[2019/20 West League 1]

55 minutes ago, fitbawellfan said:

"Knuckles" is an unfortunate handle given the current thread but following your unbiased and very honest post I think we can piece this together now. I am thinking that if Currie had minutes earlier attempted to headbutt Carluke's Peter Byrne he must have already had a bee in his bonnet before the main altercation. This would explain  why when they were running up the park behind each other Currie "slammed the anchors on" for no reason when the ball was at the opposite end of the field because he knew the Carluke player was behind him and was inciting the incident. He knew Byrne would run into the back of him giving him the excuse for his next deliberate action which knocked the player unconscious with his jaw broken in two places. He just didn't expect to have his own head cut in the process. However he caught Byrne unaware when he stopped so suddenly and then stood his ground for Byrne to run into him. I can only concur with yourself that action has to be taken by someone be it his own club or the authorities. It is too late for Peter Byrne but whose son will be next to suffer at his hands if this is left unpunished?

Looks like someones trying to stir the pot here, theres a massive difference between a coming together in the box wich actually happened and someone trying to put the head in someone wich never happened or the ref would have dealt with it because he was only 5-10 yards away, stop clutching at straws to make the larkhall player out to be the big bad guy, 2 wrongs dont make a right but its finished, the games over let it go and im sure the next game the 2 boys will shake hands n forget about it

[2019/20 West League 1]

3 hours ago, fitbawellfan said:

My friend from what you are saying and how this incident is being described by others the one person we know for sure that did not witness the incident was Jack Currie himself as he had his back to the Carluke player. That no one is disputing by the sounds of it. So for him to react in the way he did without knowing whether it was accidental or intentional is inexcusable not to mention a serious criminal offence. He could have killed him. I understand this lad was on his back for nearly an hour while he waited for an ambulance after being stretchered off. I would think retrospective action needs to be taken against Jack Currie by either his club Larkhall  Thistle, or the authorities before he seriously hurts someone else again.

U can butter the story up whatever way u like to suit whatever agenda u chose but the harsh FACTS are there was a coming together in the box at a corner between both players 30 seconds prior to the incident that BOTH players required hospital treatment, i never seen said incident so cant comment but i find it very hard to believe as said above the larkhall player stopped n carluke boys teeth went into his head causing a 2-3 inch deep cut, if that was the case the boys teeth would be lying on the grass n they weren't. So before u pop on a public forum to throw mud at a young boy n question his character always remember theres 2 sides to every story. I hope both boys recover ok and are back on the park soon

[Amateur football is dying]

Having been involved in the amateur game at various levels for a number of years the biggest problem or change in circumstances for me is the mon-fri n half shift sat jobs are a thing of the past and more guys are now working shift work with weekends included, that in itself brings problems like guys not making training so the auld dont train dont play scenario goes out the window and that leads to teams struggling for numbers at training every week and in turn if said players dont make training yet play every week, some guys who get dropped then take the huff rightly or wrongly and maybe move on or just chuck it. Theres also loads of other issues like lack of decent grass parks due to council cuts, the cost of hiring out astros has gone through the roof and theres also a lack of younger players making the step up from boys club to amateur, but i also believe the problem goes far bigger than amateur football n extends to boys clubs and junior clubs struggling for numbers every week and personally i dont see it improving anytime soon unfortunately