Springfield Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 1 hour ago, Blame Me said: The club should arrange a block booking with the council. Didn’t Dundee U or Clyde (stand to be corrected) use the pitch for some sort of training base a few years back ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Never heard of that. I have walked my dogs round the perimeter most days since the 80s, and haven’t seen teams training there. From October to April, the place is pretty much deserted. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 On 11/06/2022 at 09:46, Jackie Myles said: If I was a council tax payer in wlc I'd be asking serious questions regarding the whole set up with livi down there anyway. In the past they've had 300k in owed rent paid off. Stadium rent reduced from 150k a year to 20k a year then 50k a year whilst they were out of the top flight. That's a lot of cash lost for a club noone in wlc is really gives a feck about. Surely they don't get cash from pitch hire aswell. Would be interesting to know who gets the cash from the macaroni deal. It's almost as if, surely not, they're a failed franchise... Mention of Brockville leads to a favourite memory. Meadowbank had to borrow the ground to play Hearts in a League Cup fixture in 1988. We Thistle fans got the paddock in front of the stand. Henry Smith was the Hearts goalie and at a quiet point in the match for devilment I shouted out "HENRY" Smith turned round to see who had shouted and the Thistle support all shouted at him "F*CK OFF!" Two polis who were near us were creasing themselves. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin James Left Knee Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 There was a new FSS and Directors Report Newsletter sent out last night. Only half of the members were emailed and the other half will be sent today (there's a technical reason for this) so everyone should get it by later today. If you are a member and you do NOT receive it then please PM me (after you check your junk file) and I will try to sort it out for you. We hope a new mailing system will sort the problem with many people not getting the mailing as it is blocked as spam by your isp. The newsletter will be posted publicly on the FSS website later this week. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FFC 1876 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 FSS newsletter confirming the ideal squad size will be 24 this season, combination of loans & permanent players. Currently at 20 with obviously a fair few departures still expected, promising stuff. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatapyBairn. Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Hopefully another 5 or 6 players still to come in in then, obviously with the caveat we can get a couple out the door. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin James Left Knee Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 15 minutes ago, FFC 1876 said: FSS newsletter confirming the ideal squad size will be 24 this season, combination of loans & permanent players. Currently at 20 with obviously a fair few departures still expected, promising stuff. This was based on the public statements at the Directors' Meeting not "secret info" or security breaches from the Board. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FFC 1876 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 (edited) 20 minutes ago, LatapyBairn. said: Hopefully another 5 or 6 players still to come in in then, obviously with the caveat we can get a couple out the door. I'm hoping we manage to move on more than the 2 players from the leftover dross, I'd imagine one of the first things McGlynn did was let the players know whether they were wanted or not this season so it's up to their agents to find them another gig. We'll be stuck with Mckay, Ross and Wilson no doubt but the rest will hopefully be able to find themselves something else or be on low enough wages that we can pay them off. Edited June 12, 2022 by FFC 1876 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AL-FFC Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 If Holts managed to find another gig he might be able to find his son a new gig, not to be cynical but however competent a keeper he is or not i wouldnt trust him to be in goals given how the way things panned out with his dad (i.e. bit of a bawbag and shouldnt have been near us "AGAIN" let alone DoF) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalkirkBairn2021 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Very pleased with the summer transfer activity so far. A big step forward from the previous shite, at least on paper. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalkirkBairn2021 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 On 11/06/2022 at 10:44, Kevin James Left Knee said: The only stat in football that is overwhelmingly true is the total salary spend on players by clubs. The correlation between that and success is incredible and is true in EVERY league. You might find outliers but that will always return to the true. Correct. It is still the case that the last time we were promoted from any league (the Championship) it was by spending more than our competitors. It is possible to go up/win leagues without that being the case but you are very much up against it from the start and are relying on a lot of luck. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 When do the players return to training 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawson Park Boy Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 7 minutes ago, Springfield said: When do the players return to training Yesterday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Just now, Dawson Park Boy said: Yesterday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebobsboy Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 1 hour ago, FFC 1876 said: I'm hoping we manage to move on more than the 2 players from the leftover dross, I'd imagine one of the first things McGlynn did was let the players know whether they were wanted or not this season so it's up to their agents to find them another gig. We'll be stuck with Mckay, Ross and Wilson no doubt but the rest will hopefully be able to find themselves something else or be on low enough wages that we can pay them off. I highly doubt Wilson will be here. He'll be one of the lower earners you'd have thought. I fully expect him, Sneddon and Holt to be either punted permanently or season loans elsewhere. McKay and McCann (if he's not favoured) will be the hardest to shift. Ross I don't think will be on huge wages either. Martin I think will be back up to PJ. But yeah needs to be more than two gone. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLIS Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 On 11/06/2022 at 09:46, Jackie Myles said: If I was a council tax payer in wlc I'd be asking serious questions regarding the whole set up with livi down there anyway. In the past they've had 300k in owed rent paid off. Stadium rent reduced from 150k a year to 20k a year then 50k a year whilst they were out of the top flight. That's a lot of cash lost for a club noone in wlc is really gives a feck about. Surely they don't get cash from pitch hire aswell. Would be interesting to know who gets the cash from the macaroni deal. Conspiracy FC's biggest fan here We're virtually debt free now, despite operating at zero running loss since being in League 1. Either way our ST sales are up 49% on this time last year, so maybe the community is finally buying back into the club now that we're being run the right way. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLIS Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 On 11/06/2022 at 09:28, Jackie Myles said: As I said I thought livies ground was owned entirely by West Lothian council? On 11/06/2022 at 09:35, latapythelegend said: It is. I've played on it multiiple times and it is all done via WLC. It's a weird situation, the stadium is owned by WLC but the pitch is owned by the West Lothian Community Foundation, which is the reason we can't just rip it up and put grass in. Not that we'd want to to be fair. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blame Me Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 This year's away top is a belter 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Myles Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 (edited) 49 minutes ago, ATLIS said: Conspiracy FC's biggest fan here We're virtually debt free now, despite operating at zero running loss since being in League 1. Either way our ST sales are up 49% on this time last year, so maybe the community is finally buying back into the club now that we're being run the right way. Easy to be debt free when you keep being allowed to write it off in huge amounts . 7.2 million the first time was quite remarkable and 300k was a huge amount to just write off when councils need all the penny's they can get. God knows how much you must have avoided paying back people since your inception having gone through is it only 2 administrations or 3 I can never remember. Be still lucky if season tickets pass a thousand and considering Livingston has a pop of over 55k it's bloody awful. Edited June 12, 2022 by Jackie Myles 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLIS Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Just now, Jackie Myles said: Easy to be debt free when you keep being allowed to write it off in huge amounts . 300k was a huge amount to just write off when councils need all the penny's they can get. God knows how much you must have avoided paying back people since your inception having gone through is it only 2 administrations or 3 I can never remember. Be still lucky if season tickets pass a thousand and considering Livingston has a pop of over 55k it's bloody awful. Apparently we're not far off 1,000 as it stands with a while to go. Can't be doing too bad 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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