Ground improvement/works thread

[Black Pennel]

Seriously though,...all the best with it. You'll be in the bright lights again.

[coach]

On 21/05/2024 at 23:03, Black Pennel said:

Hmmm...widening the pitch?

Probably means that normal people will then be forced to have to stand on the shite side with the terrible seats rather than the good side at the tenements.

What happens if (when) Glasgow City, the ladies, the various other teams, and Thistle just tell Peasie tae GTF ?

Is there definite security of tenure?

Or will Caledonian Locomotives be told also... Look for another home ground?.... They are taking 

applications for a new Manager and Coaching staff.

[judge macbrayne]

So has Beith  brought thier ground up to the liecence standard yet 

[An Absolute Imposter]

12 hours ago, judge macbrayne said:

So has Beith  brought thier ground up to the liecence standard yet 

Everything about licencing has stopped, that's how it looks from the outside. Only info has bee on here from posts by glensmad. I think he says a window or similar opens up at or after the SFA agm.

I know the SFA have sent out docs about the bronze status but nothing on any potential new licensee's

Not seen any updates specifically from Beith either.

Great another post saying nothing..

[glensmad]

First of all, I have no idea where Beith are in their Licensing journey, if indeed such a journey exists. If they wish to make that public then that's up to them, they are under no obligation to update anyone.

What I will remind people of, though, is that there is an incredible amount of work involved in Licensing outside of the stadium facilities. There seems to be an attitude on here of it being a simple matter of "get the floodlights up, Bob's yer uncle". The paperwork mountain involved (which needs constantly reviewed and updated), the qualifications that need achieved, the training courses that need attended, there is much more.

Licensing applications will re-open after the AGM, however the application fee will go up from the current £2000 to £5000 and will then increase each year thereafter in line with inflation.

There will also be a deadline of 31st July for any applications to be considered for award at the following year's AGM, any team who apply (for example) on 1st August 2024 would not get their award (if they are compliant) until the AGM in June 2026.

As I understand it, any team who were in the Licensing process prior to the moratorium coming in, will be treated as an on-going application and will not be subjected to the new application fee.

Edited May 26 by glensmad

[happy]

Licensing applications will re-open after the AGM, however the application fee will go up from the current £2000 to £5000 and will then increase each year thereafter in line with inflation.

 

150 percent rise!   Fcuking scandalous.

[PossilYM]

EoSFL 28 licenced clubs in the big Scottish 

Wosfl 14

No hanging around in the East when it came to getting licensed.

[parsforlife]

3 hours ago, happy said:

Licensing applications will re-open after the AGM, however the application fee will go up from the current £2000 to £5000 and will then increase each year thereafter in line with inflation.

 

150 percent rise!   Fcuking scandalous.

Given you can easily make that in 1 Scottish cup tie, it's not that unfair, probably was too cheap in the first place

[glensmad]

49 minutes ago, PossilYM said:

EoSFL 28 licenced clubs in the big Scottish 

Wosfl 14

No hanging around in the East when it came to getting licensed.

EoSFL have had access to licensing for 10 years. WoSFL have had access to licensing for 4 years.

So the WoSFL is halfway to the EoSFL total in less than half of the time.

Thanks for pointing that out.

[parsforlife]

38 minutes ago, glensmad said:

EoSFL have had access to licensing for 10 years. WoSFL have had access to licensing for 4 years.

So the WoSFL is halfway to the EoSFL total in less than half of the time.

Thanks for pointing that out.

Thats entirely the fault of WoS clubs tho and their willingness to believe the lies SJFA told them.

[Sir Kenneth of Eadie]

Is there still a Holm Park stadium fund on~going

.. or Is it all red tape. 

[glensmad]

1 hour ago, parsforlife said:

Thats entirely the fault of WoS clubs tho and their willingness to believe the lies SJFA told them.

I don't think many clubs actually believed the spin that was coming from a certain person at the SJFA at the time, however there was no other option for them until the WoSFL was formed in 2020.

[parsforlife]

10 minutes ago, glensmad said:

I don't think many clubs actually believed the spin that was coming from a certain person at the SJFA at the time, however there was no other option for them until the WoSFL was formed in 2020.

There was a proposal for west juniors joining 3/4 years previously, before that joining the SoS(which if done en mass wouldn't have made on geography restrictive)  both options were refused. Maybe the individual(s) involved made that happen but the clubs let them, it was known for years before the pyramid even started that those individuals were backwards and selfserving, the fact that wasn't resolved is entirely on the clubs.

[BANKIEBILL]

41 minutes ago, Sir Kenneth of Eadie said:

Is there still a Holm Park stadium fund on~going

.. or Is it all red tape. 

What do you mean ? Do you want to donate some cash ?

[parsforlife]

If yeah and whilst i remember there were quite a few years where their were open applications for the LL including at inception when there were only a small number slots taken up by EoS/SoS clubs. Not one junior applicant, that's their fault.

[Eadie is God]

9 minutes ago, parsforlife said:

If yeah and whilst i remember there were quite a few years where their were open applications for the LL including at inception when there were only a small number slots taken up by EoS/SoS clubs. Not one junior applicant, that's their fault.

There was no promotion when the LL was formed!

No clubs applied because it was too much of a gamble to leave a competitive structure and join what was really just the old EoSL senior league.

[parsforlife]

14 minutes ago, Eadie is God said:

There was no promotion when the LL was formed!

No clubs applied because it was too much of a gamble to leave a competitive structure and join what was really just the old EoSL senior league.

Only 2 EoS clubs were guaranteed to be LL clubs at formation due to being licenced, the reason it became so east dominant was the refusal by west club to engage. 

[Eadie is God]

1 hour ago, parsforlife said:

Only 2 EoS clubs were guaranteed to be LL clubs at formation due to being licenced, the reason it became so east dominant was the refusal by west club to engage. 

Because there was no guarantee of promotion.

Edited May 26 by Eadie is God

[Sergeant Wilson]

4 hours ago, glensmad said:

EoSFL have had access to licensing for 10 years. WoSFL have had access to licensing for 4 years.

So the WoSFL is halfway to the EoSFL total in less than half of the time.

Thanks for pointing that out.

It's almost like none of this has ever been discussed.

[glensmad]

12 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said:

It's almost like none of this has ever been discussed.

That's PossilYM's pattern. He conveniently ignores posts that correct his statements, waits a few weeks and then posts the same incorrect statement.

Then he's corrected, and the cycle starts again.