Andy groundhopper Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 15 minutes ago, glensmad said: 23 minutes ago, Andy groundhopper said: Can understand the 'No Chance' comment over the spfl but this shouldn't apply to non league where crowds rarely go above 500, a number that can easily be distanced around the ground. Unless a spike occurs across Scotland then again it's a case of being rational over covid19. Almost as if the government couldn't give a damn about non league/grassroots. No surprises there There is "no chance" of crowds in August at WoSFL games because there won't be any games in August. Didn't mention August, if October seems a non starter then season 20/21 could almost be abandoned before a ball is kicked - or will have to be planned out differently. Heaven forbid some other virus coming for winter (swine flu now in China again) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glensmad Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Didn't mention August, if October seems a non starter then season 20/21 could almost be abandoned before a ball is kicked - or will have to be planned out differently. Heaven forbid some other virus coming for winter (swine flu now in China again)No you didn't refer to August, but the government advisor did with his "no chance" comment. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy groundhopper Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Was he talking about just the professional game ,as he wasn't very clear ,like every politician. Once you get hundreds or thousands into the shopping malls etc and the pubs are almost normal again - then no reason why football/sport should take a back seat. Think that fear has replaced common sense on some things covid19. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanMan Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 1 hour ago, Andy groundhopper said: Was he talking about just the professional game ,as he wasn't very clear ,like every politician. Once you get hundreds or thousands into the shopping malls etc and the pubs are almost normal again - then no reason why football/sport should take a back seat. Think that fear has replaced common sense on some things covid19. Jason Leitch isn't a politicial. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy25 Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 No hes a dentist [emoji849] Jason Leitch isn't a politicial. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glensmad Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Next season is going to be a shambles even if the leagues were small it would be difficult to have a credible season. To have a bonkers 20 team league will make things farcical. Hi traffordab old chap. [emoji23] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanMan Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 31 minutes ago, andy25 said: No hes a dentist Exactly, well was.... not a politician... as per my previous. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morley Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 (edited) Thats the non league scotland website been updated to show the new wos league sitting at tier 6 of the pyramid, updated with the new clubs, and the movements of clubs between the other leagues. Edited July 1, 2020 by morley 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glensmad Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Thats the non league scotland website been updated to show the new wos league sitting at tier 6 of the pyramid, updated with the new clubs, and the movements of clubs between the other leagues.The movement of clubs between the WoSFL hasn't been decided yet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morley Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 8 minutes ago, glensmad said: 29 minutes ago, morley said: Thats the non league scotland website been updated to show the new wos league sitting at tier 6 of the pyramid, updated with the new clubs, and the movements of clubs between the other leagues. The movement of clubs between the WoSFL hasn't been decided yet. Sorry wasn't clear, when I said movements of clubs in the other leagues, I was meaning its been updated to show those who have moved from the East Juniors to EoS, and Bonnyton from the SoS to WoS. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Pub League Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 2 hours ago, Tartanarmy98 said: Next season is going to be a shambles even if the leagues were small it would be difficult to have a credible season. To have a bonkers 20 team league will make things farcical. Juniors are still dead. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 17 hours ago, Shannon said: I was hoping we could get our level back for even September going by very low death and infection rate in many parts of Scotland, but Jason Leitch doesn't sound too optimistic here although they do expect crowds back in October at some point. I think he is being a bit too cautious unless like Leicester and a second spike in our cities. The politicians don't want the sort of blowback Novak Djokovic is getting right now so caw canny is probbably going to be the name of the day on this now. Unfortunately there is now a high profile example of doing things too quickly and stupidly that all the nervous Nellie types can readily point to. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 (edited) 22 hours ago, Andy groundhopper said: Can understand the 'No Chance' comment over the spfl but this shouldn't apply to non league where crowds rarely go above 500, a number that can easily be distanced around the ground. Unless a spike occurs across Scotland then again it's a case of being rational over covid19. Almost as if the government couldn't give a damn about non league/grassroots. No surprises there It’s very difficult IMO to ban spll clubs from having fans at games yet allow non league teams. There was 1600 at new Central Park for Kelty vs auchinlect and I’m sure there other examples of 4 figure crowds in the past year. And that’s with fans having an alternative to go and watch a professional team. How many fixtures would we be unable to hold incase a group of fans who would normal attend spfl games turn up at non-league games? It’s seems very dangerous to hold a non-league card, assume nobody that would normally attend spfl games turn up and think you’ll suitably enforce social distancing for those that do. There’s some grounds that any crowd into 3 figures that will be difficult to manage. Edited July 2, 2020 by parsforlife 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 (edited) 9 hours ago, parsforlife said: It’s very difficult IMO to ban spll clubs from having fans at games yet allow non league teams. There was 1600 at new Central Park for Kelly vs auchinlect and I’m sure there other examples of 4 figure crowds in the past year. And that’s with fans having an alternative to go and watch a professional team. How many fixtures would we be unable to hold incase a group of fans who would normal attend spfl games turn up at non-league games? It’s seems very dangerous to hold a non-league card, assume nobody that would normally attend spfl games turn up and think you’ll suitably enforce social distancing for those that do. There’s some grounds that any crowd into 3 figures that will be difficult to manage. Exactly. I've seen it suggested that games could be all ticket, but how many clubs have the facilities and resources to do that? As you say, who would control things when you don't know who and how many will turn up, it's completely unpredictable. You could have 300 perfectly well behaved, socially distant supporters at one ground no problem. Then have 50 roaring drunk, slabbering like butcher's dugs, 2 miles up the road. Edited July 2, 2020 by Sergeant Wilson 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marten Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 On 30/06/2020 at 09:12, Marten said: Worth mentioning that if signs elsewhere are anywhere to go by, there have to be strict limits in numbers in place in terms of how many people would be allowed if non-league starts with crowds before the SPFL. In The Netherlands non-league clubs are allowed to play friendlies with crowds again from 1st July. I know the club secretary of a 4th tier club near the German border and they're playing a friendly against a local 6th tier side tomorrow. For over a week he has constantly been answering emails from people all over The Netherlands and neighbouring regions of Germany on whether or not they can attend. These people are so desparate that they are likely to turn up at that friendly tomorrow... Update: there were 2 friendlies tonight, between semi-pro clubs. Both were sell-outs (based on the limited capacity now) and had to turn people away due to the amount of football fans desperate to watch some football and flocking to these games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginaro Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, parsforlife said: It’s very difficult IMO to ban spll clubs from having fans at games yet allow non league teams. There was 1600 at new Central Park for Kelly vs auchinlect and I’m sure there other examples of 4 figure crowds in the past year. And that’s with fans having an alternative to go and watch a professional team. How many fixtures would we be unable to hold incase a group of fans who would normal attend spfl games turn up at non-league games? It’s seems very dangerous to hold a non-league card, assume nobody that would normally attend spfl games turn up and think you’ll suitably enforce social distancing for those that do. There’s some grounds that any crowd into 3 figures that will be difficult to manage. Kelty was on a Friday night, and their game v Bonnyrigg was held when no Premiership games were on, so fans didn't have as many alternatives. However that just proves what will happen if fans can only attend non-league games. Edited July 1, 2020 by Ginaro 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanner Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Any word on the fixtures for the new season yet? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juventus Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Any word on the fixtures for the new season yet? End of October I expect 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glensmad Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Any word on the fixtures for the new season yet? Not until we know when we can start and the clubs agree to the fixtures arrangement. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanner Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 35 minutes ago, glensmad said: 1 hour ago, Shanner said: Any word on the fixtures for the new season yet? Not until we know when we can start and the clubs agree to the fixtures arrangement. Cheers, as suspected. Will check again in a month. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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