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1 hour ago, rhubarb1974 said:
What are your honours since you were established
Were you the creepy guy hanging about the committee howf at half-time last week when our guys were in having a cup of tea ? Pass remarking about the company John Gall keeps ?
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1 hour ago, GIRUU said:
That doesn’t say why moved to bankies though. Look, nobody knows, we just guess.
He's best pals with a few Bankies players
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2 hours ago, maicoman said:
Not down to the bare bones any longer with players back from injuries and 4 new signings in the last month or so
Fair enough.
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58 minutes ago, Talbot supporter said:
What a job Strain is doing, he might not be everybody's cup of tea but got to credit him
Yep. Keeping it together well. Down to bare bones of a squad as well. Wouldn't surprise me if he joined half his team at Keanie Park.
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19 hours ago, Casper Wilson said:
Here's some news for you.
Nobody really cares what Clydebank does.
Lol ... so they don't. Just get bots to write the diatribe then
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21 hours ago, jimbaxters said:
Honestly, that is very disappointing IMO. I had thought the prize money was coming from the unspent war chest of the SJFA. To take 60% of four probably well attended gates is extracting the urine. Takes the shine off what is a fine competition and takes us back to the time when we all saw the SJFA for the rogues they were.
This is very probably keech.
Edit ... so it's true. So a 2000 crowd will make SJFA around £8000 depending on split of concessions ( going on £10 and £5 ). Actual lol. Aye completely gagging to get back to that .. ha ha
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18 hours ago, glensmad said:
Anyway, I'm out of this conversation for now, off the dentist.
Less painful
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1 hour ago, Johnny Sox said:
Can Pollok be dragged towards the bottom 4?
Hope not
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Mona Bankies
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22 minutes ago, Shanner said:
Mon the Papers.
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12 minutes ago, rhubarb1974 said:
Must win game for you on Saturday, drop points and difficult run in until the end of the season. Up watching on Saturday, players/manager all looked a bag of nerves.
We look forward to being underdogs as you travel to us this weekend.
thanks for your donation
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1 hour ago, Josuke Higashikata said:
In what must have been a particularly hard defeat for Clydebank, I must thank the home team. They were most magnanimous in defeat and praise Largs for our performance. And the cupcakes from Clydebank Women were delicious.
No complaints about refereeing is always a plus.
Largs did a right number on us. Perfect game plan. Well deserved.
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17 minutes ago, Lynchmob11 said:
You really need to question your sources Bill.
No one on pre contracts but believe what you want as some people like to stir up nonsense for their own ends.
McGlinchey was going to leave in the summer so looks like a good bit of business by the club to get a fee for him.
Any player that doesn’t want to be at a club, for whatever the reasons, should be moved on as only cause’s disharmony within the dressing room.
No other Beith players off to Burgh ? Fair enough. Way things are going we're doing our best to hand you or someone else the title
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7 minutes ago, not man of the match said:
So, what’s the scoop on McGlinchey now?
And others on pre-contracts ?
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49 minutes ago, jimbaxters said:
Someone from the SJFA should go and supervise it. Not like they have a lot else to be doing
Esp for a semi-final
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5 hours ago, GIRUU said:
N.B. Admission tickets must be issued and the away club and the SJFA Representativemust check the starting-finishing numbers and supply gate checkers.
It's ridiculous that this needs to happen and clubs can't be trusted to deal with the receipts honestly but I guess experience shows they can't always be.
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10 hours ago, jimbaxters said:
Edit to say ... que sera sera
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On 15/02/2024 at 11:01, BANKIEBILL said:
Interesting weekend in West Premier with 1st and 2nd not playing.
Clash of the day at New Tinto St Cadocs v Darvel - and you've got to say that the winner of this keeps themselves in the mix - loser starts to look less likely. A draw suits neither so hopefully thats what happens.
Last chance saloon for Pollok .. and Arthurlie desperate for a win. See what Pollok turns up - but again a draw wouldn't be out the question - killing off Pollok's chances you'd think.
Talbot on a great run and up against Benburb. You just dont know what Bens will turn up but with Talbot only losing once this year - and scoring for fun then they must be favourites. Keeping the pressure on at the top.
Gartcairn v Troon - Home side with cash to burn it seems and strengthening at will - up against Troon who have a bit of form. Gartcairn need to win to have any chance of title ( next season will be their push I think though ) and I think they'll get it.
Hurlford v Glenafton - Ford at home are impressive - unbeaten since October. Glenafton lost last 3. Think points are staying at Blair Park and the visitors in deeper trouble ( albeit with a few games in hand )
Kirky v Beith - Beith have only won 1 from last 4 ( against the leaders ) and Rob Roy unbeaten this year. However the game is huge for Beith. If they can keep 11 on the park then think they'll take full points. Tricky one though.
Largs v Irvine Meadow - Home side have been up and down but have had some big results. Meadow won last time out against Pollok but that was their only league win since Sept. Cant see anything other than a home win to put Largs safe I think.
So my predictions
St Cadocs 1 Darvel 1
Arthurlie 2 Pollok 2
Talbot 3 Bens 1
Gartcairn 2 Troon 1
Hurlford 3 Glenafton 0
Kirky 1 Beith 2
Largs 2 Meadow 0
ie a great day for Beith
Not too bad. Hurlford WERE 3 nil up and Troon equalised at the death
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4 minutes ago, jimbaxters said:
Suppose it's what you want out of the game but IMO it must be boring to play the same teams four times a year with the only hint of excitement being the chance of playing one of the ugly sisters in a cup.
I'm not married to 4 games a year against opponents but it's really not how I saw it. Made many friendships and just enjoyed watching my team at huge grounds with a bunch of mates. I don't think any the less of Talbot for being successful, it's just a bit different but you probably get the same out of it.
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3 minutes ago, jimbaxters said:
Yes but the irony is that Clydebank see the Juniors/WoSFL as a stepping stone to the big stuff yet their trophy cabinet doesn't bear that out.
In our 38 years from 1966 to 2002 we won 1 Second Division Championship and 2 stirlingshire cups. However we beat every team in the senior leagues that we could at the time ( hadnt played Elgin at the time ) - incl Rangers and Celtic. Played in a Scottish Cup semi-final and had countless fabulous times and teams. It's not all about trophies but trying to better yourself and compete at as high a level as possible.
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17 hours ago, GIRUU said:
Shared gates? Do you know something we don’t know. Shared gates don’t usually happen at semi final level.
They did when we played Pollok in 09 and Largs in 10
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I loved our time in the Juniors. We had some great times, great crowds and brought football back to the town ... which at 50000 is too big not to have a decent sized club. The 2009 Junior Cup Final was one of my all time Bankies watching highlights.
However it really should be no surprise to anyone - including the old SJFA hierarchy - that our end goal was a return to the "Senior" leagues.
Obviously as a member of West Region, this wasn't open to us. We shared a ground that was - despite lots of investment by us - not suitable for even the Lowland League. So the only option to play "Senior" football would've been to move out the town. What would've been the point though ?
With everlasting thanks to the council - who owned Holm Park not Yoker ( despite indications to the otherwise
), we obtained a grant to put towards upgrading a park. Looking around the town, the obvious sites all had issues that made this impossible without 10s of millions of pounds. Council then approached Yoker with a view to using our grant to upgrade Holm Park and a permanent groundshare. This secured the future for both clubs. Since then, both the council and Clydebank have invested heavily in the ground and we've attained and kept our SFA licence. Ground isn't perfect ( yes Car Park is like the moon but it belongs to Yoker not Council or Clydebank ) but it's improving incrementally and if you compare it to what it was like it's a completely different ground.
Re promotion - it's bloody hard to get out of this league. So much money floating around and so many good players and clubs. It would be very difficult for us to go up this season but exponentially harder on going with the clubs coming up.
Lowland League is not as competitive or attractive as West Premier but its a step towards our goal. LL will be a good league in a few years as the better West teams make way through.
Re Junior Cup. Its our view that it's a competition that belongs in the past as a standalone Cup. It's devalued by lack of East teams and is really a West of Scotland Cup ... and we already have that. It should be allowed to be retired fondly or to be totally reinvented as a national non-league trophy with proper sponsorship and dates set aside. You'd need to ditch some other cups but why not.
Edited as dates of Junior semis apparently not absolutely finalised
Anyway Vanderbilt is good at winding people up - as are a few on here - but just a wee bit of context.
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The Brigg Inn is a few minutes walk away and is pretty decent. Fitba on the telly from lunchtime too
Id change that to Arthurlie v Pollok mind you unless you're trying to wind folk up
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Interesting weekend in West Premier with 1st and 2nd not playing.
Clash of the day at New Tinto St Cadocs v Darvel - and you've got to say that the winner of this keeps themselves in the mix - loser starts to look less likely. A draw suits neither so hopefully thats what happens.
Last chance saloon for Pollok .. and Arthurlie desperate for a win. See what Pollok turns up - but again a draw wouldn't be out the question - killing off Pollok's chances you'd think.
Talbot on a great run and up against Benburb. You just dont know what Bens will turn up but with Talbot only losing once this year - and scoring for fun then they must be favourites. Keeping the pressure on at the top.
Gartcairn v Troon - Home side with cash to burn it seems and strengthening at will - up against Troon who have a bit of form. Gartcairn need to win to have any chance of title ( next season will be their push I think though ) and I think they'll get it.
Hurlford v Glenafton - Ford at home are impressive - unbeaten since October. Glenafton lost last 3. Think points are staying at Blair Park and the visitors in deeper trouble ( albeit with a few games in hand )
Kirky v Beith - Beith have only won 1 from last 4 ( against the leaders ) and Rob Roy unbeaten this year. However the game is huge for Beith. If they can keep 11 on the park then think they'll take full points. Tricky one though.
Largs v Irvine Meadow - Home side have been up and down but have had some big results. Meadow won last time out against Pollok but that was their only league win since Sept. Cant see anything other than a home win to put Largs safe I think.
So my predictions
St Cadocs 1 Darvel 1
Arthurlie 2 Pollok 2
Talbot 3 Bens 1
Gartcairn 2 Troon 1
Hurlford 3 Glenafton 0
Kirky 1 Beith 2
Largs 2 Meadow 0
ie a great day for Beith
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Both times ive been there have been enjoyable experiences - one win and one loss. John Gall was a pleasant host and the folk in the tea bar and bar etc were welcoming. Tbh most folk are at this tier of football.