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2 hours ago, Burnieman said:
Mossfield is perfect for football, I've been to a couple of Oban Saints tournaments and it's been fine. A wee refurb of the dressing rooms and it would be perfect.
Was thinking more the ends rather than sides. Even Fort is fine from one touchline.
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Oban Saints would be the obvious one, though facilities are limited unless they want to use Mossfield Stadium, which is as bad as the Fort for watching football on (or even worse, the 4g cage at the high school). If they could redevleop Glencruitten Park somehow it'd be a great facility.
Then again, Cambeltown has a history of Junior football too...
South Lochaber Thistle are in Highland territory I think, despite their current amateur forays.
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3 minutes ago, FairWeatherFan said:
Because the EoSFL isn't the East Juniors and the WoSFL isn't the West Juniors. So being right in the middle of both senior leagues they're considering their options.
that is 'could', not 'should'.
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12 minutes ago, jimbaxters said:
Is that a hotel in the picture? It looks like a wing of Bowhouse.
aye a Premier Inn
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17 minutes ago, paul-r-cfc said:
It's a good surface but a miserable spot for football. Right beside the motorway and an absolute wind tunnel. Had some very unpleasant games there before!At least there's a handy hotel for Darvel to stay over at pre-game!
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10 hours ago, Bestsinceslicebread said:
Do I frequently tell you (sometimes at great length), well honestly just deal with it
ffs, honestly, the WOSFL and the EOSFL have agreed that teams will go into each association due to what ever boundary that their town/village resides in each specific council, (of which I disagree) Harthill comes under the jurisdiction of North Lanarkshire Council, (even though Harthill is split between North Lanarkshire and West Lothian). So going by the new rules Harthill should only be allowed to enter the WOSFL
I don't always deal on facts, but my viewpoint is that Harthill should go into the WOSFL
Harthill, and Polkemmet before them, played East Juniors, so why should they go West?
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On 21/03/2021 at 13:35, FairWeatherFan said:
If they're going to spout poetry on Twitter they should have kept it to a haiku.
So they tried their best.
Though it never succeeded.
They will go again.
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Growing up a bluenose then playing for Celtic, Provan has licked both cheeks of the arse so no wonder his tongue is coated with crap.
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10 hours ago, FairWeatherFan said:
Had know idea who that was and noticed Glasgow Wellington in their profile. A club that I would describe at the minute as the Loche Ness of the South (t-shirt company/social media entity right now). Who have previously had some banter on their social media about applying to the WoSFL.
Rose has played both Junior and Senior non-league over the last decade or so.
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7 hours ago, AlanCamelonfan said:
Queens park arent amateur anymore
Look at their squad
Aye QP turned professional at start of 2020.
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On 11/03/2021 at 17:05, Pyramidic said:
10th March
Football club aims to develop home ground in Newton Mearns
A FOOTBALL club hopes to take over the running of grass pitches in Newton Mearns to develop a home ground.St Cadoc’s Youth Club wants to rent Crookfur playing fields from East Renfrewshire Council.
It has plans to build two artificial pitches on the land, a council officer revealed.
Andy Cahill, East Renfrewshire’s environment director, said a 25-year lease, at £1 per year, is proposed.
He added the minimal rent would allow the football club to direct money towards developing the site.
Annually, the council makes £4,200 from renting the pitches but the upkeep is around £13,000. If a lease is agreed, the football club would take over the responsibility for the maintenance.
Council leader Tony Buchanan said: “We’re extremely fortunate in East Renfrewshire that we do have three quality clubs that deliver health and wellbeing for all of our children and many adults as well.
“I think that’s testament to the area that we have. We equally know that the pressure on the pitches we have across the authority, and they are numerous, is extremely tight.
“We would encourage the community to take ownership when they can in order to ensure those clubs continue to grow and provide those services.”
A new pavilion, with four changing rooms, was recently built by the council as part of a nursery development in Crookfur Park.
The changing rooms are in the same building as the nursery but can be secured to allow exclusive use by teams using the pitches.
St Cadoc’s – which has over 750 registered players – currently gets priority booking of the pitch at Eastwood High School.
Mr Cahill has proposed transferring changing room lets to East Renfrewshire Culture and Leisure Trust to “compensate” for any potential losses incurred if St Cadoc’s no longer rents the pitch.
The council is legally required to advertise the proposal, allowing any objections to be made. However, this will not happen before May’s Scottish Parliament elections.
Building two artificial pitches would require planning permission from the council – and the club would need to secure funds for the work.
A council report stated: “Grass pitches by their nature offer less playing time through condition and natural elements than artificial pitches and incur more revenue costs in terms of maintenance.
“The construction of artificial pitches is however a significant capital cost and the council has diminishing capital reserves available and other priorities to consider.
“There is an opportunity within this proposal to offset revenue costs and to enhance local sports provision through partnership working with a local club.”
Barrhead Youth Football Club has previously received council funds for a pitch and changing rooms at Cowan Park and Giffnock Soccer Centre got money for a pitch in Eastwood Park.
Source: https://www.barrheadnews.com/news/19149119.football-club-aims-develop-home-ground-newton-mearns/
St Cadoc’s are a club that are clearly going places. I wonder how many of the WOSFL Amateur / Youth applicants are similarly geared up?
The NIMBYs are out
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Good wee 'before' view of Coldstream
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5 minutes ago, Spyro said:
I think it’s just an access path that goes through Coldstream’s park, the Peebles situation or even whatever Thornton Hibs and Inverkeithing have had to negotiate is probably more like your situation of upgrading a public park to get round the criteria. I think Craigroyston have the same situation at St Mark’s with dog walkers being allowed to use the land.
EDIT - Coldstream are the ones with a license though
Are there not still swings in Coldstream's park? I knock Cocklebie Park from living in Stewarton and used to run round it in the mornings. It has a wee cage but no swings last time I was there.
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1 minute ago, jimmycouch said:
Thanks for the tip...I will try to contact Coldstream to discuss this. That’s why these forums are so valuable.Hope my info still up to date! It was a point of discussion when they were getting licenced.
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Think Coldstream's park is a public park when football not being played so would Cocklebie work that way?
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7 minutes ago, stanley said:
Sensible decision!
It mentions that the boundaries will not affect any clubs already in the leagues. I can't think of any clubs in the "wrong" league going by that boundary.
I guess you could go for Edusport Academy/Caley Braves SOS not playing in WoSL.
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20 hours ago, Dev said:
FWIW the point you're making here is fair. However, in the worst situation, it could go on and on. It will always be possible from now on. At some stage, if it turns out that way, then everyone will have to make decisions on how to deal with life thereafter.
Having checked the SP web site etc there's only the smallest hint, at present, that something could go seriously worse due to a covid variant or two. They're clearly not stating that it is even likely as things stand. It is worth checking out. Anyone can do it. It may make you feel slightly less worried. Hope so.
I am not worried. I am out and about more than most due to co-parenting children that live in a different part of Scotland. I take a covid test twice a week due to work asking it.
My own level of personal worry is not really relevant when talking about prospects of things being as they were 14 months ago when it comes to mass gatherings etc. I am not that invested in it. The vaccine is not the golden ticket to 2019 though. That is all I am saying.
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10 minutes ago, Lobby Dossar said:
Hope your right and we can all get back to the fitba safely for the beginning of next season
My worry is how long does the jab provide protection???
If it’s like flu jab we’ll need to to start to vaccinate people at the beginning of 2022 ……… again a logistical and expensive exercise
Going by everything I have read, it will be annual / biennial with boosters etc.
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6 minutes ago, Shanner said:
as I said this has been done to death on this thread and my perception of the pandemic has nothing to do with media scaremongering (or melodrama, Mr "locked up like an animal")
Covid's arse will be kicked in a couple of months with the vaccine and things will make a permanent return to normality.
Fitba and whatever else floats your boat will be back on the menu soon.
Love the optimism but that is entirely dependent on vaccines being effective against new variants. That is a complete unknown. It is not beyond possibility we will be back in a similar situation in the autumn if a variant spreads and cannot be controlled by vaccine. Hope for the best, plan for the worst.
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13 hours ago, Spyro said:
Let’s start the speculation then...
I’ll start with Colville, based on absolutely nothing apart from they have their own private park
Colville fell out with Colville and play at Dalziel unless I have missed a kiss n make up?
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2 hours ago, craigkillie said:
Yes, I don't see an issue with them playing now if they are subject to the same stringent testing regime that the top flight players have been undergoing all season and which the Championship have now had in place for nearly two months. Like so many of the current restrictions, I believe the decision to halt it is based on optics (ie it doesn't look good to have people travelling up and down the country every week) rather than public health. As far as I can tell there has been little evidence of football or any other outdoor sport being a source of spreading the disease.Peiople making fewer needless journeys = reduced contact. Our schools are shut ffs while Tom, Dick and Harry play for expenses up and down the land. The amount of clubs permitted to play was a joke.
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The WoS should not have clubs driving past EoS clubs top get to games. However, EoS / SoS had overlap in the past (Annan, Threave, Dalbeattie, Gretna 2008 in EoS).
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Scott Robertson would sort all this ambiguity out!
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1 hour ago, Burnieman said:
Unless it has changed, professional sport has an exemption from restrictions and I'm not aware it has been removed.
However, the SFA will probably be keeping it as squeeky clean as they can with the Euros coming up and the hope that fans can be allowed. I would be surprised if that isn't their priority over non-league re-starting.
Which comes back to the point that a significant amount of clubs should not be considered 'professional', but were grouped as that. Jesus - Scourie v Loch Ness is Professional? My flabby arse it is.
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Yes, there's room but just my preference for watching games is at Glencruitten!