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The Conference B Line 2021-22


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Conference B bemoans the demise of Eyemouth, but is freshened-up by the addition of Edinburgh South who'd been gunning along fairly well in Conference A. Last season Heriot-Watt Uni and Luncarty set the pace followed by Kinnoull and gaggle of Fife clubs. Preston, Lochore, Lochgelly and Hawick had struggled to make traction at bottom.

Clubs play 2 times for 28 games. With league games being front-loaded in case of future public health difficulties halfway should be reached by Bonfire Night and 2/3rd by Christmas. Champion promoted to Premier; whilst runner-up would enter a playoff if there is a net loss of 1 club to LL. Meanwhile everyone's wider target is top 7 to avoid dropping into new Second Division; whilst best 8th could also stay up.

Action gets underway on Saturday 17th July then concludes on Saturday 28th May. There are a couple of Sunday games for Edinburgh South.


Opening week:
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September international weekend:
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Festive period/Premiership winter break:
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Closing week:
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Edinburgh South groundshare with Dalkeith.

Half the division has floodlights (including unlicensed Edinburgh South, Heriot-Watt Uni and Stirling Uni EOS).

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On 02/07/2021 at 15:05, HibeeJibee said:

Opening week:
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Left like the bridesmaids on opening day Newburgh have wisely fixed-up a friendly at Dundee Downfield (who had found themself occupying the equivalent position in Midland League).

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  • 2 weeks later...

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Football at this level ended on Saturday 14th March 2020 with the cancellation of games including Heriot-Watt Univ v Burntisland... restarted abortively on Saturday 10th October 2020 (after new clubs were added then conferences remixed) with Hawick v Glenrothes, Heriot-Watt v Burntisland, Newburgh v Lochore, Oakley v Lochgelly, Peebles v Luncarty, and Preston v Kinnoull... and restarts again this Saturday 17th July - hopefully for good this time - with the reverse equivalents; plus we bid welcome to Edinburgh South, who begin their Conference B sojourn at home v Easthouses. Hopefully the referee at Shippy v Students - which appears the headline act given their performances last season - will remember how many subs are permitted this time...


Saturday 17th July 2021
Burntisland Shipyard v Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh South v Easthouses Lily
Glenrothes v Hawick RAU
Kinnoull v Preston Athletic
Lochgelly Albert v Oakley United
Peebles Rovers v Luncarty
Stirling University EOS v Lochore Welfare


Kinnoull v Preston also look an interesting encounter; whilst many will also be looking keenly to see if Luncarty and Oakley have resparked their good form from last campaign, and Glenrothes the campaign before that.

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Preston star scoreline.

Glenrothes make Hawick suffer.


Saturday 17th July 2021
Burntisland Shipyard 2-2 Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh South 3-4 Easthouses Lily
Glenrothes (nine) 9-1 Hawick RAU
Kinnoull 1-3 Preston Athletic
Lochgelly Albert 0-3 Oakley United
Peebles Rovers 2-4 Luncarty
Stirling University EOS 2-3 Lochore Welfare


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Tuesday 20th July 2021
Easthouses Lily v Kinnoull
Heriot-Watt University v Newburgh
Oakley United v Burntisland Shipyard
Preston Athletic v Lochore Welfare

Wednesday 21st July 2021
Hawick RAU v Edinburgh South
Luncarty v Lochgelly Albert
Stirling University EOS v Peebles Rovers

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On 17/07/2021 at 18:21, HibeeJibee said:

Preston star scoreline.

Glenrothes make Hawick suffer.


Saturday 17th July 2021
Burntisland Shipyard 2-2 Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh South 3-4 Easthouses Lily
Glenrothes (nine) 9-1 Hawick RAU
Kinnoull 1-3 Preston Athletic
Lochgelly Albert 0-3 Oakley United
Peebles Rovers 2-4 Luncarty
Stirling University EOS 2-3 Lochore Welfare


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Kinnoull were well on top and should have gone 2 up before Preston got the first of two penalties in a couple of minutes around the 70th minute.

The second was saved but in no time they were ahead and then took another to make it 3-1.

Kinnoull has the ball in the net twice in the first half but the ref disallowed a goal from a free kick as a Preston player was only 5 yards from the ball when the free kick was taken and it hit off him and deflected in. The ref at half time explained to the home manager that he had to disallow it due to the fact that in his word "99 times out of 100" that deflects wide and you would want a retake.

A few heavy challenges from both teams in a game delayed by 45 minutes due to an accident that meant Preston did not arrive until 10 minutes after the stated kick off time.

 

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6 hours ago, realmadrid said:

Kinnoull has the ball in the net twice in the first half but the ref disallowed a goal from a free kick as a Preston player was only 5 yards from the ball when the free kick was taken and it hit off him and deflected in. The ref at half time explained to the home manager that he had to disallow it due to the fact that in his word "99 times out of 100" that deflects wide and you would want a retake.

The ref may wish to reacquaint himself with law 13.3, which says "If, when a free kick is taken, an opponent is closer to the ball than the required distance, the kick is retaken unless the advantage can be applied;" https://www.theifab.com/laws/latest/free-kicks/#offences-and-sanctions

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15 hours ago, Ginaro said:

The ref may wish to reacquaint himself with law 13.3, which says "If, when a free kick is taken, an opponent is closer to the ball than the required distance, the kick is retaken unless the advantage can be applied;" https://www.theifab.com/laws/latest/free-kicks/#offences-and-sanctions

I am sure he claimed to have blown the whistle when the ball looped up into the air, before it dipped into the net. If it had gone over the bar Kinnoull would have been happy with the retake, as it was they were very disappointed.

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1 hour ago, realmadrid said:

I am sure he claimed to have blown the whistle when the ball looped up into the air, before it dipped into the net. If it had gone over the bar Kinnoull would have been happy with the retake, as it was they were very disappointed.

The player should've been given a YC then!

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1 hour ago, Ginaro said:

The player should've been given a YC then!

He was

At the time Kinnoull looked comfortable but i guess going in at half time 2-0 up rather than 1-0 may have resulted in a different second half.

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Luncarty flying. Hawick almost rebounded.


Tuesday 20th July 2021
Easthouses Lily 2-4 Kinnoull
Heriot-Watt University 3-1 Newburgh
Oakley United 4-4 Burntisland Shipyard
Preston Athletic 1-0 Lochore Welfare

Wednesday 21st July 2021
Hawick RAU 1-2 Edinburgh South
Luncarty 8-0 Lochgelly Albert
Stirling University EOS 3-2 Peebles Rovers


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Saturday 24th July 2021
Hawick RAU v Kinnoull
Heriot-Watt University v Lochgelly Albert (3pm)
Luncarty v Lochore Welfare
Newburgh v Edinburgh South
Oakley United v Peebles Rovers
Preston Athletic v Glenrothes
Stirling University EOS v Burntisland Shipyard


Easthouses are the odd team and occupy themself with a King Cup R1 tie v compatriots Haddington.

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Saturday 24th July 2021
Hawick RAU 0-6 Kinnoull
Heriot-Watt University 2-0 Lochgelly Albert
Luncarty 2-0 Lochore Welfare
Newburgh 2-1 Edinburgh South
Oakley United 5-1 Peebles Rovers
Preston Athletic 0-0 Glenrothes
Stirling University EOS 0-0 Burntisland Shipyard


Luncarty win again but no goals glut this time. Numerous others tucked-in behind.

Burntisland draw again. Hawick suffer another tough afternoon.

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Watched the Newburgh v Edinburgh South game this afternoon .   Game spoiled by both sides taking advantage of a young ref out of his depth.   No assistants to help him either.  Both teams falling down and screaming in pain at every opportunity.   Ref allowed himself to be mobbed by players and bad positioning meant he was guessing at a lot of bad offside decisions for both teams.   

Failure to send off Newburgh management when they became physically involved in  a free for all after a hefty tackle resulted in EdInburgh player being red carded.    Players continued to niggle especially after EdInburgh scored to pull it back to 2-1.   

Ref unable to control players and officials at full time.  Full scale handbags in the centre circle including officials from both sides.     To be honest the poor quality of  play displayed by both sides meant this was the main excitement in the game ... And that was after the game finished !!!!!!! 

Neither of these teams will be troubling the top of the table come the end of the seson.    First game I've been to in a year and a half and I just hope when I go next week's game of football breaks out !!!

 

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1 hour ago, glenshomereg said:

Watched the Newburgh v Edinburgh South game this afternoon .   Game spoiled by both sides taking advantage of a young ref out of his depth.   No assistants to help him either.  Both teams falling down and screaming in pain at every opportunity.   Ref allowed himself to be mobbed by players and bad positioning meant he was guessing at a lot of bad offside decisions for both teams.   

Failure to send off Newburgh management when they became physically involved in  a free for all after a hefty tackle resulted in EdInburgh player being red carded.    Players continued to niggle especially after EdInburgh scored to pull it back to 2-1.   

Ref unable to control players and officials at full time.  Full scale handbags in the centre circle including officials from both sides.     To be honest the poor quality of  play displayed by both sides meant this was the main excitement in the game ... And that was after the game finished !!!!!!! 

Neither of these teams will be troubling the top of the table come the end of the seson.    First game I've been to in a year and a half and I just hope when I go next week's game of football breaks out !!!

 

I was there too and would wholeheartedly agree. However I think that’s the 3rd rammy I’ve seen this week, after the Edinburgh Utd game last Saturday and Whitehill on Tuesday 😂

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Tuesday 27th July 2021
Edinburgh South v Luncarty
Lochore Welfare v Oakley United
Peebles Rovers v Glenrothes
Preston Athletic v Heriot-Watt University

Wednesday 28th July 2021
Burntisland Shipyard v Hawick RAU
Lochgelly Albert v Easthouses Lily
Newburgh v Stirling University EOS

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On 25/07/2021 at 19:20, HibeeJibee said:

Tuesday 27th July 2021
Edinburgh South v Luncarty
Lochore Welfare v Oakley United
Peebles Rovers v Glenrothes
Preston Athletic v Heriot-Watt University

Wednesday 28th July 2021
Burntisland Shipyard v Hawick RAU
Lochgelly Albert v Easthouses Lily
Newburgh v Stirling University EOS

Not looking good for Luncarty 1 nil down and 2 players sent off..😣        Edit.. Luncarty keeper now sent off as well. 😲 Just finished,  Luncarty beat 1 nil.

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Tuesday 27th July 2021
Edinburgh South 1-0 Luncarty
Lochore Welfare 3-1 Oakley United
Peebles Rovers 0-3 Glenrothes
Preston Athletic 1-0 Heriot-Watt University

Wednesday 28th July 2021
Burntisland Shipyard 6-0 Hawick RAU
Lochgelly Albert 1-4 Easthouses Lily
Newburgh 1-3 Stirling University EOS



Preston float top. Luncarty sink.

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Saturday 31st July 2021
Easthouses Lily v Luncarty
Edinburgh South v Burntisland Shipyard
Glenrothes v Oakley United
Kinnoull v Lochore Welfare
Newburgh v Hawick RAU
Peebles Rovers v Heriot-Watt University
Stirling University EOS v Lochgelly Albert



Glenrothes v Oakley in the Fife derby appears the star attraction in this conference as 3rd host 4th.

There may well be a new leader come 4:30pm, as leaders Preston twiddle their thumbs.

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