Sermani

Funny if they did

What is the difference between a Stadium and a Park? Dalbeattie Star v Clyde in the Lowland League next season, who would have believed that

1 Kris Boyd 2 Chris Sutton 3 James Tavernier 4 Tam Cowan 5 Billy Hewitson 6 David Goodwillie 7 Vloggers/youtuber types 8 Paul Hartley 9 Lewis Irons 10 Amy irons

One of my pals was at the Threave Rovers game last weekend and got talking to some old boy who was asking a few questions. Seemingly the old boy was there to complete visiting every ground in the WOSFL. He can't drive and used public transport to every game. Now that is a few random games.

Yes, Dalbeattie Star drew with Celtic B and Hearts B in the last month of last season. To be honest i don't know or care enough about Celtic/Hearts to know if they played weakened teams. The Celtic game was a wet, cold, windy night and the young boys didn't fancy it! The League clubs voted the B teams, surely they must have thought the B teams might use "squad rotation", it's only a training exercise for them. Anyway back to Gretnafc2008, seems they have signed a couple of ex threave players, and had one as a trialist, maybe signing localish players with previous Lowland League experience has led to an upturn in form. Well done them if it has

It was just word of mouth i'd heard it had been changed and i tend not to believe anything unless i'ts written down. NWCC, at least at Meadow you can get a seat, shelter and a cup of tea on a cold winter's night. Fancied going a long to couple of the Threave games but we'll have to see

I would check up on the Threave game, i maybe wrong, but i've heard it has been changed to an away match

A SOSFL team, Dalbeattie Star, won a game in the Scottish Cup, can you not just say well done! Instead it's all about , previous performances and other clubs future ambitions. As for belittling the clubs supporters for wanting to say well done on fb!!!! oh dear!!!! Jesus wept

Really, it's the Scottish Cup, a win's a win, some people are maybe happy about that. A lot of folk just support and wish there local team well. Maybe they don't understand the pyramid or tiers or historically how good Carluke are, or how it was there first ever Scottish Cup game. Talking to some at Carluke and couple of questions i was asked were what league are Dalbeattie in? whats the south league? why did they leave the Lowland league? Bit of pyramid education maybe needed. Strangely enough i haven't seen any back clapping or general hysteria from any one who was actually at the game. Star were terrible, the game was terrible, the pitch is horrible and it's a long walk to the nearest pub. Carluke should hold there heads high, took a 2 goal lead through a brilliant 20 yarder and a bad Star blunder then went down to 10 men but never gave up, fought for everything, they even missed a penalty. Would have had no Qualms had Carluke won. Star won, Yipee

Looking at Carluke's results this season so far, 3 wins against the bottom 3 teams in the WOS league 4, i'm very hopeful of a Star victory. The other SOS teams all have home advantage so hoping Creetown and Newton Stewart make a decent fist of it, Saints seem to have lost there way this season and Wigtown have no chance. Correct, one off Scottish Cup or Challenge Cup games are no gauge, you can only beat what's put in front of you doesn't matter if it's tier 6 or 26. The level of the SOSFL tier 6 isn't as high as other leagues but at the end of the day, except the end of season play off, it doesn't really have affect on the pyramid.

Remember last season? Royal Albert beat Creetown in the South Challenge Cup, could be a Spider in a cave come Saturday night. Great weight of expectation on Dalbeattie's shoulders, Everybody outwith a 5 mile radius of Islecroft will be looking for a Carluke victory, can see it already, SOSFL shouldn't be tier 6, abolish the League and merge with the WOS, Lowland League must be rubbish if Star were in it for 10 years, pyramid is all wrong, blah blah blah, yawn yawn yawn' OOOh ahh up the Star

Looks like HG has only put the draw for teams from the SOSFL up. Shocking!

Looked like the front door was boarded up, didn't look to see if there was a back door. The gates into the pitch are also padlocked. Who owns it or has the key? I'm sure if it was in a more urban area it would have been stripped, covered in graffiti and burned down by now.

The clubhouse at Meadow Park seems to be open most saturday's now, you could have went there and relived the beatings you took down there over the years.

Am an old sentimental bugger, if i stayed near by and seen that i would get a lawn mower(strimmer) and a few pots of paint and tidy the ground up every now and again. Then again maybe just says a lot about me!!

Still standing! Down in Wigtownshire yesterday, took a wee diversion to have o look.

Very true. Away back in the day when you finished Youth football, if you were really good you went to an SOS team, if not you could play Saturday Amateur or Sunday League. At 16 that toughened you up. You quite often done what was easiest without a car or driving licence, plus the rules were different then, you could sign for 2 teams and play saturday and sunday. People develop at a different rate, eventually everybody found there own level. Now the Saturday amateurs, Stewartry and Wigtownshire sunday leagues are gone, At one time these would of consisted of 30 plus teams, with a lot of teenage boys wanting to make a step up. Hopefully these u20 teams will fill that gap. If i was 16 now i would probably buy a set of golf clubs

Like everything else today, running an U'20's team would not be cheap, transport, Ref costs, possible pitch hire and as you say Threave are struggling to get a pitch hire. Limited player availability, work, leaving area for study or employment plus that age might be hormonal for some of them ( drink and women/men). Annan withdrew, Mids have been in it but no longer. Maybe you should have asked a Star official last night! just out of interest how many Astros are there in the area? 2 in the Stewartry, 2 in Wigtownshire, Lockerbie, Annan, 3 in Dfs ( does St. Joe's fit the criteria? King George?)

Friday night games so floodlights needed. I see some of the teams in the league just seem to play at High School or Sport centre astros. Good luck to Threave if they are using Meadow. Remember back in time when it was the BP Youth Cup all the local SFA members teams entered a team, Dalbeattie played Glasgow Rangers at Dalbeattie on a cold December day if i remember correctly

Where are Threave playing there home matches?

Quite a fair and balanced piece, Well done. Best advice; get yourselves down to a couple of games, some midweek games coming up, make yourselves known, people will be glad to talk to you and promote the league.

They have obviously never tried to travel the length of the A75 or entered D&G via the A76 or A77. Fecking nightmare. A lass i see at my work teenage son has signed for Wigtown, he is looking forward to Auchinleck's visit, more than probable that he might move away from the region for work or further education, might be the biggest match he might ever play in. Even in the earlier rounds, that's the magic of the cup!

With great pleasure

Usually post on the Lowland League forum, not something Talbot fans really need to look at, although i am sure many of you will have an opinion about

That must be one of the most disrespectful things i have ever read on p&b