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Quick check. By Dec 2018 they've still to do 6 from the SPFL, 8 from the HL/LL and possibly Dalkeith and Blackburn. Everyone else is defaulted to a generic 2019.

Excellent news and should quell some fears that may have been mounting.

Any West Region team would just be told to join the South of Scotland or East of Scotland. For the South of Scotland: East Kilbride were accepted and Edusport originally played in Hamilton, which covers the old Central District. Ayrshire District is covered by Bonnyton Thistle and Girvan with Auchinleck Talbot told to join if they wanted licenced.

In looking back at posts trying to figure out why BSC never played at Ashfield. I never quite found anything why they never played there after announcing a 3 year agreement on being accepted into the Lowland League. Usual reason floated was the pitch size but you would of thought BSC and then the Lowland League would of been aware of that prior to acceptance. When it came to the Maryhill groundshare ending there was a bit more substance. Two sides of every story and all that, but little things like BSC underestimating the number of games they might have to play at home due to cups, a pitch maintenance debacle over the close season, a merger/closer ties between the clubs. The relationship certainly seemed to have soured after the first season.

Cheers for that. I thought it only got added once the Lowland League was set up and the SFA realized junior clubs weren't signing up.

They could of at the time BSC groundshared though. If I'm remembering right. I don't think the commitment to the pyramid rule kicked in till after. Otherwise why would Kelty and Auchinleck work on applications. EDIT: 2014/15 Scottish Cup had Banks O'Dee and Linlithgow Rose in as members. Maybe the goalposts on licencing had changed by then and the likes of Maryhill had bought into the scare stories on what was required and missed out.

I caught RevPro's World of Pro Wrestling show on FreeSports over the weekend. Very good for a first show I thought.

He's been told that multiple times now. Apparently the two seasons they played out of Glasgow never happened and they went straight from youth football to Alloa.

If i'm remembering right the next PWG meeting is scheduled for 30th October. After the last one news filtered through over a plan for the West Premiership, East Super League, EoS and SoS all sitting at Tier 6, with a different belief that new WoS and Tayside leagues would be created.

But then have the Rose truly embraced the move? League results, alongside the SC pumping would seem to suggest otherwise. They've the highest goal difference in their conference and only lost one game. League results would suggest they're taking it very seriously.

The what if I was thinking of was more in relation to how a South of Scotland with BSC Glasgow and Cumbernauld Colts would reshape the West of Scotland feeder argument. Say they took in those two clubs, Edusport might never have moved to Annan for the convienence of the other teams. Maybe Glasgow University would of joined up instead of remaining amateur all these years. It could of saw a more balanced West/East pyramid, but it doesn't matter as it never came to pass. What Kelty did will always surprise me.

It's an interesting what if. Edusport had the Lowland League on their mind, but moved onto the South of Scotland upon rejection. Could BSC and Cumbernauld have done the same?

A million miles away from meeting entry level requirements and yet... Maybe seeing is believing https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish-cup-matches/?mid=155028

Hrmmm... There's no such thing as a licenced ground. Ashfield and Maryhill are junior clubs that as far as I'm aware have never tried to gain SFA membership. They joined the Lowland League with a 3 year agreement with Ashfield as I've previously linked to. The fact that the Lowland League and the SFA accepted BSC Glasgow and saw them licensed, suggests to me both Ashfield and Maryville could get a licence if they fancied it.

Yip. Hasn't been helped by some financial turmoil at a lot of clubs chasing professionalism. I thought moving to a 12 team league and introduction of a licencing scheme would help avoid that, but there still seems to be the odd club almost every year.

5 biggest cities/towns in Wales: Cardiff, Swansea, Newport, Merthyr Tydfil and Wrexham all have their top clubs in the English Pyramid. Rugby is the number one sport. That leaves the WPL with the scraps. Apart from Barry which has a population of 50,000+, most of the clubs from that list are from towns under 20,000 or are at best the 3rd placed sporting interest in the city.

That obviously makes absolutely no difference. They knew they would need a licensed ground, did they not? So what was the plan? They participated in the Scottish Cup in their second season. Which means they had access to a ground that met the requirements of licencing prior to the move to Alloa. So the plan at that point was to rent a ground 2 miles from their birthplace until they could organize their own. At the time they probably hadn't exhausted all the possibilities and it seemed an easier goal.

First points for Inverkeithing! And a 3-4 win away from home on paper looks to have been an exciting way to do it.

I honestly don't know how that's a reply to what I've posted. Are you saying it's ok for a club to play absolutely nowhere near their home community just because they don't like any of the leagues available to them there? I think we just need to disagree on this one. Turns out when they were accepted into the Lowland League they had a 3 year agreement with Ashfield FC less than 4 miles from Broomhill Primary. http://slfl.co.uk/bsc-glasgow-introduction/ That obviously never worked out, they ended up at Maryhill which is less than 2 miles from Broomhill Primary. They never expected to be in Alloa, didn't plan to be in Alloa. However they are making the best of the situation, just like the likes of Kirkintilloch Rob Roy having to play out of Cumbernauld. Should KRR call it a day or is the 7 miles between Kirkintilloch and Cumbernauld short enough to still represent their home community?

BSC Glasgow created out of the Broomhill Sports Club based at Broomhill Primary School. Broomhill Primary to Maryhill FC is only a couple of miles away, basically on their doorstep. BSC Glasgow played at Maryhill for the 2014/15 and 2015/16 seasons. Two full seasons, they never imagined they would of been playing in Alloa. And the reason they never went the Gartcairn route is the obvious answer, they never wanted to be a Junior Football club. If they wanted Junior football they could of simply linked up with Maryhill FC. Just like Cumbernauld Colts could of linked up with Cumbernauld United instead of creating a club of their own. BSC Glasgow, Cumbernauld Colts, Bonnyton Thistle, Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts and now looking like Syngenta. All youth clubs that had existed in some form for quite sometime. Any one of them could of created a Junior side if they wanted, turns out the SJFA isn't that attractive from those that exist outside of it.

Yet you overlook East Kilbride and Cumbernauld Colts. Junior football and Amateur football is already very well catered for within Glasgow, what exactly would be the point in starting a new club at that level? You might as well just try and link up with an existing one. A bit like East Kilbride they were looking to provide their community with a link into Senior football. The Lowland League had the stated aim of reaching 16 members and in 2014 only had 12. With no juniors interested, this left the East of Scotland and South of Scotland in a period of disintegration as members were chasing those 4 vacancies. South of Scotland = 11 members, amateur in all but name. Well and truly outwith their geographic area. East of Scotland = 20 teams but 4 of them are reserve sides and they are also split into 2 divisions. Outwith their geographic area. This is also the league with the most members chasing Lowland League membership (Edinburgh University, Civil Service Strollers and Hawick Royal Albert would all join). The Lowland League was the only real and stable option for a club with a long term set of aims.

Haven't seen it mentioned, but you might recall Fort William looking for more help behind the scenes. Turns out they announced a new chairman and board member in the past week. https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-oban-times/20181018/283472142211611

I'd actually say it was the lowest tree possible. They'd been in youth football for a while and presumably involved in the likes of the SFA youth schemes. Gotten to a point where they could provide an adult side their obvious regional options were Junior, Amateur, Lowland League. I know which one I would of chosen.

Part of the problem with licencing is that it may of tied those clubs into multi-year tenancy agreements. Which is why they are still there until they can get their own facilities in order.

Keep in mind BSC started in Maryhill and Edusport started in Hamilton where they are located. Alloa and Annan ended up being short or mid term solutions (depending on your point of view) Neither were the original or long term plans for either club.