boheesian Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 34 minutes ago, Nicholas Rage said: Musa, Daziel and McArthur confirmed away. Will follow Musa's career with interest going forward. Scott Dalziel was alway going to be one season. McArthur at times a bit careless on occasions IMHO in Travis and Hawkins were a better pairing. Musa potentially a very good keeper and will be hard to replace. Adamson of Cumbernauld Colts would be an ideal replacement. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanburn Dave Posted May 16 Author Share Posted May 16 2 hours ago, Nicholas Rage said: Musa, Daziel and McArthur confirmed away. Will follow Musa's career with interest going forward. Sorry to see Musa leave. Hope he signs for a club higher up the pyramid. Dalziel loved playing on a Saturday but at 39 his legs are gone. McArthur a decent player but not going to be a big loss. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seenitall Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 14 hours ago, Deanburn Dave said: Sorry to see Musa leave. Hope he signs for a club higher up the pyramid. Dalziel loved playing on a Saturday but at 39 his legs are gone. McArthur a decent player but not going to be a big loss. Yip , agree with all that 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidan-bufc Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 18 hours ago, boheesian said: Scott Dalziel was alway going to be one season. McArthur at times a bit careless on occasions IMHO in Travis and Hawkins were a better pairing. Musa potentially a very good keeper and will be hard to replace. Adamson of Cumbernauld Colts would be an ideal replacement. Bang on, wish all 3 the best in the future as well. All 3 have been likely to leave for months now so hoping Hunter and co have had plenty time to get replacements lined up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanburn Dave Posted May 17 Author Share Posted May 17 There was talk from a reliable source at our final game that 2 players had agreed to join the BU's. One of the two was a central defender. Think the other is a midfielder. Like most other clubs no names will be announced until early June when papers are processed by the SFA. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosey1889 Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 Only another couple of seasons until Athletic are in Lowland league and become the big team in Bo'ness. They will probably find a way to boot you freeloaders out of Newtown Park. You can go play in a wee park. Times running out for you lot. -5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PintOfTheUsual Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 3 hours ago, Rosey1889 said: Only another couple of seasons until Athletic are in Lowland league and become the big team in Bo'ness. They will probably find a way to boot you freeloaders out of Newtown Park. You can go play in a wee park. Times running out for you lot. 11 wallopers from the rose club could beat that tribute act 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanburn Dave Posted May 18 Author Share Posted May 18 Hopes and prayers for Rosey1889 . He clearly is a troubled individual. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidan-bufc Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 5 hours ago, Rosey1889 said: Only another couple of seasons until Athletic are in Lowland league and become the big team in Bo'ness. They will probably find a way to boot you freeloaders out of Newtown Park. You can go play in a wee park. Times running out for you lot. Greeting cause both Bo’ness teams have beat you this season. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8MileBU Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 6 hours ago, Rosey1889 said: Only another couple of seasons until Athletic are in Lowland league and become the big team in Bo'ness. They will probably find a way to boot you freeloaders out of Newtown Park. You can go play in a wee park. Times running out for you lot. And if it happens it’ll just mean there’s another team from Bo’ness pumping you lot. Paying our dues = Freeloaders ? Thick c**t 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boheesian Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 More importantly only 14 sleeps till DD cuts the Blue & White ribbons on the 24/25 United thread. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quentin Taranbino Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 (edited) For the uneducated (I.e me) can someone give me a realistic history/rivalry/club size/relationship between United and Athletic? Edited May 19 by Quentin Taranbino 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hologram Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 1 hour ago, Quentin Taranbino said: For the uneducated (I.e me) can someone give me a realistic history/rivalry/club size/relationship between United and Athletic? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanburn Dave Posted May 19 Author Share Posted May 19 Are you sitting comfortably, good then I will begin, Once upon a time there was a Junior team and their name was Bo'ness United. They played at Newtown Park which is not owned by the club but run by the NPA (that's another long story). Over the hill there was a village amateur team called Linlithgow Thistle. Some wealthy guys decided to pump some money into Linlithgow Thistle but where would they play. Newtown Park was Thistles preferred venue but using the "Bo'ness" ID was a concern for tge BU's so Thistle had a meeting with the BU's and there was agreement/understanding that Linlithgow Thistle would become a new team "Boness Athletic" and would operate lower down the leagues and be a feeder club for the BU's. It soon became apparent that once "Athletic" had a foot in the door they had no interest in being a feeder club. Promises were broken and many of the BU committee HATE the Athletic committee. There is no "history" between the 2 teams on the pitch. Bo'ness Athletic is a pop up plaything for a few minted chancers, no more, no less. Some call Athletic "parasites" but that's unfair......to parasites !! Mon the BU's !!! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Rage Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 Can be summed up quite nicely by them being in a shootout for a league win yesterday, United not played for a couple of weeks and there was still hardly anyone there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwullieac Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 1 hour ago, Deanburn Dave said: Are you sitting comfortably, good then I will begin, Once upon a time there was a Junior team and their name was Bo'ness United. They played at Newtown Park which is not owned by the club but run by the NPA (that's another long story). Over the hill there was a village amateur team called Linlithgow Thistle. Some wealthy guys decided to pump some money into Linlithgow Thistle but where would they play. Newtown Park was Thistles preferred venue but using the "Bo'ness" ID was a concern for tge BU's so Thistle had a meeting with the BU's and there was agreement/understanding that Linlithgow Thistle would become a new team "Boness Athletic" and would operate lower down the leagues and be a feeder club for the BU's. It soon became apparent that once "Athletic" had a foot in the door they had no interest in being a feeder club. Promises were broken and many of the BU committee HATE the Athletic committee. There is no "history" between the 2 teams on the pitch. Bo'ness Athletic is a pop up plaything for a few minted chancers, no more, no less. Some call Athletic "parasites" but that's unfair......to parasites !! Mon the BU's !!! Dave you missed the best part. They promised that they had no ambitions to join the pyramid and were allowed to use the Bo'ness United name in the Juniors. They then cried that they had to change their name when joining the pyramid because rightfully the BU committee told them to get to f**k 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidan-bufc Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 Incoming comments from Linlithgow Rose fans with their fishing rod out.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Heid Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 2 hours ago, Deanburn Dave said: Are you sitting comfortably, good then I will begin, Once upon a time there was a Junior team and their name was Bo'ness United. They played at Newtown Park which is not owned by the club but run by the NPA (that's another long story). Over the hill there was a village amateur team called Linlithgow Thistle. Some wealthy guys decided to pump some money into Linlithgow Thistle but where would they play. Newtown Park was Thistles preferred venue but using the "Bo'ness" ID was a concern for tge BU's so Thistle had a meeting with the BU's and there was agreement/understanding that Linlithgow Thistle would become a new team "Boness Athletic" and would operate lower down the leagues and be a feeder club for the BU's. It soon became apparent that once "Athletic" had a foot in the door they had no interest in being a feeder club. Promises were broken and many of the BU committee HATE the Athletic committee. There is no "history" between the 2 teams on the pitch. Bo'ness Athletic is a pop up plaything for a few minted chancers, no more, no less. Some call Athletic "parasites" but that's unfair......to parasites !! Mon the BU's !!! 5 trophies in 12 months - clearly lessons can also be learned from how they are doing things. As for a pop up plaything are they any different from many teams currently in LL founded on similar ideals opposed to the past where a club was a representative of a town. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 5 minutes ago, Auld Heid said: 5 trophies in 12 months - clearly lessons can also be learned from how they are doing things. As for a pop up plaything are they any different from many teams currently in LL founded on similar ideals opposed to the past where a club was a representative of a town. If United learn anything from winning the EoS 2nd and 3rd Division titles and the Alex Jack Cup / Cup Winners Shield combo then something has gone horribly wrong. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seenitall Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 16 minutes ago, Auld Heid said: 5 trophies in 12 months - clearly lessons can also be learned from how they are doing things. As for a pop up plaything are they any different from many teams currently in LL founded on similar ideals opposed to the past where a club was a representative of a town. Happy with how we are at BU . Money getting pumped in to BA will have its limit and at some point they will descend just as fast as they have ascended . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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