King Kebab Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Have Bohemians not done the decent thing and forfeited this tie yet??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kebab Posted October 17, 2018 Author Share Posted October 17, 2018 Neil Doncaster - The Unacceptable Face of Scottish Football!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo Fife Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Has the date for this actually been confirmed? If it was the 17th I'm there but the 3rd is no good for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smuggfifer Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 3rd is no good to anyone the flights are a fortune!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EFFC1938 Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 I won't make the 3rd I'm afraid! Too close to Xmas paying a fortune on flights! Nothing has been confirmed yet apart from dates released by SPFL and why would they give us false information knowing Bohemians can't/won't play they dates and supporters will book flights and digs, B because they are are bunch of useless incompetent arseholes that's why!!! Still no confirmation anyway so we might be getting all excited for nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theoriginalhedge Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 Just tell them to stick their clusterfuck cup up their fuckin arses. Honestly , a Scottish tournament with an Irish team calling the shots ??? Who dreams up............. Ah ! Of course ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamA Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Irn Bru Cup Quarter Final Update As fans will be aware we have been in discussions with the SPFL regarding the date for our Irn Bru Cup quarter final tie with Bohemians. What has been agreed to date is that this match will NOT take place on Saturday 3rd November 2018. We will advise supporters at the earliest opportunity once negotiations have been concluded. We appreciate everyone’s patient in this matter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kebab Posted October 19, 2018 Author Share Posted October 19, 2018 In my mind that announcement means obviously one of two things, we're digging our heels in and demanding they play on the 17th or we're looking for a suitable midweek alternative!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forest_Fifer Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 There is no suitable midweek alternative, unless we switch it to Bayview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peternapper Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Hope you get a suitable outcome to this, there seems to be fixture problems come up in this every year. Possibly last year that Caley were kept waiting to play a game think that was to suit Crusaders maybe, earlier this season it look quite possible that we would maybe have to move the Bohemians game from the Saturday as they might have had a cup game on the Friday for what started out as a cup comp that allowed lower league Scottish clubs a crack at glory its been turned into a farce. Good luck in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamA Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 From the official Spfl site just now IRN-BRU CUP UPDATE BOHEMIANS V EAST FIFE TIE SET TO BE HELD OVER UNTIL EARLY 2019 The IRN-BRU Cup quarter-final between Bohemians and East Fife, originally scheduled for Saturday 17 November 2018, will not take place on that date as the League of Ireland Premier Division season will have ended. Alternative dates have been considered however, as yet, none have been found to be satisfactory. We will work with both clubs and our colleagues at the League of Ireland to find a suitable date, likely in early 2019, and will announce details in due course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
an86 Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Would be delighted if I were an East Fife fan. January is a disgrace of a month and a wee trip on the lash to Dublin to break up the dreariness would be ideal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peternapper Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Is it not late Feb before they come out to play again over there. A bad winter here & it could be the last thing East Fife would be if league games need played mid-week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon EF Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Feb 2019 would be ideal. Take the point that if we get hit by a lot of call offs over the winter, it could be a bit of a nightmare but Bayview generally holds up pretty well (even before we went plastic) so we don't tend to be one of the sides with the worst fixture backlog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayviewboy Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Feb 2019 would be ideal. Take the point that if we get hit by a lot of call offs over the winter, it could be a bit of a nightmare but Bayview generally holds up pretty well (even before we went plastic) so we don't tend to be one of the sides with the worst fixture backlog.The problem could be that after making travel arrangements, the Club and the fans could be left out of pocket if the game in Dublin ends up being postponed due to weather which is a distinct possibility. I always thought players had to be signed one or two weeks before the date of a cup tie. If this is the case, Bohemians won’t have many signed players before the original date that was set by the SPFL which is 17th Nov. Or are the SPFL relaxing the rules again to accommodate teams from another country ?This has become a total farce with only one body to blame. For me, the game should be forced to go ahead on 17th Nov or the fixture is reversed and Bohemians travel to Bayview or even neutral ground (Starks Park) a week on Tues or Wed which is only a few days after Bohemians season finishes.The new idea of leaving it till early 2019 is ridiculous - a cop out by the organisers to buy time before making their next cock up. Get it played and put to bed before ending up with more egg on their face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peternapper Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Had a quick look & Bohemians season this season looks to have started mid Feb so unless they get their players back in time it would be a pre-season friendly for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBrian Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 On 18/10/2018 at 09:10, McBrian said: Why not re-schedule till after the New Year? The semi's are not scheduled till 17/18th February and the the Irish league starts up again around this time, I assume BoH will need to have a squad and play pre season, so why not organize it around this for the end of Jan or beginning of Feb? probably still have to postpone a fixture although 9/02/19 is SC 5th round - will we still be in it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet of the Macabre Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Why not kick them out if they can't complete the fixture? In any other tournament this would be ridiculous but it's long since lost any crumb of credibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo Fife Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 1 hour ago, an86 said: Would be delighted if I were an East Fife fan. January is a disgrace of a month and a wee trip on the lash to Dublin to break up the dreariness would be ideal. ^^^^^^This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammytroot Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 6 Nations Rugby starts in February 2019. Ireland home on 2nd v England and v France on 10th March.Away to Scotland on 9th February and 24th v Italy.Plenty of spare planes in Edinburgh w/e 9 February?? Sadly still no decision has been made. In any other walk of life, heads would have rolled. SPFL - Nae chance.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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