parsforlife Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Two years ago all the clubs committed to carry on the competition and that they would play the tournament to a finish each year. It had become more difficult to fit in ties over the years so it was agreed that teams would proactively arrange their matches and if they couldn't fit a match in to their schedule they would simply scratch to allow the competition to progress. That is what now happens and this regularly used to happen in the Fife Cup and many local cups. Every club played in the competition in the last 2 years. We played an hour, it's more than abit of a stretch to claim success with that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie_man Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 1 hour ago, oldandround said: Confirmation that the 2nd amateur team was indeed Musselburgh Windsor. Musselburgh windsor did apply but were told 2 days before the AGM that their ground did not meet the criteria, nor did they have a sufficient enough plan to make it so before the start of the season. They were advised to withdraw their application rather than be rejected on the night to spare any blushes. The windsor have a plan but dont quite have the finance in place to see it to fruition. They'll be back next year though. Two clubs in Musselburgh with separate facilities but chasing the same £ doesn't sound a clever idea to me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie_man Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 6 hours ago, San Starko Rover said: Anyone know what the score is with late applications, can a team try and join after the EGM? Obviously there is still room for a handful more to make 2 x 16, would the EoS consider anyone who applies late and call another EGM? I guess anything is possible before an AGM. It's either Yes or No. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puma king Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 (edited) 14 hours ago, oldandround said: Confirmation that the 2nd amateur team was indeed Musselburgh Windsor. Musselburgh windsor did apply but were told 2 days before the AGM that their ground did not meet the criteria, nor did they have a sufficient enough plan to make it so before the start of the season. They were advised to withdraw their application rather than be rejected on the night to spare any blushes. The windsor have a plan but dont quite have the finance in place to see it to fruition. They'll be back next year though. Stick with your refereeing Mr Oldandround. Edited April 28, 2018 by puma king 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowden Cowboy Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 We played an hour, it's more than abit of a stretch to claim success with that. One of the oldest cup competitions in Scotland is continuing when most of the other county cups have fallen by the wayside. All the members are actively participating and indeed there is a new member and prospect of others joining. A few years ago the competition was not being completed - it's not much of a stretch to claim success at all. Sometimes it's good to try and preserve a bit of the game's heritage. We aren't going for a lucrative TV deal or a place for the winners in the Europa League but happy to see the progress made 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowdenbeath Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 1 hour ago, parsforlife said: We played an hour, it's more than abit of a stretch to claim success with that. That was just a freak that you game wasn't completed due to a serious injury to one of your players who I think had to wait about 40 minutes for an ambulance to arrive, these things happen like it did at Montrose recently. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowdenbeath Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 12 hours ago, HibeeJibee said: Simply meant there's no fixed dates, and both editions have seen a Semi-Final scratched. No question big progress made on the preceding abandonments/awarding to the winner of the only tie played. It has never had fixed dates clubs just try and slot the games in when they have a space in their callander. On us and the Rovers part probably weeks we don't have a scheduled reserve game same with the Pars and EF if they return to reserve football next season, Shippy I would imagine would want to play us early doors at the start of next season when the light is still good due to their lack of floodlights, while Kelty will be keen to get their game with the Rovers on as it should provide quite an attraction for them as it will be their first game in the cup. At least Fife has made the effort to keep the cup going while other areas let theirs slip once there wasn't the carrot of an SFA blazer on offer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 On 2018/04/27 at 00:31, the tin man said: Boness also in a believe late application Latest from Bo'ness: https://www.linlithgowgazette.co.uk/sport/football/bo-ness-united-to-stick-in-junior-football-for-time-being-1-4719195 Chairman Iain Muirhead told the Bo’ness Journal: “We were one of the 99 clubs who responded favourably to the recent questionnaire asking if we would like to quit the juniors to join the SFA’s Pyramid system. “But I definitely think there should be some way for junior clubs like ourselves to get to the senior ranks without having to go through the East of Scotland League route. “Now Tom Johnston (SJFA secretary) has to go away and hold his EGM and AGM, have discussions with the SFA with a view to taking the proposals forward. “We would be interested in joining the senior ranks. “Now it is up to Tom to say: ‘This is what we think will happen’ and there will be a further discussion.” 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goalie Hamish Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 3 week old news? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanley Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Lowland League tweet: Good luck to both @KeltyHeartsFC & @LTHVF in their head to head title decider this afternoon - what a season it's been in the @EastScotlandFA! The winner will play @ThreaveRoversFC to find out who joins us in the Lowland League next season. Confirmation that LTHV are/will be licensed and eligible for promotion? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendan Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 53 minutes ago, LongTimeLurker said: Chairman Iain Muirhead told the Bo’ness Journal: “We were one of the 99 clubs who responded favourably to the recent questionnaire asking if we would like to quit the juniors to join the SFA’s Pyramid system. “But I definitely think there should be some way for junior clubs like ourselves to get to the senior ranks without having to go through the East of Scotland League route. That's an almost comical misrepresentation of the survey. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 50 minutes ago, stanley said: Lowland League tweet: Good luck to both @KeltyHeartsFC & @LTHVF in their head to head title decider this afternoon - what a season it's been in the @EastScotlandFA! The winner will play @ThreaveRoversFC to find out who joins us in the Lowland League next season. Confirmation that LTHV are/will be licensed and eligible for promotion? Goes along with this: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
energyzone Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 I'm staying put on this thread now. It's getting a bit too acrimonious on the junior thread. There are some very bitter guys over there, Armadale, what are they like? All the best for the new clubs in the EOS next season. Hopefully I can persuade she who must be obeyed that she fancies a trip to Edinburgh so I can catch a couple of games. Spend long enough on the junior forum and like me, you'll learn to automatically filter out the headbangers. Don't let the idiots ruin it for you - there are plenty of decent posters about and we could always do with some more! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drs Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 So, with Spartans getting utterly bodied by Cove and looking like staying down how does that impact the EOS for next season as people were talking about 1 or 2 teams coming down from the LL. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 4 minutes ago, drs said: So, with Spartans getting utterly bodied by Cove and looking like staying down how does that impact the EOS for next season as people were talking about 1 or 2 teams coming down from the LL. 2 come down from the LL, if Cove win the playoff against Cowdenbeath. Hawick & Vale of Leithen would be the clubs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Vale of Leithen might still be able to avoid the second possible relegation place. Dalbeattie Star could go to the SoS league instead. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Hawick are guaranteed to be playing EOS football next season... Kelty will still be doing so if they lose the playoff to Threave over the next 2 Saturdays... Vale of Leithen will also come down if Cove finish the job against Spartans and go on to beat Cowdenbeath, unless they can overtake Dalbeattie (which would entail beating Cumbernauld at home on Wednesday and Dalbeattie at Islecroft in a last-day decider on Saturday). So still 0/1/2 net gain possible. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanley Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 In future seasons, what would happen if Elgin (or another Highland League area club) finished bottom of League Two and the Lowland League champion won the playoff? Would they promote an extra EoS/SoS team or would they have no relegation from the LL? Hopefully the former. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 39 minutes ago, stanley said: In future seasons, what would happen if Elgin (or another Highland League area club) finished bottom of League Two and the Lowland League champion won the playoff? Would they promote an extra EoS/SoS team or would they have no relegation from the LL? Hopefully the former. Current rules would have the vacancy open to applications, the 16th place team in that year's Lowland League would also be eligible to apply. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Smith Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Duns F.c.? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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