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It's a guy in a Celtic strip in an airport. This happens every day. Why would you presume he was there for any other reason than to go on holiday or pick someone up?

You know me - can't resist a new Gers top.

God loves a trier.

Why would the police care what the prison service have to pay to look after prisoners?

Sorry if this has been discussed - I understand the three conferences and all that - is there going to be promotion/relegation between the EOS and LL at the end of next season and if so how will it be decided?

Of course it does. See any posts by the Kelty Hearts guy for further information.

Why would it be a mistake? What does playing in the juniors give them that the EOS does not?

What was the Beith stitch-up?

It would be nice to hear from some West clubs about their take on the exodus in the East and their thoughts on what will happen next in their region. Somebody needs to put their head above the parapet at some point.

I'm offended by that accusation.

Me too, although somehow, someway I've managed to make this argument without resorting to cheap insults with those I disagree with. "Knuckle draggers" "Inbred yokels" Classless.

To be fair, the SPFL fans that do so are normally supporters of perennial League 1 or 2 clubs who never win anything of note, or live off the memory of some ancient cup victory that nobody alive remembers. There's a lot of hypocrisy on all sides here.

Of course it's a major trophy.

It's not really the same then is it? And even if it was the same, who are any of us to tell the Buffs fans from 1999 if it was worth it or not?

What did you win during that good spell?

A couple of points here. Kilwinning have been close to going to the wall on a couple of occasions since 2004 so I imagine fans of the club will be well aware of how that feels. Despite that, I don't know any fan that would want to swap the memories from 1999. It's easy to say it's not worth it, but let's say it's the equivalent of Dunfermline winning the treble then spending the next decade loitering about the bottom two divisions as a result. Would it be worth it for that experience? I suspect many would say yes. You have to be in that situation to really appreciate it. The current committee have only been in place for a couple of seasons so it's not as if it's the same people who have presided over the ongoing inability to construct proper changing facilities. A lot of work has been done to the ground in the last 4 years so it's not as if regeneration has halted while the playing standard improves. The problem, as ever, is that the top league clubs bring the biggest crowds, generate the most interest and produce the biggest revenue. The drop off in crowds in the league below is huge. It's only been in the last year or so that the pyramid and a potential WOS league has been seriously discussed, hence the focus at Kilwinning on how to improve the changing facilities to take advantage of such a league if/when it begins. The pyramid is only an advantage if you are licensed, and the Buffs are a long way from that at present.

Nobody gets taken seriously here! It'll all blow over. The vast majority of people don't know who he is so he's just another username.

Tell him to come back, I disagreed with about 90% of what he posted on here but he was good entertainment.

It should also be borne in mind that Hurlford were promoted to the Premier League before the current main backer was installed, and they did so with the bulk of a squad which had to rely on a last match win to preserve their Super First status against Scottish champions Shotts the year before. They had been in the Super First for 4 or 5 years before that. They do not bad crowd-wise considering the issues they've had with the pitch and the fact they're only a mile from Kilmarnock.

Who exactly is on the pyramid working group?

The thing is, the pyramid as it is is nowhere near perfect, but in the event of a WOS league being created and every non league club in the country being part of the same system, it would only take several years for things to even themselves out. For a grade that has been in existence well over a century, it's not really that long to iron everything out.

Are clubs talking to each other about everything that is happening?

What did the Glenafton manager say?

Which is strange as earlier in the season Saltcoats couldn't field a team in the Scottish Cup for genuine reasons (apparently) and were thrown out.

Spend long enough on the junior forum and like me, you'll learn to automatically filter out the headbangers. Don't let the idiots ruin it for you - there are plenty of decent posters about and we could always do with some more!