Marten

That's the best I have.

Hibs v Blackburn Rovers, Easter Road

Been at Telstar a few times, it's a nice wee ground. Nice to see the stand behind the goal on a photo as it wasn't there the last time I went.

Clyde 2 Hamilton Accies 0

It's IJmuijden.

No reason for him to worry tbh. Even if the juniors disappear, the same clubs will still exist, probably offering the same conditions to players, but just in different leagues.

Tre Fiori beat Bala Town 3-1 on aggregate and they have become the first ever club from San Marino to survive a round in a European competition.

Linlithgow Rose v Hibs, Saturday 30/6

Structure there is quite good, there are major issues in the pyramid system though, at the top of non league as many very conservative clubs don't want to get promoted and refuse to play on Sundays. However, other than that, Dutch non-league is quite well set up. Each town generally has their own club with a youth set-up, often working together in a regional youth programme. It's a system that seems to work. The likes of Arjen Robben, Dirk Kuijt & Ruud van Nistelrooij came through a local non-league club and such a regional youth set-up, only to be picked up by a professional team fairly late. Coaching is often of a good standard at fairly low level teams as well. There is no reason why Scotland, or even just starting in the east, can learn from this model. Non-league here is generally better supported than over there as well (relative to the size of the country obviously).

Once the set-up is properly in place, I don't think a west/east dividing line is needed. Instead, they can shift clubs from west to east or vice versa like they do in England with National League North/South. That's not realistic for HL/LL for previously discussed reasons, but for east/west that should be no problem.

There is one game at exactly the same time (4pm local time) as England's match: LSVV (tier 7) v AZ Alkmaar. You need to take a train from Amsterdam Centraal to Alkmaar and then a short bus ride. Address of LSVV's ground: Sportlaan 55, 1722 XK Zuid-Scharwoude, Netherlands

2200 Thanks!

What was the attendance yesterday?

I really enjoyed today. Linlithgow is a nice town with some good pubs, the ground is lovely, I think Linlithgow Rose played well and it was great meeting @Auld Heid before the game. Good luck for the season ahead!

Groundhopping tip in case anyone happens to be in The Netherlands on Friday 13th July. Ajax play a PSF against Anderlecht at the historic Amsterdam Olympic Stadium. The ground was opened for the 1928 Olympics and has a rich footballing history, but is only rarely used for football nowadays. This is a rare chance to see football in this great stadium. I have nothing at all with either side, dislike both, but I'd probably pop along if I still lived in The Netherlands.

How long in advance do they announce the days/times for 1.Bundesliga fixtures later in the season? I'm looking for the weekend of 8th December, when I'm near the Dutch/German border and would like to pop across the border for a game.

True, the official response will likely have been a decline. But we don't know whether or not there have been more talks about what happens in the north (and if the EoSFL could assist in any way if there is any demand?).

The EoSFL have confirmed that (at least) one club north of the Tay approached them, so who knows what might have been / is being discussed with them...

That's even worse than the "Gouden Gids Divisie" (Yellow Pages Division)...

As opposed to some other kit producers, Umbro give the clubs the freedom to design the kit how they want. So that design is what PSV (or whatever designers they employed) came up with themselves. Especially the random bits of white on the shoulder are a bit odd to say the least...

I'm looking forward to my first ever visit to Linlithgow tomorrow. Should be a good day out.

Do they actually have any outlook on a new ground any time soon?

The new season has started! FC Santa Coloma (Andorra) 0-2 Drita (Kosovo), after extra time. The second semi final is tonight at 8pm, final on Friday night. I'm already planning to go to next year's preliminary tournament with a friend who is a fellow groundhopper.

I count friendlies, as they are part of those clubs' schedules for the new season.