jimbaxters Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 It's that time of the year again. Starting with tomorrow night, Auchinleck Talbot now have to play 5 matches in 11 days. Yes, they are successful and still have lots of cups to play for but surely this is unacceptable. Especially when you consider that this is Junior football, where the players have full time jobs as well. So it begs the question, what can the people of power do to help this situation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue manalishi Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 I was gonna suggest summer football. Not sure if its been discussed on here before ......................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poolwizard Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Stop being so fekin succesfull .... That's all you need to do, there yi go JB I've fixed yours and others problems in 1 sentence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted April 21, 2015 Author Share Posted April 21, 2015 Stop being so fekin succesfull .... That's all you need to do, there yi go JB I've fixed yours and others problems in 1 sentence It must be absolutely murder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Stuart. Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 What can you really do though? The season has to finish at some point and you're still in all the cups. The only way to alleviate it would be to invest in floodlights so you could play catch-up games through the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted April 21, 2015 Author Share Posted April 21, 2015 Sixty three teams in west region, how many will be badly affected by a fixture backlog? That's a fair point actually. Although it's still hard to deny that the system needs to be thought about for the teams at the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Beaver Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 I know there was a thread started on it a week or two ago but the West cup has been one almighty f**k up, Talbot could possibly play the 3rd,4th, semi and final all in the month of May. The same can be said for other clubs to be fair...........remember the west has only 6 rounds in it, it is so easy to arrange 3 rounds before Christmas and three rounds after the new year yet it appears impossible for the WJFA to do so. If Talbot hadn't played 3 rounds in the senior Scottish cup and we didn't have a two legged Scottish cup semi-final then the 4 league games over the next week could have been played already and the back log wouldn't have been a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burst baw Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Cumbernauld had to play 13 games in 31 days last season in those 13 games included 2 semi finals and a final Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE63 exile Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Erect floodlights and utilise them by getting a couple of midweek games in during the dark nights like the Lowland League clubs do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glensmad Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Cumbernauld had to play 13 games in 31 days last season in those 13 games included 2 semi finals and a final Last season Glencairn played 16 matches from the middle of April to the end of May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Last season Glencairn played 16 matches from the middle of April to the end of May. But equally - how many matches did you play midweek under your, or anyone else's, floodlights from the end of August to the middle of April? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glensmad Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 But equally - how many matches did you play midweek under your, or anyone else's, floodlights from the end of August to the middle of April? None, as that requires the agreement of both teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Quite. So the solution exists, if it's wanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 We’ve had lights for years, and have only really been able to use them for friendlies or midweek Sectional finals. The rationale behind the two teams having to be in agreement was I believe initially to prevent a side that had lights gaining an unfair advantage by being able to play when others couldn’t. Given the advent of 3G parks, an argument could be made that teams possessing an artificial surface also gain an advantage by being able to play in most conditions, but while that’s been accepted across the board playing under lights bizarrely hasn’t. We had the strange situation a few years back on one of those winter days it never really gets daylight when due to lack of visibility the ref asked us to fire up the lights at half time, only for the opposition to attempt to protest the result due to the fact lights had been used. I’d have loved to have seen one of their winter training sessions where they no doubt used night vision goggles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
energyzone Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Join the Lowland League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmkeenan85 Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Last season Glencairn played 16 matches from the middle of April to the end of May. Shouldn't have been calling games off then during the season when the summer sun was out. Don't bite. Haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glensmad Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Shouldn't have been calling games off then during the season when the summer sun was out. Don't bite. Haha Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beithboy Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 It's that time of the year again. Starting with tomorrow night, Auchinleck Talbot now have to play 5 matches in 11 days. Yes, they are successful and still have lots of cups to play for but surely this is unacceptable. Especially when you consider that this is Junior football, where the players have full time jobs as well. So it begs the question, what can the people of power do to help this situation? If Beith beat largs on saturday they wil have to play 4 games in 7 days, largs, hurlford, dalry, and kilwinning and this is a team who's not been successful thi season. Lose to largs and kilwinning and our season is over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFollower13 Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 A set fixture list from start of season with set weeks for cup games, and replay/rescheduled dates marked in too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lang Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 And cancellations 4 bad weather built in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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