Gorgieman Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 What is the latest with Falkirk? Will they be able to field a team this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pie n beans Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 Meant to be playing Bathgate on Wednesday at home but in danger of being called off I hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgieman Posted August 7, 2016 Author Share Posted August 7, 2016 Are they going to compete in the Premier league this season or is this just a blip? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euzi Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Bathgate just tweeted the Wednesday's game is off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie_man Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Anyone kow what's going on? Is here any prospect of them getting a squad together or are they folding? What a shambles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drs Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 As I said in the premier league thread - every player from last season moved on, they signed some guys from Bo'ness Cadora, they haven't played a single pre-season game and last Thursday was the first time they publicly announced they were still looking for players. Someone on Facebook said they didn't even start pre-season training until 10 days before the season. The new manager was announced 6 weeks ago but until Thursday it was total silence from the club, right now I can't see them playing a game this season and I'd be very skeptical about them coming back in 2017, I really hope they can get something together for Saturday never mind next season but there just do not seem to be any positive noises or indeed any noises coming from the Grangemouth Stadium. It all relates back to the conversation in the Premier League thread at the end of last season - they have no communication with anyone and they have done nothing to make themselves a presence in the Grangemouth community as such there aren't people willing to help out as they don't know the club needs help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pumphy_man Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Just heard they've folded and league have been informed will wait for official verdict though.Came from a former player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euzi Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Says on Twitter they have folded. Always sad to see teams go to the wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bell End Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 7 minutes ago, pumphy_man said: Just heard they've folded and league have been informed will wait for official verdict though.Came from a former player. Official on the East Region site. 'Folded' as opposed to abeyance if that makes a difference. This had been coming from the end of last season, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie_man Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 10 minutes ago, drs said: As I said in the premier league thread - every player from last season moved on, they signed some guys from Bo'ness Cadora, they haven't played a single pre-season game and last Thursday was the first time they publicly announced they were still looking for players. Someone on Facebook said they didn't even start pre-season training until 10 days before the season. The new manager was announced 6 weeks ago but until Thursday it was total silence from the club, right now I can't see them playing a game this season and I'd be very skeptical about them coming back in 2017, I really hope they can get something together for Saturday never mind next season but there just do not seem to be any positive noises or indeed any noises coming from the Grangemouth Stadium. It all relates back to the conversation in the Premier League thread at the end of last season - they have no communication with anyone and they have done nothing to make themselves a presence in the Grangemouth community as such there aren't people willing to help out as they don't know the club needs help. The vanity project of one man, lasts 5 years, he gets bored and the clubs folds. They should have been big enough to admit defeat in the close season rather than cause problems when its too late to rectify. Promotion, Community Club awards and Quality Marks mean nothing now http://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/sport/football/boss-lejman-leaves-falkirk-juniors-1-4156826 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pumphy_man Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Such a shame to see this happen especially as season just started . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbigal Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Makes the grade look like a bunch of pub teams again. Shocking thus late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmontheloknow Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 When they came in with the goal of giving a selection of the area's players the chance to play Junior in the town rather than elsewhere (i.e. Crossgates) it was always going to be difficult to sustain surely? A sustainable Junior club needs to be more than about players - teams that form for the benefit of players should stick to the Amateurs where fly-by-nights are common. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie_man Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 6 minutes ago, cmontheloknow said: When they came in with the goal of giving a selection of the area's players the chance to play Junior in the town rather than elsewhere (i.e. Crossgates) it was always going to be difficult to sustain surely? A sustainable Junior club needs to be more than about players - teams that form for the benefit of players should stick to the Amateurs where fly-by-nights are common. People said on here from the very start that basing the club in Grangemouth but calling it Falkirk was never the way to go about attracting local interest (and they never did, lucky to have 20 home "fans" at a game), but as you say it probably was never about that anyway, it was about "the players" and his ego no doubt. The idea is still a sound one, a club called eg Grange Rovers or Grangemouth United, a ready made stadium, engaging with the local community. No reason why it couldn't work long term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newcastle broon Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 18 hours ago, Burnie_man said: The vanity project of one man, lasts 5 years, he gets bored and the clubs folds. They should have been big enough to admit defeat in the close season rather than cause problems when its too late to rectify. I hope it's no contagious there's clubs that were "made up" in the LL within the last 5 years still playing. Just saying like. Better get my tin hat on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 1 hour ago, newcastle broon said: I hope it's no contagious there's clubs that were "made up" in the LL within the last 5 years still playing. Just saying like. Better get my tin hat on Not really - I think the preceding posts have made it more than clear Falkirk Juniors were always viewed with a healthy degree of scepticism in terms of their long-term viability from the moment they joined, given the facts that they appeared to be little more than a vanity project who didn't play in the town they were named after and that over the span of their existence they made little apparent effort to accrue a viable fanbase or to engage with the local community. Rather than come on here to crow over the demise of a club who it's sad to say came and went too quickly to leave any real lasting impression, you might be better served considering the fact that it's not too difficult to name teams in your own organisation who also tick some - indeed in some cases all - of the above boxes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newcastle broon Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 24 minutes ago, Hillonearth said: Not really - I think the preceding posts have made it more than clear Falkirk Juniors were always viewed with a healthy degree of scepticism in terms of their long-term viability from the moment they joined, given the facts that they appeared to be little more than a vanity project who didn't play in the town they were named after and that over the span of their existence they made little apparent effort to accrue a viable fanbase or to engage with the local community. Rather than come on here to crow over the demise of a club who it's sad to say came and went too quickly to leave any real lasting impression, you might be better served considering the fact that it's not too difficult to name teams in your own organisation who also tick some - indeed in some cases all - of the above boxes... Certainly wasn't crowing it's never good seeing any club fold. That's the point I was getting the clubs in the LL formed within last 5 years haven't folded yet. Who knows maybe Falkirk can relocate and play in Glasgow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 12 minutes ago, newcastle broon said: Certainly wasn't crowing it's never good seeing any club fold. That's the point I was getting the clubs in the LL formed within last 5 years haven't folded yet. Who knows maybe Falkirk can relocate and play in Glasgow I notice your use of the word "yet" The majority of the LL clubs are well-established enough and their continued existences should be safe - additionally, the Uni sides involved can absorb losses which would be prohibitive for an independent club. It remains to be seen however how some of the clubs from outside the LL's core territory of the Edinburgh area and the Borders - i.e. contigious with the area covered by the EoS league - will be able to indefinitely absorb the losses they must be making through travelling the distances they do to play in front of the crowds they attract. I'm already hearing one current LL side won't be in the league next season regardless of where they finish this year for precisely those reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newcastle broon Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 17 minutes ago, Hillonearth said: I notice your use of the word "yet" The majority of the LL clubs are well-established enough and their continued existences should be safe - additionally, the Uni sides involved can absorb losses which would be prohibitive for an independent club. It remains to be seen however how some of the clubs from outside the LL's core territory of the Edinburgh area and the Borders - i.e. contigious with the area covered by the EoS league - will be able to indefinitely absorb the losses they must be making through travelling the distances they do to play in front of the crowds they attract. I'm already hearing one current LL side won't be in the league next season regardless of where they finish this year for precisely those reasons. Howay then gies a clue what team it is hills ? Least give them a chance to start this season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 59 minutes ago, newcastle broon said: Howay then gies a clue what team it is hills ? Least give them a chance to start this season It'd be unfair to name them on here on the basis of what - although I've heard it from a couple of sources - after all still is hearsay, but if it comes to pass it would be a real shame as I'd consider them one of the more viable members. We'll see come the start of next season whether what I've been told is bollocks or not though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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