Boscerson
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It's a very fair point and I wouldn't want to play only local teams either. Travel isn't a major issue across west/central scotland as it's no more than an hour to most matches.Dont assume that all these teams would want to play in the same league. One of the main reasons we moved from the old Lanarkshire League was there were too many teams from Wishaw in it at that time. Certainly wasn't the main reason but it was an issue. Memory isn't what it was but I'm sure there were 4 or 5 teams in Wishaw at that time and that was before Wishaw Wycombe were on the go. Wouldn't want to go back to those days.
If there was various different levels and divisions though teams would be spread out based on their abilities so they wouldn't just be playing teams near them. More local district leagues could maybe be used at the very lowest levels but not for the top teams.
All I'm saying is that amateur football in the west/central area could maybe do more to look at whether the current structure with various different league set-ups is making the best of things.
Look at LEAFA - they have one league structure/association covering a large area without 5 or 6 different leagues with their own interests competing against each other.
Conscious I'm hijacking a thread about the Scottish Cup so I'll stop now [emoji1787] lol.0 -
Was just using them as an example of 2 very nearby clubs in different leagues.
Theres examples all over the place. Dumbarton Acad & St Pat's, Colville Park & Dalziel HSFP, Wishaw FP and Wishaw WW and that's only the Caley and Central leagues.Are Bannockburn and Milton not even in the same breath? The leagues certainly aren’t?!
One club challenging for majors every year and the other fighting relegation?0 -
Using the west/central area as an example, to me it makes no sense to have so many different leagues covering the same area.
The best 2 leagues are widely considered to be the Central and Caley and they cover a similar area. Some towns even have a split with nearby teams in different league set-ups (Stirling with Milton in Caley and Bannockburn in Central springs to mind).
SAFL, GGPL and SDAFA also cover large parts of the same region too.
On a Saturday morning 3 leagues (SSMFL, GDSML and Glasgow Colleges FA) cover the same area (4 when the Churches league is included).
The league committees all do a great job in running their own individual leagues but I feel it would be a good time to at least consider pulling resources together, look at merging leagues and try to reshape the amateur set-up to stop it dwindling away even further.
It might not stop teams folding altogether but a larger set-up could absorb these losses better, would be more competitive as teams would find their level within the divisions and would be stronger financially rather than various leagues running 1/2 divisions and competing for new teams etc.2 -
By tomorrow I mean Saturday!!
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I'll be down tomorrow and to watch Cumbernauld whenever I can this season. Great wee club, good set-up, welcoming to visitors and played some brilliant football last season.
Felt they were unfortunate not to get promoted. I know the season is full of ifs and buts but they were only a penalty miss in the dying seconds of the Arthurlie game from getting promoted and lost/drew a few games through weak goals etc (in my opinion).
Am hoping that just missing out on promotion last season spurs them on and hopefully the new signings will make a difference.
Looking forward to tomorrow as was at the same fixture last year and St Rochs brought a good crowd and it was an exciting game.2 -
Been to a few games in Ireland.
Last game I took in was a bit random. Wasn't LOI but was in the preliminary rounds of the FAI Cup. Glengad Utd v Home Farm in the wilds of Donegal near where I was visiting. Pitch was on the side of a mountain and Glengad won on pens. Really enjoyed it but standard wasn't great imo. I'd say bottom level juniors standard, if that.
Home Farm seem to have fallen from grace. I remember them being a big name back in the 80s/90s and they had a tie in with Everton at one point. Just goes to show that LOI clubs do seem to be in a constantly precarious financial position as other posters have said.0 -
Great site. Just about managed to figure some of it out [emoji38]. Have been to Iceland but didnt get to any games. Would love to go to the Faroes but dont think I could convince the Mrs to go north for a holiday againI was told it's tactical. The Tórsvøllur is a proper stadium although it's getting improvements right now to the west side. My experience is that Toftir is less foggy but the hibs fans might disagree [emoji6]
If you think the league is well run, you should see the website at http://www.faroesoccer.com which has astonishing detail. You can usually figure it out although it's in Faroese.
When it comes to wifi, contactless etc the Faroes and Iceland are years ahead of us. We were there for a full week in June and only took £150 in cash. First time I was in Iceland was referendum week in 2014 (don't worry I used a proxy vote) and even then hardly anybody used cash. All the petrol stations were 24 hour with card payments, unmanned at night. Makes you dream what Scotland could potentially be. I'll try and keep to the football though
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Do the Faroese tend to follow foreign sides too i.e. the big Danish or English sides etc? And what's the standard like of the league like? League 1/2 here?
I read a book about the Faroes a few years back but cant remember the name, am sure it was about Brazilians etc living in the Faroes and marrying locals etc. That's prob why I am intrigued!
I could prob Google all this but it's better hearing from first hand experience.0 -
Loved reading this thread and seeing all the pics as the Faroes have always intrigued me. Mad how such a tiny outpost with a small population and challenges around travel and weather can organise a league so efficiently and manage to compete at all internationally and in European games (relatively speaking).
Mantis, why do they sometimes play internationals at Toftir rather than the main national stadium at Torshavn? Do they feel it's a leveller in terms of remote location and the weather etc or is it a better facility?0
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