Rooster20 Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 12 minutes ago, San Starko Rover said: Has there been any official statement on how the EoS will be organised next season and how they’ll determine who is Tier 6 / 7 ? Not yet believe there will be an official statement regarding league structure/accepted teams next week or when all teams have confirmed acceptance and payed fees. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbigal Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 New entrants accepted for 2018/19: Blackburn Utd Bonnyrigg Rose Camelon Crossgates Dalkeith Dunipace Easthouses Edinburgh Utd Haddington Hill of Beath Hillfield Swifts Musselburgh Tranent Teams have 7 days to confirm acceptance and to pay fees. League not making any statements until all clubs have confirmed and paid. Without trying to stir the pot of the pros and cons etc.It does appear fair to state the fact that geography has been pretty key in the applications made.No east region team from north of cowdenbeath. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmontheloknow Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 34 minutes ago, superbigal said: Without trying to stir the pot of the pros and cons etc. It does appear fair to state the fact that geography has been pretty key in the applications made. No east region team from north of cowdenbeath. The boundary's at the Tay for LL which is probably a factor, no? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 20 minutes ago, superbigal said: Without trying to stir the pot of the pros and cons etc. It does appear fair to state the fact that geography has been pretty key in the applications made.No east region team from north of cowdenbeath. Not being funny here, but how many additional teams are there north of Cowdenbeath but south of the Tay?! Off-hand I can only think of Lochore and Dundonald (who have made a deferred application for 2019-20), St Andrews, and then right at the very top Tayport and the Perth clubs. If you went due east there'd be a few around Kirkcaldy too. Of the 12 reported to have joined you've 3 from East Lothian, 3 from Midlothian, 1 from Edinburgh, 1 from West Lothian, 3 from Fife and 2 from Stirlingshire; deferrals from Dundonald (Fife) plus Clydebank (Dunbartonshire); which is a pretty wide spread. Given there are no Juniors in the Borders, plus I think Sauchie are the only club in Clackmannanshire, the only area actually unrepresented would be Perthshire. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginaro Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 27 minutes ago, superbigal said: Without trying to stir the pot of the pros and cons etc. It does appear fair to state the fact that geography has been pretty key in the applications made. No east region team from north of cowdenbeath. Well Dundonald were going to but have deferred. Lochgelly, Lochore, Kirkcaldy, Thornton and Glenrothes all said no in the survey so it's no surprise to see them stay in the Juniors. Tayport and St Andrews said yes and already go to Dunbar and Kirriemuir so travel shouldn't be an issue stopping them joining the EoS 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbigal Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 (edited) As you can see Hibee quite a few clubs as Ginaro mentions. Also Newburgh. In Perthshire Kinnoull, Jeanfield and Scone. I was not trying to score points. Just had noticed the EOS will not actually have to extend it's geographical border of clubs with the new intake. See my post in the Juniors of what may be left Edited April 27, 2018 by superbigal 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie_man Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 We're looking a bit lonely out in West Lothian 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitburn Vale Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 17 minutes ago, Burnie_man said: We're looking a bit lonely out in West Lothian West Lothian is like ayrshire burnie,ex mining towns/villages steeped in junior fitba. They'll not move over to senior fitba until they hav no other choice !! Which will be fun particuarly in Whitburn,( bumped the idea of going into the east super league when it was first set up) i can feel the seethe emanating just now from the fitba social club doon the street at all those who hav now left!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason King Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 38 minutes ago, Burnie_man said: We're looking a bit lonely out in West Lothian Never mind, you can arrange a pre-season game against Armadale. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie_man Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Tweedmouth to share with Berwick at Shielfield next season? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmontheloknow Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 1 minute ago, Burnie_man said: Tweedmouth to share with Berwick at Shielfield next season? Well they're halfway there already! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie_man Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 1 hour ago, Whitburn Vale said: West Lothian is like ayrshire burnie,ex mining towns/villages steeped in junior fitba. They'll not move over to senior fitba until they hav no other choice !! Which will be fun particuarly in Whitburn,( bumped the idea of going into the east super league when it was first set up) i can feel the seethe emanating just now from the fitba social club doon the street at all those who hav now left!! Let's just say it's a very "traditional" area as far as fitba is concerned. Whitburn are an example of what happens when you are suspicious of change. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Crossgates the latest with their formal announcement: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert James Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 6 minutes ago, HibeeJibee said: Crossgates the latest with their formal announcement: Very best wishes for 2018/19 (and a very good letter/statement) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert James Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 2 hours ago, San Starko Rover said: Has there been any official statement on how the EoS will be organised next season and how they’ll determine who is Tier 6 / 7 ? The EoS may operate with two Divisions of 14 clubs, both at Tier 6 for ONE SEASON only. Thereafter the top 7 from each would form the Premier (tier 6) from 2019/20, and the bottom 7 will form Division One (tier 7). This would be consistent with the EoS's earlier views about having a level playing field for clubs in 2018/19. If so, there would be a play-off between the 2 Divisional winners to decide which is the champion club. If correct as a temporary arrangement, it would be a fair and competitive to all the EoS clubs. NB : this is not an official EoS position, as consultation with both existing & new clubs will take place, although it may have been discussed at yesterday's EGM ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbigal Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 The EoS may operate with two Divisions of 14 clubs, both at Tier 6 for ONE SEASON only. Thereafter the top 7 from each would form the Premier (tier 6) from 2019/20, and the bottom 7 will form Division One (tier 7). This would be consistent with the EoS's earlier views about having a level playing field for clubs in 2018/19. If so, there would be a play-off between the 2 Divisional winners to decide which is the champion club. If correct as a temporary arrangement, it would be a fair and competitive to all the EoS clubs. NB : this is not an official EoS position, as consultation with both existing & new clubs will take place, although it may have been discussed at yesterday's EGM ? Excellently planned. I assume 16 and 16 would be the preferred long term ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert James Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 1 minute ago, superbigal said: Excellently planned. I assume 16 and 16 would be the preferred long term ? As far as I can recall, 16 + 16 was a suggestion. If correct, there would be 5 or 6 EoS vacancies for 2019/20, ideally to be filled by any super league applicants next year. Whether or not a 3rd division would be added at that stage, very much depends on subsequent discussions between the parties concerned, and full consideration by the SFA's Pyramid 'Working Group'. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 (edited) At this stage I don't think the exact number for next season can even be said with any certainty either. You could get anything from 0 net movement from LL (Hawick down/Kelty up) to 1 gain (Hawick down/Threave up... or Hawick + Vale down/Kelty up) or even 2 gain (Hawick + Vale down/Threave up). Throw in the rumours of some late applicants, or the deferred clubs, or whatever and any conference-style model at tier 6 for next season could end-up with 13s or 14s or even 15s or 16s. Anyway the Edinburgh Evening News has just "revealed" the new clubs in an apparent "exclusive":https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/lower-leagues/revealed-east-of-scotland-league-accepts-eight-new-lothian-clubs-1-4731427 Edited April 27, 2018 by HibeeJibee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason King Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 1 hour ago, Robert James said: The EoS may operate with two Divisions of 14 clubs, both at Tier 6 for ONE SEASON only. Thereafter the top 7 from each would form the Premier (tier 6) from 2019/20, and the bottom 7 will form Division One (tier 7). A wee map of where the teams that have applied and where this seasons EoS teams are based - will be interesting to see how they split this, that's a lot of trips to Edinburgh for Dunipace whichever way it works out. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilbowie Benches Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 5 minutes ago, Jason King said: A wee map of where the teams that have applied and where this seasons EoS teams are based - will be interesting to see how they split this, that's a lot of trips to Edinburgh for Dunipace whichever way it works out. They’d have had a good few trips to deepest Ayrshire if they’ve stayed put! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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