2 automatic spots at a minimum once the west feeder goes live. I imagine they'll want to see exactly what tier 6 looks like before committing. I tell you what is mental though and IMO the single biggest issue with Scottish Football today, 10 team leagues playing each other 4 times a season. As I said on previous posts a big factor in all of this is the “what’s in it for me” factor. Why would clubs accept 3 down and (potentially) none up? I am not against more relegation places but the bottleneck created at the top has to be addressed at the same time. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marten Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 55 minutes ago, Burnie_man said: 1 hour ago, FairWeatherFan said: Quick skim of European leagues with 16 team top leagues. None of them seem to offer 3 automatic relegation spots. 1 Belgium 1+2 Czech Republic 2 Poland 2+1 Belarus 2+1 Norway 2+1 Serbia 2+1 Sweden 2+2 Russia But we're not talking top leagues. The league below the LL offers 3 spots.... In Dutch lower leagues (tiers 3, 4 & 5) it's 2 + 2 from 16 team leagues (there are colt teams in tier 3 & 4 leagues as well, but they are not included with promotion/relegation, making them effectively 16 team leagues). Lower down it's generally 2 + 2 from 14 team leagues. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newcastle broon Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 6 minutes ago, Jerry Macguire said: I tell you what is mental though and IMO the single biggest issue with Scottish Football today, 10 team leagues playing each other 4 times a season. As I said on previous posts a big factor in all of this is the “what’s in it for me” factor. Why would clubs accept 3 down and (potentially) none up? I am not against more relegation places but the bottleneck created at the top has to be addressed at the same time. Watch oot for a red dot Jerry that's no a solution Some are crying oot for 3 doon wi the possibility of a 4th if the geographics go the wrong way. Thats going well overboard. Meanwhile up north we canny even agree on a feckn boundary line 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 On 28/09/2019 at 20:37, newcastle broon said: Meanwhile up north we canny even agree on a feckn boundary line There is a fixed boundary line in place 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 40 minutes ago, Marshmallo said: There is a fixed boundary line in place The SFA doesn't seem to think so. Right now all that is in writing is where team 42 gets relegated to and that can still be adjusted. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newcastle broon Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 1 hour ago, LongTimeLurker said: The SFA doesn't seem to think so. Right now all that is in writing is where team 42 gets relegated to and that can still be adjusted. He'll be right though LTL another red dot incoming 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekok Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 (edited) The exact latitudinal line is in the rules. Despite some wishful thinking it is well south of Norway Edited September 30, 2019 by ekok Wrong word 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Macguire Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 4 minutes ago, ekok said: The exact latitudinal line is in the rules. Despite some wishful thinking it is well south of Norway I’ve heard the boundary is currently the Tay Bridge . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sureiknow Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Well no change at bottom. Gretna game off. Floodlights failed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFS69 Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Star 2-1 up at Braves Well no change at bottom. Gretna game off. Floodlights failed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted October 1, 2019 Author Share Posted October 1, 2019 1 hour ago, DFS69 said: Star 2-1 up at Braves Turned into a goal fest. 5-5 in the end. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 On 30/09/2019 at 18:24, Jerry Macguire said: I’ve heard the boundary is currently the Tay Bridge . It's a straight line across the country from the mid point of the Tay Bridge, at 56,4513N. It's a bit of a weird way of doing it, to use an arbitrary line rather than local authority boundaries, existing football regions or something like that. So Luncarty are north of the line despite the Perth clubs being south, but if they moved to a ground on in the middle of the village, they'd be south too. Oban are south by about 3 miles. If Tayport moved to a ground in the north of the town, they'd be Highland. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginaro Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 19 minutes ago, GordonS said: It's a straight line across the country from the mid point of the Tay Bridge, at 56,4513N. It's a bit of a weird way of doing it, to use an arbitrary line rather than local authority boundaries, existing football regions or something like that. So Luncarty are north of the line despite the Perth clubs being south, but if they moved to a ground on in the middle of the village, they'd be south too. Oban are south by about 3 miles. If Tayport moved to a ground in the north of the town, they'd be Highland. Oban play in the Glasgow amateur leagues so are on the correct side of the boundary. Only a small area of Tayport is in the north, not big or flat enough to build a ground on. Luncarty, Scone, and Tayport would probably be happier in the north so the boundary could be moved south without affecting any other teams. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 16 minutes ago, Ginaro said: Oban play in the Glasgow amateur leagues so are on the correct side of the boundary. Only a small area of Tayport is in the north, not big or flat enough to build a ground on. Luncarty, Scone, and Tayport would probably be happier in the north so the boundary could be moved south without affecting any other teams. Oban - I know, but it's pure luck what side of the boundary they fell. There's no way that was planned. And another curiosity - if they'd used the OS Grid instead of latitude, as they're not aligned the same then Oban would have been in the north! Tayport - point is, if they'd used a geographical boundary like the Tay instead of an imaginary straight line this wouldn't even have been possible. Would Tayport really rather play in the HL than the LL? Luncarty and Scone - IMO them being in a different system from Kinnoull or Jeanfield seems a bit odd. You've got to have the boundary somewhere I suppose, so you'll always have anomalies. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted October 26, 2019 Author Share Posted October 26, 2019 Gretna 2008 2-0 Vale of Leithen. Gretna are off the bottom with their win. They've moved up to 14th as Edinburgh University slip to 15th following a 4-1 defeat to Cumbernauld Colts. Still very tight at the bottom, but Vale of Leithen and Edinburgh University are already behind on points and don't have the advantage of extra games to be played. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newcastle broon Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 With the currently top 3 of the EOSFL going well and unlicensed will there be as much bending over backwards as last season should they win the EOSFL or is it a given they will all get a licence on time anyway ? Asking for a friend likes 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted October 31, 2019 Author Share Posted October 31, 2019 12 minutes ago, newcastle broon said: With the currently top 3 of the EOSFL going well and unlicensed will there be as much bending over backwards as last season should they win the EOSFL or is it a given they will all get a licence on time anyway ? Asking for a friend likes Camelon have got their floodlights in and that was all they were missing last year. Tranent might be covered fundraising with the council payment. All they needed were floodlights. Bo'ness just finished the their renovations and had to have licensing in mind when carrying out that work. Are the SFA going to throw out some new requirement in December? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason King Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Do Camelon and Bo'ness have a covered wheelchair space? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanCamelonfan Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 On 31/10/2019 at 16:52, Jason King said: Do Camelon and Bo'ness have a covered wheelchair space? The disabled section is in the covered area behind the dugout at camelon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 Vale of Leithen were 2-0 up at home to CSS until the hour mark but lost 4-2. Edinburgh Uni were 2-1 up at home to Gala with 15mins left but lost 3-2. On those sort of results campaigns are made and broken. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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