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On 25/08/2023 at 09:11, HorseyGhirl said:
A question for all.
Is the future of South clubs and SOSFL in the pyramid discussed in the committee rooms or social club or at games?
Do the SOSFL and clubs feel there is any need or cause to change the current setup?
If they don't then this is an unnecessary discussion we are having.
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Was a worry two seasons ago when threave went which many thought would lead to a mass exodus but never happened. Lose a few cups and we will be fine in the south, the 6 (Yes Six?!) cups are way too many for the 12 teams sometimes 16 depending on the regional competition. Can get a bit repetitive/boring in a way for players playing against the same team if it gets too often but still at this point I don’t think clubs see it much as an issue. West is Ayrshire and Glasgow, they hardly care for our region so leave it as it is. Kello are junior and proud and threave wanted a change for the reason previously mentioned about playing the same teams 4/5 times a season.
West is also a closed shop now, South is the only option for Glasgow/Ayrshire teams if they want in the pyramid. Balls now in our court until West open their doors again.
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Wigtown & Bladnoch v Auchinleck is gonna break some score line records
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8 hours ago, ParkTheBusFitbaPod said:
Hey
We did a little preview for the upcoming season.
For transparency we don't know too much about the South Of Scotland but are always trying to learn and take a lot from here and twitter. We appreciate any feedback etc to improve
You spoke longer than other podcasts speak about the league
just message the clubs or league an I’m sure someone will come on and give yous a better insight. As you said yourself, we do get forgotten about amongst the 3.
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20 hours ago, HorseyGhirl said:Opening Day Fixtures
SATURDAY 29 JULY 2023
SOUTH OF SCOTLAND LEAGUE
14:00Abbey ValevsDalbeattie Star14:00Lochar ThistlevsSt Cuthbert Wanderers14:00LochmabenvsNithsdale Wanderers14:00Mid AnnandalevsCreetown14:00Newton StewartvsStranraer14:00Wigtown & BladnochvsUpper AnnandaleAbbey Vale v Moneybeattie is the pick of the bunch there. Will see how Mids look when they play against Creetown. Newton v Stranraer close to call as well. Wins for Lochar, Nithsdale & Uppers for the rest.
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Nice of them to promote the junior cup when it’s the same folk that run the challenge cup account which has just been left… 100% favouritism. They need to look for a new media team to promote the challenge cup actively asap.
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3 hours ago, Shanner said:
Have any clubs expressed this sentiment?
Yes, South and East clubs rejected the idea about renaming the south Challenge and having the “junior” name in it 2 seasons ago. South challenge junior cup sounds awful. SFA challenge trophy or something like that would work.
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Drop the Junior tag and clubs from the Lowland, East and South would be interested. Clubs from them leagues/regions don’t want to be associated with the juniors. Except Camelon, but their owners are dodgy anyhow.
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16 minutes ago, Pyramid Watcher said:
Should this Cup and the Junior Cup be combined and make it one competition? It would certainly help with sponsorship.
Good luck telling the dinosaurs it makes sense. drop the junior and south tags and the two into one would be a great idea.
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Gonna be a cricket score at EK. Decent ties for everyone else though.
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On 19/06/2023 at 20:21, Aguerooooo said:
Come on now! Stop trying to pull the wool over peoples eyes! Finances are playing a big part. Newton and especially Creetown are ploughing a bit of money into signings this coming season. It’s happening every where in the league Dalbeattie splashing cash, Lochar Thistle splashing cash, Abbey Vale splashing cash.
The Warwick guy at Dalbeattie sounds as though he likes the sound of his own voice?? is it him who is doing the Dalbeattie Facebook on social media now? His views on signings are a bit OTT imo.
I highly doubt Newton and Wigtown have used finances to get thistle lads. Creetown have spent money as they did last season, they were fed up of finishing lower part of the table 2 seasons ago so wanted to change that in which they have.
I doubt Lochar and Abbey vale have spent none or not much money. They have gone by the “it costs nothing to play for our club”. Dalbeattie on the other hand most probably. Know a few have gone there for the money
Gretna and Threave also spending the cash in the region.
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Edusport have taken over a club in the Maltese pyramid structure instead of their team in the south, Swieqi United now known as Swieqi Braves in the 2nd tier after winning the 3rd tier league this season.
Less outsiders now, more community focused for south clubs. Clubs don’t have the money that gets chucked around the West.
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Mids will be next. Nithsdale need a stand and floodlights as do Lochar. Abbey Vale need floodlights but then will still need permission for that to happen by the council if I heard correctly.
Lochmaben & Uppers way off though Lochmaben have a good wee clubhouse and decent pie.
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1 hour ago, info said:
The South of Scotland have,by a series of what looks like unrelated happenings, been thrown a chance to have a competitive and financially viable 12-team league next season. I hope they can take advantage of this and give us a league which can be a showpiece for a mix of up-and-coming young players and older players who just want to play for the love of the game. At this level, it should be about enjoyment for players and committees and not a chore!
Here here! Just need the conference league not to happen then it will be grand. 16 teams in the regions challenge cup which is good to see as well
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Braves withdraw from the league, still in the SCFA regional challenge cup
wellington withdraw application as it was too quick for them to get everything sorted. (No changing facilities etc…)
the cup draws for other 2 cups have been drawn. Not too sure why they ain’t been published yet. Could be something to do with a new member. However if you look at Newton Stewart’s Facebook post with the draw on, you’ll see that new member of the SCFA.
A strong 12 team league with half of them (or 7 if you include Stranraer) in the Scottish cup next season
if Lochmaben, Wigtown and Uppers can get a decent team sorted then anyone could beat anyone.
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Run by better people then the ones that run the juniors, that’s for sure.
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3 hours ago, info said:
Congratulations to ANNAN ATHLETIC! Gave South fans quite a few anxious moments during the season but timed their run to perfection.
Any chance of a reserve team in the SOSL?
I think they will be more focusing on getting more quality for the first team and to stay up. Don’t think they have the player pool to field 2 sides in the pyramid unfortunately.
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52 minutes ago, HorseyGhirl said:
Here's a left field thought.
There is possibly a consensus that D&G doesn't have the populous to support a large number of teams across different league's, player wise.
So the SOS set up a new division below the present set up and invite teams from the amateur ranks, any potential start ups and teams that have been in abeyance and would struggle in top division. Obviously the criteria for pitch, ground facilities, club structure and so forth needs to be put in place. Potential time limits with some flexibility for this to happen . It would be an ammie league in all but name but under the auspice of the SOS. Hey presto D&G lead the way in an all encompassing pyramid system.
As an outsider have no knowledge of ammie leagues and their set up.
Maybe there is no mileage in this idea, but if football outwith the SOS is floundering as I hear, would it do any harm for the SOS to reach out to the other organisations in the south?
The SOS has had a good season internally and externally, so as my old ma would say strike whilst the iron is hot.
I know another crock from Mr.Verbal Diarrhoea, but you never know unless you go.
Discuss.
Where you getting the players for this idea? They’ll never be another tier underneath the south. Nowhere near enough players in the region. The only chance you’ll get now is a good established Sunday league going Saturday or a team like Heston coming back. With their improvements going on at Maryfield, hopefully it’s in the plan for the club to come back to adult football. 3 non league clubs in Dumfries would be enough.
Towns that could maybe have a Saturday league team with a decent population demographic: Thornhill (have a Sunday league team), Gatehouse of Fleet, Eastriggs(have a Sunday league team but standard pitch and nothing else), Whithorn? And maybe Terregles as previously said. That would probs be it. I’ve also said if Crichton was still around and the Crichton trust actually cared about hospital park, that could be a decent ground. But saying all this, at the end of the day it comes down to player numbers and unfortunately in the region, it’s fallen a lot.
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Was wondering what Clyde’s plan was for a future home, great reading back through the thread to find stuff out. That’s crap the family have cut contact. With shawfield off the table, what’s plan B? Long term @ Hamilton?
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1 hour ago, DG.Roma said:
Palmerston Colts maybe?
This would be the most maddest thing to see if they applied
naa in all seriousness, the only Sunday league team in the last few years who you thought would give it a go was Terregles as they had a decent set up. They stopped though because they had no committee involved at adult level. If Dalbeattie were a strong lowland league side then yeah potentially Birchtree might have come in soon but that’s not gonna happen now.
Dumfries Athletic looked at it but nothing happened. Apparently a Sunday league side put in a note of interest but no idea who it is and if it got any further. Seeing developments happening at Maryfield gives hope that Heston may come back in years to come
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You only have to look at the figures the south put on their insta story to see how popular the last 28 days have been. One of the engagements hit over 100k people.
It’s down to social media for the interest. The south’s socials have only been active for 2/3 seasons now and it’s the main source of information for it as well as a Facebook group done by Stephen (
) who’s on this. It’s grown quite a bit. With Dalbeattie now in for next season and Gretna in the coming years, it will only get more competitive. Forget about wellington, apparently the site visit was a disaster/unorganised chaos. Don’t think the committee were too happy.
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Off the Islecroft tonight, see how a top south team does against a bottom lowland league side. Be interesting to see if Cox, Kilpatrick are still there or have left already. Hear if they get relegated, a few of the Birchtree Sunday league side will be signing but don’t know if that’s 100% true.
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3 hours ago, Derry Pele said:
I did wonder why Dan Carmichael was an unused sub at the weekend
I was on the committee once upon a time and, in truth, the original chairman was the architect of the downfall with his attitude at times. They currently appear, based on matchday experience, to be run by a good group but engagement is otherwise nonexistent
Dan should be starting out that team, unless he was carrying a knock.
I’d like to see some locals get involved, need their identity back. Pretty sure one of the guys on their committee has said the last 3 seasons “This will be the year” when in fact it’s fallen flat on its face and struggle to even get a starting 11.
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Gretna are a shambles. So out of touch with the community, the region, everything. They only think of the money, don’t care about anything else. One of the main cheerleaders for B teams as well. Thankfully the South has better run clubs than that mob. Run by Cumbrians, they’ll no doubt apply to the Westmorland league at this rate.
They had quite a few loyal fans at the start in 2008 and just pissed them off to where people south of the border are now in control. Once a few locals get back involved, hopefully they find their identity again. With that current crop of players they have, they will be mid table at best in the south league. They also love to slag off the quality of players in the region, apparently Carlisle Saturday amateurs would be better than some of our league players
Hope they get relegated with less points then Dalbeattie had next season.
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Big cup finals happen daytime on the weekend you see.
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2023/24 New Season New Hope.
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That’s your top 6/bottom 6 for the rest of the season. There will be the odd result where a bottom half team beats the top half. But quality difference split this year with how the table is looking already. Any of that top 6 can win the league, will just come down to consistency.