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4 minutes ago, TheWestStand said:
Brilliant game ruined by a shite referee
On 18/02/2023 at 01:02, Brazilianlex said:Good luck to both teams as you will need it if Alastair Grieve repeats the nightmare he had last week.
Don’t say you weren’t warned !
Im still raging about him from last week.
Rangers B player sent off swinging a punch, our defender sent off for original foul which was (check notes) pulling his jersey !0 -
Good luck to both teams as you will need it if Alastair Grieve repeats the nightmare he had last week.
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10 hours ago, Cowdenleith said:
Yeah it’s really tight, Bonnyrigg just lost tonight at home to Stirling, and they are sitting bottom just behind Albion Rovers.
I do fear a bit for Albion Rovers, have a bit of a soft spot for them, I think if they come down to the LL they could struggle a bit like we have.
East Fife were on a bad run, but they have righted the ship a little and Stenny should be ok, so for me it’s between Stranraer, Rovers and Bonnyrigg. Not exactly sticking my neck out as they are the bottom three
Still have a bit of a sour taste after the loss to Bonnyrigg, so if they came back down I wouldn’t exactly be devastated.
Me too
And Bonnyrigg with Darvel or Linlithgow added would bring better crowds than the current bottom 2 in the LL
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18 minutes ago, Cowden316 said:
As we have all started to adjust to life in the Lowland League this season how interesting looking upwards does League Two look as a neutral? Anyone from 3rd downwards could be pulled into the trapdoor battle. Nail biting end to the season for these clubs.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/scottish-league-two/table
My money on Bonnyrigg to come back down this season and Brechin to go back up which will mean two clubs drop out of LL
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2 hours ago, Cowdenleith said:
No problem at all, you’re very welcome. Aww lovely picture of the next generation of fan, and having a good wee nap too, bonus.
I feel a wee bit deflated today, especially after taking the lead and having a good chance to go 2 up, then they equalised almost immediately after that.
Had a decent view of the sending off incident, thought it was a daft challenge by Davo, kind of pulled him back quite high about shoulder height. Don’t think it was a sending off though, just a yellow. I didn’t see Davo getting involved after that he just walked away when the Rangers number 5 lost the plot. He had to send off the Rangers player, but you just knew the ref would want to even it up and took the easy option.
The Rangers players are technically very good, but I thought they were quite cynical, knew when to go down, always getting the free kicks in their favour.
Bit disappointed in the second half response, one really good save from the Rangers keeper, and a couple of half chances, but maybe being unfair and it was just a well drilled Rangers team didn’t allow them the space to create.
I agree, Davo pulled the boy back which is a definite yellow but then walked away from the afters. Meanwhile the Rangers boy ran 40 yards to start throwing punches at anyone he met on the way. Ref definitely took the easy route and sent a player from each team off.
I blame VAR, all the Refs needed to run the Premier League and only the dross is left for the lower leagues.
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5 minutes ago, beachboy said:
The B teams situation is a farce, they need to go at the end of the season. We need to promote more from Tier 6, how else can a pyramid system work without proper structured promotion and relegation from below and above.
Everyone still waiting on Maxwell’s pyramid review
Probably won’t include B Teams
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30 minutes ago, cowdenbeath said:
See Fozzy has been sacked by Huddersfield.
Feel a bit sorry for him, there was def an anti Scottish vibe amongst the fans from day 1.
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1 hour ago, Burnieman said:
It's not unfair, it's fact, and I'm not talking about B teams.
The Lowland League have consistently voted against increased promotion/relegation and those clubs who back it will continue to try and keep it that way. There was even talk of only allowing these votes every two seasons.
I'm well aware there's clubs who hold the opposite view, but at the moment there's not enough of them. Hopefully in future there will be.
The Clubs who held the opposite view was 8, exactly the same as the Clubs who voted for B Teams but the vote was carried by the Chairman of the LL so tarnishing all LL Clubs is a bit unfair.
A LL with no B Teams and better teams from the WOSL and EOSL would be a better league than SPFL 2 and would get better crowds and so Clubs could maximise hospitality and sponsors etc.
16 team league is too small tho, need to be min 18.
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5 hours ago, Cowdenleith said:
Yeah, good article.
Tranent did seem to have this kind of entourage of similarly dressed sort of official type people, a bit pompous.
They were fairly surly to begin with, presumably as they didn’t get their way about the pitch, and a couple of them got growingly irritable as the game went on when they couldn’t score.
Some of their fans in front of us were very nice though.
Their fans Facebook page is hilarious. Complain bitterly about our pitch preventing their free flowing style then complaining about the Berwick pitch on the midweek when they got beat and yes, even a complaint about the Astro at Braves yesterday despite them winning. !
The Billy Big Baws of the Lowland League
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7 minutes ago, Cowdenleith said:
Dean posted this just a few days ago. I know he was trying to be funny, and he is entertaining on Twitter, but maybe not the best thought out tweet.
He is hilarious, ……………….in his own mind
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I see Zander Murray signed by Bonnyrigg.
First openly gay footballer in the SPFL so good luck to him as shares a dressing room with Dean Brett who was disciplined by the SFA when at Cowden for homophobic tweets.
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28 minutes ago, PELE said:
They don't get a choice. They are North of the Tay.
Think they do, I seem to remember some press coverage at start of season that each SPFL2 Club had to nominate pre season what league they would wish to join should they be relegated.
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18 minutes ago, berwick-the-unbeatable said:
Doesn't he look great in black and gold?
It’s good stuff that Grecian 2000
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8 hours ago, Ranaldo Bairn said:
What's causing this terrible, so so sad loss of form?
Maxwell has had a word and reminded them of the unofficial rules. Can’t have an embarrassing court case.
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6 minutes ago, Aberdeen Cowden said:
Brechin are a much better team than anything I've seen in the LL.
Much better funded than any team in the LL too, big favs to return to the SPFL this season.
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2 minutes ago, Cowdenleith said:
Saturday’s opponents Dalbeattie Star lost 10-0 at Caledonian Braves tonight.
Looking at their team line up it looked broadly similar to the team that only lost 1-0 to Gretna on Saturday, including Mason McCready who I thought was a decent keeper for us early season. Must be brutal picking the ball out your net 10 times.
We have been there !
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5 minutes ago, craigkillie said:
It would be worse for the brand to deny the best team in the non-league a promotion.
They will just make sure Brechin get thru !
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1 minute ago, craigkillie said:
Yes, they play at Forthbank so no stadium issues, and they have an SFA License just like every other club in the LL.Have to suspect that Maxwell and Doncaster would explore every avenue to prevent a Uni team entering the SPFL. Not good for the brand.
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6 hours ago, monthecoo said:
Really interesting post.
For me, I have always had the impression the top of LL and HL is of similar quality (Brechin, Buckie, Brora and Fraserburgh in HL and East Kilbride, Tranent,, The Spartans, Broomhill and Civil Service Strollers). But, it is the rest of the teams in HL where there is a greater difference in quality to LL - I think the other LL teams are stronger than HL teams. Don't get me wrong, I have had a cracking time Highland groundhopping with these teams.
I think you will see HL strengthen overall now relegation is opened up. But, I think to enhance the quality of both leagues, promotion and relegation needs opened up in both leagues. You are totally right, these former junior teams with stronger fanbases than most of league 2 (Linlithgow, Tranent, Darvel, Bo'ness, Pollock, Auckinleck) seem to be able to attract a greater amount of sponsorship.
The B teams seem to help lift attendances (slightly) at teams at the lower end of league. I don't disagree with the B teams inclusions but it is implemented wrongly in LL and needs addressing. You have commit and have fully embedded in the pyramid system where they can be promoted and relegation through the pyramid, or just do not have them at all. You have the situation where they can influence promotion and relegation chances on other teams depending on the variable teams that they put out on the day, the team selections vary massively. In my opinion, a £50,000 entrance fee is not enough for the burden that the B teams put on the rest of teams in LL league. It is £9,375 per team for the 3 B team being included. I wonder if Aberdeen, Inverness and RC B teams would lift attendances in the HL too?
Here at Cowden, we have seen our attendances halved within 5 years from around 450/400 to 200/250, sometimes 300+ if a strong away support turned up like Tranent. I do not know how you bring back these disillusioned fans back in the club's current state.
I see Celtic B had 8500 for game against Rangers B, played the game at Celtic Park and also ran hospitality so income should be around minimum 75k for one game ? and they paid 40k ? to participate in the league.
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42 minutes ago, beachboy said:
The surface isn't exactly conducive to play free flowing football, the worst park we have encountered this season in the Lowland League.
Not an excuse for our draw, we were poor first half and slightly better second.
How could you say that from the stands, ? Your players weren’t up for it and we just got on with it, just like the old days !
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5 hours ago, beachboy said:
Is a point at home against a poor Tranent team (just quoting from other Cowdenbeath posters) such a good point or is it where you guys are as a club?
In all honesty there isn't a player from the current Cowdenbeath team that would be a guaranteed starter in the Tranent team?
Unfortunately you are where you are for a reason, Tranent were below our normal standard today, not sure the surface was the best for a team that likes to play football?
Onwards and upwards for the TJ's and sincere thanks for the hospitality showed by the Cowdenbeath committee today.
10/10 for the welcoming
When Nish was Cowden Manager , it was all long ball and I didn’t see anything different in Tranent tactics today.
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5 hours ago, Footballfirst said:I was just about getting ready to leave Edinburgh.
According to those at the Club, such was the moaning by the Tranent players saying that the pitch was frozen, the Ref felt obliged to have a wander round and said he was perfectly happy with it.
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Why is Strollers game off tonight ? doesn’t seem to be pitch problem.
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Performance of the night was the Bo’ness Massive managing to correctly count to ten as the Ref stepped out a free kick.
Who knew ?
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Stirling Uni Appreciation
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Stirling Uni are the best team in the league for me.
They get a bit touchy when anyone suggests they are a full time squad but they basically are a full time squad with access to state of the art facilities. However, they are good to watch and I hope they win the league and promotion to L2 if only just to cause Doncaster to choke on his cornflakes.