kevsmart Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Is there any additional clubs in the NCL working towards getting their grounds up to SFA Licence level to enable them to take part in the play off at the end of the season apart from Golspie Sutherland? Ok. Thanks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 It'd be nice just to have it confirmed that the NCL Champion gets a qualifying spot for the Scottish Cup nowadays. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Halkirk got cover and lights and were talking about potentially stepping up to the HL at one point but ultimately nothing happened on that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 1 hour ago, LongTimeLurker said: Halkirk got cover and lights and were talking about potentially stepping up to the HL at one point but ultimately nothing happened on that. They haven't even got changing rooms though. Seems the guy who put the initial money in lost interest. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert James Posted December 2, 2021 Author Share Posted December 2, 2021 On 25/09/2021 at 23:40, Spyro said: Skye and Lochalsh could put a decent side into the NCL. Was always impressed by Sleat and Strath/Strath and Sleat (always get it the wrong way round!) and there’s a few other players dotted around that would do a job in that league. The travelling and the crossover between the summer and winter season are the biggest barrier though, especially through the winter months. A Stornaway team would probably be travelling the same way PLUS the length of Skye from Uig (which is a trek in itself!) AND a ferry. With most team being based in Easter Ross, it’s just too much to expect week in week out. Ullapool would be the obvious choice for a new team in the NCL. It was folly to base a team in KLB/Scourie and I said at the time the best players up there could be persuaded down to play for for an Ullapool based team Yes, Skye could enter a club into the North Caley League, but it would be more likely that they would enter 1 or 2 of the NCL cup competitions first, as a way of testing the water. Lewis & Harris have done so in recent seasons, but won't consider joining the league whilst covid flourishes. More likely new NCL applicants would be Nairn St Ninian (struggling in the North Region league), Clachnacuddin Reserves/Under 23's, a (unified) a Black Isle FC, Buniliddh Thistle (rejoining),, Muir of Ord, and/or Ullapool (possibly within the next 2-3 seasons)? Watch this space. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 3 hours ago, Robert James said: More likely new NCL applicants would be Nairn St Ninian (struggling in the North Region league) I wouldn't call Nairn St Ninian struggling. They've been in fairly rare air for a Highland/Moray Junior side in actually staying in the North Super League. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 The word on the street is that Inverness Athletic have fallen out with the folk that run the Ardersier pitch and won't be playing there again. Athletic's last few home games have been at the IRA 4G. Loch Ness are also playing their home game against Nairn reserves on Saturday at the IRA, but that's due to the Fortrose pitch being waterlogged. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Sherrif John Bunnell said: Athletic's last few home games have been at the IRA 4G. I wondered what they were doing now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 2 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: I wondered what they were doing now. I know several people who are former students of the IRA. I believe @ICTChris is also. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 IRA jokes are hilarious aren't they? So fresh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 2 minutes ago, TheScarf said: I know several people who are former students of the IRA. I believe @ICTChris is also. I knew he was worth watching. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Just now, Ranaldo Bairn said: IRA jokes are hilarious aren't they? So fresh. I think so. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsimButtHitsASix Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 22 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: I wondered what they were doing now. Don't worry. It's not the real IRA. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 The best years of my life were the ones when I was in the IRA. Great times, great people. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Just now, ICTChris said: The best years of my life were the ones when I was in the IRA. Great times, great people. Was that in the new IRA? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 11 minutes ago, Sherrif John Bunnell said: Was that in the new IRA? I’m giving my age away here but I was in the old IRA, the one from the 1970s. It may have had design flaws and there was a lot wrong with it but it’s where my memories were made. The new IRA just isn’t the same. Maybe it has more mod cons but it doesn’t have the same feel to it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsimButtHitsASix Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 I really hope Ullapool has a Drama Association and they get a team in the NCL to revisit this joke from another angle. Or maybe some Volunteer Firefighters 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Is it an official move back to the IRA or provisional? They could really do with some continuity. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 4 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Is it an official move back to the IRA or provisional? They could really do with some continuity. Maybe embrace it with a rebranding as Inverness Wanderers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 I’m giving my age away here but I was in the old IRA, the one from the 1970s. It may have had design flaws and there was a lot wrong with it but it’s where my memories were made. The new IRA just isn’t the same. Maybe it has more mod cons but it doesn’t have the same feel to it.^^^ boy of the old brigade 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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