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https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hearts/hearts-join-celtic-and-rangers-in-19-team-lowland-league-as-restructure-talks-begin-on-b-teams-3722415
https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/civil-service-strollers-president-reveals-how-his-club-voted-on-19-team-lowland-league-b-team-proposal-3722915
https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/tranent-reveal-how-they-voted-after-lowland-league-accepts-celtic-hearts-and-rangers-b-teams-37234040 -
Another contentious vote coming up [emoji51]
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Here’s a simple proposal. It’s a straight repeat of this null and void season, removing Eyemouth and adding in the 11 new clubs in the ‘Third Division’. The Third Division champions get a ‘double promotion´ to the First Division for 2022/23 as an extra incentive for the newcomers. But no team is unfairly treated. Plenty to play for for everyone. (*Obviously detailed additional scenarios would need to be added in case numbers in the Premier go up or down as a consequence of promotion to and relegation from LL but this will always be needed in the pyramid).
2021/22 (playing it again)
18 Prem Division
16 First Div Con A + 14 First Div Con B (Eyemouth resigned)
11 Third Division (the new clubs)
2022/23 (aiming for)
16 Premier Division
16 First Division
16 Second Division
11 Third Division (leaves room for new members to join or an extra club coming down the from LL which would have a knock-on effect)
2021/22 how it works
18 Premier Division (34 matches)
*Assuming one up to and one down from LL
*bottom 4 relegated to First Div
16 First Division Con A (30 matches)
*champions promoted to Premier Div
*P2-P7 to First Division
*P8-P13 to Second Division
*P14-P16 relegated to Third Division
14 First Division Con B (26 matches)
*champions promoted to Premier Division
*P2-P6 to First Division
*P7 to P12 to Second Division
*P13-P14 relegated to Third Division
11 Third Division (26 matches)
[20 matches then split into top 4 and bottom 7. Top four play each other home and away again to equal 26 matches. Bottom 7 play each other else once more, thus 3 home and 3 away games, to also equal 26 matches]
*champions promoted to First Division
*P2 to P4 promoted to Second Division
*P5 (ie top of bottom 7 after split) promoted to Second Division
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It was deemed the case because players sign professional contract. In reality there is no difference between stenhousemuir and camelon
That is my point. Whether you sign a pro contact or not is irrelevant when the whole country is trying to stop people coming into contact with each other. By ‘interpreting´ professional in this way the SFA has allowed hundreds of matches to be played. If they had drawn the line at, say Prem and Championship only, far fewer players would be mixing. The Camelon-Stenhousemuir-pro contract thing is a complete red herring. This is a health crisis1 -
The SFA class tiers 1 to 5 as professional (there’s a professional game board) but seemed to extend the definition it to include lower tiers like EoS in October, thus allowing our level to play. After today, it makes no sense to continue playing below tiers 1 and 2 if you ask me
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Still a few cup-ties to come in the next 10 days, but most sides are now on their holidays and in some cases have been for several weeks. Inevitably the first pre-season friendlies are starting to be declared.
Tweedmouth seem to be "doing a Gala" and starting back alarmingly early... for the most part others will probably begin at the start of July. Here is a list of those already announced. I'll add more as people post 'em:
Thursday 20th June
Duns v Tweedmouth Rangers
Saturday 22nd June
Dunipace v Edinburgh Utd
Sunday 23rd June
Coldstream v Coldstream Amateurs
Monday 24th June
Dunipace v Cumbernauld Colts
Wednesday 26th June
Tweedmouth Rangers v Tweedmouth Harrow
Thursday 27th June
Dunipace v Oakley Utd
Saturday 29th June
Blackburn Utd v East Stirlingshire
Craigroyston v Edinburgh Utd
Elgin City v Jeanfield Swifts (at Aberfeldy)
Linlithgow Rose v Clyde
St Andrews Utd v Petershill
Tuesday 2nd July
Berwick Rangers v Coldstream
Wednesday 3rd July
Tweedmouth Rangers v Dunbar Athletic
Thursday 4th July
Kelty Hearts v Glenrothes
Saturday 6th July
Blackburn Utd v Preston Athletic
Coldstream v Blyth Town
Dalkeith Thistle v LTHVDunipace v Cambusbarron Rovers
Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts v Whickham
Irvine Meadow v Bo'ness Utd
Linlithgow Rose v Annan Athletic
Lochgelly Albert v Dundonald Bluebell
Ormiston v Edinburgh Utd U20s
St Andrews Utd v Dunbar Utd
Sunday 7th July
Tweedmouth Rangers v (tbc) (at Berwick)
Tuesday 9th July
Arniston Rangers v Whitehill Welfare
Camelon v East Stirlingshire
Dunbar Utd v Hawick RAUDunbar Utd v Tweedmouth Amateurs
Peebles Rovers v Langlee
Tranent Amateurs v Leith Athletic
Vale of Leithen v Penicuik Athletic
Wednesday 10th July
Blackburn United v Armadale Thistle
Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts v Crossgates Primrose
Thursday 11th July
Edinburgh Utd v Edinburgh Star
Musselburgh Athletic v Spartans
Friday 12th July
Tweedmouth Rangers v Fakenham Town
Saturday 13th July
New Central Tournament - Kelty / Jeanfield / Penicuik / Tayport
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic v Clyde
Broxburn Athletic v Civil Service Strollers
Camelon v Hurlford Utd
Dalkeith Thistle v Livingston Utd
Dunbar Utd v Vale of Leithen
Dundee East Craigie v Heriot-Watt University
Dunipace v Blackburn Utd
Fort William v Glenrothes
Haddington Athletic v Arniston Rangers
Hill of Beath Hawthorn v Dunfermline Athletic
Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts v Dundonald Bluebell
Keith v Craigroyston
Linlithgow Rose v Kilbirnie Ladeside
Newcastle East End v Leith Athletic
North Shields v Musselburgh Athletic
Oakley United v Crossgates Primrose
Ormiston v Coldstream
Peebles Rovers v Upper Annandale
Ryton & Crawcrook Albion v Edinburgh Utd
University of Stirling v St Andrews Utd
Whitehill Welfare v Bo'ness Utd
Sunday 14th July
New Central Tournament - Kelty / Jeanfield / Penicuik / Tayport
Monday 15th July
Dunipace v Steins Thistle
Tuesday 16th July
Craigroyston v Whitehill Welfare
Dalkeith Thistle v Dunbar Utd
Hill of Beath Hawthorn v Kelty Hearts
Leith Athletic v Tollcross Utd
Lochgelly Albert v Crossgates Primrose
Tranent v Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic
Wednesday 17th July
Blackburn Utd v University of Stirling
Coldstream Amateurs v Tweedmouth Rangers
Lochore Welfare v Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts
Vale of Leithen v Peebles Rovers
Thursday 18th July
Crossgates Primrose v Civil Service Strollers
Easthouses Lily v Whitehill Welfare
Saturday 20th July
Westfield Tournament - Dunipace v Camelon / Bo'ness Utd v University of Stirling
Blackburn Utd v LTHV
Clydebank v Broxburn Athletic
Coldstream v Gala Fairydean Rovers
Craigroyston v Arthurlie
Dalkeith Thistle v Vale of Leithen
Dalkeith Thistle U20s v Peebles Rovers
Dunbar Utd v BSCG
Dundonald Bluebell v Glenafton Athletic
Edinburgh Utd v West Calder Utd
Kinnoull v Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts
Leith Athletic v Stoneyburn
Musselburgh Athletic v Haddington Athletic
Newburgh v Hill of Beath Hawthorn
Newtongrange Star v Auchinleck Talbot
Ormiston v Rattrays
Pollok v Linlithgow Rose
Rossvale v Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic
Tranent v West Auckland Town
Tweedmouth Rangers v Newcastle Blue Star
Sunday 21st July
Westfield Tournament - Dunipace / Bo'ness Utd / Camelon / University of Stirling
Crossgates Primrose v Dunfermline Athletic
Tuesday 23rd July
Bathgate Thistle v Leith Athletic
Broxburn Athletic v Whitehill Welfare
Dunbar Utd v Ormiston
Dundonald Bluebell v Dunfermline Athletic
Lochore Welfare v Hill of Beath Hawthorn
Wednesday 24th July
Linlithgow Rose v Hibernian XI
Game on June 23 is between Coldstream Amateurs and Coldstream Over-35s
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On 22/05/2019 at 09:44, HibeeJibee said:
Numbers wise it's little different to this season.
Looking at the Premier Division - this season they had 26 league dates + 3 qualifying league dates and the league season finished on April 20th. Next season they have 30 leagues dates and no qualifying league - an increase of 1. However with no round robin the season finishes 2 weeks later and they've likely no King Cup. So on paper they're actually 2 or 3 dates better off than this season - 3 or 4 if they say no Christmas break.
Turning to the First Division conferences - this season again 26 + 3. Next season 34 - an increase of 5. However their season finishes 4 weeks later. On paper they're 1 date worse off than this season - 2 if they pick an extended Christmas break. It's maybe running a little hot.
I reckon 11 of 16 Premier and 11 of 24 First Division clubs will be lit, so about 2/3 and 1/2.Knew you'd have it sorted
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23 minutes ago, Hertz1874 said:
There are various Hawick amateur teams under the hawick name. And for the life of me cannot remember who was the best one.
Hawick Waverley currently the best am team in Hawick (and the Borders).
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Just now, Burnie_man said:
One game will be broadcast live in each of the first three rounds from next season onwards.
So, BBC would either choose a tie involving a home team with lights or a Saturday lunchtime / Sunday afternoon kick-off time. That doesn't justify the SFA's decision or Maxwell's explanation.
I actually think adding lights as a licensing criteria is a good thing. But totally unfair to move the goalposts and add it after clubs had already applied and then use BBC live games as a justification for rejecting the application
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On 18/05/2019 at 12:13, pie n beans said:
Is it to late for Bonnyrigg to use another stadium regarding the lights issue so they can still go up to the LL
They could have asked to ground-share at Whitehill's licensed ground to get their own license (like a few other LL clubs do)
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On 18/05/2019 at 09:32, Gimme said:
Here's hoping Whitehill have to borrow Bonnyriggs ground to play their Scottish Cup 1st round tie that the BBC want to show on a Friday night!
Exactly. "Live on the BBC from floodlit Dundas Park in Bonnyrigg this Friday, it's full members Whitehill Welfare at home to qualifiers Bonnyrigg Rose in the first round of the Scottish Cup”
Maxwell making a fool of himself. Let's be honest, how many Scottish Cup ties from the early rounds do the BBC want to broadcast live? Using that to justify his argument is a nonsense.
Other than Auchinleck v Ayr last year (and remember Auchinleck were qualifiers, not full members so floodlights were not needed under the current rules), can anyone remember a cup tie involving any non-SPFL full-member club being broadcast live by the BBC?
Even in the unlikely event that they did want to broadcast a tie involving one of the these non-SPFL full-member clubs who don't have lights, it could be a Saturday lunchtime or Sunday afternoon kick-off. If had to be a Friday or Monday night then they wouldn't chose to broadcast a tie at a venue without lights.
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1 minute ago, FairWeatherFan said:
It wasn't too long ago (2015-16) the EoS was a 15 team league with those cups and the Qualifying Leagues. That season ran from 1st August to the 29th May. There's more rounds to the cups this year with the increased numbers but I think they can get everything in and there are going to be more clubs with floodlights than ever before.
The 15-team league meant 28 league fixtures. We're now talking about 34 league fixtures in the First Division and with far more teams there are obviously more rounds to play in the cup too. I have every faith the in fixture secretary but he can't control the weather. If we have a bad winter it could be tough getting it all in. I can foresee a few teams ending the season with a Saturday-Monday-Thursday schedule.
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4 hours ago, HibeeJibee said:
Coldstream faced real issues getting planning permission to enclose the ground and erect an enclosure a few years ago. Many objections were lodged and a raucous public meeting ensued.
Eventually went to a postal plebiscite of every household in the community council area - result was 51% in favour, 49% against.
Hopefully the good citizens are more enlightened on lighting.
It should be more straightforward this time round, hopefully. There are already lights on the neighbouring full-size training pitch and some of them have been removed because they were actually too close to the touchline on the main pitch. Overall, there will be fewer pylons but in a different location if this goes ahead
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Although I would have preferred regional rather than seeded conferences, I think the new structure is fair, and playing cross-conference games is innovative and progressive. The EoS should be applauded for this set up. The vote to restrict the King Cup to First Division clubs only is sensible, reducing fixture congestion and giving these clubs a realsistic shot at silverware.
But... I can't help thinking that it will be a real struggle to fit all the fictures in. I know league matches will start on July 27 after the scrapping of the Qualifying League (another good decision), but 30 (Premier Division) and 34 (First Division) league games is a lot to get in over a season when you consider that teams will also be participating in 4 or 5 cups.
- Scottish Cup/Alex Jack Cup
- South Challenge Cup
- EoS Qualifying Cup
- League Cup
- King Cup (probably Conference teams only)
There are 44 Saturdays from July 27 to May 23. If there's a one-week break at Christmas, that makes 43 Saturdays.
For First Division teams, there are 34 league games and 5 cup ties to play at a minumum. That's 39 fixtures to squeeze into 43 Saturdays even if you lost in the opening round of every cup competiton. Or a minumum 34 fixtures (30 league plus 4 cup) in 43 Saturdays for Prem Division sides.
Some teams could easily play a lot more than ten cup ties, maybe even as many as 15 if they have a good season. And there's play-offs to consider too.
And inevitably games will be hit by the weather in winter.
I know midweek games can be played at grounds with floodlights and I know the fixture secretary is first-class, but it looks tight to me.
I wonder how HibeeJibee sees it working. For some reason, he always seems to have a good idea about how it will all work (insert wink emoji here) It ain't going to be easy.
Edit: And will the cross conference games be kept to the end of the season )robably too difficult to plan for) or will they be interspersed with the 'same conference' fixtures?
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On 13/05/2019 at 09:55, HibeeJibee said:
Camelon's reward for reaching the Final is an away tie at Edinburgh City in EOS Cup SFs. Spartans reward is away tie at giants Berwick Rangers.
Those games will be held-over to next season.Presumably this is unchanged. But after Berwick's relegation, next season only the EoS Qualifying Cup winner would advance to the City Cup ... playing Edinburgh City in the final. Can HibeeJibee confirm?
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17 hours ago, HibeeJibee said:
Here you go.
Premier Division of 16 teams = 30 games. Bottom 3 relegated.
First Division of 2 conferences of 12 teams = 34 games (play other conference 6 home / 6 away). Conference winners promoted and playoff for overall title. Conference runners-up playoff for promotion.
EOS Qualifying League suspended.
League Cup = straight knockout.
Vote on whether King Cup = First Division clubs only.
He means whether inter-conference games are random or seeded to ensure equal difficulty of home/away games for each club.
They're seeded to ensure equal difficulty of home/away games for each club:
As regards the First Division in future seasons - I guess there could be varying ideas like continuing with the conferences, moving to First & Second Divisions, or moving to North & South First Divisions. How many (if any) new clubs joined for 2020-21 could also be a factor.Is it definitely three up and three down? Or is there a scenario whereby only two up? What happens this time next year if...
Albion Rovers/Cowdenbeath are relegated to LL; Brora/Fraserburgh get promoted to SFL2; A non licensed club wins the EoS Premier and SoS; Vale/Gala/Ed Uni finish bottom of LL. That would leave a 17-team LL unless Vale/Gala/Ed Uni are relegated to EoS Prem.Sorry for being pedantic ... overall it's a great set-up IMO
(only using these clubs as examples of course)
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The strategy must be to make the most of the £40K parachute payment and money from Irn Bru Challenge Cup and Betfred Lfe Cup access... and challenge for the LL title next season. From what I saw today, the current squad would be nowhere near good enough to challenge for the LL title. I expect they’ll all leave anyway, apart from the 8 under contract. It will be tough, competing for players with Edinburgh City, Spartans, CSS, Kelty and the big EoS Premier teams. Berwick have always had an Edinburgh-area squad but without the lure of playing in the SPFL attracting players will be tough. The first step, though, is appointing a manager. Will it be Brownlie-Little for next season?
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I was level with it and thought it was over the line. Correct decision. Also agreed with the red card.
Overall, it was disappointing to see Berwick go down with a whimper. They sat off from the start and let Cove dictate. I thought Ouzy See up front put in a decent shift but he was isolated for most of the game. The rest were pretty poor and if anything 3-0 flattered Berwick. It should have been more.
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5 hours ago, FairWeatherFan said:
The pyramid isn't just the EoS (although it looks like it most of the time)
Tier 7 should have at least 3 leagues at that level, but thats across West, East and North.
People were happy to see the West Region brought in as is. That's 4 region wide leagues straight down from what would have been Tier 6-9.
Of course. But we are where are. the LL/EoS is the most advanced area of the pyramid so far. At the moment it only goes down to tier 6 (EoS and SoS).
Next season the EoS conferences under the EoS Prom will be the first tier 7 league. All I'm proposing is how that bit could work. Hopefully the west will join in soon
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21 minutes ago, Burnie_man said:
I believe there will be a proposal at AGM to restrict the King Cup to Conference sides only.
when's the AGM?
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Seeded conferences below the EoS Prem next season could look like this:
EoS Conference A (12 teams, tier 7)
Leith
Coldstream
Heriot-Watt
Dalkeith
Oakley
Stirling Uni EoS
Tynecastle
Peebles
Edinburgh Utd
Dunipace
Tweedmouth
OrmistonEoS Conference B (12 teams, tier 7)
Preston
LTHV
Easthouses
St Andrews
Haddington
Arniston
Craigroyston
Burntisland
Hawick
Inverkeithing
Eyemouth
Glenrothes JuniorsRegional (but flexible) conferences below the EoS Prem next season could look like this:
EoS North Conference (12 teams, tier 7)
Oakley
LTHV
Burntisland
Tynecastle
Dunipace
Heriot-Watt
St Andrews
Stirling Uni EoS
Craigroyston
Edinburgh Utd
Inverkeithing
Glenrothes Juniors
EoS South Conference (12 teams, tier 7)
Leith
Coldstream
Easthouses
Arniston
Peebles
Hawick
Tweedmouth
Dalkeith
Haddington
Eyemouth
Preston
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4 minutes ago, Burnie_man said:
I don't think there's much appetite for endless Conferences.
Next season it looks like 2 seeded Conferences, probably with the aim of forming a First Division underneath the Premier for 20/21.
You could be right. I just think the pyramid should widen as we go down into tier 7. A North and South league would give more teams something to play for in terms of a promotion chase and it would also avoid (just for example) Coldstream ending up in a league which involves lots of trips to Fife and West Lothian but none to the Borders or East Lothian. Or you could have Inverkeithing having lots of trips to the Borders and East Lothian but no opponents in Fife. That should not be an issue at tier 6 because it is a high level but just think tier 7 should be regional (but flexible) with parallel conferences to support the smaller clubs. What do you think about the King Cup idea? And byes for the tier 6 clubs in the later rounds onf the Football Nation EoS Qualifying Cup?
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13 minutes ago, Crossbar said:
For 2019/20 I'd like to see...
EoS Premier (16 teams)
Bonnyrigg/Whitehill
Bo'ness
Tranent
Dundonald
Crossgates
Penicuik
Hill of Beath
Musselburgh
Newtongrange
Dunbar
Broxburn
Linlithgow
Camelon
Jeanfield
Blackburn
Sauchie16th and 15th place 'definitely' relegated; 14th place 'probably' relagated in order to maintain 16 teams; 13th place would be 100% safe.
North Conference and South Conference underneath. Both Conference champions would go up and the two runners-up would play-off for the third 'probable' promotion spot (this spot would be unavailable only if two LL teams drop to the EoS Prem and no-one is promoted). It is also possible that 4 teams (the Conference North and South champions and runners-up) are all promoted in order to maintain 16 teams in the EoS Premier.
North Conference and South Conference would be flexible in terms of numbers and geography. In other words no border line like the Tay Bridge for LL/HL. Because of the geography of the current teams, it would predominently be the Edinburgh teams (LTHV/Tynecastle/Heriot-Watt/Craigroyston/Edinburgh Utd/Leith) who could be moved North or South at start of a new seasons to balance up numbers. Like they do in the English pyramid. Clearly that would mean St Andrews and Stirling Uni EoS would always be North Conferance; Tweedmouth and Eyemouth would always be in the South Conference.
For 2019/20...
EoS North Conference (12 teams)
Oakley
LTHV
Burntisland
Tynecastle
Dunipace
Heriot-Watt
St Andrews
Stirling Uni EoS
Craigroyston
Edinburgh Utd
Inverkeithing
Glenrothes Juniors
EoS South Conference (12 teams)
Leith
Coldstream
Easthouses
Arniston
Peebles
Hawick
Tweedmouth
Dalkeith
Haddington
Eyemouth
Preston
OrmistonLike this year, I'd ensure that each League Cup qualifying group at the start of the season would have one EoS Premier team, one EoS North team, one EoS South team and then one other at random... to avoid playing the same teams too many times.
The King Cup would be dropped by the EoS Premier teams and would be contested only by the 24 Conference North and South clubs (to give the smaller clubs a chance to win something and to reduce fixture congestion for EoS Premier clubs who will already be competing in 4 cups (League Cup, Football Nation EoS Qualifying Cup, South Challenge Cup and Scottish Cup/Alex Jack Cup).
The EoS Premier and LL clubs would enter the Football Nation EoS Qualifying Cup at a later round (because they have more league fixtures and are likely to go further in the cups than the North and South sides).
The South Challenge Cup would remain all in.
Alex Jack Cup (and Scottish Cup) format would be unchanged.
And then for 2020/21 we might be able to introduce tier 8 underneath if the ERJFA clubs eventually decide to jump ship or amalgamate.
EoS North Conference Second Division
EoS South Conference Second Division
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For 2019/20 I'd like to see...
EoS Premier (16 teams, tier 6)
Bonnyrigg/Whitehill
Bo'ness
Tranent
Dundonald
Crossgates
Penicuik
Hill of Beath
Musselburgh
Newtongrange
Dunbar
Broxburn
Linlithgow
Camelon
Jeanfield
Blackburn
Sauchie16th and 15th place 'definitely' relegated; 14th place 'probably' relagated in order to maintain 16 teams; 13th place would be 100% safe.
North Conference and South Conference underneath. Both Conference champions would go up and the two runners-up would play-off for the third 'probable' promotion spot (this spot would be unavailable only if two LL teams drop to the EoS Prem and no-one is promoted). It is also possible that 4 teams (the Conference North and South champions and runners-up) are all promoted in order to maintain 16 teams in the EoS Premier.
North Conference and South Conference would be flexible in terms of numbers and geography. In other words no border line like the Tay Bridge for LL/HL. Because of the geography of the current teams, it would predominently be the Edinburgh teams (LTHV/Tynecastle/Heriot-Watt/Craigroyston/Edinburgh Utd/Leith) who could be moved North or South at start of a new seasons to balance up numbers. Like they do in the English pyramid. Clearly that would mean St Andrews and Stirling Uni EoS would always be North Conferance; Tweedmouth and Eyemouth would always be in the South Conference.
For 2019/20...
EoS North Conference (12 teams, tier 7)
Oakley
LTHV
Burntisland
Tynecastle
Dunipace
Heriot-Watt
St Andrews
Stirling Uni EoS
Craigroyston
Edinburgh Utd
Inverkeithing
Glenrothes Juniors
EoS South Conference (12 teams, tier 7)
Leith
Coldstream
Easthouses
Arniston
Peebles
Hawick
Tweedmouth
Dalkeith
Haddington
Eyemouth
Preston
OrmistonLike this year, I'd ensure that each League Cup qualifying group at the start of the season would have one EoS Premier team, one EoS North team, one EoS South team and then one other at random... to avoid playing the same teams too many times.
The King Cup would be dropped by the EoS Premier teams and would be contested only by the 24 Conference North and South clubs (to give the smaller clubs a chance to win something and to reduce fixture congestion for EoS Premier clubs who will already be competing in 4 cups (League Cup, Football Nation EoS Qualifying Cup, South Challenge Cup and Scottish Cup/Alex Jack Cup).
The EoS Premier and LL clubs would enter the Football Nation EoS Qualifying Cup at a later round (because they have more league fixtures and are likely to go further in the cups than the North and South sides).
The South Challenge Cup would remain all in.
Alex Jack Cup (and Scottish Cup) format would be unchanged.
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