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I thought he quit his role with Gartcairn in order to take up the role with the SJFA? Doesn't a committee member have to be with a WoSFL club?

That's in the past and not sure how much of that was due to a rushed application after the original Gretna went bust. Gretna 2008 would be relegated to the South. They also joined the Southern Counties FA this season.

Most of those names remind me of 2022 when a lot of the lower card originals weren't renewed. I wonder if their deals were coming up soon and chose to cut bait early. As long as they're getting paid. I don't think there can be many complaints. As you'd probably think they were already gone or had forgetten they even worked there in the first place. Anthony Henry is meant to be injured which is a bad look anytime. Made worse that its the same day Punk was talking about organising his own surgery after Brawl Out. The Boys must be disappointed after being part of the Dalton/Johnny TV feud. I always liked Jose the Assistant and Dasha, but if they're gone you wouldn't notice.

Hi @The Faceman I know you've went with a different approach recently with sending the data to the social media of the leagues. It looks like the Lowland League isn't publishing them. A new month often sees an update, would it be possible to add them here?

Don't see it happening until Double or Nothing based on how things have played out. Hopefully her ankle hasn't been Pillmanized after the injury and she can get back to normal.

Deadline day. Take it there's been no serious interest?

Broughty and Carnoustie are two clubs that have talked about getting licensed. These things don't necessarily happen over night. The SFA haven't exactly helped by closing the licensing process.

Big win for Edinburgh University away to Albion Rovers. Gets them off the bottom by a single point. Bit like watching a couple of snails racing but at least they're keeping it interesting.

Too late.

League and cup committees shaking that magic money tree.

I would ask questions over the return to two-legged semi-finals since it further disrupts the league calendar. As the explanation is that the extra games are needed to help fund the prize money. Every other cup right now seems to be cutting back on replays and some even go straight to penalties instead of extra-time these days.

Couple of years ago they paid out £400 to members that met their match obligations plus some footballs. Might have been a payment during during covid. Its been explained they were losing money with the Junior Cup last year hence the change. They've just went to actual prize money with no obvious change to their revenues other than taking more from members. Seems like any war chest the SJFA had is being chipped away at.

Glasgow University an established amateur club. Do have their own pitch. Just use Airdrie for licensing reasons. Drumchapel United was an established amateur club. Donald Dewar Centre's their own pitch. Bonnyton Thistle had been part of the South of Scotland for a few years. Have their own pitch. Really just St Cadoc's you're talking about that meets most of your criteria. Annbank United folded. Ardeer Thistle I remember being saved because Kilbride Thistle used them as a means to get in. Might want to think about the state of the WoSFL if you get what you wanted. Fan base is meaningless since 30/60 teams that bothered to give head counts from the West Region in 2019-20 were averaging under 100. It's committees that keep the majority of these clubs going not fans. Your 5 year financial forecast kills off semi-professional football and turns the WoSFL into an amateur league.

I see Twitter has discovered the 60% to SJFA for the semi-finals.

Important point for Edinburgh University.

Don't think anyone's bothered by Scorpio Sky going missing. Hope he's alright, but they tried the Collision return. Making appearances in ROH and the tease of something with Men of the Year at Final Battle. Never went anywhere. Couple of names missing from the above suggestions are Ricky Starks and Big Bill. Vanished after dropping the tag titles early last month. They at least seem to be coming back as an act since they're in the Tag Title tournament.

Wasn't the plan for Elgin to play in all 3 competitions and basically seen as a way to access the Aberdeenshire League since the NoS one has been mothballed since covid. Basically a structure for their youth/reserves. Doesn't look like its gone to plan since Elgin don't appear in any of the season's results. Midlands not having a youth league to go into, that might be a reason for a club to eventually join. Its not like they play a ton of games as it is and could have regional sections. Complete hypothetical and don't see it happening.

decent ground. Going by twitter they're playing at their namesake high school right now. Doesn't seem like the more permanent venue they were hoping to have in place is official yet.

You could argue that Knightswood and St Pats were not well organised applications when they were put up for a vote last season. From what I remember Knightswood have used at least two grounds this season. The secondary venue may have been a High School pitch. St Pats I still don't think have organised a proper ground for making the move. Seems like the spot was just used up to save one team being idle in the 4th Division this season.

A lot of the youth clubs would have typically started an amateur team if they wanted to do so. Which is why I don't see a problem with it. If somebody wants to deal with the specific issue of a youth club not having to go amateurs, I do think there's a solution that exists. The Development Leagues. There have been plenty of youth teams that have taken on the name of an adult team through "player pathways" or more formal mergers. Even situations like the Upper or Mid-Annandale team that was really a team from the Glasgow area. We know these don't really pan out when it comes to progression to the 1st team on a large scale. Yet there's still been an interest from the youth clubs to become part of the set-up.

I have problems with this, but surprisingly enough its not this one. Pretty much every Tier 6 pyramid league has a barrier to entry. Both the WoSFL & EoSFL you need to be accredited by the SFA Quality Mark Scheme. Can't really be an out the blue application going "why not apply?" and magically have that. Rising standards over the grounds are creeping in. Caged astros and types of groundshares being ruled out. Since most modern facilties aren't being built with spectators in mind and that's where newer clubs are coming from don't see how that changes. I haven't seen anyone particularly thrilled with the approach taken by the agreement. It's the start of a discussion that probably needs to take place with how the pyramid (adult & development leagues) have impacted things and the amateur game splitting into ever decreasing circles (saturday afternoon/morning/sunday/over 35s)

Pretty sure St Pat's are one that still have an interest after missing out last year.

So Letham would be an EoSFL club these days?

Probably because all those members got in as long as they met the requirements. Making things work as they went along Then turned decided that's enough for now. More trouble than it's worth, better luck next time whenever that might be.

Nobody has said anything about the EoS being full. The suggestions above have been about finding a means to extend beyond it. There are clubs that would want to be part of the pyramid that can't access due to ever increasing ground criteria. Clubs that are currently in it that wouldn't be today if they were an applicant.