edinabear Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 43 minutes ago, Lowland team said: Read something today from the pj that the highland league would not rule out colts joining thier league. Positive news. Aberdeen and Dundee United colts would give a boost to the league -18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kicker Conspiracy Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 1 hour ago, edinabear said: Positive news. Aberdeen and Dundee United colts would give a boost to the league There's nothing wrong with the Highland League; it certainly doesn't need this kind of shite. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparticus Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 1 hour ago, edinabear said: Positive news. Aberdeen and Dundee United colts would give a boost to the league What an amazing boost Dundee utd b team fans would give huh. The whole away support would struggle to fill a car for any away trip. How do you think you became a wind up merchant? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 Any talk of review only works if you actually have a something to sell too all parties. What’s the plan here for the snake 8? Hi Spfl clubs, we know you’ve voted against further promotion from tier 5, and have completely rejected every single suggestion of playing B teams. But how about we offer you both? Here at LL we’ve made our league shitter so next time you’re offered a vote, remember it could be worse… 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 Why are Hearts Colts playing at Fergie Park when the Hearts training ground at Riccarton would be adequate for LL football? Can't they guarantee use of the ground at 3pm every other Saturday? Pretty tinpot if true Last time I went down to Fergie Park the pitch was looking very good but it's not a ground historically known for its drainage and I have my doubts about two teams sharing it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 43 minutes ago, parsforlife said: Any talk of review only works if you actually have a something to sell too all parties. What’s the plan here for the snake 8? Hi Spfl clubs, we know you’ve voted against further promotion from tier 5, and have completely rejected every single suggestion of playing B teams. But how about we offer you both? Here at LL we’ve made our league shitter so next time you’re offered a vote, remember it could be worse… Step 1: get paid Step 2: repeat step 1 if still in the league the following season. Clubs have been voting for the continuation of guest teams long before the talk of talks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyramid Watcher Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 1 hour ago, tamthebam said: Why are Hearts Colts playing at Fergie Park when the Hearts training ground at Riccarton would be adequate for LL football? Can't they guarantee use of the ground at 3pm every other Saturday? Pretty tinpot if true Last time I went down to Fergie Park the pitch was looking very good but it's not a ground historically known for its drainage and I have my doubts about two teams sharing it I don’t think Riccarton is licensed? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Shaker Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 10 hours ago, edinabear said: Positive news. Aberdeen and Dundee United colts would give a boost to the league What kind of boost? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowerLeagueFC Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 54 minutes ago, Jimmy Shaker said: What kind of boost? "Time ti fuckin boost lads" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razamanaz Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 23 hours ago, Dunning1874 said: If that's the case, it would make the collaborators: Caledonian Braves Cumbernauld Colts East Kilbride Gala Fairydean Rovers Gretna 2008 Open Goal Broomhill Spartans Stirling University Open to being corrected if any of those clubs want to clarify that they actually aren't among the quislings who allowed this, but every club who was in favour should be boycotted. Worth noting that Berwick and East Stirling don't entirely get a pass here either having voted in favour of the two last season, but at least they're doing the right thing now no matter how late. So Gala Fairydean Rovers had 2 votes as said because their chairman has the casting vote - just a coincidence that John Collins, formerly of Celtic, is always on Radio Scotland talking about his input at that club 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisimple Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 Looks like Spartans voted against the colts too (unless im reading their statement wrong? - wasnt a lot to it) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 8 minutes ago, Sisimple said: Looks like Spartans voted against the colts too (unless im reading their statement wrong? - wasnt a lot to it) It's hard to misunderstand something so brief. They voted for the 16 team league and getting on with it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 1 hour ago, razamanaz said: So Gala Fairydean Rovers had 2 votes as said because their chairman has the casting vote - just a coincidence that John Collins, formerly of Celtic, is always on Radio Scotland talking about his input at that club It almost certainly is a coincidence, yes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyramid Watcher Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 43 minutes ago, FairWeatherFan said: It's hard to misunderstand something so brief. They voted for the 16 team league and getting on with it. I must have missed their statement about how they voted on the relegation/promotion issue. Another example of clubs firing out statements when it suits them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisimple Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 It was just Spartans was widely assumed to be one of the 8 clubs voting in favour of the colts - if they were against it then be a good few teams flip flopping on the issue - or some are lying about how they voted... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Sisimple said: Looks like Spartans voted against the colts too (unless im reading their statement wrong? - wasnt a lot to it) Odds on the powers that be threw in the pyramid review angle because the colts team experiment was getting binned without that. That added wrinkle means it's not safe to assume previous voting patterns on this issue remained largely the same for this vote. Some clubs might now see the ongoing presence of colt teams as a price worth paying for prising open access to the SPFL, while others may fear what a sweeping review of the pyramid would do to their ability to remain at tier 5. Edited June 9, 2022 by LongTimeLurker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 20 hours ago, Gordon EF said: Completely disagree with having this "it is what it is" attitude to colts. Why not just take that attitude to the pyramid, or promotion and relegation. Ah well, L2 clubs don't want to open up promotion into tier 4. Best to try and make the best of it. Nope. If something isn't right, argue to change it. I am absolutely all for a big review where everything is put on the table. The pyramid structure, promotion and relegation, youth development. Argue everything on it's merits. This cannot be be done properly when two clubs (with the power of veto) and the SFA or SPFL leadership are just using all of this as bargaining chips to suit the narrow agenda of two clubs. It's a ludicrous situation to be in and it's a catastrophic failure of leadership right across Scottish football. This. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stag Nation Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 22 hours ago, Burnieman said: Yes, I am absolutely sure. https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/media/8291/sfa_handbook-2021-22_digital.pdf 4.6 and 4.8 refer on page 71. New members below tier 5 are classed as Associate members. Thanks very much. But I'm confused. 4.2 says "Members shall be of two classes:- full members and registered members." with no mention of associated members. Where are they defined? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon EF Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 (edited) 13 hours ago, parsforlife said: Any talk of review only works if you actually have a something to sell too all parties. That's not what a review should be. It should be about canvassing opinion across all clubs on a number of issues so you can come up with options to put to clubs that might actually have a chance of passing. Obviously that's not what the SFA / SPFL will do because they're run by a bunch of incompetents. Edited June 9, 2022 by Gordon EF 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon EF Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 1 hour ago, FairWeatherFan said: It's hard to misunderstand something so brief. They voted for the 16 team league and getting on with it. Stunning naivety from Spartans there. The review is already guaranteed to be a busted flush. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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