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  1. Notes & Announcements

    1. Newcomers Welcome!

      How to use the board and its many features!

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    2. Pie and Bovril Official Announcements

      We will also use this forum to release announcements to all of our users.

      This will be related to feature releases, improvements, changes, planned forum maintenance work, events or to tell you that we've accepted a multi million pound bid for the site and have sold up and moved to the Bahamas.

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    3. Ask a Support Question

      If you are unsure of the new forum then this is the place to ask questions.

      You may also email support@pieandbovril.com or click "Support" in the top menu to open a support ticket if you are experiencing technical problems, or use the contact us link at the bottom of the page or on the homepage of the website.

      Note that content complaints should not be filed here, instead if you have a problem with a particular post use the new "Report" button which is shown on the post.

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  2. Scottish Professional Football League

    1. Scottish Premiership General Chatter

      Discussion for or about Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee, Dundee Utd, Hearts, Hibernian, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, Rangers, Ross County, St.Johnstone & St.Mirren
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    2. Scottish Championship General Chatter

      Discussion for or about Airdrie, Ayr Utd, Dunfermline Athletic, Falkirk, Greenock Morton, Hamilton Accies, Livingston, Partick Thistle, Queen's Park & Raith Rovers

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    3. Scottish League 1 General Chatter

      Discussion for or about Alloa Athletic, Annan Athletic, Arbroath, Cove Rangers, Dumbarton, Inverness CT, Kelty Hearts, Montrose, Queen of the South & Stenhousemuir

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    4. Scottish League 2 General Chatter

      Discussion for or about Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic, Clyde, Edinburgh City, East Fife, Elgin City, Forfar Athletic, Peterhead, Spartans, Stirling Albion & Stranraer

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    5. A View From The Terrace

      A View From The Terrace

      The only show on television looking at every ounce of Scottish football. Join us as we discuss our weird and wonderful game, from the fan's perspective.Catch the show every Friday night on the BBC Scotland Channel and stream previous episodes now on BBC iPlayer.

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    6. Improving Scottish Football

      Improving Scottish Football

      The Podcast for fans who want more than the status-quo. Talking about league re-construction, the TV deal, playing style, youth development, fan experience, etc

      Produced by Kieran Hennigan.

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    7. Nutmeg

      Nutmeg Magazine

      Published every three months, Nutmeg is a high-class home for quality articles about Scottish football’s past, present and future. It offers opinion, reflection, interviews, insight, illustration, photography and poetry. It is a unique blend between 196 uniquely elegant pages.
      It's our game. In Print. On podcasts. At events.

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    8. Scottish Football - Fans' Views

      A place to have your views on the future of the game heard.
      Fans Views is here for you to discuss a range of issues affecting the game and aims to give all fans a voice.
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  3. The Cups

    1. Domestic Cup Football

      Scottish Cup, League Cup, Challenge Cup, Regional Cups, Junior Cups  - if its domestic silverware then this is the place to discuss !

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    2. Scots in Europe

      From the Europa League to the Champions League, discuss how the Scottish clubs are faring in European competition here.

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  4. Scottish Football Pyramid

    1. North Pyramid

      Combined discussion on Highland League, Midlands League, North Caledonian League and North Superleague. If post levels get to decent numbers we'll provide specific sub forums for each league.

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    2. Lowland League

      Discuss all the latest happenings in the Lowland Football League here

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    3. East of Scotland Football League

      Discuss all the latest happenings in the East of Scotland Football League here

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    4. South of Scotland Football League

      Discuss all the latest happenings in the South of Scotland Football League here

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    5. West of Scotland Football League

      Discuss all the latest happenings in the West of Scotland Football League here

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    6. Junior Football

      An archive of the previous Junior Football forum.

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  5. International and Other Football and Other Sports

    1. Misc Other Fitba Chat

      The English Premiership, The Championship, Serie A, La Liga, The World Cup, Copa America, Auchterarder Under 13 Division B, if it's fitba and it's not covered above or below then it's in here.
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    2. Tartan Army Ramblings

      The national side is a constant source of abject misery but at some point it might end. Sir Steve Clarke is the latest man charged with leading us to the glory of a first round exit at a major tournament. Discuss all aspects of the Scotland team here.

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    3. Euro 2024

      Scotland are going to Germany in 2024 and it looks like half the country are planning a visit!

      Use this forum to discuss the built up to the tournament itself, and we've also split off a wee sub-forum for discussing travel arrangements for those thinking of making the trip.

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    4. Amateur Football

      There are 30-40 Saturday-playing amateur leagues in Scotland covering Highland, North of Scotland, North of Tay, Tayside, Fife, East of Scotland, South of Scotland, and West of Scotland regions. Discuss them all here !

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    5. Youth Football

      Our designated area for those involved, or playing within Scottish Youth football across every region and every age group.

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    6. Womens Football

      All the chat about the Women's game in here please.

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    7. All Other Sports

      The P&B massive have a love of many other sports too so if you want to talk Golf, Egg Chasing, Tennis, Yank Football, Baseball, Cricket, Darts, Snooker or Synchronised swimming or anything else then here is the place to do it.

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    8. Infowire

      Jamie Wire has retired as our resident statto but never fear as craigkillie has stepped in to take over ! Feel free to post any question in this forum on the subject of Scottish football (line-ups, results, trivia etc) and either he or one of the many forum regulars will be only too happy to try and help!

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  6. General Nonsense and Misc Others

    1. The General Nonsense Forum

      This is the General Nonsense forum for use by all P&B visitors to discuss anything and everything. Note that any music, tv, film, gaming or technology related threads should be placed in the respective forums (see below this one) for those topics.

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    2. The Politics Forum

      Formerly the independence forum, now just for general political chit chat.

      All Indy Ref topics have been preserved.

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    3. The Music Forum

      General nonsense has always had a rich musical history so we have now allowed Music to have it's very own dedicated section of the board. All music related threads here please !

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    4. The Travel Forum

      Getting good travel advice is invaluable when you are thinking of heading somewhere new. P&B has a very well well travelled membership so this section is for you to pick their brains about where you are off to.

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    5. TV and Film Forum

      A forum for debating everything related to small and big screen entertainment. From the latest Hollywood blockbuster to what's happening in Corrie, this is the place to discuss it.

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    6. The Gaming Forum

      Split from the e-chat forum by popular request, this is the forum to discuss any kind of gaming. Consoles, PC games, handhelds, internet, mobile etc. If it's games it's here.

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    7. The E-Chat Technology Forum

      Sponsored by Big Front DoorThe e-chat forum for is for discussing technology and for getting some tech support on pretty much anything from the forum whizz kids. No gaming chat in here please, keep it in the gaming forum !

      Sponsored by www.bigfrontdoor.com web design.
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    8. The Gambling Forum

      Betting on the footy or on other major sporting events and got a great tip to share with fellow P&B'ers ? Our gambling forum is bursting with tips !
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    9. Pie and Bovril Gold

      It's long been requested by the masses and finally here it is. P&B Gold is where old classic threads will be moved to by the mods whenever they have served their time in the main forum.

      Users can contribute to threads that make their way in here, but can't start new topics here. Of course we want users to suggest threads that merit being moved here, and we will NEVER archive any of the threads that sit in Gold.

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    • Union 2-1 Hoffenheim    Rapid start from Union enough to earn the three points and maintain Bo Svensson’s unbeaten start as manager. Not sure I could tell you the last time I was at a game where a team were 2-0 up in 5 minutes. Absolutely battered Hoffenheim for the rest of the first half with Hollerbach and Rothe giving young Drexler a torrid time.    Second half became a lot more about managing the game, and while a Hoffenheim consolation always felt likely, I wouldn’t have said they did enough to warrant anything from the game.    Standing in 24° heat, directly in the sun, for about 4 hours went as well as you might expect. 
    • A freak result at Whitehills. I remember Renfrew going there as holders and only winning by a couple of goals. That’s the nature of ‘all-in’ cup competitions - you’ll have huge results from time to time just as you’ll have huge shocks. This season’s junior cup has already had both and we’ve just finished round 2.
    • Well done to the people who continue to go to games and to those who give their money, heart and soul into continuing to run the club.It must be a thankless task.. To be honest I just can’t face it anymore these days. I will continue to pay my monthly supporters trust contribution to offer a little bit of help but for me at present it’s far too depressing to watch us plummeting to yet deeper depths. The business model just won’t work under current circumstances while we continue to pay to play at Central Park. I can only imagine how much Cowden have to pay for the upkeep of a crumbling ground that they no longer own and the overhead costs that must gobble up the limited club budget week in, week out. Utility bills, ground rent, repair costs and other costs for very little return. These costs are obviously eating into any money that is available for player and staff budgets. At this level Cowden actually have a decent and amazingly loyal fan base. The squad has no depth as I feared and injuries are frequently cited as the cause of our failure on the pitch. Cowden seem to be at the bare bones when it comes to having any quality players to actually call upon. Yet another relegation is sadly well within the realms of possibility but hopefully not.    Solutions?? I wish I had some to suggest and I’m certain that the board and everyone else at the club are trying hard to find some. Is it feasible to move out of Cental Park to somewhere smaller with more realistic running costs? I feel  that the local council offer zero support to the club and have done nothing in years in regard to this. No doubt they would say that it’s a terrible shame if the club actually disappears, despite them doing sweet bugger all to help, or am I wrong in saying that?    I do feel that the club have appointed a decent manager who has history with the club but what can he do when we are being outspent on players consistently by other teams in the Lowland League? Our main talent from last season went elsewhere and not much sign that we have new players who can at least  replace them with the hope of developing them. Anybody decent moves on. I apologise for this all sounding extremely negative in tone but I have had the heart ripped out of me after supporting the team for over 4 decades. Witnessed near extinction of the club, unimaginable high points and now Cowden are at their lowest ebb in Scottish football. Maybe others have constructive suggestions on how things can be turned around.     
    • Ah! I stand corrected. The last time I was inside the Gannochy building was when the ‘Scottish Sport Campus’ was being mooted at Stirling and they had plans on display for an enclosed ground which the players would enter via a tunnel from the rear of that building. I suppose that was all shelved with the building of Oriam.    Cheers!
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