FairWeatherFan Posted January 4, 2020 Author Share Posted January 4, 2020 (edited) 10 minutes ago, leomessi1984 said: Was there not some guidance on having to have had a licence from the start of this season to go up? Might be mistaken. Not that i'm aware of, but I don't know the ins and outs. I imagine it would of done the rounds by now that Bo'ness were unable to get promoted. I know previously it was meant to be licenced by March 31st in order to be eligible for the playoff. EDIT: They've changed the rule about being licensed by March 31st and its become more vague. Quote B4 The club eligible for promotion into the League from the EoSFL or the SoSFL will be identified as follows: a) If the champion clubs of both the EoSFL and SoSFL meet the criteria for membership of the League, a play-off competition between these clubs (the “Lower Pyramid Playoff Competition”) will decide the eligible club, which will be promoted to the League; b) If only one champion club from the EoSFL or SoSFL meets the criteria, that club becomes the eligible club, which will be promoted to the League; c) If neither the champion club of the EoSFL or the SoSFL meets the criteria for membership there will be no promotion to the League. What defines criteria for membership has also been changed. Quote B1 All clubs must, on the Completion Date, be licensed, full members of the Scottish FA. The maximum number of clubs will be sixteen (16). When is the Completion Date you ask? June 30th or whenever it suits. Quote Completion Date means 30th June each year or such other date set by the Board by which all business relating to the season must be completed. Presumably if Bo'ness are told by the Licensing Committee they will receive their SFA membership at the 2020 AGM they would be allowed to participate in any LL promotion play-off. Edited January 4, 2020 by FairWeatherFan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leomessi1984 Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 8 minutes ago, FairWeatherFan said: Not that i'm aware of, but I don't know the ins and outs. I imagine it would of done the rounds by now that Bo'ness were unable to get promoted. I know previously it was meant to be licenced by March 31st in order to be eligible for the playoff. I was chatting to a boy from one of the EOS teams that got a licence earlier in the season and he was saying that was the case. Might be from next season maybe. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted January 4, 2020 Author Share Posted January 4, 2020 11 minutes ago, leomessi1984 said: I was chatting to a boy from one of the EOS teams that got a licence earlier in the season and he was saying that was the case. Might be from next season maybe. Even if that's not the case there's meant to be the change to a February licensing committee and nothing in between till the SFA AGM. Going by the rules they can certainly be flexible. The best case for Bo'ness would be if there was no licensed SOSFL champion. Otherwise they could just say tough luck Threave are promoted, after all why should they be disadvantaged. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayhole Blue Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Hope it's not Threave going up. I don't think that would help the club or the pyramid in general. Threave look likely to win the SOS - that would mean a team would be promoted to LL. Them or licensed EOS winner. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buloyal Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Bo’ness will be audited this month I was told, they have been doing a lot of work behind the scenes and met with the SFA licensing 3 times already. Lights are fully over the 200 lux and park looks to be fine. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted January 11, 2020 Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 9 minutes ago, buloyal said: Bo’ness will be audited this month I was told, they have been doing a lot of work behind the scenes and met with the SFA licensing 3 times already. Lights are fully over the 200 lux and park looks to be fine. Figured as much. Looking like there will be a Lowland League play-off for only the 2nd time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Threave were of course involved in the 1st where they went down 10-0 on aggregate. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowenan Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Big win for Gala today. Looking very unlikely that they will be involved in a race to avoid relegation. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanCamelonfan Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 1 hour ago, FairWeatherFan said: Figured as much. Looking like there will be a Lowland League play-off for only the 2nd time. If they allow boness to compete its questionable whether would 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buloyal Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 3 minutes ago, AlanCamelonfan said: If they allow boness to compete its questionable whether would What’s questionable ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted January 11, 2020 Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 2 minutes ago, AlanCamelonfan said: If they allow boness to compete its questionable whether would The completion date is 30th June Pass their audit, February licensing committee meeting, membership forwarded to the SFA for approval at the AGM. Bo'ness should be able to participate in the play-off. There's no March 31st deadline anymore. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buloyal Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 57 minutes ago, FairWeatherFan said: The completion date is 30th June Pass their audit, February licensing committee meeting, membership forwarded to the SFA for approval at the AGM. Bo'ness should be able to participate in the play-off. There's no March 31st deadline anymore. Correct 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginaro Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 1 hour ago, FairWeatherFan said: There's no March 31st deadline anymore. The 31st March deadline was never in the main LL rules, it was in the "Lower Pyramid Playoff Competition" rules - although we don't know if these have been updated for this season, and anyway the LL could grant a relaxation of that deadline like they did with Bonnyrigg. http://slfl.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Lower-Pyramid-play-off-rules-version-1.1.pdf 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Ginaro said: The 31st March deadline was never in the main LL rules, it was in the "Lower Pyramid Playoff Competition" rules - although we don't know if these have been updated for this season, and anyway the LL could grant a relaxation of that deadline like they did with Bonnyrigg. http://slfl.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Lower-Pyramid-play-off-rules-version-1.1.pdf That's not the way I remember it because the deadline was known about in the Kelty/LTHV season. I only remember the LL pyramid playoff rules coming out in the past year when there was discussion over any changes requiring the approval of the LL/EOSFL/SOSFL/SFA. Which is when it was confirmed the SFA couldn't just do what they want. Edited January 12, 2020 by FairWeatherFan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanCamelonfan Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 14 hours ago, Ginaro said: The 31st March deadline was never in the main LL rules, it was in the "Lower Pyramid Playoff Competition" rules - although we don't know if these have been updated for this season, and anyway the LL could grant a relaxation of that deadline like they did with Bonnyrigg. http://slfl.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Lower-Pyramid-play-off-rules-version-1.1.pdf So in the long and short as longs boness apply for a licence and pass the february meeting they would compete in the playoffs 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buloyal Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 40 minutes ago, AlanCamelonfan said: So in the long and short as longs boness apply for a licence and pass the february meeting they would compete in the playoffs If Boness can win the league and have application approved yes 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitbanomad1 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 On 11/01/2020 at 21:43, lowenan said: Big win for Gala today. Looking very unlikely that they will be involved in a race to avoid relegation. Was at Berwick vs Gala, new Centre Half Gareth Rodger has been a big bonus. If they keep Danny Galbraith and Zander Murray fit they will be fine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leomessi1984 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 1 hour ago, Fitbanomad1 said: Was at Berwick vs Gala, new Centre Half Gareth Rodger has been a big bonus. If they keep Danny Galbraith and Zander Murray fit they will be fine. Big Gareth is a good player. He could play in L2 or for one of the top LL teams easlily so Gala have done wel there! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginaro Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 On 12/01/2020 at 00:27, FairWeatherFan said: That's not the way I remember it because the deadline was known about in the Kelty/LTHV season. I only remember the LL pyramid playoff rules coming out in the past year when there was discussion over any changes requiring the approval of the LL/EOSFL/SOSFL/SFA. Which is when it was confirmed the SFA couldn't just do what they want. The deadline may have been known about but it wasn't written in the main LL rules - so just because it isn't there now, doesn't mean there's no 31st March deadline. I asked on here a while ago: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert James Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 On 30/12/2019 at 13:08, Jerry Macguire said: I’m not 100% on this but my understanding is we are not members of either EoS or SoS. We applied for entry to the LL from our inception so it would only be if we were relegated would a decision need to be made. Where we play our home games doesn’t factor, we’re a Glasgow club. What if the West juniors join the pyramid, and your club (or the Colts, or the Braves or EK ?) end up being relegated the following season ? West SJFA Premier ?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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