Jimmy Shaker Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 I take it there’s been no sign of a rebuttal from Fort taking aim at the untruths allegedly peddled by the SHFL while I’ve been on trains all day. Didn’t think so. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theoriginalhedge Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 If there is one thing I have learnt this past week it is that both the HL and LL ruling bodies seem to struggle with implementing their authority. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 On 22/04/2022 at 19:49, welshbairn said: The Secretary's retiring, I suspect he might be including his pet dog in this final job. Bronson's up for a bit of pitch sabotaging! (*Thai opinion in no way reflects that of any LMC members and is solely my own!) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 If there is one thing I have learnt this past week it is that both the HL and LL ruling bodies seem to struggle with implementing their authority. What is it that you'd have expected the Highland League to do differently here? They've applied their rules, forced Fort to follow them, and very clearly laid out their side of things once Fort withdrew. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 7 hours ago, theoriginalhedge said: If there is one thing I have learnt this past week it is that both the HL and LL ruling bodies seem to struggle with implementing their authority. They worked with FW to assist them to get the game on. Hours or work not just a couple phone calls. Fort William were the ones who withdrew, and their pitiful "untruths" tweets was trying to distract from fact they hadn't enough keepers or cut the grass. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theoriginalhedge Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 1 hour ago, craigkillie said: What is it that you'd have expected the Highland League to do differently here? They've applied their rules, forced Fort to follow them, and very clearly laid out their side of things once Fort withdrew. 44 minutes ago, RH33 said: They worked with FW to assist them to get the game on. Hours or work not just a couple phone calls. Fort William were the ones who withdrew, and their pitiful "untruths" tweets was trying to distract from fact they hadn't enough keepers or cut the grass. I agree with both of you . I just think they have been too lenient with Fort from the start of the season with the pitch fiasco . That in itself was enough to indicate they were just taking the piss. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 5 minutes ago, theoriginalhedge said: I agree with both of you . I just think they have been too lenient with Fort from the start of the season with the pitch fiasco . That in itself was enough to indicate they were just taking the piss. They made them play all their home games away, the only other alternative was horsing them out of the league. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Shaker Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 If anything, the LMC have been too lenient with Fort re their pitch for years. The punishment handed out at the start of this season could have been applied at any time in the past decade. Their pitch has always been a wreck but previous committees in days of yore always made an effort, or at least called games off on Friday. The current lot are a fucking gang. Fort have not had their problems to seek in recent years but this weeks bullshit is entirely of their own making. I take it there’s still been no presentation from Fort as to what the untruths were. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke bunch Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 https://www.obantimes.co.uk/2022/04/23/fort-william-fc-faces-relegation-from-highland-league-after-player-eligibility-wrangle/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 3 hours ago, theoriginalhedge said: I agree with both of you . I just think they have been too lenient with Fort from the start of the season with the pitch fiasco . That in itself was enough to indicate they were just taking the piss. Despite what some Fort William fans think, I know for a fact that the secretary has tried to give them every chance and engaged with them. They seem to think Rods out to get them, why? He's finishing up this season, so why would he be interesting in sabotaging him when in two weeks it's no skin off his nose. If they were banding these claims about at start of his term maybe. I'm not on here trying to white knight dad ala Amy Iorns style few years back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 1 hour ago, luke bunch said: https://www.obantimes.co.uk/2022/04/23/fort-william-fc-faces-relegation-from-highland-league-after-player-eligibility-wrangle/ Quote "We were already to go for today’s match with pennants made for our first encounter with Banks o’Dee and everything.’ ...apart from registering players on time and marking, cutting and rolling the pitch for the second leg, or expressing a willingness to do so. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginaro Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 The HL play-off rules are clear that playing someone who is not eligible with result in the club being ejected from the play-off, and they are also clear about the 31st January cut off to be eligible. Not sure what FW could appeal to the SFA about, given it seems there's no leeway for the HL to essentially break the eligibility rules for them (something which BOD would surely also appeal). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 FW haven't found anything specific in the rules where they have been applied incorrectly, despite the number of times they've put its no fair into the search box 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior_Arab Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 (edited) On 23/04/2022 at 12:11, welshbairn said: Since Christmas there have been several games where Fort didn't field a single Scotsman, far less a Highlander. They thought that a bunch of North of England Sunday leaguers would show the Teuchters how football is meant to be played. I watched the feature on the new manager on View From the Terrace and thought the squad looked. surprisingly cosmopolitan. How the hell did they get guys like that signed up? Were they chucking money around? They don’t seem to have been particularly wealthy. Surely a player would have to be basically full time to move up there (assuming that’s what happened)? They can’t exactly have commuted! Was a sponsor giving guys jobs with his business or something? Edited April 24, 2022 by Junior_Arab -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 1 hour ago, Ginaro said: ... Not sure what FW could appeal to the SFA about, ... Maybe the emergency goalie angle? Don't see how this goes anywhere though given they withdrew. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theoriginalhedge Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 11 hours ago, Jacksgranda said: They made them play all their home games away, the only other alternative was horsing them out of the league. That might have been the best option for all parties in hindsight , especially when it appears they made no effort to find an alternative venue to play their home games despite knowing their pitch was knackered for the best part of the close season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 17 minutes ago, LongTimeLurker said: Maybe the emergency goalie angle? Don't see how this goes anywhere though given they withdrew. If you want to sign an emergency goalkeeper usually you need to prove injury and that you have less than 2 goalkeepers available. If you have put yourself in a position that makes that less likely(for example registering players who can't play in the game you need an emergency for). You can't play for months without an eligible goalkeeper for a particular fixture and then ask for an emergency, nor can you claim a player who has moved away is medically unavailable. If FW genuinely had a case they'd be making an argument for it, yet to see anything from them that has any reason behind it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 On 22/04/2022 at 19:49, welshbairn said: The Secretary's retiring, I suspect he might be including his pet dog in this final job. I've had a response from Bronson's spokesperson (not hfl secretary) "Bronson would make an excellent goalkeeper, but would not sign for FW" Def a league conspiracy underway here! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 On 23/04/2022 at 11:11, Cyclizine said: Boy's an absolute fruitloop, I particularly like this one: He seems very upset If there's brown envelopes in sweaty palms Wonder if this tube contributed anything other than keyboard nonsense to football in North of Scotland, however he wishes to describe it!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardle is Magic Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 Went to check the score for this and saw the madness that's unfolded... Fort William forgetting which players they have registered should be enough evidence that they have no business playing senior football. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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