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  1. 2 hours ago, Shannon said:

    ....Another shameless club that needs wound up and I really hope their owner gets bored soon. They would not be welcome in the West of Scotland League when they get relegated so I don't see where they will go.

    Vaguely remember reading on here what I thought was a clumsily worded rule drafting on who can get relegated into the WoS. Would serve Edufrance right if that means they have to go back to the SoS in future, given that's where they started out, rather than getting an unearned entry into the WoS premier.

  2. 2 minutes ago, Spyro said:

    Wonder what Cowdenbeath's secret excuse is this time? 

    Think you nailed it earlier with the League Cup invite angle. They maybe also were hoping their bronze licence was the way back into the national divisions again through the Conference proposal last year so think they might gain something by siding with the SFA board on this?

  3. 7 minutes ago, To B or not B said:

    Rumours through this way are that they were a yes, unconfirmed right enough, but that’s what the word is.

    If the three ex-junior and four ex-SPFL clubs were all NO as appears to be the case from public statements then CSS and Caledonian Braves should have been enough to defeat it, so surprising this went the wrong way.

  4. 45 minutes ago, BANKIEBILL said:

    That's not true. Our aim has always been to play senior football within the confines of the "Burgh" of Clydebank or well you know - ...

    You could have been in the SPFL by now if you had been willing to play outside Clydebank for a few seasons. If BSC Glasgow could groundshare with Maryhill presumaby you could have instead of them. I made no statement as to whether the only within the confines of the Burgh posture was sensible or not. Just pointed out that you didn't bolt to the senior grade at the first opportunity so the criticism from some Ayrshire posters seemed a bit strange to me.

  5. 1 minute ago, GallowayBlue said:

    If we list the teams that could be against based on form/previous statements etc:

    Albion Rovers

    Berwick Rangers

    Bo'ness United

    Civil Service Strollers

    Cowdenbeath

    East Stirlingshire

    Linlithgow Rose

    Tranent

    Assuming they all do vote against, still one short.

    Think Edinburgh Uni have been good guys on this issue in the past. 

  6. 15 hours ago, energyzone said:

    ...And a couple of years ago they finally had the opportunity to do something about it...

    They could have done something on being a senior club again as far back as a decade ago by joining the Lowland League by application. They were more tied into the SJFA than some people on here appear to realise.

  7. 1 hour ago, Todd_is_God said:

    ...I mean no offence by this as we are not that much different but they are a club with no stadium and a tiny fanbase.

    All it takes is Seref Zengin deciding that trying to stay fulltime in League One wasn't such a good move after all and exiting stage right with control being hastily handed over to a fan group and half way through the following season...

    On the sweepstakes of who is most likely to try and buy Edinburgh City's league place I'll go for East Kilbride. Hopefully it won't come to that though and there's a way to exit administration with Edinburgh City fans running things again.

  8. 32 minutes ago, charlie king mvp said:

    Citydiehard doesn’t like anyone as we know but I don’t know why Price got the job either...

    As an outsider looking in I vaguely remember reading a post claiming that he was paying some players wages at Elgin because he is quite well off through owning a hotel business in Aberfeldy. Reminded me of rumours of what was happening with Max Christie and going further back Allan McGonigal at Bo'ness United. Not necessarily a bad approach if the manager in question is competent and a couple of players funded that way can make a big difference.

  9. 2 hours ago, Lokloyal said:

    Good stuff-but how are they going to be able to get permission from the owners of the ground to do the work on the ground as tenants?

    If the key is security of tenure then the lease from the council is likely enough if lawyers have now determined that there's no danger of the "gentlemen of Beith" who formed the trust raising any objections. If the legal advice was that the trust has been long since wound up because said gentlemen are all dead then hopefilly that's a red herring at this point and it's no different from any other club with a ground leased from the local council doing licensing.

  10. 15 hours ago, Yodanumber1 said:

    ...Summary these people know what there doing 😁

    So much so that they might even know how to spell they're. It's daft to have two different Bo'ness clubs playing at Newtown Park. The sooner there is only one again under the name United the more likely conversations on here are to shift over to the topic of promotion to the SPFL and meeting bronze level licence requirements to be able to sustain that status long term.

  11. On 06/12/2023 at 14:37, Bring Back Paddy Flannery said:

    If daft wee clubs like East Kilbride come up they wont last long once the chicken man/inverstors get bored...

    ...but then there's Pollok and Clydebank who have bigger supports than most L2 clubs and even some in L1. 

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