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Exactly, even better that Penicuik and Broxburn meet first - should be a very close game. Big crowd too.

Will be fun going to the three playoffs - well maybe not for the fans of the clubs involved.

I agree, but I’m almost certain that Bonnyrigg will emerge victorious and if they can give a firm commitment to a date re floodlight installation (and essentially therefore a club license) sometime over the summer hols, then I’d be absolutely astonished if the SFA veto’d that promotion. (Although where this blind faith comes from is anyone’s guess lol)

I’d be shocked if the EOS Champ wasn’t licensed.

Took in a good few Pace games this season and the off-field progress has been incredible. Look forward to returning next season, maybe at the preliminary round of the Scottish!

Penicuik as well actually, so 8 of the 17 applicants already have lights. And Bonnyrigg closing in on them by the sounds of things too. Hope so as they are most likely to be crowned EOS champions.

Easthouses installed floodlights too I think about 5 or 6 years ago.

But that's done through application, so the bottom club aren't relegated if there is no champion promoted and the 16th club is found via application. Otherwise they would need to find two clubs through application surely? Yeah soz, I had read your post as promotion and relation but you’d actually only said relegation. I edited but not quick enough - my bad.

I was under the impression that nobody is relegated if there isn't a licenced champion from EoS or SoS. Yeah there isn’t relegation if no licensed champion. In that instance, applications would be taken to fill Selkirk’s void among licensed clubs.

Yes! Nothing to do with license. It’s to crown a winner of the EOS.

Absolutely spot on from every angle. Inverkeithing completely lost their discipline. Regardless of whether it was a penalty or not, the guy who got sent off at that time ran to the ref pre-penalty and was f’ng and blinding in his face. After it was retaken he sought out the referee again and started f’ing and blinding in his face again. This nonsense has to stop at all levels in football. Credit to the referee for having the bravery to stand up to the two in question who lost the plot. I found myself standing among a number of locals, only one of around 8 actually saw the attempted headbutt. The other 7 were apoplectic about how the guy was shown yellow twice for the same challenge - ahem! One later went on to bemoan how the ref had sent off two of their players, my father kindly pointing out that they were actually down to 8. Another couldn’t believe his team were losing 5-2, inspite of it being 4-2. An odd afternoon all round.

I was there as a neutral today and the referee was superb.

Huge game up in St Andrews this weekend. St Andrews likely need to beat Preston to pip them to 5th place. Could go either way.

That’s assuming there are no further defections to the seniors - which is a very big assumption.

A 3G surface at Newtown Park (Bo’Ness EOS) is imminent. Will be down for next season.

They are, and again they are. Both true. But being Kilmarnock based, geographically they are closer to other traditional west of Scotland clubs, that includes top Ayrshire sides, than their current SOS geographic basis. Therefore ideally they would be hopeful the West has a breakaway league in which case they join at the top. if the juniors are however accepted I see no reason why Bonnyton should start at tier 9. There could be a one off conference league system similar to the EOS league this year that accompanies all interested teams in the west.

Stranraer are flying and have won all 16 games they’ve played and have 3 games in hand over Bonnyton. They should have the title wrapped up with a few games to play thus ensuring no play-off is necessary. I think in an ideal situation Bonnyton could be part of a West League when that finally comes to fruition. If they don’t get a license this year it’s almost certain they’ll get one next year.

Haven't been down to Darvel in about 4 years but will definitely return next season to see the changes.

BUMP Anyone know whether Lochee Harp will leave Downfield in the summer and move into their new facility or is it behind schedule?

I agree Linlithgow would make an obvious choice. I suspect Bonnyrig may gain promotion through playoffs but would be nice to see both Rose's get promoted. Is the 12th Feb D-day as far as licensing goes? I thought clubs had till end of March to both apply and prove their capability of obtaining a license. If it is the 12th then not long to go - looks like there could be a fair amount of clubs applying which would be great for the league

Might be worth noting that Chris McLaughlin has tweeted that the £160 Million is the combined amount of the Sky/BBC/Premier Sports deal. He further states that Sky's deal amounts to around £26M per season - therefore Sky are giving around the £130M mark.

To believe it's simply down to format is somewhat naïve. Sure it may only be £2000 for example for clubs who go out in rd 1, but over the next 5-10 years if we have 40+ new licensed clubs from EOS and potential new West league all getting licensed then that changes things. English game is rolling in money therefore they can comfortably afford to pay out sums to 600 clubs with the latter rounds still dwarfing the sums paid out to Scottish clubs in the latter rounds in spite of a far higher percentage of clubs. That being said, I look forward to many more Scottish clubs being awarded a National Club License in the not too distant future, for both Scottish Cup reasons but also for potential promotion via the pyramid.

Camelon are also looking into funding to install a 3G pitch.

Really hope their fortunes turn around and they can continue - even if it is next season at the bottom of the EOS ladder whereby if it ends up regionalised beyond the EOS Premier, they will be up against some of their more familiar borders and lothian opponents. In meantime I may need to make alternative arrangements as I'd booked an overnight stay to see the Welfare away at Selkirk! Will revisit the fixture list!

Lol love it! Shire had great end to last season so never know. I was there when they went down and I’ll be back if they end up in playoff. Great year for the Lowland League upcoming yet again