LongTimeLurker

Good to get that cleared up. That makes the Broughty (presumably?) licensing scenario interesting to watch.

Any particular reason? Vaguely remember somebody on their committee being pro-pyramid on here at one point, but that could easily be a personal opinion as with Tynieness where Bo'ness is concerned. AFJ spilled the beans a few days back on where Bo'ness stand over on the Tony Kempster forum (assuming there aren't two Linfield supporters that also back Camelon kicking about): http://nonleaguematters.co.uk/forum/gforum.cgi?post=862409#862409 I have a friend who is at Bo'ness and he tells me that while some want to progress to the EoS and then LL, most of the committee are happy where they are, so he does not expect any announcement to this end. so that's an example of the online people not necessarily being in synch with the rest of the club.

My guess would be Dunipace given Denny is not much more than walking distance from Camelon.

Latest from the juniors subforum: very different from this from last weekend: although he later clarified that it might only be 2 or 3 of the East Premier teams listed, so that wasn't necessarily actual applicants.

...which is a very different breakdown from the scenario we were being told by Hamish the Goalie last weekend, which had 1 East Super, 5 East Premier and 1 East South division team jumping, but you are obviously closer to the action in EoS terms. East Super: Camelon, Bonnyrigg, ??? East Premier: Dalkeith, ??? East South: ???, ??? West: ???

Looks like finding somebody literate to do some form filling may also be on the agenda in Gorebridge: and there was even this from a Linlithgow Rose supporter (a regular windup merchant, so not sure what to make of it):

...suspect the EGM won't be because they suddenly want to change their name to Celtic. Given who is already known to be moving so far, them, Tranent, Newtongrange Star and Penicuik are likely candidates for the next set of dominoes to fall. This post from a Lithgae Rose supporter could be some kind of windup given what he regularly gets up to on the Bo'ness United thread but was still quite intriguing:

If there had been a pyramid league structure around 1970 or so it could have happened given Accies were the Cowdenbeath of that era so ever is a wee bit too categorical, and what he is probably referring to is the 750k that was lost by Accies through a banking scam. Think the Greg Docherty transfer should have stabilised things again. Hope so anyway.

Where are these 45% and 55% numbers coming from?

http://www.bonnyriggrosefc.co.uk/teams/118321/news/results-of-sgm-2227290.html ...We will take the mandate given to us by our members to set the wheels in motion in order to make the recommended proposal a reality over the course of the next few months...

....and the EoS probably wouldn't have a banner at the top of their website explaining the procedure to apply, if they were not anticipating a large influx this year. If, as appears to be the case, clubs are doing this as one of the final steps to securing licensing from the SFA it's not clear to what extent the EoS could actually say no to any applicant club from their geographical catchment that ticks all the boxes on that. You would almost get the impression that a Whitehill Welfare fan might be concerned that Lowland League status for their club in another 5 to 10 years may not seem as secure as it had up to now?

So as things stand it looks like the applicants are the following (please reply if you see a mistake or have additional information): East Super: Camelon, Bonnyrigg Rose Premier: Dalkeith, Musselburgh, Haddington, Dunbar, Blackburn South: Edinburgh United West Super Premier: Clydebank? (subject to the outcome of an EGM this weekend)

That one seemed a bit far-fetched, so not surprised. Here's what I think has been suggested so far, with clubs with apparent website confirmation bolded and italics used where it looked more like a rumour, maybe people can clarify, if they know something is mistaken: East Super: Camelon, Bonnyrigg Rose (if EGM ratifies), Hill of Beath? (discussed at committe level), Dundonald Bluebell? (discussed internally) Premier: Dalkeith, Musselburgh, Haddington, Dunbar, Blackburn South: Edinburgh United West Super Premier: Clydebank (holding EGM unclear what league and timeline), Kilwinning Rangers (EoS West Region timeline unclear), Pollok?, Rob Roy?, Girvan? Super First: Troon? Ayrshire District: Ardrossan?, Dalry?

Haven't seen the documentary. From what I remember at the time it was originally reported by the media that the two corporals were Loyalists rather than soldiers and the suspicion in the aftermath was that the reason that they were left to their gruesome fate by the security forces was that Michael Stone had effectively been rescued from a similar fate and the powers that be may have come to the conclusion that not doing so in their case would make Loyalists think twice before ever doing something like that again. Think welshbairn's scenario rings true and would fit what unfolded.

The puppet on the left opposes the puppet on the right, hey wait a minute there's only one hand, as Bill Hicks used to put it. If there's a war that the US military is involved in even MSBNC remains very much on message from a Pentagon standpoint and will do things like firing Phil Donohue. The Vietnam War era where dissent was tolerated in media terms and there were limited attempts to question the official Pentagon line is long gone. The US corporate media is every bit as biased as RT when the perceived national interests of the US are involved and good luck hearing any input on current events from that source from somebody like Noam Chomsky, who regularly speaks truth to power in an American context.

Jesse Ventura on the long-haired American? Abby Martin's Breaking the Set was really good, but she spoke truth to power about the antics of the little green men in Crimea with the inevitable outcome in career terms. That whole episode showed that RT was just the mirror image of Pentagon propaganda outlets like Fox News or CNN. If Alex Salmond has any integrity he won't last long on that channel for similar reasons.

If this Kello thing is legit it's a bit of an eyeopener given they are in super first at the moment and are already doing the region wide travelling. Suspect they would fancy their chances of being in the playoff to get into the Lowland League reasonably regularly given the level of competition in the SoS.

Just saw online that Scottish Tories are threatening to vote down a final deal over continuing EU access to fisheries. The job security of Ruth Davidson's MPs appears to be more important to her than her former pro-Remain stance. http://www.businessinsider.com/scottish-tories-threaten-to-reject-brexit-deal-over-fishing-rights-2018-3?IR=T

Craigroyston and Easthouses must be wondering whether they made the right move now.

Somebody fae Kemlin using the word "awesome" without apparent irony is definitely a sign of changing times. Would guess that having the Shire doing so well in the Lowland League with ex-Camelon players and an ex-manager got some people thinking along the lines of why not us. Used to wind up Shire supporters on here about future local derbies with Camelon and Bo'ness United within 5 years, because it irritates me a bit that something that sensible in terms of clubs in the same area with similar quality teams and support levels playing against each other has always been regarded by some as an outlandish possibility. Looks like it could just about happen on that timeline, which is something I didn't really expect. Thought it was possible, if the trapdoor ever got opened, but 10 to 20 years would be much more likely.

Any word yet if Blackburn are involved?