[Kilwinning Rangers 24/25]

On 17/10/2021 at 16:24, Peter Culter said:

Interesting to note that the Under 20 team have withdrawn from the Development League.

No information from the club on this and no players coming in when they are desperately needed.

What’s going on?

A disgrace that a club the size of Buffs with such a big boys club allowed their 20`s to fold. Strain was "coaching" their 03`s on Sunday, obviously no faith in the youngsters coming through

 

[West Development U20 League / Teams]

16 hours ago, theesel1994 said:

Any reason why there's so many clubs withdrawing from Conference F?

That's four clubs withdrawn from one Conference alone - Ardrossan Winton Rovers, Dalry Thistle, Kilwinning Rangers and Maybole Juniors - but in the other 5 conferences in total only two clubs have pulled out. It's a bit frustrating for clubs that pay for the hire of a park and referee and then find that money has been wasted as the result is expunged.

Add Darvel to that list as they have now pulled out also...

I said at the start when the conferences were drawn that an "Ayrshire" conference wouldn`t work and the teams should`ve been spread across the conferences - not just Bonnyton into conf` A. Teams were again playing the same teams as the old SYFA league with the exception of Arthurlie, Neilston and Port Glasgow.

It simply wasn`t going to work, too many teams with not enough players to pull from - the WSYFL lost 2-3 teams every season at 19`s, so this was not going to be any different. Clubs who hadn`t previously had teams brought in younger teams to represent them to part of the new league - these teams couldn`t compete against older more established teams, players and coaches lost interest and the teams have folded. If these teams had been spread across the conferences it would not have had such an impact as it has to Conference F - with remaining teams now playing 30% less games than teams in other conferences.

Void games are expensive with pitch hires @ £110, and Ref fees @ £45 plus expenses 

[West Development U20 League / Teams]

On 02/10/2021 at 11:08, timeforchange said:

If a player is sent off in an under 20’s development game on a Friday night can he play for the first team on a Saturday 

A player sent off in the development league is only suspended for development league games - they are still eligible to play for the first team.

 

[New Irvine Vics gaffer?]

Hearing they want Ben Carson and the guys at Meadow 20`s