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That’s why I’m discounting them. All five of their remaining games are against teams in the top 7 with tricky visits to Leith and Blackburn to come. Realistically Star are going to need to win at least four of those five. Difficult.

They are bang in there with a chance. I think it’s a straight shootout between Camelon and Whitburn for the third promotion spot.

A big day for St Andrews as they hold on for a hard fought win over Camelon and Newtongrange drop more points. Saints are now two points behind Camelon and one behind Newtongrange with three and four games in hand respectively. We are still not in the promotion places and yet we have to be odds on to go up now.

Why should they be forced to become amateur when they may want to play their players?

I think the issue is that in the west any team that wants to enter the pyramid and has a bit of money to invest to create a team that will progress through the ranks now has to become amateur. what happens if they want to pay their playing squad? Why should they be forced to join an organisation they have no interest in?

Yet again someone assumes that St Andrews want to play in the Midland league and don’t want to travel. It’s the SCOTTISH football pyramid that we are in not a Fife and Tayside one. We will play anywhere in Scotland. St Andrews didn’t complain when they had to go to Tweedmouth the last couple of years or when they went to Ardrossan this season. If Camelon were ever good enough to win the Lowland League and then win the playoff would you turn down promotion to the SPFL on the grounds that you don’t want to travel to Elgin or Stranraer?

Don’t write your team off yet. if Whitburn win their games in hand on Camelon and Newtongrange they would be in the promotion places. Hopefully we can do your team a favour next Saturday.

Arniston 3 St Andrews 4. A frustrating game in which Saints should have been out of sight in the first hour then went 4-1 up with ten minutes to go only to concede goals from a set piece and a penalty to make things unnecessarily tense. However it was an excellent day with three of our main rivals dropping points. I just wish we could play our games in hand to see where we rightfully sit in the table. instead it’s a massive clash at home to Camelon on Saturday.

Oakley v St Andrews Frozen pitch

So much for us playing our first game in hand on Newtongrange today Oakley v St Andrews OFF

Our next three ties are all games in hand on Newtongrange as the Star were due to play Rosyth yesterday and then take part in the league cup next Saturday. We’ll have a better position of where we stand a week on Wednesday.

The rules state that Rosyth finish the league in 16th so they should have been placed there now.

Well the fixtures for the next few weeks are out. Saints will play three of their games in hand on Newtongrange between now and 19th March. Also two of their games in hand on Camelon and Whitburn. So we should have a better idea of where we stand by then.

Thankfully we have managed to get knocked out of two cups in recent weeks so that frees up some time Hopefully the latest round of fixtures will come out shortly. Be good if we get a couple of midweek ties.

If it was nine points and four games in hand I would agree but six leaves plenty of room to drop points. It will certainly be a tough run in with plenty of twists and turns to come.

Saints are nine points behind Newtongrange with six games in hand. I’ll let you do the maths.

Any word on the draw?

Next Sunday at the Alex Jack cup final

A cracking win for Camelon sees them go top. The one advantage of Saints getting knocked out of another cup today is we might get the chance to have a run of league games. I’d love to see where we are once we have played our games in hand on the sides above us. Needless to say we were due to play Rosyth next Saturday. So it looks like we will drop another game behind everyone

Loads. Go to www.eosfl.com and you will see them all.

You are correct. Same thing happened when Syngenta folded. i haven’t looked at the bottom but it makes the promotion race tighter as Newtongrange, Dunipace and Camelon will all lose three points while St Andrews and Whitburn have defeats to Rosyth wiped from their records.

Yes. It has a knock on effect to the second division.

Too late. There have informed the league of their decision. And they would have considered all options before making such a drastic move.

Isn’t there also the possibility of Gretna going down to the South with the winner of the EOS going up which would lead to four promotion spots?

You are correct on both counts.