Gordon EF Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 (edited) Last night, Lowland League clubs gave an indicative vote in favour of admitting old firm colt sides into the Lowland League for season 2021/22. 11 clubs voted for and 5 voted against. Assuming no clubs change their minds, this will pass at the Lowland League AGM next week. There are plenty of threads on here discussing the merits or otherwise of colt sides in the Scottish football pyramid and this isn't a thread for this. I'm trying to encourage all Scottish football fans from every club and every level of the pyramid who is against colt sides to commit to supporting those Lowland League clubs who vote against the colt proposal next week by attending at least one of their home games next season or buying a ticket via the donate a ticket website. The idea is to choose one home fixture for each club who votes against the colts and ideally, give them a sell out crowd (assuming we're allowed back into games by next season) and for those who can't make the game for whatever reason but still want to show their support, to donate online. If this is a goer, I'll select fixtures where the Lowland League 'good guys' play against each other, once the fixtures are announced, and one home game will be chosen for each club. It'd be great to get out and show our moral and financial support for those clubs willing to stand up for the integrity of Scottish football and aren't willing to sell out their league for £3k. At around £8 per ticket, just 375 extra fans through the gate would be more than the OF are willing to pay each LL club to use their league as practice. I've started a petition here: https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/notocoltsides It'd be great if everyone willing to do this could sign it. It's a way to gauge numbers and communicate with folk who're interested. Hopefully, if it takes off, a few Lowland League clubs who indicated they'll vote for this might reconsider (I doubt it but you never know). The good guys are: Bonnyrigg Rose, Bo'ness United, Civil Service Strollers, Dalbeattie Star, and Edinburgh University. Edited May 11, 2021 by Gordon EF 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG.Roma Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 Put me down for Dalbeattie, delighted my closest Lowland League team is on the good guy list! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 So Spartans are w@nks then? Hmm.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon EF Posted May 11, 2021 Author Share Posted May 11, 2021 6 minutes ago, tamthebam said: So Spartans are w@nks then? Hmm.... Aye. It's a shame. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GallowayBlue Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 (edited) Only issue for me is that the colts are already in and those clubs will be going along with it. Would much rather a way to stop it happening. Seems like the kind of thing that could have been organised before as an incentive to vote no. No criticism of the organiser of this of course, just something I wouldn’t have thought of. Edited May 12, 2021 by GallowayBlue 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_the_rover Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Aye. It's a shame.It's also not a shock 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon EF Posted May 12, 2021 Author Share Posted May 12, 2021 10 hours ago, GallowayBlue said: Only issue for me is that the colts are already in and those clubs will be going along with it. Would much rather a way to stop it happening. Seems like the kind of thing that could have been organised before as an incentive to vote no. No criticism of the organiser of this of course, just something I wouldn’t have thought of. Clubs haven't finalised the vote at the AGM. In theory, there's still time to stop it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 42 minutes ago, Gordon EF said: Clubs haven't finalised the vote at the AGM. In theory, there's still time to stop it. Aye, this would have to be the hope. Obviously clubs like BSC and Caledonian Braves have no fanbase to consider, but you'd like to think that clubs like Shire, Spartans and Gretna could convinced with a bit of fan pressure. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dougie Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 On 11/05/2021 at 18:26, Gordon EF said: Last night, Lowland League clubs gave an indicative vote in favour of admitting old firm colt sides into the Lowland League for season 2021/22. 11 clubs voted for and 5 voted against. Assuming no clubs change their minds, this will pass at the Lowland League AGM next week. There are plenty of threads on here discussing the merits or otherwise of colt sides in the Scottish football pyramid and this isn't a thread for this. I'm trying to encourage all Scottish football fans from every club and every level of the pyramid who is against colt sides to commit to supporting those Lowland League clubs who vote against the colt proposal next week by attending at least one of their home games next season or buying a ticket via the donate a ticket website. The idea is to choose one home fixture for each club who votes against the colts and ideally, give them a sell out crowd (assuming we're allowed back into games by next season) and for those who can't make the game for whatever reason but still want to show their support, to donate online. If this is a goer, I'll select fixtures where the Lowland League 'good guys' play against each other, once the fixtures are announced, and one home game will be chosen for each club. It'd be great to get out and show our moral and financial support for those clubs willing to stand up for the integrity of Scottish football and aren't willing to sell out their league for £3k. At around £8 per ticket, just 375 extra fans through the gate would be more than the OF are willing to pay each LL club to use their league as practice. I've started a petition here: https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/notocoltsides It'd be great if everyone willing to do this could sign it. It's a way to gauge numbers and communicate with folk who're interested. Hopefully, if it takes off, a few Lowland League clubs who indicated they'll vote for this might reconsider (I doubt it but you never know). The good guys are: Bonnyrigg Rose, Bo'ness United, Civil Service Strollers, Dalbeattie Star, and Edinburgh University. I assume these 5 “good guys” will reject any financial benefits from this agreement? The answer, as we all know, will be of course they won’t. If they are serious about voting no they should be rejecting any money that comes from it. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon EF Posted May 12, 2021 Author Share Posted May 12, 2021 1 minute ago, Big Dougie said: I assume these 5 “good guys” will reject any financial benefits from this agreement? The answer, as we all know, will be of course they won’t. If they are serious about voting no they should be rejecting any money that comes from it. That would just be idiotic though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dougie Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 2 minutes ago, Gordon EF said: That would just be idiotic though. Why? If they are against the idea then surely it would be hypocritical to take whatever benefits they would get from the teams coming in? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon EF Posted May 12, 2021 Author Share Posted May 12, 2021 46 minutes ago, Big Dougie said: Why? If they are against the idea then surely it would be hypocritical to take whatever benefits they would get from the teams coming in? I don't think so. They voted against it. If the vote passes, they're stuck with all the downsides, why cut your nose off to spite your face with the paltry amount of cash they'll be given for it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dougie Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 25 minutes ago, Gordon EF said: I don't think so. They voted against it. If the vote passes, they're stuck with all the downsides, why cut your nose off to spite your face with the paltry amount of cash they'll be given for it? That’s the whole point! If it’s a paltry amount then surely they should have the courage if their convictions and reject it? -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon EF Posted May 12, 2021 Author Share Posted May 12, 2021 27 minutes ago, Big Dougie said: That’s the whole point! If it’s a paltry amount then surely they should have the courage if their convictions and reject it? You can ask as many times as you like. I don't agree. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dougie Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 5 minutes ago, Gordon EF said: You can ask as many times as you like. I don't agree. Ultimately money talks, no matter the amount, and their no votes will be no more than grandstanding. -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PELE Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 We need a petition to stop the c***s from entering the Lowland League. Or, a petition to scrap the pyramid if they vote the c***s into the Lowland League. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dougie Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 1 hour ago, PELE said: We need a petition to stop the c***s from entering the Lowland League. Or, a petition to scrap the pyramid if they vote the c***s into the Lowland League. I’m sure scrapping the pyramid would suit your team 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Only coo in the village Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 5 hours ago, Big Dougie said: Why? If they are against the idea then surely it would be hypocritical to take whatever benefits they would get from the teams coming in? So, these teams vote against a proposal to admit the ugly sisters colts but are defeated by the majority of the other clubs in the lowland league who see it as being in their financial interests. The clubs who lost the vote should then throw their toys out of the pram and refuse to take any money resulting from these teams coming in and let the others benefit? Aye, that makes total sense. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbionMan Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 (edited) 9 hours ago, Big Dougie said: I’m sure scrapping the pyramid would suit your team No need to scrap the pyramid, merely close off colts teams route out of it and let them remain in LL playing friendlies in perpetuity and hardening their youngsters ready for progression to their first teams and the Scotland squad. Edited May 13, 2021 by AlbionMan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitburn Vale Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 11 hours ago, PELE said: We need a petition to stop the c***s from entering the Lowland League. Or, a petition to scrap the pyramid if they vote the c***s into the Lowland League. How the fook is that fair on the Highland league or its champions !!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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