Jacksgranda Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Yes - I may have slightly fucked that up. I would hope most folk would know Montrose will indeed play their home games at Links Park Whether they go up or not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mo83 Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Yes - I may have slightly fucked that up. I would hope most folk would know Montrose will indeed play their home games at Links Park Hopefully that's true Simon £££££ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Interesting wording on this article on the Beeb - apologies if this has already come up and been addressed: "The team finishing bottom will enter a play-off against a candidate club (the winner of a play-off between the Highland and Lowland League champions, or another eligible club nominated by the Scottish Football Association) for the final place in next season's League Two." Is that correct? The SFA can pick a club to take on the Shire, if they feel so inclined? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holme Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Barcelona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Barcelona I'd love to be a fly on the wall when that letter arrived at Camp Nou. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted April 13, 2016 Author Share Posted April 13, 2016 This got everyone in a fluster at NonLeagueMattters last week. It's just some numpty at the BBC recycling last year's article. Somewhere in the depths of the rulebook - I couldn't even find it myself and gave up looking - such a phrase does apparently appear. It's almost certainly just a "catch-all" allowing for some unusual circumstance, like a champion going bust or getting found guilty of some misconduct. It's clear they aren't going to be parachuting Spartans or Auchinleck Talbot into the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Interesting wording on this article on the Beeb - apologies if this has already come up and been addressed: "The team finishing bottom will enter a play-off against a candidate club (the winner of a play-off between the Highland and Lowland League champions, or another eligible club nominated by the Scottish Football Association) for the final place in next season's League Two." Is that correct? The SFA can pick a club to take on the Shire, if they feel so inclined? Think from a spfl perspective the rules merely state the play-off is club 42 vs sfa nominated club, how the sfa choose a club is up to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Sounds better than just declaring the whole thing a wash and leaving things as they are, I suppose. Would be absolute carnage if it ever came to pass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted April 13, 2016 Author Share Posted April 13, 2016 I'm pretty sure it is stated somewhere else - again possibly the SPFL rulebook - that if the champion club isn't eligible then no-one else participates, so it is not a provision allowing them to nominate runners-up or whatever. By the same token you have to be 'Entry' licensed to play in HL / LL, just like SPFL2, so the only reason a club could be in one but not the other would be to do with floodlights or some unusual ground technicality (like not having one). I suspect whoever wrote the article in London or Salford has no idea how SPFL2/HL/LL works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Is that correct? The SFA can pick a club to take on the Shire, if they feel so inclined? I think it leaves the door open to a third feeder being formed at some point down the road (junior "superduper" for example) and it refers only to participation in the playoffs to determine the opponent for club 42. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhliston Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Looks like Cove will win the Highland League 3-0 up at Clach. Cove v Edinburgh City 23rd April 3pm Edinburgh City v Cove 30rd April 3pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 B'JESUS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CM. Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Brora don't want to go up anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitburn Vale Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 B'JESUSLol,aye and Formartine beat Nairn 1-0 away from home which means the once mighty Brora are odds on to finish 3rd !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZMO Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 everyone seems to favour the highland league side to progress to play the shire, remember brora only just overcame Edinburgh city last year. just saying!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitburn Vale Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 everyone seems to favour the highland league side to progress to play the shire, remember brora only just overcame Edinburgh city last year. just saying!!Fair point ozmo,there's all to play for,may the best side win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLichtie86 Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Seen that Cove will be looking to ground share with one of the Angus clubs if they gain promotion to the SPFL. Surely has to be Montrose or Forfar as they have 4G pitches. When Arbroath had the Dundee U20s team playing on our pitch it didnt cope too well with the extra games. Wouldnt imagine Brechins would cope either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanMck Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 How did they decide who gets 'home advantage' for the Edinburgh city v cove ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowenan Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Hopefully the non league team gets promoted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLichtie86 Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 How did they decide who gets 'home advantage' for the Edinburgh city v cove ? Chairmen from both clubs competed in an egg and spoon race. Winner got to decided. 😠Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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