Inanimate Carbon Rod Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 Aye its getting a bit shite from Fort Bill now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 They could probably play at An Àird. Bit of a bobbly surface but no worse than Claggan. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyro Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 On 01/08/2023 at 23:03, Inanimate Carbon Rod said: Aye its getting a bit shite from Fort Bill now. Nothing new there, the Highland League is well used to their nonsense 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inanimate Carbon Rod Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 7 hours ago, Spyro said: Nothing new there, the Highland League is well used to their nonsense Absolutely farcical now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 On 26/07/2023 at 18:04, HibeeJibee said: Extra PreliminaryAbbey Vale v Cupar Hearts Carnoustie Panmure v BeithLuncarty v Loch Nessbye: Culter By my reckoning the first Scottish Cup tie held in landward Perthshire since Blairgowrie 3-3 Buckie on 4th February 1939. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 Carnoustie Panmure 1-2 Beith Luncarty 3-1 Loch Ness 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 (edited) Results as expected; maybe not margin at New Abbey. Less than 3 weeks left but no news of Fort William venue. Partick, Dunipace, Stenhousemuir (tbc) free; or as noted Strathspey...! Edited August 13, 2023 by HibeeJibee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenmachine Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 8 hours ago, HibeeJibee said: Results as expected; maybe not margin at New Abbey. Less than 3 weeks left but no news of Fort William venue. Partick, Dunipace, Stenhousemuir (tbc) free; or as noted Strathspey...! It’s farcical that a club in the main cup competition in the country have hired their ground out for a run! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 10 hours ago, Greenmachine said: It’s farcical that a club in the main cup competition in the country have hired their ground out for a run! The run is an international event with 600 runners that's been going since 1895. Far easier to change the date or venue for the game than the race, no idea why this hasn't happened yet. If Fort and Clydebank can't come to an agreement the SFA should order it to be played at Holm Park or give Clydebank a bye. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenmachine Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 13 minutes ago, welshbairn said: The run is an international event with 600 runners that's been going since 1895. Far easier to change the date or venue for the game than the race, no idea why this hasn't happened yet. If Fort and Clydebank can't come to an agreement the SFA should order it to be played at Holm Park or give Clydebank a bye. I’m quite sure the race could start from somewhere else in Ft William. The club obviously make a lot of money from hiring out the ground but want the money from the SFA as well. It seems that they’ve gambled on being drawn away and it’s come back to bite them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 Just now, Greenmachine said: I’m quite sure the race could start from somewhere else in Ft William. The club obviously make a lot of money from hiring out the ground but want the money from the SFA as well. It seems that they’ve gambled on being drawn away and it’s come back to bite them. If they started the race somewhere else they couldn't compare record times. Fort lease the pitch itself from the Council but the race uses the parkland around it, I doubt Fort make anything from it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marten Posted August 14, 2023 Author Share Posted August 14, 2023 In this case, I don't think Fort can be blamed for the ground being unavailable. They can be blamed of still having no plan in place less 3 weeks before the tie being played. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 1 minute ago, Marten said: In this case, I don't think Fort can be blamed for the ground being unavailable. They can be blamed of still having no plan in place less 3 weeks before the tie being played. If the clubs can't agree the SFA should have told them what's happening by now. If Fort's only offer was to play it at Golspie it's not surprising Clydebank have refused. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inanimate Carbon Rod Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 5 hours ago, welshbairn said: The run is an international event with 600 runners that's been going since 1895. Far easier to change the date or venue for the game than the race, no idea why this hasn't happened yet. If Fort and Clydebank can't come to an agreement the SFA should order it to be played at Holm Park or give Clydebank a bye. Aye thats fine but its not Clydebank’s fault the running event is being held there, we entered the Scottish cup knowing we could fulfil our fixtures, they’ve been deceptive, havent given any indication where or when the game can be played. Its utterly ridiculous that they’d expect anyone to travel to fucking Golspie another 3 hours North to play the fixture because of a fun run or whatever it is, either they are a serious football team or they should just rap it. 4 hours ago, Marten said: In this case, I don't think Fort can be blamed for the ground being unavailable. They can be blamed of still having no plan in place less 3 weeks before the tie being played. They absolutely can be blamed, the Scottish cup tie dates arent a secret. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marten Posted August 14, 2023 Author Share Posted August 14, 2023 17 minutes ago, Inanimate Carbon Rod said: Aye thats fine but its not Clydebank’s fault the running event is being held there, we entered the Scottish cup knowing we could fulfil our fixtures, they’ve been deceptive, havent given any indication where or when the game can be played. Its utterly ridiculous that they’d expect anyone to travel to fucking Golspie another 3 hours North to play the fixture because of a fun run or whatever it is, either they are a serious football team or they should just rap it. They absolutely can be blamed, the Scottish cup tie dates arent a secret. What I mean is that they can be blamed for not making alternative arrangements. That their park wouldn't be available that date was known well enough in advance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrison Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 56 minutes ago, Inanimate Carbon Rod said: They absolutely can be blamed, the Scottish cup tie dates arent a secret. The date for the race was decided long before the Scottish Cup dates for the season were known. There should still have been a resolution by now, but you're focusing on the wrong thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 (edited) Fort replied yesterday on their fb page that nothing's been sorted yet. The chairman's probably playing daft games again like he did with the HL playoffs, trying to make out they're the victims, when he's not retweeting Matt Le Tissier that is. He's likely trying to find a way of dropping the blame on Highland Council. Edited August 14, 2023 by welshbairn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 On 14/08/2023 at 09:11, welshbairn said: The run is an international event with 600 runners that's been going since 1895. Far easier to change the date or venue for the game than the race, no idea why this hasn't happened yet. If Fort and Clydebank can't come to an agreement the SFA should order it to be played at Holm Park or give Clydebank a bye. I'm not sure why Clydebank should have to agree. They could have been drawn away to Golspie Sutherland and presumably would have been williing to travel so should be prepared to travel to any licensed ground in Scotland given enough notice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclizine Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 (edited) On 14/08/2023 at 09:28, Greenmachine said: I’m quite sure the race could start from somewhere else in Ft William. The club obviously make a lot of money from hiring out the ground but want the money from the SFA as well. It seems that they’ve gambled on being drawn away and it’s come back to bite them. Fort don't own the ground, it's leased from the council. I suspect Fort's amiable chairman is playing silly buggers as usual. This should've been sorted by now, maybe the SFA should just take it out of Fort's hands. Edited August 15, 2023 by Cyclizine 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not man of the match Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 54 minutes ago, invergowrie arab said: I'm not sure why Clydebank should have to agree. They could have been drawn away to Golspie Sutherland and presumably would have been williing to travel so should be prepared to travel to any licensed ground in Scotland given enough notice. It's got nothing to do with Clydebank agreeing. The only offer I've heard rejected was to play it on alternative weekend. That's not to say there hasn't been others but FW have been rather silent on it all by all accounts. Clydebank will be there. It's upto Fort William to find a solution. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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