Loughal Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 Scottish National League, Scottish Alliance League, Scottish Semi-Pro League, Scottish Conference, The Bottle of Buckfast league, Take your pick If Buckfast would sponsor 'Why Not' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mantis Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 Sorry if this has been said before, but it's not non-league, it's non-League meaning outside the national league system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beenzon-Toste Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 Sorry if this has been said before, but it's not non-league, it's non-League meaning outside the national league system. So you want to change 'The Juniors' because you have to explain what it means to another name that you have to explain what it means. Right, OK, got it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classof2010 Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 1 So teams who's name have juniors in it wud probably have to change there names not to confuse people even more I've watched junior football for over 40 yrs and never found it a problem calling it junior football 2 summer football would be great but lots of players would miss games because of holidays 3 scrap ardagh and cental equivalent and get the league started earlier so that Scottish cup starts earlier and can take a break when bad weather kicks in 4 a fixture list would be great even if it was done a month in front so teams can budget better it's ridiculous that some teams are going over 2 months without a home game 5 there should be a fixture committee not just one man doing fixtures or is there no one else interested in doing the job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawfield redemption Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Simply summer football at all levels in Scotland across the board apart from the spfl leagues( would like that but very unlikely to happen). I would think it would benefit junior teams more than most due to bigger crowds which in turn means more money for clubs to spend either on facilities or players.A decent summer night would draw in a much better crowd than a wet windy cold December day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawfield redemption Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Absolute no brainer Games on and not off More people out to watch Both mean a higher and consistent revenue stream Better football to watch played on better surface No need to finance Astro pitches everywhere So cost free . Why don't we do it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie_man Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Absolute no brainer Games on and not off More people out to watch Both mean a higher and consistent revenue stream Better football to watch played on better surface No need to finance Astro pitches everywhere So cost free . Why don't we do it ? Summer football would mean the season ending in November. It rains in September, October and November. You can't play midweek catch-up games from the end of August onwards without floodlights. 90% of clubs do not have floodlights. As much as I want to see more football played in the summer months, a full summer season is a no go until clubs have floodlights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surely not! Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Well apparently the clubs nominated linesman has to be upto a certain fitness standard, and attend a course/fitness test! This I believe is a request from the Referees Association. How true this is I don't know (I heard it long before 1st April!), just wanted to find out if anyone else had heard this? Could be problematic for a lot of clubs, I can see subs becoming linesmen.... Surely all the club linesman needs is decent eyesight? Stand in halfway and see if the balls out- they don't have to keep up with play and asking them to do so will result in some unnecessary altercations IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pie n beans Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Up to U12 is childrens football then up to U17 is youth football, as you get childrens coach and youth coach, if you followed what England does then the Highland and lowland league is Non league as the winner of them two has the chance to go senior. Most people who know about football know what Junior football is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PollokLoyal Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Summer football and a pyramid system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
non_sequitur Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Ignore the dinosaurs and get astroturf pitches if ye can, guid to see Kelty get theirs, cracking tae play fitba on, no cheap tho. Floodlights as well so we can play midweek games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawfield redemption Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Summer football would mean the season ending in November. It rains in September, October and November. You can't play midweek catch-up games from the end of August onwards without floodlights. 90% of clubs do not have floodlights. As much as I want to see more football played in the summer months, a full summer season is a no go until clubs have floodlights. I believe the idea would be that not to many catch up games would be required as most would be played in better weather .I'm sure it still light enough in September to fit a few I if need be . But I do accept your point . But with more people and hence revenue stream might be able to afford floodlights ! Maryhill have them ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man on a bike Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 I believe the idea would be that not to many catch up games would be required as most would be played in better weather . I'm sure it still light enough in September to fit a few I if need be . But I do accept your point . But with more people and hence revenue stream might be able to afford floodlights ! Maryhill have them ! GIven where we are, why are we preoccupied with 'solutions' that cost lots of money? 3Gs, floodlights when so many clubs cant afford the paint to spruce up their changing rooms. We can do so much without spending a penny. Why not just start with those, and then if 3G offers solves a problem, look at it. As an aside, in my view it is important to not look at 'the summer' if change of season is the topic, but look at that period between when the clocks change. The choices we have in being able to do things during that period is very different from the choices that exist in the depths of winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man on a bike Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Summer football and a pyramid system. We already have a pyramid system in the junior game. Summer football? You can have that as well if you really want it. But do you want it enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mantis Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 So you want to change 'The Juniors' because you have to explain what it means to another name that you have to explain what it means. Right, OK, got it now. Where did I say that like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pie n beans Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Women's football is March till end of October so they have beaten us to the punch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunrise Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Women's football is March till end of October so they have beaten us to the punch Most if not all women's sides will play less than thirty games in a season though - many using 3G and midweek summer fixtures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfha Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Looks like he didn't research that :-D Firstly I didn't enter this debate to get into a slanging match. "Start a season on 1st Feb, really. By 1st March some teams wouldn't have played a game. End it on 31st November- looking beyond the glaring mistake here how many cup finals would be getting called off or played terrible weather. If you look at this season alone, if KRR and Cumbernauld both had 2 games to play going into November, then the season wouldn't have been finished." If you re-read the post, you'd have seen I was referring to the seniors, so hands up to posting it in a Junior debate. However the 1 Feb start date was of course a generalisation and I thought it would probably have been seen as such. Lighter nights and the generally better weather during the spring and summer should mean less postponements and therefore none of the regular end of season fixture pile-ups we see in the juniors. The cups and finals could be played off earlier in the season with the finals being held in September-ish, when the weather is still relatively fine. The latter part of the post was about the term Juniors which I stated that "we.. would cling to", 2nd Senior was an off the cuff suggestion which I'd hope would lead to others... or maybe not. Although keeping the name because "It annoys folk who don't know the system so it keeps the interest alive", is hardly an argument for it. I do agree that they'll be here in a decade's time, but with how many clubs is another question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Bing Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Firstly I didn't enter this debate to get into a slanging match. "Start a season on 1st Feb, really. By 1st March some teams wouldn't have played a game. End it on 31st November- looking beyond the glaring mistake here how many cup finals would be getting called off or played terrible weather. If you look at this season alone, if KRR and Cumbernauld both had 2 games to play going into November, then the season wouldn't have been finished." If you re-read the post, you'd have seen I was referring to the seniors, so hands up to posting it in a Junior debate. However the 1 Feb start date was of course a generalisation and I thought it would probably have been seen as such. Lighter nights and the generally better weather during the spring and summer should mean less postponements and therefore none of the regular end of season fixture pile-ups we see in the juniors. The cups and finals could be played off earlier in the season with the finals being held in September-ish, when the weather is still relatively fine. The latter part of the post was about the term Juniors which I stated that "we.. would cling to", 2nd Senior was an off the cuff suggestion which I'd hope would lead to others... or maybe not. Although keeping the name because "It annoys folk who don't know the system so it keeps the interest alive", is hardly an argument for it. I do agree that they'll be here in a decade's time, but with how many clubs is another question. Took the bait like a tiddler. :-D :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfha Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Took the bait like a tiddler. :-D :-D You wag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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