cmontheloknow

No idea what the agreement is at any club - but why should they? I as sure as f*ck don't work for free!

They are ours in name and registration only I guess - ran by the Pollok United guys.

all?

Businesses without income.

The decision to lump all of Scottish football outwith the public park ammies into 'Professional'.. wonder how much longer that will last?

100 x 63 yards

Lok's 102 x 64 yds is good enough for entry level and we're one of the smallest. The initial rollout of licencing (iirc) wanted clubs to do 110 x70 which led to issues for Annan, Cowden and Brechin (again irrc).

As the link says though, not much immediate prospect of anything in central belt. And I type as I listen to the 'tiers' debate at Holyrood. All quite depressing.

Going by what NS has said this week, and by what has leaked, country will be Tier 2 (like now) apart from the NW Highlands and the Isles which will be 1 and the currently restricted central belt at 3, if not 4 in N/S Lanarkshire.

Guessing Dalry, no?

1) Level 0 is nearly normal - like what we had over summer. No one will be level 0. All of mainland Scotland is at equivalent of level 2 or 3 currently - quote NS herself. "‘Level 0’ is effectively the same level of protection as the Route Map Phase 3 measures Scotland reached in August and will act as a baseline" https://www.gov.scot/news/scotlands-strategic-framework/ There is no chance any area will be level 0 this week, so the only authority currently covid free is the best candidate for level 2. 2) Recheck what I edited in bedfore you replied within a minute! All of NS's reporting is by health board, as are the current restrictions, but I have no idea if the levels will be applied like that.

Ehh no cases? And it's health boards is it not, rather than LAs? I don't know on that either way. If it's health boards, where I am covers Campbeltown to Wick! https://www.shetnews.co.uk/2020/10/23/first-minister-outlines-new-tiered-approach-to-covid-19-restrictions/ Nicola Sturgeon did say today that most of Scotland is currently at what is going to be tier 2 (i.e. no home visits), the central belt lot at tier 3 (closed hospitality). Will there be downgrading by the 2nd? Not convinced!

But no timescale. And no confirmation of in what number. As I understand it, and it really is not something I have read up on so am taking this from what I have skimmed or heard, crowds will be allowed at Tier 0 and 1. Only Shetland comes close just now. Most of the country is at what will be tier 2 with some at tier 3. The virus is not under any sort of control yet.

I'd rather we did the opposite to that lot of basket cases for as long as possible!

It is entirely true that some miracle might occur and covid vanishes within the next few months to a level that allows some fans to come back. If that happens, superb! The clubs that are sitting out can awaken from hibernation and resume playing friendlies. I like the way the North Juniors are doing it - giving clubs the option to opt out of a league cup until new year, then starting regional league football in January. That is absolute common sense. The WoS gave clubs the option to delay the start of the season. Most of those sitting out now wished to do just that - Pollok's statement for one said if a delay was back on the table we'd be listening. The 30+ who wished for it were denied that option by a relatively small margin - as we know with recent political votes, the closer it is, the tougher it is for the losing side to take. Anyway, the die has been cast and on we go. I wish all those kicking off today a safe season.

And T&T phone the named person up and make a decision based on that info. It got into my workplace and despite a list of names being provided, only a very select few were advised to do the 14 days after that call. Unless your own experience is different? What seems to be happening in sports teams is that all team mates are initially advised to self-isolate for 14 days until T&T can establish who needs to actually do it. That was what happened to Forfar - they had to forfeit the Dundee game because there wasn't time for T&T to get it done.

Aye but he signed a lot of them!

agreed, it was excellent, now pretty dire.

I have heard it is not a ref's job to do that - it is down to the club's covid compliance officer. Someone filming games with permission of the home team I don't see as an issue - the top flight has camera men at games and journalists attend all SPFL closed door matches.

I am not 'weegie based'. The point I was making is that Glasgow has been under 'no visitors' restrictions for weeks, Lanarkshire got that a few weeks later and it is only today that Lanarkshire overtakes Glasgow for new cases. That would imply to me some impact of the restrictions, and the blunting that Jason 'grinch' Leitch mentioned this week.

But Glasgow has been under restrictions for longer and today was overtaken by Lanarkshire (which had tougher restrictions imposed later).

FAO our Trumpian poster - the 2nd wave is being suppressed by current restrictions.

Good evening Jason Leitch. Ah, wait, no.

No, just not deluded about what we're living through - the worst health pandemic for 100 years according to Scotland's national clinical director earlier today. I don't hope for clubs to do anything - it's for them to decide.